Dans un village turc, menacé de disparition par la construction d’un barrage, un père, sans emploi, ignore comment célébrer dignement les neufs ans de son fils qui rêve de voler comme ses héros Superman et Spiderman.

An unemployed and widowed Turkish man wants to celebrate the birthday of his child, who secretly dreams of flying like Spiderman. The same day he learns that the dam, which will flood his village, is finally to be constructed.