First lightning comes, then thunder. Iraq, close to the Turkish border, some years after Saddam’s gas attacks and shortly before the American invasion. A Kurdish refugee camp is hungry for any information which may help them in their dreadful situation. Everyone has great faith in a boy called Satellite, who brings routine and news into their lives. He knows only too well to stay on the move so as not to feel the pain. Hengov arrives at the camp with Agrin, his sister, and the more Satellite opens up to this pretty girl, the more she desperately buries herself in her terrible secret.The next wave of war sweeps through the valley before time has had the chance to heal old wounds. After thunder comes the downpour.