Synopsis Moussa, son of Algerian immigrants, and his friend Jean-Luc are in their twenties and live in Saint-Denis in the Paris suburbs. They witness a robbery in a jeweller's shop and the arrest of the thief after he dumps his booty. They get the haul and use this windfall to make their dreams come true... Moussa buys a bar and Jean-Luc sets up his law practice in the back room. They are in love with two very different sisters. Souad, the older of the two, is a liberated and rebellious young woman. Farida is a student and wears the chador. But Moussa's mother has arranged his marriage to young woman from Algeria whom he has never met... Festival selections Awards | 
