Petite Casbah — Season 1, Episode 4: L'Oranaise
Animation, Action & Adventure • 24 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
Mr. Germain, Philippe and Ahmed’s teacher who also works as a letter writer at the Barberousse prison, hands the boys a letter that Malek wrote to Khadidja. However, Philippe, still angry with Lyes over the tomato-throwing incident, refuses to go back to the shack. Ahmed, Lyes, and Khadidja read Malek’s letter; they believe it hints that they should find Reinette L’Oranaise, the famous singer. Could she help them free the young man? They set out to look for her, unaware that young Guy, determined to avenge his father, is secretly following them in the shadows. Will Philippe return to help his friends?
About Petite Casbah
Algiers, June 1955. Khadidja has left Kabylie to join her older brother Malek in Algiers. On this first day in the city, and while waiting to be enrolled in school, she accompanies him to the market, where he has a small fruit and vegetable stall. But the day doesn’t go as planned: following an altercation with the police, Malek is arrested. Khadidja finds herself alone.