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Mektoub is a french film of genre Drama directed by Ali Ghalem with Pierre Mirat
Mektoub (1970)
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Un manœuvre Algérien, Ahmed, jeune père de famille, quitte son pays et débarque en France, pensant y trouver un emploi par l’intermédiaire de Salah, un ami qui demeure en banlieue parisienne depuis plusieurs années. Sa déception est grande quand il arrive à Nanterre, où Salah habite dans un taudis de bidonville. Sans aucun appui, Ahmed va devoir quotidiennement faire le tour des bureaux d'embauche comme des tas d’autres immigrés qui s’étaient bercés, comme lui, de douces illusions…Actors
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