 Amin, a young architect who lives in Paris, returns in hurry to Fès to visit his dying uncle. He has not spoken, since he left his hometown ten years ago, to the man who raised him.The visits to the hospital revive the hidden sorrows of the past. His old friend, Aziz, urges him to forget the past and any idea of revenge. Amin meets the audacious and joyful Hourya, their beginning love story soon ends. The death of his uncle does not soothe his torments and the young man must find in himself his own answers.