雷达（尼古拉斯·卡萨雷 Nicolas Cazalé 饰）的父亲（Mohamed Majd 饰）是一位非常虔诚的穆斯林，当他觉得自己大限将到命不久矣之时，决定完成身为一名穆斯林的毕生梦想——前往圣地麦加朝圣。本来父亲的打算是让雷达的哥哥开车载他去麦加，可不巧的是，他的大儿子因为一场交通意外而被吊销了驾驶执照无法上路行驶。无奈之下，父亲只得找到小儿子雷达，命令他成为司机。 只有20岁的雷达即将面临学校的会考，与此同时，他还有一个正在热恋的如花似玉的女朋友。面对父亲强势的命令，雷达虽然心里百般的不情愿，却也只能顺从。一路上，父子两人之间爆发了无数次战争。Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.
