Mint Tea

Synopsis

A young Algerian in Paris has not been as successful as he claims in letters home, and when his mother unexpectedly arrives for a visit of several months, he is hard put to hide his circumstances -- and the fact that he has resorted to small-time criminal activity to support himself. His mother disembarks in her traditional attire, a warm-hearted woman who does not have a clue as to how this foreign society functions but also has absolutely no inhibitions about finding out, if the need arises. As the story progresses, the mother catches on to her son's circumstances though the two are still not able to confront the deception and right it. Even with a low budget, this first-time feature-length story by Bahloul Bahloul combines satire, comedy, and pathos to bring home a relationship between mother and son that transcends life's many obstacles.

Main Cast

Chafia Boudraa

The mother

Age : 94 | Popularity : 3%

Abdellatif Kechiche

Hamou

Age : 63 | Popularity : 4%

Krimo Bouguetof

Abdelkader

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Malick Bowens

Bakaba

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Dominique Pinon

Roger

Age : 69 | Popularity : 13%

Jean-Luc Boutté

Mr. Alain

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Anne Canovas

Joséphine

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Abdelkrim Bahloul
Writing	Writer	Abdelkrim Bahloul Jean Curtelin
Production	Co-Producer	Jean Daskalidès
	Executive Producer	Jean-Claude Patrice
	Producer	Gilles Ricci
Sound	Original Music Composer	Lahlou Tighremt
	Sound	Ricardo Castro Miguel Rejas
Camera	Director of Photography	Charles Van Damme
Editing	Editor	Jacques Witta
Art	Production Design	Chantal Giuliani
Department	Role	Name

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