Synopsis:

Mehmet Pehlivan, his wife Koca Nene and their grandchild, Narhanim, are the last surviving residents of an Anatolian village that is totally submerged by dam water. their hime is safe only beacuse it is on a hillside close to the cemetery. Their son and daughter-in-law died in circumstances that are never explained, but Narhanim had to move in with her grandparents as a result. There is no action in their life aside from Narhanim going to school and coming back by boat, and Osman, a half-wit watch-man, visiting them. But one night, when a burglar escapes from the nearby refugee camp and breaks into their home, the tiny family's life is thrown onto a course from which there is no turning back.