From Hollywood to Tamanrasset

From Hollywood to Tamanrasset

90 mins | Comedy | July 25, 1990

On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of American soap opera and movies, so JR, Sue Ellen, Rambo, Kojak, Spock and others take possession of bodies and minds, with many typical American culture elements. These heroes mix in a beautiful funny mess, with tradition and modernism, Islam and television, reality and fiction.

From Hollywood to Tamanrasset

90 mins | Comedy | July 25, 1990

From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of American soap opera and movies, so JR, Sue Ellen, Rambo, Kojak, Spock and others take possession of bodies and minds, with many typical American culture elements. These heroes mix in a beautiful funny mess, with tradition and modernism, Islam and television, reality and fiction.
Producers BFK, Fennec Productions, Image Connection
Original title De Hollywood à Tamanrasset
Directors Mahmoud Zemmouri
Writers Mahmoud Zemmouri

Cast

Ouardia Hamtouche

as Sue Ellen

Mohamed Fellag

as Green Eagle

Yahia Benmabrouk

as Le vendeur de légumes

Mahmoud Zemmouri

as Le frère de Kheira

Saïd Hilmi

as Said Burger

Evelyne Haroche

as Kheira

Larbi Zekkal

as Le commissaire

Norbert Letheule

as Bud Spencer

Faouzi Saichi

as Rambo

Areski Nebti

as Kojak

Mostefa Zerguine

as Spock

Driss Jahoui

as Colombo

Mustapha El Anka

as Jebraoui Rabah, alias JR

Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane

as Clint Eastwood

Aziz Degga

as L'égyptien