A childless couple’s life changes when a Syrian refugee arrives, carrying a secret that alters everything.

For nine years, İbrahim and Meryem have longed to become parents. After five unsuccessful IVF attempts, İbrahim turns to traditional remedies, while Meryem considers surrogacy in Georgia. Adoption is unthinkable for her.

Their carefully balanced lives are disrupted when İbrahim takes in Rahim, a sick Syrian refugee child he encounters in the bazaar. During Eid al-Adha, he and Meryem travel to Halfeti with the child. There, Meryem makes a startling discovery: Rahim is actually Rahma, a girl experiencing her first menstruation.

As Meryem instinctively begins to care for Rahma, the boundaries between motherhood, family, and responsibility become increasingly blurred. Yet Rahma’s past cannot simply be left behind.

With remarkable delicacy, director Faysal Soysal approaches this complex, deeply human story. His assured work with the actors and crew allows every character to retain their dignity. Rather than judging them, he stands beside them, drawing us into their hopes, contradictions and pain. The result is an intimate, emotionally powerful film that quietly takes hold and may leave more than a few searching for a handkerchief by the final scene.

Nikolaj Nikitin