Souad El-Bouhati

A determined young woman goes up against the Moroccan traditions where the only way for a girl is marriage and children.

Ali, an old Moroccan immigrant, has worked and lived alone in France for decades. Now that he is going on retirement he feels scared to die far from his native land but just as frightened to return to Morocco, for having lost contact with what the country has become. He finally spends his last moments between the home for immigrant workers where he has always lived and the flat of Momo, his faithful friend.

To make her meeting with her lover Bernard, Françoise needs Julien's help. Julien is 11, Françoise, 14. They're brother and sister.