Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te mahi pakiwaitara roa tuatahi a Cabrera, "L'autre côté de la mer", e pa ana ki nga patai mo te whakauru ki te hapori French o naianei. Ka haere tētahi "pied-noir" o Wīwī ki Parīhi mō tētahi pokanga whāriki. Ko te tākuta e whakahaere ana i tana pokanga, he tangata nō Algeria ia, engari i noho ki Wīwī mai i tōna tamarikitanga. Na roto i ngā whakaahuatanga ātaahua o ēnei pūāhua e rua, me ngā taunekeneke ki ō rātau whānau, ka whakapuaki a Cabrera i ngā pānga pumau o
Ko te pakanga a Algeria i te tau 1962 mō te rangatiratanga. I whakaatuhia te kiriata i te Cannes Film Festival.