The Other Shore
1997 · Movie · 92 min. · France
Georges Montero, a French-born Algerian, travels to Paris to have a cataract operation. He makes the most of his stay in France to renew his acquaintance with family members and friends who have fled Algeria since the war of independence. He soon finds himself torn between returning to his beloved Algeria or starting a new life in France. Whilst his friends resort to devious methods to persuade him to stay in France, Georges develops a friendship with his eye doctor, Tarek, an assimilated Arab who has lost contact with his own ethnic background. Though their circumstances are very different, the two men both come to realise the importance of their cultural identity...
Direction Dominique Cabrera
Cast Claude Brasseur · Roschdy Zem · Catherine Hiegel · Marthe Villalonga · Slimane Benaïssa
Soundtrack Béatrice Thiriet
Screenplay Nidam Abdi · Dominique Cabrera · Louis Mathieu de Vienne
Cinematography Hélène Louvart
Original title L'autre côté de la mer
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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