Set in the northern Algerian port city of Mostaganem. The title refers to the hordes of refugees, the 'Harragas', who smuggle themselves out of the country via any means possible. Here we meet one such group, Rachid, Nasser and Imene who pay a smuggler, Hassan, to take them to Spain in his rickety boat. Along with a group of African and Arab migrants, they are risking all they have to cross the stormy Straits.

Harragas

This is the story of two friends, Zine and Rayane, who cherish the dream of reaching the northern shore of the Mediterranean in search of a new Eldorado. For financial reasons, they do not parent together, and it is Zine who is the first to attempt the crossing to Spain. Rayane prefers to leave in search of the money necessary for his trip. Zine, whose business has failed, returns and tries to convince his friend not to carry out the adventure.

Harraga Blues

1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and repression of the National Liberation Front is at its height. The authorities indulge in torture, intimidation and public executions.

Le cri des hommes

In the civil war that tears apart Algeria in the 1990s, police chief Brahim Llob hunts down Islamists extremists on a daily basis. Having become the favorite target for them, it is with fear that he goes every morning to his office at the Central Commissariat of Algiers. Annoying for the power in place, preparing to publish a whistle-blower book, Morituri, Llob is obliged to take early retirement.