A young porter Malek, who works at an Iran-Iraq border area, takes a fancy to a lady named Nora, who frequently entrusts him with hard tasks. After she takes advantage of his fascination, the harshly punished Malek starts to track her down. Strongly attracted to each other but being hurt as they approach, the connection between Malek and Nora stands for the close but distant Iran-Iraq relationship. The film shows only half of their deceiving and deceived faces. What′s on the other side - love, betrayal or reconciliation? From two empty beds to a forlorn borderline road, Among the Clouds reveals loss and the distance, of them and of Iran and Iraq. (LEE Seung Min)