Cine Club: Le Grand Voyage

France, 2004, 108 Minute Running Time
Additional Countries: Morocco, Tukey
Genre/Subjects: Drama, Foreign
Language: Arabic, French, Bulgarian, Turkish English Sub-Titles

Special Cine Club presentation screens Wednesday, September 21st at 7pm followed by a wine & pastry reception presented by the Alliance Francaise
Digital presentation - A few weeks before his college entrance exams, Reda (Nicolas Cazale), a young man who lives in the south of France, finds himself obligated to drive his father to Mecca. From the start, the journey looks to be difficult: Reda and his father (Mohamed Majd) have nothing in common. The wide cultural and generational gap between the two is worsened by the lack of communication between the two. Reda finds it hard to accommodate his father, who demands respect for himself and his pilgrimage. From France, through Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan to Saudi Arabia- the two will embark on a road trip to Mecca that will change their lives.

DIRECTOR: Ismaël Ferroukhi
Principal Cast: Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd
US Distributor: Film Movement