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Drama

Comedy

Ali in Wonderland

Ali au Pays des Mirages

1980

2:9

★ 9.5

In the 1980s, barely 18 years after Algeria's independence, Algerian immigration to France massively fueled the construction industry, responding to a demand for hard, undervalued labor. Behind the idea of "selective immigration," these men were recruited primarily for their bras and their knock-kneed hands, shaped by construction sites. Invisible yet essential, they built roads, buildings, and infrastructure, often at the cost of precarious conditions. Ali, an Algerian crane operator in France, philosophically accepts the harassment faced by immigrants like himself on construction sites and in daily life. He hopes to escape his situation with the money he wins in the lottery, and from the top of his crane, he allows himself to dream, observing the world through binoculars. One day, the jackpot falls...

Cast

Djelloul Beghoura

Ali

Mustapha El Anka

Saïd Hilmi

Salah

Corinne Brodbeck

Thérèse

Albert Delpy

Jean-Christophe

Larbi Zekkal

Mustapha Kateb

Ahmed Snoussi

Ahmed

Henri Poirier

Andrée Tainsy

Crew

Ahmed Rachedi

Director

Ahmed Rachedi

Writer

Rachid Boudjedra

Writer

Rachid Merabtine

Cinematography

Rachid Merabtine

Director of Photography

Idir

Music

Hamid Djellouli

Editor

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