Zagros (26) is a shepherd who lives in a Kurdish village with his pregnant wife Havin and their daughter. His father tells him that people gossip about Havin: there are rumours of her having an affair. Zagros brushes his father’s concerns away as he trusts his wife and refuses to give credit to the rumours. Later, while Zagros tends to his sheep, he learns that his family have accused Havin of adultery and locked her up. Zagros returns to his village but finds his wife and daughter gone. Havin has fled to the west with their daughter and unborn child. Zagros, believing his wife’s innocence and opposing his father, travels to Istanbul and meets a smuggler who can take him to the west…

Zagros

Turkey, after the 1980 military coup. In the notorious Diyarbakır prison, the prisoners decide to resist the torture. 14 July 1982 is the day when the biggest resistance starts.

14 Temmuz

Hikâye küçük bir Kürt köyünde geçer. Yaşlı Anne Dayka Zîn, yakın zamanda öldürülmüş genç oğlu için, kalabalık bir düğün halayı kurmak ister. Bu tuhaf istek hem kendiyle çelişir hem de küçük bir kıyamet yaşamakta olan, Dayka Zîn’in birlikte oturduğu büyük oğlu İsa’yı ve diğer aile bireylerini de belirsiz yeni bir evrene taşır. Bu sıradan insanlar bu yeni dünyada kendilerini acı temelli duyguların takibi ve mantıksal düşüncenin terkinde bulurlar.