Bashir takes a loan of $600 from a brick-kiln owner and, to pay it back, begins working at the brick kiln. After a year of suffering through physical, verbal and mental abuse, though, he decides to leave. To his disbelief, he finds out that his debt has been added to. He now owes the owner $5,500 and cannot leave unless he pays it all back. The brick-kiln owner, knowing that Bashir cannot settle the debt on his minimal wages, makes him an offer: If Bashir wants his freedom, he can either pay back the money or divorce his wife and hand his children over to the brick-kiln owner.