100% Arabica

Le maire d'un quartier vétuste et cosmopolite de la périphérie de Paris, ou combines et système D règnent en maitre, aspire à un peu de calme pour préparer sa réelection. Il passe un marché avec Slimane et Majid, deux petits voyous reconvertis pour l'occasion en pseudo imams. Ces derniers lui promettent, moyennant subventions, de faire régner l'ordre jusqu'aux élections en recrutant les jeunes desoeuvrés. Seulement ils avaient oublié le concert de Raporiental, le groupe de Rai de Rachid et Cheb Krimo.

The movie takes place in a poverty-stricken, rent-controlled neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris. Algerian immigrants, many of whom are in France illegally, the place has earned the nickname of "100%Arabica". It's a rough neighborhood - crime is rampant, gangs of juvenile delinquents roam the streets, and the police are afraid to patrol the area. When the out-of-touch mayor decides that he wants to restore order to the area, he offers a subsidy to Slimane, the imam of the local mosque. If Slimane can get people off the streets, the mayor will continue the payments. Soon the byways of 100%Arabica are almost peaceful - but not because of something Slimane has done. The reason is that a new Rai Band, Rap Oriental, has taken the neighborhood by storm...