The film, seen as an allegory for the recent revolution, is about a group of high school students who join forces and rebel against their authoritative and abusive school principal. Film critic Hagir Daryoush criticized both the film and Mehrjui as propaganda and a work of the new regime more than Mehrjui himself.In 1981, Mehrjui and his family traveled to Paris and remained there for several years, along with several other Iranian refugees in France.
