AllMovie

The "years of the twist" dance craze in Algeria coincided with the years that ended in the liberation from French colonial rule and finally won independence for the nation. As two young men of 20 or so are learning how to "twist" and how to snatch money without working for it, political realities loom larger and larger on the horizon, until both men realize they will have to take sides in this issue of independence -- their decisions, however, are not the same.