1915, Anatolia, Maryam and her brother Varto, two Armenian children, are caught up in the turmoil of war. Hassan, a young Turkish man, is given the difficult mission of rescuing them. The three of them will cross a war-torn country and discover each other beyond their differences. This journey has unexpected consequences in our own time, when a young woman and her teenage son, travel from Istanbul to Paris to meet a grumpy old Armenian.