Stranded in an isolated Iranian outpost a soldier struggles to provide his life with some event in an increasingly hopeless attempt to stop the days from drifting away aimlessly. So excluded from the outside world is he that Election Day catches him completely off guard, a state of confusion compounded by the idealistic young government official, whom he must escort on a vote-finding mission, being a woman. Secret Ballot is a delightful satire, humane, intelligent, perceptive and with moments of comedy that border on pure farce. A voyage round remote rural Iran.