Fatih Akyol

Le trentenaire Suat vit toujours avec ses parents et travaille dans le magasin de son père lorsqu'il ne s'entraîne pas comme gardien de but pour l'équipe de football locale, Esnaf Spor. Le plus grand souhait du quartier est qu'Esnaf Spor remporte le championnat de la ligue amateur.

Ten years old Cemil runs away from his stepfather who tortures him and his mother and ends up in Istanbul. Veli Firat Tanis, the leader of a gang which Cemil takes refuge in Haydarpasa, tries to send him back to his home by putting his pocket money. While the gang gather money for Cemil, they, at the same time, suffer from harsh living conditions. In the mean time Cemil's mother Münevver comes to Istanbul in the hope of finding her son.

Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 5, 2001, won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange Behlül Dal Jury Special Award.