Somersault in a Coffin Page #2

Synopsis: Mahsun is homeless and unemployed. He lives in Rumelihisari (one of the most picturesque and oldest quarters of Istanbul), and tries to stay alive with the help of local fishermen. Mahsun loves cars, he steals at nights and in the mornings he drives them back clean and well kept. He lives to emphasize the strange togetherness of possibilities and impossibilities. In this togetherness, Mahsun experiences friendship, trust, a one-way love affair and torture. He insists to survive in his open-air coffin of ancient Istanbul streets.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Dervis Zaim
  16 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Year:
1996
76 min
11 Views


He may try to smuggle

heroin into your boat.

I don't understand.

-If we ever search your boat..

you'd be bogged down.

I want you to co-operate.

Mahsun!

Mahsun, have

some pastry.

The coffee house, you

owe them much money?

How much?

-500.000 Turkish Liras.

For how long?

How long you haven't

paid them anything?

Two months.

-Two?

Three.

-Is Zeki making fuss?

He kicked Sari out of

the coffee house once.

Cheap bastard!

Tell Zeki. Tell him ''Reis will

settle my account next week.''

You can stay at the coffee

house until they close then.

At nights sleep in the boathouse

or in a construction site.

But don't sleep on the boat.

The police, been on top of their..

agenda for a long time.

Let some time pass.

Within a couple of months winter

will be over!

You won't feel

cold any more.

Before the siege of Istanbul the

Ottoman Sultan Mehmet..

The Conqueror had built

the Rumeli Hisari fortress..

and I'm standing right

in front of it now.

After the construction of the

fortress, Fatih decreed the..

fortress to be full of peacocks

which were brought from Iran.

In those days, it was widely

believed in the Ottoman Empire..

that peacocks were a symbol

of affluence, fertility and..

goodness against evil.

But after Fatih Sultan Mehmet died..

the peacocks at the fortress

gradually disappeared.

Finally during the reign of

Yavuz Sultan Selim..

Fatih's grandson, sources do not

refer to peacocks any longer.

However, the Rumeli Hisari Fortress

is going to welcome..

peacocks again centuries

after Fatih's death.

The Iranian President has made

a gift of fifty peacocks to our..

president, Sleyman Demirel.

They'll contribute a unique..

flavour to the historically

impressive atmosphere of the..

Rumeli Hisari Fortress as of this

week. The peacocks are..

now await you to visit them

at the Rumeli Hisari.

We strongly suggest you to visit the

Rumeli Hisari Fortress.

Because here, you will be enjoying

history alongwith..

the magnificent view

of the Bosphorus.

How was it?

-We're going to start with the..

history. A bit faster!

-All right. I said historically..

instead of historic.

-That's OK. Apart from the..

tempo it's all fine.

-My hair got wet.

Forget it.

-We'll miss the day light.

Let's shoot the rest

in the fortress.

Come on brother.

Nothing to see.

''Modern life makes

us all alike.'', that part?

Yes! Come on everybody! Before the

sun sets.

Where are you going, buddy?

-Into the fortress.

It's forbidden!

-What?

It is forbidden.

I'll look at the animals.

-You have to buy a ticket.

I know the fortress.

I will look at the birds.

It's forbidden to enter the fortress

without a ticket.

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