After turning away from her Turkish family, young Ayla works as a kindergarten teacher and enjoys the liberties of being single. When she meet photographer Ayhan, she ignores all qualms and falls head over heels in love with him. Then Hatice, the mother of one of the kindergarten kids, is desperately seeking Ayla′s help: Hatice is living in fear since she has decided to divorce her husband, thereby enraging her strict Muslim family. Ayla takes her and the kid in, only later realizing that Ayhan is one of Hatice′s brothers.
Acting
Pegah Ferydoni carries the film's emotional weight effortlessly.
Writing
Tight coincidence-based plotting keeps tension high.
Director
Su Turhan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film reflects real tensions in Germany's Turkish diaspora around 2010, when honor violence debates dominated headlines.
Director Su Turhan uses the kindergarten setting deliberately—Ayla protects other people's children while rejecting her own family's expectations.
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