A chance encounter brings Ömer and Macide together in an Istanbul caught between old certainties and modern desires. Their attraction is immediate, yet the life they begin to share soon exposes the distance between longing and responsibility. While Macide struggles to preserve her dignity, Ömer drifts through promises and excuses, blaming every failure on the mysterious force he calls “the devil within.”
Around them moves a vivid world of artists, intellectuals, opportunists, and men who ...