Abderrazak Saktiwy, a former Moroccan weightlifting champion, faces a life-altering battle with paralysis following a devastating accident that abruptly ended his illustrious athletic career. As he makes a heartfelt plea for financial assistance to undergo a potential life-changing spinal cord transplant, Saktiwy clings to hope and the possibility of regaining his mobility.
In 1959, Morocco witnessed one of the most tragic sanitary catastrophes, with hundreds of people suffering from a mystifying paralysis. The crisis was managed a year later when the source of the disabling disease was finally revealed.