

Mektoub (1970)
Overview : Ahmed, an Algerian laborer and young father, leaves his country and arrives in France, hoping to find a job through Salah, a friend who has been living in the Paris suburbs for several years. He is disappointed when he arrives in Nanterre, where Salah lives in a shantytown. Without any support, Ahmed has to make the daily rounds of the employment offices, like so many other immigrants who, like him, have been lulled into complacency.
Release Date : September 23, 1970
Runtime : 85m
Genre : Drama
Companies : Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP)
Countries : France
Keywords : france, immigration, racism, algeria, proletariat, union struggle, bidonvilles