Nezhad Ekhtiar-dini

After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.

Nezhad is fourteen years old and both of his parents have passed away. He is forced to leave school and take care of the family. To earn a living, he decides to smuggle goods across the Iranian-Iraqi border with his mule. One day, however, the mule breaks a leg.