Triage (2009)

Branko Djuric: Dr. Talzani

Quotes 

• Mark Walsh : You must have a lot of regrets.

  Dr. Talzani : Regret what, Mr. Walsh? That I spared them a few days of terrible suffering 'cause I have no way of saving them or easing the unbearable pain? You think I kill those poor men because I enjoy it?

• Dr. Talzani : They talk of free will, but we are all just homing pigeons in the end.

• Dr. Talzani : [Examines Mark's injuries]  You took quite a jolt, but you're not paralysed. And it seems there are no broken bones. Legs will be the biggest problem. That's always the case.

  [sighs] 

  Dr. Talzani : Legs, legs legs... for every arm I've amputated up here I've probably taken ten legs. Strange, isn't it? Human legs are just not designed for modern war.

  [Long pause: Talzani gives Mark a yellow tag] 

  Dr. Talzani : Take it easy. Get some rest.

• Dr. Talzani : You were lucky, Mr. Walsh. Very lucky. If there'd been any complications...

  Mark Walsh : What? You would have shot me?

  Dr. Talzani : Yeah. For your own good. To stop you from suffering.

• Dr. Talzani : Beautiful place isn't it? This place is beautiful. You know, in my lifetime alone we had eight wars. Two with the Turks, three with the Iranians, and three with the Iraqis. And if I go back to when my father was alive, or my father's father, each time we've been beaten. That's what we Kurds do best, get beaten.

  Mark Walsh : So why do you stay?

  Dr. Talzani : Where am I to go, Mr. Walsh?

• Dr. Talzani : Do you know what Pesh Merga means? It means, "those who face death."

  Mark Walsh : Romantic.

  Dr. Talzani : Poetic, even. Personally, I've never seen one face death. They all turn away at the end.