100 % Arabica
Synopsis
In "100% Arabica", a run-down neighbourhood on the city limits of Paris, thus nicknamed because of a broken billboard, bored is what you're not! Some are on the make, others are on the dole, the D system mixed with the ancestral traditions of a cosmopolitan population, all go to make up the neighbourhood's daily round. All these goings on are not at all to the liking of the mayor, who's preparing his re-election and hoping for a little calm. It is with this in mind that he strikes a deal with Slimane and Majid, two small-time hoodlums converted for the occasion to pseudo imams. They promise him, with the aid of a little subvention, to keep order until the elections by recruiting the young layabouts. Only thing is, the idlers in question would rather go to the gig of Raporiental, the Raï group of Rachid and Cheb Krimo.
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Director (1)
Actors (16)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Fennec Productions
- Foreign production companies : Les Films de la Toison d'Or, Incoprom S.A.
- Film exports/foreign sales : Horizon Audiovisuel
- French distribution : Eurozoom
Full credits (18)
- Screenwriters : Mahmoud Zemmouri, Marie-Laurence Attias
- Directors of Photography : Noël Very, Jean-Claude Vicquery
- Music Composer : Maghni
- Assistant directors : Marie-Laurence Attias, Daniel Chabannes De Sars
- Editor : Youcef Tobni
- Sound recordists : Henri Morel, Ricardo Castro
- Costume designer : Mahadevi Apavou
- Foreign Producer : Claude Richardet
- Assistant Operator : Philippe Vene
- Camera Operator : Noël Very
- Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
- Sound editor : Catherine D'Hoir
- Assistant editors : Emmanuel Dehais, Juliette Marchand
- Continuity supervisor : Laurence Lallias
- Production Designer : Denis Acker
- French distributor : Amel Lacombe
- Sound mixers : Hervé Buirette, François Groult
- Location Manager : Daniel Chabannes De Sars
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium, Switzerland
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium, Switzerland)
- Production year : 1997
- French release : 05/11/1997
- Runtime : 1 h 25 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 91.885
- Visa issue date : 28/10/1997
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
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"I think the film has a positive message, without being heavy handed. It tries to show that kids are not all delinquents, once they're given the means to express themselves. Music remains one of the roads to salvation, amongst others." (Khaled- Interview by Hacène Chouchaoui, France-Soir)
