Winter Sleep Page #4

I tend to forget.

The other day,

your younger or older brother...

Older.

He said some inappropriate things.

But I insist...

not to mention the debt collectors.

I wasn't even aware

you were my tenants.

When the rent is not paid,

lawyers do these things automatically.

Understand?

Of course, Mr Aydin. It's obvious.

You have to do these things.

You've been very patient with us.

But, since Ismail came out of prison,

he hasn't sorted himself out yet.

Nobody gives him a job.

I don't see why not, but they don't.

That's why we need time

to get back on our feet.

So, Mr Aydin,

if you could just step in

to stop the eviction...

We will sort something out

as soon as possible.

We really don't want

to lose the house.

I spent my entire childhood

in that house.

So if you could give us more time...

What do you expect me to say?

I see your point but...

you need to discuss it with Hidayet.

I don't know anything about it.

Did you talk to him?

- No.

- Talk to Hidayet.

I mean...

There's Hidayet and the lawyers.

You don't need to come to me.

They know more about it.

Don't come to me again.

I don't want to mislead you.

In a country

with a 99% Muslim population,

don't the people deserve men of God

who are cultivated, neat,

whose very presence is reassuring?

The weekly sermon

prepared by our imams,

from their reading,

will be heard

with pleasure and admiration

and will elevate the people.

Islam is a religion

of civilisation and high culture.

How's that?

Fine.

It's not too harsh?

No.

- Nothing that might be misunderstood?

- No.

You don't say anything

about religion itself.

You talk about the practices

of those who apply it.

And I also say

Islam is a religion of high culture.

Of course.

I don't really care for these things.

But you know it's delicate.

But the guy annoys me so much,

I can't stop myself writing.

So he managed to become

the subject of an article.

With his shabbiness,

slyness, vagueness...

You know...

I once played an imam in a play

and got good reviews.

Now when I see him,

I tend to think I wasn't that good.

I missed so many details.

Did you see that play?

Sorry? Which play?

The one where I played an imam.

"Wounded Birds".

Can't remember.

He comes running out in the

first scene, bursting for the toilet.

It must have been when I was abroad.

He comes running on:

"Where's the loo?"

- No. Was it a comedy?

- Yes.

- And first...

- I don't remember.

I want to ask you something.

Not resisting evil...

What does that mean to you?

What?

Not resisting evil, I said.

What do you think that means?

Not resisting evil?

How do you understand it?

Well...

One day, thieves attack you

and you don't resist.

I suppose that's it.

I don't want an example.

Give me a logical definition.

I wonder if there is any logic in it.

A logical definition

of not resisting evil.

Not resisting evil is...

to remain indifferent

to incidents defined as evil

within an ethical framework.

How's that?

For instance, if we were to...

make this idea of not resisting evil

the basis of our behaviour,

what kind of life would we have?

What kind of life?

What would it be like?

Thieves, murderers, psychos

would prosper.

Chaos would reign everywhere.

- What would be left, then?

- Left?

Cripples and madhouses.

How should I know?

Maybe you're right.

But I couldn't take

the easy way out like you.

What easy way out?

Maybe you should think about it.

You went a bit too fast.

I didn't. It's simple.

Someone does wrong,

you don't resist. That's it.

What else is there?

I still feel...

we're fooling ourselves

when we're fighting evil.

As if we didn't want to look

at every aspect, we hide some.

Like what?

Fatma, this honey is frozen.

You got another?

- I'll check.

- If not, just put it in warm water.

Instead of struggling against evil,

why not do the exact opposite?

Say you don't want

a painting to be stolen.

It's maybe better

to hand it to the thief.

Maybe it's a better solution.

Say I want to marry an heiress

because her father is rich.

To foil my sneaky plot, she should

throw herself in my arms. Is that it?

But maybe he would be ashamed,

feel remorse

and admit his fault.

Shouldn't we allow for that?

What a ridiculous idea!

Should we allow mass murders

because some killers could regret it?

Even soaps don't

produce such nonsense.

Well, I don't care what you think.

I have my solution.

I see no reason to resist

an evil act aimed at me personally.

Does someone want to kill me?

Be my guest.

Because, if I were to defend myself,

that wouldn't make

the murderer a better person.

But if you defend yourself,

you may not die.

Isn't that worth it?

Trust me, it isn't.

Let's drop it.

I feel depressed already.

What do you think, Nihal?

To be honest...

I don't quite grasp it.

Where does this need come from?

Why do you feel like this?

It's not a need, just an idea.

She wants to help evil get done.

Hold on... Is that how you want

to end evil in the world?

Or do you want

to find peace that way?

She wants to help the baddies

do bad more comfortably.

I'm just saying we should

give evildoers a chance

to feel regret.

A chance for the bad guys, great!

You pretend not to understand.

That's how I understood it, sweetie.

How did you manage that, sweetie?

She's saying evildoers regret it

if you help them do it?

- No...

- That's what I understand.

How can you understand that?

So how do you understand it?

It is very clear what she's saying.

If someone does me harm,

a thief or someone...

I don't resist and by doing so,

stir his conscience...

Stop it. What's got into you two

this morning?

What's this about helping

evildoers do evil?

Who said that?

Is that how you plan to end evil?

You're trying to provoke us now.

I'm just saying what I understood.

Am I wrong?

It's easy to understand.

She says if something bad

is done to us,

by not resisting, the evildoer

may be sorry and give up.

Is that possible?

That's not the question.

I'm just saying one could try.

So the Jews should deport themselves.

So that Hitler doesn't get tired.

He'd say "Here they are,

no point gassing them"?

- You joking?

- No. That's what I understand.

Help evildoers do evil

so they stop doing evil.

Never heard such nonsense before!

I misunderstand...

or you aren't making yourself

clear enough.

Mr Aydin,

they're here again.

- Who?

- Hamdi.

- What Hamdi? Hamdi hodja?

- Yes.

- He's here?

- Yes, he's upstairs.

What for?

He already came the other day.

I don't know, he won't say.

He's acting all mysterious.

Not him, not now.

Did you tell him I'm here?

Of course not. I said I'd see.

If he wants to leave something,

you take it.

He came yesterday too.

He didn't leave anything.

- Yesterday, too?

- Yes.

Why didn't you tell me?

We talked about it. You were in bed.

You had me say you weren't in.

Really?

- That boy is here too.

- What boy?

The window one.

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