Vetka is a 40-year-old woman, a single mother of two, without permanent employment. Her husband died, and she, along with her 15-year-old son Simcho and 3-year-old Bube, live in a deliberately hidden hut. They wash cars, collect old things from containers, barely eat. A new complex of buildings will be built on the land where their hut is located. Everything is destroyed, they remain on the street.
Regina a journalist and writer, inspired by a special gift, a souvenir reproduction of the Maiden’s Tower on the Bosphorus, decides to travel to Istanbul to research and write of less known history. Her quest is the demystification of the secrets in the masterpieces and the fate of the remarkable historical figures. The stories have one thing in common, forbidden love. Her adventure is full of surprises and challenges, the string of “pearls” becomes a bridge between two civilizations, and her journey is at the same time a personal “pearl“, culminating in a romance in Macedonia.
