Then a reporter who was queued to ask something about our film, went and told the then prime minister (Mir-Hossein Mousavi) “There is a film in theaters whose writer wants to convey that people who are fighting in the fronts are problematic persons.” The prime minister replied “These are leftovers of junk intellectuals who will soon go to the dustbin of history.” Malek-Motiei became jobless and turned his garage into a pastry shop. Ghaderi put some rice bags in his office and became a rice dealer.