Director
Quando Mohsen Makhmalbaf, realizador do filme, tinha dezessete anos, ele esfaqueou um policial durante um grande protesto - contra o regime que comanda o país à época - que ocorreu nas ruas de Teerã. Makhmalbaf foi preso em flagrante e ficou preso durante muito tempo. Vinte anos após o incidente, ele convida o policial que esfaqueou para participar da reconstrução dos eventos do fatídico dia.
The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second episode, a mentally impaired and isolated young man tries to take care of his senile mother who is almost dead. In the third episode, a cowardly and desperate peddler tries to escape from his boss.
The silence of this sleepy little town is soon disturbed when the residents begin to receive threatening phone calls. No one knows who is making them. The police fail to find any evidence leading to the anonymous offender. It seems the further they investigate, the less they know. Is it possible that the whole town is in danger? An intense and captivating horror that is filled with suspense.
