Réda lives with his parents in a middle-class neighborhood of Algiers, and holds a position in the country's largest hydrocarbon company, run by his father, Youcef, a charismatic and authoritarian man. But beneath this veneer of apparent success, Réda hides a deep malaise: he lives in his father's shadow and doesn't know how to say no to him. His brother Fayçal, on the other hand, leads an open rebellion against Youcef, and ends up leaving the family home for good, leaving Réda to face his loneliness and frustration. One day his father dies and an unexpected event occurs: Réda's reflection disappears from the mirror...
A very slow-moving work ,it is not always convincing ; if we can approve of "Fayçal" 's attitude , does Réda take a rebel stand? He refuses the good prospects,the marriage of convenience , he has a relationship with a semi-prostitute ,but he does his military service ( one wonders why he's always coughing during the assault course)and he wants to be reinstated in his job .The bloody finale may seem facile to many. So is the absence of reflection in the mirror.
