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 reaI burden. When his cousin, who has just returned from completing 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 leave, AIex 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 IifeIong 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. |