This film begins in the Chaldo-Assyrian community of Sarcelles, France (Paris metropolitan area) and tells of the rebuilding of the identity of the Eastern Aramaic-speaking Assyrian Christians. They are one of the first people to convert to Christianity and they still speak and write Syriac, a north Mesopotamian dialect of Aramaic founded in Assyria during the 5th century BC. Originally all members of the Church of the East, they are today members of the Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church Ancient Church of the East, Syriac Orthodox Church, Assyrian Pentecostal Church, Assyrian Evangelical Church and Syriac Catholic Church. They originate from northern Iraq, south east Turkey, north east Syria and north west Iran (in essence the area that was known as Assyria from the 25th century BC to the 7th century AD) and are the descendants of the Semitic peoples of ancient Upper Mesopotamia.
Anne Aghion's third film in her Rwanda series concentrates on the local citizen-judges' tribunals, where they must weigh survivor accounts of the genocide massacres against the perpetrators' testimony.
On July 1, 2006, during the Soccer World Cup, an illegal immigrant is detained and deported with his daughter, strongly contrasting with the glorification of a united and multicoloured France.
One pitch black night, on a remote beach, Mehdi and Nito, two smugglers of illegal immigrants, are about to seal a deal with the Albanese mafia. Things turn bad when Mehdi realizes that his younger brother Mouja is about to embark on this journey. Unaware of the real nature of the operation, the young man dreams of Europe and fortune. But Mehdi is ready to do anything to save his brother from the hands of the mafia.
Three criminology students visit the site of the murders perpetrated by an infamous serial killer. They intend to collect proof on film for a final document paper.