El Manara

Three young friends—a girl (Asma) and two boys (Fawzi and Ramdane)—bound by a loving friendship, lead a carefree life. The riots of October 1988, the repression, the democratic explosion, and the Islamist drift that followed turn their lives upside down. Fawzi, a journalist involved in the independent press movement, and Ramdane, a doctor sensitive to the concerns of ordinary people, drift apart, separate, and find themselves caught up in a confrontation that is beyond their control. Asma tries in vain to prevent the trio from breaking up... But none of the three emerges unscathed...

Cast

Khaled Benaissa

Fawzi

Sofia Nouacer Kouninef

Bouchra

Samia Meziane

Asma

Hichem Mesbah

Tarek Hadj Abdelhafid

Ramdane

Farouk Boutadjine

Le Terroriste

Nacer Chennouf

Yacine