In the village of Amanha Lundju, a tree is planted to celebrate each new birth. The trees grow with each child, growing higher and living longer, becoming the villager's soul. But day after day, trees are cut down for survival and wood has become a rarity. When Dou, the nomad, comes back from the savannah, his twin brother Hami has just died. What did Hami die of ? What illness is eating away at Amanha Lundju ? Dou must take the place of his deceased brother and live with Hami's wife and daughter. Sally, the young woman who was betrothed to Dou, is mad with grief and falls in love with the sun. When the forestry surveyors arrive from the city, the world loses its balance. Calacalado, the old witch-doctor, orders the village to move. They go as far as the desert on a journey of initiation. The birth of a child brings them back to the village to plant another tree...