

Le Grand Détour
The young Amar, father of two children, lives on expedients and looks in vain for a job in Algiers. He decides to emigrate to France, and finds a job there, but quickly loses it after a roundup and custody for several days. Led by two shady Europeans he met in a café, he embarks with other unemployed people for well-paid work on the plantations of Madagascar. The boat that takes them finally docks in Algiers! This film had disappeared for almost fifty years. Ahmed Bedjaoui mourned it until the Berlin Cinematheque found the only copy of this work in its archives, restored it, subtitled it and screened it at the opening of its festival in 2015. The film was thrilled the large audience present, made up of professionals and knowledgeable film buffs. Due to the modesty of its self-produced means, but also by aesthetic choice, the film oscillates between neo-realist cinema and cinema vérité.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- Arabic
- france
- immigration
- racism
- algeria
- class struggle
- maghreb
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Release dates
AlgeriaDZ
- Premiere21 May 1968
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- When was Le Grand Détour released?
- Le Grand Détour was released on 21 May 1968.
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- Who directed Le Grand Détour?
- Le Grand Détour (1968) was directed by Ahmed Bedjaoui.
- How long is Le Grand Détour?
- Le Grand Détour runs for 47m.












