Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.

Uninvited guests crash a former student radical’s wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman’s husband dies suddenly.

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.