Belleville. A working-class Parisian neighborhood. Nadia teaches french to Chinese prostitutes in an association. Committed to her work, she gets close to one of her students, Mei, who is saving money to make his son travel to France.
At 16, Gabriel takes over the camera of his deceased older brother and films his daily life with his little sister who is growing up, his mother who is sinking into madness and a boy from his neighborhood. An unexpected encounter will lead Gabriel to film a first love.
When Elias returns home, he is informed of the death of his father, Saïd, a former Harki. The family is then torn apart, on one side the elders who want to observe the rites of the Muslim religion by burying Saïd, on the other Elias and his sister who want to respect his wishes and cremate him.
Two loners meet for the first time. Their dogs interact. Perhaps they do, too.
