When Gabriel Arditi returns to Israel, his home country, for the first time in many years, he expects to be overseeing his recently deceased grandmother's estate briefly and then returning the France. She is not, however, dead yet, merely in a coma, so he needs to find some sort of work. Gabriel brings his grandmother's 1947 Morris to a local garage for some repairs, but it will take some time. In the meanwhile, he stays with the owner, Adam, and his wife, Asya, working as a translator for Asya.
After the Yom Kippur War begins, Gabriel must register for the draft, but he disappears shortly afterward. Adam determines to find him. He employs a young Arab kid, Na'im, to care for the grandmother who has by this point awoken and needs a live-in caretaker. Adam works nights as a tow truck driver, constantly searching for that infamous blue Morris. Eventually, he even has his daughter, Dafi, help him in his search. Unbeknownst to Adam, however, Na'im and Dafi commence a romantic relationship with one another.
As time wears on, Dafi misses too much school and is threatened with expulsion when her principal gets into a car accident. Adam is the driver called to the tow and they discover the elusive blue Morris, recently repainted. He tracks down the owner -- Gabriel in disguise as an Orthodox Jew. Though much surprised, Gabriel explains that he had accidentally been given the jacket by some Orthodox friends after enlisting and decided to live in disguise in this neighborhood, working as a chauffeur, and thus avoiding the war. Although Adam is overjoyed to reunite with his friend after all this intrigue, he is devastated to return home and discover that not only has Gabriel's grandmother died under Na'im's watch but that the boy is sleeping with his daughter. Na'im is sent out of the country, back to his village, but he remains hopeful that he will reunite with Dafi, whose love for him is true.
