Somersault in a Coffin Page #3

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


But we used to enter this place.

-It's forbidden now.

It wasn't before.

-Past is past.

As you will remember,

the peacocks that will..

accommodate the fortress from now on

were received as a..

gift by our president

during his visit to Iran.

Gentlemen!

We're closing.

We are watching it.

-They were just about to show..

us the fortress.

-Turn it on, come on!

It's late. We will

sweep the floor.

Watch it at home.

I'm sick of it. It's

always the same.

What did you have?

-Four cups of tea.

Here, this is your change.

Why are you waiting?

Are you going to pay or what?

-Next week.

Next week? Which next week?

-Next week.

How many cups of

tea have you had?

Five? No, six.

-It's been this way for months.

Reis will pay my debts.

-Reis will pay your debts?

You piece of scum.

It's written here, you owe

me six hundred cups.

Will Reis pay for your

six hundred cups?

Reis told me to tell you this.

-Go now! Tomorrow, or..

latest next day, pay your debt.

Or you can't come here again.

You will be wandering

in the street like a stray dog.

Which coffee house would allow a

customer to have..

six hundred cups of tea for free?

Tell me, which one?

A hot dog, and a

pack of cigarettes.

I want mustard and sauce too.

-We're out of mustard.

Is the soccer game over?

-Yes!

What's the score?

-2 to 1.

Look!

Oh boy!

No smoking

here, please.

You have to take this

three times a day. One in the..

morning, one at noon,

and one in the evening.

I'm drawing three lines

here so that you understand.

Don't take too much or you'll be high.

You know Avarel.

He hangs out in Bebek.

He's always with a dwarf.

He has a thin moustache

and a big nose...

He stutters.

-Yes! He stammers.

What about Avarel?

-He took this and he thought..

he was a blank note-book,

with a man's head.

Was he a legal pad

or a plain one?

Give me that.

-Beat it! You shark!

I have no business with pills,

I'll look and give it back.

Ask Mahsun.

-Mahsun, don't give.

Don't let him.

-Will you give?

My boy.

Of course he won't.

This is for the six hundred

cups of tea Mahsun drank.

You know me. I get furious all of a

sudden, but I forget it soon.

I kicked him out of here

a few days ago. He was beaten by..

the police that night. But he

invites the trouble himself.

Do him a favour. He could

clean the windows or..

sweep the floor. He can

sleep in a corner at night.

Do him a favour, man!

-He can come and stay here..

until the coffee house is closed.

He can even have free tea.

But I cant't let that

bum work here!

Come on Zeki! All he needs

is a bowl of soup and shelter.

If somebody will work for me,

someone else whom I trust..

should go bail for him.

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