An arrogant neurologist must examine the meaning of his life when his son is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. His trek through the desert to catch up with his son’s astronomy field trip leads him to encounter a number of seemingly ordinary people who challenge his views and values.

Masoud Rayegani plays a wealthy Tehran doctor who lives a life of luxury, surrounded by the latest in high-tech personal communication devices. This self-satisfied existence is rocked when he learns that his teenaged son has a brain tumor. So Close, So Far follows the doctor’s journey as he takes to the road to catch up with his son who's gone off on a New Year’s holiday. This moving film is part male melodrama, part road movie, developing into a fable of renewal and transformation. Like "A Piece of Bread" (with which it shares a screenwriter), "So Close, So Far" can be read as religious parable or existential allegory. The film is Iran’s submission for the 2005 Foreign-Language Film Oscar.