La banlieue, c’est le paradis

La banlieue, c’est le paradis

2025/02/18 • Released • French

Documentary
TV Movie
History
5.5
1h 29m

Overview

In the 1960s, the suburbs were meant to be modern havens for newcomers from rural France, Portugal, Spain, North Africa, and Africa, helping rebuild post-war France. Large housing complexes symbolized this ideal, offering comfort, heating, and electricity. But by the 1980s, disillusionment set in as economic crisis, unemployment, poverty, crime, racism, and police violence took hold. Mohamed Bouhafsi tells the story of a dream that didn’t last.

Director : Nathalie Conscience

Casts
Mohamed Bouhafsi

Mohamed Bouhafsi

Self - Host

Farida Khelfa

Farida Khelfa

Self - Guest

Fabien Roussel

Fabien Roussel

Self - Guest

Sofiane Zermani

Sofiane Zermani

Self - Guest

Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron

Self - Guest

Akhenaton

Akhenaton

Self - Guest

Sabrina Ouazani

Sabrina Ouazani

Self - Guest

Franck Gastambide

Franck Gastambide

Self - Guest

François Hollande

François Hollande

Self - Guest

Jean-Louis Borloo

Jean-Louis Borloo

Self - Guest

Dominique Tapie

Self - Guest

Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy

Self - Guest

Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine

Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine

Self - Guest

Xavier Niel

Xavier Niel

Self - Guest

François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand

Self - archive

Renaud Epstein

Self - Sociologist

Adjera Lakehal-Brafman

Self - guest

Corinne Angelini

Self - Guest

Bernard Tapie

Bernard Tapie

Self (archive) - Politician, businessman

Xavier Niel

Xavier Niel

Self - Guest, businessman

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