The Kid from ChaabaMovie
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
About The Kid from Chaaba
The Kid from Chaaba is a 1998 drama movie directed by Christophe Ruggia.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 36m, production credits from France, an original language code of FR.
The credited cast includes Bouzid Negnoug, Mohamed Fellag, Nabil Ghalem, Galamelah Lagra. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
