David es un joven padre de familia feliz: tiene una mujer a la que ama, dos adorables niños pequeños, una pandilla de amigos con los que se van de vacaciones. Pero después de su última estancia en los Vosgos, David es interrogado por la policía con motivo de un asesinato. Rápidamente, la investigación determina que David, a pesar de que su vida era aparentemente irreprochable, no era tan tranquila como parecía.
Recognizing no boundaries to her love, Angele manages to foment riots, rages and tragedy in colonial Algeria. Angele, an Algerian colonist with impeccably French origins, has fallen in love with Said, the assistant in her brother-in-law's bakery shop. Said is conscious of his Arab origins and traditions, and Angele has her work cut out for her if she wants to persuade him to marry her. Once she does, all hell breaks loose, as neither her European-origin peers nor Said's conservative Arab family approve of the union. When word of the proposed marriage gets out, strikes, violence and murder quickly follow, ruining not only Angele's life, but the lives of those around her. Her brother-in-law Paco, meanwhile, has been doggedly trying to get along and raise his family in an increasingly chaotic and difficult situation.
The death of a prince brings a young woman back to the palace where she was born into servitude. The lingering legacy is brought into light from behind frosted windows and velvet curtains.
Rich in environmental mood and ethnic color, this human drama chronicles the lives and rituals of a nomadic Berber tribe in the southern Tunisian desert, especially focusing on a son about to inherit the full mantle of leadership. When he sees that their sheep are threatened with a possibly devastating illness, the precarious nature of the group's existence is brought home to him and he leaves to gain a livelihood and knowledge in the city. Once he gets back, bringing money and presents, it first appears that the group will be assured of a better future because of his enterprising outreach. Yet military and governmental officials arrive on the scene to take a census and the young man is conscripted, against his will.
Salha, la matriarca de una familia de agricultores en el remoto norte de Túnez, está encantada cuando su hijo Malek regresa a casa desde Siria con una misteriosa joven esposa a cuestas. Ella está dispuesta a hacer cualquier cosa para protegerlos y cree en todo lo que Malek le cuenta sobre su experiencia en Siria. Sin embargo, cuando los hombres de la comunidad comienzan a desaparecer, el frágil mundo de Salha comienza a romperse. La "maternidad" es una exploración de los límites del amor maternal y de cómo la culpa puede acechar el espíritu humano.
