After a simple upbringing, Kuzey moved away from his hometown in northern Turkey to the big city of Istanbul. He fell in love, got a great job, and had three daughters, but as a result was excommunicated by his family. But when Kuzey's world comes crashing down after his wife walks out on him, he is left with no choice but to return to his boyhood home and beg for forgiveness from the community he rejected — and that rejected him.