Set in India during the year 1938, this film follows the singular experience of Chuyia, a child widow. For religious purposes, Indian women were sent to a sanctuary to live out the rest of their lives. When married, women become part of their husbands and when the husbands depart, dearly or not, it is said a part of the women die. The film shows the harsh life of an unfair position; the women are reviled, pitied, and outcast. As Chuyia learns the way of the widows sanctuary, she makes unique relationships with the women there.

It gives pause for thought to the identity and role of women and gratitude for changing times. It is a beautiful, touching, alarming, endearing film, giving the viewers a glimpse of a time and a culture in social and religious change.