通过一个阿尔及利亚报童的视角描写法国撤出当地前的动荡局势以及和法国伙伴深深的友情。A young Algerian paperboy with friends and associates of all ages on both sides of the conflict experiences history leading up to the March 1962 independence of Algeria, witnesses ruthless violence perpetrated by French and Arabs, sees his French friends depart or die, and tries to relate to his patriotic French soccer pal to the end.