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Wikipedia article




'Poetical Refugee' is a 2001 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, starring Sami Bouajila, lodie Bouchez and Bruno Lochet. It was Kechiches debut feature film and was awarded the Luigi De Laurentiis Award at the Venice Film Festival for best first film, winning seven awards, overall, at different film festivals.

Plot



Like Voltaires Candide in his eponymous novel, Jallel, a young North-African man, dreaming of better prospects, immigrates illegally to France. He struggles at first as he is unable to find work and finds it difficult to make friends. But soon he gets to sell fruits in the underground, albeit illegally. He also makes some new friends and then falls in love. But his dreams of success remain unrealized as he comes to discover and share the solidarity of the other outcasts going from one encounter to the other, making his way through Paris, from hostels to immigrant aid societies and social welfare groups, living among the excluded and the destitute.

Cast



* lodie Bouchez : Lucie

* Sami Bouajila : Jallel

* Aure Atika : Nassera

* Bruno Lochet : Franck

* Mustapha Adouani : Mostfa

* Carole Franck : Barbara

* Virginie Darmon : Leila

* Olivier Loustau : Antonio

* Franois Genty : Paul

* Sami Zitouni : Nono

* Jean-Michel Fte : Philippe

* Manuel Le Livre : Andr

Critical reception



"With superb performances by Sami Bouajila (Bye Bye), Aure Atika and Elodie Bouchez (The Dream Life of Angels), Poetical Refugee offers a moving and tender portrayal of life on the margins, a review by 'Cinema of the World' noted.

Accolades



;Angers European First Film Festival-2001

*European Special Jury Award

*Jean Carmet Award for the ensemble of actors.



;Cologne Mediterranean Film Festival-2001

*Best Actress to lodie Bouchez



;Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film-2000

*Jury Special Prize

*Youth Jury Emile Cantillon Award

*nominated for Golden Bayard Best Film (Meilleur Film Francophone)

;Venice Film Festival-2000

*Cinema for Peace Award

*Luigi De Laurentiis Award

References




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