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Overview

A young woman who has migrated to Istanbul tells her family that she has built a successful life, while secretly living a very different reality at night. During a phone call with her parents, the distance between the lies she tells and the life she actually lives slowly begins to collapse. Through silences, fragmented memories, and images of the night, Sarina finds herself trapped between where she belongs and who she has become in order to survive. The film explores the invisible side of migration through loneliness, shame, and the emotional weight of family love.