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Le Bougnoul (1975)

Le Bougnoul (1975)

Drama
Release Date: 1975, April 23
Directors: Daniel Moosmann
Countries: France
Production: ORTF, Patricia Films, Société du Film
Cast: Raoul Delfosse, Georges Géret, Mohamed Zinet, Patrick Préjean, Rabah Loucif, Roger Dumas, Lucienne Hamon, Bernard Lajarrige, Sady Rebbot, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Elisabeth Huppert, Jean Degrave

Overview:

A construction worker on a construction site in the Paris suburbs, Mehdi takes the bus to return home after work. Wishing to get off while the vehicle is stationary in a traffic jam, the driver refuses: while restarting, the bus hits the car in front of it. The bus driver attacks Mehdi whom he holds responsible for the incident, claiming that it is forbidden to “talk to the stagehand”. Mehdi is implicated in court and his lawyer tries to draw attention to the living conditions of immigrant workers.

Keywords:

racism maghreb immigration post colonialism working immigrants french society algerian diaspora algerian immigration chibanis