Mustapha Adouani

Jallel es un inmigrante tunecino que llega a Francia buscando mejores condiciones de vida. Pronto conoce a otros que, como él, sueñan con encontrar allí la igualdad, libertad y fraternidad de la que habló Voltaire. Le espera una vida nueva con personas diversas, nuevas experiencias, alegrías y decepciones.

Set in France in 1961-1962 during the Algerian War, Living in Paradise is a thought-provoking examination of the lives of North African immigrants trying to find a place in the social system of Western Europe.

A community of people rejected by society live in an abandoned residence located in a "Medina": an old town in Tunisia. Al Bab, a local criminal running the residence's prostitution circle, returns from prison on his wedding day. Fraj, his brother and the town warlock, falls in love with Ramla, his brother's future wife: He is the only man of the residence who has seen her face, as she is kept prisoner in one of the rooms until the wedding night.

Francia /// Fred, fotógrafo de profesión, viaja a Túnez para hacer un reportaje sobre los Bezness, jóvenes gigolós que venden sus encantos a los turistas de todas las edades y sexos. Explorando este mundo en el que la imagen es una violación y su representación un tabú, Fred conoce a Roufa, hermoso y seductor moreno que vive de su cuerpo y sueña con partir a Europa. Desde ese momento, Fred se convertirá en el protegido de Roufa para poder adentrarse en el mundo de esta juventud en el que cohabitan tradición y modernidad

In the ensuing days before his wedding bridegroom Hachemi faces both the anxieties of the future and the shadows of the past. His best friend, Farfat, is the topic of street graffiti and local gossip, which calls his manhood into question. This ripples out to affect Hachemi for, unbeknownst to anyone, as apprenticed youths they were molested by Ameur, the local carpenter. Farfat is banished from his father's home and the shared secret between the two friends threatens to undo more than just the wedding, but their very lives.

Un seductor con acento italiano intenta escapar de la policía, que quiere detenerle por un crimen que no ha cometido.