Hatice Aslan

When Zehra and İbrahim, a couple adjusting to new parenthood, argue over a coffee table, it seems like a harmless domestic spat. Wanting to assert himself for once, İbrahim insists on buying it. But when he’s left alone to assemble it, he makes a single irreversible mistake — and begins spiraling into a pit of lies, panic, and performative calm as he tries to hide the truth from the people he loves the most.

A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?