Zine and Rayanne plan to flee to a dreamland, a fantasy haven on the north shore of the Mediterranean. The crossing is commonly made in fishing boats and other small craft; hundreds of harragas die each year. Zine embarks for Spain with a group of others, while Rayyane decides to stay back to raise more money for the crossing - which involves tricking his uncle into lending him money under the pretense of running a local business. But, like so many other working poor around the world, Rayanne refuses to weigh the danger against the prospect of a better world.
Zine and Rayanne plan to flee to a dreamland, a fantasy haven on the north shore of the Mediterranean. The crossing is commonly made in fishing boats and other small craft; hundreds of harragas die each year. Zine embarks for Spain with a group of others, while Rayyane decides to stay back to raise more money for the crossing - which involves tricking his uncle into lending him money under the pretense of running a local business. But, like so many other working poor around the world, Rayanne refuses to weigh the danger against the prospect of a better world.
Os eventos decisivos da guerra pela independência da Argélia, marco do processo de libertação das colônias européias na África. Entre 1954 e 1957 é mostrado o modo de agir dos dois lados do conflito, a Frente de Libertação Nacional e o exército francês. Enquanto que o exército usava técnicas de tortura e eliminava o maior número possível de rebeldes, a FLN desenvolvia técnicas não-convencionais de combate, baseadas na guerrilha e no terrorismo.
