Michou d'Auber

Name: Michou d'Auber
Director: Thomas Gilou
Released: 2007
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric, Samy Seghir, Samy Seghir

2007 · 124 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 840 VOTES · DIR. Thomas Gilou

Overview

Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,535 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:39 Bambino, Bambino...

00:06:56 - Shall I bring him in? - By all means.

00:13:50 How fortunate! You wear the same size as Pierre, he's the boy I had just before you.

00:18:48 Madame Giselle calls me Michou, my Colonel.

00:23:12 - Hello. - Hello.

00:27:34 No, I can't remember the name of the lost ballroom

00:32:33 Please give him a warm welcome.

00:36:57 Eat!

00:41:59 May I have a look?

00:46:13 All right.

00:49:47 And when it comes to that, sometimes you must lie about it!

00:55:07 That goes on, here?

00:59:54 He's in the military and is very powerful.

01:04:14 I learned from the teacher that he received good marks in class.

01:08:49 If he's in there, it's because he wants to be. Nobody forced him.

01:12:41 Stop it. Enough, enough...

01:17:21 Some are taking action in Alger.

01:20:42 No, on the contrary. Things that make me feel good.

01:25:22 Ah, Mr. Mayor...

01:31:27 Wait, I've got an idea...

01:36:56 You lied to me all my life. You lied to me before our mariage...

01:42:47 Now I can speak my mind, without shame....

01:49:16 Well, come in anyway. You can wait in the living room. Do come in.

01:52:59 Yes. And now, you will have to go with your father.

Cast & Characters

Gérard Depardieu Georges Nathalie Baye Gisèle Mathieu Amalric Jacques Samy Seghir Messaoud Samy Seghir Michou Medi Kerouani Abdel Mohamed Fellag Akli Catherine Hiegel La directrice de l'orphelinat Philippe Nahon Le cafetier Bernard Yerlès Le copain de Georges Gérald Laroche Robert

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,535

Dialogue density12.4 lines / min

First line00:00:39

Final line01:52:59

Production Record

DirectorThomas Gilou

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes840