A patriarch exercises controlling behaviour over his wife and children, which includes allusions to his assertion of his marital rights and moments in which he uses physical violence against members of his family.

The patriarch justifies his behaviour on the basis of religious beliefs and tradition, and a lawyer acting on his behalf in legal proceedings echoes that justification when the man refuses to consent to his pregnant wife having an abortion despite her life being in danger from another childbirth.

There are brief bloody images to denote a woman's suicide attempt, which takes place off-screen.

In another scene, a man is prevented from taking his own life.