| Origine contrôlée | |
| Director: | Ahmed Bouchaala Zakia Tahri |
| Producer: | Bob Bellion Raymond Blumenthal |
| Starring: | Ronit Elkabetz Patrick Ligardes Atmen Kalif |
| Music: | Serge Perathoner Jannick Top |
| Cinematography: | Yves Cape |
| Editing: | Roland Baubeau |
| Studio: | Blue Films Deluxe Productions M6 Films New Mark Rhône-Alpes Cinéma |
| Distributor: | United International Pictures Synkronized |
| Runtime: | 90 min |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
Origine contrôlée (US title: Made in France) is a 2001 French comedy-drama film starring Ronit Elkabetz. It is also the debut French-language picture to star Elkabetz, famous for Hebrew-language roles in her native Israel. Elkabetz acquired French fluency after moving to France in 1997. The film was written and directed by Ahmed Bouchaala and Zakia Tahri. It was awarded the Le Roger Award for Best French Feature by the Avignon & New York Film Festival.[1]
A bourgeois white man (Ligardes) finds himself the victim of mistaken identity when he dresses up in drag yet is mistaken by authorities for a criminal Algerian transsexual. During his overnight stay in jail he meets two strangers, a beur, Youssef (Kelif) and Sophia (Elkabetz), a woman seeking a sex-change operation. The eclectic trio embark on a hedonistic tour through Paris and the surrounding countryside, amidst the frivolities, and problems such as the immigration authorities and the police presence.[2] [3]
Elkabetz was cast in the starring role after directors Bouchaala and Tahri attended the closing night of her one-woman show in Paris playing Martha Graham.[4]