Couscous [Import anglais]

French ensemble piece focussing on the lives of an immigrant community in the south of France. Slimane Beiji *(Habib Boufares) is a sixty-year-old shipyard worker who dreams of one day giving up his job and opening up his own couscous restaurant. Recently divorced,* but obliged to stay close to his family,* Slimane's hopes for the restaurant seem to be nothing more than a pipedream after he is suddenly laid-off from the docks. Still dreaming and talking of his plans with his family whenever they meet,* the restaurant soon becomes a dream that the whole family can relate to,* assuming a symbolic importance in their efforts to make a better life for themselves.