This tragicomic documentary follows female inmates through a 10-month drama therapy/theater project set up in 2012 by director Zeina Daccache at the Baabda Prison in Lebanon. Through the unprecedented theater initiative titled Scheherazade in Baabda, these "murderers of husbands, adulterers, and drug felons" speak about their experiences spanning tales of domestic violence, traumatic childhoods, failed marriages, forlorn romances, and deprivation of motherhood. The women of Baabda Prison share their personal stories, and in doing so, hold up a mirror to Lebanese society and all societies that repress women.

Throughout the film and the 10-month period that it encompasses, the audience sees what it is like to be a female prisoner inside the Lebanese incarceration system, and more than that, what it is like to live with trauma, broken relationships, and societal stigmas. Nuance is brought to a world that is often viewed as black and white of being in prison necessarily meaning someone is a criminal. While the documentary shows typical scenes found in prison-related films, it also presents a humanistic look on a level rarely found in other works.