A ROUND OF APPLAUSE
[water gurgling]
[indistinct chatter]
[bass pounding]
[dance music playing]
[music builds]
[beat drops]
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- Ahu! - [crowd grumble]
Ahu! What's up?
Over here. Up here. Look up here.
Ahu. Metin. It's me, Metin!
What's your name?
[Metin] Metin! Metin!
We played as kids!
Alara and all those guys?
The boring guy?
I'm that Metin.
[exhales]
[chuckles]
Metin. You been good?
Yeah and you?
[Ahu] I'm okay. Just here to have some fun.
Heard the DJ was great. Are you the DJ?
I guess tonight.
Just... Just tonight?
Oh, DJing's just what I do now.
I'm just going with it.
I'm staying open.
No doing beats forever... [chuckles]...know what I mean?
How have you been?
[man] Hey man, we're here.
Can we talk in a little bit?
Give me your number and we'll get together!
Can we do that later if that's okay, hmm?
You look amazing.
[man] You're suffocating her, bro!
[lock clicking]
- [door slams] - [keys clatter]
[footsteps approaching]
[chuckles]
[Ahu] There's Nursoy. She's a designer who's really hot right now.
A friend of Yaso.
She's friends with everyone, we're tight.
She's such a sweetie.
She'll be doing the design.
I'm sure she'll come up with some great stuff. I can feel it.
We're both on the same wavelength.
And if the idea is good, the rest happens on its own anyway.
Tell me the idea.
Plants and Friends.
- [audience applauding] - [Metin] What do you mean?
[chuckles] Start small in little stores,
some shopping malls like in Kanyon, then Moda, Nişantaşı, Cihangir, Berlin,
New York, Ohrid, Tokyo.
Don't wanna get spread too thin, and you know, screw ourselves over.
I'm afraid of getting too big too soon, know what I'm saying?
Like Cihangir is still up in the air.
I mean, Cihangir's gotten a bit trashy. Cihangir's still a question mark.
[inhales] So, you're opening soon?
Yeah, so, we'll have all these gathering spaces, you got that?
- Hmm. - And folks'll bring in plants, you see.
Good coffee. Petra's on board.
People'll have little stands.
I've got a woman, a good friend, who does sourdough toothpaste, for example,
I'm giving her a stand.
Another girl's into making vegan scarves. She sells out. She'll help us grow.
There's a sandal guy with a pop-up who makes electric footwear
that doesn't exploit the proteins of animals.
I'm excited to have him with us.
That's about it. We're looking good, getting ready.
So tell me about it.
I mean, you'll be able to come and hang out with your plant.
There's no other place like it. I looked all over.
Nothing like it in the whole world.
Hmm.
This was my big idea. [chuckles proudly]
Idea?
You bring your plant in and chill. Everything will circle around that, so...
Right now, we're designing seats for the plants.
Everyone's working to get that done.
So plants and owner sit down,
the owners chat while the plants just hang out.
They mingle, and there's good coffee too.
Good coffee matters. It matters a lot, you know.
Plants and Friends.
Mm-hmm. That's right.
No one's done it before?
[chuckles proudly] No and I can't believe no one's thought of it before me.
You'll bring your succulent, right? And there'll be other succulents there.
The owners will hang out while the succulents mingle.
Does it have to be hipster plants only, or...
Like, could I bring a funeral bouquet in there.
Hmm?
[chuckles]
Ah... [chuckles]
Um, you know, like...
You're mocking me right now. Unbelievable.
No, I'm... That's not...
[chuckles]
[sniffs]
[inhales] So, what've you been up to, Metin?
Let's talk about you, hmm?
[sighs, inhales]
[inaudible]
There's not much in my life to talk about, so...
[Ahu] No, no, no, you're gonna talk.
I told you everything I'm doing now.
You asked me and I told you everything.
[exhales sharply]
Come on, then.
[mic echoes]
Come on, it's your turn, so...
[chair scrapes]
[Ahu] Tell us.
I'm uncomfortable.
What's wrong? I sucked it up and told you everything. It's your turn now.
But it was just me there.
Yeah, but the disdain you had was that of thirty other people.
I was vulnerable with you.
I opened up.
I shared something very personal with you that I'm proud of.
It's a dream that I've finally been able to get off the ground,
and you responded with ridicule!
Ridicule? Come on, it wasn't that bad.
The only thing I did, I mean, I just...
[Ahu] You just what?
What?
[exhales slowly]
I'm done, I wanna leave.
You stay there.
Don't just sit there, people, ask questions. Go ahead.
Yes, you.
[microphone feedback squeaks]
Hello, Mr. Metin.
Um, yeah, hello.
[Ayşen] My name's Ayşen.
Um, this may be a harsh first question for you, but here's what I'd like to know.
As you've said, you wanna leave.
A Portuguese visa's gonna cost you 350,000 but a Greek one is just 250.
So that's quite a big difference.
I would think Greece is the better choice
seeing how it's closer in proximity to Türkiye in physical distance and culture.
However, considering the difficult relationship between Türkiye and Greece,
we could see the revocation of the Golden Visas altogether.
I'm curious to hear what you have to say on this, thank you.
Well, I'm not familiar with that, I'm sorry,
but there are some people from Moda here. Maybe ask them.
Let's keep it going. Another question.
Can we pass the mic over, please?
Thank you.
[taps echo]
Uh, my question is going to be just a little bit different.
I've always wondered about, um, the views of, uh,
valued and respected people who are in the public eye,
such as yourself, on this particular issue.
Um, what do you think, uh, a person's oldest memory is?
I mean, uh...
at what age do you think we start making memories?
Let's take your past, for instance.
Can you share your oldest memory with us as an example, please?
Thank you.
[gulps]
Is that you?
Mom?
Come on, what're you doing?
Take the mask off.
The number of cases is on the rise.
Just take it off. Let's go.
Sunglasses too.
Come on. Stop it, all right?
Metin, sweetie, I'm just here as a person in the audience asking you a question.
Look at me as a regular fan, not as your mother, can you do that?
What are you asking?
Well, I'm asking how far back you remember.
[Metin] Why?
Why are you asking?
What do you wanna hear?
Mm... I believe it's members of the audience who ask the questions.
We ask and then you answer. That's how it works, so...
Leave, please.
[man 1] Yeah, his mom can ask what she wants at home.
She shouldn't disrupt the panel.
We came all the way from Ankara
to ask impersonal questions concerning his take on the entire society.
I'm ready for you, sir. What's your question?
Do you think there is equal opportunity for everyone in entertainment?
As a successful DJ, what are your thoughts on this?
- Could you- - I'm a DJ, yes,
but I don't primarily identify myself that way to the world.
I didn't choose to live a life in the public eye.
So I'm gonna answer your question as an average person.
Because we're all just people.
You? You're average? Oh that is ridiculous.
Mom, can you just go?!
- Get out! Out! - [crowd gasps]
[gasps]
Are you kicking me out, Metin?
You're yelling at me in front of all these people?
You're humiliating me right now. You know that?
[man 2] Stop hogging the mic, lady. Don't make the panel personal.
[man 3] Yeah! Let society speak.
I'm not sure it has the ability to.
It can't ask the right question.
Can it now?
It's obvious it can't.
I wish society could ask the important stuff.
I'm part of society too. I'm a member of it.
I'm a really important part of society as a mother!
And I speak on behalf of all of those heartbroken mothers
who are suffering and who are hopeless.
Do children recall anything before three years of age? Come on.
It's a big hole.
And nobody knows.
This is the right question.
If we could finally discover... more about what our children remember,
then we could start hopefully healing ourselves in here at last.
Because that's it.
We've gotta know.
We all tend to make mistakes in the first years.
We never forget those mistakes.
Even after the kid's an adult, the mistakes still haunt us.
Like, did we cause permanent damage?
Did something happen that might have easily been prevented?
We become so consumed with horrible regret.
[man 4] That goes for fathers too!
Well, I'd hope so.
Now, I'm asking you all.
Can society really ask the right questions when all of us mothers are so confused?
[man 5] You've talked more than your son has, ma'am.
We came to hear your son, not you.
That's right, sweetheart. We all came as a society to hear your beautiful words.
Oh, I'm begging you, I'm just a fan. Just asking as a regular person,
and I'm talking a lot and I'm sorry about that.
I'm gonna let you talk now. Will you, please?
Huh, Metin?
Uh, do you remember being born, son?
Any little bit?
Or anything that happened the next day?
Do you remember going back inside the womb?
And how we had to take you back out again?
I do.
That bad, Metin?
I get reminded every time...
every time I see your face, Mom.
- Aw... - [crowd gasp]
[indistinct chatter]
I'm not leaving. I'm not moving to Greece. I'm not
I'm not moving to Portugal either.
I'm gonna go a lot further than that, you hear me?
And no visa is needed where I'm going.
I came here with no damn visa,
and I won't need it where I'm going.
Ah, so, Macedonia.
[inhales] You feeling better, Mom?
Metin,
my little boy,
will you forgive us?
Just speak for yourself, okay? Don't bring Dad into it.
[Zeynep] Where is your dad?
I have no idea.
He disappears and doesn't come back till really late.
What time is it?
[Metin] Get some rest, Mom.
You took all your pills, right?
I took them, son.
And did you meditate as well?
Yeah, this morning I was meditating.
All right, good. Get some rest.
Why do I feel like I know that girl, Metin?
The panel girl who was there.
The moderator woman.
I've met her. I know I have before.
You have.
She's still the same.
- Now get some rest. - You're leaving so soon?
I got stuff to do.
[sniffs] I'm sure you do, son. Then I guess you better go.
Don't wanna hold you up here.
We'll be waiting right here.
We'll have a fridge filled with your favorite food,
so be sure to drop by.
- Our house is open. - Uh, don't say we and our. Mm...
You don't need to speak for the both of you, Mom.
Just please leave Dad out of it. Okay, Mom?
You don't have to involve him. Let him be his own person, Mom.
[clicks tongue] Leave him alone, okay?
Okay? Just...
If he wants to wander around all day, let him.
Let him! He wants to, let him.
He's living his life.
It's out there.
Life is right out there.
Look at people like Ahu doing her thing all over the damn world.
Just buy a succulent, find your group.
What makes you better than the people like that?
You're not above 'em. It's not your place to judge 'em.
She was so cute sharing her dream.
So what, it's a silly dream. Doesn't matter one bit!
She was your sweetheart!
Yeah plants shmants!
She was sharing about herself.
And what the hell does it even matter?
It doesn't matter.
Don't put 'em down like that.
You can't.
You gotta listen.
Listen and stop judging everyone!
If you don't listen, there's gonna be consequences!
You'll have to go do a stupid panel like today.
Everybody asking me, "Man, come on. You tell us!"
Sweetie, is this more like advice to yourself?
[grunts] Seriously, though, Plants and Friends?
What on earth is that, huh?
This is her idea?
She told me she came up with it.
The spending on this thing is unbelievable!
She's going to Tokyo?
She's so clueless.
She thinks she's opening a shop in Tokyo. That's insane!
What is that?
[sobs] Mom, oh my God, I'm so lonely.
[sobbing continues]
Me too, son.
I'm lonely a lot too.
My heart skips a beat and I get so excited
every time I hear the doorbell ring, you know?
I scramble for the door thinking it could be you, Metin.
I have a key, Mom.
[Zeynep sobs]
I bet it's all rusty by now.
You never visit anymore, sweetie.
See, you wouldn't have been here if I hadn't attended that panel today.
Isn't that right?
All right, Mom. I'll visit you more often.
Okay?
Now, please get some rest.
And speaking of the door...
What door? What are you saying?
The front door, sweetie.
I'm gonna have your father hire a handyman to remove the front door.
Why?
We don't need a door. We're old.
[exhales contently]
You're home, eh?
Where were you?
Why are you out all day, every day?
Do you know what time it is?
She's lonely by herself.
Attends panels 'cause she's lonely, Dad!
Where did you go?
[indistinct chatter]
[distant sirens]
[grunts]
[Mehmet] Uh...
[groans] Hey.
How was the panel?
Mediocre.
The audience was kinda dead.
Wasn't that many there.
And the room was huge. They couldn't even fill it up.
Everyone was spread out too.
It looked pretty empty.
I would've gotten a smaller room. At least it would have looked full.
Are you hungry? There's food in the fridge you can heat up.
[Mehmet] I got shawarma.
[Zeynep] The people seemed kinda trashy too.
It's like they just let anyone in.
They couldn't even ask one decent question.
[Mehmet] It was chicken shawarma.
[Zeynep] Where is this country headed, Mehmet?
[Mehmet] They say chicken is bad for you, but...
[Zeynep] Well, the whole world is going to shit anyway.
[Mehmet] I just had a craving for it.
[sniffs] All right. Uh, that's enough.
Quit filming.
Stop it, all right?
I said stop.
Hey!
Enough. That's enough!
That's enough, man. Come on, stop it. Enough.
Stop. Come on.
Why the fuck you filming anyway? Stop it, I said that's enough.
I mean, come on. You think this is something?
I'm trying to deal with an intense thing and you're just shooting.
Dude, just stop!
I'm right in the middle of processing, uh, something private, so just leave. Stop it!
Just fuck off! What the hell?
We laughed, cried, analyzed it. Now it's done!
That's it!
[breathing heavily]
[sobs] Come on.
Just let me go back to the orange already. Come on.
[sobbing continues]
[panting]
Come on already. Let me go back to the orange, please.
[sobs] Come on.