Yeşim Tozan

The film, adapted from Ahmet Harndi Tanpınar's story of the same name, tells the story of a traveling theater troupe that travels from city to city. The story takes place on a train during World War II. The train windows are blacked out to avoid detection.

The turbulent history of a country will be narrated through a modern ballet imbued with extraordinary aesthetics and poetry, staged as if on a theater stage. While the events are narrated solely through the modern ballet from a historical perspective, the impact of these events on society and their reflections on individuals are narrated through a love story embedded in the main story. Finally, an analysis is presented to the audience, composed of people from all segments of society, of how these events shaped society in 1990.

Eleven-year-old Yekta lives in a crumbling island mansion with her strict aunts and ailing grandfather, yearning for her absent mother. As dreams and surreal visions shape her solitude, she sets out in search of a mythical seagull with a child’s head.