On several occasions, on instructions from the shipbuilding company where he works, Hossein Moradi, a 60-year-old clerk from Abadan, has had to fire some of his colleagues. When he gets his latest downsizing order, however, Hossein tries to make the process fairer. He decides to have the workers themselves pick who is to be laid off by drawing lots. But one of the workers objects and gets into a fight with Hossein…