Teenage Matin is an Afghan illegal immigrant, working in a stray dog shelter in a deserted spot in Iran. Feeling abandoned and ignored by the people who have founded the shelter, he has built a world of his own, surrounded by the dogs as his sole friends – the ones who beg to play with the others, the ones who beg to be caressed by the others… When he finds out that due to the economic crisis in Iran, he will face big problems to feed the dogs, he is obliged to make a decision…