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In southern Morocco, Kacem, a fairground worker and owner of a traveling lottery booth, hires Rabi, a young transvestite dancer, to tour villages hard hit by drought.Three destinies intertwine and collide.The three of them travel the Moroccan desert. The fairground show is the villagers' only entertainment, adding to their daily lives the melancholy of rain that refuses to return.Rabii is the pseudonym of a young dancer, whom Kacem meets in a popular hotel and hires. Kacem is a fairground worker and owner of a lottery booth. He travels the country with his son Larbi, who works with him. Larbi hates his father; he doesn't get along with him at all. Rabii, on the other hand, would like to work in peace, but he is the target of mockery and harassment from people, especially Larbi. The nervous Rabii has difficulty accepting Rabii's ambiguity and constantly provokes him.During a trip near a village where the grand moussem (annual festival) is to be held, Rabii meets Nezha, a young teacher who is bored in the village. The village chief is having an affair with Nezha and refuses to encourage her transfer to the city. Troubled by Rabii's appearance, Nezha invites her home and makes her wear the clothes of her fiancé, who disappeared at sea recently. Shortly after, the chief learns of Nezha and Rabii's relationship. He then decides to move Kacem and Rabii away from the village. Kacem sets up his lottery stand in another village. Customers become increasingly scarce. During a party at the home of Lalla Zahra, a former prostitute who has known Kacem for a long time, Kacem feels unwell. Larbi and Rabii decide to sell all the fairground equipment.The following night, Larbi and Rabii party at the bar on the square, at Saïd's. They part ways in front of the bar. Larbi gets into the van, which drives off, leaving Rabii alone in front of the bar.Daoud Aoulad-Syad