"Mehdi" is in love with a woman named "Parvin," who has a daughter from her previous marriage that she has hidden. Mehdi and Parvin get married, but the presence of an evil man named "Hashem" disrupts their peaceful life. Mahdi becomes lost, and Parvin ends up working as a dancer in cabarets.

Abbas, known as "Abbas Chakhan," is a driver’s apprentice who is alone and has a stutter, constantly weaving tall tales. One night, he accidentally meets Banafsheh, who has ended up in a notorious neighborhood in search of her dreams, yet she is still determined to free herself from that place and have a home of her own. Abbas promises Banafsheh that he will help her. After she learns that Abbas has been imprisoned due to a small debt, she borrows money from a loan shark named Mohammad, known as "Mohammad the Dagger," to free Abbas.