Oumaïma Barid

Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.

Summer of 1955 in Fez – a summer day in the vivacious Medina of this beautiful Moroccan city. Due to the occupying French forces, the tension is quite high. Director Abdelhaï Laraki decided to use a historical approach but tackles issues of contemporary Morocco.