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Produced by
  
Franck Chorot

Cinematography
  
Pascal Gennesseaux

Initial release
  
19 October 2005 (France)

Box office
  
6.7 million USD

4.9/10
IMDb

Directed by
  
Djamel Bensalah

Starring
  
Julien Courbey

Edited by
  
Jean-François Elie

Director
  
Djamel Bensalah

Budget
  
5 million USD

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Written by
  
Djamel Bensalah Gilles Laurent Abdelkrim Brahmi Yohan Duport Mokobé

Screenplay
  
Djamel Bensalah, Gilles Laurent

Cast
  
Julien Courbey, David Saracino, Karina Testa, Marilou Berry, Amina Annabi

Similar
  
Beur sur la ville, The Race, Big City, Neuilly Yo Mama!, Beur blanc rouge

Once Upon a Time in the Oued (or Il était une fois dans l'oued) is a 2005 French comedy film directed by Djamel Bensalah.

Plot

Johnny Leclerc, from a Norman mother and an Alsatian father lives in a company in suburban city of his friends, mostly North Africans. He behaves like a Muslim, make the Ramadan and wear a djelaba. He is even persuaded to be called Abdul Bashir and to be born in a small village of Bled. When his friend Yacine has some trouble with a local guy and decides to return for holidays in Algeria, he sailed clandestinely in the luggage of the Sabri family to fulfill his dream and finally know his "roots". Just arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny feels like home.

References

Once Upon a Time in the Oued Wikipedia