GAME OF SILENCE
Rest in peace, my friend.
It's all going to be fine, my brother.
Everything went as planned, just like we said. No one followed me.
So what have you decided?
Are we still in or out?
Blond...
...is there something you want to tell me?
Like what?
I am just asking.
Is there something you want to tell me?
There is nothing to say.
Let's go and sort out the rest of our troubles.
Isn't that what we are supposed to do?
You're right.
Let's go and sort out this ordeal.
What is more difficult...
...telling the truth, while looking into the eyes of the person you love...
...or to lie when you ask them to leave,
but deep down you want them to stay?
Ahu, I got my prescription, but I can't make it out.
Can you have a look at it?
How long can you hide away from a secret?
You'll walk the same road every day.
You'll look at the same faces every day.
Life is going to crush and crush you.
You're going to want to scream, but it wants to turn back to normal.
You are going to be upset when someone leaves.
They're going to be upset because you asked them to leave.
Ahu, I'm late!
Everyone is going to come at you.
You will want to hide, somewhere, anywhere.
Ahu, are you okay?
Only you’ll know that staying is harder than leaving.
It’s even harder when you know the person
who is gone, is somewhere still watching over you.
Hi guys.
Let's go to the cafe.
Blond, I'm not feeling well.
Ibo, look at you!
For God's sake, who’d believe that you are older than me?
-Zeki… -Stand up straight and be a man!
-Ecevit is waiting at the shop. -Zeki...
-We are going to think of a plan. -Zeki. Zeki! I am shouting out Zeki!
Zeki is dead.
Where ever I look I see him.
Blond, did we leave him on his own?
Look at me.
I am not like you.
I can’t think about it all the time and cry about it.
I can’t just go and look at his photos and stuff.
I just can’t. You know what kind of a person I am.
Promise me.
Promise me that you won’t cry for Zeki again.
We are not going to remember him like this.
We are going to finish what he started.
We are going to give those guys what they deserve and remember Zeki that way.
Promise me.
-Promise me! -I promise.
But, can’t I ever cry?
You cry.
You’re free to cry.
Come on, get up.
Nevzat.
Sometimes it’s better to forget.
Let me see you.
Sometimes it’s better to keep busy.
What’s all these?
Are we stashing up for a war or something? Why did you buy so many vegetables?
Aunty Umran, I brought them all fresh.
We are going to cook them and enjoy them together, okay?
Are we going to eat all of them?
Yes. You could also make us some tea later.
We’ll sit and talk women to women and enjoy ourselves.
We can do that. But, what made you want to do that?
Nothing, just felt like it? Can’t I?
I thought you told me not to be upset.
Look, I am not. We’re going to laugh and have fun,
because everything is fine. Everything is good.
Everything is definitely fine, but why do you look so sad?
-Come on! -What the fuck are you doing?
Coffee?
Sheriff, why did you bother? We could have made it for you.
My dear friend.
So you're going to treat me like a guest then, aren't you?
What are you talking about? Feel at home.
Good. Then get that toothpick off the floor. It’s annoying me.
Are you still like that? Fussy?
I am just like how you left me, Blond.
Nothing’s changed about me, have you?
What?
Don’t worry.
Look, we are just going to talk about this once.
Then no more words about it.
Twenty years ago we had a problem.
Yesterday Zeki...
Yesterday Zeki died, and that problem came back.
-Are you ready to end it? -Are you ready?
-What does that mean? -What are we going to lose?
We don’t have anything to lose, man?
We could dive in straight away, but he's not like us, is he? Ecevit?
You have everything in order. You have a job, a life.
Are you really going to do it? Are you going to risk it all?
Everything I built up,
it all took me twenty years to achieve, Off-target.
But it only took me a minute to remember everything.
I took the gun inside the court. I gave it to Blond with my own hands.
When I think about it, I ask myself "am I a murderer?"
I am not.
But only God knows that for the first time I can breathe.
For the first time in twenty years.
So now, ask me again if I'm going to risk everything.
I am, my brother.
I am.
If you are a prisoner you know
that the best lie you tell is the one you tell yourself.
You’re guilty, man.
It's your fault.
Why did you take that jacket off?
Why didn’t you grab me and tell me?
Why didn’t you say they emptied their guns on you?
Why did you let those sons of bitches send you home the next day?
Why didn’t you say it, man?
You’re fucking sleeping so lifeless!
Come on, say it!
Say that I am an asshole, that I am a bastard. Say something. Come on!
Fuck off!
Don’t say anything then.
Do you think this strong Chock won’t live without you!
I’ll find someone right away,
I will educate him, raise him,
take him to my home.
I will call him my brother.
He will say it back to me.
He will believe me and trust me.
Then just like a bastard, I'll leave him,
so that a motherfucker can come and shoot him on the toilet.
Damn me!
But I promise you, I am going to find whoever did this to you.
And if whoever pulled that trigger still lives,
then I am not a man, Bat.
Our first guy is Chock Irfan.
He must still have a gang just like he did in prison.
He must be mourning Ozcan's death with his gang right now.
He could go to hell, that asshole!
But you really want Irfan to pay for his mistakes, don’t you Sheriff?
I never asked you why they call you Sheriff.
And now, I won’t ask.
It's going to be easy for me to forget you,
but you’ll never forget me.
Sheriff!
Irfan and Ozcan have always been together.
Do they have any links with the others? Do we know anything?
Sait and Gazanfer, maybe... No, I don’t think so.
Even if they are together, we won’t know.
Whether or not they're still in touch, he’s the only guy we won’t forget.
IRFAN ALKARA SAIT KARAM
I never said anything to my mom. I swear to God, I said nothing.
She noticed I’d lost some weight, but I told her I didn't.
I told her that you look after us.
She said she was going to complain, but I told her not to.
I am telling you the truth. I never said anything else Mr. Sait.
And this man is our last.
Where is he? What does he do?
Does he live? We don’t know.
Right?
Blond!
I am done with mine.
Shall I start with yours?
Ecevi…
Keep quiet and enjoy yourself.
We don’t want to wake people up.
I suggest,
we kill them one by one.
And guess where?
Next to Zeki’s grave.
How is my idea? Cool, ha?
It’s a matter of time before the police starts chasing us because of Ozcan.
We can’t keep on killing people. I am not a murderer.
You weren’t a murderer when I shot Ozcan.
Look Blond,
they took one from us,
so we took one from them.
That’s it. We are not going to kill anymore.
So, what are we going to do? Are we just going to curse them?
We will find other ways to get event with them.
No, I don’t want to do that. Are you OK with this?
Look, I don’t want to be torn in between. If there is another way...
There is. There is another way.
Who is he?
The guardian.
The quiet one.
-But he didn’t do anything. -Exactly.
Mr. Huseyin!
Have you see Blond around?
Don’t waste your time looking for him. He’s been in bed all day.
He’s getting worse.
Sait doesn’t give him his medicine.
Even if he does, then Irfan...
-I am always watching out, but they-- -What do want from me?
He can’t sleep at night. He coughs really badly.
-He cries in secret. I can’t do anything. -Sheriff...
He looks into my eyes, Mr. Huseyin.
Whenever something happens to him, he first looks at me.
All I want from you is... They can beat me, I'm used to it.
Don't let anything happen to Blond. Please help him, okay?
I promise, I don’t want anything for myself.
Mr. Huseyin, you are going to help, aren’t you?
You are going to do something, aren’t you?
He didn’t do anything.
He just watched.
But now, he will.
What is he going to do?
He works at a nursing home in Edirnekapi.
And?
I will go there and make him
talk about everything that those guys did to us.
I'm going to record it and open a case against them.
They're all going to get what they deserve.
Do you hear what you are saying?
At least we’ll have a witness. Isn’t it worth a try? Ibo?
-Have you guys gone mad? -Calm down!
Fuck your plan man! This is no plan! I won’t let you do it!
-Calm down, Blond. -Forget about the court.
If a single soul hears what those guys did to us,
I swear I will pull the trigger and shoot myself. Got it!?
I'll be right there, Ahu. Let me hang these clothes first.
But you are going to tell me why you are so upset.
Sometimes the truth can be a pain in the neck.
Sometimes the heartache sets you off on a journey.
Ahu can't stand it.
With the guilt of Ecevit on her shoulders,
with Bilal's worry, yet again Ahu walked down the streets.
-Take this off. Are you a gangster? -Yes, ma'am!
-Ibo, what are you doing? -I am going to find Bilal.
Did he have a fight with Ecevit?
Don't ask me anything. Right now, I need to find Bilal,
I'll see you later, okay?
-Why are you upset? -No, I'm not upset. I'm fine!
Sometimes the truth can be a burden.
The longer you keep quiet, the longer you carry it around on your shoulders.
Sometimes the truth can be the only escape you find.
And sometimes with luck, you'll jump at it in a blink of an eye!
-Good afternoon. -Good afternoon.
RECEPTION
I am looking for Huseyin Kiran.
He'll be out soon. He finishes at 4. But he won't come out this way.
There is a staff exit in the back. It's open. You can wait there.
Meanwhile, can you fill out this registration form? It's the procedure.
STAFF ACCESS
Let me go…
Blond! Let the man go!
Blond!
If you're going to say your last prayer, don't bother.
Go away! Go! Go!
Run!
I made it, Sheriff!
What? It was okay when you were breaking things!
Every time I turn my back, you're up to no good.
What have I done? I said it from the start.
This man isn't going to speak. No one is going to find out.
-What kind of revenge is this! -He's waking up.
Leave!
I'll shout!
I don't know you guys!
You'll recognize our names.
Me, Sheriff...
...Blond, Off-target...
...and to Scald, who we just buried today.
You saw everything that happened in there.
I never did anything!
Exactly.
You saw, you heard...
...but did nothing.
But now you will.
You are going to tell everything in court.
If you speak, I'll blow your brains out!
If you don't, you'll end up in court.
-You can't do it in front of him. -Speak.
-No, you are not. -I never saw anything,
or heard anything.
I don’t remember you guys!
But I remember you really well,
Mr. Huseyin.
I never forget your stare.
Do you want me to remind you?
It was 1992.
It was Festive day.
I asked you to help me, for this guy.
The same night, what did you do?
Do you remember?
Sit down. Bend your knees.
Okay, okay. I am going to eat today. I promise.
Prove it.
Sit down. Zeki you sit down, l'll get the food.
Eat up. You promised to eat.
Freak!
Look over here.
Go away, Chock. We're eating. Leave him alone.
It's Festive day today.
Once in a blue moon, I am going to eat something other than potatoes.
Fucking give me that!
Don’t worry, we’ll share this.
I feel bad now. I won’t be able to eat it,
I’ll feel guilty.
Blond, come over here.
Come here!
Here, take it. I spared it for you.
Shit! You are going to be hungry again.
Speak!
I told you to leave this kid alone!
You are going to get yourself killed, Sheriff.
Bring him over here.
Hands off! Hands off!
Eat!
-Eat the fucking food, eat it! -But it fell on the floor.
Then you are going to eat it off the floor.
Fucking eat it!
What’s going on over here?
Mr. Huseyin.
What?
We are eating.
Eat then, you!
Mr. Huseyin.
Please, Mr. Huseyin, come back!
Please don’t go, Mr. Huseyin!
Mr. Huseyin, please don't go! Mr. Huseyin, please!
Mr. Huseyin!
Mr. Huseyin, please don't go!
Mr. Huseyin!
Why didn’t you come back, Mr. Huseyin?
Mr. Huseyin, help…
Look, he's going to kill you now.
Was it worth it?
Was it worth the silence?
They told me I'd get a promotion.
As long as they didn’t hear my name...
...or of me getting involved in trouble for a year.
They said they were going to make me an officer.
So was it all for this? Just so you could become a damn officer!
-I never saw anything-- -Son of a--
I never saw anything. I always turned a blind eye and closed my ears.
I always told myself,
"You didn’t see anything."
And?
I started having nightmares.
There were kids strangling me by the neck.
They always shouted my name.
I stopped eating.
My wife left me.
But I kept quiet.
Whatever I saw, I swallowed it down.
But it stayed here.
The doctor asked me if I smoked. I said I didn't.
He asked me if I drank. I said I didn’t.
He said, then whatever you have done, whatever mess you’ve gotten yourself into,
it’s all here.
Your lungs are rotten.
He told me I only have a year to live.
He said that one year ago.
He said I needed to stay in the hospital.
I am going to retire in two months.
If I have enough time,
God willing,
all I want is to make a pilgrimage.
So you are going to be forgiven? You are going to go to heaven?
-I will empty this gun in your mouth! -Blond!
If I speak, they'll lock me up.
If they don’t, Sait and Irfan will kill me.
Please don’t...
I've paid for my sins.
I don’t want to die in prison,
for God's sake.
Thanks!
What for?
You went to him and asked for help on my account.
Come on, Sheriff.
Blond--
He’s going to die anyways. Let him fucking die!
Don’t ask him to speak. Let’s just shoot them in the head and end it all!
Okay. Let’s shoot them all.
What are we going to do afterwards?
What am I going to do when Huseyin speaks?
What are they going to call me when I walk down the streets of Kuyudibi?
No! No, he can’t speak! Whatever you do, find another way.
Nobody is going to speak. Nobody is going to know. Promise me.
Yes, Sermet.
-Are you free? -Depends on what you have to say.
The police are here.
An officer from the Organized Crimes called Gurur.
He's looking for you. Are you free now?
What does he want?
You.
It’s something to do with Ozcan Tiryaki’s murder case.
I'll be right there.
Don’t touch Huseyin, I'm not done with him yet.
-Where are you going? -Watch Huseyin I said, Blond.
-Agreed? -Okay, man. Where are you going?
Police is looking for me.
Sermet, why did you call me?
He's a lawyer. He speaks to the police all the time.
They don’t normally come and wait in the office,
considering we told him we don’t know when Ecevit would be back.
He insisted on waiting for him.
Also, he’s an officer from the Organized Crimes.
What are you trying to say then? Why are the police looking for Ecevit?
I don’t know. That’s what I wanted to ask you.
Don’t you think Ecevit's been acting weird these days?
Sermet, when has he ever been normal?
Come on Birsen, he's your boyfriend and I am his boss.
I'm supposed to be his best friend.
He won the case of his life, this guy. But where is he?
He’s not with us, so where is he?
He can’t be with another woman, Sermet. Don’t be silly.
For God's sake, when did I mention another woman?
I am talking about something important.
Important enough for this guy to look for him.
Wait, he’s here.
Sorry, I am a bit late. I got tied up downstairs for 15 minutes.
Some guy left his car in the middle of the road.
-The traffic was really bad. -That guy was me.
Let’s speak in your room.
The killer shoots,
the police captures,
the judge gives the punishment,
the guards will give a beating,
then the lawyer jumps and says, "What about me? What about me?"
And the next day the killer is free!
I am not a lawyer who justifies guilt, Mr. Gurur.
I set the innocent free. That is what I do.
So you think Zeki was not guilty? Were you his lawyer?
Or, maybe he had a very important reason.
I feel that we are going to get on well with Zeki's case.
What do you want from me?
You’re his lawyer and I know you have some rights.
You don’t have to tell me everything.
But I would like to cooperate with you.
This is a request.
Will you share what you know about Zeki with me?
I would have liked to but I don’t really know much.
He was a new client of mine.
-Did he say why he shot Ozcan Tiryaki? -He shot him?
It was never proven, as far as I am aware.
He never said anything either.
Then, you know what happened to him.
He was shot bad.
Right here in the liver.
It’s a painful and agonizing death.
Imagine being inside, all by yourself.
You won’t know, but on the inside a man’s life was wasted away.
I can imagine.
Just like that, you get shot and die.
You scream, but not just any scream. Do you know what you scream?
He never screamed!
I was next to him when he was dying.
They called me, because I was his lawyer.
Zeki never screamed.
And he was not in pain either.
He was a bold man.
Remember how you asked me if I knew anything about him?
This is what I know.
Where are you, Bilal?
Where are you?
Mr. Ecevit, I think Zeki's case has affected you a great deal.
I am not used to it. Usually, my clients live.
Okay.
In case you find something in the files, please let me know.
Though I think I’ll figure out most of it in a few days.
Ozcan has a link with Zeki. First I need to figure that out.
I should know if there'll be any more homicides.
Wait a second...
Why do you think there will be follow-up homicides?
The killer said it.
How?
Well, the guy who shot Ozcan
then tells Irfan he is going to kill him as well.
Guess with what? With Ozcan’s cell phone.
Nice clue, isn't it?
Indeed it is.
It’s called arrogance, Mr. Ecevit.
It’s not clumsiness, nor luck or anger. None of those.
The one sure way to catch a killer is by his arrogance.
-Where are you? -Where am I? I am at Huseyin's.
So what is it about? What did the police say?
Nothing, it was something else. Get out of there.
Speak to Huseyin nicely. Tell him not to speak.
No, he won’t speak. I don’t think he will.
Let’s meet at the shop. I'm on my way.
Ecevit...
-Ecevit, one second... -I'm in a hurry. Let’s talk later.
What is going on? What did the police want?
-I am sorting it out, don’t worry. -But I do.
Don't.
-Ibo, what are you doing? -Nothing.
I thought I'd make him an ice pack because he is sick.
It'll be a pain in the ass for us if he dies. I was scared.
Don’t lie to me.
You felt sorry him, didn’t you?
Did he feel sorry for you, Ibo?
Did he feel sorry for us?
I am leaving now, but I will be back.
If you speak...
Put it on! Put it on!
Take this. Put it on your bruises.
Put it on there, put it on, put it on.
I don’t like you at all, for real.
Put the ice there, otherwise it’ll hurt.
So...
Now since we sorted Huseyin out, who is next?
Who are we shooting next?
You didn't want to get the police involved. You said no more killing.
-Sir, this car of mine-- -Piss off!
Time hasn’t changed anything.
Why should it have? Even if it were a thousand years, we’d still be brothers.
I am sure a lot has happened while I was away.
Come on tell me, so I can catch up.
While you were gone...
We are like brothers at the end of the day, aren’t we?
If anything happened, you wouldn’t hide it from me, now would you?
Of course. When you were away...
Well, we opened a shop, we became businessmen.
What else?
-We bought a flashy car. -Good. What else?
What else? Nothing else. There is nothing else!
But I heard something else...
So you guys don’t do arm wrestling any more then.
You heard wrong then, boss.
We do, but we don’t lose any more.
Come on, come on then, let’s have a go.
Start!
Let me tell you. You were asking about the Police a minute ago.
Didn’t I say, forget about the police, boss?
You’re right. We have nothing to fear.
Nothing.
We didn’t leave any clues behind, did we?
We didn’t.
-If we had, you would tell me, right? -I would.
Because we are brothers.
Even after decades we’ll be brothers, won't we?
That's what we said!
If you did something, you wouldn’t hide it from me, would you?
-Would you? -What are you trying to say, boss!
-So you have nothing to hide, ha? -No, nothing to hide.
So who spoke to Irfan then!
-Ozcan! -Don’t shout!
Wait, son of a bitch. You're next.
So what if I spoke to him? Do I need to explain it to you?
Have you gone crazy?
I find out from the police that you have spoken to Irfan!
-What, police? -Let me introduce him.
Gurur Kutay, Organized Crimes!
Shit.
How can you leave clues behind?
I didn’t. I took the phone and broke it! Then I threw it away!
The SIM card is here, look!
-Give me that SIM card. Give it to me. -At your command!
That's it! This is how far it goes!
Ecevit...
Ecevit…
Ecevit, wait a minute, wait, wait!
Are you going to give me the SIM card?
Don’t treat me like a kid. One day, we'll need this SIM card.
You don’t know shit. You were a liar from the start, Blond!
Before they catch us, I am going to finish this.
So you’re saying it’s over?
Why did Zeki die then? Why did we go through all those years?
You should have thought about it before you told me fifty lies.
What do you mean, "fifty", man?
-When did I lie to you? -Please stop. Let’s talk.
I asked you,
but you looked me in the eyes and continued to lie to me.
And you are still lying to me.
It’s over, Blond. I am going to Huseyin.
Let me tell you something.
I think you are right, my brother.
I think you should fuck off and go!
Like you did years ago, when we were this small.
You never came back. You never thought this kid needed you.
You never said this kid called me brother.
You never asked if he was lonely or ill. You never thought if he needed anything.
You saved your ass and left us behind.
Just like that, you got the fuck out.
Why did you leave? Don't look at me like that!
Just like that, go ahead and leave again. Fuck off!
Goodbye, my friend.
I wish you all the happiness…
...with Ahu.
GAME OF SILENCE