Omar
The writer Louis Gardel remembers his youth in Algeria. In 1955, Louis is 15 years old and lives with his grandmother Zoé. Zoé is friend with president Steiger, leader of the French settlers but also with the old Arab Bouarab. One night looking at the Bay of Algiers, Louis is convinced that the world in which he has grown will disappear. The first events of the War of Independence have begun. The young boys and young girls have a good time at the seaside: swimming, dancing, flirting. But, little by little, the war becomes part of their daily life.
Mehmet
Sonia Bergerac, una profesora de un instituto conflicitivo, donde la mayoría de los estudiantes son inmigrantes árabes y negros, está desquiciada de tanto lidiar con sus irrespetuosos y agresivos alumnos. Un día, durante una clase, descubre una pistola en la mochila de un chico, la coge y, dominada por la confusión y los nervios, la usa para retener a los chicos como rehenes.
