Film

La banlieue, c’est le paradis

2025 · 1h 29m · Documentary · History

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.

Mohamed Bouhafsi

Self - Host, Interviewer & Narrator

Nassira Bouhafsi

Self - Guest

Farida Khelfa

Self - Guest

Fabien Roussel

Self - Guest

Sofiane Zermani

Self - Guest

Emmanuel Macron

Self - Guest

Akhenaton

Self - Guest

Sabrina Ouazani

Self - Guest

Franck Gastambide

Self - Guest

François Hollande

Self - Guest

Jean-Louis Borloo

Self - Guest

Dominique Tapie

Self - Guest

Nicolas Sarkozy

Self - Guest

Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine

Self - Guest

Xavier Niel

Self - Guest

François Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

• Nathalie ConscienceDirector
• Pierre-Antoine CaptonProducer

Release date

February 13, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Documentary, History

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