Under Another Sky (2002)

Original title

Les Chemins de l'oued

Directed by

Gaël Morel

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young French man of Algerian descent accidentally kills a police officer. His family sends him to live with his grandfather in Algeria, where he tries to adjust to a new culture and faces pressure from his drug-dealing cousin and a social worker.

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What happens

Under Another Sky (French: Les Chemins de l'oued, lit. "The Ways of the Valley") is a French drama film, directed by Gaël Morel and released in 2002. The film stars Nicolas Cazalé as Sami, a young French man of Algerian descent who accidentally kills a police officer in a car accident; sent by his family to live with his grandfather (Mohamed Majd) in Algeria for his protection, he struggles to adapt to his new and unfamiliar environment, and is torn between the influence of his cousins Issam (Kheireddine Defdaf), a drug dealer in Algiers, and Nadia (Amira Casar), a social worker who works to help young victims of violence. The cast also includes Hamza Bennani, Kaoutar Mohamadi, Mohamed Said Arif, Clément Deva, Nabil Tahar, Amina Medjoubi, Mathieu Casado, Paul Morel and Akrame El Meziane. The film was the winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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