Djamila, a young single woman, is fighting for the six year old Ruhollah to get an ID-Card and finally be allowed to attend school. She'll soon be confronted with reality though - the afghan legislation will not give permission for an identity card since the boy does not have a registered father. Out of necessity she agrees to an inconvenient deal, which soon creates unforeseeable consequences.

这部电影改编自西蒙娜·德·波伏娃（Simone de Beauvoir）所著的一本书，讲述了阿尔及利亚女性、民族解放阵线（National Liberation Front）活动家贾米拉·布帕查（Djamila Boupacha）的故事。1960年，她被法国人逮捕，被控犯有恐怖主义罪行，并遭受了酷刑。律师吉赛尔·哈利米（Gisèle Halimi）同意为她辩护，并组织了一个支持委员会，由西蒙娜·德·波伏娃担任主席，该委员会让公众了解到了这场肮脏的……