Imani is an underage African teenager living in Lausanne without papers. To pay off the debt incurred by the cost of her journey, she is forced into prostitution. Soon, Imani discovers that her younger sister has joined her.
Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.
When 83-year-old Madame Aurore, who has memory problems, incorrectly believes that her next-door neighbors, the Sakhos, are her family; 9-year-old Adama Sakho is the only one who dares to deny it.
In a city surrounded by mountains, Mona feels bad, not knowing how to deal with all the rumors going around about her. On a whim, she goes off into the mountains. While she is lost in the middle of nature, she comes across a herd of sheep that lead her to Martin, a lonely shepherd.