Somewhere on the outskirts of Tehran, a small factory illegally employs Afghan asylum seekers who live with their families in old containers and modest shacks in nearby shanty towns.
Saber, a young Iranian worker, secretly meets Marona inside an empty, rusting container in the cargo yard next door, where they exchange gifts, share confidences and make plans for the future. Their courtship is chaste and charming but Marona fears the consequences if Saber were to ask her dour, ailing father Abdolsalam (Nader Fallah) for her hand. A forbidden love story unfolds, the conclusion of which no-one can foretell.
