Mektoub (1970)

Ahmed, an Algerian laborer and young father, leaves his country and arrives in France, hoping to find a job through Salah, a friend who has been living in the Paris suburbs for several years. He is disappointed when he arrives in Nanterre, where Salah lives in a shantytown. Without any support, Ahmed has to make the daily rounds of the employment offices, like so many other immigrants who, like him, have been lulled into complacency.

Released Sept. 23, 1970 85 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: tmdb.france, tmdb.immigration, tmdb.algeria, tmdb.proletariat, tmdb.bidonvilles, tmdb.racism, tmdb.union-struggle

Production Companies: Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP)

Country: France
Languages: Arabic, French