Maître Guilain
Selim Loubna
It's early summer and Agathe is back in France, at home in Montreuil. She has to get over her husband's death and return to her work as a film director. The unexpected arrival at her house of a couple of Icelanders, a sea lion and a neighbour that she has always desired yet never vanquished will give Agathe the strength to get her life back on track...
Lieutenant Boumedjane
Tarek
Malik & Franck are dustbin men. They have just accomplished their dream: buy a pizza van, to at least be their own boss.
Hassan Hassini
La joven extrovertida Baya Benmahmoud vive según el clásico lema: "Haz el amor y no la guerra". Con el fin de convertirlos en su causa, dormirá con sus enemigos políticos, lo que implica una gran cantidad de hombres conservadores. Por ahora ha logrado buenos resultados hasta que conoce a Arthur Martin, de unos cuarenta años. Baya se imagina que con un nombre común (hay más de 10.000 Arthur Martin en Francia), está destinado a ser un verdadero conservador y difícil por lo tanto de convertir. Sin embargo, los nombres son traicioneros y las cosas no siempre son lo que parecen. Baya y Arthur son tan diferentes como dos personas pueden serlo, pero cuando se enamoran, las cosas cambian.
Abdelkader Ben Barka, le frère de Mehdi
Marc works in a slaughterhouse. All day long, he operates a bandsaw. One day an accident occurs: the band breaks, slicing off Marc's left hand. Contrary to his wife's advice, Marc brings the dismembered hand back home.
Malik
Malik raises his little brother and works as a doorman.
Slow-burning and smart, French director Rémi Lange's The Road to Love is a romantic tale of self-discovery that also offers a fascinating historical take on homosexuality in northern Africa. French-Algerian sociology student Karim is having trouble finding interviewees for his term project, a video documentary on homosexual relationships in Islamic cultures. As his research progresses, he meets Farid, a handsome flight attendant. In Farid, Karim believes he has found an ideal subject for his film...but he soon begins to admire more than just Farid's insight. When Karim learns that some cultures have accepted and encouraged same-sex unions, he finally begins to face his own sexuality. Set in scenic locales from Paris to Marseilles to Amsterdam (with a brief detour to Jean Genet's grave in Larache, Morocco), The Road to Love is a shrewd and sensual tale of enchantment and desire
Redouane
Désirée, a black girl, is nicknamed "The Shark" by her friends. This nickname comes from her strong rebellion and her ability to win in the suburban city, dominated by the power of boys.
Rachid
In a French prison, three men are coming to terms with the emotional and physical torment which their incarceration brings them. Arnaud is serving a six-month sentence for drug smuggling; he protests his innocence and will do anything to secure an early release. Francky is a hardened criminal who has all but lost his wife and family and who seeks comfort in self-inflicted abuse. Kader is in prison for theft; he is the most philosophical of the three men, he is growing accustomed to prison life and seems to prefer it to the world outside.
