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From Hollywood to Tamanrasset(1990)
Status: Released
Date: 1990-07-25
90%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of American soap opera and movies, so JR, Sue Ellen, Rambo, Kojak, Spock and others take possession of bodies and minds, with many typical American culture elements. These heroes mix in a beautiful funny mess, with tradition and modernism, Islam and television, reality and fiction.
Languages: Arabic, French.
Countries:
Algeria
ProductionCompanies:
BFK
Fennec Productions
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Movie: From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mustapha El Anka
Jebraoui Rabah, alias JR
وردية حمتوش
Sue Ellen
Saïd Hilmi
Said Burger
Mohamed Fellag
Green Eagle
Yahia Benmabrouk
Le vendeur de légumes
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Le frère de Kheira
Aziz Degga
L'égyptien
Larbi Zekkal
Le commissaire
Fawzi B. Saichi
Rambo
Areski Nebti
Kojak
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Overview
On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of American soap opera and movies, so JR, Sue Ellen, Rambo, Kojak, Spock and others take possession of bodies and minds, with many typical American culture elements. These heroes mix in a beautiful funny mess, with tradition and modernism, Islam and television, reality and fiction.
Release Date
1990-07-25
Average
9
Rating:
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