Single mother Mahnaz tries to combine her demanding job as a nurse with caring for her two children.
While preparations for her wedding to Hamid are getting underway, her rebellious son is expelled from school. When a tragedy upends her life completely soon after, Mahnaz becomes locked in a fierce pursuit of justice. In doing so, she finds herself in direct conflict with those around her, driven ever further by her grief and anger.With Woman and Child, celebrated Iranian director Saeed Roustaee (Leila's Brothers, Life and a Day) returns with a searing family drama about grief, powerlessness, and the price of resistance in a patriarchal society.