Mahin Deyhim

In order to avenge his brother's death, Akbar goes to the desert in search of Morad and finds him...

Before the Islamic Revolution in Iran, women's lives were strongly determined by two contradictory factors: the traditional patriarchy and the shah's modernisation policies. This film-excerpt collage starts in 1932 – the year the first Iranian film with sound was made – and ends in 1979 revealing how, during this period, women were depicted by generally male film directors.

A poor young man is in love with a girl. But the young man has a wealthy rival whose goal is nothing but to have fun. The young man, who is trying to show his true love to the girl, lets her slip in a critical moment, and at the same time, the rich and fun-loving rival passes the door due to an accident, and the girl returns to the young man.

A young man who lost his father as a child deceives a girl in a village and escapes to the city. The girl runs away and eventually becomes a prostitute.

Mohsen Javani Esfahani, who won the lottery ticket, changes his luggage on the way to Tehran with the luggage of cabaret dancer Nasreen. Nasreen expands her cafe with the ticket prize money. Later, Mohsen happens to drop by her cafe and Nasreen turns to singing. Nasreen intends to marry him. But Mohsen loves a girl named Jamila and therefore rejects Nasreen's proposal. Nasreen creates problems out of jealousy, but finally Mohsen reaches his goal, which is to marry Jamila and start a simple life.

Tehran's untold sociopolitical history through rare, unseen film archives spanning over a century.