Les Ambassadeurs (film)

Les Ambassadeurs
Directed by Naceur Ktari
Produced by Alain Dahan, Unité Trois (France)
Hassen Daldoul, SATPEC (Tunisia)
OGEK (Libya)
Written by Naceur Ktari
Lise Bouzidi
Christine Jancovici
Ahmed Kassem
Gérard Mauger
Starring Sidi Ali Kouiret
Jacques Rispal
Tahar Kebaïli
Amal Ayouch
Marcel Cuvelier
Music by Hamadi Ben Othman
Cinematography Jean-Jacques Rochut
Edited by François Ceppi
Larbi Ben Ali
Release dates
  • 27 April 1977 (1977-04-27) (France)
  • 15 September 1977 (1977-09-15) (Canada)
Running time
102 minutes
Country Tunisia
France
Libya
Language French

Les Ambassadeurs (Tunisian Arabic: السفراء, English: The Ambassadors) is a Tunisian film produced in 1975 by Naceur Ktari. It won the Tanit d'or for best film Carthage Film Festival in 1976 and the special jury prize at Locarno International Film Festival the same year. It was selected for the 1978 Cannes Film Festival in the category "Un Certain Regard".

Synopsis

In the Goutte d'Or neighborhood of Paris, North African immigrants share a tiny apartment amongst their French neighbors. The two communities get along uneasily, their relationship rife with misunderstandings and mutual offense. Salah (Sidi Ali Kouiret), from the southern Maghreb, is a witness to this immigrant life in Paris and to the day to day incidents which make up the life of his compatriots. They, excepting those willing to pursue a life of petty crime, live a life of tedium and depression. French racists in the area escalate tensions with a series of attacks that end in a double murder. Salah, with the help of his friends, decides to organise protests against the injustice they face.

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