Abdullah is a young Christian who’s recently converted to Islam. He’s madly in love with a Muslim girl and has asked for her hand over and over again. On his wedding day to Raheleh, he overhears some tribesmen questioning the intentions of Imam Hossein by going to Kufa. And then a voice calls on him to help. He abruptly leaves the ceremony and goes from desert to desert in search of Imam Hossein to put his doubts to rest. And when he reaches Karbala on the eve of Ashura he discovers the truth.
Rahman (Falsafin) Can is a milk delivery boy in a small village in Iran and is also the village's mosque crier. One day, he delivers some milk to the priest (Dergabrilian) living in the church on the outside of town. Amidst the villages preparations for Ashura, the priest's preparations for the Feast of Mary go unnoticed except by young Rahman. The young boy befriends the priest and spends his time sneaking his blind friend Davoud (Nainizadeh) into the church and helping the priest prepare for the feast, much to his father and grandmother's chagrin.