Why can’t I play soccer with the boys at recess? It’s because they’re too rough, say the teachers. We can jump rope instead, say my friends. It’s because you’re a girl, say the boys.

A creative writing instructor at a juvenile detention center finds common ground with a troubled student, yet quickly finds herself in great danger when she decides to help her.

Souleymane and Leila just got married, for better or for worse. The better is that they love each other very much. The worse is that they are forced to live by societal standards.

What is life when happiness is illegal? What is salvation when fun is a sin? Where does one seek privacy when all is monitored? This short film from Iran provides a bittersweet look at the reality of modern life under Sharia laws.