Ilyas, an expatriate writer who lived most of his adult life in Australia, returns to Turkey in the hope of finding inspiration for his new book. Instead, he ends up having to deal with the breakdown of a relationship and, a deepening writer's block, in a land he feels estranged.

The film tells the story of three families who produce enough to sustain themselves in a small town and live off what they produce. Talat, who runs a dairy farm, Bedrettin, who raises chickens, and Rıfkı, who bakes bread in the bakery he inherited from his father, are three friends who have lived in the same town since birth, raised their children together, and have never been apart since childhood. When Talat's child falls ill, life begins to change suddenly. The most important message the film conveys to the audience is defined as "hope."