Once Upon a Time in the Oued
19/10/2005
In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Muslim, observes Ramadan and wears a djelaba. He's even convinced that his name is Abdelbachir and that he was born in a small village in the bled. When his friend Yacine gets into trouble with a local kaid and decides to return to Algeria for the vacations, he smuggles himself into the Sabri family's luggage to fulfill his dream and finally get to know his "roots". As soon as he arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny felt right at home. But Yacine is opposed to his father, who wants to arrange his marriage.
Movie Information
Julien Courbey
as Johnny Leclerc
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
as Mohamed Sabri
David Saracino
as Yacine Sabri
Karina Testa
as Nadia
Marilou Berry
as Nadège
Amina Annabi
as Relah Sabri
Olivier Baroux
as Le vacancier suisse
Eric Judor
as Les commerçants
Ramzy Bedia
as Les commerçants
Aziz Degga
as Un Tonton
Omar Sy
as le génie de la lampe
Salah Eddine Benmoussa
as Le Hajj
Atmen Kelif
as Naber, un cousin du désert
Élie Semoun
as Le maître d'hôtel
Frankie Pain
as la mère de Johnny
Pierre Ménès
as patron de Yacine au marché
Max Morel
as Le père de Johnny
Karim Belkhadra
as Le parrain
Medi Kerouani
as Mehdi Sabri
Mustapha Slaoui
as L'oncle du désert
Jamal Lababsi
as Le videur
Omar Yami
as Le Douanier
Tapa Sudana
as Vieux Chinois cité
Youssef Britel
as Un cousin d'Oran
Abdelkader Lofti
as Le cheikh
Mohamed Tsouli
as David, l'homme à la kippa
Kamel Bouakkaz
as Guichetier à la Poste d'Alger
Aïcha Mahmah
as Grand-mère d'Alger
