"SUMMER BOOK" " Good morning." " Good morning." "Veysel!" "Welcome home, son." "You're late." "Let's go home." "Children!" "Don't waste the holidays loafing around doing nothing." "Of course you should run around and play games." "But also take time to look at the summer book I'm handing out now." "Read the stories and writing in it do the exercises, solve the puzzles." "If you do as I say, you'll return from the holidays having learned a lot of useful things." "Turkish National Anthem." "Enjoy the holidays!" "Thanks." " Let me see!" " Look at your own." " I don't have one." " But everyone in class got one." " Not me." " Give it back." "I'm going." "Piss off!" "Welcome, Ali." "Where's your school report?" "Uncle, can you lend me 10 lira?" "What do you want with 10 lira?" "It's a loan, I swear." "I'll pay you back." "Go ahead, here's 10 lira loan for you." "What can I do for you?" " Do you have the summer book for third grade?" " No." "When will you get it in?" "You won't find it in Silifke." "Maybe in Mersin." "But they gave it to us at school." "Those come straight from the Ministry of Education." "What about your school report?" " Welcome home, brother." " What's up?" " Are you done with school?" " Yes, I am." "Don't eat them all at once." "Son, did you get your school report?" "Selam aleykum." "Aleykum selam!" "Welcome back!" " How are you, Veysel?" " Good thanks, uncle." "And you?" "Fine." "Have a seat." "What do you drink?" " Tea please." " Zafer, get us two teas." "Dad..." "I don't want to go to military college." "I've taken the university entrance exam." "If you pay the compensation money to the army I can carry on studying at a normal university." "Where did you suddenly get that idea, son?" "I didn't suddenly get it, mom." "I've been thinking about it for a while." "What are you going to study at university?" "Business management." "Get these ideas out of your head." "Don't make me angry." "I don't want to be an officer, dad." "So you studied all those years for nothing?" "What good will business management do you?" "Nobody's working anyway!" "If you're going to leave, come and work for me." "I went to military school because you wanted me to, but I can work things out for myself now." "I'm not going to be an officer just because you want me to." "Wait, son!" " What's going on, Veysel?" " Good evening, uncle." "Don't just stand there." "Come in." "Have a seat." "Hopefully I'll be headed to Mersin soon." "My dad knows someone there who'll get me a job at the supermarket meat counter." " I'm wasted in a butcher's like this." " Don't say that, son." "Big things mean big trouble." "They'll give you a hard time there." "Nobody bothers you here." "There's just your boss and he's a good man." "Mehmet Ali!" "Welcome!" "How are you doing?" "I'm well, thanks." " Can I get you another coke?" " I'm OK." "Thanks." "Two more cokes here." "Mustafa..." "Ali's still young." "You can tell he's bored in the office." "Can't you just let him be?" "Don't ruin his summer." "Young!" "?" "At his age, my father had me working on the building sites in Adana." "I was mad at him at the time, but I'm grateful now." "Those were the old days." "Ali's still a small boy." "Let him play with his friends." "He's also doing good in school." "His grades are always good." "You've made one son miserable." "Don't do the same to the other." "You turned them against me." "You spoiled them and now they hate me." "Try caring for your family instead of running after your mistress!" "What mistress are you talking about?" "God damn you!" "I don't have any mistresses." "You've ruined the evening!" "Well, I hope I have!" "You're impossible." "No wonder you got divorced before." "Don't sell them for less than 20 cents." "Good luck!" "A six-year-old boy on a bicycle, with blonde hair has gone missing." "Anyone who's seen him..." "A tea for me." "Mustafa, it can't go on like this." "We have to work out Veysel's problem." "What problem?" "What are you talking about?" "He'll go back to his school with his tail between his legs." "There's no other way." "But he has to want to go back." "You can't force him." "Keep out of this, Hasan." "Why should I?" "Veysel's my nephew!" "Of course, it's easy to say that when you're on the outside." "Did it only just cross your mind that you have nephews?" "When have you ever listened to me anyway?" ""Stay here," we said, but off you went to study in Ankara." "Just when you were finishing, you dropped out of school to get married." "OK, we said, let him settle down and be happy." "But then you got divorced and came back to Silifke." "You gave dad such a hard time back then for standing in your way." "And now you run the business he left behind." "Don't think Veysel's going to be like you." "He shouldn't do whatever gets into his head." "Let him finish what he's started." "Son?" "Are you asleep?" "Your father's gone to Ürgüp." "Get yourself up and come home." "Son..." "Don't be so stubborn with your father." "Try and humour him a bit." "We'll work something out later." "Dad just cares about the money, mom." "It won't be a problem if I find the money somewhere else." " I'll sort out the money anyway." " How, sweetheart?" "It's a lot of money." "Who has that much to lend these days?" "Just forget about it, mom." "The pastries are delicious." "Citizens are forbidden by law from riding motorbikes without helmets." "Penalties will be imposed on citizens who break the law." "A sum of cash has been lost somewhere around the bus station." "How are you?" "When did you get back?" "A couple of days ago." "How have you been doing?" "Same as ever." "I'm off to play cards with the boys." "Climb on." " You'll get to see everyone." " OK." "Hey, what's this?" "You started smoking?" "Well, now and again." "What?" "Take one for yourself and forget your friends?" " Well, it's quality stuff, of course." " Oh come on!" "Have one." "Whose turn is it?" "At least I'd get to go my own way out of the army." "The army may be king here but there are more opportunities" "when you go to the big city." "I'd go to Istanbul." "I'd leave the country if I had to." "I'd go wherever I am going to have a good life." "But the army isn't like that." "You do whatever you're told, uncle." "You can tell now what you'll be doing in 20 years." "If it wasn't for the compensation thing..." "The compensation is just a detail." "The point is to make up your mind." "Living in the city is really tough for anyone from the outside." "You either have time or money, but never both." "Never mind that I'm a butcher now." "I studied in Ankara and got married there." "You know that." "Everything was a bed of roses at first." "But we never had any money." "We were always in dire straits." "The honeymoon was soon over, of course." "Then, fighting everyday..." "The city suffocates you" "unless you're really ambitious." "If you do go this way, don't lose your drive halfway like I did." "Go the whole way." "You understand?" "Just be sure of your decision." "We'll give you all the support you need." "Mom!" "Just a second, sis." "I'll be with you in a minute." "Aren't you out of there yet?" "It's been a whole hour." "I'll be out in a second." "Mom asks if there's something wrong." "OK!" "You're trying to teach her what being a mother is about?" "Once she'd got over her stage fright Gülbin Vardar answered every question that was put to her." "I've battled for years to save my family." "I've battled for four years." "Has anyone asked me what I've done during that time?" "Gülbin Vardar has dropped her bomb." "I'm not keeping quiet any more." "He showed me no respect so I'll talk." "I'm taking classes, I'm fighting to carve out a place for myself." "This is where Mustafa Ünal lives, isn't it?" "Yes." "I'm his son." " Isn't your mom at home?" " No." "Right then." "Now listen carefully." "Tell her your mom that your dad got sick and he's now at the hospital." "OK?" " So where's your dad then?" " In the hospital." "Good boy!" "Don't forget, OK?" "Sir, take me to the hospital." " You can come with your mom." " I don't know where she is." "Please!" "Your dad got sick in the car on his way back." "He pulled over in Limonlu and collapsed as he got out of the car." "Thank God some people saw him." "They called our clinic and we left right away." "The doctor said it had to do with his brain and we had to take him to Silifke." "So we brought him here." "We called your house but no one answered." "Then your dad gave us the address so I came to let you know." "I'm going to drop you off, pick up the doctor and head back to Limonlu." " Will my dad be OK?" " He's conscious." "I'm sure he'll be fine." "I couldn't find your wife but I've brought you your son instead." " Thank you." " No problem." "Get well soon then." "We've got the tomography results and decided to operate right away." "Listen, Ali." "The car got left behind in Limonlu." "There's money inside." "Find it before it disappears." "What's going on, son?" "What happened to your father?" "They got the tomography results." "I spoke to him." "What tomography?" "Where is your father?" "Having an operation." "Güler, calm down." "Don't scare the boy." "Let's go." " I'm so sorry, Güler." " What's going on, mom?" "He had a brain haemorrhage on his way back from Ürgüp." "They rushed him here and decided to operate." "He's still in there." "Is there anything we can do?" "Have you talked to the doctor?" "No, not yet." "They're all in the operating room." "There's something." "I wasn't here in time." "He spoke to Ali before going in." "He said there was money in the car and to go get it before it got stolen." "But where is the car?" "When the ambulance picked him up it got left behind in Limonlu." "Was it a lot of money?" "I guess if he mentioned it specifically..." "Ali, did your dad say how much money was there?" "No." "Then I should get going right away." "I'll check out that money and get the car as well." "Veysel, you stay here with your mother." " Uncle!" "Shall I come with you?" " Güler?" "Take him if it's OK with you." "He could do with some fresh air." "Sure." "He can keep me company on the way." "Mom, sit down." "Anyone getting out in Limonlu?" "Yes." "By the gendarme station." "When our guys went to pick up the car they had a good look inside." "All they found was a bag." "It had nothing valuable inside." "Anyway, you'll shortly be given a report on the contents of the car." " It must have been stolen then." " Let's see that." "Have another look with the sergeant." "Maybe they missed something." "If you can't find it either, we'll launch an inquiry." "We even don't know how much it was, though." " Yes, sir!" " Check the car and the bag again with Mr. Hasan." "If you still can't find the money round up everyone who went near the car before we got there and bring them here." "Sir, there's a couple of Farmhands who helped the patient." "Plus the ambulance driver and the doctor." "Leave the doctor for now but bring the others." "Yes, sir!" "I'm going off for a few hours." "I'll be back by noon." "OK." "Güler, shall I keep the car for a bit until all this settles down?" "Sure." "Besides, no one uses it." "What would we do with it anyway?" "Are you going to the hospital today?" "I can give you a ride now." "They won't let me near him anyway." "Let me finish the housework." "I'll go around noon." "Güler, did Mustafa say why he was going to Ürgüp?" "Did he mention money at all?" "No, but he did say he'd be speaking to the storehouse man." "Couldn't he speak to the man on the phone?" " He has a mistress." "He went to her." " What mistress, Güler?" "Look, Hasan." "I've kept it to myself until now." "But something's got into him lately." "He's been so distant with his family." "He keeps going off to Ürgüp, Mersin, Adana to buy seedlings or whatever." "And if ever I say anything, he starts yelling at me." "He's managed to drive his son away." "He even fell out with you." "He's turned into a cranky, impossible man." "He goes to his mistress." "We've been married all this time." "You think I wouldn't realise?" "How much money did my brother take to Ürgüp?" "As far as I know he didn't take any money with him." "Wasn't he collecting a Payment or anything there?" "No." "No one deals in cash in this business." "He was going to check on the lemons in the storehouse." "And he planned to look at a new storehouse for next season." "Ahmet I'm going to ask you something, But give me an honest answer." "Sure, Mr. Hasan." "Go ahead." "Does my brother have a mistress?" "In Ürgüp or Mersin?" "Not that I know of." "Though that kind of thing is private, of course." "Did Güler tell you that?" "What does Güler have to do with this?" "She came and grilled me about the same thing once." "Then when I told Mr. Mustafa, he got mad at me." "Whatever..." "Now bring me all the files, daybooks, edgers, bankbooks whatever you can find." "Let me take a look at them." "You can go now." "I'll close the shop." "OK." " Good night." " Good night." "You want to buy some gum, Mom?" "OK, give me one." "I'm going to the hospital with your brother." "I'll be back in the afternoon." "And your uncle's gone to Ürgüp." "Hatice will be coming." "Be good." "Don't cause her any trouble, OK?" "Prices slashed at Flamingo Hair Salon!" "Pay less for a hair cut, blow dry, colouring, highlights..." "May the hand of God heal him." "Hopefully he'll recover and pay more attention to his home and family." " What are you doing here?" " Nothing." " Give me a piece of gum." " 30 cents." "I'll pay you later." "If you don't shout "Gum!" "Gum!" No one'll come and buy." " Where are you going?" " Home." "I'm hungry." "Stick the box under the car." "You can pick it up after lunch." "Would this be Mr. Yaþar's storehouse?" " Next door." " Thanks." "Mr. Yaþar sent me here." "He said to say hello." "Thanks." " I need your help with something." " Sure." "What can I do for you?" "I'm from Silifke." "My brother was here three days ago." "He fell ill on his way back." "He's in the hospital now, in a coma." " I'm very sorry to hear that." " Thanks." "Mr. Yaþar said he stayed Here but I'm not so sure." "I wonder if you could check for me." " What was the name?" " Mustafa Ünal." "Now what Mustafa?" "You think it's better like this?" "Where's your mistress now?" "Has it been worth turning your family against you?" " When's your dad coming back?" " I don't know." "What are you going to do if your dad dies?" "Hey, what's going on?" " Get off me!" " Shut up!" " I'll tell my brother!" " Go right ahead." "Stop hitting me!" "What are you doing to him, huh?" "He bullies Ali all the time." "He stole Ali's box of gum too." "Get out of here!" "If I see you near Ali again, I'll break your nose!" "Are you OK?" " Welcome, Hasan." " Thanks." " Hi there, kids." " Welcome, uncle." " What happened to your nose?" " He fell while playing football." "Hey, you should be more careful!" "Let me see." "OK, it's nothing." "Mustafa really did go to the storehouse in Ürgüp." "He checked on the lemons there." "He spent the night alone in a hotel." "And he set out early the next morning." "So the point is, he doesn't have a mistress in Ürgüp." "There was no big deal over money with the storehouse guy." "He just put down a $200 deposit on the storehouse for next season." "There have been no big withdrawals from the bank either." "Nor has he been paid by anyone recently, judging by the records." "I just don't get it." "We won't get to solve this money thing until he recovers." "I'm going to have a word with the doctor." "Dad..." "I've sold all the gum." "Let's get another box when you're better." "I need to go to the toilet." "How about you?" " No, I'm OK." " All right." "Stay in the car then." "What's that, Ali?" "I found it in the pocket there, uncle." "Move back to your seat." "We didn't look here." "We didn't even see the thing." "You don't really notice it from outside." "Did you know there was a pocket here, Ali?" "Such a shame!" "He's on his deathbed and all he thinks of is the $100 in his car!" "It's just ridiculous!" "This money's good for no one." "It's best if I go and donate it to the mosque, Ali." "But don't tell anyone about this." "They'd only gossip." "OK?" "Don't even tell your mom or brother." "Uncle..." "You know this compensation thing?" "What are we going to do about it?" "Time's running out." "Veysel, listen." "I've been thinking it over." "It doesn't really seem sensible what you're trying to do." "I don't think you should leave the army." "You know what condition your father's in." "It's not right to put him through that stress again once he gets better." "Financially, his illness has been a big drain on the family, you know." "On top of all that, there's that money that's gone missing." "As the state's paying for your education, you should keep going." "It's your future guaranteed." "OK?" "The holidays are over." "You've all grown up and moved up a grade." "I know everyone did different things in different places during the holidays." "But we're back at school now and we'll be doing everything together." "Now everyone get out their Turkish notebooks and write an essay on the following topic..." ""Who knows more?" "Someone who reads a lot or someone who travels a lot?"" "If you don't finish by the end of class you won't be allowed out during break." "Written and directed by producers" "co-producers cast" "director of photography art director" "sound engineer  sound designer editor"