Daru is a teacher at a primary school somewhere in the Atlas Mountains. He lives alone, without comfort, though not complain about his fate. The area is not peaceful - roll fierce fighting between French troops and the rebels. The gift goes to one of them - is entrusted mission leads him into court in Tinguit, answering murder charge. The meeting of two different worlds: a descendant of European settlers and autochthon, who on their ancestral lands can no longer feel at home, give birth to unusual kinship beliefs and kind friendship.