This documentary tells the story about fifty-years old Tala and two teenagers, Rebwar (17 years) and Shahoo (18 years) and their fight against poverty and for a better life in Kurdistan in Iran bordering to Iraq. They are transporting petrol illegally over the border to Iraq at great risk of being caught or even shot by the border patrols.

Shahoo?s friend Shadman (Tala?s son) was recently burned to death, at just fifteen years of age, while smuggling. He carelessly sought the heat from the fire, still with the gasoline tanks on. This terrible accident forced Tala to take her son?s place in the smuggling trade.

Extreme living conditions are forcing them into this trade. It can seem absurd in relation to Iran and Iraq being among the oil richest countries in the world.