Le pélerin Ahmad
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.
Ba Omar
The film is about the suffering of a mother with one of her sons who asks her to sell the family home, one of the traditional old houses, to repay his debts, but she categorically refuses to bow to his request in favor of the "commandment" of her husband, who recommended before his death to keep the house.
Gardener
Клеопатра считает, что египетский народ ни в чем не уступает римлянам. Чтобы доказать это, она обещает Цезарю построить величайший дворец, равного которому не видел свет, всего за 3 месяца. Строительство она поручает довольно бестолковому зодчему Нумернобису, который, трезво оценив свои силы, направляется за помощью к друиду из галльской деревни.
Akli
A veteran of the Indochina war, a doctor emigrated to Kabylia. He is torn between his love for the sister of a rebel group and his duty as a patriot.
