At the first days of the IranIraq war Taleb the lord of the Malekieh village helps the Iraqi army to enter the village Rahman a twelveyear old teenage who is a shepherd working for Taleb is the only one allowed to commute in the area Jaseb Rahmans friend who is recently finished his military service escapes from the village and has to kill an Iraqi soldier He is also injured and hides in a barn Rahman finds out about him and tries to help him