Taufîk has been living as a teacher in Paris for a long time and rarely returns to his Tunisian homeland. Therefore, his brother Ibrahîm is all the more delighted when Taufîk comes to stay with him and his family for three weeks. Attentively and with the characteristic gaze of a migrant living between two cultures, Taufîk observes the changes that have occurred in recent years: Ibrahîm's wife Jussra has become deeply religious, and their son Wâil eagerly accompanies his father to Friday prayers at the mosque. They eye their neighbor Naîma with suspicion, as she, being divorced, receives male visitors. Taufîk begins to take an interest in the mysterious woman and starts to follow her. In Tunis, migrants like him are met with a mix of admiration and distrust. Too often, it is complained, exiled Tunisians flaunt their large cars here, while in France they only have the D.