Chemins de l'oued, Les (2002)

Director:

Gaël Morel

Writer:

Gaël Morel (writer)

Release Date:

16 April 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Nicolas Cazalé	...	Samy
Amira Casar	...	Nadia
Mohamed Majd	...	Le grand-père
Kheireddine Defdaf	...	Issam
Hamza Bennani	...	Nabyl
Kaoutar Mohamadi	...	Souad
Mohamed Said Arif	...	Le chauffeur de taxi
Clément Deva	...	Pablo
Nabil Tahar	...	Franck
Amina Medjoubi	...	La mère de Samy
Mathieu Casado	...	Clément
Paul Morel	...	Le père de Samy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Akrame El Meziane

Also Known As:

Under Another Sky (Canada: English title) (International: English title)

Runtime:

Canada:78 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

France | Algeria

Language:

French | Arabic

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Algiers, Algeria

Company:

GéTéVé

Movie Connections:

References Lost Highway (1997)

French bred Algerian teenager's harrowing journey of self search

I saw Morel's "A Toute Vitesse"(96) and glad to have a chance to see this film during London Film Festival 2002. Morel's approach to tackle social and moral issues is straight forward and realistic. Samy is sent away to Algeria in order to escape French jail. He's staying with his grandfather's, but he can't speak Arabic and he is experiencing a fish out of water situation. As the film progress we slowly learn about his cousins and uneasy background of the country itself. If you prefer to watch something makes you think about life and human condition you'll find this film is worth watching.