66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
Balkan Survey: Balkan Survey

Turkey - Greece 2004 98 35mm Colour
Zeynep’s days are spent working as a hotel housekeeper. Her nights are hellish due to her father’s inappropriate behavior. The only person with whom she can build a relationship is Mustafa, a young man who works at the same hotel and who is interested in Zeynep.Though she never responds to the interest expressed by this young man who is younger than she, she does not put him off either. Zeynep is trying to escape from the vicious circle in which she finds herself. In another part of the city, Selçuk, a sound technician, is struggling with the guilt he feels over the recent death of his wife.The suitcase that contains Selçuk’s wife’s clothes will change Zeynep’s fate in a most unexpected manner.