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Haroun is an old bachelor who has lived in Oran for several years. A retired civil servant, he leads a reclusive life until the day he meets Kamel in a bar—a journalist to whom he tells an incredible story dating back to 1942. He claims to be the brother of ‘the Arab’ killed in a story told in one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus. An Arab with an erased name: Moussa. Through anger, assertions, details, and confidences, Haroun finally convinces the journalist to listen to his story. His confession is a cry of freedom and distress—but above all, a cry of revolt: against an abusive mother, against a country that failed to achieve true independence, against a book, and against a famous French writer.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2026-01-31
- video_camera_front Companies Hikayet Films, Need Productions, Tita Productions, CADC, Imagofilm Lugano, RSI, SRG SSR, Red Sea Film Festival Foundation
- timer Runtime: 106 Mins
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- info IMDB ID tt39230003
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smart_display Cast
Ahmed Benaissa
Haroun
Hiam Abbass
Mother
Dali Benssalah
Haroun (young)
Nabil Asli
Kamel
Amina Ben Ismaïl
Grégoire Monsaingeon
Mustapha Ayad
Raphaël Thiéry
Brahim Derris
Moussa
Choumeyssa Nassah
Amar Guermoud
Inesse Guermoud
Latif Benahmed
Stéphanie Cosserat
Hania Chabane
groups Crew
Olivier Berlaud
First Assistant Director
Malek Bensmaïl
Director
Jacques Fieschi
Screenplay
Malek Bensmaïl
Screenplay
Kamel Daoud
Author
François Guignard
Casting
Fred Premel
Producer
Sandra Di Pasquale
Script
Hachemi Zertal
Producer
Gilles Porte
Director of Photography
Carlos Ibanez Diaz
Sound
Moncef Taleb
Sound
Lancelot Hervé-Mignucci
Sound
Maxence Ciekawy
Sound
Matthieu Bretaud
Editor
Julia Grégory
Editor
Lionel Jan Kerguistel
Director of Photography
Nicolas Rabaeus
Original Music Composer
Edith Vesperini
Costume Design
Lilia Lakhoua
Costume Design
Hadjira Tafat
Costume Design
Saad Ould Bachir
Production Design
Lamine Mohamed Amrani
Production Design
Maxence Ciekawy
Sound Mixer
Malek Bensmaïl
Associate Producer
Villi Hermann
Associate Producer
Michela Pini
Associate Producer
Anne-Laure Guégan
Associate Producer
Géraldine Sprimont
Associate Producer
Hachemi Zertal
Executive Producer
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