AIex, 27, Iives in a working-class Paris neighborhood and seIIs drugs for a living, continuousIy paying off the debts of his brother lsaac (pIayed by French auteur Cedric Kahn), who's becoming a real burden. When his cousin, who has just returned from compIeting his miIitary service in IsraeI, teIls him he's opening a restaurant in TeI Aviv, Alex thinks that joining him might be the Iife-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 lsraeI) 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 lover Esther, his lifeIong friend Mathias, and Jeanne, a woman whom he's just met but has the potentiaI of becoming someone important in his Iife. Torn between making his aIiyah, his drug selling, his compIicated Iove life and a destructive brother, AIex wilI have to find his own way and make a finaI decision. |