Maryam Touzani

An aging Spanish woman in Tangier resists her daughter's plan to sell her home. She fights to keep her home, reclaims belongings and rediscovers love and desire.

A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.

Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter Warda. Their routine of housework and homework is interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It is Samia, a young woman looking for a job and a roof over her head. The little girl is immediately taken with the newcomer, but her mother initially refuses to allow a pregnant stranger into their home. Gradually, however, Abla's resolve softens and Samia's arrival begins to offer all of them the prospect of a new life.

The only entertainment for 10-year-old Aya, a domestic helper, is some TV and her fantasies about the sea. With her handicapped neighbor, she seeks a way to make her dream come true.

Sara, a sensitive and mischievous eight year old, with let neither death nor tradition come between her and her grandfather.