Shirak

As a result of a large influx of hogs into a southern village in Iran, the father of Shirak, a 14-year-old boy, dies. Shirak decides to become a field guard and fight the hogs. With the help of his friend, Karim, they train a dog. Shirak visits Haj Khalou, an old and wise field guard to learn a thing or two about field guarding. His mother opposes his decision at first and thinks it would be a risk, but later she accepts and Shirak starts working, and since he can’t wait to fight the hogs, he ignores Haj Khalou’s lessons, so he gets dismissed from his house and ...