Amidst the violence and chaos at the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, a woman gives birth to a child at the same time as her husband Reza is captured by enemy troops. When the mother dies shortly thereafter the female doctor who delivered the child takes care of the newborn, a girl she names Kimia, and devotes herself to raising her. Nine years later when Reza is released from captivity, he soon realizes he has no surviving kin except for his daughter and is faced with the dilemma of whether to reclaim his daughter or leave her in the care of the woman she thinks of as her mother.

Warmly received by critics and jury members at the 13th Fajr festival. Kimia won the award for best acting, along a special Jury prize and a diploma of honor for its screenplay. In Persian w/English subtitles.

Ahmad Reza Darvish is one of Iran's most prolific filmmakers. Many of his films center around the events of the Iran-Iraq war. Born in 1961, he studied graphic design and architecture at Tehran University and worked in public television. His first feature film, The Last Flight, was awarded with several prizes at the Fajr International Film Festival in 1987. Motevalede Mahe Mehr (Born Under Libra, 2000) made headlines in Iran when its director was kidnapped by arch-conservatives and left to die in the desert. (He was later rescued.). His filmography includes: Lucifer (1988), Azarakhsh (1992), The Land of the Sun (1997), Duel (2002), as well as several screenplays, the best known being Kani-manga which earned national and international prizes.