Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.

土耳其的黄土地背靠温柔天堂，面对暴力、绝望和无休止的辛劳，小男孩（阿里·比伦 Ali Bilen 饰）的答案是童话，他为失明的妹妹（赛丽亚·比伦 Zeliah Bilen 饰）编织了一座梦幻庄园。绮丽的童话幻想与尘沙弥漫的现实交错、贫民的挣扎与贵族的生活交织，场景切换中，三者有如神界、人界和地狱之分，强烈对比带来巨大的心灵震撼。土耳其民族音乐时而沉郁苍凉时而清新悠远，烘托出一幅田园牧歌式的画面。

Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.