Mourad Fedouache

When 350,000 Moroccans embark on a peaceful march in 1975, a wife's quiet vigil at home becomes as heroic as her husband's desert odyssey-until a radio broadcast transforms waiting into celebration and private devotion into public triumph.

In the modest town of Sidi Yahia El Gharb, Haj Ali, an elderly cart driver, carries the heavy burden of grief after losing his son to a ruthless disease. Struggling to give voice to his pain, he wanders through life searching for someone with whom to share his suffering.