Arabic fiction

A GOOD DEAL

Jean PRAT
1961
Duration : 15'
Format : 35 mm.
Black & white
Producer : CASTELLA Films
Country France
With KALTOUM, Hadj OMAR SAFIRI, Ali MEGUELLATI.
Music MISSOUM & BACHETARZI
Picture Pierre ANCRENAZ

Original title : La Bonne affaire

On the banks of a river, Amar and Ali, two unemployed actors, fish for gudgeon without success. Worse still, they take the bait offered to them by a certain Alek, who claims that their acting skills would work wonders in business. Alek just happens to know of a bakery for sale… The pair leave the stage for the bakery. Poorly placed, they wait in vain for a customer. “Alek insists: “Never mind, just hand out the bread for free and get yourself known! And that’s how they became known… and ruined in no time.