A few days before leaving the earth, Sandy (55), a single woman, wanders through her sunny Ecuadorian seaside town, meditating with Tite (35) and Pepito (43) on their experiences as “contactees”. Between reality and fiction, memories, confessions, loves, desires, dreams and time merge. Aliens and humans become one.
Yanis, a young Kabyl man, is leaving for Paris the following day. He goes to the nearby village to tie up loose ends. There he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral. A mishap in a café turns his last day in the backwaters of an earthy and soggy Algeria into a road movie, first desperate, then thoughtful and melancholic.
Jacques Lombardi is a fifty-year-old man who takes care of Arlette, his mother, a possessive and bedridden woman. Their dull and repetitive daily life is punctuated by a particular ritual: every evening after her shower, Arlette dries Jacques’ long hair. One day, he discovers a black towel at the bottom of his well. From then on, he is obsessed with one idea: drying his hair alone.
Amine, a solitary teenager, reluctantly spends time at the local boxing gym. To escape these painful hours, he fixates on Rayan, a young boxer who stirs unfamiliar desires in him. At night, after school, Amine uses photos of his cousin Sihem to become “Amina” and secretly chat with Rayan on social media.
Sylvie is a lonely 60-year-old woman who has always lived in the gentrifying area in Toulouse. She is a real pillar of the bar downstairs, the only place where she feels like family. But this weekend she discovers that the bar will close to make way for a new small restaurant…
A brother and a sister unable to confess a secret. A mother who blames them for their ingratitude and absence. A dysfunctional medical-assistance robot. Lunch is served, bon appétit !
