Pacific Club

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Audience Score
60
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NR 16 minDocumentary
In 1979, the Pacific Club was opened in the basement of La Défense - the business district of Paris. It was the first nightclub for Arabs from the suburbs; a parallel world of dance, sweat, young loves, and one-night utopias. Azedine, 17 years old at the time, tells us the forgotten story of this club and of this generation who dreamed of integrating into France but who soon came face to face with racism, the AIDS epidemic, and heroin.
StarringAzedine BenabdelmoumeneTaos BertrandJulien Mézence
DirectorValentin Noujaïm
WriterValentin Noujaïm

Movie Details

Original Language:French
Executive Producers:Manon Messiant
Production Companies:Iliade et Films
Movie Tags:
documentaryparis, france1980snightclubthe 80sarabsarabic societyarab youthanos 80arab in france