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A film by Eran Kolirin

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<i>Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian
police band arrived in Israel.</i>

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<i>Not many remember this,
it was not that important.</i>

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It's not them...

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There's a bus, we have the address,
I can't see the problem.

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And manage on our own?
- Yes.

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Why not call the Embassy?
Let them take care of it.

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This band has managed on its own
for 25 years now,

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I have no intention
of changing that.

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Especially not now...
under the present circumstances.

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Picture please,
may I take a picture?

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We're taking a photo.

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THE BAND'S VISIT

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<i>Municipality, good morning.</i>

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Good morning.

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This is Tewfiq Zakaria, commander of
the Alexandria Ceremonial Orchestra.

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<i>What?</i>

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It is Tewfiq Zakaria, from the
Alexandria Ceremonial...

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<i>Who do you need?</i>

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As I said,

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it is Tewfiq Zakaria

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from the Alexandria Ceremonial
Orchestra, we have...

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<i>Municipality, good morning.</i>

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This is Colonel Tewfiq Zakaria
from the...

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Do you see it?

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Get Khaled, tell him
to ask at the information desk.

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Do you mind asking
which bus goes to Bet...

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Bet Hatikva.

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You'd better send someone else.
My English isn't that good.

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Do you want to be part
of the police force?

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Then learn to take responsibility.
Go and find out how we get there.

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Just watch out, okay?

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Of what?

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I don't know,
just keep your eyes open.

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Bet Hatikva?

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Yes, Bet Hatikva.

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You have eyes...

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Very beautiful eyes.

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Do you like Chet Baker?

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What?

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Chet Baker.

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I play violin...
in an orchestra.

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But I play trumpet...

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also.

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About the new piece
that we will play tomorrow,

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do you want me to conduct?

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If you do, I'll need to work
on the orchestration.

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We're in enough trouble as it is,
Simon.

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Some other time.

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Of course.

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But...

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If their plan at headquarters
is approved,

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there might not be another time.

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Their plan
will not be approved.

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That's why we're here,

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isn't that so?

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We had three concerts
in April,

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two in June.

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No one should speak to us
about efficiency and worth.

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The Alexandria Police Ceremonial
Orchestra manages just fine, period.

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Line them up.

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Good afternoon.

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Dina, come here.

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Some General
wants to talk to you.

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Good afternoon.

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Good afternoon to you, too.

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I wonder if you could be so kind to
direct me to the Arab Culture Center?

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Excuse me?

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We've been invited by the
local cultural department to play

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at the initiation ceremony
of the Arab Culture Center.

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What?

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Where are you from?

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We are from Egypt.

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Egypt?

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We are the Alexandria
Ceremonial Orchestra...

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There is no Arab Center here.

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No Arab Culture Center?

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No culture. Not Israeli culture,
not Arab, no culture at all.

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Bloody nowhere.

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Who invited you?

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The Betah Tikva Cultural Department.

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Petah Tikva?
- Betah Tikva.

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I think he needs Petah Tikva.
- Do you need Petah Tikva?

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Betah Tikva.
- Not Betah... Petah!

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As soon as we get back, you are to
report to the disciplinary commission!

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I'll make sure you will not stay
with us one more day!

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Is that clear?

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Clear?

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General, you need help, General?

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Assholes!

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Aren't we eating today?

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Excuse me?

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I asked if we're going to eat.

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I did not join the police
to starve to death.

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And anyhow, I'm not really sure
that you know where we're going.

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Pardon me?

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Does anyone else feel like Khaled?

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We haven't eaten
since this morning, sir.

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All of us.

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Just a second...

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Khaled, would you mind...

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They haven't eaten
since this morning,

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this might affect their playing.

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Perhaps we could organize something
with those people back there.

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After that,
things will fall into place.

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Hello again, General.

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Madame, I would like...

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on behalf of the Alexandria
Ceremonial Orchestra,

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we shall be grateful if you
could be so kind to help us,

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in light of the circumstances.

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How can I help you?

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Would it be possible to dine here?

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It's a restaurant here, no?

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Yes, but...

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we have little Israeli money left.
We don't need something special,

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just some bread, something light.

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Could we pay with Egyptian money?

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Don't take this disciplinary
thing to heart.

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It's all bullshit.

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Say you're sorry and you'll
get off with a warning.

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He can fire me for all I care.

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Did I spend five years
at the academy for this?

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Playing marches in the desert?

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How can you stand him?

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Ask Simon what it's like to be
with him for 20 years.

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Simon, are you conducting
tomorrow or not?

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Why did you stop?

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I didn't finish it.

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You wrote this?

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Yes.

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It's an overture for a concerto

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but I didn't finish it.

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Backgammon?

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What do you say about that?

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We shall be going soon.
You have been very kind to us.

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You're welcome.

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You decided what to do?

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We shall manage.

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There is no more bus today.

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No more bus?

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No. Finished.

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Hotel?

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Hotel? Here?

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Of course.

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When is your show?

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It is tomorrow evening.

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Say, ltzik...

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Can you take three of them?

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What?

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Musicians.
They have nowhere to sleep.

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Take them where?

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What's the big deal? Two
in the living room, one with the kid,

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I'll take three, four here,
how many are they anyway?

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I don't know.

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We'll manage something.
I mean, they're stuck.

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Give me a break,
it's Iris' birthday.

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Even better.

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You know what, General?

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You can stay here with us
tonight, if you want to.

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What do you mean, here?

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Here, with us.
You can sleep here tonight.

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I can take some,

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Papi can make room here,

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I have some room in the restaurant
and I talked to Itzik.

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It's okay,
we can work something out.

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Tomorrow morning you take
the bus.

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No, no, thank you.
You've done too much already.

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We shall call our Embassy,
they will take care of things.

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Okay.

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But just I want you to know that
if you want, we here in Bet Hatikva,

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we shall be very honored to have the
Alexandria Police Orchestra with us.

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Really.

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Will your husband agree to that?

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Once when I see him I ask him.

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You're not married.

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Me?

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No.

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By the way, I'm Dina.

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Tewfiq.

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What do you say?

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Please.

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Please.

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We'll spend the night here.

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No shit.

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Khaled!

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I hope there's no need to remind you
of the delicate situation we're in,

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nor of the effect
this whole story will have

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on our struggle over
next year's budget.

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Please bare in mind:
We're here representing Egypt,

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and I expect you all to conduct
yourselves with dignity.

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We need to carry out
this mission together,

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and prove to whoever needs proof
what we are made of.

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Let's all protect the good name of
the Alexandria Police Orchestra!

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Good luck to you all.

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Khaled stays with me.

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We'll spend the night here,
in the restaurant.

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So, you come?

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How are you, Mrs. Maimon?

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I'm not...

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I don't open it too much.
Not many guests.

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Do you prefer the wall
or the window?

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So...

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Coffee?

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Yes.
- No, please, we're fine.

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What are you looking at?

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Come, bring us coffee.

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Very quiet here.

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Dead.

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Alexandria is a big city, yes?

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A lot of people, and lights.

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And noise.

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It's good. You feel you live,
it's not like here.

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You don't like to be here?

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It's my life. I got used.

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But sometimes...

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Sometimes I think maybe I could...

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Why didn't you?

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I met my first husband.

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And you, General? Do you have
someone waiting for you in Egypt?

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A wife?

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No, no.

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Maybe after, if you want,
we can go out a little.

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No thank you, Madame,
it's too late.

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It's no big deal.
Just show you around.

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There is a place,
not far from here.

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Nice, some food, some drink.

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The woman wants to go out,
why not take her out?

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You want to come too, Khaled?

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No thank you, Madame.
I'll stay.

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How do I look?

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Very fine, indeed.

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Would you say
if you thought otherwise?

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Don't you want to take
your hat off?

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Excuse me?

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It's very hot with a hat.
You can take it off.

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Yes.

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It's better, no?

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A man should not hide
behind a hat.

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Got yourself a General, Dina?

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What's up?
Has she called yet?

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Soon. She'll call
any minute now.

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God help you.

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Oh, sorry!

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It's okay.

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You saw this boy?

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Every night he waits
for his girlfriend to call.

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Oh, shit! I forgot!

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Look, can you...
When I tell you, okay?

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With the key.

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Almost a month it's like this.
Every time I forget to fix it.

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Sorry.

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You know,
she has her birthday today?

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Happy birthday.

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Thank you.

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Many happy years.

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Thank you.

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See they're alright?

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Nice people, right?

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Why shouldn't they be?

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So you're awake?

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Very nice.

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Too bad they don't visit
all the time.

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You should invite them more often.

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So what do you do in the
orchestra? What do you play?

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00:29:31,695 --> 00:29:35,449
I play the clarinet,
and I also conduct.

266
00:29:41,247 --> 00:29:43,082
Well, sometimes.

267
00:29:43,165 --> 00:29:46,293
You know, Avrum,
Simon wrote a concerto.

268
00:29:46,460 --> 00:29:47,253
A concerto?

269
00:29:48,087 --> 00:29:50,548
Before, in the restaurant,
he played for me.

270
00:29:51,298 --> 00:29:55,970
Well, it's not really a concerto,
I didn't finish it.

271
00:29:56,137 --> 00:29:58,681
We're all going to cry now...

272
00:29:59,098 --> 00:30:00,516
Schubert.

273
00:30:02,309 --> 00:30:03,853
Why not finish?

274
00:30:04,103 --> 00:30:07,565
I started to write this after
I finished the academy,

275
00:30:09,233 --> 00:30:12,236
but then, my wife,
got pregnant and...

276
00:30:12,361 --> 00:30:14,530
time, and...

277
00:30:18,617 --> 00:30:20,578
Do you work in the restaurant?

278
00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:27,543
Not really. I'm between works now.

279
00:30:27,751 --> 00:30:29,795
Between for almost a year.

280
00:30:33,549 --> 00:30:35,009
It's clean, okay?

281
00:30:38,304 --> 00:30:40,347
He should be saying thank you,
instead of making faces.

282
00:30:43,058 --> 00:30:47,730
You know, I also played
the violin.

283
00:30:48,022 --> 00:30:49,565
There he goes again.

284
00:30:50,941 --> 00:30:52,860
I used to play at...

285
00:30:53,402 --> 00:30:55,946
weddings, celebrations...

286
00:30:57,364 --> 00:30:59,074
That's how I met my wife.

287
00:30:59,408 --> 00:31:02,620
That story again... We didn't meet
there, we met at your aunt's.

288
00:31:02,661 --> 00:31:04,121
Come on, didn't we meet
at the Calypso?

289
00:31:04,246 --> 00:31:05,623
We met at your aunt's.

290
00:31:05,706 --> 00:31:07,291
Okay, but where did love start?

291
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:08,292
What love?

292
00:31:08,375 --> 00:31:10,753
Besides, why do you
care so much about details?

293
00:31:12,463 --> 00:31:14,465
Do you really care if they'll
think we met at the Calypso?

294
00:31:14,548 --> 00:31:16,342
It doesn't matter.

295
00:31:16,425 --> 00:31:18,093
I don't care what they think.

296
00:31:20,763 --> 00:31:24,975
I used to play there with a band.
All songs.

297
00:31:25,142 --> 00:31:29,438
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Klezmers,
everything.

298
00:31:30,481 --> 00:31:34,401
Then one day I was playing
and she was dancing.

299
00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:37,279
And I looked...

300
00:31:37,822 --> 00:31:42,117
and maybe for three or four minutes
I stopped playing.

301
00:31:53,420 --> 00:31:54,839
I was like a stone.

302
00:31:56,924 --> 00:32:00,594
And of course I was dressed
nice and played,

303
00:32:01,095 --> 00:32:03,180
so she was in love.

304
00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:08,269
You know that?

305
00:33:38,484 --> 00:33:39,819
Good evening.

306
00:33:39,944 --> 00:33:41,904
Egyptian Embassy?

307
00:33:43,030 --> 00:33:47,284
This is Kamal Abdel Azim of
the Alexandria Police Orchestra.

308
00:33:47,451 --> 00:33:49,411
We're in trouble.

309
00:33:50,162 --> 00:33:54,375
Kamal Abdel Azim of the
Alexandria Police Orchestra.

310
00:33:56,001 --> 00:33:58,212
We're in trouble.

311
00:33:59,588 --> 00:34:02,383
The Alexandria Police Orchestra!

312
00:34:03,551 --> 00:34:05,094
Yes, please.

313
00:34:05,427 --> 00:34:10,891
08-6583000.

314
00:34:10,975 --> 00:34:13,102
Yes, please.

315
00:34:13,185 --> 00:34:16,105
Good bye, sir.

316
00:34:30,536 --> 00:34:32,037
Arab salad,

317
00:34:33,456 --> 00:34:34,957
tahini sauce,

318
00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:37,501
fries, lots.

319
00:34:39,170 --> 00:34:40,671
Put some more.

320
00:34:48,471 --> 00:34:50,181
You sure you don't want something?

321
00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:52,516
Coffee, maybe?

322
00:34:53,267 --> 00:34:55,269
Yes, maybe coffee. Thank you.

323
00:34:57,730 --> 00:34:59,482
Coffee. Get us a coffee.

324
00:35:07,698 --> 00:35:09,950
Tewfiq, tell me something
in Arabic.

325
00:35:11,035 --> 00:35:11,911
What?

326
00:35:12,036 --> 00:35:15,706
Something. I don't know,
just to hear the music.

327
00:35:26,091 --> 00:35:27,551
What does it mean?

328
00:35:28,302 --> 00:35:30,721
In wintertime, take an umbrella,

329
00:35:30,805 --> 00:35:34,016
in summertime, put a hat
on your head,

330
00:35:34,099 --> 00:35:37,186
in autumn time stay at home.

331
00:35:50,658 --> 00:35:52,076
Everything is okay?

332
00:35:52,368 --> 00:35:55,746
Yes, it's just...
People are staring.

333
00:35:55,871 --> 00:35:58,958
Leave it. People here
are in the Stone Age, you know?

334
00:36:14,723 --> 00:36:17,393
So what do you play
in the orchestra?

335
00:36:17,810 --> 00:36:21,438
You play like army music?
You know, like...

336
00:36:26,652 --> 00:36:31,031
We are a traditional orchestra.
We play classical Arab music.

337
00:36:31,991 --> 00:36:34,243
What, like Um Kulthoum? Farid?

338
00:36:34,368 --> 00:36:35,744
Yes.

339
00:36:37,663 --> 00:36:39,790
Why police needs to play
Um Kulthoum?

340
00:36:42,001 --> 00:36:44,920
This is like asking
why a man needs a soul.

341
00:36:55,556 --> 00:36:59,685
I'm sorry. I didn't mean that...
I mean, it's nice.

342
00:37:03,189 --> 00:37:05,983
It's okay. You're not the only one
who thinks that way.

343
00:37:06,942 --> 00:37:09,737
Music today is not
that important any more.

344
00:37:10,362 --> 00:37:11,780
What do you mean?

345
00:37:12,323 --> 00:37:15,284
Well, people today care about
other things:

346
00:37:15,409 --> 00:37:18,245
Money, efficiency, worth.

347
00:37:19,538 --> 00:37:21,874
People are stupid, aren't they?

348
00:37:24,376 --> 00:37:27,421
Yes, they are, sometimes.

349
00:37:59,537 --> 00:38:00,871
Papi...

350
00:38:01,288 --> 00:38:03,457
Oh no, not him...

351
00:38:03,958 --> 00:38:06,877
Going out? Good time?

352
00:38:07,086 --> 00:38:08,337
Don't know.

353
00:38:08,462 --> 00:38:10,131
Just going...

354
00:38:10,256 --> 00:38:12,007
out.

355
00:38:13,092 --> 00:38:15,511
I don't lock. You can go in.

356
00:38:16,512 --> 00:38:20,057
I can go too, you know.
Have a good time.

357
00:38:20,724 --> 00:38:25,271
I don't sleep, so maybe
I come with you, like a tourist.

358
00:38:25,354 --> 00:38:26,814
Have a look on the city.

359
00:38:26,897 --> 00:38:28,357
No...

360
00:38:29,567 --> 00:38:31,235
No, see...

361
00:38:33,279 --> 00:38:35,281
One girl. Okay?

362
00:38:37,867 --> 00:38:38,868
One girl?

363
00:38:38,951 --> 00:38:40,744
Yes. One girl.

364
00:38:41,829 --> 00:38:45,499
Okay. I just look on the city.

365
00:38:46,876 --> 00:38:48,836
You and the girl do what you want.

366
00:38:50,713 --> 00:38:52,131
Khaled.

367
00:38:52,423 --> 00:38:53,966
Papi.

368
00:38:57,970 --> 00:38:59,680
Well, this raises questions.

369
00:39:00,347 --> 00:39:03,267
They're all like that.

370
00:39:04,185 --> 00:39:05,728
Very questionable.

371
00:39:09,940 --> 00:39:12,610
I like clothes. Clothes nice.

372
00:39:12,735 --> 00:39:14,236
Yes.

373
00:39:14,653 --> 00:39:16,614
Like Michael Jackson.

374
00:39:34,507 --> 00:39:36,175
This is the cousin?

375
00:39:37,009 --> 00:39:38,135
Well?

376
00:39:38,344 --> 00:39:41,347
No way,
it's that gloomy girl.

377
00:39:41,555 --> 00:39:43,933
You fixed me up
with that gloomy girl?

378
00:39:44,016 --> 00:39:44,975
Is she gloomy?

379
00:39:45,059 --> 00:39:46,685
Of course she's gloomy.

380
00:39:46,811 --> 00:39:47,770
She's not gloomy.

381
00:39:47,853 --> 00:39:48,896
She is!

382
00:39:49,063 --> 00:39:50,856
Come on, you're exaggerating.

383
00:39:52,441 --> 00:39:53,651
Hi.

384
00:39:54,693 --> 00:39:57,071
Papi, meet my cousin, Julia.

385
00:39:58,113 --> 00:39:59,365
Hi.

386
00:40:01,033 --> 00:40:02,409
Make some room.

387
00:40:10,251 --> 00:40:13,546
I just look on the city.
No problem.

388
00:40:31,605 --> 00:40:34,400
Tewfiq, you see this guy?

389
00:40:42,741 --> 00:40:44,493
He's someone that...

390
00:40:45,077 --> 00:40:49,582
I mean, me and him,
we sometimes, you know...

391
00:40:53,419 --> 00:40:54,837
I see.

392
00:41:06,307 --> 00:41:07,850
Hi, Sammy.

393
00:41:09,310 --> 00:41:12,897
Meet Tewfiq, a good friend
of mine.

394
00:41:14,815 --> 00:41:17,943
Please meet.
This is Sammy.

395
00:41:28,704 --> 00:41:32,333
Tewfiq is a conductor.
They came here for a special concert.

396
00:41:32,458 --> 00:41:33,751
How do you do?

397
00:41:40,090 --> 00:41:41,342
How are you doing?

398
00:41:46,806 --> 00:41:48,015
Son of a bitch.

399
00:41:48,307 --> 00:41:50,434
A real son of a bitch!

400
00:41:55,981 --> 00:41:57,149
One minute.

401
00:42:26,762 --> 00:42:28,264
This is for you.

402
00:45:46,587 --> 00:45:47,922
Come, Papi.

403
00:45:49,715 --> 00:45:51,050
No...

404
00:45:51,383 --> 00:45:53,260
This ain't for me.

405
00:45:53,427 --> 00:45:55,179
Come on, don't be scared.

406
00:45:56,430 --> 00:45:57,973
I'll show you.

407
00:46:00,017 --> 00:46:00,976
No, please...

408
00:46:01,060 --> 00:46:01,936
Don't be scared.

409
00:46:02,019 --> 00:46:03,437
Stop it, get off my back!

410
00:46:20,955 --> 00:46:23,082
You don't go with girls a lot, eh?

411
00:46:23,666 --> 00:46:25,084
No.

412
00:46:28,212 --> 00:46:30,172
I hear the sea in my ears.

413
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,134
Sea? In your ears?

414
00:46:33,259 --> 00:46:34,593
Yes.

415
00:46:34,718 --> 00:46:37,763
I don't know what to say,
what to do.

416
00:46:38,681 --> 00:46:41,809
I want to talk, but I hear
sea in my ears.

417
00:46:44,311 --> 00:46:45,896
Like that...

418
00:46:55,906 --> 00:46:58,576
So you and girls, you never...

419
00:47:00,453 --> 00:47:02,288
You never?

420
00:47:05,207 --> 00:47:06,125
You?

421
00:47:06,208 --> 00:47:07,793
Yes.

422
00:47:10,963 --> 00:47:12,465
What's it like?

423
00:47:14,508 --> 00:47:18,137
I can tell you, but...

424
00:47:18,262 --> 00:47:19,972
only in Arabic.

425
00:48:04,725 --> 00:48:06,227
This is the park.

426
00:48:08,813 --> 00:48:11,524
It doesn't look like a park,
but it's a park.

427
00:48:12,274 --> 00:48:13,734
You have to imagine.

428
00:48:15,778 --> 00:48:17,112
You see?

429
00:48:17,446 --> 00:48:19,281
This is the grass.

430
00:48:20,491 --> 00:48:23,619
And there is where
the children play.

431
00:48:26,622 --> 00:48:28,040
And this...

432
00:48:29,208 --> 00:48:30,918
This is the sea.

433
00:48:36,757 --> 00:48:39,218
Tell me, how does it feel?

434
00:48:40,636 --> 00:48:45,558
I mean to do music, to have
the orchestra, how does it feel?

435
00:48:47,268 --> 00:48:48,727
Well...

436
00:48:50,062 --> 00:48:54,108
To have all the people waiting
for you, and all the eyes for you...

437
00:48:54,859 --> 00:48:56,193
You know...

438
00:48:57,236 --> 00:48:58,571
It's...

439
00:49:00,281 --> 00:49:01,699
It's...

440
00:49:02,032 --> 00:49:03,576
Yes...

441
00:49:05,161 --> 00:49:06,704
What?

442
00:49:31,645 --> 00:49:34,148
It looks like the most important
thing in the world.

443
00:49:34,315 --> 00:49:37,067
No, the most important thing
in the world is fishing.

444
00:49:37,234 --> 00:49:38,986
What? Fishing?

445
00:49:40,780 --> 00:49:41,947
It's so boring!

446
00:49:42,031 --> 00:49:43,073
No, it's not boring.

447
00:49:43,199 --> 00:49:46,327
To sit whole days like that,
maybe four hours

448
00:49:46,452 --> 00:49:48,412
until you catch something?

449
00:49:48,621 --> 00:49:50,164
It's not boring at all.

450
00:49:50,748 --> 00:49:55,002
It's the sound of water,
and waves,

451
00:49:55,127 --> 00:49:58,380
and distant children playing
on the beach,

452
00:49:59,006 --> 00:50:02,134
the sound of the bait falling
in the water.

453
00:50:02,468 --> 00:50:05,763
In early hours at sea you can hear
the whole world like...

454
00:50:06,889 --> 00:50:08,516
Like a symphony.

455
00:50:12,645 --> 00:50:15,397
And the fish, you cook it?

456
00:50:15,773 --> 00:50:17,274
Well, usually I don't catch.

457
00:50:19,944 --> 00:50:22,863
But sometimes I just put them back
in the water.

458
00:50:22,988 --> 00:50:24,031
Really?

459
00:50:25,157 --> 00:50:27,827
Before, when my wife was alive
I used to take them home

460
00:50:27,910 --> 00:50:29,745
and she used to cook...

461
00:50:32,039 --> 00:50:34,458
but now I just put them back.

462
00:50:38,254 --> 00:50:39,588
Your wife is dead?

463
00:50:40,422 --> 00:50:41,715
Yes.

464
00:50:44,343 --> 00:50:46,303
Was it a long time ago?

465
00:50:48,389 --> 00:50:50,474
Almost 3 years ago.

466
00:50:50,599 --> 00:50:55,312
In September, the 21 st.

467
00:50:56,605 --> 00:50:58,983
I'm sorry if I'm asking something
that hurts.

468
00:51:00,192 --> 00:51:04,864
No, it's okay. They say it's good
to talk sometimes about things...

469
00:51:11,162 --> 00:51:12,705
She was pretty?

470
00:51:13,914 --> 00:51:15,207
Yes.

471
00:51:16,625 --> 00:51:20,087
Did she like fishing?
- No. Not at all.

472
00:51:21,964 --> 00:51:23,299
How did you meet?

473
00:51:24,300 --> 00:51:28,804
In the academy, at a friend's house.
She came with her friends.

474
00:51:29,221 --> 00:51:33,476
You know, we talked,
she laughed at me with her friends,

475
00:51:33,559 --> 00:51:35,769
I thought she didn't like me,
but...

476
00:51:36,979 --> 00:51:40,858
after a few days she came
to see me play a concert.

477
00:51:45,446 --> 00:51:47,156
Did you have children?

478
00:51:49,450 --> 00:51:51,243
We had one child.

479
00:51:51,786 --> 00:51:53,162
One?!

480
00:51:53,704 --> 00:51:55,206
One son?

481
00:51:56,832 --> 00:52:00,795
What, you, a big man like you,
Arabic, you know, family...

482
00:52:01,045 --> 00:52:02,713
and only one son?

483
00:52:12,431 --> 00:52:14,183
I'm joking.

484
00:52:21,690 --> 00:52:23,734
Can we please go now?

485
00:52:25,444 --> 00:52:26,821
Okay.

486
00:53:02,022 --> 00:53:03,274
What?

487
00:53:03,941 --> 00:53:06,068
The cousin is crying.

488
00:53:06,235 --> 00:53:07,403
Why is she crying?

489
00:53:07,486 --> 00:53:09,363
How would I know.

490
00:53:10,823 --> 00:53:12,950
Just sort something out.

491
00:54:30,820 --> 00:54:32,488
You need a drink.

492
00:55:28,878 --> 00:55:30,963
You drink also.

493
00:55:47,938 --> 00:55:49,565
Now what?

494
00:57:06,559 --> 00:57:08,602
We are going to sleep now.

495
00:57:10,646 --> 00:57:12,940
I am sorry if we caused trouble.

496
00:57:14,191 --> 00:57:17,153
No, no. It's not you.

497
00:57:17,862 --> 00:57:20,614
All the time it's like this now.
We fight, she go...

498
00:57:37,089 --> 00:57:38,424
Stupid, isn't it?

499
00:58:33,854 --> 00:58:35,356
You know...

500
00:58:37,566 --> 00:58:40,444
maybe this is how your
concerto ends.

501
00:58:40,778 --> 00:58:43,906
I mean... not a big end

502
00:58:43,989 --> 00:58:47,284
with trumpets and violins,

503
00:58:48,035 --> 00:58:50,037
maybe this is the finish.

504
00:58:51,205 --> 00:58:53,207
Just like that, suddenly.

505
00:58:53,833 --> 00:58:56,043
Not sad, not happy.

506
00:58:57,461 --> 00:58:59,088
Just...

507
00:59:02,174 --> 00:59:03,801
a small room,

508
00:59:05,886 --> 00:59:07,304
a lamp,

509
00:59:08,097 --> 00:59:09,515
a bed,

510
00:59:11,016 --> 00:59:12,893
child sleeps,

511
00:59:14,478 --> 00:59:15,980
and...

512
00:59:24,530 --> 00:59:26,657
tons of loneliness.

513
01:01:07,758 --> 01:01:09,051
Yes?

514
01:01:09,385 --> 01:01:11,428
This is me, Kamal.

515
01:01:11,554 --> 01:01:13,597
Are you sending a car?

516
01:01:13,681 --> 01:01:15,141
Very good.

517
01:01:15,432 --> 01:01:17,309
I am at the phone.

518
01:01:17,476 --> 01:01:19,061
Very good.

519
01:01:19,270 --> 01:01:21,856
Waiting for instructions.

520
01:01:22,523 --> 01:01:25,317
Goodbye, sir. Goodbye.

521
01:01:48,549 --> 01:01:50,509
Do you like Arab movies, Tewfiq?

522
01:01:51,844 --> 01:01:53,846
Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama...

523
01:01:54,346 --> 01:01:57,141
When I was young we used
to have here, on television,

524
01:01:57,224 --> 01:01:59,059
Arab movies, Egyptian movies.

525
01:01:59,185 --> 01:02:00,811
Every Friday at noon,

526
01:02:01,270 --> 01:02:05,399
all the streets in Israel were empty
because of the Arab movie,

527
01:02:05,608 --> 01:02:08,819
and me, my mother, my sister,
we sit and we see Egyptian movie

528
01:02:08,903 --> 01:02:11,238
and we cry our eyes out.

529
01:02:14,867 --> 01:02:17,203
We were all in love with
Omar Sharif.

530
01:02:17,453 --> 01:02:19,997
We were all in love with love.

531
01:02:22,291 --> 01:02:25,044
And I think that now, this night,

532
01:02:25,377 --> 01:02:27,838
we could live this again,
you know...

533
01:02:28,005 --> 01:02:31,133
big love in big Arabic words...

534
01:02:41,018 --> 01:02:44,438
But I fuck it all up
like everything else.

535
01:02:46,106 --> 01:02:48,192
My life is an Arab movie.

536
01:02:59,537 --> 01:03:01,914
My wife you have
asked about before,

537
01:03:02,206 --> 01:03:04,083
she died because of me.

538
01:03:04,583 --> 01:03:06,127
We had a son,

539
01:03:06,293 --> 01:03:08,712
a bright and beautiful son,

540
01:03:09,588 --> 01:03:11,757
he made some mistakes.

541
01:03:12,424 --> 01:03:14,510
I was hard with him,

542
01:03:15,678 --> 01:03:17,513
I didn't understand.

543
01:03:19,056 --> 01:03:23,853
He was gentle, fragile, like her.

544
01:03:25,729 --> 01:03:27,690
I didn't understand him.

545
01:03:29,692 --> 01:03:32,736
He took his life.

546
01:03:34,989 --> 01:03:36,657
It broke her heart.

547
01:03:49,420 --> 01:03:51,380
Do you have children?

548
01:03:52,381 --> 01:03:53,591
No.

549
01:03:56,385 --> 01:03:59,430
When I could have, I was too
occupied with nonsense.

550
01:03:59,722 --> 01:04:02,016
When I wanted, I couldn't.

551
01:04:03,976 --> 01:04:06,854
Too bad. You are a good woman.

552
01:04:10,566 --> 01:04:12,067
You think so?

553
01:04:14,236 --> 01:04:15,613
I'm sure.

554
01:05:07,706 --> 01:05:08,999
Dina,

555
01:05:10,584 --> 01:05:12,545
do you like Chet Baker?

556
01:05:13,170 --> 01:05:14,463
Who?

557
01:05:14,797 --> 01:05:16,423
Chet Baker.

558
01:05:32,731 --> 01:05:35,317
No. I don't know.

559
01:05:41,282 --> 01:05:43,117
I like Chet Baker.

560
01:05:49,540 --> 01:05:51,709
I have all his recordings.

561
01:05:52,251 --> 01:05:55,379
From the beginning, with the
Harry Babsin Octet.

562
01:05:55,546 --> 01:05:57,798
To the last concert in '88.

563
01:07:26,262 --> 01:07:28,180
A bit weak on the lower key,

564
01:07:29,557 --> 01:07:31,225
but not too bad.

565
01:07:35,521 --> 01:07:36,730
I know.

566
01:07:37,398 --> 01:07:38,899
Wine?

567
01:07:53,998 --> 01:07:55,666
I got some left in the fridge.

568
01:07:56,208 --> 01:07:57,334
Thank you.

569
01:07:57,918 --> 01:08:01,213
But I shall go to sleep now.
It's too late.

570
01:08:02,173 --> 01:08:04,258
You're sure? You don't want some?

571
01:08:05,843 --> 01:08:08,429
Not tonight... Not for me.

572
01:08:09,263 --> 01:08:11,223
We have a long day tomorrow.

573
01:08:14,351 --> 01:08:15,644
Okay.

574
01:08:24,737 --> 01:08:26,697
You too, don't stay up too late.

575
01:08:27,114 --> 01:08:29,700
We shouldn't impose anymore.

576
01:08:32,328 --> 01:08:34,121
Go on, son.

577
01:08:34,955 --> 01:08:37,082
We have a long day tomorrow.

578
01:09:39,270 --> 01:09:40,729
<i>Hello?</i>

579
01:09:40,813 --> 01:09:41,856
Hi, Amalia.

580
01:09:41,981 --> 01:09:45,192
<i>How are you, sweetie?</i>

581
01:09:45,276 --> 01:09:46,902
I'm fine, how are you?

582
01:09:47,403 --> 01:09:49,363
Is your mother better?

583
01:09:50,239 --> 01:09:51,866
I miss you!

584
01:09:52,741 --> 01:09:56,245
No, I put on a sweatshirt.
The white one you got me.

585
01:09:57,121 --> 01:09:58,539
It keeps me warm.

586
01:09:58,622 --> 01:09:59,707
Love you...

587
01:12:47,041 --> 01:12:49,251
Did you have a quiet night?

588
01:12:50,795 --> 01:12:52,922
I guess. Sort of...

589
01:13:22,284 --> 01:13:24,662
I would like to thank you
for your hospitality.

590
01:13:25,204 --> 01:13:27,581
We shall be ever grateful
for your help.

591
01:13:29,583 --> 01:13:31,085
My pleasure.

592
01:14:01,365 --> 01:14:04,285
This is the place: Petah Tikva.

593
01:14:17,173 --> 01:14:18,757
Goodbye.

594
01:14:19,592 --> 01:14:21,302
Goodbye, Madame.

595
01:18:03,691 --> 01:18:10,322
Sasson Gabai

596
01:18:12,241 --> 01:18:18,956
Ronit Elkabetz

597
01:18:22,084 --> 01:18:28,382
Saleh Bakri

598
01:18:30,634 --> 01:18:37,183
Khalifa Natour

599
01:18:44,190 --> 01:18:49,195
<i>To my Grandmother, Shoshana,
may she rest in peace</i>

600
01:18:50,237 --> 01:18:54,492
Written and directed by
Eran Kolirin

601
01:20:02,143 --> 01:20:05,855
English: Tal Haran

602
01:20:06,021 --> 01:20:11,986
Subtitles: Cinematyp Studios Ltd.