"Mehmet Soylu, Istanbul." "Sir, if you'll excuse me, I have a request." "At ease, soldier." "Sir, if you'll excuse me, may I have a few words with yourdaughter?" "Sir!" "You scum!" "Mehmet?" "Mehmet?" "Mehmet?" "It shouldn't happen, of course." "No managershouId do it." "And what's we/rd about it is that... lt's these sports programs." "There's so much repetition in them, they make you fall asleep." "Sorry, I didn't get much sleep last night." "You were talking in yoursleep quite a bit just now." "Ezgi is ready." "Ezgi!" "My girl." "My beautiful girl." " Where are you guys going today?" " Where shall we go?" "We were going to go across to the otherside." "The weather is very nice." "Right." "Okay, alright." "The coast is probably nice." "We should get going." "Someone from the company I work with mentioned something." "He said that he used to listen to yourold band. ln the past." "I haven't heard it myself yet, so I don't know what it's like." "Forget about it, there aren't many fans left anyways." "Let's go." "Don't eat junk food." "I mean, don't let Ezgi eat any." "Especially no sugar." "Sweetheart, yourfather doesn't pay much attention, but you be very careful, okay?" "Okay mom, don't worry." "I'll take care of my father." "Come on." "Princess." "Have fun, okay?" "In the evening, you can tell me all about it." "Thank you, bye." "There ls Something Lonely About All This" " Do you like the fish?" " Yes, it's very good." "Again, we're mixing fish and ice cream." "I thought we weren't going to do that anymore." "It's okay, dad, it's good like this." "It's good, but then, you tend to vomit." "Don't tell mom, okay?" " Okay." "How are things at home?" "How is school going?" "School is going well, but mom is a bit upset." "I don't think things are going too well forCemil at work recently." "Ezgi, you're probably upsetting Cemil again." " Nope." " "Nope!"" "Are they fighting?" "No, they just don't kiss and hug like they used to..." "Things like that..." "My dear, that kind of thing happens sometimes." "What if they get divorced like you got divorced?" "Ours was something different Ezgi." "Don't worry, that won't happen." "Alara, the girl we saw just a while ago, herparents are getting a divorce too." "is that so?" "I told you, it can happen to anyone." " But Alara is so upset overit." " lt is a sad ordeal, of coursrse." "But think of it this way..." " She gets to have two homes." "That's what you were going to say, right?" "Yeah, how did you know?" "I have anotherfriend who was told the same thing." "Now, they are saying it to Alara." "So, anyone who is getting a divorce says the same thing to theirchildren, dad." "Right." "Who wants to have two homes anyway?" "It's very stupid." "Yes, we adults don't put much consideration into this, I guess." "But at least, you get to meet new people." " Like Cemil, you mean?" " Yeah, I mean like Cemil." "Dad!" "Enough, I'm sick of you asking what's wrong!" "You're sick?" "I'm the one who's sick of yourconstant unhappiness!" "Nothing and no one can make you a happy man!" "I'm here!" "Don't you see?" "Are you blind?" "I'm with you!" "Like hell you're with me!" "It's always the same thing." "You don't care." "Be a little understanding!" "Here's your undersrstanding!" "Here!" "Here!" "What are you doing?" "Don't break the plates!" "You can break some too!" "Enough!" "Enough!" " What did you want from the plates?" " He started it." "You started it." "You said "here", and broke them." "Mehmet, are you listening in on us?" "I don't listen in on you, I hear you, Ayse." "Plus, it's not only me, the whole building can hear you." "So, I'm not actually here as a friend, but as a resident of the building, to ask you to be calm." "You're really very sweet." "Shall we clean this up, orlet it stay in this dramatic way?" "So what if we clean it up?" "What do we do about the othersrs?" "What others?" "The things yourfriend ruined between him and I." "You can't see the broken pieces, but they are everywhere." "Very poetic." "If I go back to making music, can I use that?" "If it means you go back to music... lf you have some coffee, I can listen." "I can make you a cup." "Do you want something to eat?" "It doesn't matter." "Thank you." "Are you okay?" " l'm good... I'm actually not so good." "How can I be good, Mehmet?" "I'm so tired of it." "The man is constantly unhappy." "He makes everyone around him unhappy as well." "It's not like he's the only unemployed person out there." "Where do you think he went?" "Where can he go?" "He'll wander about and return home." "How's the cafe going?" " lt's going good." "Fortunately, everyone is hungry." "Maybe I should change its name." " Why?" "What about this seems like "Happy Days"?" "Look at this mess." "How is Ezgi?" "Did she ask about me?" " She sent you her regards." "What did you guys do today?" "The same thing again." "Fish and ice cream..." "Afterthat, not so good..." "Nazli called, scolded me again." "What is Nazli up to?" "The Nazli that never calls anymore." "Nazli..." "She's the same." "What, you don't like it?" "These cookies are from the cafe." "They are organic." "That's not enough, Ayse, they also need to taste good." "Mehmet, look at me, I'm a woman who just broke plates." "You're the one who had his child vomit, so don't go judging my food." "Mehmet, why is this happening?" "I'm sitting here, drinking wine." "Who knows where Orhan is." "So, what were you telling the flowers?" "Alot of things." "They are not like men." "They listen to you, at least." "Also, they don't argue about everything." "It seemed more to me like you were singing to them." "What can I do, the radio was playing awesome songs in the morning." "Tea?" "A little." "That's enough." "Orhan hasn't woken up yet?" "Even I'm up already." " He never came back." " He didn't?" "Did you guys talk?" "Nope. I didn't even call." "He should be the one calling me!" "Forsome reason, my concern only lasted fortwo minutes." "Forget about it." "Look at how nice the weatheris." "I 'm happy here." "The music is great, I'm taking care of my flowers..." "He'll calm down, eventually, come back home in the evening." "I'm trying to enjoy my little time alone." "You must have said something bad to him." "I might have said "go to hell" but I was upset." "That's not good." "You should have heard the things he said." "I did." "You guys didn't say anything much different from each other." "Men..." "You always strive to stand up for each other." "Anyways, things like that can be said in angerwhen fighting." "What will you do today?" "I need to repair a few guitars I have upstairs." "Then, I have a lesson." "What about you?" "Nothing. I'll go to the cafe in the afternoon. lf you want, stop by." "Maybe I will." "Thanks forthe tea." "I'm going." "I'm just saying, in general, don't be so degrading towards each other." "I can't promise that, my dear." "Sir, how is it?" "Veli, are you sure about music?" "I mean, in total..." "Sir, I'm sure about music, about you, and about the guitar." "But how about we skip the stage of practice?" "It's always the same thing, my hands are nearly severed." "The guitar, you can't do it without practice." "Sir, you're saying that with confidence and all, but did you practice?" "Not as much as you, but it's also based on natural talent." "So, why do you make me go through it so much, then?" "Am I incompetent?" "Are you comparing me to yourself?" "Should I compare myself with Dogan, the grocer, instead?" "Of course I use you as a comparison." "Look at me, what do you see in me?" "My teacher." "Very handsome, totally charismatic... I see an awesome rocker." "You're great." "I tell all of my friends about you." "I mention you everywhere I go." "You're good, you're very good." "You're good" "Sir, you had a band, right?" "Blue Dreams." " Fantasies." " Whatever, Fantasies." "I have researched it on the internet." "Why don't you talk with yourfriends, get the band togetheragain?" "Now, it's not like it was back in those days." "The internet, the social media has progressed a lot." "Ijust..." "How can I say it?" "I'm just not sure about the name of the band." "Blue Fantasies..." "Isn't it a little feminine?" "How about we find a new name?" "Look at the others:" "Athena!" "Duman!" "Pantera!" "Mor ve Otesi!" "I'm not so sure about the last one." "Veli, you've started to chatter again." "Come on, practice." "Sir, pick it up, maybe it's something important." "We don't do anything anyways, always the same old practice." "Don't talk so much, come on." "Hello?" " Mehmet, what's up?" "Where have you been forthree months?" "I've been around." "What's that sound coming from your end?" "is someone choking a chicken?" "Veli, take a break, if you want." "Veli killed his guitar." "Tell him not to bother." "Come to the barat three, we need to talk." " ls that place still standing?" " Of course it is." "Okay, don't be late." " Okay, fine." "Be careful with that, it's a guitar." "I like the red one more anyways." " Welcome." " Thanks." "Long time no see." " Yes, it has been a while." " How are things?" " l'm fine, but Nihat isn't." " What's that big bad wolf up to?" " He's dead." "One beer." "He had a son that he didn't get along with, he called." "Are you serious?" "He must be at peace now, up above." "Jimi Hendrix on one side, Jim Morrison on the other." "They must be playing some really good music." "Come on, Nihat nevercared about such things, you know that." "It had been a long time since I last saw him." "Wow, Big Nihat..." "He did a lot forus." "He put us together, had us play decent music." "May he rest in peace." "He was a good guitarist, a true rocker." "He really did a lot forus." "Bowie." "I got divorced, and you're talking about Bowie." "What about David Bowie?" "Bowie says "love" in one of his songs." ""lt does not pick and choose, love is forthe vulnerable." "Foolish love ignites the wick."" " So, now I'm foolish." "He doesn't say that the lover is foolish, but love itself is." "As in "love can bring pleasure, and it can bring pain"." "You sure are a stupid man." "This is what being a man is." "When you get to the age of 50, you undersrstand everything, but then, it's too late, dear Mehmet." "You're still putting the blame on others." "She was so adamant about it..." "You should have seen it." "While I couldn't decide on what to eat for lunch, she was so determined about ending our marriage." "You're still like a little kid." "Focus on life a little more." "The woman is saying something to you, you don't undersrstand." ""Time has touched us, it has changed everything." "We both are not the same." "One night for your vices, a lotus for your mistakes." "I gave my heart to the loveless, now, give it back"" " Who said that?" "Led Zeppelin?" " Muslum Gurses." "He was like an encyclopedia forsong lyrics" " When is his funeral?" " Tomorrow, afterthe noon prayers." "Want to work?" " What kind of work?" "There's a young pop star, Atiye." "Have you ever heard of her?" " No." "She's very popular right now." "I'm playing rhythm guitarbehind her." "We need a lead guitarist." "I'm going to play behind a pop singerchick, huh?" "Kill me here and now, at least I'll go togetherwith Nihat." "What is this?" "What kind of a life are you living?" " l don't know any otherway to live." " You're a musician." "Composing songs, getting on stage, singing." "You're not composing anything, at least take the stage, play a tune ortwo." "You have a kid." "Last summer, I played in Bodrum, what happened?" "What happened?" "You tried to beat up a guy with your guitar." " l was in a bad mood." " You're always in a bad mood!" "Now, you're coming with me on Wednesday." "You'll meet the girl." "Hername is Atiye." "Here, this is her CD, listen." "She's like Rihanna orwhatever." " Who is that?" " l'll tell you in the evening." "Which evening?" "We are honoring the memory of Nihat." "Everyone will gatherthis evening." "We'll meet up in Beyoglu, where we firsrst played with Nihat." "We love you, Nihat!" "We love you!" "Mehmet?" "I heard a noise, are you okay?" " Good night." " Come here." "There are so many good movies, why are you watching this?" "I wanted to watch something to distract myself." "Cheers." "Guys, shou/d we go up the h/// tomorrow?" "That's too far, / can't walk that much." "Mehmet, why not?" "I th/nk it wouId be nice." "What are we doing c//mbing a hill, when the sea /s right here?" "What are we, bears?" " Is that what you th/nk we are?" " She was joking." "Nazl/, say someth/ng." "Forget about it, Orhan. /t's just Ayse, don't take hertoo serious/y." "Sorry, I don't like watching this old stuff." "Alright." " Have you heard from Orhan?" " No." "He didn't even call." "He has never done anything like this before." "His phone is turned off." "I called the police, they said it's too early to say that he is missing." "What else could they say?" "You cursrsed at the man, so he took off." "Forget it." "Enjoy a little solitude." " l wish I hadn't said those things." " lt happens." "What if he does something?" "Orhan?" "He's a simple English teacher, what could he possibly do?" "The worsrst thing he has ever done was to let his private lesson business die out." "It's not like he's going to start a new Gezi protest oranything." "Mehmet?" "It's a sin to go to a funeral drunk." " What funeral?" " Nihat..." "Nihat, he was in ourband, a guitarist." "He's dead." "Mehmet, I'm so sorry." "What am I talking about?" "Excuse me." "You have my condolences." "Are you okay?" "I'm okay, it's him who died." " ls there anything I can do?" "Do you want me to come to the funeral orsomething?" "Why should you attend the funeral of a man you never met?" "Here, today, we all pray forthe soul of Nihat Tarhan who met the infinite grace of God almighty and will be laid to rest in our heavenly country's pristine soil." "Al-Fatiha for his soul." "Precious friends and family, we have gathered here." "You have fulfilled your Islamic, humane, and neighborly duties." "God bless you all." "Thank you on behalf of the family." "Please leave Nihat Tarhan with your love and compassion." "Amen." " One more time." " Amen." " Please, once more, wholeheartedly." " Amen." "Nihat would rain down on stage like a storm." "In the FT studio, you know, he would tearit down on the guitarsolo." "The man was amazing." "Believe me." "I really did spend some great days with him." "The doorman got suspicious when newspapersrs accumulated on his doorsrstep." "He had been dead forthree days." " Oh, Nihat..." "He was a good man." "He was a good man, but he died alone." "He performed forso many people, but he still died alone." "He wanted it to be this way." "He died alone because of all of the wrong choices he made." "Which wrong choices, forexample?" "I didn't mean anything by it, why are you getting offended?" "Which one of us can make all the right choices in this life, including you?" "The topic has turned and come to me again, hasn't it?" "You guys always think that you can solve everything with music." "Nihat gave you this idea." "Okay, he meant well, but real life is not like that, Mehmet." "Life doesn't work off of song lyrics." "Look, I'm saying it forboth of you, put a bit of something real into yourlives." "In my life, there are a ton of real things." "There's Ezgi, my guitar..." "You had me too, Mehmet." "What happened?" "Why do you think I'm no longerin yourlife?" "Hopefully, yourfunerals will be more crowded than Nihat's was." "Wýll you come overthis Saturday?" "Your daughter has missed you." "What happened to this girl?" "Where is the girl who was dancing in rehearsrsals?" "The girl with a friendly smile..." "Who is this grumpy woman?" "Tell me about it." "Daughtersrs of soldiers end up like this, you know?" "First, they are wonderfully liberated from strict discipline." "You get all caught up in it." "But when they mature a little, they return to theirfather's path." "That know-it-all attitude of yours, Altan... ls it a lie?" "Also, she still loves you, that's why she speaks to you this way." "Formerspouses show that they miss theirhusbands in this way." "She still cares about you." "Why else would she still have anything to do with you?" "Altan, you're being silly." "If I weren't hungry, I would better enlighten you, but I'm so hungry." "Good. I know a nice place, let's go there." "Okay, come on,jump in." "If the weatherwould just clear up..." "My goodness!" " Hello." " Oh!" "Welcome." "How are you?" " l'm okay." "Altan, this is Ayse." "Hi, nice to meet you." "We met many years ago, though, on Nazli's birthday." "He's the same, as you can see." "My hairwas much longer and black, though." "Black as night." " lt was disgusting." "You would get blue highlights at hairsalons." "You have my condolences." "Are you alright?" "It was so difficult waking you up." "I'm so ashamed for putting you in that situation." "Ijust passed out on your couch." "It's okay, I have neverseen a cleanerdrunk than you." "You passed out, snoring, little by little." "You're so lucky. I drank so much, and I didn't even get drunk, I swear." "I noticed that the man's only son came alone." "Can you believe it?" "He didn't bring his wife." "Now, we're talking bad about the girl, but even though she's your ex-wife, she came." "Nihat really liked her." " Nazli came?" "How is Nazli?" " Same as always." "She's yourfriend too." "Until that guy came into the picture, she was." "The woman is securing herlife." "That was a great point, admit it." "Coffee?" "Yeah, but firsrst, I'm going to have a smoke." "Not being allowed to smoke in closed spaces is killing me." "What did you do?" "Have you heard of Orhan?" "No." "Wouldn't a normal persrson call?" "Okay, he took off, we had a fight, I understand, but why hasn't he called me?" "I feel very terrible." "I called the police, I took his pictures to the station." "Okay, you'll see, something will turn out." "Wait a minute." "Mehmet, this is Orhan's notebook." "I suppose there are notes inside about his students." "I can't look, it's too personal." "You take a look, maybe you'll find something." "Me?" "Okay, but what do you expect to find in this book?" "I don't know, maybe a hint." "Help me out, please." "I think it will rain." "What are we eating?" "Do you have any cute sandwiches here, Ayse?" "I think the cutest thing in the city is right here, though." "Yes, you compliment women very well indeed." "I'll get you something to eat." "Coffee, donuts, lemonade..." "is that good?" "Did you drink a few energy drinks orsomething, you're all wired." " Here you are." " Hello, Ms. Aynur." " Hello." " Ms. Atiye is expecting us." "Yes, she is, come on in." "This home is pretty cool." "What does this girl listen to?" "Cem Karaca, Queen, The Doorsrs..." "Herfathertaught her all about them." " Apparently, that didn't work." " Mehmet, don't be ridiculous." "You and I chose this path, not everyone chooses it by force." "Wait a minute." "So, I chose to crawl, huh?" "So, without selling yoursoul means to crawl?" "Even without selling yoursoul, you can make music." "It's betterthan giving lessons to talentless rich kids." "What's all this gibberish about the soul?" "You act as if you are Eric Clapton!" " What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about rock and roll, as always." "Move it, move it!" " Moron!" " What's up, guys?" " Hi." "Hey." " Altan, welcome." " Thank you, my dear." "This is my dearfriend Mehmet." " Hello, I'm Atiye." " Hello." " Have you listened to my album yet?" " l have." "It's a good record." " Thank you very much." "I'm trying to make quality music that I believe in." "Quality music. I thought the last of it was made in the 90's, but..." "Whoa, no way!" "I think Atiye makes much better music than Britney." "Definitely." "Thanks, Altan, we are working very hard, you know." " Who is Britney?" " That's Mehmet, always funny." "Okay, okay." "Which song did you like most?" "It's not my kind of album, actually, but the firsrst and seventh tracks were good." "On a few spots, I can definitely do much better." "That would be great." "Atiye, if we are ready, shall we start?" "I'm coming as soon as I get some water." "Watch your mouth, dude." "What are you, a psychologist?" "Why are you grilling the girl?" "What's up, youngsters?" "Okay, it's nothing." "She's a good girl, obviously." "Yes, Ezgi." "Alright." "I'm here now, she's in front of me at the moment." "Bye." "Ezgi wants you." "Hello, is that my little witch?" "Oh, dear, I missed you too." "I'm telling yourfather to bring you to the cafe, but he never does." "Where do you want to go?" "Okay, sweetheart, kisses." " What happened?" " lt's between us." "Nothing." " Do you have any news?" " Yes." "Have you everheard him mention a man named Kenan?" "No, who is he?" "Orhan was giving him English lessons." "The guy's got a place in Beyoglu." " What did you find out?" "The guy hired Orhan for English lessons." "As faras I understand it, they were on good terms." "Look, guys who run bars in Beyoglu are usually the bad news type." "I've played with these guys for years." "Well, how would my husband know these kinds of men?" "What would he have to do with these people?" "How should I know?" "I don't undersrstand, Orhan's hanging out there?" "What was he doing there?" "He had been giving lessons during the day, but at night, I don't know what he was doing." "Some nights, he would come home late." "I wonder if he went there on the night we fought." "I don't know." "But according to the book, Kenan was the last persrson he gave a lesson to." "I found the bar's phone number overthe internet." " Let's call now!" " Wait, let's think firsrst." "What do you mean, think about what?" "Let's call." "Are you serious?" "This is a bar in Beyoglu we're talking about, you neverknow what will happen." "We've got to be a little cautious." "Look at me, are you just making up an excuse to give up on me?" "He's yourfriend, aren't you curious at all?" "We went on holiday together many times." "You played backgammon together, drank raki." "You played songs forthe man." "Okay, how about we don't go there at all?" "Don't you understand, I'm dying of curiosity!" "I want to know what happened." "is he missing?" "Did something happen to him?" "Have I been dumped?" "I called all of the hospitals today." " You called the hospitals?" "Yes." "Thank God, he isn't in any of them." "At least we know he hasn't been hospitalized." "You really are something else Mehmet!" "For yoursake, I will call this Kenan guy." "You know that, right?" "I know, dear." "Get up, let's go." "Good evening." "This way orthis way?" " Here." "Come on, walk me home." " We live in the same building." "You're a floor above." "Hello." "Did I give you a spare key so that you could barge in like this?" "I thought you would be sleeping." " What if I was naked orsomething?" " So what, Mehmet?" "We are adults." "No, you're not a morning person." "A normal persrson would say "good morning" first." "Good morning." "But don't do this again." "What are these?" "Flowersrs and fritters." "Ayse, what would I do with flowers?" "Don't you ever look around?" "I don't know, Mehmet." "lfigured that it would add some color and light to the place." "Look at this mess." "The cleaning lady can waterthem." "I can't afford to pay the cleaning lady anymore." "Are you going to that restaurant today?" "If you are, let me go with you." "There is a concert, I can't go today." "Should I make tea?" "Look at me." "Look at my face." "I'm getting old. lsn't life weird?" "What?" "I'm getting old, I said." "My butt has gotten huge." "It's still growing steadily." "Full-Turkish type." "I think your butt is great." "Thank you, my dear, thank you very much." "But I won't fall forit." "Finish those pastries!" " l can't eat in the morning." "What do you mean?" "You're a grown man, how can you start the day without breakfast?" "I made tea." " You don't have to do anything." "What will you do today?" "Sir, look, I've bought the same guitarthat I dropped." "Brand new." "Great." "Let's take a little break, and let me ask you something." "There is a place called the Rum Restaurant in Beyoglu, you know the place?" " l went there before, yes." " What kind of a place is it?" "Sir, there is a barmaid there, she's so hot." "Awesome chick." "If she's there, you should definitely go." "I'm not asking about the girl, how's the place?" "It's good, they have a DJ, the food is also good." "Not a bad place, worth going to." "If you're going to take a chick there, you can." "Okay, fine." "Thank you." "Sir, have you gone to the place a little beyond Emirgan?" "Don't be silly, continue." "Start from minorsrs." " My hand is tired." " What does that mean?" "I can't play today, my hand is tired." " Hello, how do you do?" " Ourservice begins in 45 minutes." "I should have noticed." "I came to speak with Kenan." " Kenan isn't here right now." " Oh..." "Well, thank you." "Zeynep, get back to work." "What's up?" "What do you want with Kenan?" "There was a small topic I wanted to discuss." "How small?" "I think it will be best if I come back later." " Are you a cop?" " What does that have to do anything?" "I'll come back later." "What is your deal?" "What are you?" "What do you want?" "No, I'm a rocker, the only thing I play is the guitar." " You're a rocker." " Yes." "This happens all the time, I can't help myself sometimes." " You hit pretty hard." " What, did that hurt?" "It sure did hurt." "Your job isn't easy either, punching and hitting." "It's not easy, you're right." "Don't look at me like that, because I don't know how I did that either." " Excuse me, will you wait a second?" " l've got to go." "One minute, I'll give you Kenan's address." "He's got a home in Heybeliada." "Huseyin Rahmi Bey Street, Number 12." "He's currently there." " Why did you tell this to me now?" " Forget it. lt's a personal matter." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "In the meantime, be careful." "The guy who you just beat up, he's quite vindictive." "Teacher!" " Very good, very good." " lt was good, really." "Yes." "Hey, thanks." "Thank you." "I know that it's not yourstyle, but we weren't bad at all." "No, there are some songs I do like." "That's very kind of you." "What happened to youreyebrow?" "It's nothing really, a small incident." " Get well soon." " Thank you." "By the way, we have a concert in lzmirnext week." "Altan may have told you about it perhaps." "You'll come, right?" "We can then continue with the Aegean coast tour." "Okay." "lzmiris nice in this season." "All right then, awesome." "See you later." "See you." " How was the concert?" " lt was good, I guess." ""lt was good, I guess." Shy boy." "Mehmet, I'm going to lose my mind." "It's like everything stopped." "As if I'm in a movie, like we alljust froze still." "Clocks have even stopped." "Their batteries are drained." "I don't even have a clock in my home." "You have no clock, no internet, no television..." "But you have a picture of yourdaughter, you've got music, you've got yourguitar." "Yourhouse is a huge world next to mine." "It's a big world, completely empty inside." "Do you know what came to my mind recently?" "In American movies, you know how the fbi has a witness protection program?" "They give you a new identity, a new life in exchange forthe information you give them." "Then, you're taken into witness protection." "You can't see anyone that you know." "You just disappear in a moment." "Did the fbi take Orhan into witness protection?" "I don't know, Mehmet." "When people worry, the mind begins to produce some ridiculous things." "What happened to yourhead?" " Nothing, I banged it on the door." "What do you mean?" "Don't talk to me like cliché movie charactersrs." "It's not a normal thing in life, we don't knock ourheads." "Okay, it will heal on its own." "What do you mean, it will heal on its own?" "You're so childish, Mehmet." "What do you mean, it will heal on its own?" "Come here." " lt's cool." "Mehmet, pull yourhand away." "Look at me, did you go to that bar and get beaten up by those guys?" "Did Kenan beat you up orsomething?" "Not Kenan." "Kenan wasn't there." "But I didn't get along too well with his men." "Mehmet..." "Why are you breathing like that, am I listening to yourlungs?" "I don't know." "You seemed like a doctorfor a second there..." "More like the naughty kid of the neighborhood and his mom." "I said come here, come here." " Don't say it like that." " How?" " "Like mother and son."" "Gosh." "Look, did you just get beat up ordid you get any information?" "The man was not there." "He went to Heybeliada." "What's he doing there?" "I don't know." "I suppose he's relaxing." "Or maybe he's hiding." "You're getting carried away with this detective business." "How can I not?" "No matter how bad we fight, he's still my husband." "It's normal to be worried." " Do you love him very much?" " Of coursrse I love him." "What kind of persrson doesn't love their husband?" "Maybe not like it used to be, but it's love nonetheless." "No, also..." "Why did he leave?" "Let's say he did, why is it taking so long forhim to return?" "What have I done to him?" "I know..." "Do you have to work tomorrow?" "What's up?" "I don't know." "Should we go to the island?" " Let's go, damn it!" " Don't make a bitterface." "Thank you." "This is the place." " Mehmet, you shut up, I'll talk." " No, you shut up, and I'll talk." "Don't be silly, what are you going to say?" "You already got beat up." "Look, if the guy says something wrong, I'm going to punch him." " l'm very impressed." " Yes, what is it?" " Hello, we're here to see Kenan." "Kenan is not here, he went fishing." "Why are you looking forhim?" "My husband disappeared a few days ago..." "He was last with Kenan for lessons." "We thought maybe he knows where he is..." "Have a seat." "Are you okay?" "My husband, when he fights, he always goes fishing." "He doesn't come back." "He doesn't come fora day, then, he doesn't come fortwo days... I'm going crazy." "Are Turkish men always like this?" "This is the firsrst time mine has disappeared." "Orhan doesn't know how to fish." "That's my husband." "English teacher." " l know." "Teacher Orhan." "My husband hired him forme, but I haven't seen him in a couple of weeks." "Kenan would know." "But he's out fishing again." "Don't worry, he'll come back." "How can I not worry?" "I'm doing everything forhim." "I'm learning Turkish, I'm making stuffed peppers, I'm making pastries." "But he's always going fishing." "He'll be back, forsure." "I make him steak. I'm reading 105 words per minute in Turkish." "What more can I do?" "God bless you." "You're right, it's hard." "I can't even do that." "There are those who speak the same language, but still can't undersrstand each other, right?" "He is going to fish again." "At least you know where he's going." "I don't even know that much." "Can we have his phone number, so we can try to contact him?" "He left his phone at home." "I can give you his numberanyways." "Okay, please." "5497455274." "Don't worry, if your husband loves you, he will come back." "If he doesn't, be glad to be rid of the anguish." "Easy to say, but you will leave now, and I'll be left waiting for Kenan." "How do you say... lf there was a cure for baldness, bald people would use it firsrst." "No tailorcan fix theirown ripped clothes." "I learned from a book." " l can tell." "Also, a penny saved is a penny earned." "Don't be silly, Mehmet, don't be silly." "Let's just go, then, come on." " Let's get going." " Thank you." " Take care." "The stuffed peppers look very nice." "Keep your items, and you'll find a use forthem." "Enough." "The women was already weird, you got weird as well." " Yeah, it was a bit of a silly joke." " A bit?" "In police movies, you know how they get a clue from a sentence, then, the hero thinks about it and finds something in that sentence." "I was hoping forsomething like that." "Like she was going to say something, and like detectives, we would follow up on it, we would find him. lt didn't happen." "I'll tell you what." "Let's not ruin ourmood." "Since we will wait forthis man to return from fishing, let's play a game together." " What game?" " "Do the opposite" game." "Ezgi made up this game." " That's beautiful." "So what?" "So, whatever you would do normally, you do the exact opposite." "Ezgi loves playing it." " You mean we should play it?" "Today, we do the opposite." "So, what would we do, forexample?" "Of coursrse, we wouldn't search for Orhan." "You would smile a little bit." "Look, it's working already." " So, we're sightseeing." " Absolutely." "Okay." " Are you hungry?" " l am." " Let's get going." " Okay." "We have a long way to walk." "There is this beautiful place right under our noses, and we only come here every 10 years orso, or not at all." "Yes." "Life goes by without us never realizing what beauty lies right in front of us." "At least, today, we saw a lot of beautiful things." "If Orhan hadn't disappeared, we wouldn't have gotten to see them at all." "Orif we didn't have Ezgi's game." "I wish we could always play the "do the opposite" game." "Like if I didn't have to play behind that pop star girl, for example." "How's that going?" "It was Atiye, right?" "I love that girl, she's so sweet." "What does it matterto me if she's sweet?" "For next week's concert, I'm going to Izmir." " Really?" "Izmir is very nice now." " Yes, it is beautiful." "I'll miss you." " Come on, you liar." "Really." "You can kick back with the girls in Izmir, Mehmet." "Come on." "Do you really think I'm like that?" " Like what?" " Like a rock star." "Tons of beautiful girls gatheraround me." "I pick out one ortwo that I like, I take them to my room and stuff." "Like Bon Jovi." "It would suit you." "But there's no such thing at all, Ayse." "There is only one thing on my mind as of recently." "What is it?" " Youroctopus, sir." " You... I love it." "What is that one thing on yourmind?" "I had an unfinished song I was composing, these days, I'm working on it again." "Mehmet, that's very good news." "We can drink to that." "Cheers." "The othernight, I watched one of my favorite movies again." "ATurkish film, "Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim"." "Forthe 90th time perhaps." " Then, I have a question for you:" "If you were Turkan Soray, which one would you prefer?" "Kadir lnanir, the handsome drifter, orthe good-hearted Ahmet Mekin?" "Tough question." "The handsome drifter Kadir, orthe faithful Ahmet Mekin, huh?" "Well, Mehmet, the ideal man for a woman is both wrapped into one." " Don't make stuff up." " l don't know." "I'm the type to go afterpassion, I suppose I'd choose Kadir lnanir." "What happened to honest effort?" "I mean, Ahmet Mekin is a fine man too." "That's true, but I like listening to the voice of my heart." "If Orhan were here, though, my answer would have been different, but... lf Orhan were here, we wouldn't be talking about any of this." " indeed, where is Orhan?" " l don't know, where?" "Well, has Kenan come back from fishing?" "Oh, yeah, we forgot about Kenan." "Wait a minute, we need to call the man." " Let me talk to him." " lt's ringing." "Thank you, the food was delicious." " Who is it?" " l don't know." "Hello?" "Mister Kenan, good evening, hi." "I'm Orhan's wife, Ayse." "We came overtoday to see you, but you were out." "Fishing, I believe." "Diana told me about you, that you've stopped by today." "Orhan was giving me English lessons, so that I could communicate with Diana but before I could learn English, she figured out how to speak Turkish." "Lessons were no longer required." " So, where do you think he may be?" "Like I said, the last time we were togetherwas last week." "Afterfinishing the course, as usual, we drank a few beers, he spoke with our barmaid, Zeynep, then he left." "I didn't see him again." " l undersrstand, okay." "Mehmet, this guy is speaking so confidently." "Hello?" "Thank you very much, Kenan." "Good night." "Take care." "Forget it." " We're going to miss it!" " l told you!" "Let's go find a hotel, then." " Come on." "Here's a hotel." " Yes." "Let's stay here." "Be careful." "It looks nice." " Yes, welcome." " We would like two rooms." " We don't have two rooms." " The hotel seems empty." "We are expecting a group to check in early in the morning." " So, there are no rooms?" " Actually, we have a room." "I meant to say that we don't have two rooms." "Okay, okay." "We'll take it." "What can go wrong?" "We are just friends." "What?" "Alright." "Number 102." "Ourterrace and room service is available 24 hoursrs a day." "If you want to drink coffee..." "Why would we?" "Did we drink all that alcohol forno reason?" "Yes. I already told you, we're just friends." "Come on, good night." "What if the universe had a service available, for example:" "Men dressed in black, they go to people's weddings to tell you that in a few yearsrs, you will hate each other." "Wouldn't that be nice?" " What pleasure would remain then?" "If people knew how something is going to end up, they would try to change it, right?" "Could you change it?" "If people want to, they can change everything, Mehmet." "You can't change women." "First, they love you forsome of your qualities, and then, they try to change all of those things." "I've neverdone anything like that to Orhan." "Yeah, yeah." "What happened to us?" "We were beautiful." "The good old days were so good." "Firsrstly, we were young." "Yes, we were young." "Do you remember my birthday?" "Which birthday?" " You don't remember?" " l don't." "We used to all wear black at that time." "Even Nazli was wearing black." "I used to wearthe same Guns N' Roses t- shirt, the same military boots." "We were at Kemanci, Zeki was there with us." "We lined up tequilas, we got drunk like crazy." "I sang while you guys were playing." "I beat my stage fright, supposedly." "Though it didn't stick, but..." "I sang an Erkin Koray song." "Am I the miserable one, /n the dark of night," "Mossy eyed, Alone in the docks," "I cried a// n/ght, On the /ap of the waves." "Mossy eyed, Alone in the docks." "I remember." "What happened then?" " Then, you have acquired careersrs." " Yes, we had our own careers." "We tried to adapt to the system." "I don't know, I thought we'd be happy." "I thought we could be good." "I always thought it would be happy days ahead." "The events neverhappened in a rock and roll fashion." "My life evolved in a rock and roll fashion, so what?" "Ayse?" "Yes?" "Did you eversee music notes in the lights?" "What?" " Here it comes." " What's coming?" "Asong." "Oursong." "Mehmet?" "You've gone all Hollywood on me." " l'm fine like this." " Are you kidding me?" "Come to bed." "Don't worry, I won't attack you." " No, that's not it." " So what, then?" "Fine." "Mehmet, you're going to sleep in jeans?" "I'll turn off the lights and take off the jeans, then." "Good night." "Good night." "Thanks, Mehmet, foreverything." "No problem." "I'm glad to have you with me." "Same here." "In fact, I... ln fact, what?" "I love you so much." "In fact, what?" "In fact, what were you saying?" "I love you very much." "I love you too." "In fact, what?" "Forget it." "Tell me." "It doesn't matter." "You said something after"in fact"." " "Forget it", I said." " But you said something else." "Tell me." "You're so mean." "You told my mom you'd pick me up at nine, but you came at one o'clock, dad." "I told you, what could I have done?" "Ayse and I missed the ferry." "My mother kept asking me about Ayse." " Asking you what, for example?" " lf you talked about her or not." "My motherdoesn't like heranymore, I guess." "How do you figure?" "She said some stuff about her underher breath, but I heard it." " What did she say?" " She said things I can't say." "Are you dating Ayse?" " There is no such thing, Ezgi." "Well, then, what did you do on the island with Ayse?" "What does that mean?" "Ezgi, what's happening?" "You'll be Ayse's lover, and you'll leave me." "Mom wouldn't dislike anotherwoman forno reason." "I love you more than anything in this life." "And I'm not going to leave you, ever." "I promise. ls it a deal?" "Bye, honey." " Come on in." " Go on." " Bye-bye, daddy." " Bye-bye." " ls Cemil home?" " No." "If you have time, can we talk a little bit?" "I understand that the situation at home isn't so good." " No, why should things be bad?" " Ezgi seems a little worried." "Why are you bringing this up right now?" "I know things aren't going so well between you and Cemil." "These are the things that happen in every marriage." "Did you forget so quickly?" "Don't get Ezgi confused overthis, please." "Don't make me a part of your problems." "What am I making you a part of, what are you talking about?" " You know." " How is Ayse?" "is she good?" "She's the same." "Did you wonderabout yourfriend?" "Hasn't she separated from herhusband yet?" "No, why would she?" "I don't know. lt always seemed to me like they would divorce one day." "I hearthat you've been pretty close lately." " Does that annoy you?" " Be happy, Mehmet, what can I say?" "Have you seen Orhan in the last few days?" "No." "But be assured, if I did see him, I'd give him an advice ortwo." "That would suit you well." " Hello?" " What's up?" "I'm good." "You're probably going to be late to the airport tomorrow." "I'm arranging a carfor you." " What car?" "To come pick you up." "I'm arranging it overthe phone now." "Tomorrow, at three o'clock, it will be in front of your house." " Well, so be it." " Okay, I'll see you later." "There ls Something Lonely About All This" "Good morning." "You put the flowersrs here, it's nice." "They are getting light." "Are you okay?" "You drank a lot last night?" "I called you, you didn't pick up." "I'm fine." "What is it, you have news?" "No." "No news, Mehmet." "It's over, this is as faras it goes." " Don't be so negative." " Maybe something happened to him." "We are here, talking like this forno reason..." "You're going to lzmirtoday, right?" " Yes, fora couple of days." " l'll be really lonely then." " Don't worry, nothing happens." "I'm constantly alone." "You don't die of loneliness." "Again, you're agitated in the morning." "I'm a bit agitated myself..." "As you can see, I couldn't get enough sleep." "If you are going to be like that, I won't come in the morning." "Okay, I didn't say anything." "No, I'm sorry, I've overwhelmed you overthis Orhan ordeal, sorry." "Ayse!" "So what, are you going to leave just like that?" "I'm sorry, okay." " Airport shuttle, right?" " Yes, sir." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "n police movies, you know how they find a clue and crack the case?" "The hero th/nks over a sentence and finds something." "As usual, afterfin/shing the lesson, we drank a beer ortwo, he spoke with ourbarmaid, Zeynep, then he left." "What's up?" "Zeynep, get back to work." "Zeynep..." "Sir, can we go back to Taksim?" "Something just came up..." "What happened?" "Sir, what happened?" " Veli, where are you?" " l'm at home, sir." " Awesome." "The otherday, I had asked you about a restaurant-bar in Taksim." "Will you meet me there?" " What's up?" " We have something to take care of." " When will you introduce me to Atiye?" " Okay, I will introduce you to Atiye." " Okay, I'm on my way, sir." "Over by Rum, right?" "Wait forme in the corner." "Don't be late." "Okay, I'm coming." "See you." " l'll be back in 10 minutes." " Yes, sir." "Sir?" "Look." "We will enterthe bartogether." "We will go in." "You'lljust keep quiet, and you're going to try to scare the guys inside." "You know, as if you were an undercover cop." "Undercover cop?" "Like Behzat C?" "Shall I scare them pretty bad?" "So, I'm an undercover cop?" "Do you want me to tearup the place?" ""Youngsters, let me see some id." "Take them in, take them!"" "Don't be silly, calm down." "Inside, there might be two guys." "There might not be, I don't know, I'm not sure." "I don't get along well with one of them." "You're here so that a fight doesn't break out, okay?" "I'll look like an undercover cop, I will scare them, I will keep quiet." " Look, let me see." " There." "Okay,just shut up." "Just look." "Well, that's it." "Come on." "Come on." " Inside..." "Yes." "Hello." "Ourservice hasn't started yet." "We open afterseven thirty." " ls Zeynep in?" " Zeynep quit, I'm here now." " Really?" "Are you a friend of hers?" " Yeah, what happened?" "I need to get in touch with Zeynep." "Get in touch with herthen." "Actually, I'm not looking for Zeynep, but for Zeynep's boyfriend Orhan." "He has a sick family member, I'd like to inform him." "I have work to do right now." "His father is in a very bad condition." "He asked me to." "I need to reach Orhan." "If you know where he is, could you tell me?" "What's wrong with Orhan's father?" "His father is seriously ill." "They don't talk to each other." "Only I can convince Orhan." "That's why, I'm looking for him." "Wait a minute." "You say his father is sick, I'll give you the address." "Cihangir." "Ova Street, Hacer Hanim Apartment, No: 4, Floor: 1." "But please don't tell him that you got it from me, okay?" "Thank you very much." "Hello!" "I was wondering when he would show up." "Get ready, Veli." " What are you doing here?" "I recently talked with Kenan, he says hello." "He said that you shouldn't attack at every chance." "So, that's what he said?" " What is it, what's up?" " Nothing." "I'm seeing that you've come prepared this time." "This time, I did." "Let's go." "Come on." "What's up?" "What's up?" "Veli, well done." "This is the first time I've eversaid "well done" to you." "Sir, wasn't that amazing?" "How was my acting?" "Did you see how I scared the guy?" "When I said "what's up" he changed tune." "Sir, you're my witness." "I should be an actor." "I did good, you saw that the guys were afraid." "You can act, but I have to go to Cihangirnow." "Sir, do you have any actorfriends?" "I want to study. I'm ready." "I will become an actor." "I've changed my mind." "Why should I have actorfriends, I'm a rocker. I'll see you later." "Sir, you're going to Cihangir." "That place is full of actorsrs." "I'll pay them forlessons." "Sir, if I become a celebrity, we can set out on my boat." "This acting idea is really good, sir!" "Action!" "What are you doing here?" "I was looking for Kenan the otherday because I was trying to reach Orhan." " Why are you asking me?" " ls Orhan here?" "No, he's not here." "Why should he be?" "Look, I know everything." "I don't care." "I'm not here to judge you or Orhan." "I just need to see Orhan." "I don't know what you're talking about, I should go." "What are you doing?" "Stop, you can't come in." "What are you doing?" "You can't come in." "Orhan!" "Orhan!" "I told you that he's not here." ""Do what you're going to do, but at least, call heronce, you low-life!"" "Just make sure Orhan gets to see what I wrote." "I'm sorry fortrespassing." "I made it." " Can I come in?" " Of coursrse." "I've been listening, what was that song?" "Nothing." "We were looking for a tune." "I think it's beautiful, it sounds familiar." "They say good songs always sound familiar." "I agree, absolutely." "Do you have lyrics forit?" " No, I haven't written any yet." "But there is a vocal melody." " Let's play togetherthen." "Yes." "Come on, let's play." "From the top, Mehmet." "Okay." "One, two, three, four." "Look who I brought." "Hello." "You brought Ayse." "What?" "Yes, this is Ayse." "Ayse, this is Ali." "Run, Ali, run." "Ali, catch Ayse." " What?" " Do you like Izmir?" "I love it." "You're a very sexy man, you know that?" "I know." "Ayse?" " What happened?" " Nothing." "It doesn't matter, I'll revive you." "I can't." "I think you better go." "It has nothing to do with you." " l didn't think so anyway." "I'm sorry." " lt was Ayse, right?" " Something like that." "Are the other guys in your group staying at this hotel?" "Yes." "Okay, lover boy, thank you." "The drummeris a good guy, Aydin." "Hello?" "I know you're busy, but can you come to my room when you're finished?" " ls there something wrong?" " No. ljust want to talk." "Okay, I'll be there in two minutes." "You walk around like that inside the hotel, like a pervert?" " What is it?" "I'm not exposed, am I?" " Get in here." "What happened to the girl?" " She's asleep." " Weren't you just having sex?" " lt's over already." "It was in the past that I was able to have sex forhours." "Besides, my brotherwanted to talk." "Where is the girl?" " Gone." "She's the world's fastest dressed girl." "I wasn't in the mood anyways." " What happened?" "After Nazli left, Ayse and I became betterfriends..." "Close friends." "That was obvious, bro." "Did you have sex?" "No, she's married." "I'm saying, we're just good friends." " So what?" " l'm also friends with her husband." "When I was with Nazli, we went on holiday together." "We are not too close, we played backgammon and drank raki together." "Just because you played backgammon, you can't love his wife?" "Not because I played backgammon with him, but because they are married." "What would Nihat say, do you remember?" "Nihat would say "you have to stick to whoever you find"." " What?" " He always used to say that." ""Sex, stick to it." "Money, stick to it." "Love, stick to it."" "When you get a chance, you need to stick to it, Mehmet." "That's not how it is in real life, Altan." "How is it then?" "If you don't will it, of course it won't happen." "You have to be sticky right now." "Her husband is lost." "She wants my help, what do I do?" "I go and fall in love with her." "That makes me a realjerk." "Wait, herhusband's missing?" "Yes, missing for days." "We're looking for him." "He probably has a relationship with someone else, but... I haven't seen them together, but I'm almost sure." "So, you've been searching forthe man, huh?" " Yes. I was helping Ayse." " Are you sick in the head?" "If you love this girl, and herhusband has left, why are you looking for him?" " l searched..." "I had to search." " Let him go,just let him." "He's gone." "You're really stupid." "This is youropportunity." "The man went and left. lt's simple:" "You grab on, you stick to it." " Don't be silly, that's absurd." " So, sufferthen, what can I say?" "Stay as a loser." "Don't search for him." "Why are you looking forhim?" "I'm looking forhim because she wants me to." "I'm looking for him because I want to do what she wants of me." "I'm looking for him because she is desperate, and I want herto be happy." "But now, you're unhappy, Mehmet." "You can't fill the emptiness inside with yourdaughter." "This is unfair." "This is not fairfor you." "Mehmet..." "Don't be the one being directed, be the one directing." "Look, do you want me to hug you right now, how about it?" "Don't do anything of the sort." "We met when everything was much better. ln the late 80's..." "Ourfriendship is unlike the friendships of today." "Now, go to bed, get some rest." "We have rehearsrsal tomorrow." "Thank you." " Ezgi." " Daddy, how are you?" " l'm fine, how about you?" " l'm fine, I miss you." " l miss you so much." " Dad... I may have let it slip from my mouth that you and Ayse went to the island together." "Never mind that." "But I heard my mom talking on the phone." " Who did you hearhertalking to?" " Ayse." "What did she say?" "She spoke softly at first, but then..." "Are you going to marry Ayse, dad?" "Dad?" " Yes?" "I like Ayse." "If you're not going to leave me, I can let you be lovers." "You can even marry her." "Ezgi, you're the best thing that ever happened to me." "I love you, daddy." "I love you too, my beautiful girl." "Kisses." "I'll see you later." "What's going on?" "It's not important." "I might have to go to Istanbul." " But we have a concert tomorrow." "Okay, I'll come back by tomorrow, don't worry." " ls this what I think it is?" " Something like that..." "Go, go on." "Don't worry about things here." "But come to the concert." " Okay." "Mehmet?" "Guess what happened." "Orhan came back." "Mehmet." "My brother." "Thank you very much, Mehmet." "You've been very helpful to Ayse, she told me everything." "It was a ridiculous mess." "It came and went." "I want to apologize to the both of you." "I'm so happy for you both." "I can't live without Ayse, I realized that once again." "I came back, I asked forforgiveness." "She forgave me." "What really mattersrs in situations like these is to rememberthe great love that you feel for one another." "I will neverforget your help." "We both owe you so much." "Right, Ayse?" "Now, the worsrst days are behind us..." "Now, the worst days are behind us..." "So we can..." "Celebrate with some fish and raki..." "What do you think?" "She forgave me." "I just came back from Izmir." "I have concerts." "Let me go home, get some rest, let's talk later, okay?" "Alright." "You go ahead, sleep." "But when you wake up, come on over." "We can have a drink ortwo." "We can chit-chat a bit." "First, let me get upstairs..." "Let's take a break, guys." "Are you okay?" " l guess." "I know you're going through tough times these days." "When my head is messed up, I hang onto my music." "Like the way you cling to yoursong, forexample." "I say, let's get the song to a producer in Istanbul." "Besides, the new album needs new songs, and maybe it can benefit both of us, what do you say?" "Sure." "You deserve a beautiful song." "Thank you." "You do too." "Look at that." "He walks out and wandersrs off, then comes back to a pretty wife." "On top of that, she waits for him." "Some guys are really lucky." "How did I get myself into this mess?" "Knowing the whole time..." "Why did I listen to that voice inside?" "I couldn't stop myself." "I was fascinated by her." "Am I really the kind of guy to fall forthis at this age?" "Okay, you're staying with me fora while." "I'm not leaving you here in this shape." "Prepare my guitar." "There, in the back." " Talk to me." " Mehmet, Ezgi is missing." "What?" "When herschool bus stopped, she just took off." "I called all of herfriends, no one knows where she is." " Where did she get off?" " ln Besiktas." "My God, I'm freaking out, what's going on?" "Mehmet, can you hearme?" "Find my daughter." "Find my daughterright now!" "Do you hearme?" "Are you drunk again?" "Ezgi!" "Ezgi!" "Ezgi!" "Ezgi!" " Mehmet?" " Ayse, I have to go, Ezgi is..." "Ezgi is inside, she's sleeping." "I was so scared." "She wanted to see me." "I called, but I couldn't reach you." "You didn't answerthe phone." "I called Nazli." "She's on herway now, they are coming." "You can come in, if you want." " No, I'm going to take Ezgi and go." "I said she's sleeping, Mehmet." "Orhan is probably here, forget about it." " Orhan isn't here." " How so?" "Did he take off again?" "So, all the searching was in vain?" "Why would it be in vain, I don't undersrstand." "That's right, why would it be in vain?" "You're happy now." " Yes, I'm happy." "I called you many times, why didn't you pick up the phone?" "I didn't answerbecause... I didn't want to drink raki with Orhan to celebrate your happiness." "I didn't answerbecause..." " Because you're scared." " Me, scared?" " Yeah, you're scared." "Ayse, I came to you." "I started seeing you everywhere I looked in Izmir." "Everybody, everything was you." "Then what happened?" "Orhan came back." "My dear backgammon buddy." "What could I do?" "Was I supposed to kiss you when you were so happy?" "Don't call me a coward." "Don't call me a coward, because I've neverbeen afraid in my entire life." "Only once I fell so hard forsomeone." "Moreover, I fell forsomeone who doesn't love me at all." " Daddy." " Ezgi." "I'm sorry, dad, I had all of you worried." "That's alright." "Ezgi?" "I'm going to step outside a little bit." " Are you okay?" " l'm good." "I tell you what, come overtonight." "We can have a drink ortwo, you can relax a bit." " Cemil, you're a good man." " Thank you." "But we don't have to be friends, you know that, right?" "I'm just Ezgi's father." "Relax, you can act towards me howeverfeels natural for you." "Don't force yoursrself to try to be modern." "You are sick in the head." "You know that, don't you?" "Ezgi, go to the car, I'll need to have a word with your mother." "Are you mad at me?" "I'm not mad, baby." "I can't get mad at you." "We're both very angry with you, Ezgi." "You go to the car, I'll be right there." "Why don't you mind your own business?" "You called Ayse." "What is this nonsense?" "Leave me alone, Nazli." "What do you want from me?" "Do you hate me that much?" "So much that you want me to be alone?" "It wouldn't have worked." "It wouldn't have worked, do you undersrstand me?" "There was no need for you to call and lay a guilt trip." "For me, it was just..." "Athing that came and went." "Mehmet, you two always got along very well." "Orhan and I sometimes just looked at each other, when you two dove into deep conversations." "We would feel unwanted." "We were aware of it, but you two never realized it." "So, you're telling me I was married to you, but in love with Ayse, it that it?" " Yes." " But she chose Orhan again." "If she had picked me... lf she had come to me..." "What would have happened?" "Mehmet, what would have happened?" " Altan was right." " Altan is never right, okay?" "Nazli, come on, we're going." "Mehmet, you have to pull yoursrself togetherfor Ezgi." "One Month Later" "This next song, we prepared it for my new album with Mehmet." "And today, we'll perform it on stage forthe first time. I hope you enjoy." "You're as free as a tree, exiled to earth," "Offended by tomorrow, Each a mine," "Your rusty words." "f you're true to yourheart, They'// cli you deranged." "f you ask about /ove, They don't know it." "s your /ong/ng forIove enough?" "It's not enough, they'// hurt you." "It's not enough, there's more." "As fully fledged, nob/e, d/gn/fied, Be //ke them, they will applaud you." "t's not enough, They'lI catch you." "t's not enough, They'lI sever yourwings." "Stand still, in the mud." "n fact, there is someth/ng /one/y About all this." "It's d/fficuIt enough, The //fe you live." "It's not enough, they'// hurt you." "It's not enough, there's more." "As fully fledged, nob/e, d/gn/fied, Be //ke them, they will applaud you." "t's not enough, They'lI catch you." "t's not enough, They'lI sever yourwings." "Stand still, in the mud." "Today is "do the opposite day", they said." "So, I should do the opposite right now, and..." "That's what you always do, right, Mehmet?" "You didn't tell me about Orhan's affair." "Wasn't it you who said that Orhan wasn't yourfriend?" "I thought I was yourfriend." "I... I... I love..."