The Kid from Chaaba
Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf, is an autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag about his life as a young Algerian boy growing up in a shantytown next to Lyon, France, called the Chaâba by its inhabitants. The story covers a period of approximately three years in the life of the protagonist and deals with issues developing from the clash between two cultures, that of France and that of North Africa, as well as the difficulties of finding a cultural identity between the two. The story focuses on the cultural differences between the Arab and French communities, as well as how the two groups react to each other
Year: 1998
Genre: Drama
Studio: Films Christiani, Orly Films, Vertigo Productions
Director: Christophe Ruggia
Cast: Bouzid Negnoug, Mohamed Fellag, Nabil Ghalem, Galamelah Lagra, Kenza Bouanika, Amina Medjoubi
Crew: Azouz Begag (Novel), Christophe Ruggia (Director), Dominique Chapuis (Cinematography), Pascal Benhamou (Electrician), Safy Boutella (Music), Jonathan Acbard (Boom Operator)
Runtime: 96 minutes
Release: Jan 14, 1998
IMDb: 6.40/10 by 15 users
Popularity: 1
Country: France
Language: Français, العربية
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : suburb
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