Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.
Directed by Thomas Gilou
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Cast

Gérard Depardieu
Georges

Nathalie Baye
Gisèle

Mathieu Amalric
Jacques

Samy Seghir
Messaoud / Michou

Catherine Hiegel
la directrice de l'orphelinat

Philippe Nahon
le cafetier

Bernard Yerlès
le copain de Georges

Gérald Laroche
Robert

Chick Ortega
Viguier

Mohamed Fellag
Akli

Christian Bouillette
Le maire

Abdelhafid Metalsi
Saïd

Marie Kremer
Vendeuse papeterie

Gilles Détroit
Le curé
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