One Roof, One Family

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1982 / 110min.

Rating10

Genres

Family

Drama

Synopsis

Selim Mechoubine, a young man of 28, is the eldest of a large family. In the cramped accommodation he shares with his parents, brothers and sisters... he occupies the kitchen, the refuge of his dreams and his many fantasies. Selim, the court clerk where divorcing couples parade..., wants to get married. His mother finds him “the rare pearl”. But now, the bride's family demands that the couple have their own home... Selim's misadventure begins; he finds himself confronted with the problems of the housing crisis which forces him to begin a long quest, procedures, requests to find the sine qua non condition for his marriage.

Directors

Actors

Ahmed Benaissa

Yahia Benmabrouk

Ouardia Hamtouche

Wahiba Zekkal

Mustapha El Anka

Amina Medjoubi

Fawzi B. Saichi

Mustapha Chougrani

Mustapha Kesdarli

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