The film documents three couples as they go through the various legal processes and cultural barriers as they seek to file for divorce and highlights the poignant differences of men and women in the court system.
In most cases, only men are allowed to seek a divorce unless other circumstances exist such as the man not being able to provide the woman with a child.
Time and again the Muslim Qadi presiding over the cases will remind those before him of how Islam detests divorce and encourages them to reconcile.
There are clear procedures in place and a litany of papers which must be filed with the correct departments with the proper signatures included.
It is this blending of religious and state law which allows for the judges to have a great deal of leeway in making rulings and issuing mandates to those coming before the court.