Storyline

A photographer (Nezam Manouchehri) and his wife (Leila Hatami) seek help at the nearest village when their car breaks down en route to Tehran. There they find a teacher, Feizollah (Mehran Rajabi), overseeing a small group of scrappy children. While the men fix the car, the wife is left to care for the children and confront her own fears of parenthood. Over the course of the day, this childless woman and these motherless gamins form a bond that will change them forever.

Plot Keywords

child, student, teacher, photographer, husband, wife, solemn, moving, heartwarming, village, iran, car, parenthood, photography, human connection, kindness, motherhood, growing up, transformation, 2000s

Short Review

A sweet, little unpretentious slice-of-life flick from Iran which, while highlighting the arid region's visually-arresting, utter desolation, ever so subtly hints at the tension between a simmering feminism and traditional Muslim values.

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