See these? With arcs.
You make the water flow from here and give out with a hoe...
...so the water can pass on the others.
He was a little boy, he was running around. He grew up.
- He was at your age. - At my age?
I wish I could see my father when he was at my age.
How can it be possible? Those were the old times.
I wish there was a time machine. We would push its button and...
...go back to my dad's childhood and see him, that would be nice, right?
Sure, that would be nice and we would seem younger, then, right?
Don't be so sarcastic. Do you want to be a young girl, now?
I am still young, look who is talking!
You are an old woman, but you still wear the same clothes...
...you used to wear 10 years ago to pretend to be younger.
You go, we will go to coffee house. We'll meet you there.
- Let's buy the books Deniz wanted. - We can buy them on the way back home.
Let's buy a newspaper, too. We shouldn't forget his books...
...or he gets mad at me in the evening. - Children are so likeable, right?
- Sure, they are. - I like my kids and yours, too.
I am his uncle, meaning almost his father, right?
Right, brother.
Have a nice day, Mustafa. Look, Sadik is here.
Welcome Sadik. What brings you here?
Hello Mustafa.
I got it now. That's why he kept telling "the other one".
Your dad bought some books for your son.
How should I know? When he said "books", I couldn't imagine.
- Did my dad buy books? - Yes, he did. You know, Texas, Tommix.
So many of them. For his grandson.
Dad bought books for your son, did you hear it, Sadik?
Yeah. All right, then. Let's go.
Look Mustafa, he sounded like us.
I told you, Sadik doesn't deny where he came from.
Bon appetit, Huseyin Agha. I heard that Sadik is here. I am happy for you.
- Where did you see them? - Downtown.
They said they were coming to coffee house.
Yes, right. He wants to see you all. We talked about it in the morning.
Where are you going, Hüseyin? You haven't finished smoking your water pipe.
I have some work to do. Your water pipe wasn't good.
Do you buy cheap tobacco or what? It feels like smoking straw.
- What? - Wait, dad.
I heard that you have bought some books for Deniz, today. Thank you.
- The kid wanted some. - That's very kind of you.
All right, get out of my way, go, do your job.
- I have no job, dad. I quit my job. - That's why you came here, then.
Come on, let's go to the coffee house.
Birgül.
This is my day of getting beaten up, I guess.
Why did you say that?
Forget it, come on.
All right, we are dead. Go, play somewhere else. Don't bother us.
That's great. You said he wouldn't come at that time of the day.
I wish I wouldn't believe you and stay for a tea.
How should I know, sister? It is so unusual for him to come at this time.
Why do you get me involved with this sulking man?
Are you leaving, just because I am here, you crazy girl?
Tell your husband, I am here because kids are here.
Otherwise, may the devil be with "some people".
- All right, I'll tell him. - Oh, God.
- Like a camel's grudge! - Look, who is talking.
Look who is talking. Are you the most peaceful man on earth?
- Do you want tea, dad? - No. Stop it. It is so hot.
- Where is our new boy? - He is playing with Hüseyin.
What did you buy?
Some stuff.
Have you ever entered this room? There is treasure in there, right?
Grandpa'll get angry. Stop meddling with it.
What's going on?
If you ever get close to this door...
...I fall out with you, OK? - You what?
- I mean, I will punish you. - What is in there?
There are dogs like monsters. They may eat you.
I got you a present. Look, here.
However, it is not going to be opened till the evening. You are punished.
You are not going to meddle with this, OK?
- OK. - Come on, come with me now.
Where are you, big boy? Come out.
Wow, what an appetite!
Sadik seems a bit quiet. Does he have a problem or what?
I know his problem. He has quit his job.
When did you talk about it?
Seeking a friend.
We came across downtown.
The flowers in the courtyard withered, although I water them regularly.
How should I know? We get the garden disinfected.
Maybe it affected the flowers, too. It is weird.
Seeking a friend.
Come over here, grandson.
I hope you'll like them.
Grandpa bought me books.
They can be yours, if you kiss me once.
Come on, let's read together.
You found your friend here, Deniz. You lost your time for nothing.
The letters are so small.
- Shall I read you out loudly for you? - Come on, read.
They look great! Well done.
You are a bit quiet.
You are right. A bit.
Is this a case of "urban- rural confusion" or alienation?
Don't even try to say that, I won't believe you. This is your hometown.
Hometown? Home? Fatherland?
Lately, I have been revising the meanings of these words.
I always thought that I was struggling for this country.
But this country wouldn't even care.
That's what lots of people think these days.
We used to dream about leaving here, remember?
You managed, I couldn't.
I want to ask you something. At least, you tried.
For someone who was afraid to try. Can you really say that I missed too much?
I am asking, because I am really curious about it. No other reasons.
If you were given another chance, after all you've lived through...
...should you stay or leave? - I don't know.
I guess, I would take everything I have here or bring the ones over here back.
Do you know what the hardest one is? To be caught in the middle.
- I could neither leave nor stay. - What are they chatting about?
It's an "intellectual talk", it doesn't suit us.
Come on, intellectuals, cheers!
Bon appetit.
These are like Turkish Delight.
You are late. Go to your bed, right away.
Shall I make you coffee? Did Salim go home?
Mum.
Take Deniz to Salim's.
I shouldn't have let Salim go, he could take you with him.
What are you talking about?
Mum, please take Deniz and go, just for tonight.
I am going to talk to dad and most probably we'll argue.
Dad, I know you heard us, you hear me.
We need to talk.
I didn't come here to apologize, because there is no reason for that.
I won't go into a discussion like "forgive each other".
I will be in the courtyard, dad. Get dressed and come.
This is very important.
We need to talk.
- Something wrong? - No. Can you help mum?
She is near the tractor.
You wait here.
Uncle Ibrahim, where are we going?
To uncle Salim's. You will stay there tonight.
- Why? Where is my dad? - He is there, too.
All of us will stay over there tonight.
Don't be afraid, Deniz. It is OK. It is just a visit.
It doesn't make sense. Uncle Ibrahim, I think I am dreaming right now.
Yes, you are dreaming.
Don't be afraid, Deniz, don't be afraid!
Deniz wasn't afraid of anything.
Nene Hatun and her grandson passed through the enemy...
...front bravely with corporal Ibrahim.
They were the super heroes of the Independence War.
Don't be afraid.
- Good evening, dad. - What evening?
Aren't you aware of the time?
- It is almost morning. - I'm sorry. This is not an appropriate time
The things you do are always inappropriate.
Dad, let's not argue. We did that a lot in the past. It never worked.
Nothing has changed, as you see.
There are things we need to talk about.
Cigarette?
I don't smoke that one, it makes me cough.
Dad, you don't know why I am back.
Actually, there shouldn't have been any reason, I should have just come back,
But it didn't happen that way.
My name is Sadik, my brother's name is Salim.
So what? My name is Hüseyin.
Why did you give us these names, dad?
Were you that much scared of us, right from the beginning?
Did you want to manage our lives that much? When I wanted to find my own way.
That way of yours.
We sent you Istanbul to study agriculture, not to become an anarchist.
That's what I was just about to say, dad. You sent me to study agriculture.
No other choice. Become an engineer, manage the farm...
...to stay here and get married to Birgül.
You chose my school, my life, my everything, dad.
Do you know that I hate that, dad?
You are calling me selfish, right?
You mentioned Birgül.
After you left, have you ever thought of that girl, how she suffered?
Her tears didn't stop for years and you are calling me selfish, give me a break!
Dad, you said "you left", but I didn't. I couldn't. I couldn't stay though.
I couldn't recognize where my home is.
Somewhere in my mind you have always tried to lead me.
Our arguments and matters between us.
Do you have any idea what it means to have no home to come back, dad?
However, everything got even worse. My wife died.
My revolutionist friends, who used to call me "petty bourgeois" at the time...
...gave me jobs in advertisement agencies, capitalist papers, taking pity on me.
Like throwing a bone to a dog.
In order to clear themselves, in order to clean their souls!
Wait, I am getting out of the subject.
I was talking about "home".
Do you know why I returned, dad?
Give a room to Deniz?
Let him grow up here, let him have a home.
He has nowhere else to go.
Did you get now, what it means to have a child? It is hard, isn't it?
You aren't able to look after him, right?
- You see what it means to have a child? - Sure I see.
Do you have any idea about not to be able to see a child growing up?
Do you know that feeling?
The life will go on...
Some people will write new books, you won't be able to read them.
New films will be shot, you won't be able to see them.
You will want to listen again some song you like, but you won't able to do it.
Maybe you'll get used to these things, easily...
While he is growing up, not be beside him.
Not to be able to see his first girlfriend.
Dad...
...my heart is in flames.
I guess, this is a feeling like leaving something left undone.
Recently, I've been trying to push him away when he hugs me.
I have been trying my best to keep him away from me.
I hate myself for being a pain in his life.
Give him a room, dad.
Let him have a home, but he could leave time to time.
There are so many things that I wanted to tell him. You tell him.
Tell him that.
My son. What happened?
Where are you?
Hold it! I am coming!
- Come over here, sister. - What happened? Where is Sadik?
- They got him in a room. - Dad is talking to the doctor.
He said "don't tire him". We'll be able to see him after a few minutes.
He is getting oxygen.
- What is wrong with him? What did they say? - We don't know. We'll find out soon.
Come on Salim, don't. Let's go to the garden.
Stop it, it doesn't necessarily mean something bad. Don't let yourself go.
- Where are the kids? - They are at home with Sakine.
We didn't tell them. We said we were going downtown for shopping.
He figured that something is wrong, but didn't ask anything.
Let's go down to the cafe, we can't talk here.
I can't wait till there. Say it.
Don't confuse me. The doctor said so many things, I have to clear my mind.
- I hope he'll get well soon, Hüseyin. - Thank you.
Sadik took out his health report from his pocket...
...and gave it to us.
He was carrying in his pocket.
He has spent some time in prison, you know.
During the military coup, after Deniz was born.
He became ill there.
The doctor said, because of the torture and prison conditions.
There is liquid accumulation in his lungs. An edema.
It got better for a while. A few years ago it came back.
One of his lungs is already damaged.
The other one He was getting his treatment there, in Istanbul.
He was getting medicines.
This is the case.
The doctor said he would do his best, but...
...there is little hope.
He told me to get prepared for the worse.
Salim, pull yourself together.
If you'll be like this near the kid Pull yourself together, what a shame!
How can I, dad? My brother is dying, what are you saying?
It's very kind of you to come here, Fatma.
Both the kid and Sadik have been asking about you.
I intended to come earlier, but it took too much time to.
Take the kids to the village, to my sisters'.
- Where were you born, Fatma? - Kayseri.
Some of my relatives are still there. But we are very much apart of each other.
Some of us are in Istanbul, some of us are there.
That's the way it is.
Come on, dad. Take over them!
- Don't intervene. - You are treading on my toes.
- Don't hit me! - Stop it! It may be an accident.
That's enough. Stop the car, Salim. Let's throw the kids out of the car.
Be quiet, kids.
I am going to cry that here is a fire. I wish I would go with the others.
I am sweating. Sakine, what a big hip you have.
- Move a side a bit. - It's the kids, what I can do?
Stop the car, Salim.
Why did you stop? What is it, is it the car again? Why did you stop?
I don't know. All of you told me to stop and
Go on, move it. Why did you stop?
Hüseyin, Ay segül, what happened to you?
If they make any noise, I'll call the doctors to give them an injection.
They are afraid of doctors.
Let's go outside.
Is this room hot for you, son?
No, it is OK. It is cool in the evenings. It is slept well here.
- The wind blows from here. - Do you stay here, too?
Sometimes me, sometimes his mother. We manage it in some way.
- You wanted these from home. - Thanks.
Please put them into that drawer.
Fatma will stay with us, right? We won't let her go.
I can't stay long. The schools will be opened soon, I have some work to do.
There is still time for the schools.
Dad, will I go to school here?
Yes, Deniz. Is it bad?
No, it is even better. You'll get better until that time, right?
The schools will open a month from now, right?
Yes, but you'll get better, right?
Sure, I will.
Your wife was a beautiful woman. May God bless her soul.
Look at this, Deniz is so small here.
Had you taken this picture with you to Istanbul?
I was wondering where it was.
When you first came here, you know we went to the vineyard.
Deniz said "I wish I could see my father wandering around.
When he was a child, I wish there was a time machine.
- We would push the button". - Really? Look at that little rascal!
- Bring me water from downstairs. - There is water here. Shall I give you?
- I want another one from downstairs. - It is water, dad. They are all the same.
Brother, bring it from downstairs.
Once you said something to me. About Deniz.
You told that you had some things you couldn't say to Deniz.
I have some things I couldn't say to you, as well.
I am not good at making a speech.
You are my son...
...my everything.
That's all I am saying.
I understood, dad. I understood very well, thank you.
You said once, "I wish he didn't see me in bed like this".
Don't worry.
Sons remember their dads just the way they want...
...right, Sadik?
Good morning.
Good morning, uncle Hüseyin.
Is your husband at home?
No, he went to Izmir. We'll get our garden disinfected.
- He won't return till the evening, right? - Yes, I guess so.
I have a request.
Open your mouth, come on.
I can eat by myself, brother. Give me that.
Why would I? You don't eat, then. You are cheating me.
Look, that fat nurse is complaining about you.
Open your mouth.
You have a visitor.
I hope you'll get well soon.
Come on, go outside, to the garden.
Not before he finishes his soup. The fat nurse is very angry.
Do you remember the time when I was in primary school and...
...you were junior high school? One day I had made some raisin cookies.
I was taking them to the school.
You had tasted one of them and liked so much.
- You hadn't even believed that I'd made it. - So?
I brought you those cookies. Eat, I wonder if you'll remember the taste.
I never forgot.
Didn't you? I didn't, either.
- You don't seem to be changed at all. - I have changed.
How wouldn't I change?
- You are married with Mehmet, right? - Yes, sure, I am.
How wouldn't I get married?
We heard about your wife. We felt very sorry.
Well done. We appreciated you so much.
You raised your child on your own. You didn't need anyone.
You have two, right?
Yes, indeed.
It is delicious. Did you make it right before you came here?
No, I had some at home. My sons like it.
I wanted to name one of the boys after you.
But I was afraid that Mehmet might realize and get angry with me.
We named him Caner, but I always call him Sadik in my mind.
I wanted you to know this.
Did you forgive me?
Sure, I did, Sadik. How wouldn't I forgive you?
The cars are coming. What should we do?
They'll all cry now, maybe you should take away the kid.
I am sure they will control themselves while the child is here.
Come on, let's go to the field all together.
And make you a wooden horse, OK?
If I stood like this...
...right here.
If I opened my arms like this...
If I stopped him.
If I told him not to go.
15 years ago...
...if I had stood like this, Nuran if I had stopped Sadik.
Get your arms down.
For God's sake, pull yourself together!
If I had hugged him like this...
...if I'd told my son not to go.
Don't. You are our father.
Look, we have a grandson, pull yourself together.
He wouldn't have left, then.
He would have stayed.
I wish I had said nothing. I wish I had kept my mouth shut.
I brought about his death!
- I couldn't stop him. - Uncle Hüseyin, please stop it.
Stand right here!
Open your arms! I said "open your arms".
Sister, are you mad?
Come with me.
Move!
Run towards your dad. Run. Break through him.
If you don't, your dad will never get well for all his life. Run!
Catch him. Stop him!
Dad.
I am coming, dad! Get out of my way!
You see? No one can stop the one who wants to leave.
Oh, no! Salim!
It is all right. You ran and it is over. Come back here!
He is running towards the river. He may fall in and drown!
Look how his uniform suits him!
- Let me get your collar. - Don't move!
- You tightened so much. - But you are going to be so pretty.
Very well, they all look pretty. Let's put your handkerchiefs...
...into your pockets so that they don't call you snotty.
These are the presents from your aunt, Gülbeyaz, for your primary school day.
I mean, for your first school day.
"Primary school day" sounded like "primary school".
I meant "the first day of school". What am I saying? You made me confused.
Aunt Gülbeyaz, grandpa gave us money, but you gave us handkerchiefs.
I am not rich as much as your grandpa, my child.
Sure, not as much as me. She was going to say "as much as Croesus".
But she got confused, I guess.
Who is Croesus?
There is a scorpion in your aunt's pocket. She is afraid to be stung by it.
Don't laugh Nuran. Otherwise I will never come to your house again.
- I swear, I will never come here again. - I didn't laugh, sister. You misunderstood
Come on, line up. We'll take photos. Brahim, you do that.
I wish we tidied ourselves up a little, we'll seem ugly.
- You are OK, mum, come here. - Come on, Gülbeyaz.
- You do it, I don't want. - Come here, girl! Don't act like a child.
Ready!
- Dad, who is Croesus? - How should I know?
- I guess, he was one of the kings. - How is the grandson?
He has to get used to it.
We are trying best to make him feel better.
He has spoken only a few words in the last 4 weeks, though.
It would be better for him if he cried, screamed, let it go.
He is like a small bird fallen down from the nest.
We are so afraid to say anything.
They said it's psychological, he has just closed himself to the world outside.
I don't know for which one I should be sorry. Him or my son?
Deniz, let's go.
- My son! - My grandson!
What is it, my dear?
I missed my dad so much.
Don't be sorry. Look, we are here, your siblings are here.
Hüseyin, Ay segül, your grand aunt.
We are all here.
You don't have to go to school today.
Teachers wouldn't give homework, this is the first day of school.
Look, you'll have new friends there, they'll like you so much.
Look, there are horses here.
We can drive the tractor, I can teach you how to.
Actually, do you know that people don't die?
God takes them to his side.
We call them "dead", but...
...they actually wait for us in the sky.
- Right, grandpa? - Sure.
Then, one day we'll all meet up there.
Your dad'll be there, too.
All of us will be there.
We'll look down from the skies.
You are lying. No one will fly.
Of course, we won't fly with our wings. I mean in some other form.
Why would we lie to you? Look, he doesn't believe us.
We read a book together, remember? You call it comics.
The guy was flying, don't you believe him, either? What was it?
Right. Your dad became Superman.
- He is flying in the skies. - I want him to come down.
I don't want him to fly. I want him here.
Come with me, then. I'll show you your dad.
- Grandpa. We entered the secret room. - Yes, we did. Wait here, it's dark.
Look, Deniz, one of our neighbors has gone to Germany to work.
His name is Osman.
Look at this.
- A projection machine! - Right, there is a film in it, actually.
Let's watch it.
Your grandpa asked Osman to bring a projection machine.
Grandpa shot all of us.
Look, like this.
I used to be a director in the past.
Come on, the film is about to start. Did you get your tickets?
- Do you have any money? - Yes.
We have and we have a lot, you just gave us. Two for me.
Don't pay, my child. He is fooling you.
Grandpa the director, don't get any money from us.
All right, then. Only for this time it is free.
- I'll get her money, though. - Forget it, you nuts!
- Didn't you leave? - No, we didn't.
They wanted to return on the way.
- There is a projection machine! - Come on, don't stand by the door.
Let's all sit.
That's my dad!
It is a silent movie.
Dad!
Take it, it's yours. Don't tell anyone, OK?
You can shoot movies with this.
- Dad. - My son!
Did you come out of this?
- Are you going to school? - Yes, did you see me?
- Grandma says that you can see us. - Yes.
Your uniform suits you so much. You were very handsome as usual.
- Were you here? - Yes.
Dad, am I dreaming again?
I don't know, but even if you are, it is nice, right?
Why aren't you Superman, then?
Because you have grown up.
When a person grows up, do his dreams get smaller?
I won't be able to see you again, right?
You can see me, if you want.
Yes, maybe none of them will be that real like it is now.
Because you'll know that you create them in your mind.
Yet maybe they'll be even nicer, then. You can direct them as you like.
You can try to make them real.
- This means growing up, right? - Yes, handsome. This means growing up.
- I wish I'd never grow up. - Why is that?
- I won't able to see you again, then. - You'll grow up, you have to grow up.
When you grow up, you won't need to see me, you won't need me.
Come on, get into the house. It's going to rain.
Will you get wet?
No, I won't and I'll always be happy, because you have a home, handsome.
Are you leaving?
Look, let's play a game with you. Get the camera and shoot me walking.
There is no film in it.
Yes, there is. I put it. Come on, shoot me.
Bye dad.
Deniz made a promise to his dad while he was saying goodbye to him.
He would grow up and never cry.
Because he had a superhero dad even if he doesn't fly in the skies.
Deniz let the superhero leave, because new adventures were waiting for him.
These happy ending stories should be told to others.