One of the best known directors in Turkey is without a doubt, Zeki Demirkubuz. His independent films are simple in design, but offer the darker side in the human condition. However, with his new film Kıskanmak, he tried something very different. He adapted an old Turkish book of Nahid Sırrı Örik which was published in 1946. The film occurs in the 1930’s Turkey, a small town called Zonguldak.
Seniha lives with her brother Halit and his wife Mükerrem. When Nüzhet, the handsome son of the richest family in town, sets his eyes on the married Mükerrem, she is at first disgusted with Nüzhet's overt sexual innuendo. However, it isn't long before Mükerrem yields to her lust and thus they embark on an affair. When Seniha finally reveals her sister-in-law's un-virtuousness to her brother, Seniha has no idea what the consequences will be and how cruelly her destiny will change.