A dramatic story of a 10 year old child, Fuat, who lost his parents during a fire in Istanbul of 1945. Fuat’s father Ali had apperantly left his home in Üsküp, today’s Skopje in North Macedonia years ago following major disagreements with his brother Macit. Young Fuat learns the presence of his uncle Macit and aunts Aliye and Nur in Üsküp from an old letter from his grandfather to his father, found in a wooden box left from the fire. Neighbour Ali who looks after orphan Fuat after the tragic incident and young friend Mehmet joins Fuat on his difficult journey from Istanbul to Skopje during wartime difficulties in the region to find his uncle and aunts.