The Kid from Chaaba (Le Gone du Chaâba) 26 years old

The Kid from Chaaba

Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf, is an autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag about his life as a young Algerian boy growing up in a shantytown next to Lyon, France, called the Chaâba by its inhabitants. The story covers a period of approximately three years in the life of the protagonist and deals with issues developing from the clash between two cultures, that of France and that of North Africa, as well as the difficulties of finding a cultural identity between the two. The story focuses on the cultural differences between the Arab and French communities, as well as how the two groups react to each other

Credits

The Kid from Chaaba Cast

Name Character
Lounès Tazaïrt as Saïd
Mohamed Fellag He was 47, now 74 years old as Bouzid
Kenza Bouanika as Zohra
Bouzid Negnoug as Omar
Nabil Ghalem as Hacène
Amina Medjoubi as Messaouda
Galamelah Lagra as Farid

The Kid from Chaaba Crew

Name Department
Christophe Ruggia as Director. He was 33 (now 59) years old Directing
Azouz Begag as Novel. He was 40 (now 67) years old Writing
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The Kid from Chaaba (26 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, January 14, 1998
  • Runtime: 96 minutes