Tooba Kazerooni [Parvaneh Massoumi] and her husband Khalil Asadi, a narcotics smuggler, come to Tehran from the southern part of the country. She is given a seven-year prison sentence because she has unwittingly gotten caught up in her husband's illegal activities transporting narcotics. In Tooba's absence her husband is unable to manage so he sells their three-month-old daughter Ghazal to Fereydoun Behnam, [Iraj Rad] a painter. After serving her time Tooba looks everywhere for her husband and daughter. After much effort she finds Khalil living in a basement and inquires about Ghazal. Her husband tells her Ghazal died years ago. Tooba leaves her husband in anger. The man, who has repented and changed and is living in a life crisis, accidentally causes a basement fire. Severely burned and hospitalized, he tells the truth about what happened to Ghazal and gives Tooba the address of the painter who has her. The conflicts begin here and Tooba's life enters a new crisis phase.—John Green