In the city of Guelma, which was once called Heliopolis in ancient times, the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, demonstrations by the Algerian people against the French colonial power and for the country's independence took place, which were bloodily suppressed by the French army and French settler militias. The event went down in history as the Sétif and Guelma massacre.
Aziz Boukrouni
as Mokdad
Mehdi Ramdani
as Mahfoud
Souhila Mallem
as Nedjma
Alexis Rangheard
as Gervais
Mourad Oudjit
as Bachir
Fodil Assooull
as Sedek
Jacques Serres
as Marcel Lavie
Cesar Duminil
as Claude Roland
Laurent Gernigon
as Bertrand Roland
Mustafa Laribi
as Farhad Abass
Nacereddine Djoudi
as Smail
Mohamed Frimehdi
as Mabrouk
