2004
6.8 (32 votes)
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
Ognon Pictures
Casablanca Films Productions
Soread-2M
ARTE France Cinéma
Les Films du Passage
Casablanca Films Productions
Soread-2M
ARTE France Cinéma
Les Films du Passage
The Great Journey (Le Grand Voyage)
Overview
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.
Key Crew
Writer: Ismaël Ferroukhi
Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi
Producer: Humbert Balsan
Director of Photography: Katell Djian
Top Cast
Nicolas Cazalé
Reda
Mohamed Majd
The Father
Jacky Nercessian
Mustapha
Ghina Ognianova
La vieille femme
Kamel Belghazi
Khalid
Atik Mohamed
Le pélerin Ahmad
Malika Mesrar El Hadaoui
La mère
François Baroni
Le douanier italien
