When a Father Goes Astray...

Two men riding in a truck listen to a radio program called Night Story. Heydar neglects his wife and daughter, Parvaneh. Turning to alcohol, he runs up a huge debt and ends up in prison. Mashhadi harasses his family, while his son, Mehran, seduces Parvaneh. Her younger siblings, Shaparak and Rahbar, are left homeless and wandering the streets, and Parvaneh is involved in an accident with an ambulance.