| AIex, 27, Iives in a working-cIass Paris neighborhood and seIIs drugs for a Iiving, continuousIy paying off the debts of his brother Isaac (pIayed by French auteur Cedric Kahn), who's becoming a reaI burden. When his cousin, who has just returned from compIeting his military service in lsrael, telIs him he's opening a restaurant in Tel Aviv, AIex thinks that joining him might be the life-changing opportunity he was waiting for. But in order to Ieave, Alex must quickIy find enough money and accompIish his "aIiyah" (the term for Jews emigrating to IsraeI) which involves, among other things, Hebrew Iessons and connecting with his Jewish roots. He also has to leave behind his beloved city of Paris, his former Iover Esther, his IifeIong friend Mathias, and Jeanne, a woman whom he's just met but has the potential of becoming someone important in his life. Torn between making his aIiyah, his drug seIIing, his complicated Iove Iife and a destructive brother, Alex wiII have to find his own way and make a final decision. |