The third and last project of the documentarist Selim Yıldız, this movie tells the story of his mother, Besna, and of his personal journey as a son and as a brother.

It was about ten years ago one day, Yıldız’s brother left home and never came back. The family later discovered that he had joined the guerrilla and thankfully was alive. Upon this discovery, Yıldız promised his mother that he would see the two joined one another again, no matter how long it might take. Then, two years ago, the family heard about their son for the second time. He was in Rojava (Syria) fighting along the ranks of the Kurdish-led army of peoples against the ISIS. Yıldız knew the Turkish-Syrian border was closed but it might be his mother’s last chance to see her son. He decided to accompany his mother, Besna, to Syrian Kurdistan. The two set on a long and dangerous journey to Rojava together. Will Besna see her son again? In the midst of a heartless war, will the mother be able to find his son ?

Given the personal nature of this journey, the director was at first hesitant about sharing it with the world yet he also knows this story is not unique to his mother; it represents the lives of tens of thousands of Kurdish mothers. He decided to tell this story to give voice to their experiences. He knows very well that while his mother was lucky enough to at least know his son’s whereabouts, countless other women have to live with the burden of not even having a grave to visit.