A prison is about to be evacuated to make room for an airport expansion project. Colonel Jahed and his officers are busy transferring all inmates to the new facility, but one inmate is missing.
Khosrow, who is forcibly hospitalized in a mental hospital, has spent all these years thinking about his daughter Ziba. Today is Ziba's 16th birthday, and Khosrow doesn't want to miss this simple day.
With fascinating insights into everyday life in Tehran, the film portrays the 'inversion" of a woman, and her mutiny against male domination.