Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf, is an autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag about his life as a young Algerian boy growing up in a shantytown next to Lyon, France, called the Chaâba by its inhabitants. The story covers a period of approximately three years in the life of the protagonist and deals with issues developing from the clash between two cultures, that of France and that of North Africa, as well as the difficulties of finding a cultural identity between the two. The story focuses on the cultural differences between the Arab and French communities, as well as how the two groups react to each other
Directing | Christophe Ruggia | Director |
Writing | Azouz Begag | Novel |
Crew | Dominique Chapuis | Cinematography |
Costume & Make-Up | Elsa Rio | Costumer |
Costume & Make-Up | Florence Julienne | Costumer |
Editing | Nicole Dedieu | Editor |
Art | Sandrine Canaux | Decorator |
Costume & Make-Up | Emmanuelle Fèvre | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Safy Boutella | Music |
Camera | Vincent Alexandre | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
Crew | Francis Auguy | Stunts |
Crew | Catherine Robert | Stunts |
Crew | Patrick Médioni | Stunts |
Crew | Marc Rosel | Stunts |
Sound | Jonathan Acbard | Boom Operator |
Sound | Jean-Pierre Duret | Sound Engineer |
Sound | André Cappello | Foley Recordist |
Sound | Hubert Persat | Assistant Sound Editor |
Lighting | Pascal Benhamou | Electrician |
Camera | Steeven Petitteville | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
Camera | Françoise Noyon | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Philippe Dorelli | Steadicam Operator |
Production | Farid Lahouassa | Producer |
Art | Richard Cahours de Virgile | Production Design |
Production | Rodolphe Pélicier | Production Manager |