An Algerian doctor decides to leave the troubles in Algiers and goes back to his hometown, a small village lost in the mountains. There, however, the situation is explosive as well, as the guerilla is active and the French military has to keep a close watch on the locals...
В центре фильма — события алжирской борьбы за независимость в промежутке между 1954 и 1960 гг., пропущенные через воспоминания находящегося под арестом главного героя.
