Stormy Waters

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.

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early-1930s society.