[1] After Güney had begun to shoot the film he went behind bars due to the reason that he had sheltered anarchist students at home.

In Güney's films, prison has always been a symbol referring to the first or last station of the bad fate or of being trapped.

While telling their story, Yılmaz and Güney touch sorespots of the society, and refer to certain deviating situations.

The labour under an illusionment of Arap symbolizes the labor exploitation and lack of social security.

At the same time, it shows the by-products of the capitalist order, which develop alongside but which are not visible as long as one “keeps out”, like worthlessness, prostitution, procuration, and bravado.

It makes the fact visible, what an innocent child can become due to the lack of social conscience.