Cast
Romain Duris 
Lubna Azabal Zouhir Gacem Lila Makhlouf Habib Cheik Latifah Ahrar
Credits
Written by: 
Tony Gatlif
Plot
A young French couple of North African descent travels to Algeria, the land of their parents, on foot, by train and by boat, and find music, trance and identity.
Sinekatalog’s take
A free, musical road movie of roots.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (3,296 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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