Mektoub

Mektoub (1970) is a drama film directed by Ali Ghalem rated 9.0/10.

Ahmed, an Algerian laborer and young father, leaves his country and arrives in France, hoping to find a job through Salah, a friend who has been living in the Paris suburbs for several years. He is disappointed when he arrives in Nanterre, where Salah lives in a shantytown. Without any support, Ahmed has to make the daily rounds of the employment offices, like so many other immigrants who, like him, have been lulled into complacency.

Cast

Abderrahmane El Kebir

Ahmed

Pierre Mirat

Site manager

Ali Ghalem

Salah

Álvaro Marenco

Rouge

Anouk Ferjac