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Raï is a 1995 French film directed by Thomas Gilou. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival.

Raï
Directed by	Thomas Gilou
Screenplay by	Cyril Collard Thomas Gilou Sonia Kronlund Aïssa Djabri Messaoud Hattau Djamila Djabri
Produced by	Aïssa Djabri Farid Lahouassa
Starring	Tabatha Cash Mustapha Benstiti
Cinematography	Jean-Jacques Bouhon
Production companies	M6 Films Vertigo
Distributed by	Pan-Européenne
Release date	28 June 1995 (1995-06-28)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$2 million [1]
Box office	$768.000 [2]

Plot

Djamel (Mustapha Benstiti) tries to escape the spiral of drugs and delinquency which crushes all his friends in the suburban city where he lives. He works at the municipal swimming pool and wants to start a family with Sahlia (Tabatha Cash), the sister of his friend Mezz (Micky El Mazroui), who wants to break all ties with his culture of origin.

Cast

• Tabatha Cash : Sahlia
• Mustapha Benstiti : Djamel
• Samy Naceri : Nordine
• Micky El Mazroui : Mezz
• Tara Römer : Laurent
• Faisal Attia : Aziz
• Léa Drucker : Girl at the party
• Édouard Baer

Reception

It won the Golden Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival.[3]

References

External links

• Raï at IMDb

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