Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.
as Pierre Nivel
as Issam
as Nelly Azera
as Leila/Amina
as Blanville
as Versanti
as Francis
as Pierre Nivel's wife
as Étienne
as Paula Azera
as Fadel
as Fadel's brother
as Henri Nivel, Pierre Nivel's father
as Henri Nivel, Pierre Nivel's mother
as Alexandra
as Pierre Nivel, young
as Issam, young
as Nader Mansour
as Narrator
