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Il était une fois dans l'oued ()


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Johnny Leclerc lives in a suburban city in the company of his friends, most of whom are 'beurs'. He behaves like a Muslim, does Ramadan and wears a djellaba. He is even persuaded to be called Abdelbachir

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Julien Courbey ...
Johnny Leclerc, alias Abdel Bachir
Sid Ahmed Agoumi ...
Monsieur Sabri
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Yacine
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Nadia
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Nadège
Amina Annabi ...
Mme Khiera Sabri
Medi Kerouani ...
Medy (as Medy Kerouani)
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Le parrain
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La mère de Johnny
Max Morel ...
Le père de Johnny
Mouss Benia ...
Pote 1
Adrien Saint-Joré ...
Pote 2
Stéphane Soo Mongo ...
Pote 3
Yohan Duport ...
Pote 4
Mohamed Kafi ...
Oncle d'Alger
Leïla Fadili ...
Cousine d'Alger
Hatim Seddiki ...
Cousin d'Alger
Aïcha Mahmah ...
Grand-mère d'Alger
Omar Chenbod ...
Grand-père d'Alger
Mustapha Slaoui ...
L'oncle du désert
Salah Eddine Benmoussa ...
Le Hadj
Mohamed Attik ...
Vieux du désert 1 (as Mohamed Atik)
Mustapha Salamat ...
Vieux du désert 2 (as El Mustapha Salamate)
Mustapha Ziraoui ...
Le cousin du désert
Adel Sekir ...
Le petit
Walid Farajallah ...
Le môme
Omar Bencadi ...
Un copain de Medy
Kacem Missaoui ...
Le speaker (as Kacer Missaoui)
Hicham Damir ...
Le blédard joueur de foot
Younès Edhadeh ...
Le capitaine de l'équipe
Omar Zelloum ...
Le barman
Hassan Koubba ...
Un cousin
Jamal Lababsi ...
Le videur
Omar Yami ...
Le douanier
Zaki Boulenafed ...
Cousin 1 (as Zaki Boulkenafed)
Abdelaziz Degga ...
Un tonton
Samia Meziane ...
Cousine 2
Souhila Yagoubi ...
Tante Alima
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Cousin 3 (as Khaled Lakhdar Benaissa)
Khalid Maadour ...
Cousin Nadia 1
Amine Boumediene ...
Cousin Nadia 2
Youssef Britel ...
Un cousin d'Oran
Abdelkader Lofti ...
Le cheikh (as Abdelkader Lotfi)
Mohamed Tsouli ...
L'homme à la kippa
Linda Hamel ...
Jeune fille cité
Tapa Sudana ...
Vieux Chinois cité
Kamel Bouakkaz ...
Guichetier Poste d'Alger
Achour Raïs ...
Un vieux à la Poste
Karim Belhadj ...
Un homme à la Poste
Atmen Kelif ...
Un cousin du désert
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Le maître d'hôtel
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Vendeur costumes 1
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Vendeur costumes 2
Olivier Baroux ...
Le passager suisse
Pierre Ménès
Amal Hadrami
Yasmine Robert

Directed by

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Djamel Bensalah

Written by

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Djamel Bensalah ... ()
 
Yohan Duport ... (idea)
 
Gilles Laurent ... ()
 
Rim'K ... (idea) (as Abdelkrim Brahmi)
 
Mokobé Traoré ... (idea)

Produced by

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Franck Chorot ... producer

Cinematography by

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Pascal Gennesseaux

Editing by

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Jean-François Elie

Editorial Department

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Nicolas Criqui ... digital conformation
Élodie Ichter ... digital intermediate editor
Emmanuel Le Ridant ... telecine dailies colorist
Bruno Patin ... colorist
Philippe Reinaudo ... digital intermediate technical director
Clement Zveguintzoff ... digital conformation

Casting By

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Bouchra Fakhri

Production Design by

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Hind Ghazali

Costume Design by

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Fabio Perrone

Makeup Department

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Maria Jittou ... makeup artist
Ferouz Zaafour ... key hair stylist / key makeup artist

Production Management

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Adrien Adriaco ... assistant unit manager
Pierre-Olivier Daudens ... assistant unit manager
Eric Duchêne ... unit production manager
François Pulliat ... unit manager
Laurence Renoult-Bernard ... post-production supervisor
Guinal Riou ... assistant unit manager
Nora Salhi ... production manager
Grégory Valais ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Christian Alzieu ... second assistant director
Régis Musset ... first assistant director
Thierry Peythieu ... first assistant director
Zuzana Tomcalova ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Gilles Ségurel ... property master

Sound Department

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Lucien Balibar ... supervising sound editor
Nicolas d'Halluin ... sound recordist
Antoine Deflandre ... sound
Denis Jaillet-Marsigny ... sound mix technician
Alain Lévy ... post-synchronization
Frédéric Mascaras ... sound assistant
Nicolas Provost ... sound dialogue editor

Special Effects by

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Yves Domenjoud ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Chadi Abo ... digital artist
Roxane Fechner ... visual effects supervisor
Alexis Peraste ... cg artist
Debaveye Thibault ... flame artist

Stunts

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Younes Afroukh ... stunt performer
Mourad Barouche ... stunt double
Lahlali Zakaria ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Zouher Abdellah ... first assistant camera
Yassine Bouderba ... assistant camera
Stéphane Cry ... electrician
Guillaume Dreujou ... focus puller
Hicham Elbennissi ... electrician
Redouane Lagtaa ... grip
Anna Lequoy ... video assistant
Zouhair Seffir ... second assistant camera
James Swanson ... aerial director of photography
Eric Thurot ... groupman

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Nezha Dakil ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Rabii El Bakki ... assistant location manager (as Rabii Elbakki) / assistant location manager

Script and Continuity Department

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Virginie Barbay ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Christophe Echard ... set photography
Victor Mathieu ... production assistant
Monique Pautas ... financial controller
Vincent Piant ... Assitant unit manager

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Storyline

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Also Known As
  • Once Upon a Time in the Oued (World-wide, English title)
  • Era Uma Vez no Oásis (Portugal)
  • Diakopes gia panta (Greece)
  • Algériai történet (Hungary)
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  • 93 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend France $823,119, 04 Nov 2005

Did You Know?

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Trivia Movie begins with a "Youyou sound system" jingle: this is an oriental parody of the "THX sound system" jingle, using maghrebian "youyou" shouts. See more »
Movie Connections References The Party (1980). See more »

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