Forty Candles

A young artist finds herself obligated to sacrifice her love story for hiding a family secret.

In present-day Istanbul, there are three young people in their twenties. Süreyya, who suspects her boyfriend Nazım of being unfaithful, convinces her best friend Burcu to seduce him. But this game will lead to much more serious consequences than Süreyya ever imagined.

Cemre, along with her little daughter, tries to escape the violent nightmare of a marriage she has fallen into after fondly getting married... Rüya who has never faced the bitter side of truth in her beautiful, privileged life... Çiçek, who is on the verge of losing her identity and her beauty that is identical to her existence, while trying to start a clean slate to a happy life. These three women whose characters and stories are very different from one another cross paths during a fire in a cistern. Nothing will ever be the same once the flames calm down.

A dedicated policeman's life is shattered when his corrupt partner betrays him, sending him to prison and tearing his family apart. Twenty years later, his son Kuzgun returns to Istanbul with one goal — revenge. To get close to the man who destroyed his family, he must get close to the man's daughter. But she's the girl he once loved.

This film talks about the possibility of the course of two lives through the love between Umut and Deniz. It questions how one’s decisions can shape their fate. Sometimes small moments and decisions can entirely change the course of our lives. Umut’s decision to take his dog Oscar for an evening walk allows his path to cross Deniz’s. On that night, Umut will have to decide between a gateway which leads to love and a life which he needs to face and encounter on his own.

Sabahattin, a ten-year-old, sells water and tea on the streets in order to help his family earn a living. He surpasses the boundaries of the violent world that he was born into, with the help of his imagination and the superheroes in the comics he reads. When he understands the people are not aware of his existence, he thinks that he is invisible. His only wish is to become visible. The lipstick that Sabahattin takes in his hand in order to become visible, will change his life forever.