70 year Alal returns to Morocco after 35 years abroad to ask for forgiveness from his wife and son, which was a task much harder than he thought.
(Abbas) is a powerful businessman who manages several diverse projects in the field of real estate and production. On the family level, he goes through a tense life with all his family members, which exposes him and them to many comedic paradoxes.
In 1960, Moroccan Jews began migrating en masse to Israel, encouraged by immigration officers of the new state. The film tells the drama of the story of two families, one Jewish and one Muslim, joined by a close friendship but whose destinies are separated. Selected by Morocco as a candidate for the 2008 Oscar for Best Picture Foreign Language.
