Simultaneously optimistic and heart-breaking, this film speaks about patriotism, belonging, and responsibility through the eyes of those who, although far and away, never truly manage to forget their homeland. Twenty-six-year-old Dil Leyla is one of those who decides to go back and do something for her long-lost country: soon after she returns to her native Cizre, in Turkey, after an entire lifetime spent in Germany, she becomes the youngest mayor of the town. Her goal is to put the Kurdish minority in Turkey on the government agenda by taking part in the parliamentary elections for the pro-Kurdish party HTP. But the same violent history which forced Leyla’s family to send her to Germany after the violent death of her father, a Kurdish guerrilla fighter, will prevent the young mayor from leading her fellow citizens towards normal, peaceful lives. This intense and jarring documentary was difficult to film and is essential to watch.