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Michou d'Auber

2007 · 2h 4m

Directed by Thomas Gilou

6.4

TMDB audience score
80 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.

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Cast

  • Gérard Depardieu
    Georges

  • Nathalie Baye
    Gisèle

  • Mathieu Amalric
    Jacques

  • Samy Seghir
    Messaoud / Michou

  • Catherine Hiegel
    la directrice de l'orphelinat

  • Philippe Nahon
    le cafetier

  • Bernard Yerlès
    le copain de Georges

  • Gérald Laroche
    Robert

  • Chick Ortega
    Viguier

  • Mohamed Fellag
    Akli

  • Christian Bouillette
    Le maire

  • Abdelhafid Metalsi
    Saïd

  • Marie Kremer
    Vendeuse papeterie

  • Gilles Détroit
    Le curé

  • Ludovic Berthillot
    Max

  • Medi Kerouani
    Abdel

  • Robert Plagnol
    Duval