The film's eponymous viaduct is the grand suspension bridge that crosses the Bosphorus to link the European and Asian parts of Istanbul. The men are a young motorcycle cop from remote eastern Turkey who observes the bridge's traffic and hands out tickets to motorists using mobile phones; a dim-witted lad trying to sell roses to passing cars; and a minibus driver whose wife nags him to find a better job and a bigger flat. Like most Turkish films that reach this country, it is truthful, sad and depressing.