An isolated and lonely old man in the mountains tries to save Sohrab’s, his son, life. But, despite of all his efforts, he cannot change the son’s death sentence and Sohrab is executed. So he takes the body of his son through the mountain and rivers, baptizing him. Meanwhile, the old man also should take care of his grandson.

The morning of the execution is the last moments of the lives of Tayyab Haj Rezaei and Haj Esmail Rezaei, who were sentenced to death following the uprising of June 15, 1342. The story of the film is told between 5 and 6:30 am this day.