Michou D'Auber


2h 4m 2007

Brief Synopsis

Messaoud, a young Arab boy, is placed in a foster family in rural France at the age of nine. The year is 1961 and Algeria is in the midst of revolution. Gisele, his adoptive mother, by fear of the anti-Arab sentiment that has broken out in the region, decides to change the child's identity. Messaoud

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Period
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Europacorp; Europacorp; Paradise; Paradise Film Distribution Company (Russia); Television Inc. (Romania); Tf1 Films Productions
Distribution Company
Equinoxe Films; Europacorp; Victory Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 4m

Synopsis

Messaoud, a young Arab boy, is placed in a foster family in rural France at the age of nine. The year is 1961 and Algeria is in the midst of revolution. Gisele, his adoptive mother, by fear of the anti-Arab sentiment that has broken out in the region, decides to change the child's identity. Messaoud is renamed Michel, "Michou". Gisele also hides the truth from her own husband, Georges, a retired soldier. Little by little, things get complicated between Georges, Gisele and Michou.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Period
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Europacorp; Europacorp; Paradise; Paradise Film Distribution Company (Russia); Television Inc. (Romania); Tf1 Films Productions
Distribution Company
Equinoxe Films; Europacorp; Victory Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 4m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in France February 28, 2007

35mm

color

Dolby DTS

dialogue French

Released in France February 28, 2007