Mehdi is an algérien writer that fundamentalist violence has transformed into a potential target. How to live with fear when everything is fear. But also life. Facing Mehdi is Ania, an algerian-born Frenchwoman, the woman next door. She often appears at her window on the court. A disturbing vis-à-vis. Ania will unceasingly try to convert this man to the culture of life, to burning passion. By bringing him tea regularly, risking to often find the door closed...
A family or Algerian origin comes back to Algeria after having lived in France for a long time. The children, born in France, have a hard time adapting to Algerian society, and the contrast between traditionalist mentalities and youth wanting to have fun clash, reaching havoc in the village.
Ali in Wonderland expõe claramente a condição dos trabalhadores migrantes em Paris e arredores nos anos 1970. É um grito de fúria contra a sociedade francesa, um país maravilhoso onde a exploração e o racismo prosperam e onde vivem o domínio e o espírito colonial.
