[1] A Belgian-Pakistani woman named Zahira Kazim, now 18 years old, breaks up with her boyfriend (who is also of Pakistani ancestry) when he says he does not want a child after she becomes pregnant.

Instead she falls in love with a Belgian man of European ancestry, Pierre, and decides to get an abortion in the Netherlands after initially being unable to go through with one.

Zahira comes back to her house one last time to say goodbye, but her brother Amir Kazim fatally shoots her, an act of sororicide and an honour killing, whilst hugging her.

As photographs of crime scene exhibits are on the screen, a voiceover of a farewell letter addressed to her family occurs.

[9] Streker stated that he did not feel inspired by the Sheikh murder until his discovery that the killer, her brother, loved his sister.

Desiring an "Elizabeth Taylor" for the Zahira role,[1] he specified this aspect in capital letters, and added that she was "une des plus grandes actrices qui ait jamais existé" ("one of the greatest actresses who ever existed").

[9] Weissberg stated that despite the fact the director "strives hard to offer a balanced view of a traditional family in Belgium forcing their daughter into an arranged marriage, yet in the end he delivers an issue-of-the-week cautionary tale that, though well-made, hits far too many expected buttons.