Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.
Cast
Nora Arnezeder
Émilie
Fu'ad Aït Aattou
Younès / Jonas
Anne Parillaud
Madame Cazenave
Vincent Perez
Juan Rucillio
Anne Consigny
Madeleine
Mohamed Fellag
Mohamed
Nicolas Giraud
Fabrice
Olivier Barthélémy
Jean-Cristophe
Marine Vacth
Isabelle
Matthias Van Khache
Simon/Michel adulte
Tayeb Belmihoub
Issa
Salim Kéchiouche
Djelloul
Moussa Maaskri
Krimo
Abbes Zahmani
Bliss
Jean-Claude de Goros
Le maire de Rio Salado
Stefan Godin
Comandant de Gendarmerie
Jeanne Bournaud
Hélène
Sarra El Borj
Zineb
Sébastien Magne
José
Jean-Pierre Becker
L'instituteur
Frédéric Longbois
Le chanteur
Ahcène Benzerrari
Le caïd
Daniel Saint-Hamont
Le notaire
Iyad Bouchi
Younès / Jonas (enfant)
Nova-Louna Castano
Émilie (enfant)
Ilana Ferreira
Isabelle (enfant)
Martin Rompteaux
Jean-Christophe (enfant)
Nicolas Rompteaux
Simon (enfant)
Eliott Lobrot
Fabrice (enfant)
Inès Daldoul
Zahra (enfant)
Med Hédi
Michel (enfant)
Khalil Letaief
Michel (enfant)
Jean-François Poron
Jonas
Jacques Frantz
Jean-Christophe (70 ans)
Samira Laabadi
Abderrazek Hammami
Farès Belhassen
Nissaf Ben Hafsia
Armel Sosso
Nejib Belhassen
Jamel Sassi
Med Walid Messaoudi
Jean-Marc Mercier
Guy Amram
Lotfi Ben Belgacem
Nebris Belkacem
Fares Landoulsi
Bernadette Machilot
André Ferre
Yadh Beji
Pierre Roukhon
Pierre Abbou
Le cafetier Oran
