Maamar (Sid Ali Kouiret), a young fisherman working in a small port in western Algeria, is forced to sell his goods at a discount every day to Si Khelifa (Abdelhalim Rais), owner of many trucks and a cannery where the wives work fishermen. He has a strange encounter. As he returns from fishing, bassinet in hand, he witnesses a car accident. Indeed, a car hits a tree with a beautiful girl “Hayat” on board who has lost consciousness. Maamar pulls her out of the car and saves her. It is at this precise moment that he realizes the existence of another world. As if awakened from a long sleep, he realizes that this exploitation can no longer continue. He leaves his village and his wife Laâlia (Fatima Belhadj) on a whim for three years. He finds himself in the capital which he leaves to return to his village and carry out a saving action...

This film follows the fortunes of an old Peugeot off loaded in Cotonou, Benin. As it changes hands w...

This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is...

An Italian in East Africa having an affair with a coloured woman realises that his treatment of her ...

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the surviv...

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follow...

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is se...

Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisiti...

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan gen...

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah dis...

A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a...

The story takes place in Equatorial Guinea, where Mr. Cuchillas leads a mafia gang that takes care o...

Beginning of the 20th century in the east of Sudan. Tajouj is the beautiful cousin of a young tribes...

This film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless nig...

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to strug...

Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength whe...
The chief priest in the village dies and the village is in turmoil. Onyeka is constantly being ridic...

Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He ...

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag...

A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfrien...