Iranian seventeen-year-old Ava challenges the strict rules of her traditional upbringing and learns that her mother broke the rules as a young woman as well.
Ava’s first visit to the gynaecologist with her mother is a traumatic experience for the young woman. Trauma gives way to anger when Ava discovers her mother’s dishonesty and learns of the rules she broke when she was the age Ava is now. Bewildered and enraged, Ava attempts to commit suicide at school. To avoid being expelled, she accepts a deal to snitch on her classmates, but a guilty conscience is a heavy burden. Misunderstood by her parents and tormented by school, Ava decides on a third way forward.
