Three sisters – Reyhan (20), Nurhan (16) and Havva (13) – live with their father in a remote village in mountainous Anatolia. Each of them has at some point worked in town as a housemaid. When Reyhan returned from her sojourn pregnant, her father swiftly married her off to the shepherd Veysel. Though none of the sisters manage to fulfil their dreams of a better future, they stand firmly by each other. As they wait for the snow-covered roads to be cleared, father and daughters pass the time by telling stories. Reminiscent of a fairy tale, the picture was inspired by the filmmaker’s own memories of his childhood in Anatolia. His minimalist style and precisely rendered visual compositions capture a society where neither men nor women have the opportunity to escape their predetermined fates. Encoded in the story, however, is a message of hope.