A Christian writer from Jordan has a problem: the man she wants to marry is Muslim.

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Living in New York, May is a successful writer. She meets a man, falls in love and is ready to marry him. Her only problem: she’s Jordanian but also Christian, and he is Muslim. When she returns to Jordan with her churchgoing mother, her absentee father and her two modern sisters, May finds herself having to make some very difficult decisions about her life...

May in the Summer can be summarized by Cherien Dabis, actress, screen writer and director of this comedy, both bitter and sweet, funny and tragic, modern and foreseeable. The charisma of this actress offsets the weaknesses of the vaudevillian screenplay, which is much less successful when it deals with the trials and tribulations of parenting than when it observes the conflict between the lead and those close to her – especially her sisters, played by the excellent Alia Shawkat and Nadine Malouf. The film therefore leaves a somewhat too simple taste in your mouth, reminiscent of the often fierce humor of Nadine Labaki (Caramel).