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Michou d'Auber

Michou d'Auber

20076.42h 4m

Overview

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.

Directed by Thomas Gilou
Written by Massoud Hattou, Thomas Gilou, Jean Cosmos
Produced by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Michel Feller
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Top Cast

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Georges

Nathalie Baye

Nathalie Baye

Gisèle

Mathieu Amalric

Mathieu Amalric

Jacques

Samy Seghir

Samy Seghir

Messaoud / Michou

Catherine Hiegel

Catherine Hiegel

la directrice de l'orphelinat

Philippe Nahon

Philippe Nahon

le cafetier

Bernard Yerlès

Bernard Yerlès

le copain de Georges

Gérald Laroche

Gérald Laroche

Robert

Chick Ortega

Chick Ortega

Viguier

Mohamed Fellag

Mohamed Fellag

Akli

About Michou d'Auber

Michou d'Auber is a drama, thriller film released in 2007. Directed by Thomas Gilou, it stars Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric. 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.

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