Phaim, a 22-year-old Bengali Muslim, lives with his family in Rome's multiethnic Torpignattara neighborhood, works as a museum steward, and plays in a band. He meets Asia at a performance, who is the polar opposite of him: instinctive and unrestricted. The desire between them is instantaneous, and Phaim will have to reconcile his feelings for the young woman with Islam's most sacred rule: no sex before marriage.
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Phaim, a 22-year-old Bengali Muslim, lives with his family in Rome's multiethnic Torpignattara neighborhood, works as a museum steward, and plays in a band. He meets Asia at a performance, who is the polar opposite of him: instinctive and unrestricted. The desire between them is instantaneous, and Phaim will have to reconcile his feelings for the young woman with Islam's most sacred rule: no sex before marriage.
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