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La banlieue, c’est le paradis

Genres

Documentary , History

Duration

89 min

Director

Nathalie Conscience

Rating

6.3

Release Date

February 13, 2025

La banlieue, c’est le paradis

Original title: La banlieue, c’est le paradis

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Synopsis

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.