Times and Winds

Perched on towering, jagged peaks, a small, impoverished village bears the weight of a harsh, unforgiving landscape. Its people are simple and diligent, eking out a living from the earth and a handful of animals they tend. Fathers invariably favor one son, while mothers command their daughters with ruthless authority. Ömer, the imam’s son, longs for his father’s death; realizing that wishful thinking yields no real results, he sets out to discover childish schemes to kill his father. Yakup, who loves his teacher, is compelled by a similar dream after witnessing his father spying on the teacher. Yıldız studies and strives to manage the household chores imposed by her mother, learning, with irritation, the secrets of the bond between men and women.