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Remembered with respect... Bora Kuzum

Good morning.

Hello, how are you today? How can I help you?

Hello, let me check that for you.

I need to put you on hold for a moment.

Good morning, I am Selim, how can I help you today?

Good morning, I am having a problem with my internet connection.

It doesn't connect. I called you yesterday.

I had a problem with it until I called you...

...but the internet came back on while I was on the phone...

...and your colleague told me that there was no problem.

I thought it got fixed somehow...

...but I am having the same problem again today.

Let me check that for you, sir.

-Can I have your name please? -Ayhan.

I didn't have a problem yesterday...

...but it's been going on for a month or so.

I just renewed my contract, for 2 years.

I see, Mr Ayhan. Let me check that for you.

Can you hold the line please?

I've waited for 10 minutes to get through to you anyway. I can wait.

I just want you to solve the problem.

I am sorry, can I have your name again please?

Ayhan Kayın.

-I am sorry, I didn't get that. -Ayhan Kayın.

Ayhan Kayın.

So, what's the problem?

Hello?

Hello, are you there, man?

Ayhan Kayın.

Hello!

Did you cut me off? Hello!

Hello!

Hello, are you still there, man?

Hello?

I am so sorry.

I thought you cut me off.

So, what is it, man? Is the problem at my end or yours?

-Are you okay? -What?

Hello!

Hello!

Are you okay?

I am not okay, I am not at all.

I am having a problem with my internet connection.

Selim, what have you done?

Did you hang up on a customer?

Sir, he'll go to ask his girlfriend's hand today.

I guess he is stressing about that.

It's not my problem. Answer me.

Thank you.

Enjoy.

Does it taste nice, son?

Awful.

-Thank you. -Enjoy.

I guess you all know why we are here.

According to the command of God and the word of the Prophet...

...we'd like to ask for your granddaughter Hacer's hand...

...for my grandson Selim.

Do you want to marry her, love?

Yes.

So, since they agreed to marry, what can we say, hodja?

We can only congratulate them.

Come on then, congratulations.

Congratulations, congratulations, come on then.

It's getting late now.

Since we are all here, why don't we put their rings on?

-Come on. -Come here, love.

Wait a minute, hodja, wait a minute.

Your son didn't say a word.

Can't he talk or something?

He must be nervous, sir, he must be nervous.

Are you going to look after our daughter, son?

My grandfather is an old man now.

We need someone to clean the house and cook food.

We need someone to do the housework free of charge.

I don't know how to cook.

I mean, I can only cook a toasty and pasta. That's all.

-What are you talking about, son? -He must be really nervous, sir.

I told you, didn't I? He is really nervous.

No, I am not nervous.

Are you going to make my daughter happy?

Selim Hacıoğlu, lie.

I guess I can. I am sure I can.

It can't be so difficult anyway.

She'll eat pastry all day.

She'll gossip with the neighbours.

She can watch a TV show before she goes to bed at night.

I am sure she'll be happy.

I am sure she'll get along well with my grandad.

That would make me happy as well.

I don't expect much from her anyway.

I am just tired of wanking.

I mean, we can make love twice a week.

I can't put a condom on though.

Whenever I try to put it on, my cock gets soft.

She'll get pregnant in no time!

What the hell you are talking about, man!

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

You are lucky I respect your grandfather.

Take him out of here before I do something stupid.

What the hell you are talking about! You, cuckold!

Can you hear what you are saying?

-Grandad! -He is about to faint.

Grandad! Grandad! Are you okay?

Look at the mess you got us into! Asshole!

Don't hit him, don't hit my son.

He is not well. Stop hitting my son.

Grandad.

Grandad.

Grandad.

Grandad.

Grandad!

Grandad!

I thought I overcame it, grandad.

I thought I overcame it but I failed.

I am so sorry.

I thought I overcame it, grandad.

I thought I overcame it but I failed.

I am so sorry.

Ayhan Kayın.

Ayhan Kayın.

Ayhan Kayın.

Ayhan Kayın.

Ayhan Kayın.

2 YEARS AGO

Selim Hacıoğlu, lie.

Ayhan Kayın, violence.

RESPECT 2

TODAY

Come in.

Come in.

I am here.

I wanted to ask you if you'd like to play chess with me.

How do I look?

You look very beautiful.

Are you going somewhere?

Serpil is giving a concert today. I'll go there.

Fine. Give her my regards.

I will.

-Where is my brother? -He is at the university.

He organized a seminar week for himself.

-But why? -I don't know.

I am sure he has a bee in his bonnet again.

The rock rabbit...

...it camouflages wonderfully on the sands of the desert.

Its light-coloured fleece hides it from the hunters...

...but the same fleece makes it a clear target...

...on the dark lava remnants.

Thus, it gives its place to many animals who see it as a food.

Most of these hunters are visual hunters.

So, what do you think happens to rabbits...

...who find themselves on this coloured ground?

Remember, it's not the strongest that survives...

...the one who can adapt will survive.

When there are issues that he is curious about...

...when he has issues that he can't solve...

...then he gathers scientists and listens to them until the evening.

What's his problem? Did he tell you anything?

He didn't tell me anything.

When he gets confused, he throws everything to the wind...

...and he keeps questioning himself until he solves the problem.

He looked well to me.

I didn't even notice that he had a problem.

That's the problem right there!

If Ercüment doesn't have a problem, then there is a problem.

He'll be okay.

Welcome, Ms Helen.

Thank you.

Hey listen, keep an eye on her at all times.

Yes, sir.

He tells me to keep an eye on you every time.

Did I ever stop doing that?

Hey, I am sure he said that...

...because he saw me in this dress with a make-up on.

I noticed that! You look amazing.

I didn't want to tie my hair.

Do you think it looks okay?

It looks wonderful. You don't have to tie it.

So, what time is the concert?

What concert?

What do you mean? I thought we were going to a concert.

You know, if anyone asks you...

...then tell them that we are going to a concert. Don't sell me out!

Helen, please stop scaring me!

What are you up to now?

Come on, jump in.

I'll tell you where to go.

You, crazy girl!

Can a human being change?

The most important difference between the human mind...

...and human body is that the human mind is deceptive.

It lies.

You can control your mind.

You give him a story...

...and he becomes a suicide bomber, he becomes a terrorist.

You give him another story and then he becomes a martyr.

Mind dominates the body.

But human body is not like that.

The human body throws up the relationships it doesn't want.

Our body is full of traces of our personal history.

Every event leaves a trace.

There are thousands of secrets in my body that are swirling nonstop...

...that are dying to get out.

You can't keep a secret in your body.

I mean, the pains that a person witnessed...

...the evil that a person witnessed...

...the shames a person witnessed keep swirling in his body.

And he gets sick when he can't get it out of his chest.

There is a saying by Freud about that topic which I love.

Everyone will die in their own way.

Are you okay?

No, I am not.

What's wrong with you?

My stomach.

I have been exposed to...

...psychological and physical violence for a long time.

It happens from time to time.

I'll be okay in a minute. Thanks.

Hello?

I am busy. I'll be late.

Is Yavuz with you?

Okay. Put him on the phone.

Yavuz, where were we?

Tell everyone to get ready.

I'll have something with me when I get back tonight.

Yes.

Yes, I am sure.

If people were like me...

...then we'd probably still be living in the stone age.

No trains, no cars, no airplanes, no computers would be invented.

Thank God, they are smarter than me.

Thank God, they are not as lazy as I am.

There wouldn't be a stock-market too.

I went to bed the other night and I laid down face down.

I had an itch on my chest.

By the way, it wasn't night, it was almost morning.

Anyway, it kept on itching me...

...and I thought I was bitten by a mosquito or something.

So, I went to sleep.

I woke up at lunch time...

...and while I was washing my face in front of the window...

...I saw that I had tens of pink coloured spots on my chest.

I thought my liver gave up at last. I got scared.

I went to a hospital immediately.

Doctor said I had the rosacea.

Rosacea?

And he told me that excessive stress would cause it.

I told him I am not an obsessive person.

I said there had to be another reason...

...but he said no, it must be because of stress.

Then I realized that there is another me inside...

...unaware of myself.

While I don't care about anything in life...

...the other me, he probably kept everything to himself...

...because he couldn't show it to me and kept it all for himself.

I asked the dermatologist if I should see a psychologist.

He told me that I should talk about it with my friends.

He gave me some pills and a lotion and he told me to leave.

But I didn't have any friends.

I have to spend hours on even making a simple decision.

I have been having trouble concentrating since I was a kid.

I mean, instead of focusing on the problem...

...dozens of nonsense thoughts come to my mind.

For instance, if I have to focus on a problem, instead of doing that...

...dozens of nonsense thoughts keep my mind busy.

I had to make a decision.

Time was running out and my mind couldn't put in order...

...what was and what's going to happen.

Everything suddenly pops up and blends into each other...

...and evolves into obscure bullshit.

I realized that I couldn't even move because I was overthinking.

My brain was full with everything, it was swollen.

You know Hamlet loves to talk but he never takes an action.

So, my brain was behaving just like him.

After a while, I thought of The Murder of Gonzago play...

...which Hamlet staged in the honour of his uncle Claudius...

...who had killed his father in order to be with his mother.

It tells the story of a man who poisons his brother...

...in order to be with his sister in law.

And during the play, Hamlet stares at his uncle.

He expects a reaction from him that will reveal the truth.

A reaction that will put him into action.

And when his uncle leaves the play in anger...

...it makes him sure that he is the killer.

And he watches the fiction defeat reality.

That's why I had those spots on my chest...

...because my mind couldn't cope with reality.

Because I realized that I had to attack reality with fiction...

...not with reality.

Because in this world we are living in right now...

...the only way to cope with our own miserable lives is through this.

Acting.

If someone kills a person, we call him a killer...

...but if he kills thousands of people, then we call him a hero.

Why? Because that's how we set the rules of the game.

So, tell me, what would you call me...

...if I kill someone who killed thousands of people?

A hero or a killer?

Wait until I set the rules of the game...

...I'll be also preparing the answer.

-Welcome. -Thanks.

-What would you like to drink? -This place changed so much, man.

I don't know what it looked like before...

...but it's been like this for years.

Thanks. I'll have a single malt, make it a double, no ice, okay?

-Okay. -Hold on!

And a shot of tequila.

-Okay. -Thanks.

Hey pal, this was our spot.

Hey pal, this was our spot.

There were a few guys but they left. That's why I took it.

They were also our friends.

I got it. Okay, why don't we hang out together?

I'll buy the drinks.

Pal, why don't you go somewhere else?

Where can I go? It's so busy in here.

What's wrong with it? We can hang out together.

Our friends will be here soon, girl.

Come on, bro, off you go, come on.

You knew you forgot a line, right?

Yeah, I did and I said to myself, you are screwed now, man.

I didn't know that it was really difficult...

...to memorize something that you wrote.

How can we help you?

I have to check out the décor, I'll be back.

Okay, love. I am going to leave soon.

You can leave, we'll sort it out.

Congratulations, Savaş.

Thanks, where did you hear it from?

I saw on your Instagram account.

I am stalking you from time to time.

I saw that you wrote it and you are also the director...

...so I wanted to see it but I didn't know you were acting too.

You caught me by surprise.

It's just a simple one-act play, I just wanted to give it a shot.

How was it? Was I awful?

No.

You looked great on the stage...

...but you were never interested in such things...

...back in the day, that's why.

I wish you came to see it after a few shows.

This was the first one.

It wasn't so good.

It wouldn't make any difference to me.

I just wanted to see you.

Would you like to have rakı with me?

I am in a hurry today.

Are you going to work late?

Late or not, what's the difference, Helen?

Last year today, you came to my backstage...

...and then we went to have rakı together.

So?

So, I just wanted to congratulate you...

...and I thought we could have rakı and chat together.

I have to meet with someone today.

Savaş, listen, I heard that you were out of town.

I realized you were in town when I saw your Instagram account.

Helen, I am really in a hurry.

How was the play?

-Can you follow that taxi please? -Who is he?

Gökhan, stop asking questions please.

Were you going to kiss me a minute ago?

We don't even know each other's names.

Ercüment Çözer.

Wow!

Are we going to share our surnames as well?

Arya Şahin.

Nice to meet you Arya Şahin.

May I kiss you now?

Since we started talking, all you are talking about is kissing, man!

You are about to destroy your image in my head, just so you know.

How did you imagine me in your mind?

You are a businessman.

Yes.

Are you a producer?

As in film producer?

-Uh, huh. -No, I am not.

But I am sure you are an actress.

I draw pictures.

I do pencil drawing portraits.

Just portraits?

Human face tells a lot.

Just like a fingerprint.

How?

Unique.

These are on the house, enjoy.

-Thanks. -Thank you.

I drink every once in a while.

I don't know what made me order tequila.

It's okay, change is good, you know.

Besides, if we were sipping on whisky...

...could we get tipsy in a short period of time, Ercüment Çözer?

It looks like you haven't held a woman's hand for years.

Are you married?

-No. -Any children?

No.

I have 2.

I feel so blessed.

God bless them.

Hey, it's so easy to trick you, Ercüment Çözer.

I don't think so.

Don't be so sure.

Let me ask you something.

You started to dance when I got into the club...

-Uh, huh. -Then a man came to see you.

Asshole.

Yeah, he made a move on you but you didn't do anything.

You didn't push him away or anything.

Then you whispered something to his ear and then he left.

What did you tell him?

I told him about my occupation.

So, you told him that you were a painter.

Prosecutor.

Prosecutor.

Where?

At Çağlayan.

Actually, they'll transfer me somewhere else soon.

So, it looks like I am going to leave this town.

You are serious?

Why do you think I didn't kiss you?

Because you are a prosecutor?

I thought I might like it, I didn't want to live with that feeling.

Helen, who is he?

It looks like he will meet with someone. I am curious.

What are we doing here?

I don't know.

Is he here to gamble?

Tell me what are we doing here? Who are we following?

Helen, stop!

Look around you. This place is not safe.

Do you have any idea what would Mr Ercüment do to me...

...if something happened to you?

Hey! Come over here.

Come over here.

Hit the button.

This one?

Hit it again.

I am not a lucky guy. Maybe it's better if I don't hit it.

Hit it, man!

To hell with your luck!

So, do you have the money?

I couldn't find it.

Hey, brother, didn't you tell me you would give me a job...

...if I couldn't find the money?

I did, I will give you a job.

Actually, it would be better if you had the money but anyway.

Listen, it's not an easy job as the others.

If you fail...

...then I will put a bullet in your head instead of beating you up.

Where will I take it?

To father Hancı.

Have you heard his name before?

I haven't.

Look, you will give him the stuff.

And then I want you to tell him...

..."You already talked with Fiko on the phone...

...and he apologizes to you again."

You with me?

I am with you. So, I will give him the stuff...

...and apologize to him on behalf of you.

Fucking hell, man.

If I was lucky, I could multiply my money 150 times.

I have to ask you something.

What do you want me to tell him...

...if he wants you to apologize to him yourself?

Shall I tell him that you were ill and you couldn't make it?

Son, don't tell him anything else. Tell him what I told you and leave.

Don't dwell on it.

Where am I going to take that? Is it far?

Look, the address is on here.

You'll go inside, okay?

You'll tell them that Fiko sent you...

...and then you'll tell them that you want to see father Hancı.

You'll tell them that you have a present for him.

I got that but I feel nervous.

I am sure they are expecting you but then I will show up.

I don't want any trouble. I don't want to make them suspicious.

You, asshole, I asked you if you'd like me to give you a job...

...or break your bones and you told me you'd do the job.

-Didn't you say that? -I did.

So, stop talking.

Listen, call me when you are done.

Şevket, put the stuff in the taxi and show him where to put it, okay?

So, you will write off my debt, right?

I'll write it off if you do the job.

If you can't, then I will fuck you, okay?

Come on, fuck off now!

Come on, let's go.

Stop!

Helen, what's going on here? What are we doing here?

-Who is he? -Who is he?

Gökhan, my driver.

Is there anybody else?

Savaş, did you touch anywhere else?

I touched his phone. He made me play a game.

Can you write down your phone number for me?

Sure.

-I am calling mine. -Okay.

Here.

How do you want me to save it?

Shall I save it as Mrs Prosecutor or Arya the Prosecutor?

-Arya would be enough. -Okay.

-Are you available? -Sure, jump in.

Do you want me to come with you or will you be okay on your own?

I'll be okay, babes.

Are you going to text me saying you missed me while you are drunk?

-Maybe, I'll miss you. -Maybe?

Maybe.

Nice to meet you, boss.

Nice to meet you, Mrs Prosecutor.

Good night.

Brother!

Hello?

I'll draw your portrait tonight.

I can come to yours and pose for you.

No.

I'll draw it as how I remember you.

While you are drunk?

Worst case scenario, it'll be an impressionist portrait.

I always think that...

...they did all those paintings while they were drunk...

...and then they found a way to cover up their fraud.

Like Van Gogh.

I didn't know you were interested in art, Ercüment Çözer.

You should see me when I am posing.

I did some nude painting too.

But you told me you only do portraits.

Maybe one day, I can draw a portrait of your little friend...

...but you can't move when you pose, you know that right?

Do you think you can stop your friend getting hard?

I said, do you think you can stop it getting hard?

If we make love first, then I guess I can pose for half an hour.

Enough time for you to draw it, right?

What is it like to take half an hour of my time?

Bye.

Maybe we'll see each other again.

After many years.

-After many years? -They'll transfer me...

...I guess your memory is not that good, Mr Ercüment.

Maybe, they'll transfer you somewhere close.

Yeah, sure.

Kisses, Ercüment Çözer.

-Bye-bye. -Bye-bye.

You have changed.

How?

I don't know, your hair, your tattoos and all.

You don't look the same either.

Aren't you going to tell me?

What do you want me to tell you?

I left the town as you know and I got back about 5 months ago.

I couldn't pull myself together.

I am not seeing my dad.

I see my mom from time to time.

I rented a flat.

Something like a slum house.

So?

I don't deal with shady stuff, you know me.

After Aybars died...

...I even thought to kill myself but I just couldn't do it.

Then I started using drugs to blow off steam.

And after a while, I didn't have enough money to buy stuff...

...and then they realized it and they offered me a job.

Are you selling drugs?

I did for a couple of months.

They used to send me the address...

...and I used to take it at night, you know.

When did you write the play?

How did you find time to get on the stage?

When did I write it?

I was on drugs for a while, I couldn't pull myself together.

And I started writing it when I felt a bit better.

Writing made me feel better.

Then I continued.

I prepared for the play.

It made me feel better, the play.

And I stopped taking drugs by the way.

I am clean for 2 months. I am not using it anymore.

I was planning to stop selling it too but they told me that...

...I couldn't quit before I paid them what I owed them.

I owed them about 30,000 TL.

How could I pay that? I couldn't pay them back.

I was there to talk about a job so they would write it off.

Why did you kill him then?

He told me he would write it off but I knew they would never do it.

They wouldn't leave me alone.

What's in that package then?

I don't know.

They asked me to take it to someone at Kadıköy.

Why did you take it with you? Why didn't you leave it over there?

They said he would pay a lot of money.

Those guys were just the middleman.

The guy I'll take the package is the main guy.

Who is he? Do you know him?

No, but they know me.

They won't leave me alone.

I'll go there tomorrow and get the debt written off.

I'll give this taxi back as well.

That's all.

Let me come with you tomorrow. I don't want you to go alone.

You get into your car, Helen. And I don't want to see you again.

Savaş, let me come with you.

I just saved your life, you know that, right?

You ruined my life, Helen.

Why did you premiere your play at our anniversary?

Happy anniversary.

Listen, let what happened tonight stay between us.

If say a word to Mr Ercüment or to Mr Yavuz...

...then they would throw me into Bosporus.

Don't worry about it.

Now, I'll draw the other thing.

Deal.

What's going on?

Who texted you in the middle of the night?

Where is Helen?

I called her. She is on her way.

Where did she go?

She said her piano tutor had a concert.

What's happened?

You told me you'd have something with you for tonight.

Huh, actually, there was a guy.

I was planning to bring him here.

He was a very disrespectful person.

What disrespect did he do?

You know those high tables at the bars, you lean on them?

-Yes. -Bistro.

He didn't share it with me.

Yavuz, I need to ask you something.

How long can a person stand without leaning on anything?

Don't ask me. I can't even stand for 10 minutes.

3 months? 5 months?

1 year? But he won't lean on anything.

Bravo!

You even thought about his punishment but you come up dry.

I wanted to bring him here, you know, I really did but…

Ercüment Çözer, you sound like us...

...mortals, who can't get what they want.

I had a phone call, something distracted me, you know.

I don't know, I felt tired.

Son, it's been months that you haven't brought in a person.

Didn't you have enough time to rest?

What are you talking about, Yavuz?

I am saying, don't resist if you don't feel like it.

You don't have to bring anybody in.

You haven't slept for a long time.

Do you think I don't see that?

Stop torturing yourself, son!

I'll bring another one right away, sir.

I heard that you organized a seminar at the university.

Why didn't you invite me? I'd love to be there.

I thought you'd get bored.

How was the concert?

It was really good.

What did you do until this hour after the concert?

One of my classmates invited me to her birthday.

I went to see her and blew some steam off.

Nice one.

What are you going to do tomorrow?

I have a piano lesson in the morning...

...and then I have a night shooting drill in the evening.

Did you see my results from last week?

I did, I did. Well done.

-Here, sir. -Thanks.

I'll change my clothes and then I will go to bed.

-Okay, good night. -Good night.

Why don't you stop drinking now? It looks like you had a lot already.

Don't tell me you are reading a book while you are drunk!

Okay, I'll go to bed soon.

Good night.

Leave them, leave them on there.

Son, that girl is your last chance.

Have a nice sleep, Yavuz.

Are you ready?

I am ready.