Boycott

Valehisananti-Shahactivistinpre-revolutionaryIran.Heisconstantlyonthemove,awarethatheisbeingmonitoredbytheSavak,theShah'ssecretpolice.Eventuallyheiscapturedandtorturedinprison.toextractinform-ationabouthisorganisation.Meanwhilehiscomradestrytocoercehimintodyingforthecause.Valehsimplywantstoliveandbere-unitedwithhiswifeandnewbaby.ThedirectorbasedthefilmonhisownexperiencesasaleftistIslamicradicalwhobecamedisillusionedwithpoliticalactivismandextremismofanykind.