Metin Erksan's three films dealing with the problem of property in the 60s are considered to be the first trilogy of Turkish cinema. What director Erksan tells through land, water and the human body respectively are actually stories of passion. They deal with courage, resistance, solidarity and defiance. 'Property Trilogy', also called the village trilogy, in which he tells about the rural people, their problems, the transformations they experience, and their weaknesses through the reality of the village, consists of the films Revenge of the Snakes, Dry Summer and The Well.
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The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land of the village to Haceli. The family does not want a house to be built in front of their house and struggles against the tricks of the headman and Haceli.
A scheming tobacco farmer sets out to ruin his competition by diverting the local water to his own property.
Fatma is kidnapped several times by a wild man because she cannot be persuaded to marry. A third attempt at forced submission ends tragically for both, due to the young girl's fatal rebellion.