In the Maghreb, Hajj Achour's plans for his daughter Sultana's marriage unravel when a defective dowry takes center stage. Meanwhile, in France, activism meets family tradition as Kenza confronts gender norms, leading to a chaotic wedding where secrets collide.

Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment and an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society.