Hanieh, a young teacher, lives in the household of her married sister in Tehran. Increasingly exhausted by her paralysing everyday life and the two-faced reality she subliminally experiences as a woman, an employee, a younger sister, and unhappy partner, Hanieh struggles to find her way out.

why am i aggressive as a mother? why am i unhappy with a man i love? why is the man unhappy too? and why does his unhappiness seem more bearable to me than mine? - helke sander, february 1968