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Outside the Law

Outside the Law

6,6 /10 (205 Votes)
2010 FR 137 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

21/09/2010

Votes

205

Popularity

2.1

Three brothers. One destiny. Freedom at all costs.

Status

Released

Original title

Hors-la-loi

Language

FR

Runtime

137 min

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$3,470,487

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-03-31

⭐ 6

Set against the increasing demands for Algerian independence at home, three brothers are living in 1950s France. "Saïd" (Jamel Debbouze) is making a decent living running a nightclub but his siblings are much less settled. "Abdelkader" (Sami Bouajila) is a member of a proscribed organisation using terrorist tactics to free their homeland, and he is determined to recruit former soldier "Messaoud" (Roschdy Zem) and "Saïd" to the cause. The latter isn't really interested, but with the police closing in on the family and his nightclub shut down, he now has some tough decisions to make. There's som…

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