

The Kid from Chaaba
6.4(15)19981h 36m1
Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf, is an autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag about his life as a young Algerian boy growing up in a shantytown next to Lyon, France, called the Chaâba by its inhabitants. The story covers a period of approximately three years in the life of the protagonist and deals with issues developing from the clash between two cultures, that of France and that of North Africa, as well as the difficulties of finding a cultural identity between the two. The story focuses on the cultural differences between the Arab and French communities, as well as how the two groups react to each other
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6.4/10
15 votes
- Status
- Released
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- Box office
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- Language
- French
- suburb
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Release dates
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical28 Mar 1998
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical8 Apr 1998
FranceFR
- Theatrical14 Jan 1998
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12 Feb 1998
SpainES
- Theatrical10 Sept 1999
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- When was The Kid from Chaaba released?
- The Kid from Chaaba was released on 14 January 1998.
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- The Kid from Chaaba holds a 6.4/10 audience score from 15 votes.
- Who directed The Kid from Chaaba?
- The Kid from Chaaba (1998) was directed by Christophe Ruggia.
- How long is The Kid from Chaaba?
- The Kid from Chaaba runs for 1h 36m.















