Outside the Law

also known as “Hors-la-loi”

MPA Rating: Unrated

Moral Rating:	not reviewed
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:	Adults
Genre:	Crime History War Drama
Length:	2 hr. 18 min.
Year of Release:	2010
USA Release:	November 3, 2010 (limited)

Relevant Issues

war in the Bible

What is the Biblical perspective on war? Answer

death

boxing

political repression

arms trafficking

French colonialism

revenge

political activism

massacre

terrorism

prostitution

Featuring	Jamel Debbouze—Saïd Roschdy Zem—Messaoud Sami Bouajila—Abdelkader Chafia Boudraa—La mère Bernard Blancan—Colonel Faivre Sabrina Seyvecou—Hélène Assaad Bouab—Ali Thibault de Montalembert—Morvan See all » Samir Guesmi—Otmani Jean-Pierre Lorit—Picot Ahmed Benaissa—Le père Larbi Zekkal—Le caïd Mourad Khen—Sanjak Mohamed Djouhari—L'entraîneur (as ohamed Djouhri) Mustapha Bendou—Brahim Abdelkader Secteur—Hamid Alain Blazquez—Le patron du cabaret Alain Blazquez—Le patron du cabaret Eric Larcin—contremaître Renault Corentin Lobet—Gimenez Jean Reynès—Mattéï l'imprimeur Régis Romele—Policier metro Stéphane Temkine—Le curé Charles de Gaulle—Himself (archive footage)
Director	Rachid Bouchareb
Producer	Tessalit Productions (Paris, France), Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (AARC), See all » EPTV, Tassili Films, Studio Canal (Issy-les Moulineaux, France), France 2 Cinéma (Paris, France), France 3 Cinéma (Paris, France), Kiss Films (as Kissfilms), Novak Production (Brussels, Belgium), Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF—Brussels, Belgium), Quinta Communications, Eagle Pictures (Milan, Italy), Ministère Algérien de la Culture, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC—Paris, France), Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité des Chances (ACSE), Fonds Images de la Diversité, Région Provence Côte d'Azur, Quinta Studio Tunisie, Cofinova 6, Cinémage 4, Canal Plus Image, Uni Étoile 7, uMedia Family (Brussels, Belgium), Canal+ (Paris, France), CinéCinéma (Boulogne Billancourt, France), France Télévision (Paris, France), Jean Bréhat—producer, Olivier Dubois—co-producer, Adrian Politowski—co-producer, Gilles Waterkeyn—co-producer
Distributor	Cohen Media Group

“Three brothers. One destiny. Freedom at all costs.”

Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won.”

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