Movie Details
Original Language:French
Production Companies:Mediawan, Troisième Œil Productions, France Télévisions
La banlieue, c’est le paradis
Audience Score
1 hr 29 minHistory,
Documentary
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.
DirectorNathalie Conscience
