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Neither you are to blame nor I
Hi, Mum... Mum... How are you?
I put 2000 lira in your account today. Withdraw it from the bank today.
Well, OK. You were talking about a wedding and stuff.
Go and buy yourself a dress.
OK, Mum. OK.
I'm hanging up now. We'll talk again later. I have work to do.
It's us! Good morning!
Good morning. Welcome.
Thank you. All's well, I hope... Is our costume ready?
Yes, absolutely. The young lady will go down in history today...
...as my first female cowboy.
Well, I really don't know where she got the idea from.
I told you! That film with Selma Hayek...
Today's kids... Couldn't you have been a princess, darling?
Wouldn't that have been better?
That's so boring, Granny.
Ah! We'll end up with a little boy Fatma at this rate.
Hey, come on! I want to put it on.
Well, it rather suits you. Really. Huh?
Can I take a picture for my collection?
I mean just for the store.
Of course. Go ahead.
- Are these the others? - Yes.
Well, they re marvellous. I mean, honestly...
But wouldn't it be easier if you used a digital camera?
Hmmm.
Now come here. Do a huge smile for me. OK?
My name is Bond, Alper Bond...
Oh, please! You mean people are still doing that?
It takes me back to middle school.
So it's not that outdated after all.
- Why am I here, right? - You took the words out of my mouth.
You owe me a shirt.
I soaked it in bleach but the stain didn't come out.
Oh God. I'll get you a new one right away.
You have another choice. Forget the shirt, but have dinner with me.
I'll do the cooking. Right in front of your eyes.
I'll make another cake too. Carrot and cinnamon.
OK... I'll get the shirt.
Don't do this to me.
I want to say something. Maybe I'm married. Maybe I'm a lesbian.
Maybe I have a boyfriend who's a boxer... God!
Don't you want to know the slightest thing?
Maybe... I'm trying out the other side of maybe...
At the end of the day, I'm trying it out... Allow me... Dinner.
Just dinner. I'll leave you in peace afterwards. Promise.
All the secrets of carrot and cinnamon cake...
A new skill you'll be proud of.
My record collection. Something with vegetables, light and harmless.
Just one glass of wine and a lift home afterwards.
That's all part of the package.
- I'll come at 7 and leave at 10. - 11.
- The shirt. - OK, 10. Tonight.
I'm off before you change your mind. I'll call you at 6.
To give you directions. Make sure you hear your phone.
Ooph...
I mean, 70s or 80s pop. Something not too well known.
Listen to this. It came in just yesterday.
Hello, Sinem? How's things? Ooph!
I've done something really dumb tonight. God knows what I'm doing.
Stop me, please... Look, I'll explain now.
Hope you don't have it already.
No, I don't. Really. Where did you find it?
Come in. You know how hard it is to track down the original?
Hold a vegetable in your hand and it tells you how long it needs cooking.
You just have to learn to look at it, see it and listen to it...
You can't put everything in one dish.
A pinch of this, a pinch of that. No way.
That would be vulgar and ignorant.
What we need is the beauty of harmony.
Don't believe it when they say things like throw it all in together and stir.
They all have different cooking times. Zucchini, mushrooms and this lot...
...cook the quickest. You can't throw them in with carrots...
Just listen to what they tell you...
Vinegar, mustard, they're dominant flavours...
You should think twice before using them.
They can be wonderful in some dishes, but they can also *** others.
Wait, don't drink yet. I always think it's something that people do wrong.
Will you taste the food first?
Wow! It's like poetry...
Ah! It's like...
Individually they're all different, but they're all the same as well.
There you go... Look, if you'd had some wine beforehand...
...the food would only have tasted of wine.
Like this, the wine goes with it.
The first taste is the most important.
Because the second follows it.
There's something else my profession gives me as well.
I know people from the way they eat.
You, for example, are a one-by-one kind of person.
You like living life slowly, serenely and without hurrying.
Alternatives and abundance are things that scare you.
Hmmm... I see.
There's no rule to say that's how it is. It's just the fun part of the job.
The fun part. Really? Fine, then.
All right... You know what the most beautiful thing about cooking is?
What?
Feeding someone... Or rather, seeing the expression on their face...
...when they take the first mouthful...
There, that's like the picture of my life. Just like the kids on your wall...
I did fine arts at university. Stage design and decor. I spent a while...
...working as an art director on films and TV soaps...
But the way the market operates isn't exactly up my street...
How should I put it? It's kind of like the system's based...
...a bit on exploitation... Plus a load of people don't value...
...what you do in the first place.
I haven't severed all my connections though...
I hire out costumes for films or make them...
But at the end of the day, I'm captain of my own ship.
I like films.
Everyone does... But I mean, it's a crazy business.
Not my kind of thing at all. I had two years in the business.
When I realised that in all that time I hadn't spent...
...a single rainy evening shored up with a book and a glass of tea...
I fled without so much as a backward glance.
God! And you call me Bohemian...
You were supposed to be teaching me the secrets of cake.
Hey, hold on! It's only 9.15.
How about we listen to this?
Wait. Don't...
Oh God! The glasses are the size of bell jars as it is!
Nil Burak. I'm Alone. Without wine. I don't think so.
It's a clean copy... Wonderful.
This is a human voice, you know?
Back then there was no machine they could make the sound with.
It's beautiful.
This could be the group Istanbul GeliĆ¾im. They played to a load of...
...people back then. Look, nothing's done on the cheap, you see?
It's the real thing. What dedication.
Beautiful.
You've made me very happy. Thanks.
I don't believe it... They're such great songs, these.
But I'd never have guessed the sound quality could be this good.
It's really better quality than a CD.
It's what everyone says when they start out.
You know why? Because records are analogue and haven't been compacted.
Here, listen... There's real depth to it. It has the effect of being live.
In fact, look. Close your eyes.
It's like you're at a concert...
...like she's there singing right in front of you.
Wow! It really is.
- Alper, I want to go home. - Don't go.
- I must go. - Stay.
- No. - Stay.
- Please... - Please.
- Alper... - Ada...
It was strange... I'm sorry...
I guess I got a bit over-excited.
It's OK. It doesn't matter.
Good morning.
You've cleared the whole place up.
Yes... I had nothing else to do. So I did it.
You should have woken me up.
Shall I get you one too?
No. I'm fine like this.
Did you sleep well last night?