Petite Casbah — Season 1, Episode 1: The slap
Animation, Action & Adventure • 24 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
Khadidja has just arrived in Algiers, at her brother Malek’s place, who is soon to enroll her in school. With him, she discovers Algiers, the White City, and the reality of life there in 1955.
About Petite Casbah
Algiers, June 1955. Khadidja has left Kabylie to join her older brother Malek in Algiers. On this first day in the city, and while waiting to be enrolled in school, she accompanies him to the market, where he has a small fruit and vegetable stall. But the day doesn’t go as planned: following an altercation with the police, Malek is arrested. Khadidja finds herself alone.