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Poetical Refugee is a french film of genre Drama directed by Abdellatif Kechiche released in france in DVD on 25 october 2002 with Sami Bouajila

Poetical Refugee (2001)

Poetical Refugee
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Release in DVD in france 25 october 2002
Length 2h10
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy-drama
Rating68% 3.4366153.4366153.4366153.4366153.436615

Poetical Refugee (French: La Faute à Voltaire) is a 2000 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, starring Sami Bouajila, Élodie Bouchez and Bruno Lochet. It was Kechiche‘s debut feature film and was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for best first film, winning seven awards, overall, at different film festivals.

Synopsis

Like Voltaire‘s Candide in his eponymous novel, Jallel, a young North-African man, dreaming of better prospects, immigrates illegally to France. He struggles at first as he is unable to find work and finds it difficult to make friends. But soon he gets to sell fruits in the underground, albeit illegally. He also makes some new friendsand then falls in love. But his dreams of success remain unrealized as he comes to discover and share the solidarity of the other outcasts going from one encounter to the other, making his way through Paris, from hostels to immigrant aid societies and social welfare groups, living among the excluded and the destitute.

Actors

Sami Bouajila

(Jallel)Élodie Bouchez

(Lucie)Bruno Lochet

(Franck)Aure Atika

(Nassera)Virginie Darmon

(Leila)
And :
Mustapha Adouani
Olivier Loustau
Carole Franck
Jean-Michel Fête
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