Hanieh, a young teacher, lives in the household of her married sister in Tehran.  Increasingly exhausted by her paralysing everyday life and the two-faced reality she subliminally experiences as a woman, an employee, a younger sister, and unhappy partner, Hanieh struggles to find her way out.

Cennet

why am i aggressive as a mother?
 why am i unhappy with a man i love?
 why is the man unhappy too?
 and why does his unhappiness seem more bearable to me than mine?
 - helke sander, february 1968