In a village in rural Turkey, young Murat discovers the family dog has rabies and sets it loose rather than let his father put it down. His act of mercy turns father against son, and a household held together by silence begins to come apart.

A stark coming-of-age tale shaped by the burdens passed from father to son. Mert Berdilek finds tenderness within rebellion, tracing the moment when compassion becomes an act of defiance and inherited certainties begin to crack under the pressure of a generation learning to question them.