Orhan once led a wild life as a writer, but after the experience of a traumatic loss, left everything behind and moved to London where he become an editor. Many years later he returns to Istanbul to meet the famous director, Deniz Soysal. Deniz is in Istanbul to prepare for his next film, as well as to help his mother move out of the family home, a historic Istanbul mansion that has just been sold. Deniz has written a book about his memories in the city where he was born an raised. Orhan's job is to put the finishing touches to the book before it is published. After a lengthy correspondence, they finally meet in Istanbul. Coincidentally Deniz disappears the next morning. A secret investigation is launched, but everyone worries that Deniz may never return. Meanwhile, Orhan realizes that the life depicted in Deniz's book is only a glamorized version of reality. It appears that Deniz's mysterious world is about to unravel when he disappears.