Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out

In 1980, Lionel Stoléru—France’s Secretary of State for Migrant Workers—introduced a "repatriation grant" of 10,000 francs (known as the "Stoléru million"), paid to immigrants who agreed to return permanently to their countries of origin. One Algerian family decided to leave France. Upon arriving in the small rural town of Boufarik, Algeria, in a brand-new Peugeot 404, they caused a scandal. Their liberated ways drew the villagers' ire, and the two children knew nothing about Algeria or local customs. The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, and in 1982, it won the Critics' Prize at the Chamrousse International Comedy Film Festival.

Cast

Yves Neff

Yves Neff

as Mus

Fatiha Fawzi

Fatiha Fawzi

as Fifi

Mostéfa Stiti

Mostéfa Stiti

as Lounès, le père

Hubert Deschamps

Hubert Deschamps

as Si Kaddour

Mustapha El Anka

Mustapha El Anka

as Si Tayeb

Kader Kada

Kader Kada

as Bachir

El Hadja

El Hadja

as Aïcha, la grand-mère

Annie Rousset

Annie Rousset

as Djouher, la mère

Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane

Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane

as Mokrane

Sir Lechea

Sir Lechea

as

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