In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.
An urban Turkish teacher is transferred for political reasons to a backward Kurdish village in the mountains near the Iranian border. He is welcomed with distrust, but during that harsh year the mutual cultural misunderstandings fade away.
The film tells the story of a married woman’s secret affair. Biriçim is a married painter suffering from depression. She is unable to communicate with her husband and she has lost her inspiration. Never leaving the house, she thinks of her uncle who was also painter, and who died after going...
