Marina, an Israeli lawyer, travels to Georgia. She represents Nino, who left Georgia some thirteen years ago, leaving behind her baby son and now wants to have him back. 

To bring the boy to Israel, Marina needs the approval of the Georgian court and the only person who could help her with it is Datu, Nino's brother. 

Marina's presence disturbs Datu. His hostility to her even exceeds her aversion to him. But despite his great anger towards his abandoning sister, Nino is still flesh of his flesh. 

The more time they spend together Marina is developing more affection to Datu and she finds herself reevaluating her prejudices regarding the Georgian culture (she has Georgian roots), her ideas about femininity and masculinity, tradition versus modernity.