雷扎的哥哥为维护雷扎的名誉和生活，杀了与别人偷情的雷扎的妻子，被判12年。狱中他备受尊敬，如今他出狱了……影片在伊朗动荡时局的背景下展开，一部触碰伊朗政治社会的电影，被伊朗司法部禁映。

When Amir learns that the woman who is to marry his younger brother Reza is having an affair with another man, he murders her to restore his family's good name. Considering the killing to be a matter of honor, Amir stoically goes to prison for 12 years where his fellow inmates regard him as a hero. But when he is released, he discovers that the Iran he knew has changed.