List of the best Mehdi Charef movies: Miss Mona(1986), Tea in the Harem(1985), Marie-Line(2000), The Daughter of Keltoum(2001), All the Invisible Children(2005) ... ...
Drama
France
1986
100 Minutes
Director
Jean Carmet Ben Smail Albert Delpy
Samir, immigrant, is kicked out of the clandestine clothing workshop in which he worked. He finds himself on the street, with no money, no papers, no accommodation. Chance makes him cross paths with Mona, a transvestite, who takes him in.
Drama
France
1985
110 Minutes
Director
Kader Boukhanef Rémi Martin Laure Duthilleul Saida Bekkouche Nicole Hiss Sandrine Dumas Nathalie Jadot Frederic Ayivi Pascal Dewaeme Jean-Pierre Sobeaux Nicolas Wostrikoff
algerian teen boy sister prostitute single mother junkie gritty powerful paris housing project red-light district beach racism outsider friendship crime alcoholism downward spiral transformation underdog
In a depressing concrete Parisian suburb in the seventies two friends are keeping boredom at bay with loitering and petty crime.
Drama
France
2000
101 Minutes
Director
Muriel Robin Fejria Deliba Valérie Stroh Yan Epstein Aissa Maiga Selma Kouchy Antonia Malinova Veronica Novak Sydney Kabran Noemie Thomas Marie Rivière
cleaning lady team leader store manager immigrant husband wife engaging touching supermarket france family home friendship relationships childcare work immigration love transformation sacrifice 1990s
Marie-Line works as a chief cleaner, at night, in a mall. She leads a team of 3-5 women, most of them being illegal aliens. Marie-Line is a hard woman with a golden heart, and she's in love... See full summary »
Drama
2005
129 Minutes
Rosie Perez Mehdi Charef Ridley Scott Spike Lee Maria Grazia Cucinotta Adama Bila Elysée Rouamba Rodrigue Ouattara Uros Milovanovic
Seven short films revolve around poor and exploited children in Africa, China, Brazil and the United States.