The Great Journey

Movie·2004·1h 48m

The Great Journey

Country

France

Language

Arabic

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The Story

Original title: Le Grand Voyage

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.

Producer

Humbert Balsan

Cinematography

Katell Djian

Editor

Katell Djian

Themes

parent child relationshippilgrimage

Production House

Ognon Pictures
Casablanca Films Productions
Soread-2M
ARTE France Cinéma
Les Films du Passage

Audience Score

67%

34 votes

Skip11%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection26%

Where to watch

Region: GB

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// cast

Cast

Nicolas Cazalé

Nicolas Cazalé

Reda

Mohamed Majd

Mohamed Majd

The Father

Jacky Nercessian

Jacky Nercessian

Mustapha

Ghina Ognianova

La vieille femme

Kamel Belghazi

Kamel Belghazi

Khalid

Atik Mohamed

Le pélerin Ahmad

Malika Mesrar El Hadaoui

La mère

François Baroni

Le douanier italien

Krassi Kpacu

Le douanier serbe

Kirill Kavadarkov

Le barman yougoslave

Blajo Wymenski

L'homme du change

Diyan Machev

Diyan Machev

L'homme bavard

Erol Atac

Douanier turc 1

Nihat Nikerel

Nihat Nikerel

Chef policier turc

Sadık Deveci

Sadık Deveci

Douanier turc 2

// crew

Crew

Ismaël Ferroukhi

Ismaël Ferroukhi

Writer, Director

Humbert Balsan

Humbert Balsan

Producer

Katell Djian

Katell Djian

Editor, Director of Photography

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