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Raï (1995 film)

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Raï
Directed byThomas Gilou
Screenplay byCyril Collard
Thomas Gilou
Sonia Kronlund
Aïssa Djabri
Messaoud Hattau
Djamila Djabri
Produced byAïssa Djabri
Farid Lahouassa
StarringTabatha Cash
Mustapha Benstiti
CinematographyJean-Jacques Bouhon
Production
companies
M6 Films
Vertigo
Distributed byPan-Européenne
Release date
  • 28 June 1995 (1995-06-28)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$2 million [1]
Box office$768.000 [2]

Raï is a 1995 French film directed by Thomas Gilou. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival.

Plot

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Djamel (Mustapha Benstiti) tries to escape the spiral of drugs and delinquency which crushes all his friends in the suburban city where he lives. He works at the municipal swimming pool and wants to start a family with Sahlia (Tabatha Cash), the sister of his friend Mezz (Micky El Mazroui), who wants to break all ties with his culture of origin.

Cast

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Reception

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It won the Golden Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Raï (1995)". jpbox-office.com.
  2. ^ "Raï (1995)". jpbox-office.com.
  3. ^ "RAÏ". archive.pardo.ch. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
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