This movie portrays three women living in today's Algeria between modern society and Islamic fundamentalism, self-determination and dependence. Goucem, a young woman who works for a photographer and mistress of a rich doctor, her mother Papicha, a former cabaret star, and her best friend Fifi, a prostitute, all live in a hotel in the city center of Algiers. Their difficult personal situation and the growing influence of Islam lead to dramatic consequences...

Genres

Cast

Lubna Azabal

Goucem

Biyouna

Papicha

Nadia Kaci

Fifi

Jalil Naciri

Samir

Abbes Zahmani

Chouchou

Florence Giorgetti

La voyante

Lounès Tazairt

Docteur Aniss Sassi

Fawzi B. Saichi

Le Planton du cadastre

Serge Avédikian

Monsieur Fares

Hafsa Zinaï Koudil

La femme au chapeau

Samir Abdoun

Mohamed Ourdache