Slimane is a young boy who has never known his mother, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances when he was only one year old. His father denies him believing he is the fruit an incestuous relationship. Slimane decides to investigate and find out what really happened before he was born. Reality and fiction intertwine to weave the story of life.
The Town of Owls is an isolated residential community situated in the High Atlas Mountains. It is inhabited by families and guards of a secret political prison camp, which remained out of history for a long time until the early 1990s. Guards spend their long days back and forth between the secret prison and the village, through a suspension bridge built upon a deep valley that connects the village with the fortress prison.
Four sisters reveal their secrets and express their ambitions, and depict their tense relationship with a domineering and assertive mother, where the desire for freedom and the search for the “savior” man