Cabrera's first feature-length work of fiction, "L'autre côté de la mer", addresses questions of assimilation in contemporary French society. A wealthy French "pied-noir" travels to Paris for a cataract operation. The doctor who performs his surgery is Algerian-born but has lived in France since childhood. Through intimate depictions of these two characters and interactions with their families, Cabrera articulates enduring consequences of Algeria's 1962 struggle for independence. The film screened at the Cannes Film Festival.