Le Bougnoul (1975)
A construction worker on a construction site in the Paris suburbs, Mehdi takes the bus to return home after work. Wishing to get off while the vehicle is stationary in a traffic jam, the driver refuses: while restarting, the bus hits the car in front of it. The bus driver attacks Mehdi whom he holds responsible for the incident, claiming that it is forbidden to “talk to the stagehand”. Mehdi is implicated in court and his lawyer tries to draw attention to the living conditions of immigrant workers. racism, working immigrants, post colonialism, algerian diaspora, chibanis, maghreb immigration, french racism, algerian immigration, french society
Released: Apr 23, 1975
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Genre: Drama
Stars: Mohamed Zinet, Elisabeth Huppert, Georges Géret, Patrick Préjean, Sady Rebbot, Roger Dumas, Rabah Loucif, Jean Degrave, Bernard Lajarrige, Raoul Delfosse, Lucienne Hamon
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