Young Lateef works on a construction site in Tehran with some Turks and a few illegal Afghan workers. When Lateef is given heavier tasks to compensate for new Afghan worker Rahmat, he resents his displacement and treats Rahmat cruelly. After one of his pranks, however, Lateef discovers Rahmat's secret--he is a girl named Baran. Latif's heart softens towards Baran and he shows his new affection for her by doing what he can to ease the hardships she suffers at work. When government inspectors force all Afghans to be fired from the site, Lateef discovers he cannot bear to be without her. Jeopardizing social standing and endangering his own well being, Lateef stops at nothing to save his love. 像巴伦一样去拥有爱情。尘埃里开出的花。彼岸花。巴伦。爱，激发人的怜悯。一颗金子般的心——《巴伦》简评。隐忍之痛。那个梳头发的姑娘。你知道我是如此地爱你吗？。16岁的爱情。 伊朗德黑兰北部的一个建筑工地上，阿富汗工人纳贾夫摔断了腿，作为家中唯一的经济支柱，他的受伤立刻使全家陷入困境中，好心的工头梅马不忍看到惨象，同意让他的大儿子莱麦特（Zahra Bahrami）接替他的职位，不久，梅马发现莱麦特十分不适合干扛水泥的体力活，可是却会细心地布置餐桌，于是决定让他代替自己的侄子拉提夫（Hossein Abedini），负责工队的膳食。 梅马此举惹恼了粗暴的拉提夫，他在嫉妒莱麦特好运的同时，不断地制造事端干涉阻挠他的工作，甚至破坏了他的厨房。不久，当拉提夫发现莱麦特原本是名叫巴伦的女孩，为了得到工作养活全家才女扮男装时，他沉默了。
