Selim y Muazzez viven un matrimonio feliz. Un día, un error de Muazzez hiere a Selim y provoca una ruptura abrupta. Durante esos meses de separación ambigua, Selim descubre que sus riñones dejaron de funcionar.

Love is a chess match in Muhammed Günaydın’s searing short, a game where pride and vulnerability collide. Through its devastating meditation on interdependence, Zugzwang reveals the fragile balance between ego and devotion with razor-sharp focus, in a breathtaking tale of marital resilience.