This new phase in her life marks her entry into the circle of women, which brings with it new cultural obligations that leave little room for her own personal quest.

Aziz, haunted by the memory of the young lover he lost years before, feels compelled to help Niloo avert a similar destiny.

Writer and director Sabine El Gemayel based the script's story on a girl she met in Lebanon who was facing the prospect of an arranged marriage.

[6] In a positive review of a screening at the AFI Fest, the AP said, "writer-director Sabine El Gemayel evinces a poetic eye for the colors and textures of domestic life" and the film "is direct and elliptical, contemporary and timeless".

[2] Robert Koehler of Variety was more critical, writing the film is "a wobbly variation on the familiar theme of tradition-bound girls growing up in the 21st century".