Synopsis:

In a remote Kurdish village in northeastern Turkey, a German film team is filming a documentary. They witness an elderly woman perform a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The German crew’s Kurdish translator is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl.  Melek appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization that operates on surveillance and fear. He is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family’s well-being. The story of the fateful encounter of these people develops into a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia, and generational trauma.  According to the producer, “The film is as much suspenseful mystery- thriller as sensitive and poetic drama about transgenerational trauma in the  shadow of the Kurdish question in Turkey.”

Dûr li gundeke Kurd li Bakurrojhelatê Turkiyê, Komeke Alman filmeke belgefilmî çêdikin. Ew dîmekê çêdikin ku jineke temen mezin merasîmekê ji kurê xwe yê windabûyî re çêdike, da ku bi bîr bîne. Wergerênerê Kurdî yê tîma Almanî dapîra Melekê ye, keçeke Turk 7 salî. Melek xuyadike ku ew bi hêzeke xerîb hatiye desteserkirin. Bavê wê Zafêr, bi rêxistineke nebaş re dixebite, yê ku li ser çavderî û tirsê tevdigerin. Ew kete navbera du tiştan de, da ku ew bi wan re pişrast be yan jî ew li ser malbata xwe bitirse. Çêroka çarenûsî yê van mirovan bêtir pêşdikeve û dibe şebekeyek tevlîhev ji tejrîdê, paranoya û nifşên şikestî.