Ayse Polat

Şenay, an 11 year-old girl and Zeki, a gay nightclub singer go to search for Şenay's mother. During the journey that takes them from Germany to France, and then from there to Turkey, these two strangers begin a warm relationship. While the story displays conflicts and adventures, it explores themes such as homeland, exile and alienation. (myself.)

A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family's well-being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fatef