影片讲述了一位年轻的伊朗女子努力让谋杀自己丈夫的凶手接受审判的故事。
在丈夫被控窃马而遭枪杀后，莎娜姆和十岁的儿子伊萨从此相依为命，在自家农场辛勤劳作讨日子。在她与冷漠的当局对抗及求取赔偿的过程中，亲眼目睹父亲被处死而精神有些错乱的伊萨，将独自面对自己的狂怒与悲伤……

Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the future make him decide to seek his happiness abroad. He leaves his wife and child behind and for a long time nothing is heard of him. Then a stranger turns up, a car mechanic looking for a job. The attractive single mother can’t resist his attentions. Very subtly, a struggle ensues that reflects that of a whole generation of young doubting Iranians who may want to leave the country, but hardly know how to start.