Acting
The film revolves around three missing people who return to a remote town in Tunisia, where the local police inspector, Fathi, tries to unravel the mystery with the help of her friend Amine. Then a second inspector arrives from the capital. The events of the film develop as if they were taking place in the dreams of two animals – a blue dog and a black crow.
Set amongst derelict, half-finished apartment complexes of a former regime, the discovery of a mysterious burnt body by two police officers reveals a puzzling repetition of events. As the investigation progresses, a network of violence and corruption is uncovered throughout the city.
On a farm situated on a hill at the Tunisian-Algerian border Gisela Bergman, a German woman in her eighties, lived for more than half a century. She bred a line of pure-bred Arabian horses and lived in harmony with nature, despite the harshness of the conditions. After her death, Amara, together with Zouhayer, continues the daily struggle to keep Mrs. Bergman’s dream alive.
