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...

Life in the African country of Mali in the 1990s is vividly highlighted in this mild drama. In the s...

Young Africans in Paris face insecurity and vague future. Should they stay in France, or return to t...

At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. In a village, a young women w...
Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets ...

A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the d...

A dissolute man whose wife cheats on him seeks revenge to preserve his honor.

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that...

Ali is the image of modern Africa. He happily returns from a football match on his motorbike but a n...

The story of Quincy Bosomfield who is the product of colonial education and has risen to become the ...

Tourneur, a self-proclaimed cinéaste, feuds with Cinema and his gang, who are obsessed with foreign ...
An African mother will do just about anything to protect her child. Bilaly is a simple peasant who i...

A city with its problems. A gang of abandoned children provide for themselves and pose as heroes. Th...

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of wat...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Ma...

In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad tem...

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the s...

John Meadham, in charge of a West Africa trading post, wire the home office in London that he is tir...

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his fo...

A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Be...