Şeref, who lives in an Anatolian hamlet in 1999, tries to make a living by collecting medicinal herbs from the mountains to support his wife and three children, who suffer from muscle wasting. His biggest hope, which connects him to life, is that his children will be saved. Şeref decides to buy a donkey in order to raise his children to the distant school on time and without getting tired, and listens to the seller and buys a credit card.