La banlieue, c’est le paradis (2025)
Overview
In the 1960s, the suburbs were meant to be modern havens for newcomers from rural France, Portugal, Spain, North Africa, and Africa, helping rebuild post-war France. Large housing complexes symbolized this ideal, offering comfort, heating, and electricity. But by the 1980s, disillusionment set in as economic crisis, unemployment, poverty, crime, racism, and police violence took hold. Mohamed Bouhafsi tells the story of a dream that didn’t last.
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In the 1960s, the suburbs were meant to be modern havens for newcomers from rural France, Portugal, Spain, North Africa, and Africa, helping rebuild post-war France. Large housing complexes symbolized this ideal, offering comfort, heating, and electricity. But by the 1980s, disillusionment set in as economic crisis, unemployment, poverty, crime, racism, and police violence took hold. Mohamed Bouhafsi tells the story of a dream that didn’t last. La banlieue, c’est le paradis is a Documentary, History movie, released on 2025-02-13, runtime 89 minutes.
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Directed by
Nathalie Conscience
Cast
- Mohamed Bouhafsi as Self - Host, Interviewer & Narrator
- Nassira Bouhafsi as Self - Guest
- Farida Khelfa as Self - Guest
- Fabien Roussel as Self - Guest
- Sofiane Zermani as Self - Guest
- Emmanuel Macron as Self - Guest
- Akhenaton as Self - Guest
- Sabrina Ouazani as Self - Guest
- Franck Gastambide as Self - Guest
- François Hollande as Self - Guest
- Jean-Louis Borloo as Self - Guest
- Dominique Tapie as Self - Guest
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