Mourad Boucif

Sulayman, with blazing eyes, his radiant face, lives in “the clay boulder” in perfect harmony with fauna and flora. An orphan since the age of three, he was raised by an old hermit, with "stormy veins". Sulayman meets Khadija, the daughter of the village head, Caïd. Caïd is a supporter of the French occupation, and is strictly opposed to any union between Sulayman and his daughter. The young shepherd, through the deepest fibres of his soul, finds himself between two worlds. His greatest wish would be to not have to choose, but as he must, Sulayman sets out to unite them within the heart of his new journey... "Men of Clay" is a metaphysical tale about the human condition. This journey explores the fibers of the soul, transcends certainties and contradictions, such as the vulnerability of being or fields of confusion. It cracks and obligates one to rebuild and enhance all aspects of beauty within a universe that ends up breathless...

Karim lives in Brussels and is finishing his accounting studies. He soon begins a romantic relationship with Sophie, a young woman he met at a travel agency. But life quickly becomes complicated when you are the son of immigrants, when you are faced, despite your successful studies, with rejection or unemployment, and when you feel torn between two worlds, two cultures! Without resorting to simplistic black-and-white thinking or pessimism, the filmmakers paint an endearing portrait of this couple as they struggle to find themselves, but also with great tenderness.