Mena lives in a village in rural Afghanistan. She has always accepted the conservative basis of her life, hidden behind the burka and the clay walls of her backyard. A fiancée has already been chosen for her. Soon she will exchange one prison for another – after marrying her fiancée. But then she meets Mejgan (Nelofer Pazira), who has arrived in the village with a Canadian film team. She persuades her to appear a few times without her veil, and although well meant, this sets off shockwaves in people‘s system of values. Any hopes of a new life soon come to nothing. Mena even has to fear the most severe of all punishments. The question is raised: what has this act of liberation actually achieved? The role of Mena is played by Marina Golbahari, who became well known across the world with the film Osama.