The Arab

Starring

Ahmed Benaissa

Haroun

Hiam Abbass

Mother

Dali Benssalah

Haroun (young)

Nabil Asli

Kamel

Amina Ben Ismaïl

Grégoire Monsaingeon

Mustapha Ayad

Raphaël Thiéry

Brahim Derris

Moussa

C

Choumeyssa Nassah

A

Amar Guermoud

I

Inesse Guermoud

L

Latif Benahmed

S

Stéphanie Cosserat

H

Hania Chabane

Incoming Editorial Team·Verified November 4, 2026

Haroun is an old bachelor who has lived in Oran for several years. A retired civil servant, he leads a reclusive life until the day he meets Kamel in a bar—a journalist to whom he tells an incredible story dating back to 1942. He claims to be the brother of ‘the Arab’ killed in a story told in one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus. An Arab with an erased name: Moussa. Through anger, assertions, details, and confidences, Haroun finally convinces the journalist to listen to his story. His confession is a cry of freedom and distress—but above all, a cry of revolt: against an abusive mother, against a country that failed to achieve true independence, against a book, and against a famous French writer.