Said, an eight-year-old boy, is asked by his mother, to go and fetch her caftan. To the child's dismay, he is stolen the tunic. That is why, for fear of being punished, the brat decides to go to Rabat, on the other side of the river, to ask for his aunt's help. Once there, he goes through misadventure after misadventure, thus discovering the real face of Moroccan society.