AssaSadi,ayoung,23-year-oldpoliceofficerofAlgerianoriginwhodiesduringaninitiationritualfortheprestigiousSaint-CyrFrenchmilitaryschool.HisbigbrotherIsmal-theblacksheepofthefamily-findshimselftakingtheleadonthefuneralarrangements...Thefilmisbasedonapersonaltragedyexperiencedbythedirectorhimselfin2012.