Merwan, a 19-year-old beur, has been expelled from France and forced to return to Algeria, the country where he was born but where he is now an alien to the language and customs. His fellow nationals confiscate his passport and send him to the army; in the stuffy atmosphere of desert military barracks, his fellow Algerians mercilessly remind him of his foreignness...
Released
Germany
February 22, 1991
(Berlin International Film Festival)
France
May 10, 1991
(Perspectives du Cinéma Français Cannes Film Festival)
Canada
September 6, 1991
(Toronto Film Festival)
The Netherlands
April 3, 1992
Czech Republic
January 30, 2004
(Febio Film Festival)