La banlieue, c’est le paradis

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.

Country: France

Cast

Mohamed Bouhafsi

Nassira Bouhafsi

Farida Khelfa

Fabien Roussel

Sofiane Zermani

Emmanuel Macron

Akhenaton

Sabrina Ouazani