La banlieue, c’est le paradis 2025 Directed by Nathalie Conscience
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.
Release Date 13 February 2025
89 mins
Cast
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)
Renaud Epstein
Self - Sociologist
Adjera Lakehal-Brafman
Self - Guest
Corinne Angelini
Self - Guest
Bernard Tapie
Self - Politician, businessman (archive footage)
Xavier Niel
Self - Guest, businessman
Nadir Hammache
Self - Guest
Michel Cantal-Dupart
Self - Guest
Diangou Traoré
Self - Guest
Monique Munoz
Self - Guest
Christian Delorme
Self - Guest
Djamel Attalah
Self - Guest
Tanaz Rohani
Self - Guest
Karine Julien-Elkaïm
Self - Guest
Aurélien Devise
Self - Guest
Fehmi Cherif
Self - Guest
Olivier Klein
Self - Guest
Crew
Director
Producer
Original Writers
Director
Producer
Original Writers