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A documentary-style drama that presents brief sketches of famed Anatolian saints and spiritual leaders such as Mevlana, Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli, and Eskici Baba. Through these reverent vignettes, the film highlights their teachings and enduring influence in Turkish culture and religious life.
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A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents for different reasons, they are sent back to their father's house in their poor village. Deprived of their dreams of a better life, they try to hold on to each other.

In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.