Le Grand Voyage
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Cast & Crew
Ismael Ferroukhi
Nicolas Cazale
Mohamed Majd
Jacky Nercessian
Humbert Balsan
Tina Baz-le Gal
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Out of filial duty and a sense of adventure, Reda, a young French man, Reda, agrees to accompany his elderly Moroccan father on the hajj-the pilgrimage to Mecca. It is an obligatory trip for every good Muslim who can afford it. The only catch: the journey from France to Saudi Arabia will be by car. Initially, Reda d sn't understand why his father d sn't simply take a plane and be done with it. His father responds that the pilgrimage should be as arduous a journey as possible to show the believer's faith. And so it proves to be. Along the way the father and son will cross national borders, seas, even continents, but no distance is greater than the one they cross to come to terms with each other.
Director
Ismael Ferroukhi
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for First Film in the 2004 Venice International Film Festival.
Released in United States 2004
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States June 2005
Released in United States on Video April 8, 2008
Released in United States September 2004
Shown at IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival (International Showcase) June 16-26, 2005.
Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 23-April 3, 2005.
Shown at the Venice International Film Festival September 1-11, 2004.
Feature directorial debut for Ismael Ferroukhi
Released in United States 2004
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 23-April 3, 2005.)
Released in United States June 2005 (Shown at IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival (International Showcase) June 16-26, 2005.)
Released in United States on Video April 8, 2008
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at the Venice International Film Festival September 1-11, 2004.)
