
Original title
l'Arabe
Released
1/31/2026
Origin country
DZ, FR, CH
Genre
Drama
Production companies
Need Productions, SRG SSR, Tita Productions, RSI, Hikayet Films, CADC, Imagofilm Lugano, Red Sea Film Festival Foundation
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
1hr 46min
Haroun is an old bachelor who has lived in Oran for several years. A retired civil servant, he leads a reclusive life until the day he meets Kamel in a bar—a journalist to whom he tells an incredible story dating back to 1942. He claims to be the brother of ‘the Arab’ killed in a story told in one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus. An Arab with an erased name: Moussa. Through anger, assertions, details, and confidences, Haroun finally convinces the journalist to listen to his story. His confession is a cry of freedom and distress—but above all, a cry of revolt: against an abusive mother, against a country that failed to achieve true independence, against a book, and against a famous French writer.
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