The lives of two brothers who live in N'djamena are upended when they awake one Saturday morning to find that their father has left the family. They are Amine about eight years old playful and asthmatic and Tahir 15 handsome quiet his brother's protector. The boys go in search of their father and find only trouble. Dad's leaving also debilitates their mother. The movies a musical uncle a village Koran school a poster of a Moroccan beach and a young deaf woman figure in the resolution. Is there any place for happiness or is happiness only in storybooks?