The film premiered in the United States on January 11, 2008.

In a small village in the mountains overlooking the sea the people struggle to survive on a daily basis.

Their lives, like those of their ancestors, follow the rhythms of the earth, air and water, of day and night and the seasons, with days divided into five parts by the call to prayer.

Childhood is difficult and a father typically has a preference of one son over the other.

When his wish is not granted he begins to look for ways to kill him as a twelve-year-old boy might think of with his friend Yakup.