Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his burgeoning career in radical politics; and an older son who goes to great lengths--such as attempting to sell the family's meager house--in order to get an engineering job in Japan as a means of getting out of Iran. Unfortunately the 'friend' to whom he gave his money as an advance for his trip took off with the money, and the son finds himself without money, without a career, and with a debt towards a lot of people. To solve his problems he wants to deliver a package of heroin, but loses it, and has to flee. The film ends dramatically with a direct call from the mother to the camera crew asking what life has given them after all the sacrifices they have done, mirroring the opening scene.

七个人，一种武器，七个故事。纪录片导演找上的士司 机，拍摄腐败资本主义如何磨蚀人性。司机重遇沦为妓 女的儿时玩伴，还未从淡淡神伤过转，母亲已越过他走 进她的烦恼。由此及彼，彼是相生，角色不断接棒，叙 事的结构并不新奇，引人入胜是：愈平凡况味，愈耐人 细嚼。洛珊班尼蒂玛（《一纱之隔》、《烂心城市》，20、 26届）磨剑八年，剧情新片中注入前作依稀可辨的角色， 增加文本层次之余，更不断强化批判不义建制的力度。 威尼斯影展摘下最佳编剧奖，实至名归。