Under Another Sky

Under Another Sky
French	Les Chemins de l'oued
Directed by	Gaël Morel
Written by	Gaël Morel
Produced by	Christian Charret Sandra d'Aboville
Starring	Nicolas Cazalé Mohamed Majd Kheireddine Defdaf Amira Casar
Cinematography	Jean-Max Bernard
Edited by	Catherine Schwartz
Music by	Jérôme Coullet
Production companies	Arte France Cinéma Gétévé Productions
Distributed by	Pierre Grise Distribution
Release date	11 September 2002 (2002-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French Arabic

Under Another Sky (French: Les Chemins de l'oued, lit. "The Ways of the Valley") is a French drama film, directed by Gaël Morel and released in 2002.[1] The film stars Nicolas Cazalé as Sami, a young French man of Algerian descent who accidentally kills a police officer in a car accident; sent by his family to live with his grandfather (Mohamed Majd) in Algeria for his protection, he struggles to adapt to his new and unfamiliar environment, and is torn between the influence of his cousins Issam (Kheireddine Defdaf), a drug dealer in Algiers, and Nadia (Amira Casar), a social worker who works to help young victims of violence.[2]

The cast also includes Hamza Bennani, Kaoutar Mohamadi, Mohamed Said Arif, Clément Deva, Nabil Tahar, Amina Medjoubi, Mathieu Casado, Paul Morel and Akrame El Meziane.

The film was the winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

References

1. Ken Eisner, "Under Another Sky". Variety, 24 October 2002.
2. "Les chemins de l'Oued". L'Express, 2 March 2007.
3. "Cronenberg the big winner". Guelph Mercury, September 17, 2002.

External links

• Under Another Sky at IMDb