Parvin Paru

A power station clerk maneuvers a blackout every night for a secret rendezvous; a businessman caught in a limbo beside an up-class escort; a travel agent deliberately delays his client’s visa; a girl clandestinely trains herself for a race; a plumber gets entry into a private chamber of an actress he is obsessed with– all are interwoven in a thread of love and lust.

Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way to register their union.