Fares Landoulsi

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 love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.

Ali, a young Moroccan immigrant, is torn between the conservative environment of his family and his passion for the cabaret where he cross-dresses at night to become Alia.

Yacine, a young painter, lives in fear of assuming his difference and facing the world and his overly imposing sister, but the circumstances and insistence of Karim, his long-time lover, will lead him to confess his true nature.

After seven years abroad in Italy, Tarek returns home to Tunisia, he meets Khaled, who is everything he isn't: successful, handsome, and helpful..

While Mehdi is torn between his secret gay affair and the perspective of getting married, his sister Hind struggles to face her present and to reveal the secrets of her past kept in the dark.

A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. Who exactly is he? And what does he want?