A young Arab woman attending the Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem is having a secret love affair with a Palestinian activist. When her lover is sent away on assignment, they are secretly married, causing Nadia to sever her ties with her family as she embraces a life of exile and escape. Years later, Nadia has reinvented herself as Maya, a choreographer at a Jerusalem dance troupe married to a senior official at the Ministry of Justice. One evening, she spots a figure from her past, jeopardizing her newfound identity.