Cork French Film Festival 2012
Outside the Law
Hors-la-loi
After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe.
21:00 Wed 09 March, 2011 @ The Gate Cinema
2010
131mins
DCP
French, Arabic (English subtitles)
Directed by Rachid Bouchareb
Starring Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila
Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won.