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Outside the Law

Directed by Rachid Bouchareb

Starring Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem

Three brothers. One destiny. Freedom at all costs.

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, 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.