In 1975, 10-year-old Amar lives in a village in northern Morocco with his violent uncle, waiting for the unlikely return of his mother, who has left for Belgium. He finds a friend in Carmen, his neighbor, who is a Spanish exile and who works as an usher at the village cinema. Carmen helps him discover a world previously unknown to him. 10岁男孩阿玛尔的母亲是个寡妇,为了躲避邻居的闲言碎语,不得不再嫁。之后只好跟随新任丈夫去了比利时,丢下了自己的独生子阿玛尔,让他不得不从此跟着伯父一起生活。在这种孤独中,阿玛尔遇到了拯救自己的人:流落到摩洛哥的西班牙女人卡门。卡门带领阿玛尔进入情感故事和歌曲的世界,并邀请他去自己的电影院看电影。在这个女人和这个男孩之间,产生了一种微妙复杂的情愫和关系。影片还向我们展示了绿色进军运动和西班牙政治冲突中的摩洛哥。