Bahman Farjami, a fifty-five year old film director, has not made a film for the past twenty years. The death of other film directors of his generation like Sohrab Shahid Salles and Ali Hatami, and his own heart condition makes him feel that the Angel of Death must be around the corner. Out of desperation, he decides to make a film about his own funeral. His research into Iranian funeral rites and his life in modern Iranian society get tangled together and the process takes him through an emotional roller coaster that leads to his death. Maybe.

Bahman Farmanara was born in 1942 and is a graduate of the University of Southern California (Bachelor of Art, Cinema, 1966). As a director he has made two documentaries, "Nowrooz and Caviar" (1971) and "Tehran, Old and New" (1972). He has also directed three previous feature films, "House of Ghamar Khanoom" (1973), "Prince Ehtejab" (1974, winner of the Grand prix at the 3rd Tehran International Film Festival) and "Tall Shadows of the Wind" (1978). Farmanara also produced several films throughout the 1970s.