A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.

After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won.—Silenzio

After years apart, three Algerian brothers - jaded ex-soldier Messaoud (Roschdy Zem), former political prisoner Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila) and gangster Saïd (Jamel Debbouze) - reunite in the mid-1950s in France. Radicalised Abdelkader convinces Messaoud to join the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) and commit acts of terrorism in the fight for Algerian independence from its French colonial masters. Saïd refuses to be a part of their plans, preferring to focus on his nightclub and coaching boxers, which causes friction among the brothers. But as the police close in on Abdelkader and Messaoud, the siblings must join forces to stay alive.