FİLMİN KONUSU:
Kalabalık ve yoksul bir Kürt ailesi Batman’dan Ankara bölgesine her yıl olduğu gibi tarım işçiliği yapmak için gelir. Marul yetiştiren bu ailenin hikâyesi aniden patlak veren bir aşk ile yön değiştirir. Aynı zamanda bir marulun tohum halinden sofraya gelene kadarki sürecini de anlatan film, yediğimiz meyve ve sebzelerin her birinin arka planında kim bilir ne hikâyeler, mücadeleler, emekler olduğunu çarpıcı bir şekilde işliyor. “Tahminlere göre Türkiye’de yaklaşık bir milyon kişinin yaptığı mevsimlik işçilik çeşidi büyük bir emek sömürüsüne dayanmaktadır. Sigortasız ve çok düşük ücretlerle çalışan ve çoğu Kürt olan mevsimlik işçilerin büyük bir kısmı da çocuklardır. Günümüzde devam eden keskin sınıf çelişkileri, yeni sömürgecilik yöntemleri ve insanın ürettiklerine ve tükettiklerine yabancılaşmasına karşı sanat, insanlığın vicdanı olmaya devam etmeli.” – Kazım Öz

SYNOPSIS
A large and poor Kurdish family travels, as always, from their hometown of Batman to the vicinity of the capital city, Ankara, to grow lettuce as hired hands. A sudden explosion of love will change their story for ever. The film gives almost a complete lecture on growing a lettuce, starting from its seed to its becoming a salad – an astonishing work on the story, the struggle, the hard work behind each fruit and vegetable we feast on.
“An estimated 1 million people in Turkey work as hired hands in agriculture –a form of vast exploitation of labour. They work without any insurance whatsoever and are paid extremely low wages. Most of them are Kurdish and, to top it all, underage. It is art against the sharp class struggle that continues to-date, against new ways of colonialism and against people alienated from what they produce and consume. Art should continue to be the conscience of humanity.” – Kazım Öz

ÖDÜLLER / AWARDS
Cinema du Reel, Librarires Award, France
Istanbul Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award , Turkey
Istanbul Film Festival, Special Mention of Jury, Turkey
Ankara Film Festival, Jury Special Award, Turkey
Nuremberg Film Festival, Special Jury Prize, Germany
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), Best International Feature, Canada
FILMES DO HOMEM - Melgaço International Documentary Festival, Best International Feature, Portugal
Duhok Int. Film Festival - The Special Mention Award, Irak
Canadian Labour International Film Festival, Best Film, Canada
Apricot Tree International Ethno Film Festival - Special Jury Award, Armenia
Saratov Sufferings International Film Festival - 'Saratov Harmony Award, Rusia
Gold Laurel Film Festival - Spescial Jury, Award, Turkey

GÖSTERİLEN BAZI FESTİVALLER / RELEASE DATES (festivals)
France 23 March 2014 (Cinéma du Réel)
Turkey 18 April 2014 (Istanbul Film Festival)
France 29 May 2014 (Festival de Lasalle)
Turkey 10 June 2014 (Ankara International Film Festival)
Italy 5 July 2014 (Med Film Festival)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 August 2014 (Sarajevo Film Festival)
France 25 August 2014 (Festival de Cinema de Douarnenez)
Austria 25 October 2014 (Vienna International Film Festival)
Netherlands 9 November 2014 (Eastern Neighbours Film Festival)
Canada 17 November 2014 (Montréal International Documentary Festival)
France 18 November 2014 (Amiens International Film Festival)
Germany 14 March 2015 (Nuremberg Film Festival)
Estonia 17 March 2015 (World Film Festival)
Germany 15 May 2015 (Freiburg Film Forum)
Portugal 5 August 2015 (Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival)
Kosovo 11 August 2015 (Dokufest)
Iraq 9 September 2015 (Duhok International Film Festival)
Argentina 17 September 2015 (Cinemigrante)
Romania 7 October 2015 (Astra Film Festival)
Lebanon 12 October 2015 (Beirut International Film Festival)
Germany 11 November 2015 (Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival)
Canada 15 November 2015 (Canadian Labour International Film Festival)