Return to Algiers

Alexandre Arcady
2000-04-12


6.9
114 min

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

Name Character Team
Antoine de Caunes Pierre Nivel Unowned
Samy Naceri Issam Unowned
Mathilda May Nelly Azera Unowned
Nozha Khouadra Leila/Amina Unowned
Pierre Vaneck Blanville Unowned
Lorànt Deutsch Versanti Unowned
Wadeck Stanczak Francis Unowned
Elsa Zylberstein La femme de Pierre Nivel Unowned
Matthias Van Khache Étienne Unowned
Dora Doll Paula Azera Unowned
Mostéfa Stiti Fadel Unowned
Abderrahmane El Kebir Le frère de Fadel Unowned
Jean-Claude de Goros Henri Nivel, le père de Pierre Nivel Unowned
Françoise Armelle-Chiche Adrienne Nivel, la mère de Pierre Nivel Unowned
Marie Guillard Alexandra Unowned
François-Xavier Noah Pierre Nivel, jeune Unowned
Raphaël Lenglet Issam, jeune Unowned
Saïd Amadis Nader Mansour Unowned
Daniel Saint-Hamont Le narrateur du film Unowned
Nadia Samir Unowned