15 Jan 2016
Friends
A dreamy man arrives in the city of Mumbai with many dreams and immediately falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be his best friend's sister. Will he be forced to sacrifice his love for the sake of friendship?
Heart of the Casbah
Maria-Pilar is the new wife of an Algerian gangster whom the police have just arrested. The son of a first marriage arrives in Algiers from which he has remained far away for a long time. His stepmother, charmed by the teenager, gradually experiences a devouring passion, against which Michel tries in vain to fight: he loves a young girl, Sylvie. Mad with jealousy, his stepmother singles him out for his father's vengeance by distorting the truth. Michel does not escape his father's fury, but when the woman's deception becomes known, Maria-Pilar is strangled to death.
Top Billed Cast
Viviane Romance Maria Pilar
Claude Laydu Michel
Peter van Eyck Jo
Philippe Richard 'Gros Polo'
Himoud Brahimi 
Sylvie Pelayo Sylvie
Roger Gaillard Michel's father
Simone Moussia Yasmine
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