Damascus, Spring 2011. It's the early stages of the civil war. 25-year-old Nahla is torn between her desire for freedom and the hope of leaving the country thanks to her arranged marriage with Samir, a Syrian expatriate in the USA. When he chooses her younger, more docile sister Myriam, Nahla finds refuge at her neighbor's, the mysterious Ms Jiji.

巴勒斯坦電視台攝製臥底肥皂劇，連以色列婦孺都晚晚追看。編劇因情節背離革命而辭職，監製的多口侄仔助理受命執筆，頻頻借女角之口，向電視機前的舊愛示好，以色列檢查站軍官則企圖恃權影響劇情發展，以便在追看的嬌妻面前自吹自擂。助理即使槍抵腦殼，都不肯接受軍官要求的大團圓結局。抗爭，必須繼續！影展新秀蘇亞比巧妙調侃以巴關係，他的喜劇座右銘是：要能大笑，必須面對苦痛，並與之周旋。獲威尼斯地平線單元最佳男主角獎。