Tranquility in the Presence of Others

A colonel, who has two daughters working as nurses in Tehran, retires to a small city. The man marries a teacher from the provinces and goes with her to Tehran. However, he finds that his daughters have changed. The elder daughter eventually commits suicide and the younger daughter goes through an ill-fated marriage. The father, observing the problems of his children, goes insane and is confined to an asylum. For its political and social content, the film was banned by the government for several years.

Ali Konkouri

Ali has to be a doctor according to his mother's will, so he participates for several consecutive years at the entrance exam, but he fails each year; until he decides to find a way escaping from this and marrying his beloved girl. He pretends to be a lunatic. This trick stops the issue of becoming a doctor but causes the girl's father to oppose Ali marrying his daughter. Ali is disappointed and meets a woman who is loved by his father too. His father drives away Ali in order to marry the woman himself. After some events, Ali marries the girl...