Touda is a traditional Moroccan singer. Every evening, in her recital, she embodies the banned winds of freedom for the women of her country through music and dance. Nabil Ayouch captures the quest for emancipation of a Moroccan artist seeking to awaken her son to contemporary philosophies. He also portrays the cinematic desire to go to the big city, depicting Casablanca as the Hollywood or Paris of a free-spirited Morocco. Ayouch reaffirms his status as a major filmmaker of his generation, focusing on the specific theme of women's emancipation, as well as his unwavering mastery of the frame, with an opening sequence reminiscent of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!