
Faridisaforty-somethingkidult−flabby,baldingandunmarried.HisbrotheremigratedtotheUnitedStatestwentyyearsago.Faridliveswithhismotherwhodoesn’ttrusthimwithherchequebook,buttolerateshisapathyandevenallowshimtobuyacarsohecankeepuptheillusionofbeingamanoftheworld.Inspiteoftheirconstantsquabbling,Faridisshockedbyhersuddendeath,andthenconsumedbyloneliness.Hemakesawkwardattemptsatcontactwithaneighbourandwomenhemeetsonthestreet.<br/> FollowingalongseriesofIranianfilmsbymaledirectorsabouthelplesswomen,NoushinMerajiherereversestheroles.Herprotagonist’spsychologyisacuriousmixofcluelessness,pride,vulnerability,strategiclyingandrancour.Inthefinalanalysis,however,thisattimesfunnycharacterstudyisallaboutcompassion.FortheFaridsofthisworld,lifesimplyprovestoocomplextonavigate.