In this surreal, overstated, black-and-white film by Marcel Schuepbach, a young woman is slowly driven to near insanity by an inner desire for a passionate existence, while she lives a dull life at her grandmother's country home. The grandmother recalls how her own daughter lost hold of sanity and died on her lover's grave -- and she begins to see similarities in her granddaughter's behavior.

Omar, un jeune franco-algérien de La Garenne-Colombes, a décidé de passer ses vacances dans le pays de ses ancêtres, l'Algérie. Au retour, il embarque à bord du ferry « Le Tassili » et au cours de la traversée, il rencontre des personnages qui partagent ses doubles attaches, dans une bonne humeur qui cache mal leurs déchirements.