In the scorching heat of a small North African village, women navigate slippery stones to fetch water from a spring. They carry heavy buckets on yokes across their shoulders. Many pregnant women have fallen and suffered miscarriages on this treacherous path.

Leila begins to question why no water pipeline has ever been built, especially after she loses her own unborn child. Tradition dictates that women fetch the water, gather firewood, manage the household, and serve the men.

Inspired by the "love strike" in Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," Leila organizes a strike of her own to force the construction of a water pipeline.

Leila is married to the village teacher, Sami, and the couple is passionately in love. Although Sami supports his wife, both suffer harsh consequences as the rebellion takes hold. A colorful, well-acted, and touching film.