當年仍是初生之犢的穆罕默德拉穌羅夫，把一件離奇過小說的真實事件搬上銀幕：監獄長把兩個犯人結為夫婦，一個是經常出入監獄的慣犯，一個是被判終身監禁的女子。二人按監獄安排每星期過一天婚姻生活，不久還有了孩子。監獄方相信家庭生活有助男囚犯改邪歸正，也讓女囚犯有點用處。二人先後出獄後，這個家庭在監獄外維繫下去卻不似預期。紀實與創作交錯，譜寫出這百份百真人真事，甚至連演員就是事件主角本人。在這個國度，建立家庭是為了維穩，女人存在只為成全男人。導演首部劇情長片，早已見其對社會的關注及批判。

Starting his career with documentaries and short films, Mohammad Rasoulof impressed with his debut feature, a naturalistic docudrama that reveals the social ills afflicting Iran’s prison system. Featuring real-life prisoners playing themselves, the film centers on habitual offender Ali, who seems destined for a life behind bars. However, a sympathetic warden devises a plan to reform Ali: he marries Ali off to female inmate Fatemeh in hopes of breaking the recidivist loop. Through once-a-week conjugal visits, the two form a bond and produce a child. But upon their release back into society, the ex-con couple discover that normalcy and absolution may be beyond their reach.