Lena and Meryem during their escape from the war in Syria. Lena is a ten-year-old girl who has lost her family in the war. She finds herself forced to make her way to Turkey with her baby sister and their neighbor Meryem, along with the other refugees. Lena wants to return home, while Meryem’s hope is to reach Europe.

When a marriage proposal is shattered by an anti-Arab attack at a Syrian-owned restaurant, Remainders explores Arab resentment in Turkey through a couple's relationship pushed to its breaking point.