Film · Drama, Romance
The Great Journey (2004)
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.
- Director
- Ismaël Ferroukhi
- Writers
- Ismaël Ferroukhi
- Country
- France, Morocco
- Language
- French
- Release date
- November 9, 2004
- Original title
- Le Grand Voyage
Cast
Nicolas CazaléReda
Mohamed MajdThe Father
Jacky NercessianMustapha- Ghina OgnianovaLa vieille femme
Kamel BelghaziKhalid- Atik MohamedLe pélerin Ahmad
- Malika Mesrar El HadaouiLa mère
- François BaroniLe douanier italien
- Krassi KpacuLe douanier serbe
- Kirill KavadarkovLe barman yougoslave
- Blajo WymenskiL'homme du change
Diyan MachevL'homme bavard- Erol AtacDouanier turc 1
Nihat NikerelChef policier turc
Sadık DeveciDouanier turc 2
