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The Miracle

Based on a True Story

Bagels!

Crispy bagels!

Bagels, bagels!

- Hello. Welcome.

Crispy bagels!

Hey! Come back here!

Sister? Can we buy balloons?

Yes, we can.

- Can you give us a balloon?

- Sure.

Here you go.

Ice cream!

- Hello, kids.

- Ice cream.

- One scoop or two?

- One.

Thank you.

Magir, are you really going to turn

your back on your family and leave?

You know why.

My hands are tied.

Mahir, are you trying to bury me alive?

God damn you!

What about all the promises you made

before we got married?

"Cemile,

I will never leave you alone."

"Cemile,

you will always be by my side."

"I can't live without you."

What about all that?

Cemile, please don't. This is my job.

How else am I going to make a living?

Let's take the girls and go.

- What are you talking about?

- I'm saying we should leave this place.

Do you want me to take the kids

and go with you? Are you nuts?

Girls, go in the other room.

Go on.

Go set the table.

Cemile, this would be an opportunity

for the girls to see a different place.

And you can have

a change of scenery.

That place is a part of our country.

What's wrong with that?

Have you completely lost your mind?

What am I going to do

in some remote mountain village?

What am I going to do there?

I'd rather die than go there.

And you shouldn't go either.

You should quit your job too.

You can work for my father.

He'll take care of you.

You haven't stopped talking about

your father for years!

Do I need your father's money?

Look at me, don't go.

Look, look at your husband.

I am a teacher, a civil servant.

Those kids over there need me too.

Also, this is all your father's fault.

If he hadn't pulled strings for me

to stay here,...

...I could gave finished my duty

in the East years ago.

Good God...

Even at this age, I must go.

There are soldiers.

If I don't go,

they won't give me my pension, Cemile.

Mahir Yilmaz, do whatever you want.

Mahir!

- Cemile!

Take good care of yourself

and the girls, okay?

You'll always be on my mind, Mahir.

You know that, right?

I do.

A woman's place is beside her man,

but I can't leave the kids.

Mahir...

- Yes?

I heard there are bandits there.

Take care of yourself.

Don't worry.

Don't be afraid, Cemile.

Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- Be safe.

- Take care.

- Have a safe trip, Mahir.

- Goodbye, teacher.

- Don't forget to write us.

- Watch out for the bandits.

- Have a safe trip.

Father!

Take good care of them!

- Have a safe trip.

- Take good care of yourself.

- Go with God.

- Have a nice trip.

I hope you'll see each other soon.

Let's go.

Sir, this is the last stop.

But where is the village?

The government

only built the road up to here.

You'll have to go the rest of the way

on foot.

Well, how am I supposed to

get to the village then?

- Do you see that mountain over there?

- Yes.

You are going to cross that.

After that,

you are going to cross another mountain.

A stranger is coming.

Who is it?

Tell everyone.

Get everybody ready.

Hands up!

- Hands up!

- Do not move!

- What the hell are you doing here?

- Do not move an inch!

- Who are you?

- Speak!

I'm the teacher.

So, you are the teacher.

Move out of the way, move.

- Who did you say you were?

- I said I was the teacher.

- I'm not mishearing, am I?

- No.

He really is the teacher.

Mister teacher,

you are going to teach in Zazaki, right?

- In what?

- Zazaki.

Teacher, sir, welcome.

We are happy to see you.

- Thank you.

- Welcome.

Thank you.

Excuse me,

where is the school?

The school?

My good sir, the government

has sent the teacher,...

...but hasn't thought of

building the school, is that so?

What do you mean? You don't

have a school in the village?

No.

The government never makes mistakes.

How could this happen?

It happens, my friend.

It happens.

Hey, all!

- Yeah?

- Do we have a teacher now?

- Yeah.

So, we'll probably get

a school as well.

We'll also get

roads, water and electricity.

We'll even get radio.

You are a little bit late,

but it figures,...

...your government

had long forgotten about us.

- Come on, this way.

- Please, don't bother.

They'll carry your luggage.

Come on.

Come on, my house is over there.

What are you doing?

Don't make me come over there!

Come on.

Leave Aziz alone!

Crazy, crazy,

Aziz the Cripple is crazy.

I'm from the Aegean, from Izmir.

I'm married,

and I have two daughters.

God bless them all.

I have six sons, myself.

I have daughters as well,

but they don't count.

- Why don't they count?

- Why should they?

We raise them, care for them,

and they go away.

Then, they belong to somebody else.

If the government builds a school,

you wouldn't send the girls?

No.

Sir, speaking of the school...

What are we going to do about that?

I need to report

to the director of education...

...that there is no school

in this village.

We'll go to the town hall tomorrow

and tell him about our predicament.

Our government

sent a teacher here,...

...that means it will build

a school as well.

It's as simple as that.

You can't go to the town hall

tomorrow.

The bus comes

only once every three days.

- What do you mean? Really?

- Yeah.

Sir, it took them 30 years

to send you.

If we depend on the government,...

...it would take them another

30 years to build the school.

So, where will I teach the kids

without a school?

Would a makeshift place

in the village help, sir?

- What kind of place?

- We've all got barns.

My dad's right.

We could take out the animals

and bring in the kids.

That's not possible.

Kids are not animals.

There's no way

you can turn a barn into a school.

The government

will build the school.

Tomorrow is another day, chief.

Teacher, your arrival

has made me really,...

...really happy.

Tomorrow, I want all single men

to be ready and wait for me outside.

God bless you, father.

Dear God,

you are the Almighty.

Thank you for sending me

to a village without a school.

I swear,

I will make a sacrifice...

...if you also let me go back home

safe and sound.

Amen.

God, grant me patience...

What's this?

- It is a talus bone.

Son, you never give that away.

That means they like you.

Thank you, son.

Those who would like to get married

this year, step forward.

When it's work,

they avoid it,...

...when it's women,

they race each other for it.

I'll show you!

Which one of you is the oldest?

Look at Aziz. He becomes a different man

when he hears anything about women.

Aziz...

Hazar. Head out immediately

and find a girl for Celal.

- Thank you, father.

- Okay.

Bless you.

Look, Celal's going too!

Mother! Mother!

Wait, Mr. Charming is coming!

Celal, run, brother, run! Make sure

your mother doesn't pick an ugly one!

Celal, don't forget to check her teeth!

What's going on, son?

Mother, please

take a good look at the girl.

If possible, please make sure

she has no moustache and no beard.

Mother, I'm begging you,

please make sure she looks good...

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