The Kid from Chaaba

Year: 1998

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: French

Director: Christophe Ruggia

Drama

An autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag, translated as Shantytown Kid, recounts his childhood as a young Algerian boy in the Chaâba, a shantytown on the outskirts of Lyon. Spanning three years, it examines the clash of French and North‑African cultures and the struggle to forge identity amid competing Arab and French communities.

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