Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out
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View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Annie Rousset · El Hadja · Fatiha Fawzi · Hubert Deschamps · Kader Kada · Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane · Mostéfa Stiti · Mustapha El Anka · Sir Lechea · Yves Neff · Mahmoud Zemmouri