Release Date

17 Dec, 1980

Runtime

02:09: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In the 1980s, barely 18 years after Algeria's independence, Algerian immigration to France massively fueled the construction industry, responding to a demand for hard, undervalued labor. Behind the idea of ​​"selective immigration," these men were recruited primarily for their bras and their knock-kneed hands, shaped by construction sites. Invisible yet essential, they built roads, buildings, and infrastructure, often at the cost of precarious conditions. Ali, an Algerian crane operator in France, philosophically accepts the harassment faced by immigrants like himself on construction sites and in daily life. He hopes to escape his situation with the money he wins in the lottery, and from the top of his crane, he allows himself to dream, observing the world through binoculars. One day, the jackpot falls...

Original Title

Ali au Pays des Mirages

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Actors

Djéloul Beghoura

Mustapha El Anka

Saïd Hilmi

Corinne Brodbeck

Albert Delpy

Larbi Zekkal

Mustapha Kateb

Ahmed Snoussi

Henri Poirier

Andrée Tainsy

Jean Valmont

Donato Bastos

Crew

Ahmed Rachedi

Ahmed Rachedi

Rachid Merabtine

Rachid Boudjedra

Rachid Merabtine

Idir

Hamid Djellouli