
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
