A teacher turns down an offer to become a Hamburg university instructor, preferring his country Heimat, and after some complications his childhood girlfriend from the city is able to join him as well.
The marriage of Derya and Aziz is under pressure after losing their jobs because of state arbitrariness and moving to Istanbul to live with Aziz's parents. They and their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi have to redefine their way of life.
Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.