Amir Hossein Sadeghi

In a remote area in Afghanistan, stories of the lives of a young shepherdess, a birdcatcher boy and a mourning teacher are intertwined after their school is burnt down. The young shepherdess takes the risk of saving a woman US soldier after a helicopter crash; the birdcatcher boy takes shelter in a tank with the birds, the pin-ups and the illegal music that he loves; and the mourning teacher seeks vengeance on the one who has widowed her…

An expedition goes missing in the snowy mountains, a man is found dead. As the investigation proceeds, a 15-year-old case, in which a sister of the dead man's friend was burnt to death, surfaces. Another body is found, and the mystery deepens.