Aylat

Overview

The film takes place during the night of December 15 and December 16, 1991. A journalist named Erkin and his assistant Chingiz receive a secret assignment to discover the meaning of the word “Aylat.” Erkin is disturbed by the fact that this word is also the name of his deceased brother, who participated in the December 1986 protests. The search for the meaning of the word becomes a metaphor for the search for independence, which the country achieves that night.