Hakim Belabbes' Whispers follows a man's obsessive search for his lost childhood through the dark alleyways and desolate cemeteries of the director's Moroccan hometown, Boujad.

A nursing home for dementia patients. A place where reality is perceived in a special way, but also where people transcend boundaries of time, place, perception, logic, roles, and the way feelings are conceived. Here, only the essential things make sense, beyond self-control, repression and limits. A place and a time for reflection, transition and being faithful to oneself. A world of struggle and hope, inner freedom and physical confinement: the world with its rules and perceptions. A rewarding journey.