Movie
Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out (1981)
Comedy
Story
In 1980, Lionel Stoléru—France’s Secretary of State for Migrant Workers—introduced a "repatriation grant" of 10,000 francs (known as the "Stoléru million"), paid to immigrants who agreed to return permanently to their countries of origin. One Algerian family decided to leave France. Upon arriving in the small rural town of Boufarik, Algeria, in a brand-new Peugeot 404, they caused a scandal. Their liberated ways drew the villagers' ire, and the two children knew nothing about Algeria or local customs. The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, and in 1982, it won the Critics' Prize at the Chamrousse International Comedy Film Festival.
Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri Starring: Yves Neff, Fatiha Fawzi, Mostéfa Stiti, Hubert Deschamps
Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out Cast
- Yves Neff as Mus
- Fatiha Fawzi as Fifi
- Mostéfa Stiti as Lounès, le père
- Hubert Deschamps as Si Kaddour
- Mustapha El Anka as Si Tayeb
- Kader Kada as Bachir
- El Hadja as Aïcha, la grand-mère
- Annie Rousset as Djouher, la mère
- Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane as Mokrane
- Sir Lechea