Touda only dreams of one thing: being a Sheikha, a traditional Moroccan performer. She belts out songs about resistance, love and emancipation, passed down from generation to generation. Every evening, she performs in bars under the gaze of men in her tiny village while hoping for a better future for her and her son. Disrespected and shamed, she sets her sights on leaving for the bright lights of Casablanca…

格雷瓜尔是当地一名受人尊敬的药剂师，无意间犯下命案，因为没有目击者，他迅速逃离现场。很快一名在农场帮工的阿拉伯人被当做嫌疑犯获捕入狱。60年代，法国的边远小镇，阿尔及利亚战争刚刚熄火，阿拉伯人成了替罪羊的最佳人选。讽刺的是，被叫去担任陪审团成员的男人事实上就是犯罪者，受审的卻是无辜的人。