A Kurdish father living in Norway is accused of being violent toward his child at a playground. What are the consequences when he can’t explain himself to the onlookers in Norwegian?

Masha De deals with the dynamics of victim, spectator and perpetrator, and how these are put in play in a conflict at a playground. What happens when two adults disagree but don’t speak the same language, dragging unwilling children into the conflict? What roles are adopted by those who see it happen? The film portrays structures of power and xenophobia, where intersectional complexity becomes manifest through misunderstandings and prejudice.