
“It was just an accident.”
That’s the half-hearted explanation that Rashid (Ebrahim Azizi) and his wife give to their weeping daughter after Rashid’s car appears to fatally hit a dog as they’re driving home late at night. Their daughter is still weeping when Rashid pulls into a nearby garage to fix his car’s damaged engine. One mechanic quickly fixes the problem, but the other, Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri), appears visibly shaken when he hears the squeaking of Rashid’s prosthetic leg against the garage floor. He hides, only peering out to stare at Rashid as he pulls away from the garage.