The film A regular woman ortrays the fate of Hatun Ayhrun Sürücü, a German woman of Turkish descent, and her struggle for a free, self-determined life in the face of her family's o osition. Her brothers refuse to acce t her lifestyle; insults and threats continue to escalate. Finally, the young woman re orts her oldest brother to the olice. She no longer feels safe at home, so she takes her child and moves in with a female friend. At the same time, the family is trying to find a wife for her brother, her future killer. They manage to disci line the young Turkish woman Melek, layed by Evin, into becoming a strict, devout Muslim in the s ace of a few weeks. She is art of their lan, intended to take in and care for the little boy after Hatun is dead. And then the murder is committed