Baseado em fatos reais, o filme acompanha a história de um soldado turco que, durante a Guerra da Coréia, encontra o corpo quase congelado de uma menina abandonada. Apesar de não falarem a mesma língua, a convivência entre eles cria um forte laço, que durará toda uma vida.
Herman and Marie, a couple in their fifties, arrive in Istanbul to pick up the luggage of their deceased son. In his backpack. Herman discovers a logbook of their son's trip through Turkey. Herman decides to reconstruct his son's last journey, to see what he has seen. He drags along his wife into a, what he believes to be, cathartic venture.
During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something...
