The Great Journey
Released: November 9, 2004Runtime: 108 minLanguage: FR
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.
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Nicolas Cazale
as Reda
Mohamed Majd
as The Father
Jacky Nercessian
as Mustapha
Ghina Ognianova
as La vieille femme
Kamel Belghazi
as Khalid
Atik Mohamed
as Le pélerin Ahmad
Malika Mesrar El Hadaoui
as La mère
Francois Baroni
as Le douanier italien
Krassi Kpacu
as Le douanier serbe
Kirill Kavadarkov
as Le barman yougoslave
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