Nineteen months ago, the French teacher Abbas Mahadjir, his wife Madeleine, his son Yacine, his daughter Asma and his brother, the Literature teacher Etienne, flee from Bangui, in the Central African Republic, to France. They succeed, except Madeleine that is killed by the militia and haunts Abbas in his dreams. He works at the fruit and flowers market, where he met the florist Carole Blaszak, who became his girlfriend, and lives in borrowed and rented apartments in the suburb of Paris. Etienne lives in a shack and works as janitor and in the security of a shop. He dates the French Martine and is ashamed to let her know where he lives. When the asylum of Abbas is refused by the OFPRA, he applies an appeal that is also rejected, and Abbas is warned that he must leave France within a month. Meanwhile, Etienne's shack in burned to the ground and his application is also rejected he immolates himself at the immigration office. Abbas goes haywire, loses his job and his apartment and Carole lodges his family and him at home. But now police officers visit her to know the whereabouts of Abbas and she lies and compromises herself with the French justice system.
A Season in France
An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his family.
