Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.
Jacques Gamblin
as Jacques Cormery
Maya Sansa
as Catherine Cormery (1924)
Catherine Sola
as Catherine Cormery (1957)
Denis Podalydès
as Professor Bernard
Ulla Baugué
as Grandma
Nicolas Giraud
as Uncle Étienne (1924)
Nino Jouglet
as Jacques as a child
Abdelkarim Benhabouccha
as Hamoud
Hachemi Abdelmalek
as Aziz
Djamel Hadj Saïd
as Hamoud as a child
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
as Uncle Étienne (1957)
Jean-François Stévenin
as Farmer