The Kid from Chaaba

Synopsis

Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf, is an autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag about his life as a young Algerian boy growing up in a shantytown next to Lyon, France, called the Chaâba by its inhabitants. The story covers a period of approximately three years in the life of the protagonist and deals with issues developing from the clash between two cultures, that of France and that of North Africa, as well as the difficulties of finding a cultural identity between the two. The story focuses on the cultural differences between the Arab and French communities, as well as how the two groups react to each other

Main Cast

Bouzid Negnoug

Omar

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Mohamed Fellag

Bouzid

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Nabil Ghalem

Hacène

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Galamelah Lagra

Farid

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Kenza Bouanika

Zohra

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Amina Medjoubi

Messaouda

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Lounès Tazairt

Saïd

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François Morel

Monsieur Grand

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Christophe Ruggia
Writing	Novel	Azouz Begag
Crew	Cinematography	Dominique Chapuis
	Stunts	Francis Auguy Catherine Robert Patrick Médioni Marc Rosel
Costume & Make-Up	Costumer	Elsa Rio Florence Julienne
	Makeup Artist	Emmanuelle Fèvre
Editing	Editor	Nicole Dedieu
Art	Decorator	Sandrine Canaux
	Production Design	Richard Cahours de Virgile
Sound	Music	Safy Boutella
	Boom Operator	Jonathan Acbard
	Sound Engineer	Jean-Pierre Duret
	Foley Recordist	André Cappello
	Assistant Sound Editor	Hubert Persat
Camera	Second Assistant "A" Camera	Vincent Alexandre Steeven Petitteville
	Assistant Camera	Françoise Noyon
	Steadicam Operator	Philippe Dorelli
Lighting	Electrician	Pascal Benhamou
Production	Producer	Farid Lahouassa
	Production Manager	Rodolphe Pélicier
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