Ahmed Bouchaala

Mina and Saïd, a young engaged couple, return to Morocco to marry. But when his traditional immigrant parents meet her wealthy liberal family, tensions erupt. Can love bridge two worlds that seem irreconcilable?

As Eid al-Adha approaches, a struggling father desperately tries to find a way to buy a sacrificial sheep for his family. With the help of his friend, he turns to a series of schemes and desperate attempts to raise the money, leading the two friends into increasingly complicated and absurd situations. As the pressure mounts, their struggle exposes the realities of poverty, social expectations, friendship, and a father's determination to preserve his dignity and make Eid special for his son.

A prize-fighter spends 16 years in prison for killing his wife during a blind rage. Upon his release, he wanders the grim streets of an empty French housing project in search of his now teen-age daughter. His quest forms the basis of this gripping French drama. Krim is the fighter and Yasmine his estranged daughter. Krim finds his old apartment block, but it is abandoned and slated for destruction. He is terribly disappointed, for all Krim wants right now is to be happy and to have his daughter back. He sends messages back to his friend and mentor in prison telling him how wonderful it is to be out of jail. His friend, Eugene, a lifer, isn't fooled for a second and is very angry at Krim for lying to him. Meanwhile, Krim stumbles across Nora, a teen-age drug addict, who could be his long-lost daughter. Eventually, he locks her in an abandoned flat and helps her get off the junk cold-turkey. It is a terrible scene, but he succeeds and the two begin a new kind of relationship.

Kévin-Mohamed is a young high school student from an integrated and secular family. He befriends a girl from a strict religious family and falls in love with her

Patrick Morel has his limits tested when he's thrown in jail after a misunderstanding with the lovely Sonia and the brash Youssef, all three of them bound for deportation until a last-ditch escape frees them in more ways than one.