Behind Hamid is Alexi, a mime who pretends to be caught in a terrible rain storm, with an inside out umbrella, the wet look in his hair, and light metal rods in his coat to make it look like the wind is blowing from underneath.  

Abdelhamid Aktouche playing the oud on rue Saint-Martin with the umbrella man behind him. Hamid played a part in the film «La Graine et le mulet» in 2007.

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