The film unfolds in a war-ravaged Muslim country—likely Afghanistan—introducing a young woman (Golshifteh Farahani) struggling to care for her two daughters while their father lies motionless on a mattress, bearing a bullet wound. Abandoned by his comrades, she must find a way to protect her family alongside a nearby aunt (Hassina Burgan), attempting to tend to her husband’s condition as best she can. Militias are pr…