Pierre and Djemila (1987)
Pierre et Djemila
Two teenage lovers are caught up in the thrill of forbidden love in this tragic romantic drama. Pierre (Jean-Pierre Andre) is a 16-year-old French lad who loves 14-year-old Djemila (Nadja Reski), the offspring of Algerian immigrants. Pierre's father is an Algerian war veteran who tolerates living with the immigrants at the low-income housing project as long as the two factions are separated. Djemila's older brother carries bitter hatred for the French over their invasion of Algeria. Both young lovers fall victim to the intolerance of their families when their relatives discover that the two are engaged in a passionate love affair.
- Date of release
- 1987-06-02
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Gérard Blain
Casting
- Jean-Pierre Andre — Pierre Landry
- Djedjigua Ait-Hamouda — Aicha
- Abdelkader — Djaffar
- Nadja Reski — Djemila Khodja
- Salah Teskouk — Djemila's father
- Fatiha Cheriguene — Djemila's mother
- Jacques Brunet — Pierre's father
Interesting facts
Pierre and Djemila is a 1987 French drama film directed by Gérard Blain. The film addresses North African immigration in France through a tragic love story between two teenagers, a French boy and a girl of Algerian descent. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Production
Principal photography took place in Roubaix. As customary in his films as a director, Gérard Blain employed mostly non-professional actors.
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