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.

Yves Neff
as Mus

Fatiha Fawzi
as Fifi

Mostéfa Stiti
as Lounès, le père

Hubert Deschamps
as Si Kaddour

Mustapha El Anka
as Si Tayeb

Kader Kada
as Bachir

El Hadja
as Aïcha, la grand-mère

Annie Rousset
as Djouher, la mère

Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
as Mokrane

Sir Lechea
as