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Ali in Wonderland

Ali in Wonderland

DEC 17, 1980 · 129 MIN · DIR. AHMED RACHEDI

DramaComedy

In the 1980s, barely 18 years after Algeria's independence, Algerian immigration to France massively fueled the construction industry, responding to a demand for hard, undervalued labor. Behind the idea of ​​"selective immigration," these men were recruited primarily for their bras and their knock-kneed hands, shaped by construction sites. Invisible yet essential, they built roads, buildings, and infrastructure, often at the cost of precarious conditions. Ali, an Algerian crane operator in France, philosophically accepts the harassment faced by immigrants like himself on construction sites and in daily life. He hopes to escape his situation with the money he wins in the lottery, and from the top of his crane, he allows himself to dream, observing the world through binoculars. One day, the jackpot falls...

Cast

  • Djelloul Beghoura

    Djelloul Beghoura

    Ali

  • Mustapha El Anka

    Mustapha El Anka

  • Saïd Hilmi

    Saïd Hilmi

    Salah

  • Corinne Brodbeck

    Corinne Brodbeck

    Thérèse

  • Albert Delpy

    Albert Delpy

    Jean-Christophe

  • Larbi Zekkal

    Larbi Zekkal

  • Mustapha Kateb

    Mustapha Kateb

  • Ahmed Snoussi

    Ahmed Snoussi

    Ahmed

  • Henri Poirier

    Henri Poirier

  • Andrée Tainsy

    Andrée Tainsy

  • Jean Valmont

    Jean Valmont

  • Donato Bastos

Crew

Writer

Ahmed Rachedi

Writer

Rachid Boudjedra

Director of Photography

Rachid Merabtine

Editor

Hamid Djellouli

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