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    Michou d'Auber


    Messaoud, 9 ans, est un enfant d'Aubervilliers. Parce que sa mère est malade, son père est obligé de le placer dans une famille d'accueil. Nous sommes en 1960, dans le contexte troublé des "événements" d'Algérie. Gisèle, mère "nourricière", décide de travestir l'identité de Messaoud aux yeux de la population de son village du Berry, mais aussi - et surtout - aux yeux de son mari Georges, ancien militaire. Messaoud devient alors Michel, Michou, et c'est sous cette identité, porté par l'affection de Georges et Gisèle, qu'il s'initie à une France profonde. Mais le mensonge de Gisèle, bientôt révélé, va mettre en péril cette relation naissante...
    Messoud is a nine-year old Algerian boy living in the suburbs of Paris with his parents, but when his mother falls ill, his father decides to temporarily send him to a foster home in rural France. Because this story takes place in the 1960’s when French involvement in the Algerian war reached its apex, his new foster mother Gisele changes his name from Messoud to Michel and hides his identity from her neighbors and even her own husband. Michel is slowly and successfully introduced to provincial life, but then one day, Gisele’s secret is uncovered and everything becomes endangered.

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