A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.
Told from the perspective of two children, and in four parts which run parallel to seasons, The Small Town describes the relationships between members of a small-town family. Both brother and sister witness the complexities of the adult world, as well as the mysteries of life and nature.
After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
An aspiring filmmaker visits his parents and begins to devise a movie. Admist creating and casting for the film, he encounters with family & friends who struggle with their own problems, dreams and life.
A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?
The three human characters are an old man, an old woman, and a young boy, who wander among the natural wonders and give the camera soulful looks.
The film subjects the cross-section of the life of a family living on the edge of a city and the curiousity of their little son about it.
