This social comedy depicts women's endeavor to get the right to live free from men's violence in a male-centric society. The sultry weather is never-ending. People cannot sleep on account of the habitually oppressive heat. The hot days make people irritable. A husband, who habitually beats his wife, is hated by his neighbors. When the neighboring women come to her rescue, they mistakenly beat her husband to death. The flee to the apartment roof. Each of these women have their...more

This social comedy depicts women's endeavor to get the right to live free from men's violence in a male-centric society. The sultry weather is never-ending. People cannot sleep on account of the habitually oppressive heat. The hot days make people irritable. A husband, who habitually beats his wife, is hated by his neighbors. When the neighboring women come to her rescue, they mistakenly beat her husband to death. The flee to the apartment roof. Each of these women have their own stories and their own reasons for supporting each other. Their sisterhood helps them to be strong and challenge the brutality they sometimes face at their men's hands. They fight for the right to live free without violence. less