Güven, a taxi driver is desperately in love with Meral, but he’s too shy to open up to her. One day he picks up a customer, gets accused of a crime he didn’t commit and his world is turned upside down.
A young punk rocker in Istanbul tracks down a cruise ticket to California on the night of his birthday gig. Based on the director's personal family story. Film sets during the 90's unrest Turkey.
Ali, a fisherman, devoted his life to his young son, Efe. Efe was the only son of Ali who was in this life. Efe is different from other children. Efe, who has a communication problem, is not a child who can laugh and play and react to what he hears. As Ali tries to bond with his son, he runs into many barriers in communtion with him, and Ali's greatest wish is to know that his son understands him. The plot evolves around a father who loves his son dearly but going thru many struggles to create communication channels with his who carries the burden of the memories of his father, his mother and the woman he loves, will shape the life of both.
1950년 한국전쟁에 파병된 '슐레이만'은 칠흑 같은 어둠 속 홀로 남겨진 5살 소녀를 발견한다. 전쟁과 부모를 잃은 충격 속에 말을 잃은 소녀. '슐레이만'은 소녀에게 터키어로 '달'이라는 뜻의 '아일라'라는 이름을 지어주고 함께 부대로 향한다. 서로에게 무엇과도 바꿀 수 없는 가장 소중한 존재가 된 두 사람. 그러나 행복도 잠시, '슐레이만'은 종전과 함께 고국으로 돌아가라는 명령을 받게 되고, '아일라'를 끝까지 지켜내기 위해 모두의 반대 속에 자신의 선택을 감행하게 되는데···
