Papatya Rousseau plummets into an all too familiar depression. When she becomes detached from everything, she desperately seeks a reason to keep on going.
Papatya Rousseau is an intelligent and talented twenty-three year old, who has lost faith in life. She plummets deeper into an all too familiar depression, forcing her to become detached from everyone and everything.
As her world unravels fast, she realizes that something must be done before she resorts to anything drastic. The prospect of returning to the psychiatric ward is unfathomable , especially if it's for good this time. Papatya has to face the fearful adult world that she despises and survive suffocating London life. Somehow, she must learn how to stand on her own two feet.
Papatya searches for answers to understand her depression. She seeks comfort in those that she loves, but her unconventional family and supportive boyfriend are unable to help. Her mother Belkös is a talented Turkish artist who answers everything in riddles and is unable to grasp her daughters inability to function as the rest of the family.
Papatya realises that only she can save herself by exorcising her own demons and taking that plunge.