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The Kid from Chaaba

6.419981h 36mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorChristophe Ruggia
ProducerFarid Lahouassa

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Cast · Directed by Christophe Ruggia

BN
Bouzid Negnoug
Omar
MFMohamed Fellag
Mohamed Fellag
Bouzid
NG
Nabil Ghalem
Hacène
GL
Galamelah Lagra
Farid
KB
Kenza Bouanika
Zohra
AM
Amina Medjoubi
Messaouda
LTLounès Tazairt
Lounès Tazairt
Saïd
FMFrançois Morel
François Morel
Monsieur Grand
MGManuela Gourary
Manuela Gourary
La Zieurond
AC
Abdelkarim Chebel
Sélem

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