1980s, Kuwait. One daughter’s “mistake” tips a family’s world off balance. Fear of shame turns a father ruthless, the women bear the blame, and marriages become punishment—until a once-fragile mum rises to fight back.
Souad, a forensic doctor, dives into a web of secrets after her daughter’s mysterious death, exposing betrayals within the latter's swimming team...where the truth is even more deadly than the lies.
Under one roof with her family, a widowed mother manipulates the lives of her children and their spouses, sparking conflicts over traditions and personal desires... All in the name of her suffocating love for them.
