After her husband’s tragic death, Malika and her daughters find themselves almost destitute. Their inheritance stolen by the brother of the deceased. They are forced to leave their home in the posh districts of Algiers for an old, ruined house in the heart of the Casbah. There, with the help of a devoted housekeeper, they will have to fight to survive, and to integrate into a hostile neighbourhood whose daily life they disrupt. Soon, Malika will bring life again to her family and to the entire antic city.
Because she has only daughters, Malika finds herself homeless and almost destitute after the tragic death of her wealthy husband. Because it is her brother-in-law who inherits all the deceased’s property according to Algerian law. Fortunately, there is this old house in the Kasbah where she finds refuge with her family: Dar El Malika. There, from day to day, the mourning is made at the rhythm of the old Algerian city and its inhabitants. Soon, it will not be a question anymore of surviving for Malika and her daughters, but of living!
