Waiting for the Clouds (Bulutları Beklerken)

- Is "Battalgazi the Warrior" on? - Not yet.

After the news. Let's check.

The Republic established its first census in 1927.

Since 1935, the census occurs every 5 years.

Today's census will determine statistics on language and religion.

To secure order,

curfew will be respected until sundown.

All citizens are instructed

to cooperate with officials.

Failure to cooperate will result in punishment...

There are gremlins under my bed.

Really? How do you know?

They come when I wet the bed.

Once upon a time, there were many gremlins here.

This village was cursed.

The gremlins crawled out at night.

They whispered into people's ears.

Everyone moved beyond the mountains to get away from the gremlins.

But there was no freedom from the curse.

There was a little girl among them.

She lost her entire family in a snowstorm.

She was lost, alone and freezing.

Then a fairy came.

The fairy gave her a halo.

It kept her warm.

The fairy offered the girl a third eye.

She would never get lost again.

"Where do you want the third eye?" Asked the fairy.

Where do you think she put the eye?

Think about it.

- Can't you guess? - No.

Keep thinking.

Good morning.

We're here for the census.

He's speaking Russian.

Look at that devil face!

He is the devil. Ma'am, please turn it off.

Documents, please.

Your name?

Ayshe Gokce.

- Father's name? - Suleyman.

Mother's name?

Ayshel.

- Married or single? - Single.

- Place of birth? - Mersin.

- The Mersin next to Trabzon? - No, in southern Turkey.

Why did you come here?

I was...

Mehmet, call your mother.

Selma Alem. Born 1900.

Widow.

- Is she a relative? - My older sister.

They'll seize my truck. It's the curfew.

This woman is dying.

I have to drive all the way to Iran tomorrow.

Wait here.

There's nothing else I can do.

You should take her home.

- Did anyone see you come here? - No.

My mother will kill me if I'm not counted in the census.

You don't count as a man anyway.

Have you ever been counted?

I'm not stupid.

I won't end up in a damned orphanage.

Let me see.

These binoculars are only for me and my father.

Is he really in Russia?

Yeah.

- That's not what everybody says. - What do they say?

That he was killed on the way.

Nobody can touch my father!

He'll come and take me to Russia. Or I'll go to him.

Do you know when Fadime's wedding is?

Her father wanted the wedding during the highlands season.

Running off to get married isn't easy.

Feride, didn't you do that?

I wasn't even 14.

You were smart not to lose him to another girl!

Was Selma counted?

Even my newborn baby was counted!

Poor Selma... Here today, gone tomorrow.

Where will they bury her?

Not on the roof! In the cemetery.

Her husband is buried in Mersin. Her father, too.

Ayshe won't return to Mersin. She'll bury Selma here.

Let's hope the sky will be clear on the Night of Hidirelles.

Why?

On the Night of Hidirelles,

if the stars Hidir and llyas collide, then your wishes will come true.

Did you ever see them?

No.

Why not?

It doesn't matter anyway. A man alone has no wishes.

I'm alone, too. But I have a wish.

To join your father?

Yes.

What does the village have against him?

He's a Communist.

They couldn't kill him. I'm sure he's in Russia.

If he's not dead for you, then he's still alive.

If you see the two stars, make 41 wishes.

Throw 41 stones into the sea, one each day.

Come on, come on! Time to collect fish!

Chengiz, let's go get some fish!

Muharrem will kill me for collecting exploded fish.

No one can tell when they're cooked.

- Good morning. - Thank you, sir!

Be seated.

What week is this?

Turkish Products Week!

What have we learned?

Turkish products are the best products.

What did you bring from home? Put them on your desks.

In the name of Allah, the merciful and munificent.

I wash the deceased's body as an offering to you.

May she taste the fruits of Heaven.

May she smell the scents of Heaven.

May Allah forgive her if she has ever been blasphemous.

May she smell the scents of Heaven.

May she show no shame on Judgement Day.

May Allah let her open Heaven's Door with her right hand.

May her left hand not bear a list of bad deeds.

May she step into Heaven with her right foot. Amen.

One, two, three...

If surrounded by the enemy...

If abandoned on their own...

Do the Turks give up?

Do the Turks give up?

Turks never give up!

Turks never give up!

Until the end of time...

Turks never give up!

If surrounded by the enemy...

If abandoned on their own...

Do the Turks give up?

Do the Turks give up?

Turks never give up!

Turks never give up!

If surrounded by the enemy...

Turks never give up!

Turks never give up!

I got it! I know where to put the third eye.

Where?

On my finger.

Good for you!

Now, the fairy will always watch over you.

Ayshe...

We made some halva.

We can do nothing about death.

May Allah send you patience.

We should go.

Get some rest.

Attention, fellow students!

I am a Turk.

I am honest.

I am diligent.

My law:

Protect the younger.

Respect our elders.

Love my country,

my nation,

more than myself.

My goal:

Success

and progress.

My existence

is for the good of Turkey.

What an honor to say "I am a Turk."

Battalgazi the Warrior!

- Give it to me. - What will you give me?

My marbles.

I'll win those from you anyway.

What if I prove to you that I have 11 fingers?

You only have 10!

If I can prove it, will you give me your binoculars and the Warrior?

OK, count!

10, 9,

8, 7,

6...

6 plus the other 5...

That makes 11! Now give me the Warrior.

Is that what they teach you in school?

What do you want to show me tonight?

You'll see tonight. Let's go to the castle.

Those stars will never collide. I'm going home.

Stay here!

I couldn't think of 41 wishes anyway.

Then just make one.

They're colliding!

One!

Skipping school again! I'll wring your neck!

Ayshe?

Who do these things belong to?

To the gremlins.

What are you doing with them?

I don't want the gremlins to whisper into our ears.

What if they start to do it?

They won't. Don't worry.

Who's that?

Her?