Watch Le Grand Détour For Free
Le Grand Détour
The young Amar, father of two children, lives on expedients and looks in vain for a job in Algiers. He decides to emigrate to France, and finds a job there, but quickly loses it after a roundup and custody for several days. Led by two shady Europeans he met in a café, he embarks with other unemployed people for well-paid work on the plantations of Madagascar. The boat that takes them finally docks in Algiers! This film had disappeared for almost fifty years. Ahmed Bedjaoui mourned it until the Berlin Cinematheque found the only copy of this work in its archives, restored it, subtitled it and screened it at the opening of its festival in 2015. The film was thrilled the large audience present, made up of professionals and knowledgeable film buffs. Due to the modesty of its self-produced means, but also by aesthetic choice, the film oscillates between neo-realist cinema and cinema vérité.
Watch Trailer
Cast List
Related Movies
Broken Blossoms
Do the Right Thing
Paths of Glory
Candlelight in Algeria
Mississippi Burning
Le Divorce
Enemy Mine
Green Card
Reviews
one of my absolute favorites!
Beautiful, moving film.
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
