Main Cast: Atmen Kelif, Jean Benguigui, Yolande Moreau, Laurent Olmedo, Abbes Zahmani
Release Year: 1998
Country: FR
Run Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Plot
This is a light comedy about Amir, a young Pakistani who has been working for Jo for six years. Jo has a ready-to-wear clothes shop in the Sentier area and his business is prospering. He promised Amir that he would help him get his legal papers, but he has never kept his promise. Now he is sending Amir to his colleague Ralph in exchange for an unpaid debt from a card game. He thinks that this is a good opportunity to get rid of the illegal worker. Ralph is a fifty-year-old baby who keeps forgetting his appointments, his bank balance, and everything else that he should remember to run his life smoothly. His business is a complete disaster. A year later, Ralph's business has picked up, but Joe's is going down the drain. Thanks to whom? It is easy to answer this question if one follows Amir during his daily chores in the shop. But neither Jo nor Ralph's bother to take the time off to notice the hard work of this poor employee. Even if they did, they would not admit that a Pakistani is behind the success of the business. Secretly, Amir hopes that one day he will finally get his legal papers, if not a simple 'thank you' from his employers. The film is another effort by one of the group of French filmmakers actively involved in the fight against racial discrimination in France. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide
Cast
Atmen Kelif
Jean Benguigui
Yolande Moreau
Laurent Olmedo
Abbes Zahmani
Geno Lechner; Faiza Kadour
Credit
Roseanna Sacco - Art Director, Valentine Breton de Lois - Costume Designer, Philippe Galland - Director, Patricia Ardouin - Editor, Chris Bolzli - Executive Producer, Paul Claudon - Producer, Chris Bolzli - Producer, Philippe Galland - Screen Story, Philippe Galland - Screenwriter
