An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.

Mireille watches her husband, Tom, undergo a radical change after being struck by lightning. As his behaviour grows increasingly strange, she is torn between clinging to her daily life and trying to understand what’s happening to him.

Rosa is the mother of five children and married to a cantankerous Sicilian. She runs her household in a frenetic daily routine. So, to provide for her family, she secretly takes out loans... but the weight of the debt eventually plunges her into denial and loneliness. Until the day her son Nino discovers an eviction notice. He will reluctantly take on the role of an absent father and seek every possible solution to get his family out of this situation.

In 1999, in the old medina of Casablanca in Morocco, a young man Malek fascinated by the lute, decides to move in with his uncle Amir. To teach him the subtleties of the lute, Amir, the master of music, promises him to reveal him the secret of the fifth string and gives him the example of Ziryab, an exceptional musician. But very soon Amir realizes the talent of his nephew and can't bear it. During his education, Malek meets Laura, a young musician, who gives him the sufficient energy to pursue his dream

Said and Amine are two students from Casablanca dreaming of Europe. They end up in a small village in the North of Morocco. With the help of the schoolteacher, they leave for the European coast on board a small boat. They are shipwrecked. The sea washes Amine back onto the coast of the village. Said is washed away on a Spanish beach. Spain seems strange to Said. And in the Moroccan village, Amine notices strange things happening...