The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab

A mother's courage, hardship, and love, in times of war. In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, Gilane escorts her pregnant daughter, Maygol, from the relative calm of their village, Espili, into war-torn Tehran to search for Maygol's husband, Rahman. The journey is arduous and what they find when they reach the capital is dismaying and frightening. Fifteen years later, as another war begins in Iraq, Gillane is at home caring for her son Ismael, who suffers from epilepsy, a byproduct of war. As she cares for him, she hopes for a visit from the doctor and from another daughter, Atefah. "Better be a dog than a mother," she says.

法哈德和帕里是一对感情甚笃的中产夫妻，都从事戏剧电影行业，他们与儿子在德黑兰过着无忧无虑的生活。然而，当帕里意外怀上二胎时，双方陷入了僵持。法哈德坚持要堕胎，但帕里认为堕胎是反人道的。一个尚未成形的小生命本应带给家庭快乐的期许，未曾想却破坏了这对夫妻原本平静的生活。 《二胎风波》围绕不同性别、阶层的生育焦虑，用写实的手法展现当代伊朗复杂的社会问题，也反映了伊朗国内日益紧张的局势。该片入围了第29届东京国际电影节主竞赛单元。