Lors d’une dispute, Oray répète trois fois le mot talâq à sa femme Burcu ce qui, dans la loi islamique, signifie la répudiation. Fervent pratiquant, il va chercher conseil auprès de l’imam de sa ville qui lui impose une séparation de trois mois. Il profite de cette décision pour partir vivre à Cologne et y construire une nouvelle vie pour Burcu et lui. L’imam de sa nouvelle communauté, ayant une vision plus rigoriste de la loi islamique, lui intime de divorcer. Oray se retrouve alors tiraillé entre son amour pour sa femme et sa ferveur religieuse. 

A story of an Iranian refugee family in Finland waiting for the decision of whether or not they’ll be granted an official asylum status. The story is loosely based on the childhood experiences of the director.

Chinese-born Lina borrows money to move to Paris to save up money to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams, leaving behind her husband and son in Dong Bei province. But once in Europe, nothing goes as planned, and she is forced into a line of work she never would have imagined. When her flighty sister-in-law shows up on her doorstep, Lina becomes inevitably tangled in her own web of lies. 

An off duty police begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his recently dead wife. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.