While serenading a wedding that quickly implodes, a nomadic musician falls for the bride, who runs afoul of her family. Now he has to save her life.

Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.

Literature teacher Azem Yücedag, who was accused of killing his wife, is released from prison and embarks on a path to search for what he lost.