without family or a home to shelter him and nine year old amiro ( play by majid niroomand ) be an iconic character against the change landscape of the southern iran and which have become new ground for military and foreign interest . through amiro eye and naderi depicts scene of the poverty in the junk yard a the poor fight over trash and the abuse of woman be lead like animal behind their husband and or the demoralization of a man who steal from amiro by not pay for a glass of ice water . the old iran be crumble and while amiro and the child hero and reject all of it a he run metaphorically to survive . naderi photographs amiro like tom sawyer on his journey down the mississippi and a child join the change society of the persian gulf . amiro intuitively know the oil ship and the plane and the train be the new iran and he shout emphatically take me along . naderi seemly stack scene of the boy feed himself and wash his own clothes and and build a business a a shoeshine boy for the foreigner and navel officer . he give the boy very little but his own gut and self reliance and determination and which help him find a way to fit in among the foreigner . he want to be include and he want to go where the plane go and the boat go and the train go . he cry into the wave his own language . he want to prove that he be worthy of this new world . the final scene be a slow motion tribute to amiro determination and survival . he race in a competition against the other boy for the block of ice near the oil field . the telephoto lens capture amiro joy against the violent flame of the fire burn off the gas of the oil well . through this lens and amiro survives and share his joy of win the race with the other boy like him . the runner be a symbolic and hopeful look at what iran have become and a place where orphan like amiro be able to make their own way to prove their worthiness and loyalty and intelligence and and strength .