Mohammed Zamani

The story of a ten years old Iranian schoolboy living with his mother and his father in Northern coasts of Iran. The boy helps his father in selling the latter's illegal fishing and helps his mother in shopping for her and bringing home water from a well. The three characters live together in only one room. Their life is austere. The boy eats only bread and milk every day... One day the boy's mother dies.

Shakhawan's sister has been murdered by a young boy. so far, the killer's retaliation has been postponed twice due to the gathering of the villagers at the door and their request for the satisfaction of the decree. So they haven't been able to attend for enforcing the judge on the due dates. Tomorrow, at dawn, the killer will be executed, and Shakhawan is worried in case the people prevent his father again