In the summer of 2023, as Tunisia's migrant crisis transforms the streets into a place of suspicion and fear, a Black Tunisian boy struggles to reclaim his voice in a society that would deny him one.

In 2023 Tunisia, torn by a migrant crisis, twelve-year-old Walid faces daily questions about his identity as a Black Tunisian amid rising xenophobia. He suffers from progressive mutism, a condition that renders him unable to speak or respond when questioned about who he is. Where words fail him, Walid finds escape and a sense of control through practising magic and illusion. His extraordinary talent becomes both a gift and a curse when his father begins exploiting his magic tricks for petty theft and street cons, blurring the line between survival and manipulation. Meanwhile his mother lives in constant anxiety as the Sub-Saharan migrant crisis intensifies, fearing that Walid, due to his appearance, will be mistaken for a Sub-Saharan migrant and subjected to violence and discrimination. As the family drifts apart, the pressures of racism, poverty and social instability strain their already fragile bond. Torn between loyalty, fear and the dream of escape, Walid struggles to find his voice, both literally and metaphorically, in a world that refuses to see him for who he truly is. Told through the lens of a child who cannot speak but sees everything.

U ljeto 2023, dok migrantska kriza u Tunisu ulice pretvara u prostor sumnje i straha, crni tuniski dječak bori se da povrati svoj glas u društvu koje mu ga uskraćuje.

U Tunisu 2023. godine, razdiranom migrantskom krizom, dvanaestogodišnji Valid se svakodnevno suočava sa pitanjima o svom identitetu crnog Tunišanina, usred sve jače ksenofobije. Boluje od progresivnog mutizma, stanja zbog kojeg ne može da govori ni da odgovori kada ga pitaju ko je. Tamo gdje ga riječi izdaju, Valid nalazi bijeg i osjećaj kontrole u mađioničarstvu i iluziji. Njegov izuzetan talenat postaje i dar i prokletstvo kada otac počne da njegove trikove koristi za sitne krađe i ulične prevare, brišući granicu između preživljavanja i manipulacije. U isto vrijeme, majka živi u stalnoj strepnji dok se kriza sa migrantima iz podsaharske Afrike zaoštrava, plašeći se da će Valid, zbog izgleda, biti zamijenjen za migranta i izložen nasilju i diskriminaciji. Kako se porodica udaljava, pritisci rasizma, siromaštva i društvene nestabilnosti kidaju njihovu ionako krhku vezu. Razapet između lojalnosti, straha i sna o bijegu, Valid se bori da pronađe svoj glas, doslovno i metaforički, u svijetu koji odbija da ga vidi onakvim kakav jeste. Priča je ispričana iz ugla djeteta koje ne može da govori, ali vidi sve.