Sétif de nos jours. Ali, jeune homme issu des classes populaires, mène une vie cloisonnée et routinière. Un soir, il se retrouve contraint de raccompagner sa belle-sœur Habiba, symbole du mode de vie qu'il rejette.

Setif, in present-day, Ali, a young man from the lower class leads a dull, narrow and isolated life. One evening, he is forced to give his sister-in-law a ride home, yet Habiba's ways are in total contradiction with his own values...