Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
Ounies, a masseur, works in the bain-maure neighborhood. Without being able to count on the funeral washer, the neighbors are obliged to call on him to wash a "dead person". He reluctantly agrees but does the work in his own way.
A comedy that depicts the situation in Tunisia 3000 years ago when King Satour was in charge. As his son Burghul assumes power when his father is severely ill, Khufash manages to put Burghul in prison to seize power, but Burghul and his friend plan to escape and get revenge.
