Tarik, 8 years old, lives in the city. He suffers a car accident with his father, who dies, and with his mother, who is in a coma in the hospital. Tarik suffers from memory loss. With no other relatives in the city, he is sent to a village to live with his grandparents. The boy doesn't remember anything, but dreams constantly and connects himself with an animal that lost its mother in a car accident in the village.
“Hür Adam” or “Free Man” in English is the real-life story of a very influential Kurdish scholar in Turkey that had lived between 1877-1960, 'Said Nursi'. A writer, philosopher, and philanthropist, he compiled many books on Islam covering various themes of faith, brotherhood, and philanthropy and exploring the reasons behind societal weakness, poverty, ignorance, and divisions.