Clouds of May

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Efes Pilsen

-Hi!

-Hi!

What's that Saffet?

-University exam results.

-Have you passed?

-l'll have a tea then we'll look.

-Haven't you looked at it yet?

-No l haven't.

CLOUDS OF MAY:

Hello, Dad.

-What a surprise to see you.

-How are you doing?

-Come in.

-You still haven't had

the doorbell fixed.

-l haven't had time

with all this work.

-You've changed the house.

-We had quite an upheaval.

Painting and suchlike.

Muzaffer.

you're a man of

surprises.

Are you tired?

-Yes l am, dad.

You look tired as well.

Were you at the field?

-Yes, and it tired me out.

After l got back l fell asleep

reading a book.

Have you come from

Trakya route?

l waited for the boat.

The heat is killing me.

Where's Mum?

-Do they shoot the movies

with these small cameras?

-No. We use these for the

test shots.

lsn't Mum here?

There, she's coming.

Let me surprise her.

-Muzaffer, welcome home.

-Welcome to you too. How are you?

-Fine thanks. How are you?

-Fine.

l'll give the child something.

-lsn't this Uncle's son Ali?

-Mr. Ali

-Yes.

-How old are you now?

-Nine.

Which grade are you in?

-2A.

Where's your dad?

-ln anakkale.

What's he doing?

-Working.

Does he get back sometimes?

- Put this in your pocket.

Don't forget what

l told you, will you?

-Come on. Don't be

late for school.

He looks just like my childhood.

-You're relatives.

Emin!

What was that noise?

l didn't hear anything.

-l did.

The blanket has turned

round again.

l lay it straight,

it turns again.

-You can't tell the width and

length of your blankets.

lt confuses me as well.

-To bribe or not to bribe.

That's the problem.

-Emin, is it worth spending

money on that?

-F*** it. l will, even if

it costs 50 million.

l'm itching all over.

lt woke me up from my sleep.

ls it hereditary or what?

-You feed on the wrong

food.

Am l itching?

-You're not.

But mine

must be hereditary.

My mother had it too.

However much it costs,

l don't care.

-l will try.

-Emin, you are just obstinate.

-Who's being obstinate?

-You waste your money.

The land isn't worth it either.

-Pay the lawyer, pay this,

pay that. Don't be silly.

-You have to do

things properly.

Tomorrow l have to go to

the field again to cut the hay.

-What use is cutting the hay?

-lt has to look

as if we're farming there.

The government won't let

you have the place.

Of course l'm going to mess

around.

l know all the laws.

l have kept all proofs.

l've looked after that

place for fifty years.

l'll fight them to

the bitter end

with God's help.

What kind of film is he

going to shoot?

-Muzaffer.

-l don't know.

-Something like a documentary?

lt won't make money.

-That's for sure.

He never does work

that brings money.

What's this?

ls the disputed area up to

these poplar trees?

Yes, it's from this

road to the poplars.

This is the area.

Look at these trees,

without them this field

would be worth nothing.

The government won't

let you have them.

They won't let you.

lt belongs to them.

Why should they let you?

You're always on the state's side.

-What?

You're always

on the state's side.

Are you going to chop wood?

-l'm just going to chop these.

Let me help you.

-lt's all right.

-Stop. Wait.

Give it here.

-l'll do it, leave it.

Not like that, you should

chop diagonally.

With these boots you don't have

to worry about rain or mud.

You can go anywhere

in bad weather...

-with an umbrella.

Come Dad, sit down.

-Are you always going to sit

in the shade like this?

-Are you shooting a film?

Are films shot with

a small camera like this?

-No dad, with bigger ones.

-With bigger ones?

Look at these trees. The government

encourages people to fell them.

You cut them down,

they give you the title deed.

lf you don't cut them they

come and get you.

ls that fair?

-No.

When did you say

they would come?

They say about three months.

-There's still a lot of time.

Of course not. l've been waiting

for them for twenty years,

what is three months?

-That's true.

They will come

in 3-4 months.

When they come

l absolutely must be here.

lf l am not, they'll mark

the trees and go...

then you can't

claim anythhing.

They don't know

what's at stake here.

The land survey comes

with a judge,

an agriculturist, a forester.

They look where the forest is...

and where the field is. Where's

the river, where's the road.

They have a can of red

paint for marking the trees.

This is a lot of land,

they won't give it to you.

They don't care if there are any

forrests or not. ls there a law...

in Turkey saying

you can't grow trees?

These were planted in 1 926.

-You can't prove it.?

They can come and

check the age.

But the other trees around

are the same age as well.

Take a look at the trees.

There are no oaks like this one.

lt's all scrub.

-There's not much difference really.

Of course there is. These

give acorns, those don't.

lt took 20 years for them

to produce acorns.

How will you prove your point?

Look, l've got really

good evidence.

There's a case on this issue.

l have all the proofs.

Now l must copy them...

and hand over to the judge.

Then there is Article G.

lt says that privately...

...owned land doesn't count

as a forest up to 30 hectares.

Somebody said:

''They won't let you have it.''

Poplars, don't count as a forest.

lf you take away the poplars.

they are about 3000 m2.

Take from 8570,

we've still got 5372 m2.

And then there's Article F

and Article E.

lt deals with poplars.

Article 1 69, after a certain

time having the forest land.

Anyway,

there's no forest.

l don't understand why

you're making such an effort.

What are you going to do with it

if you finally get it?

l don't intend to die

before all this is over.

l won't go anywhere before

l finish to work on my land.

lt doesn't make any difference

whether it's yours.

this place has been

mine for years anyway.

These trees were so small.

One day a forrester came

and said:
Nice work but we will

take it away from you.

How can they? Do we live

in the age of tyrants?

By law they can take it.

-They can't take it by law.

Look around, there are only fields.

Everyone here cut down

the trees in their fields.

They told me to do the same. Then the

forester would have just gone away.

They cut down all the trees.

And the governor came and

gave them their title deeds.

And then they come to me

saying this is a forest.

l could have cut down

the trees away.

Then the forrester wouldn't

have said anything.

What are you afraid of?

-l'm not.

But you know

this is Turkey.

Someone will come

and say this and that.

lt's not that easy.

l put my life into this.

l won't give away

my land so easy.

That's why l have to be here

when they come.

Hell, l've got no friends left.

They all went to university.

All the dumb people in my class,

got into the university and left.

l'm sure that something

fishy is going on here.

Did you enter the university

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