A once thriving reception hall has been reduced to catering to the funeral business and the somber rituals of death. The owner, Soleimani, is a sour, lonely and unloved old man who treats his workers with contempt, inflicting small cruelties whenever possible. Embittered and seeing a psychologist, he decides he will close the business in twenty days, sending his staff, already fighting just to get by, into a state of fear and uncertainty. Like a close-knit family, the staff members endure their daily suffering together. These good-hearted people include an ostracized young widow trying to survive with her daughter; a chef with a paralyzed arm who has a demanding wife; and two young men, working but homeless, who must sleep in the company's truck. Despite Soleimani's indifference to their plight, the people on his staff have retained their hope and humanity. As the threat of closure nears, they work together to save the hall and at the same time attend to each others' emotional needs.

A couple who had a romantic marriage and life now are about to get divorce but meanwhile many people are intervening.

1966年，伊朗南部城市因为筹建新的机场，此地的一座监狱被命令撤离。典狱长贾哈德少校负责将囚犯全数转移到新的监狱，但是，就在转移的当天他接到下属报告，一名死囚犯失踪了！伊朗著名男演员纳维德·穆罕默德扎德出演了这位典狱长，影片将从他的视角代入一个紧张悬疑，引人入胜的越狱故事。

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.