| Raï | |
| Director: | Thomas Gilou |
| Producer: | Aïssa Djabri Farid Lahouassa |
| Screenplay: | Cyril Collard Thomas Gilou Sonia Kronlund Aïssa Djabri Messaoud Hattau Djamila Djabri |
| Starring: | Tabatha Cash Mustapha Benstiti |
| Cinematography: | Jean-Jacques Bouhon |
| Studio: | M6 Films Vertigo |
| Distributor: | Pan-Européenne |
| Runtime: | 89 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Budget: | $2 million [1] |
| Gross: | $768.000 [2] |
Raï is a 1995 French film directed by Thomas Gilou. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival.
Djamel (Mustapha Benstiti) tries to escape the spiral of drugs and delinquency which crushes all his friends in the suburban city where he lives. He works at the municipal swimming pool and wants to start a family with Sahlia (Tabatha Cash), the sister of his friend Mezz (Micky El Mazroui), who wants to break all ties with his culture of origin.
It won the Golden Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival.[3]