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.

Omar, an unstable and lonely teenager, lives in a slum in the suburbs of Mostaganem, Algeria. He is addicted to a famous psychotropic, nicknamed “Madame Courage”: Artane tablets, very popular among young Algerians, for their euphoric effect of invincibility. Omar is an expert thief. One morning, he goes downtown to commit his usual crimes. His first prey is a young girl called Selma, walking with her friends, prominently wearing a gold necklace. As he commits his larceny, their eyes meet.

2011 film by Merzak Allouache

2005 film by Merzak Allouache

1996 film by Merzak Allouache

Chouchou, un jeune Maghrébin, débarque clandestinement à Paris dans la seule intention de retrouver son neveu. Recueilli par le Père Léon et le Frère Jean, en charge d'une paroisse de banlieue parisienne, Chouchou trouve un emploi : assurer l'entretien du cabinet d'une psychanalyste, le docteur Nicole Milovavitch, et recevoir ses clients. Ce dernier se rend bientôt à Clichy à la recherche de son neveu, devenu "Vanessa", chanteuse romantique au cabaret L'Apocalypse. Le jeune homme y retrouve ses amis et décide de se travestir lui aussi à ses heures libres. Devenu "serveuse" de nuit, il fait la rencontre de Stanislas, un quadragénaire habitué des lieux. C'est le coup de foudre. Malheureusement, un patient du docteur Nicole Milovavitch, l'inspecteur Grégoire, a vent de l'arrivée clandestine de Chouchou à Paris et de sa double personnalité... Chouchou，一个年轻的玛格里布人（阿尔及利亚、摩洛哥、突尼斯三国总称）为了寻找他的侄儿，人生地不熟地来到巴黎。在巴黎郊区被一个小教堂的神父和教友收留。并且在一个叫Nicole Milovavitch女医生的精神治疗室做一些日常清理和接待工作。 当他找到了侄子时，发现侄子成了Vanessa（女孩的名字），“末日”酒吧里的浪漫歌手。Chouchou在这个酒馆里也结识了些朋友，遂决定在酒吧里做兼职。作为“女”侍应生，他在这里遇见了Stanislas, 这间酒吧的常客，两人一见钟情。 关键字：轻喜剧、同性、移民、异装 值得一提的是男主角Gad Elmaleh 让人非常的印象深刻。单是为他去看这个片子也是值得的。

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。

A young man and woman form an intense bond when they are assigned to launch an armed action against an oil-refinery in the North African desert, in the latest from veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache.

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.