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The Arab

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Calorie Rating: 149
Released: 2026-01-31
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Studios: Hikayet Films, Need Productions, Tita Productions, CADC, Imagofilm Lugano, RSI, SRG SSR, Red Sea Film Festival Foundation,


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.

Director / Directors

Olivier Berlaud
First Assistant Director


Cast

Ahmed Benaissa
Character: Haroun
Hiam Abbass
Character: Mother
Dali Benssalah
Character: Haroun (young)

Nabil Asli
Character: Kamel

Brahim Derris
Character: Moussa




Production and Crew


Gilles Porte
Director of Photography

Fred Premel
Producer


Lionel Jan Kerguistel
Director of Photography

Nicolas Rabaeus
Original Music Composer
Edith Vesperini
Costume Design
Lilia Lakhoua
Costume Design

Hadjira Tafat
Costume Design
Saad Ould Bachir
Production Design
Lamine Mohamed Amrani
Production Design

Maxence Ciekawy
Sound Mixer
Malek Bensmaïl
Associate Producer
Villi Hermann
Associate Producer

Michela Pini
Associate Producer
Anne-Laure Guégan
Associate Producer
Géraldine Sprimont
Associate Producer

Hachemi Zertal
Executive Producer