The machine.
"A SOUL WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD"
It was totally intact.
It was standing there unscathed, as if it was mocking me.
As if a divine armor, an unknown force had protected it.
As if it had eyes
and was watching me from afar, smirking like some spoiled bastard.
For the first time in my life, I felt the presence of the devil.
As if it was hiding somewhere in that room,
saying, "The game's not over. Your ordeal has only just begun,"
whispering into my ear.
The book is 81 pages long.
Page 81 is completely blank. What does it mean?
Open the palm of your right hand.
Have a look at the lines there.
What does it say there? Eighteen.
Eighteen.
Now open your left palm.
What does it say there?
Eighty-one.
Add them together. What do you have?
Ninety-nine.
Well done.
"Allah has 99 names," says the book.
Do you understand now
why we open our hands when we pray
or perform the Salah?
The Creator has engraved his 99 names
into our palms.
Even before we were born. See?
Engraved into our palms.
Engraved…
engraved into our palms.
They finished the book on page 80,
and page 81 is completely blank.
This was deliberate.
Because the sum of those two is
ninety-nine!
The blank page means…
new birth…
and new life!
"When the healing comes from the palms,
the palms giveth, and the palms taketh."
The palms…
"A light from the sky will hit the machine and a soul will rise from the dead."
"A soul stronger than ever."
"A light
that barred the way of the ones
that would follow it."
"A light that barred the way of the ones
that would follow it…"
He had to be slapped.
Even at birth, that boy was unruly.
He was born feet first.
He tore his mother apart when he came out.
He was all covered in blood.
That's why poor Gülfem couldn't have any more children
and never will.
"A light that barred the way of the ones that would follow it."
I tore my mother's uterus.
I barred the way of the ones who would follow me.
I'm the one and only!
That light is me! It's me!
It doesn't matter if you love me or banish me!
That light is me! It's me!
I will create you, make you exist again.
You'll be reborn from your ashes,
like a phoenix.
Like a phoenix.
Good day.
Good day. Thank you.
Asiye! Who is it, girl?
It is Gülnihal. She's inviting me over for coffee.
Why don't you girls just have it here?
Too late. She said that and left.
My, she's an odd one.
All right, go, then. You'll have a chat.
-You've been neglecting your friends. -All right, then.
I'm not telling my folks about the letter.
Psst. Girl.
Tell me a bit. What did he write?
I want to know how men burn with desire.
Oh, it's the usual.
He wrote, "My precious,
it's like the left part of my body, where my heart is, is gone without you."
"My arms are like stumps, and there's bitter poison in my belly."
"Every time I breathe in, my lungs--"
Stop, girl. I'm feeling sick.
Why on earth does he sound like an offal seller?
Well, it appears men burn internally.
Oh dear. Let's have the firemen put out Ziya's fire.
Wherever there's a fire
That's where we are as a choir
Wherever there's a fire That's where we are as a choir
Not long now.
"It's the palms that both give and take."
Rise!
Isn't this enough? Make it happen!
What more do you want? My life? Huh?
CREATURE
So, what happened next?
Captain,
take me out into the sun.
Why?
For the sake of what?
What fire burned me?
Why did I give up on this world?
On this beauty,
on this life?
Son, why the gloom?
You're so young.
What's over? What's gone?
Everything has a solution. Everything but death.
Professor,
let go.
Do you hear me?
It hurts, I know.
Let go. I'll bring you some ointment.
Please, just let me go.
Come on.
Once that intoxication of victory wore off,
I tried to think clearly.
I did not know
what I had revived, what I had given life to/
Or where I brought it back from.
Next thing I knew,
my tongue beat me to it.
It stopped calling him İhsan.
This will take away the pain.
It's okay. Easy.
No! What are you doing?
This is not to eat. It's ointment.
God. You're hungry.
So am I.
Let me get rid of the one in there first.
Okay? Don't eat it.
Just what I need now.
Come here. Let's get you out.
-Thank you, son. -Thank you.
God bless you.
Here, drink this.
No. Don't touch it! Don't.
I know you're in pain.
But it'll pass.
It'll pass. Don't worry.
What is it? Why are you looking at me like that?
Do you not recognize me?
It's me, Ziya.
And you are?
Come on. Speak.
Speak. Say something.
Say your name.
Tell me what you know.
Stop staring at me and speak. Come on, speak!
See? Huh?
There you are. You do remember.
There must be some memories of İhsan in there.
Hidden in your brain, in your mind.
You'll remember gradually.
Look.
Come. Don't be afraid.
Remembering will be painful,
but thank goodness you were behind the machine.
It shielded you.
Your face…
It will be painful. You'll scare yourself,
but look, your body is fine.
Come on.
Look. It was you who built this machine.
With me.
I helped you do it.
Yes? Look. Try to remember.
Come on, remember.
Dear God.
What is it?
No…
Is this real?
What is it?
Why are you scared?
Let go!
No. It can't be.
It's not possible.
Asiye, I'm wondering how many more suitcases
you'll be packing before we leave.
These are clean shirts and underwear for Ziya, Father.
We'll unpack and leave them there.
And we'll bring back the dirty ones.
Well, if he can't wash them there…
I'm sure he's found some woman.
I mean, for the laundry.
Please, Father. Of course I got that.
Which one is Yunus?
He's a tenant here.
A tenant? This is a bachelors' inn.
No shortage of tenants here.
He has curly hair. He's a student.
Oh, he goes to medical school.
Yes. That's his room.
But don't ever come this late again.
It's not appropriate.
Visit him during the day.
Ziya?
Oh, finally. Where have you been, brother?
I'd have come visit but thought you might not want that.
You felt the earthquake last night, right? It shook us like a leaf.
But since nothing's collapsed here, I thought you were safe out there.
I was worried sick, brother.
What are you up to with that man? I didn't know what to say to the school.
The school?
It's all over. No more school for me.
What are you on about?
Look, Ziya,
you can tell me, even if it's a shameful thing.
Hey. I'm not that type of person.
I won't tell anyone. Don't worry. I'll keep your secret.
Will you really?
Will you help me?
What happened to your hands?
Yunus, I did a terrible, terrible thing.
Did you kill that man?
What the hell?
Zi-- Ziya!
Ziya, what the hell is this?
Yunus!
Yunus, gather yourself.
Come on, Yunus!
We just need to convince Hamdi I was with you the last two nights.
What about the landlord? He saw you.
Tell him you snuck me in
and hid me in your room.
That I'd been there for two nights when he saw me.
I don't know. Never mind that now, Yunus.
They won't pry that much.
We just have to convince Hamdi I wasn't here during the explosion,
and that I was with you.
He's the only witness.
-And if he doesn't believe it? -I'll make him.
This house is so far from the nearest settlement.
No one will know there was a fire, not for a while.
Yes, a fire.
It'll cover up everything without leaving a trace.
No İhsan to find and no machine.
Don't!
Don't tell me you plan to burn him. I cannot.
I'll go to the police myself.
Even with the state he is in--
Are you insane? Who do you think I am?
I don't kill people. I can't kill anyone. I can't do that.
But won't the police look for İhsan's remains?
-Try to find his bones? -They won't have to.
There will be a scorched İhsan.
We have one.
It's over there.
Yunus…
Yunus, gather yourself.
What about Prof. İhsan? The one in there?
-What about him? -He's someone else now.
He's unrecognizable. You've seen him!
We'll leave him in the street, abandon him to his fate.
I know it's cruel, Yunus,
but I didn't mean for this to happen.
In a way, he chose this path.
I was just a pawn on the chessboard.
I can't help him. We can't help him.
There is nothing I can do, Yunus. If there was…
I'm exhausted, Yunus.
I'll pay the price for the sins I committed.
I'll quit school, go back home.
I'll burn down my hopes, my future, everything I have
along with this house.
Give me your foot.
He's a leper now, a madman who lives in the street.
Surely someone will help him.
A hospital, a good Samaritan, or the leprosarium.
I won't become a physician.
I'll live with half of my heart missing.
That's how I'll pay for my sin.
If there really is a hell,
this fire will be my personal hell.
I'll have not one but two hells, Yunus.
I'll burn twice,
both from the flames of this fire and in the one in the great beyond.
It's all right.
Perhaps he was afraid of the pain fire had inflicted on his flesh
or in those flames he saw the likeness
of that place he'd come back from, the place we knew nothing about.
But the fact was, İhsan was dead.
His heart had stopped.
Did you ask him? What was hell like?
Tell us, for God's sake. What should we do to not burn there?
-So that we can… -Yes.
I wouldn't have gotten an answer even if I'd asked.
What I resurrected had even forgotten his own name.
Whatever he'd ever seen or thought,
it was all stuck inside his head.
No disrespect, brother,
but I may be able to explain your story with common sense.
Maybe his heart did stop for a bit,
but the lightning started it again. That's not so far-fetched, is it?
It happened to my late uncle.
We thought him dead, even gathered for his wake,
but he moved while being buried. Terrified the congregation.
So the man was lucky enough to attend his own funeral.
It's possible. My father had cases like that.
But then one day, he told me everything.
İhsan himself.
There was even an explosion in his yard a few years back.
He had a load of gunpowder.
-Gunpowder? -Yes. Barrels of it.
Rumor had it he wanted to take his own life.
Whoa. Stop, girl.
We will continue on foot from here.
Come on. Come, İhsan.
There.
Forgive me.
I…
Forgive me!
Don't look back, Yunus.
Don't look back!
Don't! Don't look back!
We can go inside if you're cold, Asiye.
No, I'm fine.
Are you not hungry, girl?
Oh, come on.
We don't always travel to Istanbul,
so while you have your father with you, you should make him spend money on you.
Let us at least have a simid-i halka?
Young man!
Simid-i halka, Father? That name is outdated.
-Enjoy, sir. -Thank you.
If I see some nice fabric in a shop window,
I will have you buy me a few yards of it.
Since you insist.
Will you now? All right.
Anything for my girl.
Thank you.
I'll explain everything to Hamdi.
He's the only loose end.
If we keep our stories straight and are able to convince him…
What I'm saying is, just nod and confirm everything I say.
-Okay, Yunus? -Of course I will.
That's my only job anyway. To be your witness.
I'm sure you already know what to say, what lies to spin,
and how to deliver it all.
For God's sake, Yunus. Is this the right time for that?
I've told you.
Just do me one last favor.
Then I'll get the hell out of here.
I told you everything. It's not my fault.
But of course.
It's not your fault. It was all him.
It was the wretched madman we left in the road like a stray puppy.
It's always someone else's fault. It's this big world that's at fault.
It never got you, couldn't keep up with you.
Only your hands are clean.
What I did might be wrong, but you helped me with it.
We are now in this together.
Just know that if I am going down…
"…you'll go down with me." Right?
No need for threats, brother.
I don't break my promises.
So don't worry.
But I'm glad you threatened me.
Now I know exactly what kind of person you are.
Now, according to European time,
we left the house at 5:00 a.m.
It's 9:15 at the moment.
Add to that approximately six hours. What do we get?
3:15 p.m.
We'll get on the train at Eminönü
and catch Ziya at the school gates when he gets out of school.
Even if we're late, we'll find him with the address on the letter somehow.
By the way, I sent a telegram to the school too.
He must know we're on our way. He'll be waiting for us at the gates.
He will be.
So I'm leaving this place, Uncle Hamdi.
I came to get your blessing.
Goodness.
You certainly have my blessing,
but what's happened all of a sudden, son?
Just yesterday, you were dying to study. You seem to be in good health too.
Healthy as a pig.
He was with me the last two days
and stuffed his face.
What does İhsan say?
I wish you'd talk to him. He wouldn't let you quit school.
If he could speak… It would have been nice.
That's part of the reason, Uncle Hamdi.
I'm scared I'll turn into him.
In any case, I don't get along with the professors.
I don't belong there.
-And seeing him like that… -Like what?
-I thought he'd been well lately. -No, he…
he's been…
Remember when you and Yunus visited me?
I saw the gunpowder barrels after you'd left.
So many of them.
Looking newly bought.
I was scared something would happen.
So I went to Yunus's that night.
Sure, that's what happened.
Oh dear.
Is he emotional again? God help us.
I'll close up the shop and go see him.
Come on, son. Get your belongings.
Give me your blessing, Uncle Hamdi. I can never repay what you did for me.
You have my blessing, but I can hardly believe this, kid.
I've gotten used to you too.
Well, best of luck.
Maybe you'll give it more thought and come back to study next year.
Don't forget you'll always have a home here and your Uncle Hamdi.
Be well.
You too, son. Write to me.
Cemşit, take their order.
-I'll have the lamb broth. -Sure, sir.
If I'm not needed anymore, I'll head to school.
-Yunus-- -Spare me, brother.
You'll repeat the same things.
You speak nicely,
but I doubt the same can be said for your heart.
Therefore,
nothing you can say holds any value for me.
Now be on your way. Goodbye.
-Move! -Make way!
Move!
-Move! -Move!
Attention, everyone!
Hear me well! Listen carefully!
Vasili's theater company, the most famous of them all,
has arrived in your town to entertain!
You won't believe the things you see
from this wonderful troupe whose fame has reached Europe!
I can see you're in a deep gloom.
You can rest assured we'll enchant you
and cheer you up with the performance we have in store for you.
Smile, please. Yes?
Attention, everyone!
Hear me well!
Listen carefully!
Vasili's theater company, the most famous of troupes,
is here to entertain you!
Capt. Ömer, have you ever thought about why people are afraid of the undead?
I don't know. Because they're scared of death?
People are not afraid of death.
They already know it exists.
They're scared of the possibility that the dead could begin to talk.
Because what if they said that there's nothing after death?
Dear God!
Don't look at him, baby!
Leprosy! He's a leper! Run!
He's a leper! Run!
He's one of the undead! He's risen from the grave!
Begone, you demon!
Leprosy! He's a leper! Run!
Halt!
Get away! Halt! Get away!
Undead! He's risen from the grave!
-Halt! -Undead!
-Begone, you leper! -Go away!
-Get away! -Undead!
Halt! Get away!
-Undead! -Hit him!
Don't do this. Please.
Don't! Stop! Don't do this!
Stop! Don't do this! Stop!
Stop! Don't do this!
Get away! Go!
-Move! -Get away!
-Begone! -Begone!
-Get him! -Get him!
We got him!
Subtitle translation by: Bilge Gündüz