Os cineastas Ibrahim, Suliman, Eltayeb e Manar, amigos próximos por muitos anos, deixaram sua pátria nos anos 60 e 70 para estudar cinema no exterior e fundaram o Sudanese Film Group em 1989. Após anos de distância e exílio, eles estão reunidos, esperando finalmente realizar seu velho sonho: trazer de volta o cinema ao Sudão reabrindo o Halfaia Cinema, um teatro dilapidado em Khartoum.
An unfortunate misunderstanding leads to another and suddenly Isabel is caught in a web of lies. A web of ghastly lies: She lets her friends believe that she is suffering from cancer. The sudden gush of attention that she experiences makes her long for more. It becomes an addiction she can not resist. Just as she begins to have doubts, she has to realize that she has gone too far for truth.