- Algiers, a few years after the civil war. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary in a restaurant. While on their way, their share their views on Algeria: Amal talks about lost illusions and Samir about the necessity to cope with them. At the same time, their son Fahim and his friends Feriel and Reda are wandering about in a hostile Algiers about to steal their youth.
- 故事讲述43岁的拖车司机大叔,一直都在母亲建立的汽车修理公司做司机,他本人一直生活在母亲的羽翼之下。一天,拖车大叔护送一位年轻的女士回家并在这位客人家过夜,第二天一早,年轻女士不声不响地离开,把房间里的小婴儿和一个六岁的小男孩留给大叔照顾。从来没有照顾孩子经验的大叔这下可慌了手脚,他好不容易把男孩送到学校,转身又要给小婴儿换尿布,母亲催他工作的电话也一直响个不停。虽然自己的工作和生活被弄得一团糟,但在照顾孩子们并帮助孩子们找妈妈的过程中,大叔自己也在成长,他越来越有自信,变得非常有责任心。大叔答应孩子们找到妈妈,并和孩子们建立了深厚的友谊,他自己也从母亲的束缚中挣脱出来,找到了自我。最终他发现了孩子们妈妈不幸的真相,并选择继续照顾孩子们,也与自己的母亲和解,接手了母亲的汽车修理公司。