During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
Muslim teenager Leila's beliefs, religion and culture gets tested when she conspires with her friend to change from her modest dress into a more typical "American" dress at her senior prom. Throughout the course of the night, she experiences who she thinks she wants to be, and what she might have to give up to become it.
