Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out

Plot Summary

In 1980, Lionel Stoléru—France’s Secretary of State for Migrant Workers—introduced a "repatriation grant" of 10,000 francs (known as the "Stoléru million"), paid to immigrants who agreed to return permanently to their countries of origin. One Algerian family decided to leave France. Upon arriving in the small rural town of Boufarik, Algeria, in a brand-new Peugeot 404, they caused a scandal. Their liberated ways drew the villagers' ire, and the two children knew nothing about Algeria or local customs. The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, and in 1982, it won the Critics' Prize at the Chamrousse International Comedy Film Festival.

Top Cast

Yves Neff Mus

Fatiha Fawzi Fifi

Mostéfa Stiti Lounès, le père

Hubert Deschamps Si Kaddour

Mustapha El Anka Si Tayeb