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Return to Algiers
69%
Movie
1h 54m
AI Analysis
Return to Algiers (2000) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Return to Algiers (2000) — a movie tagged as Drama with balanced tone moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Mo… Our models also surface themes such as family and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~114 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Return to Algiers 69% (8 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2000-04-12
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- TMDB rating
- 6.9
- TMDB ID
- 283008
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What is Return to Algiers about?
Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers a... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Return to Algiers?
The official runtime for Return to Algiers is approximately 114 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Antoine de Caunes
Pierre Nivel
Samy Naceri
Issam
Mathilda May
Nelly Azera
Nozha Khouadra
Leila/Amina
Pierre Vaneck
Blanville
Lorànt Deutsch
Versanti
Wadeck Stanczak
Francis
Elsa Zylberstein
Pierre Nivel's wife
Matthias Van Khache
Étienne
Dora Doll
Paula Azera
Mostéfa Stiti
Fadel
Abderrahmane El Kebir
Fadel's brother
Jean-Claude de Goros
Henri Nivel, Pierre Nivel's father
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Françoise Armelle-Chiche
Henri Nivel, Pierre Nivel's mother
Marie Guillard
Alexandra
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François-Xavier Noah
Pierre Nivel, young
Raphaël Lenglet
Issam, young
Saïd Amadis
Nader Mansour
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