La banlieue, c'est le paradis

Directed by Nathalie Conscience
2025    89mDocumentary, History
6.3
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.

Where to Watch La banlieue, c'est le paradis

  • Mohamed BouhafsiSelf - Host, Interviewer & Narrator / Idea
  • Nassira BouhafsiSelf - Guest
  • Farida KhelfaSelf - Guest
  • Fabien RousselSelf - Guest
  • Sofiane ZermaniSelf - Guest
  • Emmanuel MacronSelf - Guest
  • AkhenatonSelf - Guest
  • Sabrina OuazaniSelf - Guest
  • Franck GastambideSelf - Guest
  • François HollandeSelf - Guest
  • Jean-Louis BorlooSelf - Guest
  • Dominique TapieSelf - Guest
  • Nicolas SarkozySelf - Guest
  • Anne-Élisabeth LemoineSelf - Guest
  • Xavier NielSelf - Guest
  • François MitterrandSelf (archive footage)
  • Renaud EpsteinSelf - Sociologist
  • Adjera Lakehal-BrafmanSelf - Guest
  • Corinne AngeliniSelf - Guest
  • Bernard TapieSelf - Politician, businessman (archive footage)

 

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