On the outskirts of Khouribga, a mining town exploiting phosphates, a 16-year old teenager, Abdou, is anxious to regain the gift of human dignity through learning how to read and write. His adoptive mother Mbarka, the neighborhood’s healer, protects her privileged status with ways that the laws of obscurantism allow her. Ch’Aayba, a 30-year old guy, uncontrollable and ferociously cynical, is an eccentric pickpocket. Suffering from a skin disease, Abdou convinces him to come see Mbarka in order to get treatment for it.

Director

Mohamed Zineddaine

Cast

Ahmed Moustafid

Abdou

Fatima Attif

Sbarca

Mhedi Laaroubi

Chaayba

Hanane El Kabani

Naima

Nisrine Adam