In 1958, while revolution is rumbling in Beirut, three sisters spend their holidays in an isolated village of Lebanese mountains: rebellious Nada, romantic Eva, and the eldest Layla, a good woman, beloved by everyone. But the war threatens and the sudden entrance of two French summer vacationers leads Layla to revolt against patriarchal society.
N returns to his city of Beirut after years of absence but remains invisible to his loved ones, who can only feel his presence. Listening to a series of confessions recorded by his lover, he contemplates the lives of others without him. N wanders between dream, reality and fantasy in his city.