In Fatih Akın's film Against the Wall, which won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival, Cahit and Sibel meet in a hospital room while they are going through the unhappiest periods of their lives. Wanting to draw a clean slate from the past, the duo signs a marriage of convenience in which they will not force each other into anything. However, as they begin to spend time together, Cahit's feelings for Sibel will turn into love.
