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Once Upon a Time in the Oued

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 19, 2005

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

55%

Original Title

Il était une fois dans l'Oued

Production Companies

Gaumont

Director

Djamel Bensalah

Description

In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Muslim, observes Ramadan and wears a djelaba. He's even convinced that his name is Abdelbachir and that he was born in a small village in the bled. When his friend Yacine gets into trouble with a local kaid and decides to return to Algeria for the vacations, he smuggles himself into the Sabri family's luggage to fulfill his dream and finally get to know his "roots". As soon as he arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny felt right at home. But Yacine is opposed to his father, who wants to arrange his marriage.