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Le Gone du Chaâba

Le Gone du Chaâba

(1998)

Overview

Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf, is an autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag about his life as a young Algerian boy growing up in a shantytown next to Lyon, France, called the Chaâba by its inhabitants. The story covers a period of approximately three years in the life of the protagonist and deals with issues developing from the clash between two cultures, that of France and that of North Africa, as well as the difficulties of finding a cultural identity between the two. The story focuses on the cultural differences between the Arab and French communities, as well as how the two groups react to each other

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Christophe Ruggia
  2. Producer : Farid Lahouassa
  3. Editor : Nicole Dedieu
  4. Cast : Bouzid Negnoug,Mohamed Fellag,Nabil Ghalem,Galamelah Lagra,Kenza Bouanika,Amina Medjoubi,Lounès Tazairt,François Morel,Manuela Gourary,Abdelkarim Chebel

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Original TitleLe Gone du Chaâba

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1998-01-14

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 36m

Production CompaniesFilms Christiani,Orly Films,Vertigo Productions

Genres

  • Drama

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