In 1975, 10-year-old Amar lives in a village in northern Morocco with his violent uncle, waiting for the unlikely return of his mother, who has left for Belgium. He finds a friend in Carmen, his neighbor, who is a Spanish exile and who works as an usher at the village cinema. Carmen helps him discover a world previously unknown to him.

The Killing Silence traces the story of a couple (Luisa & Samir) that live in Europe and are forced to go back to Morocco to be near Luisa's dying mother. Luisa's mother in her last moments reveals that she is not her biological mother. She gives Luisa a key and an address of a house in a village where Luisa will experience some strange occurrences, where she will discover hidden secrets about her family's and her own past.