The film tells the stories of several people living in the same city, Tunis: Shams, who is experiencing heartbreak; Sabrine, torn between pressure from her family and her vision of her Prince Charming; Inès, who is enjoying her single life and open relationships after her divorce; Hassan, who decides to abandon his professional success and return to Tunisia after the death of his wife; Sami, the taxi driver who suddenly finds himself unemployed; and Mo, the owner of a pub who lives in a world of total corruption.
Even though he's been living with Fouad for three years, Malik is going to marry Halima. Since Fouad doesn't accept this marriage, which would imply a total upheaval of their everyday life, Malik makes him promise not to attend the wedding, which will take place in his parents’ village.
Amel is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the violent streets of Tunis, Amel seeks her missing son Moumen, a young football player destroyed by the scandal.
An old man about to die gives all his fortune to a young beggar he meets in an Arabian town. He takes him to his house (now the poor man's property) and he strongly advises him not to open one of the doors, the seventh door.
A heartbroken Tunisian film director finds the perfect male lead for her new romance movie, but during rehearsals the young actor begins to suspect that his role may not be a fictitious one.
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