Le match France - Algérie vient chambouler le train-train de Brahim et Mouloud. Cet évènement va diviser les deux amis : Brahim revendique son identité algérienne, Mouloud fustige son refus de la France, pays qui les a vu grandir.
On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of American soap opera and movies, so JR, Sue Ellen, Rambo, Kojak, Spock and others take possession of bodies and minds, with many typical American culture elements. These heroes mix in a beautiful funny mess, with tradition and modernism, Islam and television, reality and fiction.
Ali, an Algerian crane operator, takes with philosophy the bullying suffered by immigrants like him. His existence changes radically the day he wins the lottery.
A revolutionary militant is killed during the repression of May 1945. His son, who is unaware of the real circumstances of the murder, ends up being attached to the ideal for which his father died.
Бранкалеоне де Норча возглавляет ватагу увеченных и больных, которые собираются в крестовый поход. В поисках славы они отправляются на Святую Землю отвоевывать Гроб Господен. Поход полон приключений. Бранкалеоне спасает французскую принцессу Берду, спасает от костра юную колдунью, которая в него влюбляется. Потеряв всех своих товарищей, он призывает смерть , но потом одумывается.
