I Plant My Hands in the Garden is an adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone, set in Tehran, following the Revolution. It is told by two narrators, Gordi and her younger sister, Soody. An obstetrician and gynaecologist, Gordi, like Antigone, has lost her brothers – Hamid, Arsal, and Amir – in separate incidents. Amir, a political prisoner, was executed in Evin Prison just months before completing his sentence. Gordi attempts to recover his body to provide him with a proper burial.