A semi-autobiographical account of an incident in Makhmalbaf's life when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.

A girl named Parmida is killed and each of the characters form the story by what they say.

After his years of study in Germany, Reza thinks that he is more than a lecturer in film at the University of Teheran. He has - although he knows that there is not much hope for the relationship - invited the young student Maryam for the first time

An Iranian diplomat who miraculously survived Taliban's raid on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif (Afghanistan) narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders meanwhile on the other side, the Iranian troops are preparing for retaliation.