In Tunisia, Aida lives with her mother Leila, a woman shattered by her husband’s disappearance, locked in a silence that weighs heavily on their home. Taken out of school too early, Aida now works as a cleaner in a shrimp-processing factory in Sousse. Each day, she watches the women on the production line, longing to belong to their world of labour, solidarity, and dignity. But Aida leads a double life. Whenever she can, she slips away, pulls on her hoodie, grabs her skateboard, and glides through the city with her friends Wafa and Samar. In deserted parking lots and hidden alleys, she finds fleeting freedom, carving out an identity far from imposed roles and expectations.

Promised against her will to a cousin, Aida is trapped by the demands of her father’s family. Yet she is no longer willing to submit. On the night of her eighteenth birthday, everything fractures: her father Yahya, a former extremist, wounded and dying, is left at their doorstep. His return reopens buried wounds and threatens the fragile balance of her world. Aida must choose: run, remain silent, or stand her ground and break free. When all seems lost, she makes an unexpected move, a bold and irreversible gesture that will define her path.