Salut cousin! (1996)

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98 min - Comedy - 21 February 1997 (USA)

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Salut Cousin! is the tale of two Algerian cousins and their mishaps in the racially volatile environment of Paris.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Gad Elmaleh	...	Alilo
	Messaoud Hattau	...	Mok
	Magaly Berdy	...	Fatoumata
	Ann-Gisel Glass	...	Laurence
	Jean Benguigui	...	Maurice
	Xavier Maly	...	Claude
	Cheik Doukouré	...	Le voisin
	Mohamed Ourdache	...	Rachid
	Dalila Renault	...	Malika
	Fatiha Cheriguene	...	Tante Adjia
	Malek Kateb	...	Oncle Mohamed
	Arno Chevrier	...	Goudrand
	Mostefa Djadjam	...	Jo le barman
	Faisal Attia	...	Présentateur rap
	Guy Amram	...	Ghetteur

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Alilo arrives in Paris, met by his hip cousin Mok. Alilo is to pick up a suitcase of dresses to smuggle back to Algiers for resale. He's lost the dressmaker's address and his boss is gone for five days, so he stays in the Moskova neighborhood of the 18th arrondissement with Mok. Mok makes rap music of Jean de La Fontaine's fables, invents fabrications of his own, is in debt to his bookie, and in love with a punk rocker. Alilo's old-country sweetness, in contrast with Mok's big-city neuroses, gets the attention of Fatoumata, a lovely African neighbor. Once Alilo gets the dresses, he must return to Algiers, but it seems he's only started to live: is there any way he can stay? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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