A seemingly minor traffic collision has far-reaching consequences as a well-meaning medical examiner becomes haunted by the death of a child he might have prevented. Soon, the examiner’s fate becomes inextricably bound up with that of the grieving family.

Staging a clash between social classes in Iran, Vahid Jalilvand’s searing drama witnesses the storm of guilt that brews in the aftermath of a tragedy. Gripped by their own moral fallibility, two men are awakened to the thorny question of conscience, to which there exists no easy answer.