OUTSIDE THE LAW
synopsis
After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won.
international title: | Outside the Law |
original title: | Hors-la-loi |
country: | France, Algeria, Belgium, Tunisia, Italy |
sales agent: | StudioCanal |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Rachid Bouchareb |
release date: | FR 22/09/2010, BE 29/09/2010, IT 06/05/2011, UK 06/05/2011 |
screenplay: | Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle |
cast: | Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Jamel Debbouze, Ahmed Benaissa, Larbi Zekkal, Chafia Boudraa, Mourad Khen |
cinematography by: | Christophe Beaucarne |
film editing: | Yannick Kergoat |
art director: | Yan Arlaud |
producer: | Jean Bréhat, Olivier Dubois, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn |
production: | Tessalit Productions, Tadrart Films, StudioCanal, France 3 Cinéma, Novak Production, Tassili (AL), Quinta Communication (TN) |
distributor: | StudioCanal, Umedia Distribution, Eagle Pictures, StudioCanal |