Celil Nalçakan
She is 24, has completed a postgraduate course, and speaks three languages. She likes the gothic style, rides a motorcycle and is an atheist. She is against any restrictions. But the environment she is in, the music she listens to, and the conversation she makes has never satisfied her. She is obsessed with her question: “Why am I here?”. He is 54. He is a sarcastic manager and workaholic. Successful, principled, proper and moral. He is Muslim, but drinks alcohol. He is at war with himself due to his strict adherence to his principles. He’s worried about his life passing by. He doesn’t feel that he belongs where he is. They meet at night on the pavement, having emerged from two different establishments for some fresh air. They will spend a few hours together. Very important hours… A warm, night-time story about loneliness and community, distance and closeness.
Birol has given up his true passion, dancing, after getting injured in an accident. Birol leaves his job as a quilt maker at his father’s shop when his father passes away and travels to İstanbul to dance his way to the top at a talent show. But his dreams soon run up against uncanny realities.
The story of the film is about the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey in 1915. The film covers the resurrection of Turkey following its defeat in the Balkan War, through depictions of Sergeant Mehmet Ali (Ali Ersan Duru) from Biga, Corporal Seyit and many others. To help Russia and threaten Constantinople, the Allies try to force through the Dardanelles Straight with a large fleet. Through a series of historical sketches, the film documents how they were defeated despite many difficulties and hardships.
