Return to Algiers (2000)

Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.

Directing:
  • Alexandre Arcady

Writing:
  • Alexandre Arcady
  • René Bonnell

Stars:
Release Date: 2000-04-12
themoviedb icon 6.9/10
  • Country: FR
  • Language: العربية | Français | עִבְרִית
  • Runtime: 114

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Pierre Nivel's wife
Marie Guillard
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Mathilda May
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Nelly Azera
Antoine de Caunes
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Nozha Khouadra
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Dora Doll
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Paula Azera
Samy Naceri
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Issam
Pierre Vaneck
Pierre Vaneck
Blanville
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Wadeck Stanczak
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Étienne
Mostéfa Stiti
Mostéfa Stiti
Fadel
Abderrahmane El Kebir
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Jean-Claude de Goros
Jean-Claude d...
Henri Nivel, Pierre Nivel's father
Raphaël Lenglet
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Saïd Amadis
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Nader Mansour
Daniel Saint-Hamont
Daniel Saint-...
Narrator
El Kebir
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