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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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I play the clarinet,
and I also conduct.

266
00:30:52,972 --> 00:30:54,886
Well, sometimes.

267
00:30:54,972 --> 00:30:58,234
You know, Avrum,
Simon wrote a concerto.

268
00:30:58,408 --> 00:30:59,235
A concerto?

269
00:31:00,104 --> 00:31:02,670
Before, in the restaurant,
he played for me.

270
00:31:03,452 --> 00:31:08,324
Well, it's not really a concerto,
I didn't finish it.

271
00:31:08,498 --> 00:31:11,150
We're all going to cry now...

272
00:31:11,585 --> 00:31:13,064
Schubert.

273
00:31:14,933 --> 00:31:16,543
Why not finish?

274
00:31:16,804 --> 00:31:20,413
I started to write this after
I finished the academy,

275
00:31:22,153 --> 00:31:25,284
but then, my wife,
got pregnant and...

276
00:31:25,414 --> 00:31:27,676
time, and...

277
00:31:31,937 --> 00:31:33,982
Do you work in the restaurant?

278
00:31:37,852 --> 00:31:41,244
Not really. I'm between works now.

279
00:31:41,461 --> 00:31:43,592
Between for almost a year.

280
00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:49,028
It's clean, okay?

281
00:31:52,464 --> 00:31:54,594
He should be saying thank you,
instead of making faces.

282
00:31:57,421 --> 00:32:02,292
You know, I also played
the violin.

283
00:32:02,597 --> 00:32:04,206
There he goes again.

284
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,641
I used to play at...

285
00:32:08,206 --> 00:32:10,859
weddings, celebrations...

286
00:32:12,337 --> 00:32:14,120
That's how I met my wife.

287
00:32:14,469 --> 00:32:17,818
That story again... We didn't meet
there, we met at your aunt's.

288
00:32:17,860 --> 00:32:19,383
Come on, didn't we meet
at the Calypso?

289
00:32:19,513 --> 00:32:20,949
We met at your aunt's.

290
00:32:21,035 --> 00:32:22,688
Okay, but where did love start?

291
00:32:22,906 --> 00:32:23,732
What love?

292
00:32:23,818 --> 00:32:26,298
Besides, why do you
care so much about details?

293
00:32:28,081 --> 00:32:30,168
Do you really care if they'll
think we met at the Calypso?

294
00:32:30,255 --> 00:32:32,125
It doesn't matter.

295
00:32:32,212 --> 00:32:33,951
I don't care what they think.

296
00:32:36,735 --> 00:32:41,126
I used to play there with a band.
All songs.

297
00:32:41,301 --> 00:32:45,780
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Klezmers,
everything.

298
00:32:46,867 --> 00:32:50,955
Then one day I was playing
and she was dancing.

299
00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:53,956
And I looked...

300
00:32:54,522 --> 00:32:59,000
and maybe for three or four minutes
I stopped playing.

301
00:33:10,785 --> 00:33:12,265
I was like a stone.

302
00:33:14,439 --> 00:33:18,265
And of course I was dressed
nice and played,

303
00:33:18,788 --> 00:33:20,962
so she was in love.

304
00:33:24,658 --> 00:33:26,268
You know that?

305
00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:01,724
Good evening.

306
00:35:01,855 --> 00:35:03,898
Egyptian Embassy?

307
00:35:05,072 --> 00:35:09,508
This is Kamal Abdel Azim of
the Alexandria Police Orchestra.

308
00:35:09,682 --> 00:35:11,726
We're in trouble.

309
00:35:12,509 --> 00:35:16,902
Kamal Abdel Azim of the
Alexandria Police Orchestra.

310
00:35:18,597 --> 00:35:20,902
We're in trouble.

311
00:35:22,337 --> 00:35:25,251
The Alexandria Police Orchestra!

312
00:35:26,469 --> 00:35:28,078
Yes, please.

313
00:35:28,425 --> 00:35:34,122
08-6583000.

314
00:35:34,210 --> 00:35:36,428
Yes, please.

315
00:35:36,514 --> 00:35:39,559
Good bye, sir.

316
00:35:54,606 --> 00:35:56,171
Arab salad,

317
00:35:57,650 --> 00:35:59,215
tahini sauce,

318
00:36:00,172 --> 00:36:01,868
fries, lots.

319
00:36:03,608 --> 00:36:05,173
Put some more.

320
00:36:13,306 --> 00:36:15,089
You sure you don't want something?

321
00:36:16,001 --> 00:36:17,523
Coffee, maybe?

322
00:36:18,306 --> 00:36:20,394
Yes, maybe coffee. Thank you.

323
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:24,787
Coffee. Get us a coffee.

324
00:36:33,353 --> 00:36:35,701
Tewfiq, tell me something
in Arabic.

325
00:36:36,833 --> 00:36:37,746
What?

326
00:36:37,876 --> 00:36:41,703
Something. I don't know,
just to hear the music.

327
00:36:52,531 --> 00:36:54,053
What does it mean?

328
00:36:54,836 --> 00:36:57,359
In wintertime, take an umbrella,

329
00:36:57,446 --> 00:37:00,794
in summertime, put a hat
on your head,

330
00:37:00,881 --> 00:37:04,100
in autumn time stay at home.

331
00:37:18,146 --> 00:37:19,625
Everything is okay?

332
00:37:19,929 --> 00:37:23,451
Yes, it's just...
People are staring.

333
00:37:23,582 --> 00:37:26,801
Leave it. People here
are in the Stone Age, you know?

334
00:37:43,238 --> 00:37:46,022
So what do you play
in the orchestra?

335
00:37:46,457 --> 00:37:50,240
You play like army music?
You know, like...

336
00:37:55,676 --> 00:38:00,242
We are a traditional orchestra.
We play classical Arab music.

337
00:38:01,243 --> 00:38:03,591
What, like Um Kulthoum? Farid?

338
00:38:03,722 --> 00:38:05,156
Yes.

339
00:38:07,157 --> 00:38:09,375
Why police needs to play
Um Kulthoum?

340
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,724
This is like asking
why a man needs a soul.

341
00:38:25,814 --> 00:38:30,119
I'm sorry. I didn't mean that...
I mean, it's nice.

342
00:38:33,772 --> 00:38:36,686
It's okay. You're not the only one
who thinks that way.

343
00:38:37,685 --> 00:38:40,600
Music today is not
that important any more.

344
00:38:41,251 --> 00:38:42,730
What do you mean?

345
00:38:43,296 --> 00:38:46,383
Well, people today care about
other things:

346
00:38:46,514 --> 00:38:49,471
Money, efficiency, worth.

347
00:38:50,819 --> 00:38:53,255
People are stupid, aren't they?

348
00:38:55,863 --> 00:38:59,038
Yes, they are, sometimes.

349
00:39:32,525 --> 00:39:33,916
Papi...

350
00:39:34,350 --> 00:39:36,612
Oh no, not him...

351
00:39:37,134 --> 00:39:40,178
Going out? Good time?

352
00:39:40,396 --> 00:39:41,700
Don't know.

353
00:39:41,831 --> 00:39:43,571
Just going...

354
00:39:43,701 --> 00:39:45,527
out.

355
00:39:46,658 --> 00:39:49,180
I don't lock. You can go in.

356
00:39:50,224 --> 00:39:53,920
I can go too, you know.
Have a good time.

357
00:39:54,616 --> 00:39:59,357
I don't sleep, so maybe
I come with you, like a tourist.

358
00:39:59,443 --> 00:40:00,966
Have a look on the city.

359
00:40:01,052 --> 00:40:02,575
No...

360
00:40:03,836 --> 00:40:05,575
No, see...

361
00:40:07,707 --> 00:40:09,794
One girl. Okay?

362
00:40:12,490 --> 00:40:13,534
One girl?

363
00:40:13,621 --> 00:40:15,490
Yes. One girl.

364
00:40:16,621 --> 00:40:20,448
Okay. I just look on the city.

365
00:40:21,884 --> 00:40:23,927
You and the girl do what you want.

366
00:40:25,884 --> 00:40:27,363
Khaled.

367
00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:29,276
Papi.

368
00:40:33,451 --> 00:40:35,234
Well, this raises questions.

369
00:40:35,930 --> 00:40:38,974
They're all like that.

370
00:40:39,931 --> 00:40:41,540
Very questionable.

371
00:40:45,932 --> 00:40:48,716
I like clothes. Clothes nice.

372
00:40:48,846 --> 00:40:50,411
Yes.

373
00:40:50,846 --> 00:40:52,891
Like Michael Jackson.

374
00:41:11,547 --> 00:41:13,286
This is the cousin?

375
00:41:14,156 --> 00:41:15,330
Well?

376
00:41:15,548 --> 00:41:18,679
No way,
it's that gloomy girl.

377
00:41:18,896 --> 00:41:21,375
You fixed me up
with that gloomy girl?

378
00:41:21,462 --> 00:41:22,462
Is she gloomy?

379
00:41:22,549 --> 00:41:24,245
Of course she's gloomy.

380
00:41:24,376 --> 00:41:25,376
She's not gloomy.

381
00:41:25,463 --> 00:41:26,550
She is!

382
00:41:26,724 --> 00:41:28,594
Come on, you're exaggerating.

383
00:41:30,246 --> 00:41:31,508
Hi.

384
00:41:32,595 --> 00:41:35,074
Papi, meet my cousin, Julia.

385
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:37,466
Hi.

386
00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:40,640
Make some room.

387
00:41:48,816 --> 00:41:52,252
I just look on the city.
No problem.

388
00:42:11,082 --> 00:42:13,996
Tewfiq, you see this guy?

389
00:42:22,693 --> 00:42:24,520
He's someone that...

390
00:42:25,128 --> 00:42:29,826
I mean, me and him,
we sometimes, you know...

391
00:42:33,826 --> 00:42:35,305
I see.

392
00:42:47,264 --> 00:42:48,873
Hi, Sammy.

393
00:42:50,396 --> 00:42:54,136
Meet Tewfiq, a good friend
of mine.

394
00:42:56,135 --> 00:42:59,397
Please meet.
This is Sammy.

395
00:43:10,617 --> 00:43:14,401
Tewfiq is a conductor.
They came here for a special concert.

396
00:43:14,531 --> 00:43:15,879
How do you do?

397
00:43:22,489 --> 00:43:23,794
How are you doing?

398
00:43:29,491 --> 00:43:30,752
Son of a bitch.

399
00:43:31,057 --> 00:43:33,274
A real son of a bitch!

400
00:43:39,058 --> 00:43:40,276
One minute.

401
00:44:11,152 --> 00:44:12,719
This is for you.

402
00:47:39,504 --> 00:47:40,896
Come, Papi.

403
00:47:42,766 --> 00:47:44,158
No...

404
00:47:44,505 --> 00:47:46,462
This ain't for me.

405
00:47:46,636 --> 00:47:48,463
Come on, don't be scared.

406
00:47:49,767 --> 00:47:51,376
I'll show you.

407
00:47:53,507 --> 00:47:54,507
No, please...

408
00:47:54,595 --> 00:47:55,508
Don't be scared.

409
00:47:55,595 --> 00:47:57,073
Stop it, get off my back!

410
00:48:15,339 --> 00:48:17,556
You don't go with girls a lot, eh?

411
00:48:18,165 --> 00:48:19,644
No.

412
00:48:22,905 --> 00:48:24,949
I hear the sea in my ears.

413
00:48:25,645 --> 00:48:28,037
Sea? In your ears?

414
00:48:28,168 --> 00:48:29,559
Yes.

415
00:48:29,689 --> 00:48:32,864
I don't know what to say,
what to do.

416
00:48:33,821 --> 00:48:37,082
I want to talk, but I hear
sea in my ears.

417
00:48:39,691 --> 00:48:41,344
Like that...

418
00:48:51,781 --> 00:48:54,565
So you and girls, you never...

419
00:48:56,522 --> 00:48:58,435
You never?

420
00:49:01,479 --> 00:49:02,436
You?

421
00:49:02,523 --> 00:49:04,175
Yes.

422
00:49:07,481 --> 00:49:09,047
What's it like?

423
00:49:11,177 --> 00:49:14,961
I can tell you, but...

424
00:49:15,091 --> 00:49:16,874
only in Arabic.

425
00:50:03,537 --> 00:50:05,103
This is the park.

426
00:50:07,799 --> 00:50:10,626
It doesn't look like a park,
but it's a park.

427
00:50:11,408 --> 00:50:12,930
You have to imagine.

428
00:50:15,061 --> 00:50:16,452
You see?

429
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:18,714
This is the grass.

430
00:50:19,975 --> 00:50:23,237
And there is where
the children play.

431
00:50:26,368 --> 00:50:27,846
And this...

432
00:50:29,064 --> 00:50:30,847
This is the sea.

433
00:50:36,935 --> 00:50:39,501
Tell me, how does it feel?

434
00:50:40,980 --> 00:50:46,112
I mean to do music, to have
the orchestra, how does it feel?

435
00:50:47,895 --> 00:50:49,416
Well...

436
00:50:50,808 --> 00:50:55,027
To have all the people waiting
for you, and all the eyes for you...

437
00:50:55,810 --> 00:50:57,201
You know...

438
00:50:58,288 --> 00:50:59,680
It's...

439
00:51:01,463 --> 00:51:02,942
It's...

440
00:51:03,289 --> 00:51:04,899
Yes...

441
00:51:06,551 --> 00:51:08,160
What?

442
00:51:34,166 --> 00:51:36,775
It looks like the most important
thing in the world.

443
00:51:36,949 --> 00:51:39,819
No, the most important thing
in the world is fishing.

444
00:51:39,993 --> 00:51:41,820
What? Fishing?

445
00:51:43,690 --> 00:51:44,907
It's so boring!

446
00:51:44,995 --> 00:51:46,081
No, it's not boring.

447
00:51:46,213 --> 00:51:49,474
To sit whole days like that,
maybe four hours

448
00:51:49,604 --> 00:51:51,648
until you catch something?

449
00:51:51,866 --> 00:51:53,475
It's not boring at all.

450
00:51:54,084 --> 00:51:58,519
It's the sound of water,
and waves,

451
00:51:58,650 --> 00:52:02,041
and distant children playing
on the beach,

452
00:52:02,694 --> 00:52:05,956
the sound of the bait falling
in the water.

453
00:52:06,304 --> 00:52:09,739
In early hours at sea you can hear
the whole world like...

454
00:52:10,913 --> 00:52:12,610
Like a symphony.

455
00:52:16,915 --> 00:52:19,784
And the fish, you cook it?

456
00:52:20,177 --> 00:52:21,742
Well, usually I don't catch.

457
00:52:24,525 --> 00:52:27,569
But sometimes I just put them back
in the water.

458
00:52:27,699 --> 00:52:28,787
Really?

459
00:52:29,961 --> 00:52:32,745
Before, when my wife was alive
I used to take them home

460
00:52:32,831 --> 00:52:34,745
and she used to cook...

461
00:52:37,137 --> 00:52:39,659
but now I just put them back.

462
00:52:43,617 --> 00:52:45,008
Your wife is dead?

463
00:52:45,877 --> 00:52:47,225
Yes.

464
00:52:49,966 --> 00:52:52,009
Was it a long time ago?

465
00:52:54,184 --> 00:52:56,358
Almost 3 years ago.

466
00:52:56,489 --> 00:53:01,403
In September, the 21 st.

467
00:53:02,751 --> 00:53:05,230
I'm sorry if I'm asking something
that hurts.

468
00:53:06,491 --> 00:53:11,362
No, it's okay. They say it's good
to talk sometimes about things...

469
00:53:17,929 --> 00:53:19,538
She was pretty?

470
00:53:20,798 --> 00:53:22,147
Yes.

471
00:53:23,625 --> 00:53:27,235
Did she like fishing?
- No. Not at all.

472
00:53:29,192 --> 00:53:30,584
How did you meet?

473
00:53:31,628 --> 00:53:36,324
In the academy, at a friend's house.
She came with her friends.

474
00:53:36,759 --> 00:53:41,195
You know, we talked,
she laughed at me with her friends,

475
00:53:41,282 --> 00:53:43,586
I thought she didn't like me,
but...

476
00:53:44,848 --> 00:53:48,892
after a few days she came
to see me play a concert.

477
00:53:53,676 --> 00:53:55,459
Did you have children?

478
00:53:57,851 --> 00:53:59,720
We had one child.

479
00:54:00,286 --> 00:54:01,721
One?!

480
00:54:02,286 --> 00:54:03,852
One son?

481
00:54:05,548 --> 00:54:09,680
What, you, a big man like you,
Arabic, you know, family...

482
00:54:09,941 --> 00:54:11,680
and only one son?

483
00:54:21,812 --> 00:54:23,639
I'm joking.

484
00:54:31,466 --> 00:54:33,598
Can we please go now?

485
00:54:35,381 --> 00:54:36,816
Okay.

486
00:55:13,519 --> 00:55:14,825
What?

487
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:17,738
The cousin is crying.

488
00:55:17,912 --> 00:55:19,130
Why is she crying?

489
00:55:19,217 --> 00:55:21,174
How would I know.

490
00:55:22,696 --> 00:55:24,914
Just sort something out.

491
00:56:46,107 --> 00:56:47,846
You need a drink.

492
00:57:46,642 --> 00:57:48,816
You drink also.

493
00:58:06,515 --> 00:58:08,212
Now what?

494
00:59:28,491 --> 00:59:30,621
We are going to sleep now.

495
00:59:32,752 --> 00:59:35,144
I am sorry if we caused trouble.

496
00:59:36,449 --> 00:59:39,537
No, no. It's not you.

497
00:59:40,276 --> 00:59:43,146
All the time it's like this now.
We fight, she go...

498
01:00:00,324 --> 01:00:01,716
Stupid, isn't it?

499
01:00:59,511 --> 01:01:01,077
You know...

500
01:01:03,381 --> 01:01:06,382
maybe this is how your
concerto ends.

501
01:01:06,730 --> 01:01:09,992
I mean... not a big end

502
01:01:10,078 --> 01:01:13,514
with trumpets and violins,

503
01:01:14,297 --> 01:01:16,385
maybe this is the finish.

504
01:01:17,602 --> 01:01:19,690
Just like that, suddenly.

505
01:01:20,343 --> 01:01:22,647
Not sad, not happy.

506
01:01:24,125 --> 01:01:25,822
Just...

507
01:01:29,039 --> 01:01:30,736
a small room,

508
01:01:32,910 --> 01:01:34,388
a lamp,

509
01:01:35,215 --> 01:01:36,694
a bed,

510
01:01:38,259 --> 01:01:40,216
child sleeps,

511
01:01:41,868 --> 01:01:43,435
and...

512
01:01:52,349 --> 01:01:54,567
tons of loneliness.

513
01:03:39,982 --> 01:03:41,330
Yes?

514
01:03:41,679 --> 01:03:43,809
This is me, Kamal.

515
01:03:43,940 --> 01:03:46,070
Are you sending a car?

516
01:03:46,158 --> 01:03:47,680
Very good.

517
01:03:47,984 --> 01:03:49,941
I am at the phone.

518
01:03:50,115 --> 01:03:51,768
Very good.

519
01:03:51,985 --> 01:03:54,682
Waiting for instructions.

520
01:03:55,377 --> 01:03:58,290
Goodbye, sir. Goodbye.

521
01:04:22,514 --> 01:04:24,557
Do you like Arab movies, Tewfiq?

522
01:04:25,949 --> 01:04:28,037
Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama...

523
01:04:28,558 --> 01:04:31,472
When I was young we used
to have here, on television,

524
01:04:31,559 --> 01:04:33,472
Arab movies, Egyptian movies.

525
01:04:33,604 --> 01:04:35,299
Every Friday at noon,

526
01:04:35,778 --> 01:04:40,083
all the streets in Israel were empty
because of the Arab movie,

527
01:04:40,301 --> 01:04:43,649
and me, my mother, my sister,
we sit and we see Egyptian movie

528
01:04:43,736 --> 01:04:46,171
and we cry our eyes out.

529
01:04:49,955 --> 01:04:52,390
We were all in love with
Omar Sharif.

530
01:04:52,651 --> 01:04:55,304
We were all in love with love.

531
01:04:57,696 --> 01:05:00,566
And I think that now, this night,

532
01:05:00,913 --> 01:05:03,479
we could live this again,
you know...

533
01:05:03,653 --> 01:05:06,915
big love in big Arabic words...

534
01:05:17,222 --> 01:05:20,788
But I fuck it all up
like everything else.

535
01:05:22,527 --> 01:05:24,702
My life is an Arab movie.

536
01:05:36,531 --> 01:05:39,009
My wife you have
asked about before,

537
01:05:39,314 --> 01:05:41,271
she died because of me.

538
01:05:41,792 --> 01:05:43,402
We had a son,

539
01:05:43,575 --> 01:05:46,097
a bright and beautiful son,

540
01:05:47,011 --> 01:05:49,272
he made some mistakes.

541
01:05:49,968 --> 01:05:52,143
I was hard with him,

542
01:05:53,361 --> 01:05:55,274
I didn't understand.

543
01:05:56,883 --> 01:06:01,884
He was gentle, fragile, like her.

544
01:06:03,841 --> 01:06:05,885
I didn't understand him.

545
01:06:07,973 --> 01:06:11,147
He took his life.

546
01:06:13,496 --> 01:06:15,235
It broke her heart.

547
01:06:28,542 --> 01:06:30,586
Do you have children?

548
01:06:31,630 --> 01:06:32,891
No.

549
01:06:35,805 --> 01:06:38,980
When I could have, I was too
occupied with nonsense.

550
01:06:39,284 --> 01:06:41,676
When I wanted, I couldn't.

551
01:06:43,720 --> 01:06:46,720
Too bad. You are a good woman.

552
01:06:50,591 --> 01:06:52,156
You think so?

553
01:06:54,417 --> 01:06:55,853
I'm sure.

554
01:07:50,169 --> 01:07:51,517
Dina,

555
01:07:53,170 --> 01:07:55,214
do you like Chet Baker?

556
01:07:55,866 --> 01:07:57,214
Who?

557
01:07:57,563 --> 01:07:59,258
Chet Baker.

558
01:08:16,262 --> 01:08:18,958
No. I don't know.

559
01:08:25,178 --> 01:08:27,091
I like Chet Baker.

560
01:08:33,788 --> 01:08:36,050
I have all his recordings.

561
01:08:36,615 --> 01:08:39,876
From the beginning, with the
Harry Babsin Octet.

562
01:08:40,050 --> 01:08:42,398
To the last concert in '88.

563
01:10:14,637 --> 01:10:16,637
A bit weak on the lower key,

564
01:10:18,073 --> 01:10:19,812
but not too bad.

565
01:10:24,291 --> 01:10:25,552
I know.

566
01:10:26,248 --> 01:10:27,813
Wine?

567
01:10:43,557 --> 01:10:45,296
I got some left in the fridge.

568
01:10:45,861 --> 01:10:47,035
Thank you.

569
01:10:47,644 --> 01:10:51,080
But I shall go to sleep now.
It's too late.

570
01:10:52,081 --> 01:10:54,255
You're sure? You don't want some?

571
01:10:55,907 --> 01:10:58,604
Not tonight... Not for me.

572
01:10:59,473 --> 01:11:01,517
We have a long day tomorrow.

573
01:11:04,778 --> 01:11:06,126
Okay.

574
01:11:15,607 --> 01:11:17,651
You too, don't stay up too late.

575
01:11:18,086 --> 01:11:20,782
We shouldn't impose anymore.

576
01:11:23,522 --> 01:11:25,392
Go on, son.

577
01:11:26,261 --> 01:11:28,479
We have a long day tomorrow.

578
01:12:33,321 --> 01:12:34,842
<i>Hello?</i>

579
01:12:34,930 --> 01:12:36,017
Hi, Amalia.

580
01:12:36,147 --> 01:12:39,496
<i>How are you, sweetie?</i>

581
01:12:39,583 --> 01:12:41,278
I'm fine, how are you?

582
01:12:41,801 --> 01:12:43,844
Is your mother better?

583
01:12:44,758 --> 01:12:46,454
I miss you!

584
01:12:47,367 --> 01:12:51,020
No, I put on a sweatshirt.
The white one you got me.

585
01:12:51,934 --> 01:12:53,412
It keeps me warm.

586
01:12:53,499 --> 01:12:54,630
Love you...

587
01:15:49,104 --> 01:15:51,408
Did you have a quiet night?

588
01:15:53,018 --> 01:15:55,236
I guess. Sort of...

589
01:16:25,851 --> 01:16:28,330
I would like to thank you
for your hospitality.

590
01:16:28,896 --> 01:16:31,374
We shall be ever grateful
for your help.

591
01:16:33,461 --> 01:16:35,028
My pleasure.

592
01:17:06,600 --> 01:17:09,644
This is the place: Petah Tikva.

593
01:17:23,082 --> 01:17:24,734
Goodbye.

594
01:17:25,604 --> 01:17:27,387
Goodbye, Madame.

595
01:21:19,266 --> 01:21:26,180
Sasson Gabai

596
01:21:28,181 --> 01:21:35,182
Ronit Elkabetz

597
01:21:38,444 --> 01:21:45,010
Saleh Bakri

598
01:21:47,359 --> 01:21:54,187
Khalifa Natour

599
01:22:01,493 --> 01:22:06,712
<i>To my Grandmother, Shoshana,
may she rest in peace</i>

600
01:22:07,798 --> 01:22:12,235
Written and directed by
Eran Kolirin