Il était une fois dans l'oued (2005)

Director:

Djamel Bensalah

Writers:

Djamel Bensalah (writer)
Abdelkrim Brahmi (idea)
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Release Date:

19 October 2005 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Once Upon A Time In The Title

Cast

Julien Courbey	...	Johnny Leclerc, alias Abdel Bachir
Sid Ahmed Agoumi	...	Monsieur Sabri
David Saracino	...	Yacine
Karina Testa	...	Nadia
Marilou Berry	...	Nadège
Amina Annabi	...	Mme Khiera Sabri
Medy Kerouani	...	Medy
Karim Belkhadra	...	Le parrain
Frankie Pain	...	La mère de Johnny
Max Morel	...	Le père de Johnny
Mouss Benia	...	Pote 1
Adrien Saint-Joré	...	Pote 2
Stéphane Soo Mongo	...	Pote 3
Yohan Duport	...	Pote 4
Mohamed Kafi	...	Oncle d'Alger
Leïla Fadili	...	Cousine d'Alger
Hatim Seddiki	...	Cousin d'Alger
Aïcha Mahmah	...	Grand-mère d'Alger
Omar Chenbod	...	Grand-père d'Alger
Mustapha Slaoui	...	L'oncle du désert
Salah Eddine Benmoussa	...	Le Hadj
Mohamed Attik	...	Vieux du désert 1 (as Mohamed Atik)
Mustapha Salamat	...	Vieux du désert 2 (as El Mustapha Salamate)
Mustapha Ziraoui	...	Le cousin du désert
Adel Sekir	...	Le petit
Walid Farajallah	...	Le môme
Omar Bencadi	...	Un copain de Medy
Kacer Missaoui	...	Le speaker
Hicham Damir	...	Le blédard joueur de foot
Younès Edhadeh	...	Le capitaine de l'équipe
Omar Zelloum	...	Le barman
Hassan Koubba	...	Un cousin
Jamal Lababsi	...	Le videur
Omar Yami	...	Le douanier
Zaki Boulenafed	...	Cousin 1 (as Zaki Boulkenafed)
Abdelaziz Degga	...	Un tonton
Samia Meziane	...	Cousine 2
Souhila Yagoubi	...	Tante Alima
Khaled Benaïssa	...	Cousin 3 (as Khaled Lakhdar Benaissa)
Khalid Maadour	...	Cousin Nadia 1
Amine Boumediene	...	Cousin Nadia 2
Youssef Britel	...	Un cousin d'Oran
Abdelkader Lofti	...	Le cheikh (as Abdelkader Lotfi)
Mohamed Tsouli	...	L'homme à la kippa
Linda Hamel	...	Jeune fille cité
Tapa Sudana	...	Vieux Chinois cité
Kamel Bouakkaz	...	Guichetier Poste d'Alger
Achour Raïs	...	Un vieux à la Poste
Karim Belhadj	...	Un homme à la Poste
Atmen Kelif	...	Un cousin du désert
Elie Semoun	...	Le maître d'hôtel
Ramzy Bedia	...	Vendeur costumes 1
Eric Judor	...	Vendeur costumes 2
Olivier Baroux	...	Le passager suisse
David Elmaleh
Pierre Menes
Amal Hadrami
Yasmine Robert

Directed by
Djamel Bensalah

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Djamel Bensalah		writer
Abdelkrim Brahmi		idea
Yohan Duport		idea
Gilles Laurent		writer
Mokobé Traoré		idea

Produced by
Franck Chorot	....	producer

Cinematography by
Pascal Gennesseaux

Film Editing by
Jean-François Elie

Casting by
Bouchra Fakhri

Costume Design by
Fabio Perrone

Production Management
Adrien Adriaco	....	assistant unit manager
Eric Duchêne	....	unit production manager
François Pulliat	....	unit manager
Guinal Riou	....	assistant unit manager
Nora Salhi	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christian Alzieu	....	second assistant director
Régis Musset	....	first assistant director
Thierry Peythieu	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Gilles Ségurel	....	property master

Sound Department
Lucien Balibar	....	supervising sound editor
Antoine Deflandre	....	sound
Nicolas d'Halluin	....	sound recordist
Denis Jaillet-Marsigny	....	sound mix technician
Alain Lévy	....	post-synchronization
Frédéric Mascaras	....	sound assistant
Nicolas Provost	....	sound dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Chadi Abo	....	digital artist
Roxane Fechner	....	visual effects supervisor
Élodie Ichter	....	Lustre assistant
Alexis Peraste	....	CG artist
Debaveye Thibault	....	Flame artist

Stunts
Lahlali Zakaria	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
James Swanson	....	aerial director of photography

Editorial Department
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Clement Zveguintzoff	....	digital conformation

Other crew
Virginie Barbay	....	script supervisor
Rabii El Bakki	....	assistant location manager

Production Companies

• Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
• Miroir Magique!
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• TPS Star (participation)
• Neon Productions (executive production)

Distributors

• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Once Upon a Time in the Oued (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:93 min

Country:

Algeria | France

Language:

French | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

Algeria

Company:

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont