الرفض (Al-Raft)

Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague. He quickly slips back into his usual routine.

A shady Parisian tries to take advantage of a family of French-descended Algerians forced to move to France.

A woman has a close bond with her beloved Algerian grandfather, who protected her from a toxic home life as a child; his death triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate, revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.

Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but has no joy or passion to give her. When she falls for a handsome Arab youth a tragedy unfolds.

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.

By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.

เป็นเวลาหลายปีที่ชีวิตของ ฌอร์จส์ โลรองต์ ราบรื่นเป็นสุขมาโดยตลอด เขาประสบความสำเร็จอย่างสูงในการเป็นพิธีกรรายการวิจารณ์วรรณกรรมทางทีวี อีกทั้งยังมี อานน์ โลรองต์ เป็นภรรยาที่น่ารัก และ เปียโรต์ ลูกชายวัย 12 ของทั้งคู่ก็ไม่ใช่เด็กเหลวไหล ไม่เคยสร้างปัญหาน่าปวดหัวใด ๆ ให้พ่อแม่ แต่แล้ววันหนึ่งความสงบสุขที่ว่านั้นกลับต้องถูกสั่นคลอนรุกล้ำ เมื่อจู่ ๆ ฌอร์จส์ได้รับรูปวาดแบบเด็ก ๆ ที่ซุกซ่อนนัยของการขู่ขวัญ พร้อมทั้งวิดีโอเทปปริศนา ซึ่งเนื้อหาภายในเป็นการแอบถ่ายภาพชีวิตประจำวันของเขากับครอบครัว

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…

In 1815, young Jacquou lives an idyllic peasant life with his parents in the Périgord region of France. But one day, his childhood happiness is cruelly ended when his father is arrested, after a dispute with the arrogant Count de Nansac. With both his parents dead, Jacquou is adopted by Bonal, a kind priest, under whose influence he grows into an assured, morally upright young man. Now an adult, Jacquou has one desire. To repay the Count de Nansac for the evil he once inflicted on his parents...

Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.