The blind ferryman Ayoub lives with his mother and religious brother in the Iraqi marshes. He always finds his way despite his lack of eyesight. He earns his money by driving people around the marshes. People like to ride with him because Ayoub sings when he steers his boat through the reed fields. In the evenings, he meets his friends. They drink and talk about the mysteries of life until late into the night. One of these evenings, when they have been drinking quite a lot, they are attacked by a group of radicals. The friends jump into their boats and escape into the darkness of the night.

For the first time in his life, Ayoub gets lost. He is saved by a mysterious woman who disrupts his very existence, and his life revolves more and more around their secret encounters. Whenever he tells his friends about her, they don’t believe him, and rumours start to spread that he has lost his mind. People no longer want to ride with him, and even his friends become distant. Ayoub’s self-doubts grow until he no longer knows what is real and what is imagination. He decides to kill the mysterious woman to prove that he is not insane. But is it possible to destroy what one believes in?