An aging colonel retires, marries a provincial teacher, and moves to Tehran to be close to his two adult daughters. Instead of a peaceful reunion, he finds them living independent, urban lives he no longer recognizes. As the cultural and generational rift deepens, the family enters a tense, psychological spiral of alienation and emotional unrest.

Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas, a prostitute hired by his eldest brother Habib to entertain him, not knowing the truth about her profession. Karim, the middle brother is so infatuated with a quail that he almost completely ignores his wife and her emotions. Habib himself is in love with Foroogh, a tailor lady who lives with them, while his sense of responsibility about Majid keeps him from requiting her affections.

Hashem is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. Hashem and his girlfriend, Taji, try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on getting rid of the child, Taji on keeping him.

Ghasem after getting released from the prison goes after his friend Abbas in the south. He there first has a fight with a guy who caused him to be jailed and then meets a girl Zari. But he knows that her father who is rich will not agree with him to marry her so with the help of his friend Abbas takes the girl and escapes to Tehran. This causes many troubles for him.

A family man falls in love with a widow, only to ruin his reputation and lose his wealth.

A young couple separates due to their strong differences and their only child also leaves home. The woman goes to her husband's house to visit her son, but she does not find him, and after that she spends all her time searching for her missing son.

After the father's death, a dispute arises among family members over the division of inheritance.

A kid, because of his parents' separation, became a wanderer, hung out with bad company, and got into gambling. Later, he secretly enters his mother's house, who has a gambler husband. There, a mutual attraction develops between him and his mother's daughter, but the young man loses everything in a series of events. When he's hopeless and has given up on life, his mother recognizes him, and from then on, they start a new life together.