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La banlieue, c’est le paradis

5.5 average rating
5.5
French / 89 MIN. / 2025

The Genres

The Synopsis

In the 1960s, the suburbs were meant to be modern havens for newcomers from rural France, Portugal, Spain, North Africa, and Africa, helping rebuild post-war France. Large housing complexes symbolized this ideal, offering comfort, heating, and electricity. But by the 1980s, disillusionment set in as economic crisis, unemployment, poverty, crime, racism, and police violence took hold. Mohamed Bouhafsi tells the story of a dream that didn’t last.

The Cast

Mohamed BouhafsiFarida KhelfaFabien RousselSofiane ZermaniEmmanuel MacronAkhenatonSabrina OuazaniFranck GastambideFrançois HollandeJean-Louis BorlooDominique TapieNicolas SarkozyAnne-Élisabeth LemoineXavier NielFrançois MitterrandRenaud EpsteinAdjera Lakehal-BrafmanCorinne AngeliniBernard TapieXavier Niel

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