The sacrificial sheep in three frenchnorth african film. Ismael ferroukhi directs with restraint and considerable insight into the problems he explores. Le grand voyage wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia. A few weeks before his college entrance exams, reda, a young man who lives in the south of france, finds himself forced to drive his father to mecca. Ismael ferroukhi is a frenchmoroccan film director and screenwriter. Rencontre avec ismael ferroukhi et tahar rahim les hommes libres duration. The great journey 2004 reda, a young frenchmoroccan guy and his old father drive from the south of france to mecca in order for the father to do his pilgrimage. Pdf ismael ferroukhis babelized road movie mireille rosello.
The film portrays the relationship between father and son as both embark on a. A version of this article appears in print on, section e, page 7 of the national edition with the headline. At first distant, they gradually learn to know each other. Le grand voyage by frenchmoroccan auteur, ismael ferroukhi born 1962, is one of those rare cinematic events that leaves you weeping long after the final closing moments, when you realize that what you have just experienced is your own inner pilgrimage into the deepest chambers of your heart in humble homage to the puissance of human relationships, the potency of spiritual journeys and, above all, the power of eternal love. Yamina benguigui 2001 and a recurring motif in le grand voyage by ismael ferroukhi. Ismael ferroukhi invites us to travel from marseille with reda. Along the way they encounter many obstacles always part of the pilgrimage experience and knock heads with each other. What they come to understand about one another has implications far greater than the journey itself. Le grand voyage, a 2004 film directed by ismael ferroukhi, tells he has never spoken arabic.
Film ini sempat ditayangkan di festival film internasional toronto dan venesia 2004. In this paper, i analyse a film entitled le grand voyage 2004 where a. Pdf an interview with filmmaker ismael ferroukhi michael a. Introduction in this paper, i focus on the analysis of a road movie entitled le grand voyage 2004 by ismael ferroukhi. Film ini berkisah tentang hubungan ayah dan anak dalam sebuah perjalanan suci menggunakan mobil. It has been 16 years since the release of ismael ferroukhi s relationship dramady le grand voyage, and it is as relevant today as it was back then.
An elderly father forces his frenchborn son to drive him across seven countries to visit mecca in ismael ferroukhi s first theatrical feature le grand voyage. The film follows reda who, despite studying for exams, agrees to take his illiterate father on a. In le gone du chaaba novel and film adaptation and. Ismael ferroukhi, does a credible job in moving the film forward literally with the crosseurope travel toward saudi arabia and the slower coverage of distance between the. The film portrays the relationship between father and son as both embark on a religious pilgrimage trip by car. Reconciling the secular and the religious in le grand voyage. The son, who is irreligious and has a nonmuslim girlfriend, doesnt relate to his traditionalist father, nor does the dad relate to his son a culture clash and generational clash that is the spine of their entire trip to saudi arabia. The film won the golden astor for best film at the 2005 mar del plata international film festival, also was shown at the prestigious 2004 toronto and venice. Ferroukhi makes reda an immensely likable young man and gives him a rich personal life, only to punish him for wanting to cling to that life. Redas strong sense of filial obligation induces him to put both his schooling and girlfriend on hold. Le grand voyage by frenchmoroccan auteur, ismael ferroukhi born 1962, is one of those rare cinematic events that leaves you weeping long after the final closing moments, when you realize that what you have just experienced is your own inner pilgrimage into the deepest chambers of your heart in humble homage to the puissance of human.
In le grand voyage, an extraordinary film written and directed by ismael ferroukhi, a high school student who lives in the south of france drives his moroccan father across seven countries to mecca. French heartthrob nicolas cazale, this film marks the emergence of a major new talent form the arab world in director ismael ferroukhi. Le grand voyage is a 2004 film written and directed by ismael ferroukhi. Ismael ferroukhi, who also wrote the script of the story, has fused together a very clever combination of road movie and family drama in le grand voyage. Le grand voyage by ismael ferroukhi ismael ferroukhi. He gained exposure with his 1992 short film lexpose, which won the kodak prize at the 1993 cannes film festival. In this roadmovie, ismael ferroukhi handles cultural and generational differences with skill. Rent le grand voyage 2004 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Its actually pretty good and ferroukhi has an exceptionally light touch, never lingering too long or too insistently, but never sweeping along at a breakneck pace. The stern father of a muslim family in france has his teenage son drive him to mecca for the religious pilgrimage known as the hajj. In this film, a devout muslim father forces his young secular son to drive him from marseille across europe to mecca, so that the father can complete the fifth pillar of. He lives the story of an old man who compels his son, reda. Review le grand voyage 2004 against his wishes, reda nicolas cazale, a young french man, is forced to drive his moroccan father from the south of france to make the hajj, the muslim pilgrimage to mecca. Ratings info contains mild language, violence and one upsetting scene.
Rent le grand voyage 2004 starring nicolas cazale and mohamed majd on dvd and bluray. Born in kenitra in 1962, ferroukhi migrated to france in his youth and grew up in a small city in the south. Rencontre avec ismael ferroukhi et tahar rahim les hommes libres. Le grand voyage british board of film classification. Ismael ferroukhi born 26 june 1962 is a frenchmoroccan film director and screenwriter. The film is in french and arabic and the subtitles are good.
For a better experience on mubi, update your browser. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. But le grand voyage is better than merely competent. Explores the experiences of a devout muslim and his secular adolescent son as they drive through seven. Buy le grand voyage directed by ismael ferroukhi online at alibris.