Riza

Riza is a truck driver on the Istanbul – Adana route. His truck is all he owns and plays an important role in his life. One day, the truck breaks down with engine trouble shortly after Riza arrives in Istanbul. Without a source of income, he has no way to pay off the mortgage he has taken on the truck. While desperately trying to find other work in Istanbul, he lives in a miserable hotel, with other unemployed people, including an old man waiting for his son, who watches TV incessantly; a young Kurdish peddler hoping for a job in a factory; a gay sailor counting the days before his ship sets sail for America; and an old Afghan and his daughter-in-law, who plan to immigrate illegally to Italy... Searching for ways to earn money, Riza turns to Aysel, an ex-girlfriend who works in a laundry, but she is not pleased to see him again; and when he asks her for money, she is angry and hurt. Desperate now, Riza commits a terrible crime. Plagued by guilt, he returns to Aysel, the only person he feels close to, despite everything. But she harbors a secret of her own.