2011 film by Merzak Allouache

2024 film directed by Malik Chibane

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.

Driven by an urgent need to amass a large sum of money in a short time, a man assembles a team specializing in theft and fraud, leveraging its members' skills in disguise and deception to exploit their victims. Though united by a common goal, each member harbors their own motives and ambitions.

导演莫扎克·阿洛维奇(Merzak Allouache)延续了自己对阿尔及利亚社会生活的探究。影片贯穿了5个发生在阿尔及尔的故事。一个不肯在“神秘文件”上签字遭到拷打的人，一个生活在不妥协让步的家庭里的小女孩……导演通过不同人的故事，还原生活在阿尔及尔的人们的生活。以前宁静的生活，邻居们的聚会，一起凝视的海湾、丘陵，现在都已不复存在。有的只是暴力、动荡及混乱。

During a beach excursion, Nfissa, a young mother, is lynched to death by a group of young men, while swimming offshore. Nobody seems to witness her disappearing. Anxiety and fear grow among the family, especially as, on the same beach, bathers suddenly die.

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.