Michou d'Auber

2h 4m

6.3

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.

Cast

Gérard Depardieu

Mathieu Amalric

Messaoud / Michou

Catherine Hiegel

la directrice de l'orphelinat

Bernard Yerlès

le copain de Georges

Gérald Laroche

Christian Bouillette

Abdelhafid Metalsi

Vendeuse papeterie

Gilles Détroit

Ludovic Berthillot

Crew

Director, Writer

Francine Sandberg

Robert Alazraki

Director of Photography

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Laure Lepelley-Monbillard

Production Design

Fabienne Bichet

Marie de Laubier

Catherine Bouchard

Catherine Jabes

Mathilde Humeau

Key Makeup Artist

Emmanuel Augeard

Bernard Le Roux

Lohengrin Braconnier

Sound Recordist

Philippe Lecoeur

François Lepeuple

Christophe Chabenet

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Alexandre Desplat

Original Music Composer

Philippe Cord'homme

Vincent Deleforge