A story of a 20-year-old Moroccan women who lives with her parents in Casablanca and her desperate search for the father of her unborn child to avoid being reported to the authorities. The story opens with Sophia, who is unaware she is pregnant until she goes into labour. Her cousin, Lena, a medical student understands what is happening to Sophia and takes her to the hospital. In a race against time, the hospital grants the young woman 24 hours to provide the documentation of her child’s father before alerting the police. Together with her cousin, Sophia tries to locate the young man she only met once.
This film looks at a young woman facing the mores and laws of a country that seems more interested in surface propriety than citizens’ actual well-being.
A portrait of a country’s complex relationship to its own values, laws and taboos.
Both lead actresses are exceptionally well cast and camera movements are finely calibrated to every tonal shift.