A young orphan navigates life on the streets of a southern Iranian port city. Determined to rise above his circumstances, he takes on odd jobs, spends time with friends, learns to read—and runs, always running, toward a future of his own making.

This meditative character study captures the first inklings of a child’s curiosity about the world and all it might have to offer. Stunning sunsets and open horizons evoke the promise of expansive days to come in Amir Naderi’s moving ode to the salutary power of knowledge and art.