Made in France (2001)
Origine contrôlée
Patrick Morel has his limits tested when he's thrown in jail after a misunderstanding with the lovely Sonia and the brash Youssef, all three of them bound for deportation until a last-ditch escape frees them in more ways than one.
- Date of release
- 2001-01-24
- TMDB
- 8.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Zakia Tahiri, Ahmed Bouchaala
Casting
- Patrick Ligardes — Patrick
- Ronit Elkabetz — Sonia
- Atmen Kelif — Youssef
- Abderrahmane El Kebir — Lamine
- Alexia Stresi — Marie
- Françoise Lépine — Inspector
- Jean-Luc Porraz — Lawyer
- Isabelle Sadoyan — aunt
- Karim Belkhadra — Zoubida
- Éric Boucher — policeman #1
- Stefan Elbaum — Policeman #2
- Philippe du Janerand — Customer
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Audience Award of the Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival
Origine contrôlée is a 2001 French comedy-drama film starring Ronit Elkabetz. It is also the debut French-language picture to star Elkabetz, famous for Hebrew-language roles in her native Israel. Elkabetz acquired French fluency after moving to France in 1997. The film was written and directed by Ahmed Bouchaala and Zakia Tahri. It was awarded the Le Roger Award for Best French Feature by the Avignon & New York Film Festival.
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