On a spring morning, a wild rumor runs through the village about Hadjer, a widow who lives with her son, Djamil, a blameless teenager. Thrown out to pasture, they are forced to leave. After a few days of wandering, they end up on the coast, at the home of a benefactor who runs a gargote. Their "exile" to this new world will not be easy. Between the son's drifts and the mother's concessions, the road to reconstruction seems endless. Is a return to the native village still possible? Decidedly, there is only one drama to erase another...