خلاصه داستان : فیلم داستان یک خانواده تهیدست ترکیه ای را روایت می کند که تلاش دارند به طور غیر قانونی به سوئیس مهاجرت کنند و...

In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe, as economic insurance. The three set off for Istanbul, Milan, and Switzerland, stowing away on a ship. At Lake Como, they pay the rest of their money to unprincipled men who abandon them at an Alpine pass before a blizzard. Father and son are separated from Meryem. Will anyone reach the land of promise?

خلاصه داستان : به دلیل خونخواهی محلی ، یک خانواده دهقانی در شرق ترکیه تصمیم می گیرند گوسفندان خود را در آنکارا بسیار دور بفروشند.

Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.