Stories Set in Algeria

Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation…

Algeria the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas he grows up among the Rio Salado youths with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in…

Algiers 1997. The country is in the hands of terrorist groups seeking to establish an Islamic and archaic state. Women are particularly affected and oppressed by primitive diktas who seek to take control of their bodies…

Pépé le Moko one of France's most wanted criminals hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby a gorgeous woman from Paris who…

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war Said Abdelkader Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army along with 130000 other “indigenous” soldiers to liberate the “fatherland”…

An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.

French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population.…

During the Algerian war for independence from France a young Frenchman living in Geneva who belongs to a right-wing terrorist group and a young woman who belongs to a left-wing terrorist group meet and fall in love.…

A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.