Dusk comes to Istanbul. Commuters are going home on Galata Bridge, fishmongers closing shop by the Golden Horn, evening prayers at the Blue Mosque, and Yakar chatting with restaurant neighbours. I had Antonioni’s closing shot in The Passenger in mind: Hotel de la Gloria at the end of the day but with Turkish music. China Restaurant would soon close for good—but for now, life goes on, as it has been for the last forty years that Yakar has worked at the restaurant.  As for the cat that comes into frame?  It was purely a Truffaut moment and totally un-staged.