A Turkish secret policeman is haunted by his past actions in this drama. Kemal is a plainclothes cop dissatisfied with his routine job. He is simply going through the motions as his retirement date approaches. Just to do something different, he answers a police call. He finds a dead musician, a suicide with his face totally destroyed. Kemal becomes obsessed by finding out what the man looked like. To assist him on his grim search he involves all of his informants. He also gets involved with the corpse's daughter, a hooker. Eventually he tries to flee Turkey. The film's surprise ending reveals the reason for Kemal's obsession. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi