Set in the northern Algerian port city of Mostaganem. The title refers to the hordes of refugees, the 'Harragas', who smuggle themselves out of the country via any means possible. Here we meet one such group, Rachid, Nasser and Imene who pay a smuggler, Hassan, to take them to Spain in his rickety boat. Along with a group of African and Arab migrants, they are risking all they have to cross the stormy Straits.

90年代在阿尔及利亚，18岁的女大学生娜吉玛热衷于时尚设计，她不愿因阿尔及利亚内战而影响她的正常生活，白天是倡导自由平等的普通学生，晚上则和闺蜜们一起出游玩乐。但随著社会风气变得愈来愈保守，她拒绝接受国家激进派订定的新禁令，在经历一段悲剧之后，决定为这国家的种种不平等奋斗，破天荒举办阿尔及利亚史上第一场时装展。