Daughters of Malakeh

In public Maryam wears a headscarf and obeys the rules of the state But in the privacy of her own home shes the breadwinner who runs the show along with her mother and younger sister Ghazal When Maryam decides to get married a blushing bride at 45 her worlds collide With the support and encouragement of her family she reconciles her personal autonomy with the expectations of a traditional marriage Brother and codirector Sharog Heshmat Manesh presents an intimate portrait of family life in Iran candidly capturing his sisters wedding jitters her fear of giving up her independence and of being too old to break free from her habits and her attempts to add a prenuptial stipulation to the Marriage Guarantee