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Raï

Directed by	Thomas Gilou
Screenplay by	Cyril Collard Thomas Gilou Sonia Kronlund Aïssa Djabri Messaoud Hattau Djamila Djabri
Produced by	Aïssa Djabri Farid Lahouassa
Starring	Tabatha Cash Mustapha Benstiti
Cinematography	Jean-Jacques Bouhon
Production companies	M6 Films Vertigo
Distributed by	Pan Européenne Distribution
Release date	28 June 1995 (1995-06-28)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$2 million
Box office	$768.000

Raï is a 1995 French film directed by Thomas Gilou. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival.

Plot

Djamel (Mustapha Benstiti) tries to escape the spiral of drugs and delinquency which crushes all his friends in the suburban city where he lives. He works at the municipal swimming pool and wants to start a family with Sahlia (Tabatha Cash), the sister of his friend Mezz (Micky El Mazroui), who wants to break all ties with his culture of origin.

Cast

Tabatha Cash : Sahlia
Mustapha Benstiti : Djamel
Samy Naceri : Nordine
Micky El Mazroui : Mezz
Tara Römer : Laurent
Faisal Attia : Aziz
Léa Drucker : Girl at the party
Édouard Baer

Reception

It won the Golden Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival.

References

"Raï (1995)". jpbox-office.com.
"Raï (1995)". jpbox-office.com.
"RAÏ". archive.pardo.ch. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

External links

Raï at IMDb

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