巴迪（Homayoun Ershadi 饰）驾驶着自己的汽车，在遍布工地的郊外漫无目的的行驶，他搭载了一名入伍不久的新兵，和他讲述当年从军的经历，而后提出了自己的要求：出钱要新兵掩埋自己自杀后的尸体，新兵惊慌失措，跑掉了。巴迪继续寻找埋尸人，可工地上的流浪汉、神学院的学生，全部拒绝了他的请求。一位在博物馆工作的老人巴格里（Abdolrahman Bagheri 饰）登上了巴迪的车，巴格里曾经自杀，但最终为樱桃的甜美滋味所挽留，巴格里为了治疗儿子的病，应承下了巴迪的请托。巴迪在博物馆外踯躅，心中似乎产生了动摇…… 　　本片获1997年戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，1998年波士顿影评人协会最佳外语片奖。Middle-aged Mr.Badii is planning to commit suicide and desperately seeks anyone to assist him - he has already dug out the grave in the mountains, but the assistant will have to bury him when he will do the deed. He asks Kurd soldier, Afghan seminarian, but everyone refuses by some reason. Finally he finds an old Turkish taxidermist, who has a sick son and previously attempted suicide himself, and he agrees to assist Badii.