• Director(s):

    GAMBART (Marie-Christine)

  • Producer(s):

    SYSTEM TV, ARTE FRANCE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2007

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

The bay at Algiers is one of the finest in the world… Women covered from head to foot splash gracefully in the sea, thousands of youngsters hang out, boys on one side, girls on the other…

The older Algerines remember, sometimes with nostalgia, the time when the French were here, with the pretty pied noir girls, and the dances, even if the Arabs were not allowed to attend… Today, the local authorities are increasingly concerned with cleaning up, rebuilding, and providing facilities. Algiers’ beaches mirror Algerian society : torn between tradition (imposed by the dark years of fundamentalism) and modernity, essential for the country’s continuing development.