Chad Chenouga

Montparnasse-Pondichéry (1994)

After raising her daughter, one would think that Julie's life was rather full. However, she recently got an offer from the French consul to a mission in Pondicherry, India to teach her skills to Indians. She can only do this if she gets her high-school diploma, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Robert
CAST:  Miou-Miou  •  André Dussollier  •  Jacques Perrin  •  Yves Robert

After raising her daughter, one would think that Julie's life was rather full. However, she recently got an offer from the French consul to a mission in Pondicherry, India to teach her skills to Indians. She can only do this if she gets her high-school diploma, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Robert
CAST:  Miou-Miou  •  André Dussollier  •  Jacques Perrin  •  Yves Robert

17, rue Bleue (2001)

17, rue Bleue is an autobiographical drama about an Algerian immigrant's self-destruction in Paris. In it, director Chad Chenouga recounts how his mother, Adda, came to France as an illegal alien, hoping to escape the haunting secrets of her native land, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chad Chenouga
CAST:  Lysiane Meis  •  Abdel Halis  •  Aimen Ben Ahmed  •  Nassim Sakhoui

17, rue Bleue is an autobiographical drama about an Algerian immigrant's self-destruction in Paris. In it, director Chad Chenouga recounts how his mother, Adda, came to France as an illegal alien, hoping to escape the haunting secrets of her native land, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chad Chenouga
CAST:  Lysiane Meis  •  Abdel Halis  •  Aimen Ben Ahmed  •  Nassim Sakhoui

The Grocer's Son (2007)

Antoine Sforza, a thirty-year-old young man, left his village ten years before in order to start a new life in the big city, but now that his father, a traveling grocer, is in hospital after a stroke, he more or less reluctantly accepts to come back to replace him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Guirado
CAST:  Nicolas Cazalé  •  Clotilde Hesme  •  Daniel Duval  •  Jeanne Goupil

Antoine Sforza, a thirty-year-old young man, left his village ten years before in order to start a new life in the big city, but now that his father, a traveling grocer, is in hospital after a stroke, he more or less reluctantly accepts to come back to replace him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Guirado
CAST:  Nicolas Cazalé  •  Clotilde Hesme  •  Daniel Duval  •  Jeanne Goupil

One, Two, Three, Freeze (1993)

A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Blier
CAST:  Anouk Grinberg  •  Myriam Boyer  •  Olivier Martinez  •  Marcello Mastroianni

A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Blier
CAST:  Anouk Grinberg  •  Myriam Boyer  •  Olivier Martinez  •  Marcello Mastroianni

Dieumerci ! (2016)

A 44 year old guy gets out of jail and wants to become an actor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucien Jean-Baptiste
CAST:  Lucien Jean-Baptiste  •  Baptiste Lecaplain  •  Delphine Théodore  •  Olivier Sitruk

A 44 year old guy gets out of jail and wants to become an actor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucien Jean-Baptiste
CAST:  Lucien Jean-Baptiste  •  Baptiste Lecaplain  •  Delphine Théodore  •  Olivier Sitruk

Do it Right (2017)

Nassim, a 16-year-old boy, is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his mates at the big ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chad Chenouga
CAST:  Yolande Moreau  •  Khaled Alouach  •  François Guignard  •  Laurent Xu

Nassim, a 16-year-old boy, is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his mates at the big ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chad Chenouga
CAST:  Yolande Moreau  •  Khaled Alouach  •  François Guignard  •  Laurent Xu

By the End of the Night (2018)

Karim, 30, drives every night. One day at dawn, he drives his last client - a foreign artist, the same age than him. Karim feels irresistibly attracted towards this young man. What he feels will start questioning who he thought he was.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denoal Rouaud
CAST:  Sofian Khammes  •  Jordi Gimeno  •  Naidra Ayadi  •  Victoire du Bois

Karim, 30, drives every night. One day at dawn, he drives his last client - a foreign artist, the same age than him. Karim feels irresistibly attracted towards this young man. What he feels will start questioning who he thought he was.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denoal Rouaud
CAST:  Sofian Khammes  •  Jordi Gimeno  •  Naidra Ayadi  •  Victoire du Bois

Mayday (1995)

This a beautiful May evening. The sun has just set behind the hill. Tonight the inhabitants of the Le Corbusier housing unit are going to experience a slight change of program. They are all sitting in front of their TV sets and in twelve minutes the face of the new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Grange
CAST:  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Jean-Claude Dreyfus  •  Eric Challier  •  Valérie Gabriel

This a beautiful May evening. The sun has just set behind the hill. Tonight the inhabitants of the Le Corbusier housing unit are going to experience a slight change of program. They are all sitting in front of their TV sets and in twelve minutes the face of the new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Grange
CAST:  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Jean-Claude Dreyfus  •  Eric Challier  •  Valérie Gabriel

The Heroics (2021)

Michel is an eternal kid who dreams only of motorcycles and hangs out with his big son Léo and his friends. At fifty, he has to deal with the baby he just had with his ex, and fights not to make the same mistakes and be a good guy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maxime Roy
CAST:  François Créton  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Ariane Ascaride  •  Clotilde Courau

Michel is an eternal kid who dreams only of motorcycles and hangs out with his big son Léo and his friends. At fifty, he has to deal with the baby he just had with his ex, and fights not to make the same mistakes and be a good guy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maxime Roy
CAST:  François Créton  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Ariane Ascaride  •  Clotilde Courau

Sa vie à elle (1995)

Yakine, bright student with algerian origins, wears the hijab. Her family and her school want to understand but she refuses to talk about it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Romain Goupil
CAST:  Sabrina Houicha  •  Séphora Haymann  •  Younesse Boudache  •  Zaïda Ghorab

Yakine, bright student with algerian origins, wears the hijab. Her family and her school want to understand but she refuses to talk about it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Romain Goupil
CAST:  Sabrina Houicha  •  Séphora Haymann  •  Younesse Boudache  •  Zaïda Ghorab

Le Principal (2023)

Sabri Lahlali, the assistant principal of a local high school, is ready to do anything to ensure that his son, who is about to take his high school diploma, has the ideal academic record. But he doesn't know how far his enterprise will take him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chad Chenouga
CAST:  Roschdy Zem  •  Marina Hands  •  Yolande Moreau  •  Agnès Soral

Sabri Lahlali, the assistant principal of a local high school, is ready to do anything to ensure that his son, who is about to take his high school diploma, has the ideal academic record. But he doesn't know how far his enterprise will take him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chad Chenouga
CAST:  Roschdy Zem  •  Marina Hands  •  Yolande Moreau  •  Agnès Soral

Why are you smiling for? (2024)

The growing friendship of two homeless men, Wisi & Jérôme, who are helped by Marina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chad Chenouga  •  Christine Paillard
CAST:  Jean-Pascal Zadi  •  Judith Magre  •  Emmanuelle Devos  •  Raphaël Quenard

The growing friendship of two homeless men, Wisi & Jérôme, who are helped by Marina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chad Chenouga  •  Christine Paillard
CAST:  Jean-Pascal Zadi  •  Judith Magre  •  Emmanuelle Devos  •  Raphaël Quenard

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