The story of four days spent by a hired killer who benefited from the amnesty law with a hired woman.

Based on Yılmaz Güney's script and filmed in semi-documentary style, the movie provides a fresh perspective on the history of labor issues in 1970s.

The film tells the story of a woman who is forced to leave her daughter due to a false accusation. Leyla is betrayed by the man she loves on the eve of their wedding. Kemal hid his true identity from the young woman and used her for his smuggling operations. On the day they were arrested, everything came to light. Kemal accused Leyla. The life of the orphaned girl, who was about to graduate from medical school, was turned upside down. She is sentenced to prison. While in prison, she begins to assist the doctor. Upon her release, she has earned the right to obtain her nursing license. Thanks to this license, she finds her first job. Murat is a paralyzed man. They begin to heal each other's wounds. However, as the patient recovers, the time for their separation draws near.

After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin. Politically committed, he aspires to be useful to his country and more particularly to the forsaken rural world. The two former friends meet again. Due to the influence of Azem, Ahmed gradually becomes aware that his life is a failure.