We're introduced to young Marji, age ten. The year is 1980. She's not wearing acid-washed jeans and rocking out to Michael Jackson, though: she's in school, wearing a veil, just like all the other girls.
They don't want to wear it.
In 1980, the new regime in Iran made it mandatory for women to wear the veil. They also segregated the schools between male and female.
Marji tells us that she wanted to be a prophet when she was a girl. "I was born with religion" (1.20), she says.
The school thinks it's weird that prophesizing is Marji's career choice, so they call her parents.
Even though she tells her parents she wants to be a doctor, she still really wants to be a prophet.