After a long time, three sisters come back to their paternal house. They face a caretaker along with their mother struggling with Alzheimer's. But there is no trace of the father who has disappeared in an early morning. A dead body is found, but none of the sisters are going to identify the body due to the hatred rooted in their hearts. There is a dark secret in the family, but no one intends to talk about it.

A man seeks to collect an affidavit in order to die in peace.

Two detainees are planning to flee from jail.

Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband's accidental death when Hadj Safdar, her stubborn and powerful father-in-law, forces her to return to her parents. She is faced with the loss of her visitation rights when Hadj plans to send his grandchildren to live in a remote town. With the help of her circle of women friends she tries to take them beyond his reach, but in a patriarchal society it is hard to find a safe haven.

Mahtab lives in Tehran in 1996, along with her 10-year-old child, Erfan. She has got divorced from her husband, Morteza, who is in jail. Mahtab has enrolled her child in a karate class so that he does not end up like his father as far as his character is concerned.

Based on true events, this movie depicts of the sacrifices made by the Iranian Air Force at the unset of the Iran-Iraq war. In particular the story of the fighter pilot Yadi Sharifirad based in second tactical airbase of Tabriz.

"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.

年轻女孩玛丽遇到了一位男子希亚，并被他深深吸引，二人开启了一段秘密恋情。这段关系很快就被玛丽的家庭发现了。按照当地传统的文化习俗，玛丽和希亚继续恋情的唯一方法就是结婚。尽管遭到了玛丽家庭的反对，他们还是很快步入了婚姻的殿堂，玛丽也因此失去家庭对她的支持。然而，婚后的生活却不是她想象中那样美好，希亚开始对她使用家庭暴力。随着日子一天天过去，玛丽的自信心和人格被摧毁，同时又失去了家庭对她的支持，愈发萎靡不振。