Ferit Sağlam

Seven years before the first film, Xate, still living in her husband Aziz Veysel’s shadow, is about to become the region’s first female mayor when a routine morning send-off for Aziz turns explosive, reigniting the fierce rivalry between Xate and the power-hungry Faruk. Their conflict escalates further when there’s an unexpected call for snap elections.

A group of young people living in quiet villages at the foot of the Taurus Mountains set out to make a movie with amateur enthusiasm. However, the calendar shows that the country is in the midst of the turbulent and tense days of the 1970s.