Filminiran

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.

Ahmad is an exiled teacher living in a small poor village with mostly ethnic Baloch along the Iranian border with Afghanistan. He acquaints a family of illegal Hazara refugees who are fleeing an immediate threat from the Taliban’s rise to power. Soon after Ahmad begins to realize that prejudice and dogma are dictating all of their lives and his perspective on what is right and what is wrong changes drastically. He decides to save a young forbidden love but that decision can have dire consequences for everyone.

A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.

Since her husband's suicide, Saman cannot believe and mentally accept what she sees. She acts as if her husband is still alive. How long will this unnatural state of affairs continue? How does a person who suddenly loses a loved one cope with this harsh reality?

As junkie poet Peyman attempts to finish a poem, his city of Tehran falls prey to pollution and a lethal virus.