Sandali

The film concerns two characters, known as Old Man (Quixote) and Old Woman (Sancha), as they relax in the ruins of a post-nuclear Tehran after preparing for a party they are throwing, waiting for their guests to come and hear the Old Man's discovery. He implies that this discovery is the meaning of life, but it is never actually said. The guests supposedly include "everyone", implying everyone in the world even though the post-apocalyptic setting is implied. As the "guests" arrive, the two characters reminisce cryptically about the memories of a country that once held their home. A high point in the happiness of the couple is reached when they hear the disembodied voice of their first guest (Mohammad Reza Shah) say "Kourosh, shah-e bozorg, bekhab ma bidarim." The woman recites a poem to her husband as the mirage of her existence fades away. Her husband continues where she left off in the poem and fades away himself. They claim that life couldn't get any better at this point because the whole world is about to hear the Old Man's astounding revelation. At the end of the film, two empty chairs stand proudly against the backdrop of the void of what was once Quixote and Sancha's home as the sounds of the desert wind fades in.