Les trésors de l'atlas

Drama set in the Atlas region of North Africa. Rejected by his father as his heir, Ould Bah sets out ostensibly on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The real purpose of his journaey is to steal the treasure of a Berber tribe and to win back his power. In the process, his accomplices are murdered and the treasure turns out to be only a book which contains the traditions and customs of the tribe. Ould Bah descends into a state of madness and his downfall is inevitable.

In morocco, before modern times, Ould Bah is the older son of a mighty man living in a kasbah at the edge of presanharian atlas. As chreished boy, he is put aside from being heir against his younger brother. Oul Bah decides then to impacton destiny.