Fatma is a 17-year-old girl who lives in Sfax with her father, brothers
and sisters after the death of her mother. The other member of
the household is a cousin, Taher, who, one night, rapes Fatma.
Although traumatised by this ordeal, Fatma decides to pretend that
nothing has happened. She passes her exams and becomes a school
teacher in a small village in the south of the country. Here, she
meets and falls in love with a talented young doctor.
Unfortunately, the constraints of the society in which they live look
set to fracture their relationship...
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