In a remote Iranian village , the twinkling stars in the sky are just about the only thing keeping Sepideh, a dreamy and semi-orphaned teenage girl, going. With Anousheh Ansari, the first Iranian woman to go into space as her role model, she enters a science competition. The winner receives a scholarship offered by the university . Not everyone shares her enthusiasm. Now that she is about to be married off, her drive is seriously damaged. Will Sepideh manage to stay faithful to her dream?