Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
Acting
Bedia and Judor's chaotic chemistry carries every scene.
Writing
Satire sharp enough to cut through the silliness.
Director
Rachid Dhibou
Ramzy Bedia
Nerh-Nerh
Éric Judor
Le Kabyle
Jean-Pierre Lazzerini
Le Commissaire
Anca Radici
Hilguegue
Lannick Gautry
Claude Boutboul
Frédéric Chau
Matthieu Cohen
Jean-Baptiste Shelmerdine
Le réceptionniste
Philippe Girard
Le chatelain
Booder
La sorcière berbère
Karl E. Landler
Inspecteur Français
Youssef Hajdi
Farid
Mustapha Abourachid
Présentateur TV
Guillaume Briat
Moine 5
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bedia and Judor were already France's biggest comedy duo; this film weaponized their established dynamic for political satire during tense 2010s immigration debates.
The 'halal' in the title isn't about food—it's the film's bait-and-switch, promising religious commentary then delivering pure procedural absurdism.
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