Corpes Are Not Buried With Knives

Shirin goes to the border in search of her brother. Through their neighbor, Omid, she learns that her brother, Yousef, went to the border with Omid in an attempt to leave Iran. But since Omid crossed earlier, he never saw Yousef again. Now, Omid, trying to help Shirin, takes her to the smuggler who was last seen with Yousef. In her first encounter with the smuggler, Shirin discovers that Yousef is dead and his body was buried somewhere near the border—a place the smuggler can no longer remember. None of them ever saw the killer’s face, as an unknown masked man appeared in the final moments, stabbing Yousef with a knife. The smuggler, when burying him, pulled the knife out of Yousef’s heart.

Determined to find her brother’s body at any cost, Shirin returns to the city and seeks out Morteza, Yousef’s close friend, to borrow his father’s metal detector. With it, she hopes to locate Yousef’s body through the platinum implant in his leg. When visiting Morteza, Shirin realizes that his father has recently been released from prison. She asks for the device, but as she says goodbye, she notices a knife on Morteza’s belt—strikingly similar to the one used to kill Yousef. After leaving their house and piecing the clues together, she realizes that the killer was in fact Morteza.

Lost in these thoughts, Shirin is suddenly attacked by two thieves, who steal everything from her—including the bag containing the metal detector. When the thieves discover what was inside, they assume Shirin must be searching for hidden treasure. Believing this, they decide to pursue her as she makes her way back toward Morteza’s house.