A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.

Viggo Mortensen
as Daru

Reda Kateb
as Mohamed, prisoner

Djemel Barek
as Slimane

Vincent Martin
as Balducci

Nicolas Giraud
as Lieutenant Le Tallec

Jean-Jérôme Esposito
as Francis

Yann Goven
as René

Antoine Régent
as Claude

Sonia Amori
as Prostitute

Antoine Laurent
as French soldier