Wrestling silently alone with the unbearable pressures of her personal and professional life, a 40-year-old woman tries to make sense of her day and night as a hangman in a prison in the Yazd province in Iran.

Born in 1985 in Yazd, Roqiye Tavakoli has a BA in Cinema and a MA in Dramatic Literature from Sooreh University in Tehran. She is an instructor and head of department at Yazd Art and Culture University. She is also a member of the Iranian Short Film Association and member of the Directors Guild of Iran. She has made over 30 short and documentary films presented and acclaimed in over 50 local and international film festivals.