After the sudden death of her husband, working mother Nawal has to fight for her inheritance in order to save her daughter and home in a society where having a son would be a game changer.
Suzanne, a sixty-year-old Lebanese widow of Palestinian origin, meets Osmane, a young Black Sudanese migrant without papers, and they fall unexpectedly in love amidst Beirut’s unraveling. As the country teeters on the brink, their relationship sparks outrage, but together they refuse to let fear...