
The Kid from Chaaba
Drama
Overview
Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf, is an autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag about his life as a young Algerian boy growing up in a shantytown next to Lyon, France, called the Chaâba by its inhabitants. The story covers a period of approximately three years in the life of the protagonist and deals with issues developing from the clash between two cultures, that of France and that of North Africa, as well as the difficulties of finding a cultural identity between the two. The story focuses on the cultural differences between the Arab and French communities, as well as how the two groups react to each other
Top Cast
Bouzid Negnoug
Bouzid Negnoug
Omar
Bouzid Negnoug
Omar


Mohamed Fellag
Mohamed Fellag
Bouzid
Mohamed Fellag
Bouzid
Nabil Ghalem
Nabil Ghalem
Hacène
Nabil Ghalem
Hacène
Galamelah Lagra
Galamelah Lagra
Farid
Galamelah Lagra
Farid
Kenza Bouanika
Kenza Bouanika
Zohra
Kenza Bouanika
Zohra
Amina Medjoubi
Amina Medjoubi
Messaouda
Amina Medjoubi
Messaouda


Lounès Tazairt
Lounès Tazairt
Saïd
Lounès Tazairt
Saïd


François Morel
François Morel
Monsieur Grand
François Morel
Monsieur Grand


Manuela Gourary
Manuela Gourary
La Zieurond
Manuela Gourary
La Zieurond
Abdelkarim Chebel
Abdelkarim Chebel
Sélem
Abdelkarim Chebel
Sélem
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