There's no place like home...because it doesn't exist. After living in New Zealand as an immigrant for over 20 years, a young filmmaker takes a journey back to Iran after a 17-year absence to find out whether or not she would still be considered an outsider even in what is termed her 'homeland'.

生活在伊朗某个小乡村的12岁小女孩海亚（Ghazale Parsafar 饰）聪明善良，学习优秀。她即将迎来人生中最重要的一场考试，通过后她会得到资助继续求学，否则她的父亲将不再支付更多的学费。然而，上天似乎有意为难这个用功的女孩。考试前夜，父亲突然病倒，母亲只得抛下孩子们送丈夫进城看病。海亚和弟弟阿克巴一面匆忙打理家务，一面又要照顾尚…

A Chinese woman arrives with a suitcase to 11 Rua Road in 1972, and the house witnesses many different lives throughout the decades: a young Japanese mother, a Filipino nurse, a Korean girl, an Indian woman trying to connect back home, a young Iranian wife, a Tamil Eelam sister in search of memories and a Chinese-Kiwi …