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Cour Interdite

Cour Interdite

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Drama

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Cour interdite is about drugs, naïve dreams, and the demise of values. A young Arab from the Paris suburbs, where poverty, unemployment and drugs are very much the reality, Djamel Ouahab saw many people around him dying, which led him to this project that took seven years to complete. The director plays a drug dealer who takes care of his family, protects his mother, and tries to shield his little brother from the drugs around him. He also has to help an addicted friend to quit his habit. Just when we think that he might be successful, reality hits him in the face. The message is that you can't escape drugs with drug money. Cour interdite chronicles the drug dealer's descent into hell. It is a realistic film with poetic dimensions. Ouahab tries to show the world of drug addicts but also the human side of the dealer.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

21 April 1999

Country

France

Cast

Djamel Ouahab

Djamel Ouahab

Illyr

Patrick Gramain

Patrick Gramain

Paco

Mourad Selimi

Mourad Selimi

Claquette

Alain Kouhani

Alain Kouhani

Rodrigo

Nadia Vasil

Nadia Vasil

La Mère

Rony Kramer

Rony Kramer

Murphy

Bass Dhem

Bass Dhem

Yannis

Valérie Boulenouar

Valérie Boulenouar

Sara

Nordine Yazid

Nordine Yazid

Didi

Gérard Sergue

Gérard Sergue

Chef des Stups

Blandine Pélissier

Blandine Pélissier

Sally

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