"# He's wearing a silk shirt, a silver watch-chain # # he's looking at you with a wink." "Is he burning my heart?" "# # on his brow a knife wound, on his face an Aleppo boil # # his foot hit by a bullet he's slightly limping #" "Here are the new songs;" "the Acacia Branches ..." "My Beautiful Cruel One, Murder Me, lots of new songs inside." "And there's the Ballad of Ali from Keþan, the swashbuckler of Mosquito Mountain" "Uður Films present a Gün Film production" "The Ballad of Ali from Keþan" "Fikret Hakan" "# This is Mosquito Mountain #" "# Looking down at the city from the top # # but the city is far away # # as far away as a fairy tale #" "# we´ve got all kinds of people here # # industrious ones, lazy ones # # coming from four corners of the country red skinned ones, beggars #" "Adapted from Haldun Taner's musical comedy" "# Lazs, Kurds, Pomaks, People from Maraþ, with their honey # # people from Erzincan, with their kebaps, everybody´s fateful comrades #" "# Hey, this is our house its four walls made of plywood # # a door, three windows and a roof made of tin # # a garbage dumb on one side, on the other side a steep ravine #" "# in front of us the sewage waters drowning us like a flood # # who´s bothering about the government?" "who´s quarreling with the police?" "# # the carrion crows are cawing they are being squeezed for hush-up money # # it´s morning, the sun´s rising the cock crowing on the dump heap # # the old mossy rocks everybody´s out, on the road #" "# one´s a porter, a tinker, a beggar # # one a gypsy sweets seller the meatball seller is barking # # most of the girls are servants or they go into the tobacco factory # # when they leave the path they're built like a statue, each with her own sins #" "# many men are jobless, hanging out in cafés # # sending the sister-in-law working #" "# This is Mosquito Mountain # ... camera:" "Çetin Gürtop producer:" "Memduh Ün directed by Atýf Yýlmaz" "We thank the people of the shanty towns of Kuþtepe and Hoca Hüsrev for their help" "Turkish distribution rights:" "Uður Films" " May your new home be blessed." " Thank you." "Drop your work and come here." "First we thought we'd never manage." "Now we've managed." "When a man takes something in hand ..." "May God grant us an even better home one day." "We forgot the tiny one." " Somebody's coming, father!" " The police?" "A crowd." "Among them the men who were here yesterday." " You didn't pay any hush-up money." " I haven't any money." "I spent my last penny on this house." " We don't even have bread to eat." " So you're breaking the law?" " Tear it down." " Please don't!" "Mean bastards!" "Don't touch the women." "Mean bastards!" "We're ruined!" "Just you wait till Ali gets out of prison." "When he gets out you'll see." "You brood of murderers." "That's just empty talk." "Ali will never come." "If you try to outsmart him, you'll have to pay for it." "You all bear that in mind." "I've memorized all your faces." "You all saw nothing." "Got it?" "Rüstem Aða, what's happened to Musa, son of Desti?" "How would I know?" "He probably stumbled and fell into his own knife." " A general pardon proclaimed!" " Hidayet." "Here you are, brother, take one." "You want another one, little brother?" "A general pardon proclaimed!" " Get it?" " Keþanlý will also get out today, won't he, Nuri abi?" "Eh, each night has its dawning." " Ýzmarit [cigarette but], what's going on, sonny?" " One moment." "It's been proclaimed!" "Keþanlý Ali will be released today." "It's written here." "All of Mosquito Mountain's collectors of protection money will eat shit now." "... it is written!" "If you try to outsmart him, you'll have to pay for it." "They call me Teke "the goat" Kazým, don't you forget it." "Where's Çakal [jackal] Rüstem, brother?" "Shouldn't he be told the good news now?" "He was prowling around Zilha's cabin last night." "Don't worry, he'll still be there." "It is written!" "Keþanlý Ali will be released today." "Café Rüstem T. ?" "Get me a newspaper." "That Çakal has ruined us, by God." "I wonder if that girl is going to relent now ..." "# Will my life pass like this #" "# I´ve had enough of fate´s wheel # # isn´t it a sin?" "I'm just a rose withering in the mud #" "Don't refuse me, Zilha." "My intentions are honest." "You again, mangy jackal?" " If you're willing, I'll send over my mother." " Get lost." "Listen to me, Zilhan." " Fuck off, you limpet." "Get lost or ..." " I'll kiss your feet, don't shout at me." "Ayþe, Hafiye, Auntie Lütfiye, you all come here, I'm an honest member of the community." "Zilhan, I'm begging you, I'm your slave." " Are we going to elect that rapist as our mayor?" " Zilha." " Are you leaving now like a good boy?" " I'm leaving." "It is written." "Listen to the glorious news." "Keþanlý is going to be released." "Get it?" "So she still believes in Ali." "Get out of my way!" "I'll bring all your sheds down around your ears." "Ali's coming, you'd better run." "You can rejoice, Zihla Abla, Ali abi gets out today." "Aren't you pleased?" "How could she not be pleased!" "She just doesn't want to show it, Abi." "Don't put on your brakes so suddenly, abla." "It is written." "Ali gets out of prison and marries the shantytown's beauty Zilha." "It is written." "Get it?" " Did you see that, Þükrü abi?" " I was only helping the kid, abi." " You get back to your business." " Keþanlý Ali is coming." " A pardon has been proclaimed." " The famous shantytown murder, 4 years ago." "I wasn't here at the time." "Is there anybody in this country who hasn't heard of Ali's fame?" " What is that girl to Ali?" " Shame on you, abi." "He loves her." "And her lover was the murderer, the victim her uncle." " A chair for Þükrü abi." " Please sit down." "And then what?" "Zilha's uncle was Çamur [muddy] Ýshan, like his name a slimy creature." "Get it?" "He was wild, didn't listen to anybody." "And no girl or woman was safe from him." "Ali was a gentleman." "He said: you're older than me." ""You either leave everybody in peace or I'll dirty my hands with your blood" he said." "He gave him 3 days." "Got it?" " And on the third day?" " It didn't take that long." "Yours truly ambushed Ali bey the next day." "Got it?" "He fires at his back, treacherously, three shots." " So the youngster was killed?" " Shame on you, abi." " As if bullets could touch Ali!" " Why's that?" " He's protected by magic." " What magic?" "He's powerfully protected." "His mother Hasibe bacý was a woman steeped in the faith." "When Ali was born she said a prayer over him." "Since that day neither bullets nor knifes can touch him." "Get it?" "Not so fast!" "So Çamur shoots at him." "And then?" " Ali turns round like this." " "Now I'm no longer the guilty one, my friend", he says." "Get it?" " With a thrust of his sharp knife ..." " he stabs him to death." "Bravo!" "I mean..." "He must have been a real man." "You should have seen when they put handcuffs on him." "In every window women were shedding tears." "When he was led away the earth was trembling." "That's just gossip, sir." "Ali didn't kill Çamur, Maniac Cafer did." "And then he fled to Syria." "Don't listen to them, abi." "They're just jealous of Keþanlý's fame." "What a dumb ass, it's been recorded in history." "There's even a legend about it." "Get lost, you cheating mackerel." "Or you'll no longer have any ground to stand on." "Get a grip on yourself, who do you think you're dealing with, you slice of lahmacun (pizza)?" "I'm dealing with you, you slug of salad dung." " What were you going to do with this knife?" " Nothing, little brother, just peeling an apple." "Get lost." "Don't let me see you again carrying a knife." "Çamur's men have made a vow." "The day Ali gets out they'll riddle him with bullets." "I just wanted you to know." "Just you wait till Ali gets out, you days are numbered, idiot!" "I'll get you." "Üsküdar Municipal Prison" "He's coming out." "Ali bey's bedding." "So my lad's finally got out." " Here he comes." "Oy!" " Ali bey's suitcase." "Take these, silly." "Ali abi is coming." "Ali bey's basket." "What are you staring at!" "Take it!" "And you'll take this bag." "Ah, our lion, step outside." "Listen to this, Þerife abla..." "Queen Soraya has been carousing with an Italian Count on his yacht." "And some idiot has planted his shoes on the wooden boards again." "Let's all rejoice." "The reception delegates are bringing in Keþanlý." "00" " WC- women - men" " Aren't you glad?" " Why should we?" "Is today a feast day?" "You cannot drive by without kissing Þerife abla's hand, Ali abi." " Welcome." " Is Zilhan not in?" " She's not feeling well." " Or is she still angry with me?" "You've killed her uncle." "You cannot expect her to throw herself into your arms." "Never mind that now, abi." "The whole neighbourhood is out on the street, waiting for you." "Don't let the neighbourhood wait." "Prison did him good." "He was asking after you." "May the devil take him." "Contratulations on your release, Ali abi." "Welcome, Ali abi." "Long live our Ali." "God bless you." "You'll deliver us from Çamur Ýhsan's men now." "After you left, they´ve been rough on us." "They've been our ruin, day in, day out." "They won't any longer." "They won't any longer." " They were going to tear down our stables." " They won't tear them down." " They won't." "What about the greed of the Aghas?" " They were going to collect double hush-up money." " They won´t collect." "They won´t collect." " Very soon they'll kill you." " They won't kill me." "They won't..." "that's not for sure." "Long live Ali abi!" "Look at this: they're giving the scoundrel a reception as if he were the prime minister." "Don't get agitated, all this is just empty noise." "Look sharp!" "I'll cut your throat with that razor." "Careful, you idiot." "Disperse." "You're blocking the traffic." "This is an illegal rally!" "Disperse!" "Be generous." "Show some mercy." "Tell them to disperse." "They'll listen to you." "Otherwise we'll be in trouble." "Make way." "Up to this moment you've gone to a lot of trouble." "I kiss the elders' hands and the children's eyes." "Disperse!" "Disperse!" "Get going." "I'm a journalist." "Of the News Events." "I'd like to write a coverage on Keþanlý Ali Bey." " You may pass." " Thank you." " A real man is recognized by his neck." "Look at that neck." " Prison did him good." "We heard that you commanded everybody's respect in prison, Ali abi." " Abi, did you talk to him about the mayor's elections." " I did." "When uncle Derviþ visited me he dropped a hint." " Did you at least do some thinking and talking?" " You leave the organizing to me." "Teke Kazým and Çakal Rüstem are both running for office." "All the men from Sivas will vote for Çakal." " Zilha too?" " She's also from Sivas, abi, and susceptible to propaganda." "So as soon as you're released you're already busy with the elections?" "Who is that clown?" "Joining in our talk without leave?" " Bey efendi..." " Bey efendi is what you call your own father, careful with your words." "Abi, the gentleman is a reporter." "It would be wise to treat him well before the elections." "Excuse me, at what fight did lame your leg?" "As a boy I stumbled and fell." "My leg ..." "That's an old story." "It was a savage fight." "What about his magic protection?" "His mother held him by his foot when applying the magic." "That's why his heel is vulnerable, idiot." "Again that foul-mouthed rat got in here." "Get going." "Çamur's men have started a blood feud." "Are you afraid?" "By the life God granted me, do I look like a man who'll give in?" "Are you sure you'll will the mayor's elections?" "In this world you trust first of all your own fists." " And second?" " Look at that fool." "Second ..." "In the second place, again you trust your fists." "# I'm still young #" "# I'm ready to fall in love # # come and take me #" "# deliver me from this dump #" "Zilha..." "Come on, sonny ..." "Long live Muharrem..." "Come on, sonny ..." "Goal..." "Boo ..." "May God curse you." "Welcome." "Congratulations on your release." "Thank you, brother Rüstem." " He asked for my forgiveness." " He asked for your forgiveness?" "So I said to myself, why should I bother and kill the kid, and have all the hassle later." "He said: "It was my fault, don't hold it against me, abi."" " Spell it out, he came to heel." " And with you just out of prison." "It all comes to this that Mosquito M. needs you." " A jackal isn't worth to dirty one's hand with blood." " But he has lots of followers uptown, uncle." "That's right." "In order to hold the mayor's elections without incident ... that Çakal must be removed." " I found it!" " What have you found?" "We'll proceed at once, tonight:" "Let's hide some pot in Çakal's café and inform the police." " A splendid idea." " And later we'll inform the police." "What's the sentence?" "Section 403: heroin, cocaine  morphium, cannabis and other drugs, the sellers ... who are caught carrying it ..." "no less than 10 years   subject to imprisonment ... donation of Hacý Hasan" "# Rasih the drunkard is my name #" "# I resemble a lot my father #" "# I don't care for politics # # that's who I am #" "Take your hands off me!" "Don't do me in, abi." "A good thing too." "Get the punishment you deserve." "Our hand came out on top and we won." "What can one do?" "When your opponent is impious, you become merciless." "Ali abi is coming." "Beloved people of Mosquito Mountain." "Esteemed voters, glorious fellow countrymen!" "Shut up!" "Beloved fellow countrymen." "I just attended the Friday prayers, so I'm a bit late." "My friends, these days Mosquito M.'s situation is unusual." "They are going to tear down your houses?" "Why?" "Because each day there's fighting and brawls." "In a place where there's no peace, how could there be unity?" "Where's unity, there's peace." "Where's unity, there's peace." "Where's plenty, there's shortage." "Where's plenty, there's shortage." "For instance, let's take this burnt match from the rubbish bin, my friends." "A single match any child could snap." "But take 100, 1000, 10.000 matches, we'll even take care of that heap of garbage." "If you don't get what I'm saying, I don't care." " Is it possible to utter more powerful words!" " The meaning?" "It's obvious." "Everybody's here." "If anybody objects to my person, to my honour, may he speak up now." "Wait!" "I have one or two things to say." "That scoundrel killed my uncle." "You all know it." "Are you going to elect a murderer for mayor?" " How can you do this to me ..." " Am I lying?" "Aren't you a murderer?" "Why did he soil his hand with blood?" "Wasn't it to protect your honour and ours?" "I can look after my own honour, thank you very much." "It's true." "He killed Çamur Ýhsan." "May God strike him dead." "May he die in his youth." "May God curse him a thousand times." "Never mind, abi." "The girl Zilha is right, by Heaven." "No murderer can be a mayor." " Go on, tell them." " It's true." "The law says that those convicted of murder are deprived of the right to hold a public office." "Do you hear?" "One minute." "Let us examine the case from a legal point of view." "Ali bey, according to sect. 450, 498, 499, was he sentenced to 18 years, or wasn't he?" " What if I was?" " But you weren't, for Heaven's sake." "That's only what the public prosecutor demanded." "You check the court's judgment." "According to the judgment, sect. 51, last paragraph, the sentence was reduced by 3/4." " And what does that signify?" " Listen to me, daddy." "According to the amnesty law no. 218, first section, article A all convictions of less than five years are deleted from the record, my esteemed colleague." "That being the case, our renowned Keþanlý Ali too ... like every honourable Turkish citizen may be elected mayor." " Say something, protest." " I must examine the files once more." "Your legal expertise be screwed." "?" "Wait!" "Since our business has turned legal, actually, Teke Kazým cannot be a lawful candidate." " Why not?" " Because Teke is a draft dodger." "He's used forged ID documents." "This is absurd!" "I'm publicly denouncing him, in the presence our police constable, let him show us his ID if he's a man." "I don't have it with me right now." "What do you mean, you don't have it with you?" "Show me your ID, wherever it is." "Look at the miserable guy." "He's a candidate no longer." "See how he's running!" "I give up." "# We finally have a boss he'll protect us from all troubles # # if you have a boss, relax your work becomes easy, your mind at ease # # when you've a sorrow don't feel sad don't brood, enjoy yourself #" "# the boss keeps the fortune wheel turning the boss renders possible the impossible # # the boss makes it rain they call him boss, oy # # for instance artificial fertilizer makes each crop grow faster #" "# We finally have a boss he'll protect us from all troubles # # the old-fashioned people fashioned themselves tin idols # # that's all finished now everybody prays at his own altar #" "# We finally have a boss he'll protect us from all troubles #" "Keþanlý Ali, Keþanlý Ali, Keþanlý Ali..." "At the other ballot boxes Keþanlý's ahead too" "Come here, my friends." "The glorious Keþanlý Ali has won by a great majority." "Ali, Ali, Ali ..." "From now on a regime of peace and harmony will be established in Mosquito M." "You may all rejoice now, my friends." "Things are going bad, Sipsi." "We're ruined, by God." "Let's send Maniac Cafer a telegramm and ask him to come." " Send it where?" " To Syria." "Once Maniac Cafer hears the word Aleppo, he's on his way." "We'll tell him there's been a general pardon." "We'll tell him the government has changed and invite him to our table." "Let's have uncle Þerafettin write it." "Let's go." "What are you prowling around for, like a silly dog?" " For no reason, I don't feel like sleeping yet." " That's fine, just prowl around." "Pisi pisi pisi." "My beauty." "Pisi pisi." " Ever since I came here I can't fall asleep." " That's only because you've gone crazy." "Zilha, I'll kiss your feet but please don't speak to me like this." "Anyway ..." "We'll talk later." "Our new mayor Keþanlý Ali is going to read his government program to us." "When did he write it?" "Last night, he and uncle Derviþ the scribe picked up a pen." "Shut up!" "Ah, so this is democracy?" " So it's forbidden now to say what we think?" " Democracy lasted only as long as the elections." "Read out, my son, never mind them." "My friends!" "My friends!" "In Mosquito M., a regime of peace and harmony has been established." "And those who provoke a quarrel I'll make them eat shit!" "I though ruffianism was going to end." "We want it now, we've had enough!" "In each café, I'm getting two shares of all gambling gains, that is, the money goes into the relief fund." "Those who don't pay, I'll make them wear spiky furs, till they say uncle." "But gambling gains were going to be stopped?" "We want it now, we've had enough!" "I'm in charge now of the taxi and minibus ranks." "And no more looting." "Those who hand out the extortion money, they may call the tune." " Extorsion money is dead, long live extortion money." " What's the difference to the old days then?" "We want it now, we've had enough!" "Ease up, little brother." "In the old days three men collected, no there's only one." "What kind of a programm is this anyway?" "You just heard." "In order to carry out all of this, I put my faith in you, my friends." "Therefore I put it to the vote of the people, my friends." "Those who approve of the programm I just read ..." "Put them down, put them down." "Lift them up, lift them up." "It's a state affair, lift them up." "I guess you didn't hear well enough." "Those who agree?" "Those who don't agree?" "Agreed by unanimous vote." "I thank you for your courtesy, my friends." "Cheers..." "Thank you" "Within a month, Mosquito M. became wax in Keþanlý Ali Bey's hands." "The plan to tear down and relocate the sheds was revoked." "Çakal Rüstem, for his drug traffic," "Teke for his draft dodging, both were arrested, but" "Ali abi had them released and hushed up." "The Kurd Sabri got the charge of the taxi rank on one of the busiest streets in town." "Niþantaþ, one two." "Here you go, abi, Niþantaþ." "Ok." "You recognize him, don't you?" "That's the shantytown parking-lot attendant Çakal Rüstem." "And this is Teke Kazým." "His attendant's uniform suits him, doesn't it?" "Gambling gains, extortion money, hush-up money, he takes it all, but with discretion." "How can you fill your budget holes without collecting taxes?" "Among the party members, there was some grumbling because of all that squeezing for money." "When you gotta squeeze, you squeeze." "Today even Government cannot manage without foreign help." "So how could we?" "As you see, in Mosquito M. everything was going smoothly." "Only, relations between Keþanlý Ali abi and Zilha didn't improve." "And when one day a luxury car drove into the quarter, you'll see for yourselves how things got into a mess." " Look at her, sir." " I don't believe my eyes." "Let's not frighten her." "Excuse me, my girl." " You're talking to me?" " I was looking for Keþanlý Ali Bey's café." " Which direction should I take?" " Drive out over here, you'll get to the square." "One moment." "Would you like to show us the way, my girl?" " What's your name, little one?" " Zilha." "Café Keþan" "It's here." "The guy they call Ali is the 3rd from the left." "You talk to him, I'm sore at him right now." "Did he annoy you?" "Behave improperly?" "Nothing that important." "He only killed my uncle." "Good-bye." "Hallo." "This is Keþanlý Ali Bey's café." "No, not Apti Bey's." "Ali Bey's café." "Ali Bey's, Ali." "So you want to speak to him personally?" "I'm at your service, sir." "Ali Bey is in an important meeting." "I'm the building contractor Ýhya Onaran." "I called for an appointment with Ali Bey." " Are you the guy for the big hydro-dam?" " I heard you founded an organization." "It seems that you've put the entire labour forces under contract." " I need 400 workers for the hydro-dam." " That's peanuts." " Certainly." " With pleasure." "Have we got that many workers at our disposal?" "We've now increased our engagement on the German market, sir." "We could let him have 400 men, Ali abi." "Go to that desk and get yourself a file number." "Please follow me." "Go to the next desk and get the contract signature." "Did you fill in the form?" "Six ID photos, if you don't have any, Kamil will take the pictures." "Please sign here." "At the next table you pay in the registration fee." "Registration fee, relief fund share, deposit coin, damage compensation, commission percentage" "Give me 50 lira and I'll give you back 2.5." "I can't change now, you'll get the change later." "Go to the next desk and get your visa card." "A copy of his ID certified by a notary?" "Ok." "Business licence, ok." "The medical report has to be in duplicate." "Aren't you overdoing it?" "Those are the rules, sir." "And I'd be responsible." "Grease his palm a bit, uncle." "Put it between the documents, uncle." "There's a proper procedure for everything." "Business licence, ok." "The medical report, first copy, ok." "Second copy ... ok too." "Here are your documents." "Make full use of your workers." "# What am I lacking that all the others have?" "#" "# Will my life pass on like this?" "I've had enough of fate's wheel # # isn't it a shame?" "I'm a rose withering in the mud #" "# What am I lacking that all the others have?" "Have I lost my hair, am I blind?" "# # my waist is slimmer than the other girls', I'm more passionate than all of you # # a prince on a fancy horse let him come my way # # let him kick away crown and throne, if only he'd love me madly #" "# behind the emerald mountain a palace made from ivory #" "# I'd be a model bride at the wedding I'd wear sparkling jewels #" "# I'm still young, ready to fall in love # # come and take me, deliver me from this dump #" "# Save me #" "# Save me #" " What were you talking with that guy in the car?" " None of your business." "Isn't this a democracy?" "I can get into anybody's car when I feel like it." "I ..." "For three months I've been shedding tears because of you." " I've come back and now you ..." " Did you imagine I'd smile at my uncle's murderer?" "Even if I felt like smiling at you, what would my family say?" "The whole affair isn't like you think." "Let me tell you a secret, girl." " I can't keep silent anymore." " Don't trouble yourself." "But I want take the trouble, Zilha." " I didn't kill your uncle." " You don't say!" "And who killed him, pray?" " Girl, I swear I'm telling the truth." " He who tells the truth doesn't have to swear." "I found your uncle at the well, he was moaning." "When I carried him to the infirmary I got blood on my hand." "And I saw he was hit in the back." "Then the watchman came." "Çamur Ýhsan said something to him." "Ali ..., he said, and didn't finish the phrase." "And when they heard him mention the name Ali they used it as evidence against me." "At the trial the real murderer's men gave false statements and said they saw me knife him in the back." "So now I'm to believe you?" "Is that it?" " In prison, the only thing I was afraid of was that I might lose you." " Thanks a lot." "Then I heard that you too believed me to be the murderer." "I felt such pain, such pain." "Have you finished now?" " Don't make me eat my words." "In prison they made fun of me." "Can you imagine what kind of a place prison is?" "Think of a dark and narrow cellar." "Two rows of bunk beds." "Filled with all sorts of men." "Can you imagine such a thing?" "Can you see?" "One day we were playing backgammon." "The guy threw the dice." "And after he threw them he got angry at something" "The guy struck my head with the game board." "For two hours I lay unconscious in the infirmary." "My nose was bleeding, I woke up." "It was as if that black blood had been keeping me all the time from seeing clearly." "My eyes were opened all of a sudden, as if a curtain was pulled away." "I picked up a pair of scissors at the infirmary and ran to the dormitory." "Where's the bastard who hit me?" " Admit it, you flew into a temper" " Suddenly I got furious." "I shouted that I also killed Çamur Ýhsan." "The prison director came." " So you're confessing?" "he said." "I confess, what the hell, I said." "As if I didn't care anymore." "He slapped my face, I broke a chair over his head." "That's the story about me striking at the Director." "For ten days they threw me into the dungeon." "When I returned to the dormitory 10 days later... all the fierce inmates stepped aside and made way for me." "They were cozying up to me, caressing my back." "They guy who hit me, they made him kiss my hand." "I was wrong, don't hold it against me, abi, he said." "The sweeper was now "Seven Evils Sakýp",..." "He'd taken over all my former duties." "In brief, my credit had risen considerably." "By God, wasn't it your natural right!" "Some reporters visited me in prison, they asked me how I killed Çamur, and I told them." "They gave me three days." "On the third day they lay in ambush." "With a sharp knife I was supposed to have struck him, I was compelled to." "So now you've told me that you've really killed him." "Don't drive me crazy, girl." "When you act like a decent human being in this world they make fun of you." "And when you're a bully and a killer they respect you." "The legend was born from all those lies." "In fact, it's you who's been telling lies." "I don't believe one word." "If it had been like this, why don't you come out and tell everybody the truth?" "But I'm a man." "Would a real man lick up what he's spit out?" "Look who's talking!" "Would a real man falsely brag about having killed someone?" "Let's say you haven't killed him." "How could I marry you with everybody believing you're my uncle's murderer?" "Have I a heart of stone?" "Have I no honour, no self-respect?" "Never mind what people talk." "I just wanted you to know." "Will you come to me now?" "Will you or won't you shout it out loud, on the market square, by the Prophet's name, that you didn't kill Çamur Ýhsan, that Maniac Cafer killed him?" "Do I have to justify myself before 20.000 residents?" "Don't be childish, girl!" "Impossible." " Would your glorious reputation suffer?" " What ..." "This is tiring me out." "I'm giving you three days to make up your mind." "And once I've set you a time limit, you'll know what to do." "I'm leaving a small gift for you." "We sent her uncle's soul to hell." "It's not the girl's fault." "She's poor now." "So I thought I'd help her out a bit." " And I thought it was something else." " What else could it be?" "Do I look as if I'd chase after every skirt in town?" "God forbid!" "I didn't mean that at all." "Good night, Ali abi..." " So this is what it was all about." " Were you listening?" "Why did you turn from donkey to watermelon?" "(I'm surprised.)" " Try to understand, I had to save the situation." " So you had to save the situation?" "You can have it back now, Ali, son of the witch Hasibe, pissing in his pants." "Look, I'm writing it down here:" "you can forget all about a girl called Zilha." "I'd rather be the mistress of the first who comes along than belong to you." "You can write it down here." "# what's happened to me?" "a calamity to my manliness, brother # # a man swears by his manliness he holds on to his manliness # # his manliness makes him fiery his manliness makes him go to war #" "Þeþan ?" " Let's play something else, kids." " Let's play "selling oil ? "." "The girl I saw in Mosquito M. was working here." "I'm looking for her." "Zilha... girl" "00 - women" "Look, Bülent..." "I don't like the way he looks." "Is he handicapped?" " Very interesting." " Let's take her home at once." " Come along, girl." " I won't go." " I'm telling you, I won't go." " But we need you, girl." "You'll save his life." "I'll have him psycho-analyzed." "I'll subject him to reflexes, reflexes ..." "Run along, illiterate girl." "Call me a negro, but I don't understand what it's all about." " Þerife abla, Þerife abla." " Zilha, Zilha..." "Let's hope the handicapped boy doesn't turn out to be the prince from behind Emerald Mountain." "Let that be Keþanlý Ali's worry, the crazy Zilha has run away." "A citizen older than 18 years may go to any place he likes." "There's nothing you can do, it's the law." "Let the law say what it likes, I know what I have to do." "# What's happened to us?" "A calamity to our manliness, brother #" "They took me into this house as an adopted daughter." "I was so used to the smell of ammoniac, at first the clean air made me feel sick in my stomach." "There's civilization here." "In the old place I only washed my feet once a month." "And I didn't even take off my socks." "It was easier to wash both at once." "Now I'm having a bath every day." "That's it." "Your hair looked really beautiful just now." " Try to look a bit softer." " Are we shooting a film, or what?" " Don't move." "Look languid." "More languid." "Even more languid." "You can come in now." "You here?" "Nevvare..." "Oops!" "Oops, he's collapsed again." "Is he epileptic, doctor?" "The man's fainted and they congratulate each other." "Let's pick him up, Madam." " Don't touch him." "You two get out now." " They're all crazy in here." "The same hair, the same smell, the same lips, the same eyes." "It's her, Bülent." "Nevvare's not worth feeling sorry about." "She'll do just as well." "We've found Nevvare's double." "What are we going to do about it?" "In order to save Bülent he must sleep with her." "Let them sleep together." "What are we waiting for?" "It's not that easy." "The girl has a curious notion of honour." "Without the benefit of clergy I won't let him touch me, she says." "Whereas Bülent is already married to Nevvare." "I don't know what to do." " It would be a shame, since we've advanced so far with the treatment." " Let's just see it through." "A fake marriage before the imam will take care of it." "ya ya ya, þah þah þah [cheering]" "You wait here, I'll be back soon." "Make way." "Remziye haným ..." "Look sister, Zilha's come back to our quarter." "Why don't you say she's made it." "Perihan... girl" "What's going on, Remziye abla?" "Tell me." "Zilha's made it, don't ask me." "She's shaking her tits like a rope-dancer." " And she's moving her ass like a millstone." " Just say she's made it." " So what, she takes after her kin." " They say her mother was like that too." "I hope she'll end badly." "She's been doing heavy duty, that's obvious." "What a woman that girl's become!" "She's putting our elders to shame." "Her headlights and fittings, the latest Chevrolet model." "Shoo!" "Scram!" "# take it easy # # who do you you think you are, cutie?" "know your place, Karabaþ (blackhead) # # you sloppy mite you slovenly wretch # # you slobbering drunkard #" "# she doesn't share your mouldy lodgings anymore, she's now a little lady # # she's wearing a gold-plated collar now." "Don't you know?" "#" "# She's wearing exquisite perfume, can't you smell it?" "#" "# Her hair's got a permanent wave, down to her tail, can't you see?" "#" "# She's full of caprices, cutie # # she doesn't eat a thing, she has no appetite #" "# in the morning, biscuits with milk # # filet mignon at lunch #" "# Grapefruit on an empty stomach, at night bouillon # # every third meal, vitamins #" "# who do you you think you are, cutie?" "everybody should know his place # # she doesn't share your mouldy lodgings anymore, she's now a little lady # # she's now a little lady #" "This is a Muslim quarter." "Tell her to behave with decency and leave." "Scram!" "Little sister, Ali Aðabey's nerves are on edge." "How about walking your doggy somewhere else." "He's ain't the registered owner of this place." "Go to him, give him my compliments." " What did she say?" " She'll leave soon, you should feel at ease, she said." "She must leave now." "She's poisoning the children's morals." "Little sister." "We've all seen your adornments now." "But the weather's cooling." "You mustn't catch cold." "Don't make me mad, or I'll undress even further." "What did she say?" "I'm leaving anyway, she says." "Please don't get angry, little abi." "This won't do." " Look here, you!" " I beg your pardon?" "Take your trinkets away from here, I said." "This is not the proper way to address me!" "Don't you know how to speak to a lady?" " And remove your hat." " Do you want to be the laughing stock, or what?" "Scram!" " Did you mean me?" " I was addressing the dog." "Why did you think I meant you?" "Look here." "Drop your act." "Or I'll make stew of you." "Don't trouble yourself, I couldn't eat stew." "I haven't even had my aperitif yet." " What's aperitif, guys?" " It's a kind of French cheese, aðabey." "Shame on you." "Who ever heard of cheese for aperitif?" "It's a kind of pickled fish." "The rich eat it for appetizers." " Say, what's aperitif?" " Whatever it is." "I'm not obliged to tell you." "I'll use a language that you understand then." "Scram, you bear!" " That's it." "She's speaking her mother's tongue at last." " Getting into a row again, you rotten apple ?" " You mean your father is." "That rind of yellow cheese." " You heap of garbage." "You forget that you used to beg for olives at each door." "And you forget that you used to gnaw the melon peels in the dustbins." "That worm Bülent Bey is keeping you as his mistress." "Is that a lie too?" "First, I won't let anybody touch me without a marriage licence." "You can climb the prison walls out of jealosy for all I care." "Look at her." "They were going to offer marriage." "Wait." "They're asking for your hand in marriage, a girl from the shantytown's public toilet?" " Using the garbage truck for special purposes?" " Will you shut up, you ninny!" "What have you done, Zilha Abla?" "Did they distress you?" "Just a slight bickering." "Never mind." "A gentleman would never distress me." "And someone who isn't a gentleman couldn't possibly annoy me." "That braying ass can't make me mad." " Don't feel angry, abi." " Get lost." "Get lost." "Fate is like a cruel whore." "Again my pan hasn't been properly tinned." "And I'm being roasted." " You trust that scoundrel?" " What is there to trust?" " His kind heart?" " It's absurd!" " His powerful fists?" " It's absurd!" " Then he's hiding behind his daddy's cash." " It's crystal-clear!" "He's a pain in the ass!" "When does that crook Ýhya Bey's contract with the city expire?" " And the end of September, God willing." " What are you going to do, abi?" "I'll withdraw all my workers, I'll sabotage him." "Let him pay punitive damages, that'll make him see reason." " And he won't get another government contract, will he?" " What rubbish you're talking, sonny." "He'll go bankrupt, bankrupt." "I'll make him eat his own treachery, or I'm no longer the glorious Keþanlý Ali." "The glorious Keþanlý Ali, eh?" "So he withdrew the workers and tried to sabotage me, eh?" "Well, he was in for a surprise." "As soon as he withdrew the workers, I went to the under-secretary and had the delivery date extended for two months." "I found new workers to replace the departed men at once." "Don't we have lots of unemployed men in our country?" "Of course Keþanlý's furious now." "He even sent a message, implying that I wanted to kill him." "Do we live in the mountains?" "Let's see who's going to kill whom?" " Yes?" " Selim Bey is here, sir." " Send him in." "Please go in." " What happened?" " Everything's ok, abi, you can relax now." " How much?" " 1.000 clean banknotes." "He just got back from Syria, he's a new man." "Otherwise it wouldn't be cheaper than 10.000." " The job must be finished tonight." "I don't want anything unpleasant at the wedding." " Don't worry, abi." "The night your son and Zilha Oðlun get into their bridal chamber Keþanlý will make a trip to the other world." "You see, we'll shoot at Ali from two sides." "I thank you." "Say ... can you pay an advance to Maniac, abi?" "After all, he's risking his life." "He must build up his morals a bit before." "Thanks, abi." "Never mind, my child." "What did I tell you in the 27th lesson?" "In society one marries the most promising candidate, not one's beloved." "I wanted so much to put on this wedding dress for him." "He's such a beast!" "Quick, powder your face." "The guests are here already." "Come on, my child." "Be happy, my girl." " Why did you take me to my own home?" "(French accent)" " You must go back home, to your husband, sugar." "This affair couldn't go on." "It was just a call of nature." "When you told me to pack my suitcase and follow you to Europe, you didn't talk to me like that." "As Bülent's wife I found you very appetizing." "I was crazy about you." "And you threw yourself into my arms." "And then you became mine." "And I got used to you like to my daily dinner." " Try to understand, chérie." "It was a call of nature." " And what'll happen now?" "You'll tell him, it was just a caprice that has passed." "You'll say that I was just a very dear platonic friend." "A husband's principles ought to be flexible, after all, he's a gentlemen, comme-il-faut." "You're giving Bülent a chance to prove that he's a gentleman." "That's all there is to it, let him kiss your hand." "That's not a bad idea." "He's bound to believe the act." " What's going on, my lamb?" " They're probably giving a cocktail." "What a great occasion." "You go up to your room at once, undress and stretch out on your bed." "And when Bülent switches on the night lamp, quelle surprise, quelle surprise." "Bye, bye chérie." "I'll call you." "Who are you?" "What are you doing in here?" "And who are you?" "What business do you have in my bed, woman?" "In your bed?" " This is my home, my room." " This is my room, woman, get a grip on yourself." "I'm Bülent Bey's wife, Nevvare haným efendi." "You remind me of someone I know." "You can have her, Bülent the milquetoast." "I won't get married." "They played with my womanly honour and my marriage register." "Even if they payed me millions I wouldn't stay now." "You senile Pavlovian dog." "Lousy bastard." "Out of my way." "You ..." "You..." "Nevvare." "Nobody moves!" "It would spoil the Hereke carpet, so I won't spill any blood here." "Come on, we'll settle accounts in Mosquito M." "Wait, let me help you." "Shut your trap, you cotton seed." "Why, where are we going?" "Take it easy." " You have such powerful arms." " Take your hands off me." "Since you don't desire me, why did you abduct me?" "Stop your act, or you'll regret it later." "Let me die in your powerful arms." "Zilha?" "Ali..." "Come on, chéri." "Wake up, you stuck-up bitch." "I'll scratch your eyes out." " Zilha." " Let me beat up the bitch." " By God, let go of me." " Well, who is she?" " Why, she looks like you." " A resemblance, so what." "She couldn't have your claws." " Abi, what shall we do with her, Ali abi?" " Þerife will look after her." "Let no harm come to her." "We'll deliver her to her owner." "Get in, chérie." " Why, where are we going?" " I'm entrusted with your honour." " At last we're alone." " So we are." " You've made me suffer quite a bit." " So did you." "Did you really shed lots of tears in prison, because of me?" "I cried too." "You beast." "How did you notice that the woman you abducted wasn't me?" "By her smell." "She had applied some lotion." "From Europe." "She didn't trust her own smell." " And I?" " You smell like yourself." " What's it like?" " How would I know?" "You ... you smell like a mule's hoof." "I came to give my blessings." "You don't know how glad I am that you two have finally made up." "Thank you, auntie Lütfiye." " How about talking in the morning." " I was about to leave anyway." "I wish you both good health." " You didn't sweep the doorstep?" " No idea ..." " Spread out the bedding." " What's the hurry?" "As if we haven't seen it." " And besides we're not married." " Never mind." "The marriage licence comes later." "Wait, take a breath." "Let's drink something, have a toast." "You know, girl, when you're near me I feel as if I'm wearing roses around my collar." "God be thanked." "Zilha..." "Girl, come to my side." "Here I am." "And now?" " Look me right in the eye." " I'm looking." "So what?" " Take my hands." " I've taken them." "Now what?" " Stop talking rubbish!" " Have you never seen a movie, girl?" " I have." "And I know all about it." "I came to congratulate, children." "Like doves you may do some snugglling, and you deserve it." "Certainly, it's your right." "Thank you, sister Raziye." "What if we talked in the morning." "I only dropped by on my way home." "I wish you good health." "It's not going to work like this." "People see the light and keep on calling." "They call me Cafer the Maniac." "Where's that weirdo Ali?" "Spinach man, look at me!" "I heard this is your wedding night." "Bülent Bey had his fill and you're using up the rest?" " He's insulting you." " Never mind." "I'm begging you." "Her blood pumping like a four cylindre diesel motor, what a splendid woman!" "Come out, Zilha Bacý." "You put out for all the men, so why begrude us the fun?" "Come out, you mule's brood." "I insult you, I curse your mother." "And you've nothing to say?" "Or are you still celebrating your wedding night, you dog's sperm." "Get away from here, dirty drunkard." "Are we like yourself?" "Uncouth ill-bred man." "Let me kiss your lips." "Are the men around here hiding in the house while the women walk around?" "Get out, you bastard." "While sitting on my murder the world was at your feet." "Get out into the open, people should learn who really killed Çamur." "We insulted his mother, he didn't come out." "We slandered his betrothed, he didn't utter a sound." "What a splendid swashbuckler!" "Bastard, have you gone mute from fright, why don't you come out?" "Come out if you're a man." "Don't go, Ali, have pity on me." "They'll just shout some more and then leave." "Look, I'm burning the cabin." "Pick up your voters." "If you're a man come out and save yourself." "Ali..." "Ali..." " The neighbourhood is waiting for me." "I can't stay in, Zilha." " Never mind the neighbourhood." "Aren't you afraid they might kill you?" "Yes, I'm afraid." "But whatever I feel, there's the legend." "You cannot turn a legend into a lie." "What terms did Eva impose on Adam?" "Either I or paradise, she said." "I too am imposing terms, Ali:" "Either I or the legend." "Unfortunately it's impossible, Zilha." "My fate is calling for me." "Ali!" "Men die, but legends remain." "Don't go, Ali, wait Ali..." "I offer my life to Mosquito M." "You'll tell them that those were my last words." "Let it be entered into history." "Our father Ali..." " Make your will, animal." " You won't find a notary in hell." "Bullets don't touch him, dummy." "May God confound noone." "Pay your debt with God, Maniac." "Otherwise you'll go to hell as an infidel." "Shut up!" " What's happened to his magic protection?" " His foot is unprotected, dummy." "Ali..." "# Mosquito M. doesn't settle down, from grief #" "# You've been hit from the right, you leaned to the left #" "# Hey Ali, our ram Ali, our father Ali # no mother could have given birth to such a lion #" "# he wore a silk shirt, a silver watch-chain # # he's looking at you with a wink." "Is he burning my heart?" "# # on his brow a knife wound, in his the face an Aleppo boil # # his foot hit by a bullet he's slightly limping # # if it hadn't been for him, where would we be now?" "# # on a rubbish heap or in a nomad's tent # # our girls would be out on the streets, we men would either be inside or in the pub. #" "The End" "English subtitles:" "ismuta  serdar202 @ KG 2015"