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Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out

Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out

Original Title: Prends 10000 Balles Et Casse-Toi

19811h 30m

Status

Released

Release

1981

Runtime

1h 30m

Storyline

In 1980, Lionel Stoléru—France’s Secretary of State for Migrant Workers—introduced a "repatriation grant" of 10,000 francs (known as the "Stoléru million"), paid to immigrants who agreed to return permanently to their countries of origin. One Algerian family decided to leave France. Upon arriving in the small rural town of Boufarik, Algeria, in a brand-new Peugeot 404, they caused a scandal. Their liberated ways drew the villagers' ire, and the two children knew nothing about Algeria or local customs. The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, and in 1982, it won the Critics' Prize at the Chamrousse International Comedy Film Festival.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Jan 2, 1981
Languages
FrenchArabic
Production Countries
Algeria

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