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Hawa, the filmmaker's mother, is learning to read and write, aged 52. With the support of her daughter, she dreams of opening a small textile business, after spending decades looking after her husband and children.
Filmed over five years, this is the story of three generations of Hazara women from the same family in Afghanistan. With unique access and empathy, director Najiba Noori films her mother Hawa and her niece Zahra in their aspirations to emancipate themselves from patriarchal traditions.
But, when the Taliban return in August 2021 it turns the lives of the three women upside down: Zahra has to return to the village she escaped from, and Najiba herself is forced to flee the country to France. From afar, she helps Hawa continue fighting for her dreams.
