The Ambassadors

The Ambassadors (1975)

Les Ambassadeurs

“Each of you is an ambassador, and we are sure that each of you will be the best ambassador of our country.” This is how the film begins; a speech to emigrant workers for France. Salah left his three sisters and his mother to become an ambassador, going to work on a Defense site, wading in the mud, he works with a jackhammer. Salah wanders in search of work and housing. Coming up against racism from the owners claiming the respectability of the building and the good neighborhood, he finds himself in a hotel in the Goutte d'Or district. The body of Mehdi, friend of Salah, was found in the Canal Saint-Martin, murdered by a fascist commando, and Ali died of a bullet, killed by a racist janitor. Faced with crimes that remain unpunished, Salah and his friends organize, unite with the French working class to defend their lives and their right to work.

Date of release
1975-01-02
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama
Director
Naceur Ktari

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Tanit d'or

Les Ambassadeurs is a Tunisian film produced in 1975 by Naceur Ktari. It won the Tanit d'or for best film at Carthage Film Festival in 1976 and the special jury prize at Locarno International Film Festival the same year. It was selected for the 1978 Cannes Film Festival in the category "Un Certain Regard".

Production credits

Script : Lise Bouzidi, Christine Jancovici, Ahmed Kassem, Naceur Ktari et Gérard Mauger

Editing : François Ceppi et Larbi Ben Ali

Sound : Antoine Bonfanti, Auguste Galli et Hechmi Joulak

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