One evening, a lavish procession enters the teahouse. It’s , the only daughter of Haj Agha Kermanshahi , the “Carpet Sultan” of Tehran. She is beautiful, sharp-tongued, and suffocated by gilded cages. She’s accompanied by her arrogant, wealthy suitor, Shahrokh (30) , a man who believes love can be bought with a Chevrolet and a villa in Shemiran.
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Shahrokh, jealous and cruel, orchestrates the film’s central melodramatic twist. He visits Farhad’s mother and lies that Shirin has agreed to marry him and is leaving for Europe tomorrow. He pays the mother to leave Tehran. Then, he tells Shirin that Farhad has abandoned her, taking money from Haj Agha to disappear.
