In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.
Carmen Maura
as Madama Osmane
Biyouna
as Meriem
Djemel Barek
as Sid Ali
Andrée Damant
as Mrs. Costa
Afida Tahri
as Kheira
Atmen Kelif
as Badreddine
Nadia Kaci
as La rouquine (red-haired girl)
Omar Bekhaled
as Nasser
Fatiha Berber
as Nasser's mother
Slimane Benaïssa
as Le Militaire
Ahmed Boulane
as Angry Man
Myriam Amarouchene
as Yasmine
