TMDb6.2 / 10

The Other Shore (1997)

Name: The Other Shore
Director: Dominique Cabrera
Genre: Drama
Released: 1997-05-21
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Claude Brasseur, Roschdy Zem, Marthe Villalonga, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Catherine Hiegel

92 min · France · Dir. Dominique Cabrera

Drama 1997 movies

This film deals with the aftermath of the Algerian war of liberation. Georges Montero, an Algerian-born Frenchman, manages an olive canning factory in Oran. He travels to Paris for a cataract operation. Marinette, his sister, and Belka, his friend and a recent immigrant, want him to return to France permanently. Friction develops between the two friends as Georges is pressured to sell his factory. Friendship developed between Georges and his surgeon, who as a French Arab has severed ties with his culture and country of origin.