In Good Hands

In IN GOOD HANDS, Melisa (Asli Enver) is a single mom raising her 6-year-old Can (Merte Ege Ak) with little or no help. They share a bedroom. She brings him to the restaurant where she works. Understandably, they are close, but he refuses to go to school, has no friends, and is overly attached to her. The separation anxiety she has created out of what she describes as her cowardice and weakness leaves her scrambling to find a permanent caretaker for him when she discovers she has only five months left to live. She has lied to him about who his father is and now she's roping in a handsome playboy type, Firat (Kaan Urgancioglu), a highly unlikely candidate for fatherhood, into falling for her and Can. Inexplicably, Firat transforms from a prickly and self-centered player into someone who enjoys Melisa and is amused by the quirky Can. A plot twist changes our understanding of everything and offers if not a happy ending, then at least one that makes sense.