Kemal, from a wealthy Istanbul family, starts an obsessive relationship with his distant relation Füsun after meeting by chance in the 1970s, collecting her personal items as tokens of his love.

Yhe enduring, tempestuous romance between Kemal, who comes from one of Istanbul's wealthiest families, and his poor and distant young relation Füsun an affair which begins in the 1970s after the two meet by chance. Kemal, who is willing to take on the whole world for the sake of his love, starts collecting his beloved's earrings, her hairclips, and even her discarded cigarette butts... What is love? An obsession, an affliction, an accident that derails the course of our life; or a great and innocent happiness?