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]

Under Another Sky
FrenchLes Chemins de l'oued
Directed byGaël Morel
Written byGaël Morel
Produced byChristian Charret
Sandra d'Aboville
StarringNicolas Cazalé
Mohamed Majd
Kheireddine Defdaf
Amira Casar
CinematographyJean-Max Bernard
Edited byCatherine Schwartz
Music byJérôme Coullet
Production
companies
Arte France Cinéma
Gétévé Productions
Distributed byPierre Grise Distribution
Release date
  • 11 September 2002 (2002-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench
Arabic

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

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  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.
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