In 1960, nine-year-old Bachir dreamed of becoming the son of a martyr because he had heard that the children of martyrs would obtain everything after independence. He sets up a whole plan to get rid of a certain François, enemy of his country, while his father, Saddek, abandoned him with his mother and brothers. Through this fiction, the film looks at the life and visions of little Algerians during the War of National Liberation. Karim Traïdia looks back on his own childhood during the Algerian war (1945-1962). On a humorous note, it tells the adventures of a young child and his innocent friends against the backdrop of a raging merciless war.
Malik Bakhouche
as Bachir
Hassan Kechache
as Saddek
Mouni Bouallam
as La Mère
Fatima Ben Saïdane
as La Grand Mère
Lucien Guignard
as François
Fethi Nouri
as Le Voisin
Mohamed Tahar Zaoui
as Tchitcha
