Free Men (2011) France
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Director:Ismaël Ferroukhi
Studio:Pyramide Productions
Writer:Alain-Michel Blanc, Ismaël Ferroukhi
Rating:6.5 (709 votes)
Rated:Unrated
Date Added:2013-11-22
UPC:0616892183815
Price:$24.95
Genre:French films
Release:2012-10-02
IMDb:1699185
Duration:99
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:French
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300011174
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Ismaël Ferroukhi  ...  (Director)
Alain-Michel Blanc, Ismaël Ferroukhi  ...  (Writer)
 
Tahar Rahim  ...  Younes Ben Daoud
Michael Lonsdale  ...  Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit
Mahmud Shalaby  ...  Salim Halali (as Mahmoud Shalaby)
Lubna Azabal  ...  Warba Shlimane alias Leila
Christopher Buchholz  ...  Le Major von Ratibor
Farid Larbi  ...  Ali
Stéphane Rideau  ...  Francis
Bruno Fleury  ...  L'inspecteur
François Delaive  ...  Le chef de la Gestapo
Jean-Pierre Becker  ...  Le policier moustachu
Marie Berto  ...  Maryvonne
Zakariya Gouram  ...  Omar
Slimane Dazi  ...  Larbi
Aïcha Sokrane  ...  La mère de Larbi
Djemel Barek  ...  Le mari de Maryvonne
Mahmoud Shalaby  ...  Salim Halali
Comments: From MCL Fall 2013

Summary: In German-occupied Paris, a young unemployed Algerian named Younes (played by break-out star, Tahar Rahim) earns his living as a black marketeer. Arrested by the French police but given a chance to avoid jail, Younes agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque. The police suspect the Mosque authorities, including its rector Ben Ghabrit, of aiding Muslim Resistance agents and helping North African Jews by giving them false certificates. At the Mosque, Younes meets the Algerian singer Salim Halali, and is moved by Salim's beautiful voice and strong personality. When Younes discovers that Salim is Jewish, he stops collaborating with the police and gradually transforms from a politically ignorant immigrant into a fully-fledged freedom fighter. Freemen.