(without turning) You used to knock. Seven years ago. Before you pushed the knife.
You were my only weakness. So I had to become my own enemy to survive you.
He gestures to the chessboard.
(alone) You didn’t erase me. You just painted me invisible. ezel dizisi
Cengiz didn’t break me. You did. He just held the hammer.
A portrait of you. The one I painted before I knew. It’s the most beautiful lie I ever told.
Optional Final Voiceover (Ezel’s voice, calm): “Intikam soğuk bir yemektir. Ama en çok onu pişiren yanar.” ("Revenge is a cold dish. But it burns the cook the most.") (without turning) You used to knock
(tears falling) I was 22. And I was a coward. I am not asking for forgiveness. I am asking you to stop being Ezel and remember you were once Ömer. A man who loved without calculation.
I had a dream last night. We were 22. We were dancing in that small apartment with the broken heater. You were laughing. I forgot, for a moment, that you sold me for money and power.
Ezel turns slowly. His face is a mask of porcelain calm, but his jaw is tight. You were my only weakness
What’s under the sheet?
He turns his back. He walks toward a large canvas covered in a white sheet.