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Iran. Nasim, an Afghan refugee (Moharram Zaynalzadeh) is distraught because his wife is sick and the hospital demands money to keep her under care. Since his normal work digging wells cannot possibly pay enough, Nasim falls into the scheme of a carnival huckster who promotes him as a man who will ride a bicycle without stopping for seven days in a public spectacle. The little show soon becomes a circus of its own, and the center of a little industry based on Nasim's suffering. Vendors hawk wares to the crowd while a barker credits Nasim with miraculous feats and draws cheap moral lessons from his ordeal. Meanwhile, the marathon becomes a larger issue as high wagers lead to bribes, threats and attempts to drug Nasim or otherwise end his ride. The local governor wonders if the spectacle is undermining local security, while Nasim tries to keep riding amid it all.
