Nada El Shazly

Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she’s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point.

The film conveys a profound human message addressing the themes of alienation and loneliness experienced by individuals from different social classes, a highly sensitive issue in today's world, which is undergoing rapid social and political change.