A sixteen-year-old who beats her rapist to death. A severely depressed student kissing a man in the park. A judge who repeatedly sentences women to death. A mother standing up for her gay son. People who no longer participate. Against the backdrop of the story of the mad poet Madjnun and his mute lover Laila, the speakers struggle to find their own attitude toward events in contemporary Iran. Jasmin Tabatabai and a strong ensemble of post-migrant speakers place narrative and resistance in a tense relationship that always remains personal and seeks to achieve reflection rather than consternation. Composer and bandleader Marc Sinan sets ironic, sensitive and brute soundscapes with Serbian jazz singer Jelena Kuljic against the classical-Persian miniatures – with Iranian music legend Kayhan Kalhor, among others.