Mostaganem, 2019. In a few weeks, five teenage girls are found dead on the beach. The bodies all bear the same marks of violence. How to explain these serial murders? Mobilizing her informers and a cop friend, Houria, a seasoned journalist, leads the investigation. And despite the pressure to give up, the young woman is pugnacious. But the decision to continue her investigation at all costs will not be without consequences.

2004 film by Belkacem Hadjadj

Malek, la quarantaine, célibataire, vient d’emménager à Montmartre et accueille bientôt chez lui son neveu Ryiad fraîchement arrivé d’Algérie. Ensemble ils découvrent Barbès, le quartier de la communauté algérienne, très vivant, malgré la crise sanitaire en cours. Ses rencontres avec les figures locales vont permettre à Malek de retrouver une part de lui qu’il avait enfouie, et de se réconcilier avec ses origines.

2014 film by Lyes Salem

Algeria region of the high flatlands. As Islamist groups continue to spread terror, Rashid, a young Jihadist, leaves the mountains to return to his village. In keeping with the law « of pardon and national harmony », he has to surrender to the police and give up his weapon. He thus receives amnesty and becomes a « repenti ». But the law cannot erase his crimes and for Rachid it's the beginning of a one-way journey of violence, secrets and manipulation.