Four tragicomic interconnected stories about how devoted Muslim men and women are trying to manage their love life and desires without breaking any religious rules.

Walter（理查·詹金斯 Richard Jenkins 饰）的生活一成不变，20多年来教同一门课程，与别人一起合著自己没有出过半分力的书，请私人教师学钢琴又难以与人相处。生活沉闷如一潭死水。直到与他合著出书的shelly待产而无法前去参加学术年…