Movie · 2007
Michou d'Auber
Released 28 February 2007 124 min Drama / Thriller More from 2007 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.
FR·01
How old were they?
Philippe Nahon
as le cafetier
Christian Bouillette
as Le maire
Catherine Hiegel
as la directrice de l'orphelinat
Gérard Depardieu
as Georges
Nathalie Baye
as Gisèle
Mohamed Fellag
as Akli
Gilles Détroit
as Le curé
Bernard Yerlès
as le copain de Georges
Chick Ortega
as Viguier
Gérald Laroche
as Robert
Mathieu Amalric
as Jacques
Abdelhafid Metalsi
as Saïd
Ludovic Berthillot
as Max
Marie Kremer
as Vendeuse papeterie
Samy Seghir
as Messaoud / Michou
FR·02
The numbers
56years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Philippe Nahon — oldest on the call sheet
12Samy Seghir — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast