Living in Paradise
- Original title
- Vivre au paradis
- Year
- 1998
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
- France
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Roschdy Zem
- Fadila Belkebla
- Omar Berkhaled
- Farida Rahouadj
- Ramzi Brari
- Mustapha Adouani
- Sabrina Jellassi
- Pierre Berriau
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production France-Algeria-Belgium-Norway;
- Genre
- Drama | Immigration. 1960s
- Synopsis
- 1961-1962, the Algerian War is under way, Lakhdar, an immigrant construction worker, lives in the Nanterre shantytown which is 3km away from Paris. He can no longer bear living alone, far from his family in Southern Algeria. Once he succeeds in bringing them to France, he starts looking for a decent apartment. Just as he is about to reach his goal, at the cost of a betrayal, history strikes back at him...
- Awards
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1998: Venice: Best ópera prima
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