
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.

as Reda

as The Father

as Mustapha

as La vieille femme

as Khalid

as Le pélerin Ahmad

as La mère

as Le douanier italien

as Le douanier serbe

as Le barman yougoslave

as L'homme du change

as L'homme bavard

as Douanier turc 1

as Chef policier turc

as Douanier turc 2