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
