Der Film schildert die Geschichte einer Freundschaft zwischen einem verwirrten Mann und den Kinder einer kurdischen Kleinstadt, als Anfang der 80er Jahre das türkische Militär die Macht übernimmt.
1980. Xelilo, a disturbed man, lives in an abandoned store and walks endlessly through the streets of Nusaybin, a Kurdish village in the south east of Turkey He is curiously being noticed by Cengo, a 12-year old boy, living more or less happily under poor conditions with his friends and family, selling chewing gum for a living. Cautiously they become friends. Cengo leads him to the meeting point of the children under the German bridge, where they live through carefree moments. When the Turkish military takes power, a curfew is imposed on the city. The life of Xelilo and the other Kurds is endangered. Who are the winners and losers in this conflict? —Selamo
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