L'Arabe
The Arab
France / Algeria / Switzerland, January 2026
FILM,
Fiction,
106 min.
- directed by
- Malek Bensmaïl
- Written by
- Malek Bensmaïl, Jacques Fieschi
- Status
- In distribution
Haroun is an old bachelor who has been living in Oran for several years. A retired civil servant, he leads a reclusive life until he meets Kamel in a bar, a journalist to whom he tells an incredible story dating back to the summer of 1942: he claims to be the brother of the “Arab” killed in one of the most famous novels of the 20th century: Albert Camus’ L’Étranger. An “Arab” whose erased name was “Moussa”…
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2026
- Original Version
- Arabic, French (french/english subtitles), colour and b/w, DCP, 106 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-DB06-0000-Q-0000-0000-X
- Production
- Tita B Productions, Hikayet Films, Imagofilm Lugano, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Fred Prémel, Hachemi Zertal, Villi Hermann, Michela Pini
- directed by
- Malek Bensmaïl
- Written by
- Malek Bensmaïl, Jacques Fieschi (about Kamel Daoud's novel Meursault, contre-enquête)
- Cinematography
- Gilles Porte, Lionel Jan Kerguistel, Leandro Monti
- Editing
- Mathieu Bretaud, Julia Grégory
- Location Sound Mix
- Carlos Ibañez Diaz, Lancelot Mignucci, Moncef Taleb
- Sound Design
- Maxence Ciekawy
- Re-Recording Mix
- Maxence Ciekawy
- Music
- Nicolas Rabaeus
- Costumes
- Edith Vesperini, Lylia Lakhoua
Cast
Ahmed Benaïssa
Hiam Abbass
Dali Benssalah
Nabil Asli
Grégoire Monsaingeon
Raphaël Thiéry
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Tita B Productions
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Cineworx GmbH Distribution