In 1980, Lionel Stoléru—France’s Secretary of State for Migrant Workers—introduced a "repatriation grant" of 10,000 francs (known as the "Stoléru million"), paid to immigrants who agreed to return permanently to their countries of origin. One Algerian family decided to leave France. Upon arriving in the small rural town of Boufarik, Algeria, in a brand-new Peugeot 404, they caused a scandal. Their liberated ways drew the villagers' ire, and the two children knew nothing about Algeria or local customs. The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, and in 1982, it won the Critics' Prize at the Chamrousse International Comedy Film Festival.
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Writer, Director

Yves Neff
Mus

Fatiha Fawzi
Fifi

Mostéfa Stiti
Lounès, le père

Hubert Deschamps
Si Kaddour

Mustapha El Anka
Si Tayeb

Kader Kada
Bachir
El Hadja
Aïcha, la grand-mère
Annie Rousset
Djouher, la mère

Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
Mokrane
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