After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age of one, to Algeria, his country of birth. In a foreign country of which he knows neither the language nor the customs, he finds himself stripped of his belongings and on the street.


Cheb (1991)
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Mourad Bounaas
Merwan

Nozha Khouadra
Malika

Djohra Bachene
La mère de Merwan

Yahia Benmabrouk
Le taxi clandestin

Boualem Benani
Le capitaine

Pierre-Loup Rajot
Ceccaldi

Fawzi B. Saichi
Garçon du hammam
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Mohamed Nacef
L'adjudant