Kader Boukhanef

  • Mehdi Charef – Le Thé au harem d’Archimède AKA Tea in the Harem (1985)

    1981-1990DramaFranceMehdi Charef

    In a probing, autobiographical look at two impoverished teen buddies, director Mehdi Charef sketches a lucid cross-section of life on the wrong side of the tracks. Pat (Remi Martin) and Madjid (Kader Boukhanef) live in the squalor and isolation of a housing project — neither wants a “respectable job,” and so they pimp, steal, pick up women, and nurse their dreams. Pat’s dream is to live off a rich woman in a warm climate, but Madjid has a desire much closer to home…Read More »

  • Paul Vecchiali – De sueur et de sang AKA Wonderboy (1994)

    1991-2000DramaFrancePaul Vecchiali

    Plot: Maurice Maïeux lives in a small modest flat near Paris together with his father, Marcel. Marcel used to be a successful heavy-weight boxer 20 years ago, however, would not take part in sham fights. Consequently he was made to disappear from public by hitting him below the belt during one of the fights, him thus being impotent and having to walk on crutches for the rest of his life. His son Maurice is 18 years old, 1.90m tall and weighs 100 Kg. Be it for the sake of taking revenge or for the mere wish that his son should reach more in life that he himself did, Marcel’s heart-felt wish is that Maurice should become a successful boxing champion – and one day even world champion ! Yet, Maurice fights against being patronized by his father.Read More »

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