In 1982, in the starkly beautiful landscapes of the Atlas Mountains, an idealistic teacher falls in love with an independent and stoically beautiful widow. In 2015, in Casablanca, we meet the powerfully free Salima, Jewish café owner Monsieur Joe, troubled bourgeois teen Inès and part-time singer Hakim.
Director Nabil Ayouch weaves together five separate narrative threads, and creates an intricate tale of lost loves, forbidden desires, and fragile dreams in modern day Morocco.