Time of Love

Gozal embarks on a secret relationship with a young blond shoeshine boy, igniting a dangerous passion that pulls her away from ordinary life. Their meetings are clandestine and charged with a mix of excitement and fear. The affair destabilizes her marriage and sets a motion toward tragedy.

A hard-of-hearing old man, while recording birds, overhears the couple's private exchange. He decides to reveal the affair to Gozal's husband, planting seeds of jealousy and retaliation. His revelation detonates the first act of violence that follows.

Gozal's husband responds with deadly violence, killing the blond shoeshine boy and wounding Gozal. He does not flee, instead surrendering himself to the court, beginning a rapid legal process. The act shatters everyone's lives and drives the narrative into its grim consequences.

The court convicts him, and he is sentenced to death. He is thrown into the sea as the method of execution, a stark and symbolic end to the first tragedy. The community witnesses the austere punishment as the tale's first arc closes.

Gozal, overwhelmed by guilt and loss, takes her own life at her regular meeting place. Her death marks the collapse of the relationships that formed the first narrative. The emotional toll reverberates through the subsequent stories.

In the second thread, Gozal and the blond-haired man are married, while she harbors feelings for the black-haired man. The new household carries a familiar tangle of love, betrayal, and shifting loyalties. The dynamics set the stage for fresh conflicts.

The old man informs the blond-haired husband about Gozal's affair, reigniting jealousy and a hunger for control. This warning intensifies the tension between the couple and the black-haired rival. The old man’s revelation accelerates the coming violence.

The blond-haired husband makes a calculated attempt to kill the black-haired rival, but he is killed in the confrontation. This reversal eliminates one antagonist and fuels the black-haired’s fate. The tragedy deepens as the consequences ripple outward.

The black-haired man is sentenced to death and is hanged on the tree where he first saw Gozal, a poetic yet brutal culmination of the cycle of jealousy. His execution closes the second arc and leaves Gozal to confront her losses.

Gozal dies in the hospital, another suicide that underlines the recurring tragedy and the impossibility of escape from her entangled relationships. Her death marks the end of the second narrative and the final breakdown of the relationships she navigated.

In the third thread, the black-haired man and Gozal are married once more, and Gozal resumes an affair with the blond-haired man. The pattern repeats, as old passions flare in new circumstances. The cycle of rivalry and desire resumes, now with weary participants.

The final wedding of Gozal and the blond-haired man unfolds amid renewed tension as the old man reveals further feelings and the judge—who has resigned—attends. The black-haired man offers his taxi as a wedding gift, and the blond-haired man pursues the truth, meeting the old man who confesses his long-standing love for Gozal. The ending ties together the fateful entanglements.