During the 90s, Algerian terrorism reaches France. Two men. Two identities. One battle.
Farid
Anwar
Anwar is a French engineer from Algerian descent, coming to Dubai to complete a construction project that he’s been working on from Paris as a consultant. But on the day he arrives at his job, Anwar cannot find Amir, the man that he was supposed to meet there.
Kahil
Frankie is in her forties, ambitious and successful. She works in the aerospace industry at Filton, designing surveillance drones for the military. Shes never married, and is completely in control of every part of her life. Her closest relationship is with her father, who worked as an engineer on Concorde. But her life changes forever when she embarks on a passionate affair with Kahil, a French/Algerian aerospace student, twenty years younger than her. One day, she arrives at work and is detained by the security services: Kahil is a person of interest to MI5. Her well-ordered life starts to unravel in a welter of suspicion and prejudice, as Frankie no longer knows whether to follow her passion or listen to the doubts that increasingly overwhelm her.
Khaleed
Dos jóvenes, vecinas y amigas desde la infancia, viven sus primeras historias de amor. Myriam está prometida con Simon, un médico mucho mayor que ella. Nour está enamorada de Khaled, su primo, con el que se quiere casar. La primera es judía y la segunda musulmana. En 1942, durante la ocupación alemana de Túnez las potencias del eje intentan reclutar a los musulmanes a cambio de una promesa de independencia. Las dos jóvenes estrecharán su relación aunque todo parece querer separarlas.
Omar Adnan
Isabella (Reese Witherspoon) es la esposa de un ingeniero químico, nacido en Egipto (Omar Metwalley), cuya familia emigró a Estados Unidos a mediados de los años 80. Tras ser detenido por ser sospechoso de terrorismo, es enviado a unas instalaciones secretas fuera de Estados Unidos donde es interrogado de manera poco ortodoxa por el agente de la CIA Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal). Pero su esposa hará todo lo posible por encontrarle...
