Seventeen-year-old Fikret illegally sells roses on the Bosphorus bridge that links Asia and Europe. At the same time, he is looking for a regular job in Istanbul’s old downtown area. Twenty-eight-year-old Umut is a taxi driver and drives back and forth along the Bosphorus bridge every day. He is searching for a better apartment to rent in order to satisfy his wife, whose desires are beyond his earnings.Traffic policeman Murat, who is stationed at the Bosphorus bridge, feels lonely amid the solid lines of cars. Each night at home, he logs on to the Internet looking for a woman he can date. Fikret, Umut and Murat intersect in the rush hour with millions of other Istanbulites, coping with the straits of fulfilling their aspirations in the big city. The story is based on the lives of the characters depicting themselves in the original locations.