İdil Yade Kırnık

A film by Elif Akarsu Polat and Cigdem Bozali.

In a family consisting of a father, mother, and two children, financial difficulties compel every adult member to work. Experiencing fragmentation economically, spatially, and emotionally, the family has lost its sense of togetherness in the struggle to sustain their lives. They communicate only during breaks, and even then, their interaction takes place solely through phone calls.

Leyla, a lawyer and a poet, takes the long-distance train to attend her high school reunion dinner. On the train, she meets Canan, a young nursing student in distress. As the conversation develops, Leyla learns that Canan is travelling to assist with the suicide of a paralysed man, Yavuz, who wants to die. At the end of the long over- night trip, surrounded by the stories of people both on and off the train, Leyla decides to accompany Canan on her difficult visit.