
Selim returns from abroad and heads to the village to complete the burial procedures for his father amidst Ferjani’s astonishment at Selim’s refusal to have the people of the village attend the burial. As for Aisha, her relationship with her father is stable, unlike with her mother.
Abdel Razzaq fights with his wife and asks her to have an abortion. Selim refuses to hold a funeral for his father and throws the meat intended for dinner to the dogs, to the astonishment of the workers in the village.