Filimkan wuxuu ka hadlayaa noloshii afar dumar ah oo ku noolaa Tehran 1953, intii lagu jiray afgambigii ay Maraykanku taageerayeen
taas oo mar kale ku soo celisay xukunkii Shah ee Iiraan. Filimka waxaa ku tilmaamay "filim muuqaal ah" by "The New York Times" dib u eegista Stephen Holden, oo intaas ku daray, "filimku wuxuu ka sarreeyaa xitaa Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon" ee quruxda ba'an iyo saxnaanta filimkiisa (Martin Gschlacht)".