At thirty, and in prison Murat can’t shake his memories and nightmares. He has internalized his mom’s childhood traumas as if his own. His mom expected him to grow up and to save her, while his father, married to another woman, wanted to make a man out of him at age seven. His circumcision festivity, a night supposedly organized for his joy became his hell.
To receive a coal subsidy from the government, Nimet (32) and his son Erkan (9) reach the final stage, where poverty is measured through household investigation. They pass stage two and get the subsidy.