About The Film
SYNOPSIS
Twenty-nine year old Noelle Al Saffan moves to the city to start a new life after her divorce. She’s obsessed with “true crime” podcasts and takes a clerical job in a police station digitizing their old files. The work is mundane but, everything changes when a teenage girl’s body is discovered in the desert. The officers need a female present when they investigate the body, and Noelle jumps at the chance to participate in police work outside of the copy room. With no clues to who the girl was or where she came from, and no missing persons’ report filed, it seems that the victim’s family is ashamed of the circumstances surrounding her death and don’t want their personal issues aired in public. Noelle is haunted by the girl’s senseless and mysterious death, and despite her lack of a badge or any authority to do so, she launches her own investigation to identify the victim and solve her murder. Using her knowledge about the hidden world of Saudi women, she pieces together a picture of who the girl was. She befriends a group of young women who seem to have inside information on the case and, following the advice of her favourite podcast, investigates everyone who might be connected to the crime. Despite repeated warnings from the Police Chief to stay off the case, Noelle doggedly pursues the mystery, putting herself in danger and challenging her preconceived notions about women in the Kingdom, the threats they face, and even the motivations that connect her to the victim.