Outside the Law

Algerian-French filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb's follow up to Academy Award-nominated Days of Glory (Indigènes) is an epic gangster film...

"After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers - played by major French stars Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila and Roschdy Zem - and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won." (French Film Festival 2011)

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