Khorma is different! With his red hair and strangely pale complexion for a Tunisian, many people think he's retarded. Bou Khaled, his master, takes him under his wing nonetheless and teaches him the secrets of the business. Khorma learns to announce weddings, births and deaths in his neighborhood in Bizerte. But, one day, old Bou Khaled makes a grievous mistake: he announces a local woman's death rather than her daughter's marriage.