Return to Algiers

Return to Algiers (2000)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2000-04-12
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 54min
  • Language: العربية
  • Production Company: Alexandra Film
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Alexandre Arcady
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Summary

Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.

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  • Antoine de Caunes

    as Pierre Nivel
  • Samy Naceri

    as Issam
  • Mathilda May

    as Nelly Azera
  • Nozha Khouadra

    as Leila/Amina
  • Pierre Vaneck

    as Blanville
  • Lorànt Deutsch

    as Versanti
  • Wadeck Stanczak

    as Francis
  • Elsa Zylberstein

    as La femme de Pierre Nivel
  • Matthias Van Khache

    as Étienne
  • Dora Doll

    as Paula Azera
  • Mostéfa Stiti

    as Fadel
  • Abderrahmane El Kebir

    as Le frère de Fadel
  • Jean-Claude de Goros

    as Henri Nivel, le père de Pierre Nivel
  • Françoise Armelle-Chiche

    as Adrienne Nivel, la mère de Pierre Nivel
  • Marie Guillard

    as Alexandra
  • François-Xavier Noah

    as Pierre Nivel, jeune
  • Raphaël Lenglet

    as Issam, jeune
  • Saïd Amadis

    as Nader Mansour
  • Daniel Saint-Hamont

    as Le narrateur du film
  • Nadia Samir

    as
Directing Alexandre Arcady Director
Writing Alexandre Arcady Story
Writing René Bonnell Novel
Directing Alexandre Aja Second Unit Director

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