Henia will give anything to mend her broken past and find her mother, from whom she has been separated since the conflict between Morocco and Algeria during the Black Demonstration of 1975. After being given an opportunity to assist an elderly blind man, she accepts the offer and eventually finds herself agreeing to marry him. For Henia, this is a chance to get the necessary papers for her return to Algeria. For the old man, it’s a chance to start over. For his son, it is a disgrace.

未婚產子不單令家族蒙羞，更可能身陷囹圄。在家人威迫下，蘇菲亞供出經手人是一面之緣的窮青年。他矢口否認，但終允奉子成婚，以避牢獄之災，亦讓貧困母親得到女方家庭的經濟援助。婚禮風光背後，隱藏見不得光的秘密與謊言。與《4月3周2日—墮胎日記》（2007）異曲同工，摩洛哥新銳女編導班巴歷不甘僅刻劃伊斯蘭父權社會下女性的坎坷，曲筆一轉讓蘇菲亞在逆境中自主命運，贏得康城「某種觀點」最佳劇本獎。