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The Arab

2026 · Drama · 1h 46m

Released November 4, 2026

ReleasedNovember 4, 2026

Directed byMalek Bensmaïl

Runtime1h 46m

Cast

Ahmed BenaissaHaroun

Hiam AbbassMother

Dali BenssalahHaroun (young)

Nabil AsliKamel

Amina Ben Ismaïl

Grégoire Monsaingeon

Raphaël Thiéry

Brahim DerrisMoussa Choumeyssa Nassah Amar Guermoud Inesse Guermoud Latif Benahmed Stéphanie Cosserat Hania Chabane

Crew

Malek BensmaïlDirector, Screenplay, Associate Producer Olivier BerlaudFirst Assistant Director

Jacques FieschiScreenplay Kamel DaoudAuthor Hachemi ZertalProducer, Executive Producer

Gilles PorteDirector of Photography Sandra Di PasqualeScript, Script Supervisor Fred PremelProducer Carlos Ibanez DiazSound Moncef TalebSound Lancelot Hervé-MignucciSound Matthieu BretaudEditor Julia GrégoryEditor Lionel Jan KerguistelDirector of Photography

Nicolas RabaeusOriginal Music Composer

Edith VesperiniCostume Design Lilia LakhouaCostume Design Hadjira TafatCostume Design Saad Ould BachirProduction Design Lamine Mohamed AmraniProduction Design Villi HermannAssociate Producer Michela PiniAssociate Producer Anne-Laure GuéganAssociate Producer Géraldine SprimontAssociate Producer Fouad TrifiCasting Director François GuignardCasting Director Marco CraveroFirst Assistant Director Amine KabbesFirst Assistant Director Kenza MehadjiFirst Assistant Director Maxence CiekawySound Re-Recording Mixer