Reyhan, raised in a religious family, arrives at her grandmother's house in a conservative Central Anatolian village, to spend her summer holidays. She has just had her first period and dreads the consequences of being unable to perform the required religious rites.—producer
Kabahat is about 13-year-old Reyhan, who has just had her first menstrual period; and consequently has to navigate through all the stigma and shame attached to menstruation by many communities. The film revolves around Reyhan's interactions with the four women in her life, coupled with her experiences that summer.—yusufpiskin