Over three periods of her life, a grandmother keeps repeating to her grandson the same apparently trivial story.
Following the arrival of the New Year, Slimane's wife, Zeineb, suggests spending New Year's Eve in a hotel. Meanwhile, his mother Douja, desperate to have her date canceled, makes a plan with Slimane's mother, Fadhila, to leave with them. The couple then meets for this evening with their mothers, as well as Sboui, his wife Azza and his children. Sboui, Slimane's brother, continues to do stupid things at the hotel which makes the stay unpleasant for the couple. Remaining in Tunis, Fouchika finds himself alone with Béji. He had planned this evening with his friend Sboui but finds himself with his former boss because he is having marital problems. However, Béji receives a phone call from his wife and reconciles with her. Shortly after, Béji leaves to join his wife at her in-laws, leaving Fouchika alone.
Sboui lives next to his brother and mother. Many funny adventures ensue in the old building of a fortune teller as he falls in love with her daughter. Sboui works as a secretary at his brother's office, a psychotherapist.
The events take place before and a day after “New Year’s Eve” in a hotel in the north-west of Tunisia, which the director recalls from his memory from an incident he lived when he was young.
The stories of Tunisian citizens from different social classes as they navigate life and hardships under the french colonization.
An 18 year old on the island Djerba, Aicha, is married to Said, who works in Tunis for much of the year. Aicha breaks with tradition and decides to join Said in Tunis, weaving rugs to make money. Said asks that she give him a son, so Aicha lives under the rule of her mother-in-law.
The 27 years old Nozha comes home with a sense of failure and despair following a long absence after marrying against her family's will.
Mouna Noureddine was born on January 23, 1937 in Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia. She is an actress, known for L'ombre de la terre (1982), La saison des hommes (2000) and Aziza (1980).
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