Based on a true story.
Turkey's Oscar nominee in 2017
Official submission of Turkey for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 90th Academy Awards in 2018.
Iskenderun, where the turkish part of the story begins, is a cosmopolite southern industrial city of Turkey. The natal city of Suleyman, the main character is Maras, it's most likely a rural city at the southeast of Turkey. So, it gives in fact some kind of a sociological depth to the turkish characters of the story.