Hibat Tabib and his wife Feresteh live in a small village in the South of Iran. They are young full of life idealistic and militate actively for democracy. They are not afraid to rise against two successive despots the Shah first and later on the Ayatollah Khomeini. In 1984 they are forced to flee their country with their son. After a long difficult and dangerous journey they end up reaching France. They settle down in the Île-de-France region where after a period of adjustment they manage to integrate into the French social fabric particularly by getting involved in the local community.