Memleket

Mehmet Pehlivan, one of the remaining residents of an Anatolian village that has been flooded, his wife Koca Nene and their granddaughter Narhanım have been spared the flood disaster because their home is on a slope. Narhanım's mother and father have died somehow, and the orphaned Narhanım lives with her grandfather and grandmother. Their quiet lives by the river have little movement apart from Narhanım going to and from school by boat and the field guard Osman, who visits now and then. One day, when a thief who has escaped from a refugee camp enters their home, the life of this small family sets out on a road of no return. The film is written and directed by Murat Saraçoğlu and stars Şerif Sezer and Hikmet Karagöz.