In Lebanon, a family’s life is suspended, stuck in limbo, like everything else in the country.

Can a single traumatic event be the fatal blow that disrupts the notion of an ideal family? The filmmaker creates a therapy session setting to confront her parents about a traumatic event, and interrogates them over the course of five days, but the conversation takes an unexpected turn.

Mariam’s marriage is in turmoil when she discovers she’s pregnant. Trapped in a prison of lies and societal pressure in present-day Beirut, Mariam yearns to break free.

Mohammad is a crane operator working in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon. Away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.