La Vierge, les Coptes et Moi plot
Namir's mother is a Coptic Christian. She is convinced that she can see an apparition of the Virgin Mary on a videotape from her home in Egypt. Her son, who grew up in a secular environment in France, decides to make a film about the phenomenon and travels to Egypt to visit his family. Hoping to understand the connection between the Virgin's apparitions to the Coptic minority and recent events in Egyptian history, he soon discovers numerous hurdles. First, there are his parents who intervene in the film and criticize his ideas. Then there is his French producer who wants to change the film every few weeks and finally there are the inhabitants of his family's Coptic village. Desperate, Namir decides to create her own version of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. To realize his plan, he decides to enlist the help of the villagers and his mother. The latter soon joins him in Egypt...