Within the walls of his silent studio, a talented painter faces the bitterness of repeated failures and neglect. As his art and ambitions fade under life’s harsh demands, he embarks on a human journey seeking light amid the darkness of despair.

自父亲去世以来，19岁的阿丽莎成了她患有抑郁症的母亲和年幼妹妹的照顾者。她只想逃离自己的责任以及身边的痛苦。她最好的朋友梅赫迪（23岁）性格内向，患有白癜风。尽管他有文凭，却仍然失业，这让他觉得自己对不起家人。两人都用幽默和想象力来逃避艰苦的生活。梅赫迪讲述并绘制超现实主义的故事，而阿丽莎则尽可能地重新塑造自己的现实。当他们得知全国范围内举办的一场绘画比赛可能会改变他们的生活时，他们偷了一辆车，开始了一场疯狂的公路旅行。他们的友谊经受了考验，他们发现了突尼斯最好的一面和最坏的一面。他们的希望破灭了，但他们的旅程改变了他们。三个月后，梅赫迪非法移民离开了，因为阿丽莎无法抛下她的家人。

Aya, thirty-year-old Tunisian, lives in Tozeur, a city in southern Tunisia, at the gates of the desert. Between social diktats, conservatism and disillusionment, Aya is not the happiest girl in the world. One day, a misfortune befalls her. Aya doesn't know yet that this will be the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to her. An unexpected opportunity for this young woman who sees her life completely questioned.

Lotfi, a forty-something Tunisian immigrant, leads the life of a small-time thug in the Noailles neighborhood of Marseille. His daily life is occupied by his home-appliance store and Monique, his French girlfriend, but the past catches up with him when his brother calls from Tunisia to inform him that his wife has had a stroke. Now, Lotfi has to go back home to reclaim custody of his nine-year-old autistic son, Amr, whom he has not seen for six years. Thus begins a journey where Lotfi will face his son, who completely ignores the father he has never known. It is Amr's avoidance of eye contact that drives Lotfi's quest to connect with his son and open him up to the world.