Return to Algiers (2000)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Alexandre Arcady
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    Pierre Nivel Antoine de Caunes
  • Profile picture of Samy Naceri
    Issam Samy Naceri
  • Profile picture of Mathilda May
    Nelly Azera Mathilda May
  • Profile picture of Nozha Khouadra
    Leila/Amina Nozha Khouadra
  • Profile picture of Pierre Vaneck
    Blanville Pierre Vaneck
  • Profile picture of Lorànt Deutsch
    Versanti Lorànt Deutsch
  • Profile picture of Wadeck Stanczak
    Francis Wadeck Stanczak
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    Pierre Nivel's wife Elsa Zylberstein

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