Moufida Tlatli (Silences of the Palace) continues to penetrate the experience of women, exposing the calcifying pain of confinement and silence. For eleven months of the year, the women on the island of Djerba live without men under the law of their mothers-in-law while their husbands work on the mainland in Tunis. Aicha chafes under these conditions and longs to live with her husband Said. To raise the necessary funds, she weaves exquisite, unconventional rugs, but each year Said demurs, insisting she first bear him a son. The film swirls between past and present, nimbly lacing together Aicha's memories while creating a splendid cinematic tapestry using the colors of the Djerba landscape and the intricate designs of the rugs.