Ferial Behzad

The Legend of a Sigh is Tahmineh Milani's strikingly feminist film which draws on the literature of Azarbayejan province. The protagonist is a female novelist who experiences the lives of four women from different social strata. The film offers a fascinating portrait of a range of Iranian women and their problems

A coppersmith has a daughter named Termeh. Termeh does not want to do anything. At the suggestion of his apprentice Ahmad [Amir Sheisi] her father buys her a chicken named Kakoli to give her something to do. Termeh gets used to Kakoli, but one night Kakoli runs away from a cat and turns up missing.