Faraway (2023) Movie Script
AN OLGA FILM PRODUCTION
[uplifting music plays]
[woman 1]
Here's the thing about happiness...
- No, hold on.
- [music slows to a stop]
Let's start from the beginning.
[man 1 snores loudly]
[woman 1 grunts]
[snoring stops]
[snores louder]
[whimsical music plays]
[woman 1 grunts]
Oh, just five more minutes, please.
I have an early day at work.
[woman 1] What?
You have work?
What? What?
What are you saying?
I just have to train the new person
so I can come with you to the funeral.
- Zey, I have to work. Really.
- [Zey winces] Ah!
Mm. Your mother
and I already said our goodbyes.
And besides,
you need more time to get ready anyhow.
No, we don't, all right?
We are totally ready... to leave.
Baba, what is this?
The laundry room is right in there.
[Baba] Yeah? So?
I gave it to you. Now I have to wash it?
- Ah! [gasps] Fia!
- Ew, no.
- That child is so spoiled.
- [Fia sighs]
And you just keep complaining!
We need to hurry, or we'll be late. Where...
[grunts] Ilyas!
What?
[Zey sighs]
[Baba] Bozcaada.
That's the day
we met for the very first time.
The greatest Turkish love story
in the whole world.
[Fia] She looks so happy here.
[Baba] Are you saying
she wasn't usually happy?
Ugh! Come on!
You let her talk to me like that?
Hm? And in these clothes of hers?
Like a clown?
Is this what she's wearing
to her grandmother's funeral?
Hm?
[laughs]
[Ilyas] Hm.
[whispers] Do you really think
today is the day
to pretend
like you're killing her grandfather?
Come on.
He drives her crazy sometimes too.
- [Zey] Yeah.
- [Ilyas] You see?
[door opens]
See you in a bit, honey.
[door closes]
Uh, you two, let's get going!
I'll be right back.
[door opens]
[pleasant music plays]
Hey, come on, you got this.
I mean it. Don't worry.
Hey, no. Mistakes happen, okay?
[chuckles] Yeah! [laughs]
You wouldn't believe
the stuff I've ended up serving.
Yeah? [laughs]
[chuckles nervously] Uh...
Yeah. Hey, look.
Don't worry, I'll be right there.
That was the new chef.
She called me for help.
- Oh...
- Moral support. She's nervous.
It's just been a while
since I heard you laugh so hard.
So what did you need?
Yeah.
Well, the priest gave me a moment
at the grave, and I mean...
You know me. I can't stand in front
of all those people and speak like that.
Do you think that you could read it?
Yeah, sure.
- All right.
- It... It reads...
- [Ilyas sighs]
-"Most of you here...
will remember Katarina Bilii
as the wife of Doruk,
- her kind and amazing husband..."
- Hey. Hey, don't worry. I'm on it.
Okay?
Right, so...
Good. I'll see you later.
[stair lift whirring]
- [man 2] Mrs. Altin!
- Oh, Mr. Eddelbttel.
I was hoping that we could talk
a little bit in private.
Listen, I have been holding on
to a few things for you.
Papers from your mother.
[Doruk] Hey, where did you put it?
[Zey] This is in Croatian.
[light music plays]
I don't know Croatian.
Hm.
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENARTICLE 1
THE SELLER SELLS
AND THE PURCHASER PURCHASES
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY
[Doruk] Zeynep!
These are the wrong trousers you sent out.
[light music continues]
What is all that?
Your mother bought a house in Croatia?
Yes, she was born there.
It was her money, Baba.
With Mr. Eddelbttel?
Your mother bought a house
with that Casanova upstairs!
No! Mom bought the house all by herself.
Here!
The bank receipt. It cost almost nothing--
[game show plays on TV]
She only asked Mr. Eddelbttel,
as a lawyer,
to hold on to the deeds for me until she...
Ed-del-bt-tel...
He's a boy toy!
[laughs] Boy toy?
The man is 80
and can't walk upstairs.
Fia!
You're still not ready.
- Uh, I am.
- No. Baba's right.
You can't wear that to a funeral.
Wear black.
Whatever you want, but it has to be black.
[Doruk] First you tell me,
"Mom wanted a Catholic burial."
And now this too?
Now your mother is a stranger to me.
[gasps] Don't say that, Baba!
No more.
Your mother's nothing more
than a stranger to me.
[volume increases]
[woman on TV exclaims]
["99 Luftballons"
by Nena plays in background]
[in German]
Then I will sing you a song
About 99 red balloons
On their way to the horizon...
[hums with "99 Luftballons"]
[sighs, in English]
Stop with that dumb song.
[in German]
Then I will sing you a song
About 99 red balloons...
[in English] Can we put him in a home yet?
Fia, be nice.
- This was my first concert.
- ["99 Luftballons" stops]
Let's just not talk at all.
- How come you're always so--
- I thought you wanted to leave.
- My condolences.
- I'm sure she'll be missed dearly.
Who, her?
You mean that wife of mine who lied to me?
Baba.
She was an angel.
A real angel.
And full of secrets
of all different kinds.
A real double agent.
Baba, enough. You're scaring the guests.
My sincere condolences.
- Thank you.
- You hear from your dad yet?
- Still not picking up.
- Did you already try the--
Landline? Think I'm stupid?
I wonder if something's wrong, then.
My condolences.
[all] Amen.
[somber music plays]
Zeynep,
I understand
you wanted to say a few words.
Yes.
[somber music continues]
I had a few words
I wanted to say for Mama.
But Ilyas,
my husband...
my husband has the speech!
- [whimsical music plays]
- Uh...
[Fia] Is she going to get Dad?
Why are you still standing here
dressed in your druggie clothes?
Why don't you do something?
Mama?
[whimsical music continues]
[dishes clattering]
[Ilyas laughing]
So crazy here!
[laughter]
- You just couldn't cut.
- Right? Hello, it's really...
[Ilyas] Of course, I saw!
[laughs]
- [woman 2] Oh man.
- Zey!
What are you doing here? Shit!
My watch stopped. I, uh...
[sad music plays]
Zey, just wait a second. Hey!
Zey, listen, I can explain.
That laugh.
Gosh, Ilyas.
Some girl who makes you feel
like a teenager for five minutes
is more important to you
than being there with your own family
at my mother's funeral?
Don't say that, Zey. I loved Kata too.
Come on. Of course I wanted to be there.
Yeah, but it was the watch, and the time--
Please don't blame Ilyas for this, okay?
Please.
And about your mother...
I am... I am so sorry.
You must be so, so sad.
I-I'm Nora, and I'm the new one here.
And, well, I was...
I felt a bit overwhelmed. And...
And I know
he would've kept an eye on the time
if I hadn't been...
Usually, I don't cry like this,
but this was my first time alone
in a kitchen this size.
And...
Now it's my fault that he stayed here
and didn't make it
to your mother's funeral.
I'm so, so sorry.
[Nora whimpers]
I truly am.
Feel good?
You don't know
how stressful it was here today.
Oh really? Yeah?
And what about my day, huh?
Zey, this doesn't need
to be some competition.
And so then, if you don't mind,
I'd like to go check on our new chef
to see if she still wants to work here.
And we can talk
about the rest later or at home.
[light music plays]
Yeah.
Or not at all.
Uh!
MY LOCATION
CROATIA, LU
MUNICH - LU
[app] Starting route.
There.
["1234" by Fiest plays]
Why won't you stay put?
[cries]
One, two, three, four
Tell me that you love me more
RINA
TURKISH SPECIALTIES
Old teenage hopes
Are alive at your door
Left you with nothing
But they want some more
Oh, uh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, uh, oh
You know who you are
Sweetheart, bitter heart
Now I can't tell you apart
Cozy and cold
Put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes
Who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie
Oh, uh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, uh, oh
You know who you are
One, two, three, four
Five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back
The love that you had then
[indistinct chatter]
[speaking Croatian]
["1234" fades out]
[ferry guard speaking Croatian]
[in English] Read the sign!
FERRY - PASSENGER SHIP
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Free parking over there!
[speaking Croatian]
THE ISLAND BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE SEA
[Zey in English] Stop! [yelps]
Stop! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!
[passengers applaud]
Thank you!
[introspective music plays]
[sighs]
[exhales]
[lively music plays]
[boy whimpers]
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Motor kaput.
[passengers complaining indistinctly]
[app] In 300 meters, turn left.
[goat bleats]
[app] Starting route.
Continue straight.
You have reached your desti--
[Zey] What?
No!
Ah.
[sighs]
[grunts]
[moans]
[birds chirping]
[man 3 snores]
[snoring continues]
[Zey grumbles]
[snoring continues]
Uh...
[snoring continues]
[both shout]
[speaking Croatian]
[in English]
Don't touch me or I'll scream.
I mean it, got it? I scream!
What exactly are you wearing?
Who are you?
How did you get in here?
Josip ega and through the same door
I use for last 45 years.
Please don't say we slept the whole night
in the same bed.
Okay.
Did you come on a bicycle?
What?
No!
You need something for that...
[uplifting music plays]
[uplifting music swells]
[uplifting music fades out]
For sick face.
This house belongs to Katarina Bilii.
How do I even know what's in there?
- You don't.
- I'm fine.
Who is Katarina Bilii to you?
She's...
was...
I'm her daughter.
I am sorry for your loss.
Josip.
- Oh, hello. Zeynep.
- Hello.
Zeynep Altin.
Yeah. Nice to meet you, Zeynep.
[exhales] So,
you come to live here, Zeynep?
Actually, I was thinking...
Hold on a minute.
I'm the one who needs answers.
Why were you sleeping in there?
Because I was born in there.
-arka.
- But...
But 15 years ago,
things were not so good for my family.
So I had to sell the house.
The lady who bought it told me
on phone that I could live here
until someone come.
You.
- Rent-free?
- Rent-free.
You know that wouldn't hold up in court?
Who wants to take this to court?
[chuckles, speaking Croatian]
[in English] I heard that.
What does it mean?
The Germans.
[in German] Construction site,
nurses, umbrella...
[in English]
...big fans of lawyers, contracts.
- How quickly can you move out?
- How quickly can you move in?
Not that it's any of your business,
but I'm here to arrange renting it out
for something like R & B--
- No, no.
- Airbnb?
- Yes!
- Airbnb?
Yes.
Airbn-- Airbnb.
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Airbnb!
- [metal clangs]
- [hollers]
- [speaking Croatian]
- [Zey in English] Stop yelling!
This is my home!
I can do with it what I want.
[Josip] Home? Ha!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...
No, it's not home. What you do...
You do, you... you make beige, dead place...
uh, for sad people to come,
do selfies,
fly off with 30-euro plane ticket.
And you sit in Germany somewhere,
take credit card payment.
Airbnb, Airbnb...
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Airbnb...
[speaking Croatian]
[exhales]
[whimsical music plays]
[floor creaks]
- [board knocks]
- [grunts]
[grunts, groans]
[buzzes]
[hammer hitting metal]
[Zey scoffs]
[in English] That's just...
Okay, that's it.
[exhales]
Hey.
It's time to take your stand-up routine
somewhere else than my garden, Spartacus!
[Josip] Spartacus?
Kind of racist, don't you think?
I'd never... I'm Turkish!
Huh...
Uh, you speak English, German contract,
Croatian house, but are Turkish.
- Must be very confusing life.
- I'd like you to leave now!
I did leave your garden.
This...
this is mine.
This here, up to this line,
this is mine.
I sold the house, not all of the land.
Oh my God!
I leave for work soon.
Feel free to use water.
You might want to shower.
[whimsical music plays]
[gasps]
[exhales]
[whimsical music fades out]
[gate closes]
[uplifting music plays]
[uplifting music fades out]
[goat bleats]
[sheep bleat]
[Zey yelps]
[energetic music plays]
[whimsical music plays]
- [mechanic speaking Croatian]
- [woman 3 laughs]
- [speaking Croatian]
- [laughs]
[woman 3 laughs]
[in Croatian] Hey!
Don't go so fast. [laughs]
[clacking, clanging]
[Josip in English] Oh...
Darth Vader.
Could barely recognize you
with your clothes on.
Do you always make fun
of people in mourning?
No.
But I'm willing to make exception.
I'm in mourning too
because death of my childhood home.
Eh...
Face looks better.
Uh...
I was told I could buy clothes here.
Only souvenir and for children.
But you are unusually short
for adult woman.
This isn't working for me.
Is there someone else who can serve?
Yeah, the owner.
But he's at his granddaughter's birthday.
He will be back in half an hour.
Good.
I spotted a property agency at the harbor.
I'll use that half hour wisely
and go inform myself
what changes are needed
- to rent out the house.
- [door opens]
- Oh, Granddad already here.
- Oh, new customer!
- How nice.
- [Zey chuckles]
The jury debating "nice."
See you at home.
Mm.
[sighs]
8 MISSED CALLS - ILYAS
[man 4 in Croatian] Come, let's go, honey.
[Josip in English] So,
do you think she still loves him?
Are you following me?
Yeah, I work here for 20 years
just to follow you here today.
- Where don't you work?
- Short list.
You can leave now and come back
at 10:00 p.m. when my shift ends.
If only it were that simple.
I'm meeting the property agent.
- Ah...
- Ah...
[speaking Croatian]
[man 5 in English] Mrs. Altin?
Yes, sorry.
My assistant mentioned
it's about Cliff Cottage?
Cliff Cottage.
I will send you waitress
with spray for slimy stain.
You will need it.
I see you've met your neighbor.
[agent] Can you imagine?
He names his chickens.
[Zey chuckles] No! [laughs]
I'm telling you, the man's batshit crazy.
Doesn't care what people think about him.
Get this.
A goat escapes when he's naked.
Josip chases the goat naked.
Even if it does run through a supermarket,
hairdresser, and church at high mass.
[both laugh]
- So he... he's the town kook?
- Yes and no.
[Josip] Maria!
Everyone loves the goat-fucker.
That's the problem.
All of the locals.
Beats me. He's so...
I don't really know.
Sure of his moral superiority, I guess.
Actually, he's a total asshole!
- Yes! Total asshole.
- Yes!
[chuckles]
- Hm.
- Mm.
- Ay!
- But he knew
what he was doing
when he kept that well on his property.
We can look into water delivery
if you can't work something out.
- [Zey] Hm.
- Renters think
they want a unique experience.
But they mean,
"Where's the espresso maker
and flatscreen?"
Uh-huh.
My half of the bill.
I don't want to be...
What's the word?
- Beholden.
- Beholden?
- Yes, beholden.
- A strong, independent woman.
- Yes.
- Let's drink to that.
Yes.
Another one?
- Yes. [giggles]
- Yes!
-["99 Luftballons" plays on piano]
- Strong
Independent
Woman!
[in German]
Can you spare me some time?
Then I will sing you a--
[shouts]
[grunts, in English] Oopsie.
- ["99 Luftballons" continues]
- [sighs]
And once more from the start.
[in German]
Can you spare me some time?
[vehicle approaches]
Then I will sing you a song
About 99 red balloons
- On their way to the horizon
- [approaching footsteps]
[in English] Hello.
["99 Luftballons" fades out]
Red balloon girl.
Hm?
You should get out of the road.
No!
It's so much fun here!
It's less so much fun
when a car squash you like a melon.
Splash!
- [Zey laughs]
- [sighs]
Okay.
Try and stand up.
[Zey groans]
[whimsical music plays]
[Zey] Oh!
Yes.
[both grunting]
Okay.
Okay.
Only one way to do this.
- [Josip grunts]
- [Zey] Oh!
Oh...
Spartacus!
[giggles] Whoo!
Too much drinking
is not safe for a lady alone.
[sobs] A lady... alone!
Hold meltdown till home.
Home! It's not my home! [sobs]
[whimsical music continues]
[in German]
Can you spare me some time?
Then I will sing you a song
[in English] Now you!
- You!
- Uh...
[in German] 99 red balloons
Da, da-da da, da, da-da-da-da!
[Josip in English] If you can do drums,
then you can walk!
[Zey] No! More! More!
Please.
[hums "99 Luftballons"]
Sorry. Please.
[both in German] 99 red balloons
On their way to the horizon
99 red balloons
[mumbled singing]
[both panting]
[Zey in English] More!
[Josip grunting]
More!
[Josip] No, no, no! No more! No more!
You sleep now.
[groans]
I leave you.
Good night.
Was it though? A good night?
Was it really?
I don't know.
What the hell is this crap?
[grumbles in Croatian]
[Zey in English] Help!
Pull! Help!
Gotta pull!
Hell no.
Tour de France next month.
Better stay ready.
No, it's too tight!
Too tight!
Help, please!
[gasps] I cannot breathe.
[panicked breaths]
- Okay, okay!
- Help me! Help, please. Help me! [gasping]
Yes, yes, yes! [yelping]
- Yes, yes!
- [Josip grunting loudly]
[items crashing]
- [Zey sighs]
- [Josip gasps]
Whoosh!
You just rip that puppy off!
[groans]
[whimsical music plays]
[grunts]
Wow.
On behalf of my nation, a big thank you.
What can I say?
Friction. Or, how do you call it?
Spontaneous combustion?
Arson. They call it arson.
Eat more healthy food,
and you will not need scuba suit.
You're a difficult man to like.
Did anyone ever tell you that?
Yes.
See?
I want you to eat big.
[whimsical music continues]
[Zey sighs]
[whimsical music ends]
You look good. And you smell good too.
In case you think this is pick-up,
I'm not interested in women.
Oh. Thank God.
Don't get me wrong.
I'm not interested in men either.
Life is much more simple
without all that stupid love stuff.
Love is for fools.
[Zey] Mm!
Tangy. What is it?
Goat milk butter and sea salt from there.
So good.
Doesn't matter how much you eat,
how round and soft your belly is.
Thank you.
We have a saying in Croatia.
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Old hen, good soup.
Wow! You did it again. Thank you.
Josip told me about the list.
Josip?
From the store, the owner.
He's called Josip?
- It was a popular name when we were born.
- Okay, okay.
He told me
your mother was born on the island,
but you don't know where.
At first,
I thought this had been her home.
No, no.
This was an animal stable at the farm.
And when my family bought it
100 years ago,
we made it into a house.
Your mother,
she wanted door painted blue,
like the sea.
It was her favorite color.
[Josip] Josip,
he said you asked for the prices
of generators, stove,
heaters, lamps, air conditioner,
frigigigator...
Refrigerator. And?
And you don't need any of these things!
Are you crazy? Don't shout.
Is it crazy to love a perfect house?
Perfect? I mean, it's charming.
But it's not exactly made
a huge journey from a stable to now.
No, don't get me wrong.
It's sweet how you defend the house.
I just don't think you see it clearly!
It could do with more light, for instance.
Ugh, typical city person
who does not know
how to survive in the heat.
You need to keep the sun out.
Inside of the house dark,
not bright and shiny.
- Renters today need more--
- Again with the renters!
You said your mother
was born on the island.
You think she left you the house
so you can rent it to strangers?
And you laugh at fr... frigigirator!
And you don't know one word
of your mother's own language.
You are so full of yourself, aren't you?
Mr. I-Have-an-Answer-for-Everything!
You know what?
You're wrong about one thing.
Because this old hen
makes no soup!
[uplifting music plays]
[mobile phone rings]
[ringing continues]
Fia! Are you okay?
We have nothing to eat.
[laughs]
What kind of mother laughs
when her kid's hungry?
[laughs] The kind that's tried
to get a hold of you for days
and is so glad to hear
that you've been doing well
and the only thing you're missing is food.
And by the way, you know your dad?
The guy who always makes you laugh?
Well, he has a restaurant.
And rumor has it
they tend to sell food in them.
And?
And what?
When are you coming home?
Yeah, um, that... that...
that all depends
on how everything is going to--
Whatever. We just need the van here
before I leave for school
because I need to take my stuff.
Fia...
What exactly is our problem?
My problem is that I need the damn van.
You know, the one that you left in?
[line hangs up]
[Josip] Hey! Where are you going?
Miss Altin is not here!
Okay.
But if you see Zeynep before I do,
tell her we've had a crazy big bid
for the house!
Do you understand?
Did you hear me?
Lot of money for the house.
[upbeat music plays]
[speaking Croatian]
[indistinct conversation]
Why did you tell him everything?
What can I say?
He ask what you want. He friend.
You customer.
This no CIA. So I tell him.
Okay. I'm sorry.
Did you manage to find out more about,
you know, delivery dates, prices?
Josip said, order canceled.
Please say you're talking about yourself
in the third person.
[Zey] Hey! Are you in there?
[whimsical music plays]
Hm.
[whimsical music ends]
[light music plays]
[Josip laughing outside]
[Josip] You want me to roll you?
[light music fades out]
[in Croatian]
Who would do something like that?
Who, Josip, who?
Who the hell knows?
[in English] My old uncle wants me to ask
if you see anybody strange
in the garden earlier.
If you see someone set fire
to his best underpants,
the ones he keeps for travel
and special occasions.
We know you are in there.
I just saw you a minute ago
through the window.
It's okay.
He doesn't know
you are crazy woman who does this.
[in Croatian] She's not here. Let's go.
I can hear the others coming.
[in English]
He also doesn't speak English.
Oh! Hi. I didn't realize someone was here.
[in Croatian] Oh, this is the new owner?
She's beautiful.
Ask her if she has seen anybody.
[in English] My uncle wants to know
why you make modern our family home
and destroy island heritage?
Well, tell your uncle
I'm not a wealthy woman
and need to help support my family
with the income
from renting out this house,
which his nephew
might have successfully sabotaged
had I not found out
that he had canceled
my order at Josip's!
The other Josip.
[in Croatian] She says
she lit up the underwear.
- She did it? Ask her why!
- [Josip] Mm-hmm.
- [uncle] Why did she do it?
- [Josip in English] He says,
"Every house on the island
has a soul, a history."
"If you can sleep well at night
knowing that you are part of killing that
for future generations,
then okay. Go ahead."
[men sing in Croatian]
[in Croatian] Don't wait till your brother
steals this one from you.
She set the underpants on fire
because she's a pyromaniac.
If you're okay sleeping
outside her door in a tent, then fine.
You heard what I said!
You've told the same stories
for the last 20 years!
I fell in love with you
I fell in love with you
I fell in love with you
[men laughing, speaking Croatian]
[Zey in English] Hello.
What's that?
Lavender and honey, sweet.
Coriander and celery.
Please tell them,
I can't remember
having ever heard something so beautiful.
For me, it would be drunk version
of "99 Red Balloons."
You're such an idiot!
Sit.
[in Croatian] She asked me to tell you
she has never heard anything so beautiful.
[man 6 in English] Thank you, grazie.
[guitar plays melodically]
You know, your song, though,
I don't get it.
Why 99?
Why always everything
has to be bigger, more?
If you're gonna circle this back
to the house renovation, then...
No, no, no, no, no. I'm... I'm serious.
When I was a kid,
we had these movie nights
back at the town hall.
One evening,
they were showing this French movie.
It was about
this little boy
whose best friend was a red balloon.
[Zey chuckles softly]
I fell in love with that balloon.
I wanted such a balloon.
My next birthday,
my father stood in the kitchen.
From his pocket,
he take this little piece of red rubber.
Blows it up, bigger and bigger.
It was like magic.
It was his love for me.
Wait.
What about
"love is for fools"? [chuckles]
[uncle] Oh...
[in Croatian] What a fool.
What's wrong with you?
Eh.
- [chuckles]
- [Josip mutters in Croatian]
[in English] Your uncle knows I'm married, right?
He takes these testosterone pills
for last two years.
He get frisky. That's why I bought this.
When he stays in bed with me inside,
it gets intense.
[laughs mockingly]
[speaking Croatian]
[in Croatian] Come on. Don't do it!
[laughs]
[tranquil music plays]
"When..." No. "What I remember..."
"What I remember."
[tranquil music continues]
- Okay. [chuckles]
- [Zey] I'm gonna be sick.
[Josip] You...
you'll be fine. Try not to think on it.
Here, eat.
It will make you feel better. Come, come.
- You're trying to kill me!
- [Josip chuckles]
I figured, best way to get the house back.
[Zey laughs]
[Josip] So,
why you are alone
in such a beautiful place?
My husband is very busy at work.
This simple life of yours is good.
I kinda get why you didn't marry.
Oh, I-I did marry.
You have a wife?
She died.
That's terrible.
- I mean, I'm sorry. I just thought that...
- No. It's fine.
She left me for my brother first.
- Kind of take the sting out of the death.
- God, that's... Wow.
He died too. Car accident.
We were divorced, her and me.
They married, moved to the States.
[Zey] Mm...
Mm.
Why you really here without him?
- Truth?
- Truth.
He's overworked.
I'm overworked too, but he never notices.
We live with my father
who used to be his boss.
My mom died.
Our daughter has been angry with me
since she hit puberty,
but adores him.
Which is easy 'cause he's not the one
who ever told her
to do her homework or brush her teeth.
I stop shaving my legs
and finding his jokes funny.
And he laughed with a young woman
who has really white teeth.
[chuckles, clears throat]
More specific than I expected, but...
Seems fixable.
- Do you still love him?
- Do you still miss her?
[both laugh]
No, my boat. You first.
I guess I only know
when I see him again or hear his voice.
Something real.
I'm so far away from him here.
[mobile phone rings]
Hello?
What?
That's an insane amount!
No way.
No?
He didn't pass on the message.
Okay.
I'll get back to you with a decision.
Bye.
Why didn't you tell me
Conrad came to the house?
This kind of money
could change all of our lives!
You leave your husband
because he's overworked
and laughs with some woman
who has white teeth.
And you think nasty gerbil Conrad's
big money will save you from your sadness?
Conrad's right. You sell yourself
as some kind of moral apostle,
but you're just as much of a gigantic
self-centered bastard as the rest.
So, no second piece of fish?
You go catch your fish!
I go call my husband!
[engine starts]
- Come on. You gonna flip that?
- Yeah, I will.
Hey, we still have the garnish.
- [mobile rings]
- That one?
Yeah, it's great.
One minute.
Zey?
Ilyas!
I just wanted to hear your voice.
- I've been so worried!
-Yeah...
Glad your phone had your location shared
or I'd have no idea where you'd gone.
I should have given us some more time
to talk everything through.
I mean, I knew you were overworked. I--
Yeah, yeah, okay. Uh, wait a minute.
I'm just gonna go somewhere else. Hold on.
[Ilyas sighs]
[Ilyas exhales]
Zey? Feeling better?
Yeah.
Can we just start over from the beginning?
I have great news.
I just got this crazy offer
for my mom's house.
So I thought,
we could sell the house
and put the money into the restaurant.
And we could hire more personnel,
like you said, right?
And then we would have more time
for each other.
No!
No?
I don't think...
that you should sell the house.
[sad music plays]
It only started once you'd left.
I swear.
This isn't about someone else.
It's about us.
Things haven't been great for a while now.
And it's not because she's younger.
I don't want you to think that.
It's just been so long
since the two of us--
[sad music continues]
[Zey sobs]
What is it? Is your family?
Did something happen?
What? Your husband? What is it?
How can I switch off location?
How do I do that?
I-I-I don't know
how to turn off the location!
[Zey gasps]
[sad music fades out]
What?
["Feel Fine" by Emilie Nicolas plays]
I won't look at you
The same way again...
Zeynep!
Some of my joy and then my pain
The need to fuck
And take all my clothes off...
[Josip] What?
To harden my soul, soft
We shivered, we laughed
You held me down
Then you vanished in front of my eyes
This was all in paradise
I'm such a loser
Can't keep anything
-[Zey sobs]
- I do whatever for my lover
But he slips
Through my tired hands, ah
I see it's clear we're over
Alone again with demons
And pain whiling
Guess that's why you left my island
[Zey cries]
It's too rough out here
The island's drowning
So I grabbed to whatever
Was breathing out of the water
You drown first
This is cursed
I wanna feel fine
Whoo
[knocking on door]
The right one
[knocking continues]
[Josip] Zeynep? I know you are in there.
Okay, I come back.
I leave water and food at the door.
You don't have to see me,
but please eat, drink.
[Zey sniffles]
["Feel Fine" fades out]
[knocking on door]
[Josip] Okay. You drink, I see.
You take the handbag too.
But this morning's old food is still here.
I make you something good now.
Promise to eat.
You should know.
One more day,
then I will kick the door down
and get you.
Okay?
[gentle music plays]
[knocking at door]
[Conrad] Hello?
Zeynep, are you there?
I've been leaving you messages.
I met our crazy goat man Josip yesterday.
He told me you wanted some time alone.
But you know how he says things, right?
Thank God! There you are.
[whimsical music plays]
Okay, so listen. No pressure.
But there'll be people
coming to see the house soon.
Not just buyers who are flying in
to look at the property before signing,
but surveyors, engineers.
Planning permits for the build.
What the hell are you doing here?
You didn't pass on my messages
as promised.
I don't promise anything.
You, "blah, blah, blah, blah."
I listen, then ignore.
You have no right to block this sale.
- I've talked to my lawyers--
- [stones smashing]
[in Croatian] What are you doing?
[Conrad in English] Careful!
[Josip in Croatian] What're you doing?
- [in English] Dangerous!
- [in Croatian] Stop!
[in English] I don't want
to keep the sun out!
I don't care about the heat!
I
need
bright
and
shiny!
That was hot.
- Yeah, it was... It was crazy.
- Yeah, crazy hot.
Why am I talking to you? Fuck off.
I gotta say she raised the worth
of this place significantly.
What do you know about worth?
You're shallow and hollow.
- Wanna go back to your goat?
- She's better company than you.
Hey, wait! Where are you going?
To get the other Josip
to order me a window.
And to celebrate!
["Wishing Girl" by Lola Marsh plays]
Hey there, let's get away
I sure need a lazy summer day
But oh dear, we've gotta stay
And finish all that we needed to say
Now, darlin', if you fall
I'll be there to hold you
Because I gave you my soul
Long time ago, long time ago
'Cause you
You are my lonely star
And I'm
I'm your wishing girl
'Cause I'm
I'm your wishing girl
["Wishing Girl" fades out]
- [Conrad] That...
- Huh?
...was totally boss bitch.
[Zey laughs]
Boss bitch?
I like that.
- [Conrad] Hm...
- Uh...
- [bartender in Croatian] Here you go.
- [in English] What are we celebrating?
Letting the light in,
being able to breathe. [chuckles]
- Something about bright and shiny?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
It does sound kinda new-age hippie.
No, no.
Well,
yes.
[both chuckle]
Not when you say it.
Too authentic.
Real.
You know, actually,
it was quite
an emotional thing to witness.
You slamming down that wall.
Okay, Macron. Put Grandma down.
[gasps] Oh my God!
- That-- You absolute asshole!
- No. Don't listen to him.
It's just a pathetic mindfuck
of a lonely old man.
This is so, so embarrassing.
No. So, so wrong.
He 12, you in your fifties.
I am 49!
- Whatever.
- [Conrad] Ignore him.
- And I'm 25, by the way.
- 25?
- Yeah.
- Are you sure? You look so much older.
- [Josip] Let's call his mother and ask.
- Older?
Older?
You getting the bill, then?
Oh yeah, I forgot. You can't!
You're welcome.
If it had gone any further,
you'll be sorry for the rest of your life.
Or not.
Really?
Macron?
Using his name as an actual insult?
Do you even realize
how sexist and offensive that is?
- Pretty on point though, right?
- And Grandma?
Radical measures!
I just stopped worse from happening.
Every other freaking male world leader,
sports star, movie mogul,
Silicon Valley billionaire,
normal dude, they fuck, they fall in love
or marry some babe
25 years younger than them,
and the whole bloody world
pats them on the back.
And Macron falls in love
with this beautiful, bright, feisty,
wonderful woman 25 years older
and the whole world thinks,
"Oh, he must be a closet gay."
You do see how messed up that is,
don't you?
How small-minded,
how ignorant, how--
I do!
You're right.
I wanted to show you something.
Also tell you something.
And give you something.
How do I know that at least
one of those things isn't your penis?
[laughs]
- You had too much champagne.
- I'm having fun.
- [Conrad] You did not?
- [woman 4] Yeah.
- Naughty. Yeah.
- [woman 4] No!
Next question.
Yeah, just shut up.
- I say nothing.
- But you never do.
[exhales]
What do you want to show me?
First, give you.
You're right.
I play games and...
It's your life.
I can be an asshole sometimes.
[clears throat]
This is my gift to you.
Your mother's diary.
WHAT I REMEMBER
[gentle music plays]
...HAVE A HOME,
THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS FOOD ON OUR TABLE...
Better than penis?
- So much better than penis.
- I have more not-penis.
My uncle,
he went to the same school as your mother.
[gentle music continues]
Here it is.
This was your mother's house.
How much?
How much is bidding war
for me to buy back my home?
- One million two hundred thousand.
- [Josip laughs incredulously]
It's not the house.
It's the land they're interested in.
Hm!
One more Croatian saying.
Relax, not about all the chicken thing.
Actually, not a saying,
something Croatian author
Ta Obreht wrote.
[speaking Croatian]
[in English]
"Is your heart a sponge or a fist?"
I'm not gonna stand in your way.
My half of the garden,
if you need it for sale, it's yours.
But that's...
About time for me to move on.
[gentle music continues]
And go back to the harbor. It's late.
Um, my bike's there, so...
- We can walk together.
- Yes.
- [Josip] I can walk you off.
- [Zey] Mm-hm. Okay.
OUR TRIPS
[gentle music fades out]
[Kata] As a little girl,
you would always read
the last page of any book first.
[uplifting music plays]
You could only ever enjoy a story
if you already knew the end.
And although I hope
that you started with the first pages,
with the memories of my father
and our daily outings
on the search for something to eat...
[uplifting music continues]
...you probably started here,
with my last entry.
The memory of the day
that these adventures came to an end.
[Zey in Croatian] Excuse me.
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Eh, can you show me the way...
put... to the monastery?
[uplifting music continues]
Just go this way.
Mm-hm. Okay.
[Kata] The day that I woke up
and my father was gone...
no one explained to me why.
We simply didn't talk about it.
[uplifting music continues]
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] It was only later
that I learned that he,
like many others,
had left his home to defend our country.
[uplifting music continues]
So I climbed
the highest mountain on the island
'cause I hoped
that I could see my father from up there,
in case he'd gotten lost.
I was five years old.
In the evening on that very same day,
my mother and I fled the island.
And when, years later, I met your father,
he understood that I did not need
any more adventures in my life.
[uplifting music continues]
He had made it his life's work to ensure
that I would always have a home,
that there would always
be food on our table.
[laughs]
That was the world you were born into,
my beloved Zeynep.
The safe, little world
that your father had created for me.
[uplifting music continues]
We never talk about matters of the heart,
you and I.
You have always been a daddy's girl.
And so,
in case I pass on without having told you,
I want you to know, I see you.
Day after day, you become less yourself,
less free,
here in this safe, little world of mine.
And by having kept
one last secret from you,
this house, my island,
I could at least keep you
in the dark just once
about how the story truly ends.
I have found my happiness.
I hope that you will find yours.
[uplifting music swells]
[uplifting music fades out]
[Josip] Mm...
You look good.
I feel good.
[Zey chuckles]
[vehicle approaches]
[Josip] Fuck.
Fuck!
Whatever he wants to say to me,
I don't wanna hear.
Please.
He cannot know that I live in a tent.
Okay.
[man 7] Don't worry.
It's normal that my brother
doesn't wanna see or speak to me.
Draen Cega. You must be Mrs. Altin.
Yes, but...
Yeah, sorry.
I came straight from the airport.
Too excited. The contract?
I'm so happy
to be in this old place again.
- Amazing view, isn't it?
- Does Josip know you made the offer?
I tried to speak to him for years.
But this is your house now.
And luckily, you don't have
the same stubborn attachment he has.
There are amazing views
all around the island.
True. But this is the one
I grew up looking at.
[night chirping]
[gasps] Hey.
Hey.
What are you doing?
I know it's my brother who buys the house.
Old friend of his
told everyone at the bar.
- I cannot live where Draen lives.
- So stay.
Josip, I'm not selling.
Turns out it's not the kind of place
you walk away from easily.
I know this.
You said he's dead, car accident.
A bit harsh.
Dead to me. Both of them.
I change the death.
Sometimes it's car crash,
sometimes hang glide accident,
- shark attack.
- [Zey laughs]
Depends on the mood.
There is something you should know.
Before I met you,
my heart was...
And now?
[Zey] Can you just--
[in Croatian] arka, damn idiot.
Get out of here!
[Josip groans]
- [in English] Go on.
- No, I, I, I...
- Now I just feel stupid.
- No, what? No.
You cannot stop now. Your heart felt like?
[dramatic music plays]
[goat bleats]
[Josip speaking Croatian]
[Zey tsking]
- [Zey] Out.
- Sorry.
Oh, thank God for that!
What? Why do everybody think
I have sex with it?
Never say it out loud! Come here.
No, wait.
I don't know what you're expecting,
but I've only had sex
with the same man for the last 30 years.
- And before that--
- There was before that?
Forget I said anything.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
I don't know
what fireworks you think will happen now,
but I had sex with my wife,
and it was 20 years ago.
Yeah. No, that's good.
You will be happy with anything.
Nicely said. Yeah.
No! That's weird. No one? 20 years?
There were hook-up things
with tourists here and there.
I don't remember, was blind drunk.
Who knows what sex was like?
- Okay. I just wanted to clear that up.
- Yeah.
- Are we ready now?
- Oh totally. Let's do this.
No, wait!
- What?
- So, 20 years ago, she was--
Nineteen.
No, that memory's still fresh.
She weighs 200 pounds,
shorter than you, had mustache.
Oh okay.
[Zey moans]
["The Greatest" by Cat Power plays]
Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust
Melt me down...
[Zey] Well,
good morning.
Morning.
Of grace just in your honor
Lower me down
To culprit south
Make 'em wash a space in town...
The breeze feels so good.
The lady looks so good.
- [gasps] Mama?
- Mama?
[Zey] Fia!
- [Fia] Oh my God, I think I'm going blind!
- Are you alone, honey?
Uh, it's not what it looks like.
Really? It looks
like you're sitting here naked
with some stranger.
Oh, okay, sure, but I know Josip.
He lives out in the garden.
Well, then it's all good.
Josip. [clears throat awkwardly]
This is a married woman, Josip!
What happened to you?
- Can I talk to you for a minute?
- Yeah.
Do you want some--
Naked breakfast? Really?
You know
how traumatizing it is for a child
to see their mother naked with--
At your age? Come on!
[scoffs] At my age?
Okay, I understand that what you just saw
was a big shock for you, but I don't know.
I hope that one day
the only thing you will remember...
is that today I actually looked happy.
Fia, look at me. Look at me!
Do you know how good it felt to realize
that my own happiness is worth a lot?
That it's actually worth
just as much as anybody's?
Dad has a girlfriend.
I know he does.
But I also know
that isn't the reason you're here.
It isn't the reason you came all this way.
Okay, so? Just tell me what's going on.
You can't just leave like that, Mom!
[quiet music plays]
[sniffs] First it was Grandma
and then you?
I know after your whole
"right to my own happiness" thing,
I seem like a little baby here, but...
I should be the one who's going.
Got it?
I go to college and you stay home.
Those are the rules!
[quiet music continues]
[Zey yelps]
[laughs]
Come on.
Okay.
- I think you may need a minute.
- Yeah.
I saw a caf
at the harbor that has Internet.
I'll go there and download some stuff
to make my stay in that room with a hole
in the wall slightly more bearable.
Hole in the wall? What did you expect?
An infinity pool or a flatscreen?
- Yeah. What else?
- Yeah. Take my bike.
[quiet music continues]
[quiet music fades out]
Are you all right?
[Zey] Mm.
And life goes on.
I just don't know how.
Yeah.
Last night was
okay.
[both laugh]
- Look, Josip, I don't know--
- It's okay, I understand.
Tomorrow night, Franjo will take the ferry
to stay with my cousin for three weeks.
I'll move to his place.
Thank you.
I'm gonna go for a swim.
Then to work.
I'm just saying, Mom looked happy.
And this Josip guy is hot too.
[scoffs] You know, good thing you have
your little Nora there with you
to fill the empty hole
in your life that Mom left.
["Where's My Love" by SYML plays]
Cold bones
Yeah, that's my love
She hides away like a ghost
Ooh, does she know
That we bleed the same?
Ooh...
Quit grinning.
You brought one of Grandma's dresses.
["Where's My Love" fades out]
[laughs]
Yeah.
- I sure miss her.
- Yeah, I miss her too.
All this love stuff is totally fucked.
Have you ever been in love?
Yeah, once. Um...
I... I think I might still be too.
Who is he?
Louise.
[chuckles]
[laughs]
What kind of mother laughs
when her daughter tells her she's gay?
Hey, are you that gigolo
who steals another man's wife?
Uh, by the way, I kinda,
sorta, maybe told Dad about Josip.
- [Josip] Ah, the laughing man.
- What?
- No wife who is happy can be stolen.
- [Draen] Finally, he gets it now.
[Ilyas] Huh?
[lively music plays]
[Franjo in Croatian] Stop it!
Josip!
Is it true you blocked the agreement
between Zeynep and Conrad
worth 1.2 million euros?
[in English] Yes, he sweet-talked Zeynep
into saying if she ever sells the house,
then to him.
- For peanuts!
- She said what?
Mr. Innocence didn't know about anything.
Yeah.
Sure.
Fuck off, Macron.
She was into it.
Who was into what?
Hey!
- She was drunk, you weasel!
- One gulp of champagne, goat-fucker!
Who had the champagne? Who was into what?
Jesus! Your wife into him.
Follow the plot, moron.
- Oh sorry.
- What, "sorry"?
- Baba! Ilyas!
- I'll show you!
You're both here?
Oh, wow! You look wonderful, honey.
- She looks beautiful.
- You had your chance, laughing man.
What? It's my normal laugh!
- [in Turkish] So you're Zeynep's father!
- Yes.
Oh, I worked many years in Turkey!
- You did?
- Yes.
And I knew your wife.
She was five years old. I was just four.
[in English] Hi! It's Fia.
- Where did you--
- It's okay. She's a lesbian.
- Mama!
- A what?
[in Turkish] Lesbian.
I know what lesbian is.
- When two women are together, you know...
- [Zey] Dad!
What? You get me cable TV,
I shouldn't watch?
[in English] That saved me
some coming-out talks.
You? A lesbian? No way!
I'm bisexual, you dick!
Her too, sleazy ball?
What does Dad mean by "her too"?
Come on!
- Why are you hitting me?
- I'm gonna hurl.
There was no sex!
All that happened was he kissed me here.
- Right, come on, come on, you!
- Your father's such a drama queen!
[whistles]
- I didn't know you could do that.
- Well, I can.
Thank you all for being here,
but I didn't invite you.
So this is what's going to happen.
We're all gonna calm down.
We'll have a lovely meal together,
and then you leave.
Fia, this is your home as well, of course,
so stay as long as you want. Your choice.
Josip, you said that Franjo
will be taking the late ferry.
Could my father and Ilyas follow him?
Yeah.
[Zey] Ilyas.
The van is at the port
parked there in the lot.
We can talk before you go.
[in Turkish] I don't understand.
Say all that again in Turkish.
[in English] No, Baba.
Fia and I go get the food.
So take a rest.
You will be doing the cooking later.
- Sounds good to me.
- I could live with that, yeah.
[gentle music plays]
Wow.
Hold on.
You know how to drive a boat?
No. But I've been watching
someone who does.
[scoffs] I feel safer already.
[engine starts]
She's taking the boat.
She doesn't know how to sail.
She's a strong German.
She can do anything.
- She's also Turkish, you know.
- Your daughter is half Croatian.
- What? I can't understand him.
- I know. I'm trying to.
[in Turkish] The best view
in the whole world.
Were you blind
while you were working in Turkey?
[Conrad in English]
This could take a while.
If you want, I can go buy us some beers.
Yeah, you go. Best idea yet.
Take flashy-pants with you. He can pay.
[in Croatian] Why are you telling people
that Lucija and I are dead?
You live in Florida.
What's the difference?
[in English] Well,
then, how about some nibbles?
[speaking Croatian]
[Draen in English] Slowly.
- [Conrad] Hi there.
- Hi.
- Oi, here.
- [Conrad] All right, yeah.
- Whatcha doing?
- Just setting up a table.
Nice.
You must be freezing.
[Fia] Actually, I'm not that cold.
- [Conrad] You're cool?
- [Fia] Yeah, I'm good.
- [Conrad] Want my jacket?
- [Fia] No.
I never took it off.
Not even for a second.
[grunts]
Is that supposed to make me feel better?
[Ilyas] I did kinda hope so.
Mm.
- [Conrad] The big boy's spoken.
- Oh.
Where is it?
I might have thrown it away.
Uh-huh.
We'll get you a new one.
Mm, honestly, I'd rather not.
- How do you manage to do that?
- What?
To find each other
after losing one another?
You do it. That's all.
Thirty whole years in the kitchen
and still the man doesn't know
how to cut onions.
- Watch out.
- May I?
Here. Go ahead.
I should've retired earlier
so I could get Kata a good house
like this one she had here.
Baba, you were the important thing.
Her real home. It wasn't just any house.
Well said, sweetheart.
But when I say a good house like this one,
then I mean of course a house in Turkey.
- Of course you're talking about Turkey.
- What do we do with these?
[indistinct chatter in Turkish]
[indistinct chatter in Croatian]
[glass tinkling]
[in English] Most of you here
will remember Katarina Bilii
- as the wife of...
- [Fia translates into Turkish]
[in English]
Katarina Bilii bought a house.
[translating into Turkish]
[in English] The woman Katarina.
[Fia translates into Turkish]
[in English] The quiet magician.
[Fia translates into Turkish]
[in English] A final act
in a life of seeing without judgment,
living without regrets,
and loving without limits.
For this...
and another
thousand reasons,
I am blessed...
to be my mother's daughter.
[continues translating into Turkish]
To Katarina Bilii!
[all cheering]
- [Doruk] My wife.
- I see you, Mama.
And I see me too.
[Franjo in Croatian]
I didn't understand much, but...
[Conrad in English] Delicious!
[Doruk] Thank you.
[overlapping conversations]
["99 Luftballons" plays over speakers]
[sings along in German]
Then I will sing you a song
About 99 red balloons
On their way to the horizon
Are you maybe thinking
About me right now?
Then I shall sing you a song
About 99 red balloons
And how this stuff happens
Because if this stuff
[Ilyas in English] Yeah!
Wonderful!
[Fia] Hey, guys, come on!
[speaking Turkish]
[in German] 99 red balloons
On their way to the horizon
Were thought to be UFOs from space
Thus a general sent
A flying squadron after them
To raise alarms in case they were
Even though on the horizon
There were only
99 red balloons...
[in English] Excuse me. Thank you.
["99 Luftballons" ends]
[engine revs]
[in Croatian] Josip,
take care of the house keys.
Keep the house safe and good luck
and be smart and take care.
[speaking Croatian]
[Doruk singing in Croatian]
Doruk!
[in English]
Think I'm doing the right thing?
Dad's about to drive me to Italy
just so I can meet a girl who most likely
doesn't even like me anymore.
If you really love her,
then she can't just be any girl.
Fuck yeah. She's my Louise.
[Doruk continues singing in Croatian]
["Dog Days Are Over"
by Florence + The Machine plays]
Happiness hit her
Like a train on a track...
[Zey] Here's the thing about happiness...
No.
Hold on.
I'm going to start over.
She hid around corners
And she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses
And from it she fled
With every bubble
She sank with her drink
And washed it away
Down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother
Run fast for your father
Run for your children
For your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love
And your longing behind
You can't carry it with you
If you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
BASED ON A STORY BY ALEX KENDALL
And I never wanted
Anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her
Like a bullet in the back
["Dog Days Are Over" ends]
[ethereal song plays softly]
[song continues with upbeat guitar]
[uplifting music plays]
[woman 1]
Here's the thing about happiness...
- No, hold on.
- [music slows to a stop]
Let's start from the beginning.
[man 1 snores loudly]
[woman 1 grunts]
[snoring stops]
[snores louder]
[whimsical music plays]
[woman 1 grunts]
Oh, just five more minutes, please.
I have an early day at work.
[woman 1] What?
You have work?
What? What?
What are you saying?
I just have to train the new person
so I can come with you to the funeral.
- Zey, I have to work. Really.
- [Zey winces] Ah!
Mm. Your mother
and I already said our goodbyes.
And besides,
you need more time to get ready anyhow.
No, we don't, all right?
We are totally ready... to leave.
Baba, what is this?
The laundry room is right in there.
[Baba] Yeah? So?
I gave it to you. Now I have to wash it?
- Ah! [gasps] Fia!
- Ew, no.
- That child is so spoiled.
- [Fia sighs]
And you just keep complaining!
We need to hurry, or we'll be late. Where...
[grunts] Ilyas!
What?
[Zey sighs]
[Baba] Bozcaada.
That's the day
we met for the very first time.
The greatest Turkish love story
in the whole world.
[Fia] She looks so happy here.
[Baba] Are you saying
she wasn't usually happy?
Ugh! Come on!
You let her talk to me like that?
Hm? And in these clothes of hers?
Like a clown?
Is this what she's wearing
to her grandmother's funeral?
Hm?
[laughs]
[Ilyas] Hm.
[whispers] Do you really think
today is the day
to pretend
like you're killing her grandfather?
Come on.
He drives her crazy sometimes too.
- [Zey] Yeah.
- [Ilyas] You see?
[door opens]
See you in a bit, honey.
[door closes]
Uh, you two, let's get going!
I'll be right back.
[door opens]
[pleasant music plays]
Hey, come on, you got this.
I mean it. Don't worry.
Hey, no. Mistakes happen, okay?
[chuckles] Yeah! [laughs]
You wouldn't believe
the stuff I've ended up serving.
Yeah? [laughs]
[chuckles nervously] Uh...
Yeah. Hey, look.
Don't worry, I'll be right there.
That was the new chef.
She called me for help.
- Oh...
- Moral support. She's nervous.
It's just been a while
since I heard you laugh so hard.
So what did you need?
Yeah.
Well, the priest gave me a moment
at the grave, and I mean...
You know me. I can't stand in front
of all those people and speak like that.
Do you think that you could read it?
Yeah, sure.
- All right.
- It... It reads...
- [Ilyas sighs]
-"Most of you here...
will remember Katarina Bilii
as the wife of Doruk,
- her kind and amazing husband..."
- Hey. Hey, don't worry. I'm on it.
Okay?
Right, so...
Good. I'll see you later.
[stair lift whirring]
- [man 2] Mrs. Altin!
- Oh, Mr. Eddelbttel.
I was hoping that we could talk
a little bit in private.
Listen, I have been holding on
to a few things for you.
Papers from your mother.
[Doruk] Hey, where did you put it?
[Zey] This is in Croatian.
[light music plays]
I don't know Croatian.
Hm.
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENARTICLE 1
THE SELLER SELLS
AND THE PURCHASER PURCHASES
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY
[Doruk] Zeynep!
These are the wrong trousers you sent out.
[light music continues]
What is all that?
Your mother bought a house in Croatia?
Yes, she was born there.
It was her money, Baba.
With Mr. Eddelbttel?
Your mother bought a house
with that Casanova upstairs!
No! Mom bought the house all by herself.
Here!
The bank receipt. It cost almost nothing--
[game show plays on TV]
She only asked Mr. Eddelbttel,
as a lawyer,
to hold on to the deeds for me until she...
Ed-del-bt-tel...
He's a boy toy!
[laughs] Boy toy?
The man is 80
and can't walk upstairs.
Fia!
You're still not ready.
- Uh, I am.
- No. Baba's right.
You can't wear that to a funeral.
Wear black.
Whatever you want, but it has to be black.
[Doruk] First you tell me,
"Mom wanted a Catholic burial."
And now this too?
Now your mother is a stranger to me.
[gasps] Don't say that, Baba!
No more.
Your mother's nothing more
than a stranger to me.
[volume increases]
[woman on TV exclaims]
["99 Luftballons"
by Nena plays in background]
[in German]
Then I will sing you a song
About 99 red balloons
On their way to the horizon...
[hums with "99 Luftballons"]
[sighs, in English]
Stop with that dumb song.
[in German]
Then I will sing you a song
About 99 red balloons...
[in English] Can we put him in a home yet?
Fia, be nice.
- This was my first concert.
- ["99 Luftballons" stops]
Let's just not talk at all.
- How come you're always so--
- I thought you wanted to leave.
- My condolences.
- I'm sure she'll be missed dearly.
Who, her?
You mean that wife of mine who lied to me?
Baba.
She was an angel.
A real angel.
And full of secrets
of all different kinds.
A real double agent.
Baba, enough. You're scaring the guests.
My sincere condolences.
- Thank you.
- You hear from your dad yet?
- Still not picking up.
- Did you already try the--
Landline? Think I'm stupid?
I wonder if something's wrong, then.
My condolences.
[all] Amen.
[somber music plays]
Zeynep,
I understand
you wanted to say a few words.
Yes.
[somber music continues]
I had a few words
I wanted to say for Mama.
But Ilyas,
my husband...
my husband has the speech!
- [whimsical music plays]
- Uh...
[Fia] Is she going to get Dad?
Why are you still standing here
dressed in your druggie clothes?
Why don't you do something?
Mama?
[whimsical music continues]
[dishes clattering]
[Ilyas laughing]
So crazy here!
[laughter]
- You just couldn't cut.
- Right? Hello, it's really...
[Ilyas] Of course, I saw!
[laughs]
- [woman 2] Oh man.
- Zey!
What are you doing here? Shit!
My watch stopped. I, uh...
[sad music plays]
Zey, just wait a second. Hey!
Zey, listen, I can explain.
That laugh.
Gosh, Ilyas.
Some girl who makes you feel
like a teenager for five minutes
is more important to you
than being there with your own family
at my mother's funeral?
Don't say that, Zey. I loved Kata too.
Come on. Of course I wanted to be there.
Yeah, but it was the watch, and the time--
Please don't blame Ilyas for this, okay?
Please.
And about your mother...
I am... I am so sorry.
You must be so, so sad.
I-I'm Nora, and I'm the new one here.
And, well, I was...
I felt a bit overwhelmed. And...
And I know
he would've kept an eye on the time
if I hadn't been...
Usually, I don't cry like this,
but this was my first time alone
in a kitchen this size.
And...
Now it's my fault that he stayed here
and didn't make it
to your mother's funeral.
I'm so, so sorry.
[Nora whimpers]
I truly am.
Feel good?
You don't know
how stressful it was here today.
Oh really? Yeah?
And what about my day, huh?
Zey, this doesn't need
to be some competition.
And so then, if you don't mind,
I'd like to go check on our new chef
to see if she still wants to work here.
And we can talk
about the rest later or at home.
[light music plays]
Yeah.
Or not at all.
Uh!
MY LOCATION
CROATIA, LU
MUNICH - LU
[app] Starting route.
There.
["1234" by Fiest plays]
Why won't you stay put?
[cries]
One, two, three, four
Tell me that you love me more
RINA
TURKISH SPECIALTIES
Old teenage hopes
Are alive at your door
Left you with nothing
But they want some more
Oh, uh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, uh, oh
You know who you are
Sweetheart, bitter heart
Now I can't tell you apart
Cozy and cold
Put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes
Who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie
Oh, uh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, uh, oh
You know who you are
One, two, three, four
Five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back
The love that you had then
[indistinct chatter]
[speaking Croatian]
["1234" fades out]
[ferry guard speaking Croatian]
[in English] Read the sign!
FERRY - PASSENGER SHIP
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Free parking over there!
[speaking Croatian]
THE ISLAND BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE SEA
[Zey in English] Stop! [yelps]
Stop! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!
[passengers applaud]
Thank you!
[introspective music plays]
[sighs]
[exhales]
[lively music plays]
[boy whimpers]
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Motor kaput.
[passengers complaining indistinctly]
[app] In 300 meters, turn left.
[goat bleats]
[app] Starting route.
Continue straight.
You have reached your desti--
[Zey] What?
No!
Ah.
[sighs]
[grunts]
[moans]
[birds chirping]
[man 3 snores]
[snoring continues]
[Zey grumbles]
[snoring continues]
Uh...
[snoring continues]
[both shout]
[speaking Croatian]
[in English]
Don't touch me or I'll scream.
I mean it, got it? I scream!
What exactly are you wearing?
Who are you?
How did you get in here?
Josip ega and through the same door
I use for last 45 years.
Please don't say we slept the whole night
in the same bed.
Okay.
Did you come on a bicycle?
What?
No!
You need something for that...
[uplifting music plays]
[uplifting music swells]
[uplifting music fades out]
For sick face.
This house belongs to Katarina Bilii.
How do I even know what's in there?
- You don't.
- I'm fine.
Who is Katarina Bilii to you?
She's...
was...
I'm her daughter.
I am sorry for your loss.
Josip.
- Oh, hello. Zeynep.
- Hello.
Zeynep Altin.
Yeah. Nice to meet you, Zeynep.
[exhales] So,
you come to live here, Zeynep?
Actually, I was thinking...
Hold on a minute.
I'm the one who needs answers.
Why were you sleeping in there?
Because I was born in there.
-arka.
- But...
But 15 years ago,
things were not so good for my family.
So I had to sell the house.
The lady who bought it told me
on phone that I could live here
until someone come.
You.
- Rent-free?
- Rent-free.
You know that wouldn't hold up in court?
Who wants to take this to court?
[chuckles, speaking Croatian]
[in English] I heard that.
What does it mean?
The Germans.
[in German] Construction site,
nurses, umbrella...
[in English]
...big fans of lawyers, contracts.
- How quickly can you move out?
- How quickly can you move in?
Not that it's any of your business,
but I'm here to arrange renting it out
for something like R & B--
- No, no.
- Airbnb?
- Yes!
- Airbnb?
Yes.
Airbn-- Airbnb.
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Airbnb!
- [metal clangs]
- [hollers]
- [speaking Croatian]
- [Zey in English] Stop yelling!
This is my home!
I can do with it what I want.
[Josip] Home? Ha!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...
No, it's not home. What you do...
You do, you... you make beige, dead place...
uh, for sad people to come,
do selfies,
fly off with 30-euro plane ticket.
And you sit in Germany somewhere,
take credit card payment.
Airbnb, Airbnb...
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Airbnb...
[speaking Croatian]
[exhales]
[whimsical music plays]
[floor creaks]
- [board knocks]
- [grunts]
[grunts, groans]
[buzzes]
[hammer hitting metal]
[Zey scoffs]
[in English] That's just...
Okay, that's it.
[exhales]
Hey.
It's time to take your stand-up routine
somewhere else than my garden, Spartacus!
[Josip] Spartacus?
Kind of racist, don't you think?
I'd never... I'm Turkish!
Huh...
Uh, you speak English, German contract,
Croatian house, but are Turkish.
- Must be very confusing life.
- I'd like you to leave now!
I did leave your garden.
This...
this is mine.
This here, up to this line,
this is mine.
I sold the house, not all of the land.
Oh my God!
I leave for work soon.
Feel free to use water.
You might want to shower.
[whimsical music plays]
[gasps]
[exhales]
[whimsical music fades out]
[gate closes]
[uplifting music plays]
[uplifting music fades out]
[goat bleats]
[sheep bleat]
[Zey yelps]
[energetic music plays]
[whimsical music plays]
- [mechanic speaking Croatian]
- [woman 3 laughs]
- [speaking Croatian]
- [laughs]
[woman 3 laughs]
[in Croatian] Hey!
Don't go so fast. [laughs]
[clacking, clanging]
[Josip in English] Oh...
Darth Vader.
Could barely recognize you
with your clothes on.
Do you always make fun
of people in mourning?
No.
But I'm willing to make exception.
I'm in mourning too
because death of my childhood home.
Eh...
Face looks better.
Uh...
I was told I could buy clothes here.
Only souvenir and for children.
But you are unusually short
for adult woman.
This isn't working for me.
Is there someone else who can serve?
Yeah, the owner.
But he's at his granddaughter's birthday.
He will be back in half an hour.
Good.
I spotted a property agency at the harbor.
I'll use that half hour wisely
and go inform myself
what changes are needed
- to rent out the house.
- [door opens]
- Oh, Granddad already here.
- Oh, new customer!
- How nice.
- [Zey chuckles]
The jury debating "nice."
See you at home.
Mm.
[sighs]
8 MISSED CALLS - ILYAS
[man 4 in Croatian] Come, let's go, honey.
[Josip in English] So,
do you think she still loves him?
Are you following me?
Yeah, I work here for 20 years
just to follow you here today.
- Where don't you work?
- Short list.
You can leave now and come back
at 10:00 p.m. when my shift ends.
If only it were that simple.
I'm meeting the property agent.
- Ah...
- Ah...
[speaking Croatian]
[man 5 in English] Mrs. Altin?
Yes, sorry.
My assistant mentioned
it's about Cliff Cottage?
Cliff Cottage.
I will send you waitress
with spray for slimy stain.
You will need it.
I see you've met your neighbor.
[agent] Can you imagine?
He names his chickens.
[Zey chuckles] No! [laughs]
I'm telling you, the man's batshit crazy.
Doesn't care what people think about him.
Get this.
A goat escapes when he's naked.
Josip chases the goat naked.
Even if it does run through a supermarket,
hairdresser, and church at high mass.
[both laugh]
- So he... he's the town kook?
- Yes and no.
[Josip] Maria!
Everyone loves the goat-fucker.
That's the problem.
All of the locals.
Beats me. He's so...
I don't really know.
Sure of his moral superiority, I guess.
Actually, he's a total asshole!
- Yes! Total asshole.
- Yes!
[chuckles]
- Hm.
- Mm.
- Ay!
- But he knew
what he was doing
when he kept that well on his property.
We can look into water delivery
if you can't work something out.
- [Zey] Hm.
- Renters think
they want a unique experience.
But they mean,
"Where's the espresso maker
and flatscreen?"
Uh-huh.
My half of the bill.
I don't want to be...
What's the word?
- Beholden.
- Beholden?
- Yes, beholden.
- A strong, independent woman.
- Yes.
- Let's drink to that.
Yes.
Another one?
- Yes. [giggles]
- Yes!
-["99 Luftballons" plays on piano]
- Strong
Independent
Woman!
[in German]
Can you spare me some time?
Then I will sing you a--
[shouts]
[grunts, in English] Oopsie.
- ["99 Luftballons" continues]
- [sighs]
And once more from the start.
[in German]
Can you spare me some time?
[vehicle approaches]
Then I will sing you a song
About 99 red balloons
- On their way to the horizon
- [approaching footsteps]
[in English] Hello.
["99 Luftballons" fades out]
Red balloon girl.
Hm?
You should get out of the road.
No!
It's so much fun here!
It's less so much fun
when a car squash you like a melon.
Splash!
- [Zey laughs]
- [sighs]
Okay.
Try and stand up.
[Zey groans]
[whimsical music plays]
[Zey] Oh!
Yes.
[both grunting]
Okay.
Okay.
Only one way to do this.
- [Josip grunts]
- [Zey] Oh!
Oh...
Spartacus!
[giggles] Whoo!
Too much drinking
is not safe for a lady alone.
[sobs] A lady... alone!
Hold meltdown till home.
Home! It's not my home! [sobs]
[whimsical music continues]
[in German]
Can you spare me some time?
Then I will sing you a song
[in English] Now you!
- You!
- Uh...
[in German] 99 red balloons
Da, da-da da, da, da-da-da-da!
[Josip in English] If you can do drums,
then you can walk!
[Zey] No! More! More!
Please.
[hums "99 Luftballons"]
Sorry. Please.
[both in German] 99 red balloons
On their way to the horizon
99 red balloons
[mumbled singing]
[both panting]
[Zey in English] More!
[Josip grunting]
More!
[Josip] No, no, no! No more! No more!
You sleep now.
[groans]
I leave you.
Good night.
Was it though? A good night?
Was it really?
I don't know.
What the hell is this crap?
[grumbles in Croatian]
[Zey in English] Help!
Pull! Help!
Gotta pull!
Hell no.
Tour de France next month.
Better stay ready.
No, it's too tight!
Too tight!
Help, please!
[gasps] I cannot breathe.
[panicked breaths]
- Okay, okay!
- Help me! Help, please. Help me! [gasping]
Yes, yes, yes! [yelping]
- Yes, yes!
- [Josip grunting loudly]
[items crashing]
- [Zey sighs]
- [Josip gasps]
Whoosh!
You just rip that puppy off!
[groans]
[whimsical music plays]
[grunts]
Wow.
On behalf of my nation, a big thank you.
What can I say?
Friction. Or, how do you call it?
Spontaneous combustion?
Arson. They call it arson.
Eat more healthy food,
and you will not need scuba suit.
You're a difficult man to like.
Did anyone ever tell you that?
Yes.
See?
I want you to eat big.
[whimsical music continues]
[Zey sighs]
[whimsical music ends]
You look good. And you smell good too.
In case you think this is pick-up,
I'm not interested in women.
Oh. Thank God.
Don't get me wrong.
I'm not interested in men either.
Life is much more simple
without all that stupid love stuff.
Love is for fools.
[Zey] Mm!
Tangy. What is it?
Goat milk butter and sea salt from there.
So good.
Doesn't matter how much you eat,
how round and soft your belly is.
Thank you.
We have a saying in Croatia.
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Old hen, good soup.
Wow! You did it again. Thank you.
Josip told me about the list.
Josip?
From the store, the owner.
He's called Josip?
- It was a popular name when we were born.
- Okay, okay.
He told me
your mother was born on the island,
but you don't know where.
At first,
I thought this had been her home.
No, no.
This was an animal stable at the farm.
And when my family bought it
100 years ago,
we made it into a house.
Your mother,
she wanted door painted blue,
like the sea.
It was her favorite color.
[Josip] Josip,
he said you asked for the prices
of generators, stove,
heaters, lamps, air conditioner,
frigigigator...
Refrigerator. And?
And you don't need any of these things!
Are you crazy? Don't shout.
Is it crazy to love a perfect house?
Perfect? I mean, it's charming.
But it's not exactly made
a huge journey from a stable to now.
No, don't get me wrong.
It's sweet how you defend the house.
I just don't think you see it clearly!
It could do with more light, for instance.
Ugh, typical city person
who does not know
how to survive in the heat.
You need to keep the sun out.
Inside of the house dark,
not bright and shiny.
- Renters today need more--
- Again with the renters!
You said your mother
was born on the island.
You think she left you the house
so you can rent it to strangers?
And you laugh at fr... frigigirator!
And you don't know one word
of your mother's own language.
You are so full of yourself, aren't you?
Mr. I-Have-an-Answer-for-Everything!
You know what?
You're wrong about one thing.
Because this old hen
makes no soup!
[uplifting music plays]
[mobile phone rings]
[ringing continues]
Fia! Are you okay?
We have nothing to eat.
[laughs]
What kind of mother laughs
when her kid's hungry?
[laughs] The kind that's tried
to get a hold of you for days
and is so glad to hear
that you've been doing well
and the only thing you're missing is food.
And by the way, you know your dad?
The guy who always makes you laugh?
Well, he has a restaurant.
And rumor has it
they tend to sell food in them.
And?
And what?
When are you coming home?
Yeah, um, that... that...
that all depends
on how everything is going to--
Whatever. We just need the van here
before I leave for school
because I need to take my stuff.
Fia...
What exactly is our problem?
My problem is that I need the damn van.
You know, the one that you left in?
[line hangs up]
[Josip] Hey! Where are you going?
Miss Altin is not here!
Okay.
But if you see Zeynep before I do,
tell her we've had a crazy big bid
for the house!
Do you understand?
Did you hear me?
Lot of money for the house.
[upbeat music plays]
[speaking Croatian]
[indistinct conversation]
Why did you tell him everything?
What can I say?
He ask what you want. He friend.
You customer.
This no CIA. So I tell him.
Okay. I'm sorry.
Did you manage to find out more about,
you know, delivery dates, prices?
Josip said, order canceled.
Please say you're talking about yourself
in the third person.
[Zey] Hey! Are you in there?
[whimsical music plays]
Hm.
[whimsical music ends]
[light music plays]
[Josip laughing outside]
[Josip] You want me to roll you?
[light music fades out]
[in Croatian]
Who would do something like that?
Who, Josip, who?
Who the hell knows?
[in English] My old uncle wants me to ask
if you see anybody strange
in the garden earlier.
If you see someone set fire
to his best underpants,
the ones he keeps for travel
and special occasions.
We know you are in there.
I just saw you a minute ago
through the window.
It's okay.
He doesn't know
you are crazy woman who does this.
[in Croatian] She's not here. Let's go.
I can hear the others coming.
[in English]
He also doesn't speak English.
Oh! Hi. I didn't realize someone was here.
[in Croatian] Oh, this is the new owner?
She's beautiful.
Ask her if she has seen anybody.
[in English] My uncle wants to know
why you make modern our family home
and destroy island heritage?
Well, tell your uncle
I'm not a wealthy woman
and need to help support my family
with the income
from renting out this house,
which his nephew
might have successfully sabotaged
had I not found out
that he had canceled
my order at Josip's!
The other Josip.
[in Croatian] She says
she lit up the underwear.
- She did it? Ask her why!
- [Josip] Mm-hmm.
- [uncle] Why did she do it?
- [Josip in English] He says,
"Every house on the island
has a soul, a history."
"If you can sleep well at night
knowing that you are part of killing that
for future generations,
then okay. Go ahead."
[men sing in Croatian]
[in Croatian] Don't wait till your brother
steals this one from you.
She set the underpants on fire
because she's a pyromaniac.
If you're okay sleeping
outside her door in a tent, then fine.
You heard what I said!
You've told the same stories
for the last 20 years!
I fell in love with you
I fell in love with you
I fell in love with you
[men laughing, speaking Croatian]
[Zey in English] Hello.
What's that?
Lavender and honey, sweet.
Coriander and celery.
Please tell them,
I can't remember
having ever heard something so beautiful.
For me, it would be drunk version
of "99 Red Balloons."
You're such an idiot!
Sit.
[in Croatian] She asked me to tell you
she has never heard anything so beautiful.
[man 6 in English] Thank you, grazie.
[guitar plays melodically]
You know, your song, though,
I don't get it.
Why 99?
Why always everything
has to be bigger, more?
If you're gonna circle this back
to the house renovation, then...
No, no, no, no, no. I'm... I'm serious.
When I was a kid,
we had these movie nights
back at the town hall.
One evening,
they were showing this French movie.
It was about
this little boy
whose best friend was a red balloon.
[Zey chuckles softly]
I fell in love with that balloon.
I wanted such a balloon.
My next birthday,
my father stood in the kitchen.
From his pocket,
he take this little piece of red rubber.
Blows it up, bigger and bigger.
It was like magic.
It was his love for me.
Wait.
What about
"love is for fools"? [chuckles]
[uncle] Oh...
[in Croatian] What a fool.
What's wrong with you?
Eh.
- [chuckles]
- [Josip mutters in Croatian]
[in English] Your uncle knows I'm married, right?
He takes these testosterone pills
for last two years.
He get frisky. That's why I bought this.
When he stays in bed with me inside,
it gets intense.
[laughs mockingly]
[speaking Croatian]
[in Croatian] Come on. Don't do it!
[laughs]
[tranquil music plays]
"When..." No. "What I remember..."
"What I remember."
[tranquil music continues]
- Okay. [chuckles]
- [Zey] I'm gonna be sick.
[Josip] You...
you'll be fine. Try not to think on it.
Here, eat.
It will make you feel better. Come, come.
- You're trying to kill me!
- [Josip chuckles]
I figured, best way to get the house back.
[Zey laughs]
[Josip] So,
why you are alone
in such a beautiful place?
My husband is very busy at work.
This simple life of yours is good.
I kinda get why you didn't marry.
Oh, I-I did marry.
You have a wife?
She died.
That's terrible.
- I mean, I'm sorry. I just thought that...
- No. It's fine.
She left me for my brother first.
- Kind of take the sting out of the death.
- God, that's... Wow.
He died too. Car accident.
We were divorced, her and me.
They married, moved to the States.
[Zey] Mm...
Mm.
Why you really here without him?
- Truth?
- Truth.
He's overworked.
I'm overworked too, but he never notices.
We live with my father
who used to be his boss.
My mom died.
Our daughter has been angry with me
since she hit puberty,
but adores him.
Which is easy 'cause he's not the one
who ever told her
to do her homework or brush her teeth.
I stop shaving my legs
and finding his jokes funny.
And he laughed with a young woman
who has really white teeth.
[chuckles, clears throat]
More specific than I expected, but...
Seems fixable.
- Do you still love him?
- Do you still miss her?
[both laugh]
No, my boat. You first.
I guess I only know
when I see him again or hear his voice.
Something real.
I'm so far away from him here.
[mobile phone rings]
Hello?
What?
That's an insane amount!
No way.
No?
He didn't pass on the message.
Okay.
I'll get back to you with a decision.
Bye.
Why didn't you tell me
Conrad came to the house?
This kind of money
could change all of our lives!
You leave your husband
because he's overworked
and laughs with some woman
who has white teeth.
And you think nasty gerbil Conrad's
big money will save you from your sadness?
Conrad's right. You sell yourself
as some kind of moral apostle,
but you're just as much of a gigantic
self-centered bastard as the rest.
So, no second piece of fish?
You go catch your fish!
I go call my husband!
[engine starts]
- Come on. You gonna flip that?
- Yeah, I will.
Hey, we still have the garnish.
- [mobile rings]
- That one?
Yeah, it's great.
One minute.
Zey?
Ilyas!
I just wanted to hear your voice.
- I've been so worried!
-Yeah...
Glad your phone had your location shared
or I'd have no idea where you'd gone.
I should have given us some more time
to talk everything through.
I mean, I knew you were overworked. I--
Yeah, yeah, okay. Uh, wait a minute.
I'm just gonna go somewhere else. Hold on.
[Ilyas sighs]
[Ilyas exhales]
Zey? Feeling better?
Yeah.
Can we just start over from the beginning?
I have great news.
I just got this crazy offer
for my mom's house.
So I thought,
we could sell the house
and put the money into the restaurant.
And we could hire more personnel,
like you said, right?
And then we would have more time
for each other.
No!
No?
I don't think...
that you should sell the house.
[sad music plays]
It only started once you'd left.
I swear.
This isn't about someone else.
It's about us.
Things haven't been great for a while now.
And it's not because she's younger.
I don't want you to think that.
It's just been so long
since the two of us--
[sad music continues]
[Zey sobs]
What is it? Is your family?
Did something happen?
What? Your husband? What is it?
How can I switch off location?
How do I do that?
I-I-I don't know
how to turn off the location!
[Zey gasps]
[sad music fades out]
What?
["Feel Fine" by Emilie Nicolas plays]
I won't look at you
The same way again...
Zeynep!
Some of my joy and then my pain
The need to fuck
And take all my clothes off...
[Josip] What?
To harden my soul, soft
We shivered, we laughed
You held me down
Then you vanished in front of my eyes
This was all in paradise
I'm such a loser
Can't keep anything
-[Zey sobs]
- I do whatever for my lover
But he slips
Through my tired hands, ah
I see it's clear we're over
Alone again with demons
And pain whiling
Guess that's why you left my island
[Zey cries]
It's too rough out here
The island's drowning
So I grabbed to whatever
Was breathing out of the water
You drown first
This is cursed
I wanna feel fine
Whoo
[knocking on door]
The right one
[knocking continues]
[Josip] Zeynep? I know you are in there.
Okay, I come back.
I leave water and food at the door.
You don't have to see me,
but please eat, drink.
[Zey sniffles]
["Feel Fine" fades out]
[knocking on door]
[Josip] Okay. You drink, I see.
You take the handbag too.
But this morning's old food is still here.
I make you something good now.
Promise to eat.
You should know.
One more day,
then I will kick the door down
and get you.
Okay?
[gentle music plays]
[knocking at door]
[Conrad] Hello?
Zeynep, are you there?
I've been leaving you messages.
I met our crazy goat man Josip yesterday.
He told me you wanted some time alone.
But you know how he says things, right?
Thank God! There you are.
[whimsical music plays]
Okay, so listen. No pressure.
But there'll be people
coming to see the house soon.
Not just buyers who are flying in
to look at the property before signing,
but surveyors, engineers.
Planning permits for the build.
What the hell are you doing here?
You didn't pass on my messages
as promised.
I don't promise anything.
You, "blah, blah, blah, blah."
I listen, then ignore.
You have no right to block this sale.
- I've talked to my lawyers--
- [stones smashing]
[in Croatian] What are you doing?
[Conrad in English] Careful!
[Josip in Croatian] What're you doing?
- [in English] Dangerous!
- [in Croatian] Stop!
[in English] I don't want
to keep the sun out!
I don't care about the heat!
I
need
bright
and
shiny!
That was hot.
- Yeah, it was... It was crazy.
- Yeah, crazy hot.
Why am I talking to you? Fuck off.
I gotta say she raised the worth
of this place significantly.
What do you know about worth?
You're shallow and hollow.
- Wanna go back to your goat?
- She's better company than you.
Hey, wait! Where are you going?
To get the other Josip
to order me a window.
And to celebrate!
["Wishing Girl" by Lola Marsh plays]
Hey there, let's get away
I sure need a lazy summer day
But oh dear, we've gotta stay
And finish all that we needed to say
Now, darlin', if you fall
I'll be there to hold you
Because I gave you my soul
Long time ago, long time ago
'Cause you
You are my lonely star
And I'm
I'm your wishing girl
'Cause I'm
I'm your wishing girl
["Wishing Girl" fades out]
- [Conrad] That...
- Huh?
...was totally boss bitch.
[Zey laughs]
Boss bitch?
I like that.
- [Conrad] Hm...
- Uh...
- [bartender in Croatian] Here you go.
- [in English] What are we celebrating?
Letting the light in,
being able to breathe. [chuckles]
- Something about bright and shiny?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
It does sound kinda new-age hippie.
No, no.
Well,
yes.
[both chuckle]
Not when you say it.
Too authentic.
Real.
You know, actually,
it was quite
an emotional thing to witness.
You slamming down that wall.
Okay, Macron. Put Grandma down.
[gasps] Oh my God!
- That-- You absolute asshole!
- No. Don't listen to him.
It's just a pathetic mindfuck
of a lonely old man.
This is so, so embarrassing.
No. So, so wrong.
He 12, you in your fifties.
I am 49!
- Whatever.
- [Conrad] Ignore him.
- And I'm 25, by the way.
- 25?
- Yeah.
- Are you sure? You look so much older.
- [Josip] Let's call his mother and ask.
- Older?
Older?
You getting the bill, then?
Oh yeah, I forgot. You can't!
You're welcome.
If it had gone any further,
you'll be sorry for the rest of your life.
Or not.
Really?
Macron?
Using his name as an actual insult?
Do you even realize
how sexist and offensive that is?
- Pretty on point though, right?
- And Grandma?
Radical measures!
I just stopped worse from happening.
Every other freaking male world leader,
sports star, movie mogul,
Silicon Valley billionaire,
normal dude, they fuck, they fall in love
or marry some babe
25 years younger than them,
and the whole bloody world
pats them on the back.
And Macron falls in love
with this beautiful, bright, feisty,
wonderful woman 25 years older
and the whole world thinks,
"Oh, he must be a closet gay."
You do see how messed up that is,
don't you?
How small-minded,
how ignorant, how--
I do!
You're right.
I wanted to show you something.
Also tell you something.
And give you something.
How do I know that at least
one of those things isn't your penis?
[laughs]
- You had too much champagne.
- I'm having fun.
- [Conrad] You did not?
- [woman 4] Yeah.
- Naughty. Yeah.
- [woman 4] No!
Next question.
Yeah, just shut up.
- I say nothing.
- But you never do.
[exhales]
What do you want to show me?
First, give you.
You're right.
I play games and...
It's your life.
I can be an asshole sometimes.
[clears throat]
This is my gift to you.
Your mother's diary.
WHAT I REMEMBER
[gentle music plays]
...HAVE A HOME,
THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS FOOD ON OUR TABLE...
Better than penis?
- So much better than penis.
- I have more not-penis.
My uncle,
he went to the same school as your mother.
[gentle music continues]
Here it is.
This was your mother's house.
How much?
How much is bidding war
for me to buy back my home?
- One million two hundred thousand.
- [Josip laughs incredulously]
It's not the house.
It's the land they're interested in.
Hm!
One more Croatian saying.
Relax, not about all the chicken thing.
Actually, not a saying,
something Croatian author
Ta Obreht wrote.
[speaking Croatian]
[in English]
"Is your heart a sponge or a fist?"
I'm not gonna stand in your way.
My half of the garden,
if you need it for sale, it's yours.
But that's...
About time for me to move on.
[gentle music continues]
And go back to the harbor. It's late.
Um, my bike's there, so...
- We can walk together.
- Yes.
- [Josip] I can walk you off.
- [Zey] Mm-hm. Okay.
OUR TRIPS
[gentle music fades out]
[Kata] As a little girl,
you would always read
the last page of any book first.
[uplifting music plays]
You could only ever enjoy a story
if you already knew the end.
And although I hope
that you started with the first pages,
with the memories of my father
and our daily outings
on the search for something to eat...
[uplifting music continues]
...you probably started here,
with my last entry.
The memory of the day
that these adventures came to an end.
[Zey in Croatian] Excuse me.
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] Eh, can you show me the way...
put... to the monastery?
[uplifting music continues]
Just go this way.
Mm-hm. Okay.
[Kata] The day that I woke up
and my father was gone...
no one explained to me why.
We simply didn't talk about it.
[uplifting music continues]
[speaking Croatian]
[in English] It was only later
that I learned that he,
like many others,
had left his home to defend our country.
[uplifting music continues]
So I climbed
the highest mountain on the island
'cause I hoped
that I could see my father from up there,
in case he'd gotten lost.
I was five years old.
In the evening on that very same day,
my mother and I fled the island.
And when, years later, I met your father,
he understood that I did not need
any more adventures in my life.
[uplifting music continues]
He had made it his life's work to ensure
that I would always have a home,
that there would always
be food on our table.
[laughs]
That was the world you were born into,
my beloved Zeynep.
The safe, little world
that your father had created for me.
[uplifting music continues]
We never talk about matters of the heart,
you and I.
You have always been a daddy's girl.
And so,
in case I pass on without having told you,
I want you to know, I see you.
Day after day, you become less yourself,
less free,
here in this safe, little world of mine.
And by having kept
one last secret from you,
this house, my island,
I could at least keep you
in the dark just once
about how the story truly ends.
I have found my happiness.
I hope that you will find yours.
[uplifting music swells]
[uplifting music fades out]
[Josip] Mm...
You look good.
I feel good.
[Zey chuckles]
[vehicle approaches]
[Josip] Fuck.
Fuck!
Whatever he wants to say to me,
I don't wanna hear.
Please.
He cannot know that I live in a tent.
Okay.
[man 7] Don't worry.
It's normal that my brother
doesn't wanna see or speak to me.
Draen Cega. You must be Mrs. Altin.
Yes, but...
Yeah, sorry.
I came straight from the airport.
Too excited. The contract?
I'm so happy
to be in this old place again.
- Amazing view, isn't it?
- Does Josip know you made the offer?
I tried to speak to him for years.
But this is your house now.
And luckily, you don't have
the same stubborn attachment he has.
There are amazing views
all around the island.
True. But this is the one
I grew up looking at.
[night chirping]
[gasps] Hey.
Hey.
What are you doing?
I know it's my brother who buys the house.
Old friend of his
told everyone at the bar.
- I cannot live where Draen lives.
- So stay.
Josip, I'm not selling.
Turns out it's not the kind of place
you walk away from easily.
I know this.
You said he's dead, car accident.
A bit harsh.
Dead to me. Both of them.
I change the death.
Sometimes it's car crash,
sometimes hang glide accident,
- shark attack.
- [Zey laughs]
Depends on the mood.
There is something you should know.
Before I met you,
my heart was...
And now?
[Zey] Can you just--
[in Croatian] arka, damn idiot.
Get out of here!
[Josip groans]
- [in English] Go on.
- No, I, I, I...
- Now I just feel stupid.
- No, what? No.
You cannot stop now. Your heart felt like?
[dramatic music plays]
[goat bleats]
[Josip speaking Croatian]
[Zey tsking]
- [Zey] Out.
- Sorry.
Oh, thank God for that!
What? Why do everybody think
I have sex with it?
Never say it out loud! Come here.
No, wait.
I don't know what you're expecting,
but I've only had sex
with the same man for the last 30 years.
- And before that--
- There was before that?
Forget I said anything.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
I don't know
what fireworks you think will happen now,
but I had sex with my wife,
and it was 20 years ago.
Yeah. No, that's good.
You will be happy with anything.
Nicely said. Yeah.
No! That's weird. No one? 20 years?
There were hook-up things
with tourists here and there.
I don't remember, was blind drunk.
Who knows what sex was like?
- Okay. I just wanted to clear that up.
- Yeah.
- Are we ready now?
- Oh totally. Let's do this.
No, wait!
- What?
- So, 20 years ago, she was--
Nineteen.
No, that memory's still fresh.
She weighs 200 pounds,
shorter than you, had mustache.
Oh okay.
[Zey moans]
["The Greatest" by Cat Power plays]
Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust
Melt me down...
[Zey] Well,
good morning.
Morning.
Of grace just in your honor
Lower me down
To culprit south
Make 'em wash a space in town...
The breeze feels so good.
The lady looks so good.
- [gasps] Mama?
- Mama?
[Zey] Fia!
- [Fia] Oh my God, I think I'm going blind!
- Are you alone, honey?
Uh, it's not what it looks like.
Really? It looks
like you're sitting here naked
with some stranger.
Oh, okay, sure, but I know Josip.
He lives out in the garden.
Well, then it's all good.
Josip. [clears throat awkwardly]
This is a married woman, Josip!
What happened to you?
- Can I talk to you for a minute?
- Yeah.
Do you want some--
Naked breakfast? Really?
You know
how traumatizing it is for a child
to see their mother naked with--
At your age? Come on!
[scoffs] At my age?
Okay, I understand that what you just saw
was a big shock for you, but I don't know.
I hope that one day
the only thing you will remember...
is that today I actually looked happy.
Fia, look at me. Look at me!
Do you know how good it felt to realize
that my own happiness is worth a lot?
That it's actually worth
just as much as anybody's?
Dad has a girlfriend.
I know he does.
But I also know
that isn't the reason you're here.
It isn't the reason you came all this way.
Okay, so? Just tell me what's going on.
You can't just leave like that, Mom!
[quiet music plays]
[sniffs] First it was Grandma
and then you?
I know after your whole
"right to my own happiness" thing,
I seem like a little baby here, but...
I should be the one who's going.
Got it?
I go to college and you stay home.
Those are the rules!
[quiet music continues]
[Zey yelps]
[laughs]
Come on.
Okay.
- I think you may need a minute.
- Yeah.
I saw a caf
at the harbor that has Internet.
I'll go there and download some stuff
to make my stay in that room with a hole
in the wall slightly more bearable.
Hole in the wall? What did you expect?
An infinity pool or a flatscreen?
- Yeah. What else?
- Yeah. Take my bike.
[quiet music continues]
[quiet music fades out]
Are you all right?
[Zey] Mm.
And life goes on.
I just don't know how.
Yeah.
Last night was
okay.
[both laugh]
- Look, Josip, I don't know--
- It's okay, I understand.
Tomorrow night, Franjo will take the ferry
to stay with my cousin for three weeks.
I'll move to his place.
Thank you.
I'm gonna go for a swim.
Then to work.
I'm just saying, Mom looked happy.
And this Josip guy is hot too.
[scoffs] You know, good thing you have
your little Nora there with you
to fill the empty hole
in your life that Mom left.
["Where's My Love" by SYML plays]
Cold bones
Yeah, that's my love
She hides away like a ghost
Ooh, does she know
That we bleed the same?
Ooh...
Quit grinning.
You brought one of Grandma's dresses.
["Where's My Love" fades out]
[laughs]
Yeah.
- I sure miss her.
- Yeah, I miss her too.
All this love stuff is totally fucked.
Have you ever been in love?
Yeah, once. Um...
I... I think I might still be too.
Who is he?
Louise.
[chuckles]
[laughs]
What kind of mother laughs
when her daughter tells her she's gay?
Hey, are you that gigolo
who steals another man's wife?
Uh, by the way, I kinda,
sorta, maybe told Dad about Josip.
- [Josip] Ah, the laughing man.
- What?
- No wife who is happy can be stolen.
- [Draen] Finally, he gets it now.
[Ilyas] Huh?
[lively music plays]
[Franjo in Croatian] Stop it!
Josip!
Is it true you blocked the agreement
between Zeynep and Conrad
worth 1.2 million euros?
[in English] Yes, he sweet-talked Zeynep
into saying if she ever sells the house,
then to him.
- For peanuts!
- She said what?
Mr. Innocence didn't know about anything.
Yeah.
Sure.
Fuck off, Macron.
She was into it.
Who was into what?
Hey!
- She was drunk, you weasel!
- One gulp of champagne, goat-fucker!
Who had the champagne? Who was into what?
Jesus! Your wife into him.
Follow the plot, moron.
- Oh sorry.
- What, "sorry"?
- Baba! Ilyas!
- I'll show you!
You're both here?
Oh, wow! You look wonderful, honey.
- She looks beautiful.
- You had your chance, laughing man.
What? It's my normal laugh!
- [in Turkish] So you're Zeynep's father!
- Yes.
Oh, I worked many years in Turkey!
- You did?
- Yes.
And I knew your wife.
She was five years old. I was just four.
[in English] Hi! It's Fia.
- Where did you--
- It's okay. She's a lesbian.
- Mama!
- A what?
[in Turkish] Lesbian.
I know what lesbian is.
- When two women are together, you know...
- [Zey] Dad!
What? You get me cable TV,
I shouldn't watch?
[in English] That saved me
some coming-out talks.
You? A lesbian? No way!
I'm bisexual, you dick!
Her too, sleazy ball?
What does Dad mean by "her too"?
Come on!
- Why are you hitting me?
- I'm gonna hurl.
There was no sex!
All that happened was he kissed me here.
- Right, come on, come on, you!
- Your father's such a drama queen!
[whistles]
- I didn't know you could do that.
- Well, I can.
Thank you all for being here,
but I didn't invite you.
So this is what's going to happen.
We're all gonna calm down.
We'll have a lovely meal together,
and then you leave.
Fia, this is your home as well, of course,
so stay as long as you want. Your choice.
Josip, you said that Franjo
will be taking the late ferry.
Could my father and Ilyas follow him?
Yeah.
[Zey] Ilyas.
The van is at the port
parked there in the lot.
We can talk before you go.
[in Turkish] I don't understand.
Say all that again in Turkish.
[in English] No, Baba.
Fia and I go get the food.
So take a rest.
You will be doing the cooking later.
- Sounds good to me.
- I could live with that, yeah.
[gentle music plays]
Wow.
Hold on.
You know how to drive a boat?
No. But I've been watching
someone who does.
[scoffs] I feel safer already.
[engine starts]
She's taking the boat.
She doesn't know how to sail.
She's a strong German.
She can do anything.
- She's also Turkish, you know.
- Your daughter is half Croatian.
- What? I can't understand him.
- I know. I'm trying to.
[in Turkish] The best view
in the whole world.
Were you blind
while you were working in Turkey?
[Conrad in English]
This could take a while.
If you want, I can go buy us some beers.
Yeah, you go. Best idea yet.
Take flashy-pants with you. He can pay.
[in Croatian] Why are you telling people
that Lucija and I are dead?
You live in Florida.
What's the difference?
[in English] Well,
then, how about some nibbles?
[speaking Croatian]
[Draen in English] Slowly.
- [Conrad] Hi there.
- Hi.
- Oi, here.
- [Conrad] All right, yeah.
- Whatcha doing?
- Just setting up a table.
Nice.
You must be freezing.
[Fia] Actually, I'm not that cold.
- [Conrad] You're cool?
- [Fia] Yeah, I'm good.
- [Conrad] Want my jacket?
- [Fia] No.
I never took it off.
Not even for a second.
[grunts]
Is that supposed to make me feel better?
[Ilyas] I did kinda hope so.
Mm.
- [Conrad] The big boy's spoken.
- Oh.
Where is it?
I might have thrown it away.
Uh-huh.
We'll get you a new one.
Mm, honestly, I'd rather not.
- How do you manage to do that?
- What?
To find each other
after losing one another?
You do it. That's all.
Thirty whole years in the kitchen
and still the man doesn't know
how to cut onions.
- Watch out.
- May I?
Here. Go ahead.
I should've retired earlier
so I could get Kata a good house
like this one she had here.
Baba, you were the important thing.
Her real home. It wasn't just any house.
Well said, sweetheart.
But when I say a good house like this one,
then I mean of course a house in Turkey.
- Of course you're talking about Turkey.
- What do we do with these?
[indistinct chatter in Turkish]
[indistinct chatter in Croatian]
[glass tinkling]
[in English] Most of you here
will remember Katarina Bilii
- as the wife of...
- [Fia translates into Turkish]
[in English]
Katarina Bilii bought a house.
[translating into Turkish]
[in English] The woman Katarina.
[Fia translates into Turkish]
[in English] The quiet magician.
[Fia translates into Turkish]
[in English] A final act
in a life of seeing without judgment,
living without regrets,
and loving without limits.
For this...
and another
thousand reasons,
I am blessed...
to be my mother's daughter.
[continues translating into Turkish]
To Katarina Bilii!
[all cheering]
- [Doruk] My wife.
- I see you, Mama.
And I see me too.
[Franjo in Croatian]
I didn't understand much, but...
[Conrad in English] Delicious!
[Doruk] Thank you.
[overlapping conversations]
["99 Luftballons" plays over speakers]
[sings along in German]
Then I will sing you a song
About 99 red balloons
On their way to the horizon
Are you maybe thinking
About me right now?
Then I shall sing you a song
About 99 red balloons
And how this stuff happens
Because if this stuff
[Ilyas in English] Yeah!
Wonderful!
[Fia] Hey, guys, come on!
[speaking Turkish]
[in German] 99 red balloons
On their way to the horizon
Were thought to be UFOs from space
Thus a general sent
A flying squadron after them
To raise alarms in case they were
Even though on the horizon
There were only
99 red balloons...
[in English] Excuse me. Thank you.
["99 Luftballons" ends]
[engine revs]
[in Croatian] Josip,
take care of the house keys.
Keep the house safe and good luck
and be smart and take care.
[speaking Croatian]
[Doruk singing in Croatian]
Doruk!
[in English]
Think I'm doing the right thing?
Dad's about to drive me to Italy
just so I can meet a girl who most likely
doesn't even like me anymore.
If you really love her,
then she can't just be any girl.
Fuck yeah. She's my Louise.
[Doruk continues singing in Croatian]
["Dog Days Are Over"
by Florence + The Machine plays]
Happiness hit her
Like a train on a track...
[Zey] Here's the thing about happiness...
No.
Hold on.
I'm going to start over.
She hid around corners
And she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses
And from it she fled
With every bubble
She sank with her drink
And washed it away
Down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother
Run fast for your father
Run for your children
For your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love
And your longing behind
You can't carry it with you
If you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
BASED ON A STORY BY ALEX KENDALL
And I never wanted
Anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her
Like a bullet in the back
["Dog Days Are Over" ends]
[ethereal song plays softly]
[song continues with upbeat guitar]