Staubli is happy. He has just concluded a considerable deal with El Farik, one of his biggest successes as an arms dealer. To sign his final contract, Staubli takes the plane with Loussif, Serge Tournier and his wife Laura. During a stopover, a mechanical incident immobilizes the group for a few days in the Moroccan desert. Then Tom arrives, a pilot who trades with his old plane, the Sphinx. A small business that works well. But among these particular customers, Laura strangely reminds him of the one who left him and because of whom he left everything before...

Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During a vernissage she's approached by a mysterious man whose motives are unclear...

In 1955, a year after the creation of the FLN, Mahmoud was expelled from colonial Algeria and found himself living in a shantytown in Nanterre. After clashes with the French police, he was arrested and imprisoned. Released, Mahmoud resumed his expeditions, this time against the harkis. A reminder of a little-known chapter in the Algerian war.

Ali, an Algerian crane operator, takes with philosophy the bullying suffered by immigrants like him. His existence changes radically the day he wins the lottery.

Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."