Once Upon a Time in the Oued

Once Upon a Time in the Oued — Plot

In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Muslim, observes Ramadan and wears a djelaba. He's even convinced that his name is Abdelbachir and that he was born in a small village in the bled. When his friend Yacine gets into trouble with a local kaid and decides to return to Algeria for the vacations, he smuggles himself into the Sabri family's luggage to fulfill his dream and finally get to know his "roots". As soon as he arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny felt right at home. But Yacine is opposed to his father, who wants to arrange his marriage.

• Release date
• October 19, 2005
• Runtime
• 93 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Djamel Bensalah

Once Upon a Time in the Oued — Cast

Julien Courbey Johnny Leclerc Sid Ahmed Agoumi Mohamed Sabri David Saracino Yacine Sabri Karina Testa Nadia Marilou Berry Nadège Amina Annabi Relah Sabri Olivier Baroux Le vacancier suisse Éric Judor Les commerçants