''Alad'2'', also known as ''The Brand New Adventures of Aladin'', is a 2018 French

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directed by and produced by 74 Films,

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, and M6 Films. It stars

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, Vanessa Guide,

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, and Ramzy Bedia. It is a sequel to the 2015 film ''

The New Adventures of Aladdin ''The New Adventures of Aladdin'' (original title: ''Les Nouvelles Aventures d'Aladin'') is a 2015 French comedy film directed by Arthur Benzaquen and starring Kev Adams. A sequel, ''Alad'2'', was released on October 3, 2018. Plot On Christmas E ...

''.

Plot

Prince Aladdin (

) is bored at the palace. His old life as an adventurer is missing and he does not feel legitimate in his luxurious clothes of a monarch. Shah Zaman (

), a ruthless dictator who decided to marry Princess Shallia (), seizes

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and the palace. Aladdin is forced to flee and recover his former genie. This is his only chance to save his princess and Baghdad. Taking advantage of his rival's absence, Shah Zaman will try everything to win the princess's affection; from intimidation to seduction. After a long journey full of pitfalls (including a trip to America, Africa and an ice palace), Aladdin is finally back in Baghdad where he will have to face armed guards, the men of Richelieu, an evil genie in the pay of Shah Zaman, and Shah Zaman himself. He will above all have to fight an obstacle that he did not expect: the doubts of the princess.

Cast

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/ Sam *

as Shah Zaman / Yanis * Ramzy Bedia as Balouad, Shah Zaman's genie * as Princess Shallia / Sofia *

as the Genie *

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as a transformation of Shah Zaman's Genie / waitress / flight attendant * Nader Boussandel as the guard of the princess * Wahid Bouzidi as Wahid *

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as the shrink *

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as Aladdin turned into a soldier of Shah Zaman * Dimitri Tordjman as the boy on the plane * David Salles as head genie *

Jean-Paul Rouve Jean-Paul Rouve (; born 26 January 1967) is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is a founding member of the Les Robins des Bois comedy troupe, active from 1996 onwards. He has appeared in over 70 film and television pro ...

as the vizier (cameo) *

Isabelle Nanty Isabelle Nanty (; born 21 January 1962) is a French actress, film and theatre director and screenwriter. Career Nanty was a teacher for several years at the Cours Florent. She then received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising A ...

as the telephone operator (cameo) * Frédéric Lopez as himself (cameo) *

Gérard Depardieu Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as ...

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(cameo) * Florian Ordonez as a black market merchant (cameo) * Olivio Ordonez as a black market merchant (cameo) * Anaïs Delva as Elsa (cameo) * Tal as herself (cameo)

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7136896
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