The year is 1946. Under their father’s strict orders, Adam drags his younger brother, Ali, to witness the ritual washing of their grandfather’s corpse before burial. Their cousin, Iman, their constant playmate, is excluded from the ritual simply because she is a girl. The sight of the corpse has a profound effect on Adam, who declares that he doesn’t want to grow up. From that moment on, Adam stops ageing. As years pass, the villagers come to view Adam as cursed, while his brother, struggling with his own ageing, believes Adam should be institutionalised. Only Iman and Anki, a shepherd and Adam’s lifelong best friend, see his condition as a blessing—preserving in him the pure and innocent goodness of a child.