A husband and his young working wife live in suburb of Tehran. The wife takes care of an old woman suffering from Alzheimer. The husband is a construction welder in skyscrapers. The young couple are happy and expecting a baby. One day the husband has an accident. The wife's love and affection to her hospitalized husband and the old woman cause new problems for the family.
In a three-tiered tale of modern Tehran, Mohsen Abdolvahab explores the social and familial patters of a city in flux over the course of one day through the eyes of a battered wife, a mullah, and a housebound elderly couple.
