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POLICE STATION

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Did you tell your agency
this might take a while?

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No, it's all right.

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We could call from there.

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This could run into the evening,

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and things might get tricky.

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It's a strange story.
- What happened?

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It seems

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someone's been passing himself off
as Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

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You know the name?

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- A businessman?
- Not at all.

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- Left here?
- Yes.

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He's not a businessman.
He's a filmmaker.

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You don't know him?
- No.

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His latest film is The Cyclist.

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I don't have time for movies.
I'm too busy with life!

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The thing is,
his face isn't well-known,

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and this guy told a family
he was Makhmalbaf.

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Seems he's up to something.

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He chose some of the family
to be actors

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and told them
their house was ideal

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as the location for his next film.

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But no one really knows
what he's up to.

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It's all very complicated.

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So I'm checking out
the story for my column.

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We're going to arrest him.

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- You're a journalist?
- Yeah, for Sorush magazine.

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I took you for a cop.

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That's funny.

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I heard about this case

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and thought it would make
a good story.

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I'm going to see it through
to the end.

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A story like this
doesn't come along often.

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You might get two or three
your whole career.

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It's a hot news item.

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Sensational news -
the kind that boosts sales.

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It's what I call
an "Oriana story."

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You've heard of Oriana Fallaci?
- No.

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- You haven't?
- No.

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Peter Bogdanovich? John Edisson?
Some of the best.

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They've never been my passengers.

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That's funny.

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Anyway,
they're famous journalists.

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Their work is known worldwide.

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Especially Fallaci.
She's always on the trail of hot stories.

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She has a gift for finding stories
no one else does.

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That's why she has
an international reputation.

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And I'm sure
this is an "Oriana" story.

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I'm going to figure out
if he's up to something fishy,

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like stealing from the family.

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If so, they should arrest him.

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That's why I'll need you till tonight.

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- No problem.
- You sure?

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Call your agency,

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so if there's any trouble,
we'll be in this together.

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It's okay. I'm not full-time
with them anyway.

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I'm a retired fighter pilot.

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I'm part of the ground forces now.

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That could make a good story too:

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air forces on the ground,
ground forces in the air.

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Funny.

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- Left here?
- Yes.

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- To Lavizan?
- Yes, then Hosseinabad Avenue.

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Lavizan's a nice area.
Good excuse to come back.

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I haven't been here since the revolution,
since that incident

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at the Lavizan garrison.

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When the soldiers opened fire.

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I haven't been back since.
- To the right?

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We're looking for Javanshir Avenue.

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Keep going.
I'll ask someone about Golzar Street.

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Hold on. I'll ask this boy.

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Son, come here a moment.

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Where's Javanshir Avenue?
You don't know?

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He doesn't know. Keep going.
- Ask an adult.

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Let me ask this man.

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Excuse me, sir.
Where's Golzar Street?

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- I don't know.
- Thanks anyway.

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- Want a turkey?
- No.

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We're off to see
a turkey of our own.

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How did you hear about this?

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A composer friend called me

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and said that strange things
were going on at this house.

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I was intrigued.
It's an odd place to choose.

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Ma'am, where's Golzar Street?

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Go straight,
then left at the market.

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Straight and then left?

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Thanks a lot. Keep going.

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So luck has knocked
at my door -

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for the first and maybe last time.

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You can't imagine
how anxious I am

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to see this story in print.

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It'll cause a sensation.

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Everyone in TV and film

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will be talking about it.

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Let's see.

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First Avenue off Golzar Street.

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First Avenue. Here it is.

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That way.

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Is this it?
Yes, here's First Avenue.

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Down here?

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But it's a dead end.

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How strange that my best story

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should take place on a dead end.

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Just my luck.

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12... 14... 16... here it is.

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What a strange place
on a dead-end street.

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Wait for me here.
- Okay.

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Wait for me here.
- Okay.

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- Yes?
- It's Mr. Farazmand.

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Don't get out.
He might see you from the window.

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Stay in the car till I call you.

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Listen, tell the plaintiff to bring out
his complaint and ID papers.

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- Complaint and ID papers?
- Yes. Thanks.

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Don't the police
have their own vehicles?

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Yes, they do.

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That poor guy's
gonna run up quite a tab.

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Smoke?
- No, thanks.

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- Where are you from?
- Isfahan.

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And you're doing
your service up here?

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Funny. I'm from Tehran,
and I did my service in Isfahan,

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and you're doing the opposite.

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- That's fate.
- Isfahan�s a nice place.

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You from Isfahan too?
- No. Borujerd.

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Borujerd? Interesting.

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I'm actually
from a village near Naeem.

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- Near Yazd, right?
- Yes. My village is Jandagh.

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- How long you have left?
- I've done one year.

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So how long do you have left?

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Two years, since I'm single.

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If I was married, 18 months.

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I'm being reassigned
in a few weeks.

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- Where?
- Kurdistan.

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- Near Baneh?
- Yes.

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It'll pass quickly. Then you can
go home and get married.

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I hope. As long as God
grants you good health...

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- Are you married?
- Yes.

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- Any children?
- One boy.

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God bless him.

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- Mr. Abolfazl Ahankhah?
- Yes.

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- Is he armed?
- I don't think so.

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Hang on.
I forgot my briefcase.

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Young man,
if you tell me the truth,

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I can help you.

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To you I'm just a thief

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and a con man.

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What about the tape recorder?

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There's no one home.

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I really need one.
It's pointless if it's not taped.

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I'll see you
at the police station.

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- What about the fare?
- How much is it?

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350 tomans.

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Mr. Ahankhah,
give me 200 tomans.

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Sorry about this.

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Here.
I'll join you at the station.

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I have to find a tape recorder.

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We don't even know them.

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- Yes?
- Sorry, wrong address.

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They're away.

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Yes?

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Excuse me.
My name's Farazmand.

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I'm a journalist and friend
of your neighbor, Mr. Ahankhah.

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I need a portable tape recorder.

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We don't have one.

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Thanks anyway.

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Yes?

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My name's Farazmand,
with Sorush magazine.

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I'm a friend of your neighbor,
Mr. Ahankhah...

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and I need a tape recorder.

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We don't have one.

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- You don't?
- No.

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My name's Farazmand,
with Sorush magazine.

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- Mr. Farazmand!
- Yes?

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You got one?

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I'll give it back this afternoon.

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CLOSE-UP

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Screenplay by ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
Based on a True Story

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Appearing as Themselves:

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HOSSEIN SABZIAN
HASSAN FARAZMAND

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ABOLFAZL AHANKHAH
MEHRDAD AHANKHAH

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NIR MOHSENI ZANOOZI
AHMADREZA MOHSENI

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MOHSEN MAKHMALBAF

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Cinematography by
ALI REZA ZARRINDAST

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Produced by
ALI REZA ZARRIN

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Edited and Directed by
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

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BOGUS MAKHMALBAF
ARRESTED

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BOGUS MAKHMALBAF
ARRESTED

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- Excuse me, who's in charge here?
- Captain Bashiri.

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- May I speak to him?
- I'll call him.

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Captain, someone to see you.

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Hello, Captain.

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I read in Sorush magazine
that your men

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arrested a certain Hossein -

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Sabzian. Yes, we did.

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My men are reading the article now.
Would you like to see it?

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Barati, bring me that magazine.

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Actually, I've read the article,

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but could you perhaps
give me more details?

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I don't exactly remember.
It's been a few weeks now.

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As you can see,
we're very busy here.

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Could you give me the address

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of the house where it happened?

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I'll have to check the records.
Barati, get me that file.

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So it's been two weeks?
How come the story just came out?

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It was published a week later.

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- He was held here, right?
- Yes, a few days.

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What kind of man is he?

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He claimed to be quite religious.

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You were there at his arrest, right?

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- Yes, sir.
- You were there?

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Did he resist arrest?
- Not at all.

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He saw he was outnumbered
and he surrendered.

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- Pardon me?
- He surrendered.

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What kind of man is he?

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He didn't look like the type
to do such things.

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Meaning?

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People out to con others
have a certain look.

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- He didn't have that look?
- Not at all.

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If possible,
I'd like Mr. Ahankhah's address.

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You probably know the story.

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The Ahankhah residence is -

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Let my colleague write it down.

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No. 16 First Avenue,
off Golzar Street in Lavizan.

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No. 16 First Avenue,
off Golzar Street in Lavizan.

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Mr. Kiarostami, everyone who's
become involved in our case so far

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has tried to use the situation
to his own advantage.

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Mr. Farazmand wrote that the truth
would not have come out

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if it hadn't been for him,
but that's not true.

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I knew from the start
exactly what was going on

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and always had the situation
under control.

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I led Mr. Sabzian along

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as a lesson to my children.

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Now you're bringing up
the matter again,

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and I don't know your intentions.

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The article doesn't give all the facts.

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What does it leave out?

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He portrayed us as simple people,
but we're not.

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What do you mean?

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Yes, I'm interested in film,

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but that doesn't mean
I'd do what the article says.

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I was glad my mother met
Mr. Makhmalbaf. That's a fact.

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And I thought
perhaps their meeting

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might provide an opportunity.

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I have a degree
in civil engineering,

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but I haven't yet found
a job in my field.

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And I thought that my brother,

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a mechanical engineer
who's selling bread -

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Mehrdad.

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I prefer artistic work
to selling bread.

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That was my main reason.

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Manuchehr doesn't sell bread.

251
00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:44,451
He manages a large bakery.

252
00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:47,913
But Mother, come on -

253
00:20:48,039 --> 00:20:51,666
Would you mind speaking Persian
so we can understand?

254
00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,960
Let's not lie to ourselves.

255
00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:57,547
My brother didn't study
all those years to sell bread.

256
00:20:57,882 --> 00:21:00,258
When did you graduate?

257
00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:02,135
Six months ago.

258
00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:06,932
That's not long.
I'm sure you'll find work soon.

259
00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:12,437
Amir, Hossein, and Hushang
graduated over a year ago.

260
00:21:12,563 --> 00:21:16,816
Have they found work?
Amir had work for six months.

261
00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:21,529
Factories lack raw materials.
How can they hire anyone?

262
00:21:21,656 --> 00:21:25,492
Anyway, I'm here
to talk about Mr. Sabzian.

263
00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:27,911
Can you tell me anything
about him?

264
00:21:28,037 --> 00:21:30,872
Where is he now?
- In prison.

265
00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:33,041
- Where?
- Ghasr.

266
00:21:33,042 --> 00:21:33,166
- Where?
- Ghasr.

267
00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:46,763
- Mr. Sabzian?
- Yes.

268
00:21:47,723 --> 00:21:50,767
- Detained for?
- Attempted fraud.

269
00:21:50,893 --> 00:21:52,602
Attempted fraud.

270
00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:54,813
You have a visitor.

271
00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:56,606
Hello.

272
00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:04,656
- How are you?
- Fine, thanks.

273
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:07,283
- You know who I am?
- Sure.

274
00:22:07,410 --> 00:22:12,372
I read an article about you
and decided to come see you.

275
00:22:12,498 --> 00:22:14,040
I see.

276
00:22:15,793 --> 00:22:18,670
In what newspaper?
- It was a magazine.

277
00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:23,008
I read that
you're interested in film,

278
00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:28,179
so since I'm a filmmaker,
I wanted to talk to you.

279
00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:31,599
- And you are?
- Kiarostami.

280
00:22:31,726 --> 00:22:33,518
Ah, right.

281
00:22:33,644 --> 00:22:36,021
I'm surprised.

282
00:22:38,733 --> 00:22:42,861
I've seen your films.
- You have?

283
00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:45,989
Is there anything
I can do for you?

284
00:22:47,950 --> 00:22:51,995
You could make a film
about my suffering.

285
00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:55,415
I can't promise anything,

286
00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:57,792
but let's talk and see.

287
00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:05,050
What did they write?
That I'm a con man?

288
00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:10,764
I don't know exactly.
Did you confess to attempted fraud?

289
00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:17,103
Yes, I did confess.

290
00:23:17,438 --> 00:23:19,898
But I'm not a con man.
- You're not?

291
00:23:22,985 --> 00:23:25,987
Then why did you confess
to fraud?

292
00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:34,412
Because what I did
looks like fraud from the outside.

293
00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:36,748
And what is it really?

294
00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:41,211
I'm interested in art and film.

295
00:23:47,009 --> 00:23:48,760
All right.

296
00:23:49,553 --> 00:23:52,138
How long have you been in prison?

297
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,267
I'm not sure.

298
00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:02,565
About three weeks.

299
00:24:02,691 --> 00:24:04,818
And when's your trial?

300
00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:06,653
I don't know.

301
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:10,448
The courts don't like cases like mine.

302
00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:14,577
They don't like them.

303
00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,747
All right. In any case...

304
00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:21,459
I'll try to get
your trial moved forward.

305
00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:23,461
I'd appreciate it.

306
00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:27,382
That's all for now.
I'm all done, Captain.

307
00:24:28,259 --> 00:24:33,012
If you could give a message
to Mr. Makhmalbaf...

308
00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:34,430
What is it?

309
00:24:34,557 --> 00:24:37,684
Tell him The Cyclist is a part of me.

310
00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:41,104
I'll tell him.

311
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,898
You can go now if you like.

312
00:24:44,024 --> 00:24:45,608
Excuse me.

313
00:24:46,610 --> 00:24:48,528
Good-bye.

314
00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:52,657
Good-bye.
Let me know if you need anything.

315
00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,784
Thanks.

316
00:24:54,910 --> 00:24:56,995
- What block are you in?
- Block 5.

317
00:24:57,163 --> 00:24:59,581
- There's nothing you need?
- No.

318
00:25:03,210 --> 00:25:04,961
Excuse me, sir.

319
00:25:05,087 --> 00:25:09,174
We were here Tuesday
regarding the Sabzian case.

320
00:25:09,884 --> 00:25:11,509
I don't remember.

321
00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:17,015
The man who pretended
to be Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

322
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,684
We have stacks of files here.

323
00:25:19,894 --> 00:25:25,231
I can't remember
all the names involved.

324
00:25:25,816 --> 00:25:28,484
Could you be more specific?

325
00:25:28,611 --> 00:25:31,696
Yes, I was here on Tuesday.

326
00:25:31,822 --> 00:25:37,368
You said you'd speak to the judge
and give us his answer.

327
00:25:38,078 --> 00:25:40,830
We'd like to film the trial.

328
00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:42,874
Ah, right.

329
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,501
Now I remember.

330
00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:49,672
I passed that file
on to the judge.

331
00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:53,009
He's studying it now.

332
00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,223
Hello.

333
00:25:59,099 --> 00:26:03,728
Excuse me, sir.
Were you given the Sabzian file?

334
00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:08,399
- The one you want to film?
- Yes.

335
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:09,776
Yes.

336
00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:15,073
We'd like your authorization
to film the trial.

337
00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:19,619
And we'd like
the trial date brought forward.

338
00:26:19,787 --> 00:26:24,958
It's set for January 19,
but we'd like it to be earlier.

339
00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:28,795
Yes, it's set for January 19,

340
00:26:29,755 --> 00:26:32,924
so we'll hear it on the 19th.

341
00:26:33,050 --> 00:26:35,385
Why do you insist on moving it?

342
00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:38,179
It's for our shooting schedule.

343
00:26:38,305 --> 00:26:43,268
We also need a permit

344
00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:46,771
to film in the courtroom,
if possible.

345
00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:49,524
I took a look at this case,

346
00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:54,612
and I don't see
anything worth filming.

347
00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:57,490
- You reviewed the file?
- Yes.

348
00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:01,160
We're still
at the preparation stage,

349
00:27:01,287 --> 00:27:05,957
but we're interested
due to its connection with cinema.

350
00:27:06,083 --> 00:27:08,626
You have more interesting cases?

351
00:27:08,752 --> 00:27:12,588
Yes, involving
more serious charges.

352
00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:16,634
This is a case of petty fraud.

353
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:24,684
It seems he received
1,900 tomans from Mr. Ahankhah,

354
00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:27,312
apparently to take a taxi.

355
00:27:27,438 --> 00:27:31,983
He also passed himself off
as Mr. Makhmalbaf.

356
00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:35,778
Will you allow us
to film in the courtroom?

357
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:40,366
Only if the higher authorities
allow it.

358
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:44,329
- And that would be?
- The Department of Justice.

359
00:27:44,455 --> 00:27:46,873
If they don't object, I don't.

360
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:49,876
You don't object?
Thank you very much.

361
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:52,337
It's all right with me.

362
00:27:55,591 --> 00:27:59,260
Scene 1, Shot 1,
Law Courts, Nov. 9.

363
00:28:32,419 --> 00:28:35,171
- Mr. Sabzian, do you remember me?
- Yes.

364
00:28:35,297 --> 00:28:37,423
Where did we meet?

365
00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:39,675
You came to prison.

366
00:28:39,802 --> 00:28:45,473
We'd like to film this trial.
Is that all right with you?

367
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:46,849
Yes...

368
00:28:47,643 --> 00:28:51,562
because you're my audience.

369
00:28:51,688 --> 00:28:53,439
- Who is?
- You are.

370
00:28:54,024 --> 00:28:55,775
Why's that?

371
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:58,111
- Because of my interest.
- What interest?

372
00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:00,988
In art.

373
00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:02,865
Film.

374
00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:05,535
We have two cameras.

375
00:29:05,661 --> 00:29:09,497
This one has a close-up lens.
You know what that is, right?

376
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,001
Actually, I don't know.

377
00:29:14,128 --> 00:29:16,754
It has a very tight focus.

378
00:29:16,922 --> 00:29:20,174
The other has a wide-angle lens.

379
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:26,347
That one will film the courtroom.
This one will stay on you.

380
00:29:26,682 --> 00:29:29,142
When I saw you in prison,

381
00:29:29,309 --> 00:29:33,771
you told me
that you would plead guilty.

382
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:38,317
But some things are
more complex than they seem

383
00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:41,404
and not easy
for all to understand.

384
00:29:41,947 --> 00:29:46,993
This camera is here
so you can explain things

385
00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:54,125
that people might find hard
to understand or accept.

386
00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:57,253
The judge will begin
by reading the charges.

387
00:29:57,379 --> 00:29:59,380
If there's anything
needing special attention

388
00:29:59,506 --> 00:30:01,799
or that you find questionable,

389
00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:07,472
explain it to this camera.

390
00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:08,764
Okay.

391
00:30:08,932 --> 00:30:10,892
- Shall we begin?
- Yes.

392
00:30:11,101 --> 00:30:13,311
In the name of Allah...

393
00:30:15,397 --> 00:30:19,817
The accused is
Mr. Hossein Sabzian.

394
00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:25,865
Who are the plaintiffs?

395
00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:32,455
Mr. Ahankhah, Mrs. Mohseni,
and Mehrdad Ahankhah.

396
00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:35,583
- Three plaintiffs in all?
- Yes.

397
00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:42,089
Before we proceed,
I invite the parties

398
00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:46,177
to settle
their differences amicably.

399
00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:51,766
Should plaintiffs wish
to withdraw their complaint now,

400
00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:55,478
they may do so.

401
00:30:55,604 --> 00:30:59,774
Otherwise we shall begin the trial.

402
00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:06,697
I do not withdraw
my complaint for myself...

403
00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:10,368
nor for my family,

404
00:31:10,911 --> 00:31:17,708
and I'd like my son Mehrdad
to speak on our behalf.

405
00:31:18,335 --> 00:31:23,714
Very well. Let us begin.

406
00:31:23,966 --> 00:31:31,264
The court asks Mr. Ahankhah
to state his complaint.

407
00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:35,851
Mr. Hossein Sabzian
approached our family,

408
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:39,063
passing himself off
as Mr. Makhmalbaf.

409
00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:45,111
He clearly intended

410
00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:51,742
at best to commit fraud,

411
00:31:51,868 --> 00:31:55,246
and at worst, burglary.

412
00:31:57,291 --> 00:32:00,376
But thanks
to my father's vigilance,

413
00:32:00,502 --> 00:32:06,882
his plans were thwarted,
and he was arrested.

414
00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:29,113
THE CYCLIST

415
00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:41,542
Excuse me,
where did you get that book?

416
00:32:43,378 --> 00:32:46,130
Where did you buy that book?

417
00:32:46,715 --> 00:32:48,257
In a bookstore.

418
00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:52,928
- Could you give me the address?
- You can have it.

419
00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:57,308
You're very kind, but I'd -

420
00:32:57,434 --> 00:32:59,810
Please take it. I wrote it.

421
00:32:59,936 --> 00:33:01,937
You wrote it?

422
00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:04,690
Really?
- Yes.

423
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:08,277
- You're Mr. Makhmalbaf?
- Yes.

424
00:33:08,403 --> 00:33:10,404
Pleased to meet you.

425
00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:20,665
That's very kind of you.

426
00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:24,251
If you'd like, I'll autograph it.

427
00:33:39,434 --> 00:33:41,310
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

428
00:33:55,826 --> 00:33:57,743
Mr. Makhmalbaf,

429
00:33:57,869 --> 00:34:02,206
why do you use public transport?

430
00:34:02,332 --> 00:34:04,208
What do you mean?

431
00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:08,337
Famous directors
usually use their own cars.

432
00:34:08,797 --> 00:34:11,549
They don't take the bus.

433
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:19,223
I often take the bus

434
00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:23,436
to look for interesting
ideas for films.

435
00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:25,563
Did you see my film?

436
00:34:25,731 --> 00:34:29,859
Yes, with my children.
It was very good.

437
00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:32,153
- Just once?
- Yes.

438
00:34:32,738 --> 00:34:37,408
It's a film you have to see
a few times.

439
00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:41,746
I don't have the time,
but my children go.

440
00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:44,749
My two boys are interested in film.

441
00:34:44,875 --> 00:34:47,418
They're both engineers.
- Which one's more interested?

442
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:51,380
The younger one
was more enthusiastic.

443
00:34:51,506 --> 00:34:54,675
- He saw it too?
- Yes, we saw it together.

444
00:34:54,801 --> 00:34:59,138
- What did he think of it?
- He liked it.

445
00:35:00,307 --> 00:35:04,977
- Anything that bothered him?
- Not really.

446
00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:14,612
- What does he do?
- The older one's a mechanical engineer.

447
00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:18,532
The younger one's a civil engineer.

448
00:35:19,075 --> 00:35:22,411
The older one
couldn't find work in his field.

449
00:35:22,537 --> 00:35:26,040
He's working
in a bakery in Mazandaran.

450
00:35:26,166 --> 00:35:30,836
The younger one graduated

451
00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:33,964
but hasn't found a job yet.

452
00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:39,220
He helps out at a computing firm,
though he studied civil engineering.

453
00:35:39,930 --> 00:35:44,475
My daughter here just took
her university entrance exams.

454
00:35:46,436 --> 00:35:49,438
That's your daughter?

455
00:35:50,315 --> 00:35:53,275
She just graduated.
She goes to the movies too.

456
00:35:53,527 --> 00:35:56,862
What's your son interested in?

457
00:35:56,988 --> 00:36:02,576
He's very interested
in art and literature.

458
00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:05,079
Has he written any screenplays?

459
00:36:05,205 --> 00:36:07,122
Just for himself.

460
00:36:07,249 --> 00:36:09,124
So he's interested in film?

461
00:36:09,251 --> 00:36:11,335
Yes, very.

462
00:36:11,503 --> 00:36:13,003
And design?

463
00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:17,758
Yes, it's part of his field.
He does a lot on the computer.

464
00:36:17,884 --> 00:36:22,263
So he's interested in art?

465
00:36:22,389 --> 00:36:23,889
Very much so.

466
00:36:26,142 --> 00:36:29,228
My boys will be thrilled

467
00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:31,397
to hear I met you.

468
00:36:31,523 --> 00:36:34,191
They can contact me if they'd like.

469
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:36,193
What's your address?

470
00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:39,280
My address and phone
are on the back.

471
00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:42,283
Right there.

472
00:36:42,409 --> 00:36:44,827
Thank you. I'll tell them.

473
00:36:44,953 --> 00:36:49,707
If you have a phone,
I could call and answer any questions.

474
00:36:50,709 --> 00:36:52,334
Here's some paper.

475
00:36:54,337 --> 00:36:56,130
I have a pen.

476
00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,806
- Here's your pen.
- Thanks.

477
00:37:06,892 --> 00:37:09,393
You didn't write your last name.

478
00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:11,353
Ahankhah.

479
00:37:16,151 --> 00:37:19,069
Driver, I'll get off here.

480
00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:21,780
Getting off?

481
00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:23,866
Yes. Excuse me.

482
00:37:24,034 --> 00:37:26,869
- I hope we meet again.
- Yes, I hope so.

483
00:37:28,872 --> 00:37:32,082
- Thank you.
- Thank you for the book.

484
00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:32,249
- Thank you.
- Thank you for the book.

485
00:37:33,168 --> 00:37:36,879
What do you mean by fraud?

486
00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:40,841
What exactly did he do?

487
00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:46,931
He passed himself off
as Mr. Makhmalbaf, the filmmaker,

488
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:50,225
to get close to our family.

489
00:37:50,352 --> 00:37:54,229
He inspected
every room in our house,

490
00:37:54,356 --> 00:37:56,899
as if planning to film there,

491
00:37:57,025 --> 00:38:03,447
so as to gather information
to carry out a burglary.

492
00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:11,038
Mr. Hossein Sabzian,

493
00:38:11,164 --> 00:38:14,500
you stand accused of fraud

494
00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:17,962
and attempted fraud.

495
00:38:18,088 --> 00:38:22,800
You are to defend yourself
on these two counts.

496
00:38:23,051 --> 00:38:28,055
How do you respond
to these charges?

497
00:38:29,057 --> 00:38:34,144
If guilty, explain how
you intended to commit fraud.

498
00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:36,605
As for burglary -

499
00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:39,274
You're not on trial for burglary,

500
00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:43,153
only fraud
and attempted fraud.

501
00:38:44,030 --> 00:38:48,325
As far as the attempted fraud
you mention...

502
00:38:49,202 --> 00:38:51,453
that was not my intention.

503
00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:56,291
Legally it might be
an acceptable charge,

504
00:38:56,418 --> 00:38:58,502
but morally it is not.

505
00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:01,880
I have a great interest in the arts.

506
00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:05,134
I saw lots of movies as a child.

507
00:39:05,427 --> 00:39:07,261
Later on...

508
00:39:08,555 --> 00:39:12,349
I'd play with my friends
and pretend I was a director.

509
00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:15,060
Our games
were mostly about the arts.

510
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:19,732
But I didn't have the means
to pursue those things,

511
00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:24,903
and I developed
a kind of complex about it.

512
00:39:25,739 --> 00:39:30,200
For there to be fraud

513
00:39:30,326 --> 00:39:36,040
there has to be
some element of deception,

514
00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:40,169
like using a car or carrying
a briefcase to look the part.

515
00:39:40,295 --> 00:39:44,965
I never did that.
That was not my intention.

516
00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:49,636
What was your motive for passing
yourself off as Mr. Makhmalbaf?

517
00:39:49,763 --> 00:39:52,639
- He's someone I -
- What was your motive?

518
00:39:52,849 --> 00:39:56,518
I admire him
for the films he's given society...

519
00:39:58,021 --> 00:40:01,482
and the suffering
he portrays in his films.

520
00:40:02,025 --> 00:40:06,945
He spoke for me
and depicted my suffering,

521
00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:09,406
especially in
Marriage of the Blessed,

522
00:40:09,574 --> 00:40:13,202
just as Mr. Kiarostami does,
especially in The Traveler.

523
00:40:13,328 --> 00:40:17,748
You could say I'm exactly
like that traveler.

524
00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:19,917
I really liked that film.

525
00:40:20,043 --> 00:40:23,087
Due to his passion for soccer,

526
00:40:23,213 --> 00:40:26,882
that boy takes pictures
with a camera that has no film

527
00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:30,427
to raise money
to go to a soccer match.

528
00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:34,640
But he oversleeps and misses
the game, as I feel I have done.

529
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:37,601
I know I'm guilty
in the eyes of the court,

530
00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:41,271
but my love of art
should be taken into account.

531
00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:44,024
You haven't answered the question.

532
00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:48,320
Why did you pass yourself off
as Mr. Makhmalbaf

533
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:52,866
to the Ahankhah family?

534
00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:55,828
Isn't that fraud?

535
00:40:56,955 --> 00:41:01,375
I wish I was in his place.
I mean, I wish I was like him.

536
00:41:01,501 --> 00:41:05,087
One of the plaintiffs claims

537
00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:08,507
that the accused received
1, 900 tomans from him.

538
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:11,468
What was the money for?

539
00:41:11,594 --> 00:41:16,265
When he left our house
after his first visit,

540
00:41:16,391 --> 00:41:18,809
my motorcycle was parked nearby.

541
00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:24,064
He saw it
and asked if it was mine.

542
00:41:24,190 --> 00:41:26,483
I said it was.

543
00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:30,154
He asked me to give him a lift.

544
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:35,242
I said okay.

545
00:41:35,368 --> 00:41:37,369
As I was getting the bike,

546
00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:41,748
he turned
and jokingly said to my father

547
00:41:41,875 --> 00:41:46,253
that if we got in an accident,

548
00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:50,591
30 or 40 of his fans
and crew members

549
00:41:50,717 --> 00:41:53,969
would ransack our house,
and we all laughed.

550
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:57,347
As we rode along,

551
00:41:57,515 --> 00:42:04,021
he spoke about filmmaking
as if he were Makhmalbaf.

552
00:42:04,147 --> 00:42:09,151
He asked if I had any questions,
and I asked a few,

553
00:42:09,277 --> 00:42:13,864
which he answered very cleverly,

554
00:42:13,990 --> 00:42:17,451
meaning that
when he couldn't answer,

555
00:42:17,577 --> 00:42:20,704
he'd say something vague.

556
00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:25,125
I just figured
that as a filmmaker,

557
00:42:25,251 --> 00:42:27,878
there are aspects of his work

558
00:42:28,046 --> 00:42:30,547
that he doesn't like to talk about.

559
00:42:30,673 --> 00:42:32,382
Then he told me

560
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:36,428
he'd just gotten
an interesting idea for a film

561
00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:39,640
about two people
on a motorcycle.

562
00:42:39,766 --> 00:42:42,517
One loses his wallet

563
00:42:42,644 --> 00:42:45,312
and has no other money on him.

564
00:42:45,438 --> 00:42:48,482
Then he said that
that had happened to him.

565
00:42:48,608 --> 00:42:53,946
When he got off later,
he said he had no money.

566
00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:58,075
I thought in that case he'd need

567
00:42:58,243 --> 00:43:02,537
50 or 100 tomans to get home.

568
00:43:02,664 --> 00:43:07,918
But he said he needed something
costing 1,500 tomans.

569
00:43:08,044 --> 00:43:14,633
As I counted out
1,500 to give him,

570
00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:18,178
he said that actually 2,000
would be perfect.

571
00:43:18,596 --> 00:43:23,517
I counted out 1,950,

572
00:43:23,643 --> 00:43:27,312
keeping 50 that I needed myself

573
00:43:27,438 --> 00:43:30,983
and giving him the rest,

574
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:33,777
which he put in his pocket.

575
00:43:33,945 --> 00:43:40,534
Then he said that the interesting idea
he'd had for a film was like that:

576
00:43:40,660 --> 00:43:45,414
Two men ride along
on a motorcycle for half an hour.

577
00:43:45,540 --> 00:43:48,959
Because one has lost his money,

578
00:43:49,585 --> 00:43:52,421
the other lends him some,

579
00:43:52,547 --> 00:43:55,257
and they become good friends.

580
00:43:55,383 --> 00:43:58,635
I was delighted to have met

581
00:43:58,761 --> 00:44:02,347
a director down-to-earth enough

582
00:44:02,473 --> 00:44:05,225
to borrow money like that.

583
00:44:05,351 --> 00:44:08,353
- So you borrowed 1,900 tomans?
- Yes.

584
00:44:08,479 --> 00:44:11,273
Why?
Because you needed it...

585
00:44:11,774 --> 00:44:13,900
or to see
what kind of man he was?

586
00:44:14,027 --> 00:44:15,610
I needed it.

587
00:44:15,737 --> 00:44:19,406
- Does that justify your actions?
- No.

588
00:44:19,699 --> 00:44:21,825
With the court's permission,

589
00:44:21,951 --> 00:44:24,995
explain why you chose
to pass yourself off

590
00:44:25,163 --> 00:44:26,788
as Makhmalbaf,

591
00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:30,125
because so far
I don't think you really have.

592
00:44:30,251 --> 00:44:35,255
Being Makhmalbaf
was very hard for me.

593
00:44:35,381 --> 00:44:39,009
How so?
Wasn't it your choice?

594
00:44:39,177 --> 00:44:41,261
It was hard for me...

595
00:44:43,556 --> 00:44:46,850
to take on his identity...

596
00:44:51,314 --> 00:44:54,483
and convince them.

597
00:44:54,692 --> 00:44:57,069
- Of what?
- That I was Makhmalbaf.

598
00:44:57,195 --> 00:45:02,366
It was hard to play
a director for them,

599
00:45:02,533 --> 00:45:07,120
despite the self-confidence
it gave me...

600
00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:11,249
and the respect they showed me.

601
00:45:11,584 --> 00:45:14,169
They gave me
their attention and respect.

602
00:45:14,295 --> 00:45:17,464
- Who did?
- The family.

603
00:45:17,590 --> 00:45:21,718
They did whatever I wanted.

604
00:45:21,844 --> 00:45:27,391
If I'd asked them to move
a heavy dresser, they would have.

605
00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:32,062
If I'd asked them to cut down a tree,
they would have.

606
00:45:32,188 --> 00:45:38,068
Before, no one would ever
have obeyed me like that,

607
00:45:38,236 --> 00:45:41,238
because I am just a poor man.

608
00:45:41,364 --> 00:45:46,493
But because I pretended
to be this famous person,

609
00:45:46,619 --> 00:45:50,747
they would do whatever I said.

610
00:45:50,915 --> 00:45:54,584
But whenever
I'd leave their house,

611
00:45:54,752 --> 00:45:57,587
I'd be back to my old self,

612
00:45:57,755 --> 00:46:00,006
even that night
when I took the money.

613
00:46:00,133 --> 00:46:03,427
I'd realize
I was the same old Sabzian...

614
00:46:06,222 --> 00:46:10,809
desperate for a little pocket money

615
00:46:10,935 --> 00:46:15,105
so he could get home
to that godforsaken place.

616
00:46:15,273 --> 00:46:20,110
And once there, he wouldn't even have
the money to buy his kid a treat.

617
00:46:20,278 --> 00:46:24,156
So I'd realize
I was still the same poor guy,

618
00:46:24,282 --> 00:46:27,868
alone and back
in his social class.

619
00:46:27,994 --> 00:46:30,954
So I'd go to sleep,
and when I'd wake up

620
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:33,957
and think about going there
to play a role for them,

621
00:46:34,083 --> 00:46:37,127
even if it was really hard for me,
I still wanted to go back.

622
00:46:37,295 --> 00:46:40,964
Because of my passion for cinema,

623
00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:46,136
and above all
because they respected me

624
00:46:46,471 --> 00:46:50,724
and supported me morally,
I really got into the part.

625
00:46:50,850 --> 00:46:54,769
It encouraged me
to play the role better,

626
00:46:54,896 --> 00:46:58,648
to where I even felt I was a director.

627
00:46:58,816 --> 00:47:02,319
I was really him.

628
00:47:02,445 --> 00:47:08,658
I felt like I really was a director.
I really was him.

629
00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:11,203
So I'd play that role,

630
00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:16,917
but when I'd leave
and head back home,

631
00:47:17,043 --> 00:47:22,506
I'd have to shed that character.

632
00:47:23,174 --> 00:47:25,342
If you'd gotten money,

633
00:47:25,510 --> 00:47:29,888
could you have kept up the role
even away from their house?

634
00:47:30,014 --> 00:47:33,350
Yes.
A director can't be poor.

635
00:47:34,018 --> 00:47:36,269
He has to have money.

636
00:47:36,395 --> 00:47:41,566
He can't be so helpless
that he can't afford a treat for his kid.

637
00:47:42,068 --> 00:47:47,531
He can't wake up in the morning

638
00:47:47,698 --> 00:47:51,701
to find there's not a crumb
to feed his family

639
00:47:51,869 --> 00:47:54,621
and have to scramble
to find food.

640
00:47:54,747 --> 00:47:58,917
That made it hard
to go back to playing a director.

641
00:47:59,043 --> 00:48:03,547
But again,
when they respected me

642
00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:08,134
and believed
I really was a director,

643
00:48:08,261 --> 00:48:12,556
their trust gave me confidence.

644
00:48:12,682 --> 00:48:15,809
The fact he lent you money
gave you confidence?

645
00:48:15,935 --> 00:48:18,228
Yes, when he lent me money,

646
00:48:18,396 --> 00:48:20,564
I realized

647
00:48:20,690 --> 00:48:25,944
he was convinced I was a director.

648
00:48:26,070 --> 00:48:28,613
And you didn't intend to give it back?

649
00:48:33,244 --> 00:48:35,245
I did...

650
00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:39,416
but I didn't see

651
00:48:39,584 --> 00:48:44,796
where I'd get the money from.

652
00:48:44,922 --> 00:48:46,631
And besides,

653
00:48:46,757 --> 00:48:49,593
he was so keen to be in a film

654
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:54,264
that I wished I had money
to make a film

655
00:48:54,432 --> 00:48:57,100
so as not to disappoint him.

656
00:48:57,435 --> 00:48:59,769
- Excuse me.
- Go ahead.

657
00:48:59,937 --> 00:49:02,897
The following Thursday,
he insisted

658
00:49:03,024 --> 00:49:06,610
that we all go
to the movies together

659
00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:10,572
to see The Cyclist.

660
00:49:10,698 --> 00:49:12,949
Then we'd discuss the film

661
00:49:13,075 --> 00:49:19,039
as a starting point for our film,
"The House of the Spider."

662
00:49:19,165 --> 00:49:24,169
The Cyclist was showing
at a theater near our house,

663
00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:27,922
but he wanted us to see it
at the Republic,

664
00:49:28,049 --> 00:49:32,385
which was quite a ways
from our house.

665
00:49:32,720 --> 00:49:38,808
He claimed they were showing
a less censored version,

666
00:49:38,934 --> 00:49:42,187
so we had to see it there.

667
00:49:42,313 --> 00:49:46,399
That's one of the things
that aroused our suspicions.

668
00:49:46,525 --> 00:49:50,320
Why insist that we all go?
We didn't even have a car.

669
00:49:50,446 --> 00:49:53,198
He said it didn't matter,
that he'd call a cab.

670
00:49:53,324 --> 00:49:58,244
He even asked a friend of ours
to bring his father's car.

671
00:49:58,621 --> 00:50:01,331
He also said he'd go separately,

672
00:50:01,499 --> 00:50:04,668
because if his fans
saw him at the theater,

673
00:50:04,794 --> 00:50:08,254
we might be inconvenienced
by all the commotion.

674
00:50:09,632 --> 00:50:12,425
Mr. Sabzian, did you hear that?

675
00:50:12,551 --> 00:50:14,928
"When spite comes along,
art dons a veil."

676
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:19,516
"When spite comes along,
art dons a veil."

677
00:50:19,684 --> 00:50:24,145
I'd like to ask Mr. Ahankhah,

678
00:50:24,271 --> 00:50:30,610
who accuses me
of intending to burgle his house -

679
00:50:30,736 --> 00:50:33,238
You're not accused of that.

680
00:50:33,364 --> 00:50:36,157
He merely mentioned it
in passing.

681
00:50:36,283 --> 00:50:41,413
It's not part of the case,
so stop bringing it up.

682
00:50:42,248 --> 00:50:46,751
Mr. Ahankhah and the others
named in the complaint

683
00:50:46,877 --> 00:50:50,296
thought you might be part of a gang

684
00:50:50,423 --> 00:50:52,674
who were planning
to burgle their house...

685
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,385
I categorically deny that.

686
00:50:55,553 --> 00:51:00,515
...and that you insisted
they go to the movie

687
00:51:00,641 --> 00:51:03,727
to get them out of the house

688
00:51:03,894 --> 00:51:07,772
so your accomplices
could steal their possessions.

689
00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:10,024
That's not true?
- Absolutely not.

690
00:51:10,443 --> 00:51:12,652
But you admit

691
00:51:12,778 --> 00:51:17,073
you intended to misappropriate
Makhmalbaf's name?

692
00:51:17,199 --> 00:51:18,450
Yes.

693
00:51:18,576 --> 00:51:22,871
Your Honor, as he's explained
and you've confirmed,

694
00:51:22,997 --> 00:51:26,332
he had no intention
of stealing anything.

695
00:51:26,459 --> 00:51:29,669
But it isn't yet clear

696
00:51:30,337 --> 00:51:34,132
why he wanted the whole family
to go see the movie.

697
00:51:34,258 --> 00:51:37,051
I'd like him to explain

698
00:51:37,178 --> 00:51:40,430
his motive for doing that.

699
00:51:42,975 --> 00:51:44,726
That night...

700
00:51:44,852 --> 00:51:52,192
my biggest motivation
for seeing the film together

701
00:51:52,318 --> 00:51:56,613
at the theater

702
00:51:56,781 --> 00:52:01,284
was so they'd become
more interested in the film

703
00:52:01,452 --> 00:52:07,749
and have more respect
for me as a director -

704
00:52:07,875 --> 00:52:12,921
a director who understands
the suffering of society,

705
00:52:13,297 --> 00:52:15,590
who keenly understands its ills

706
00:52:16,675 --> 00:52:22,347
and deals with another social class

707
00:52:22,473 --> 00:52:25,350
as though it were his own.

708
00:52:25,476 --> 00:52:29,604
I wanted to tell them,
"Change your mentality.

709
00:52:29,730 --> 00:52:33,650
Don't think a director
is different from ordinary people.

710
00:52:33,818 --> 00:52:35,819
He's one of you."

711
00:52:36,612 --> 00:52:41,866
This is the behavior of a director
who's humble and close to the people.

712
00:52:41,992 --> 00:52:45,411
I wanted to prove it to them

713
00:52:45,538 --> 00:52:48,915
by going to the cinema together.

714
00:52:49,041 --> 00:52:52,836
But since they didn't
accept my proposition,

715
00:52:52,962 --> 00:52:55,338
I said, "Okay, I'll go alone.

716
00:52:55,464 --> 00:52:59,175
You go ahead,
and I'll get there before you."

717
00:52:59,343 --> 00:53:02,846
I took the bus to the theater,

718
00:53:03,013 --> 00:53:06,850
hoping to get there
without them seeing me.

719
00:53:06,976 --> 00:53:10,728
But when I got my ticket
and went inside,

720
00:53:10,855 --> 00:53:15,275
they were already standing
by the staircase,

721
00:53:15,401 --> 00:53:17,360
but they didn't see me.

722
00:53:17,486 --> 00:53:20,363
I went up to their friend and said

723
00:53:20,489 --> 00:53:22,365
I'd been waiting a long time.

724
00:53:22,533 --> 00:53:25,243
They asked me how I'd come.

725
00:53:25,369 --> 00:53:28,121
I said, "I told you I'd get here first,

726
00:53:28,247 --> 00:53:31,374
that I didn't want to be recognized,

727
00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:37,922
or else people would crowd
around us for autographs.

728
00:53:38,048 --> 00:53:41,718
I wanted to avoid that
and arrive incognito.

729
00:53:41,886 --> 00:53:45,221
I don't like to be recognized."

730
00:53:45,347 --> 00:53:48,558
How would you have reacted

731
00:53:48,726 --> 00:53:51,728
if someone had taken you
for Makhmalbaf?

732
00:53:54,481 --> 00:53:58,109
If it was outside the theater,

733
00:53:58,235 --> 00:54:01,070
I'd have tried not to attract attention,

734
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:03,740
but I sensed -

735
00:54:03,908 --> 00:54:06,701
Would you have tracked them
to their house

736
00:54:06,827 --> 00:54:10,413
and been their Makhmalbaf
for a few days too?

737
00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:15,251
Yes.

738
00:54:15,836 --> 00:54:17,045
How long

739
00:54:17,171 --> 00:54:19,714
after his first visit
to your house

740
00:54:20,424 --> 00:54:22,258
was he arrested?

741
00:54:22,426 --> 00:54:25,678
When he left us that Tuesday,

742
00:54:25,804 --> 00:54:29,474
he said he liked me

743
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:33,728
and that he wanted me
to play the lead

744
00:54:33,854 --> 00:54:36,397
in his next film.

745
00:54:36,523 --> 00:54:40,610
He added
that he'd be back to see us.

746
00:54:41,946 --> 00:54:47,283
He said he'd come to lunch
that Thursday,

747
00:54:47,534 --> 00:54:52,538
and that soup
was his favorite meal.

748
00:54:52,665 --> 00:54:56,876
How many days after you met
was he arrested,

749
00:54:57,002 --> 00:55:00,421
and what were the grounds?

750
00:55:00,547 --> 00:55:04,467
He first came on Tuesday,
then Thursday,

751
00:55:04,593 --> 00:55:07,512
and it all ended on Saturday.

752
00:55:07,638 --> 00:55:10,056
What were the reasons
for his arrest?

753
00:55:11,058 --> 00:55:13,518
Had you become suspicious?

754
00:55:13,644 --> 00:55:16,229
Yes. Actually, my father

755
00:55:16,355 --> 00:55:18,856
had suspected him
from the start,

756
00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:22,986
and he discussed our doubts
with Mr. Mohseni.

757
00:55:23,112 --> 00:55:25,613
The description Mr. Mohseni gave

758
00:55:25,739 --> 00:55:28,199
seemed to fit.

759
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:28,366
seemed to fit.

760
00:55:28,909 --> 00:55:32,996
Mr. Mohseni, you've followed
this from the outset.

761
00:55:33,372 --> 00:55:37,250
You know that
everything has unfolded

762
00:55:37,376 --> 00:55:42,171
just as I predicted
from the start.

763
00:55:42,506 --> 00:55:45,341
It was Mehrdad who insisted

764
00:55:45,551 --> 00:55:48,803
that maybe the man
really was Makhmalbaf.

765
00:55:48,929 --> 00:55:51,431
Fortunately,
something happened yesterday

766
00:55:51,557 --> 00:55:55,435
that convinced him
that he wasn't Makhmalbaf.

767
00:55:55,853 --> 00:55:59,981
Early yesterday
the so-called Makhmalbaf came here

768
00:56:00,107 --> 00:56:02,942
to rehearse with my children.

769
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:07,447
Mehrdad came home
with a newspaper

770
00:56:07,573 --> 00:56:11,868
and said in a loud voice,
"Congratulations, Mr. Makhmalbaf."

771
00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:15,830
The man was baffled
and didn't understand.

772
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:19,542
The newspaper said

773
00:56:20,586 --> 00:56:23,588
that The Cyclist
had won an award

774
00:56:23,714 --> 00:56:25,798
at the Rimini Festival.

775
00:56:26,592 --> 00:56:30,386
He stood there dazed,
unable to respond.

776
00:56:30,554 --> 00:56:33,306
He got out of it
in his own cunning fashion,

777
00:56:33,432 --> 00:56:39,437
saying the award wasn't for the film
but for the musical score.

778
00:56:39,563 --> 00:56:43,983
- He was thinking of the Fajr Festival.
- Probably.

779
00:56:44,735 --> 00:56:47,820
So they continued with rehearsal,

780
00:56:47,946 --> 00:56:53,910
but Mehrdad had realized
that the man wasn't Makhmalbaf.

781
00:56:54,244 --> 00:56:55,995
But sometimes

782
00:56:56,121 --> 00:57:00,208
news like that doesn't reach
a director right away.

783
00:57:00,334 --> 00:57:03,961
But the newspaper said
Mr. Makhmalbaf

784
00:57:04,088 --> 00:57:08,966
had wired his thank-you
to the festival,

785
00:57:09,093 --> 00:57:13,638
so he had to know about it.

786
00:57:14,932 --> 00:57:18,392
They continued rehearsing,
and then they went to the movies.

787
00:57:18,519 --> 00:57:20,394
After the film,

788
00:57:20,521 --> 00:57:22,897
he expressed a desire

789
00:57:23,023 --> 00:57:27,443
to spend
the night at our house,

790
00:57:27,653 --> 00:57:31,030
so he came and slept here.

791
00:57:31,198 --> 00:57:34,784
Around 6:00 the next morning,

792
00:57:34,910 --> 00:57:39,288
I woke up to hear him
talking with Mehrdad.

793
00:57:39,456 --> 00:57:42,667
He said he wanted to go...

794
00:57:44,002 --> 00:57:46,087
out into the mountains.

795
00:57:46,213 --> 00:57:51,634
Mehrdad was sure
he wouldn't return,

796
00:57:51,802 --> 00:57:55,138
but he lent him his coat
for the cold,

797
00:57:55,264 --> 00:57:57,557
and the man left.

798
00:57:57,683 --> 00:57:59,016
We thought

799
00:57:59,143 --> 00:58:01,727
we might never see him again,

800
00:58:01,854 --> 00:58:06,983
but luckily - or unluckily -
he called a half hour ago

801
00:58:07,151 --> 00:58:12,947
and asked Mehrdad
to pick him up in town,

802
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:15,408
so off he went.

803
00:58:15,534 --> 00:58:18,411
They'll be here any moment now.

804
00:58:18,537 --> 00:58:20,496
As I told you,

805
00:58:20,622 --> 00:58:25,376
my friend Mr. Farazmand
has interviewed most of these artists.

806
00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:29,297
I hope this man
really is Makhmalbaf.

807
00:58:29,423 --> 00:58:31,674
Excuse me.
I hear a motorcycle.

808
00:58:53,363 --> 00:58:55,448
Go on in.
I'll be right there.

809
00:59:04,833 --> 00:59:07,585
Speak of the devil...

810
00:59:13,383 --> 00:59:16,886
- Hello. How are you?
- Fine, thanks.

811
00:59:18,555 --> 00:59:20,056
Come in.

812
00:59:21,975 --> 00:59:26,145
My friend, Mr. Mohseni.

813
00:59:26,271 --> 00:59:29,565
This is Mr. Makhmalbaf.

814
00:59:29,900 --> 00:59:31,609
Please sit down.

815
00:59:35,239 --> 00:59:37,406
- How are you?
- Fine, thank you.

816
00:59:39,409 --> 00:59:42,370
I trust you slept well.

817
00:59:42,746 --> 00:59:44,205
Actually, I didn't.

818
00:59:44,331 --> 00:59:46,832
- You didn't?
- I couldn't sleep.

819
00:59:47,167 --> 00:59:49,585
I'm sorry your night

820
00:59:49,753 --> 00:59:52,171
in our home wasn't restful.

821
00:59:53,507 --> 00:59:57,677
One often sleeps poorly

822
00:59:58,178 --> 01:00:00,054
in someone else's home.

823
01:00:00,264 --> 01:00:03,891
Yet a sage
feels at home anywhere.

824
01:00:06,937 --> 01:00:09,313
But I'm no sage.

825
01:00:09,439 --> 01:00:12,483
You certainly look like one.

826
01:00:14,611 --> 01:00:16,821
Appearances can deceive.

827
01:00:17,155 --> 01:00:19,949
Would you like something to eat?

828
01:00:20,117 --> 01:00:24,036
I had a big breakfast,
so I'm not really hungry,

829
01:00:24,162 --> 01:00:27,290
but I'd love for us all to share

830
01:00:27,457 --> 01:00:29,000
a meal together.

831
01:00:29,126 --> 01:00:33,462
On weekends our children
usually get up late

832
01:00:33,797 --> 01:00:36,632
and just have lunch.

833
01:00:36,758 --> 01:00:38,801
But I can make you some eggs.

834
01:00:39,261 --> 01:00:42,805
No, it would have been nice
to eat together. I'm not hungry.

835
01:00:42,973 --> 01:00:47,393
Whether you're a sage or not,

836
01:00:47,519 --> 01:00:49,770
all we can offer you today
are eggs.

837
01:00:49,896 --> 01:00:51,480
I won't say no.

838
01:00:52,024 --> 01:00:53,983
Fix him some eggs.

839
01:00:55,652 --> 01:00:57,445
Don't go to any trouble.

840
01:00:58,488 --> 01:01:01,240
So it seems you're fond
of the mountains.

841
01:01:01,366 --> 01:01:03,367
Do you go hiking often?

842
01:01:03,577 --> 01:01:05,286
Sometimes.

843
01:01:05,412 --> 01:01:10,458
This morning,
looking out the window,

844
01:01:11,168 --> 01:01:15,921
I felt so close to nature
and the mountains.

845
01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:19,383
It seems to me

846
01:01:19,509 --> 01:01:24,305
that man really needs
to be close to nature.

847
01:01:24,806 --> 01:01:30,061
One must be in touch
with the colors of nature

848
01:01:30,187 --> 01:01:32,271
to remove the rust
covering one's heart.

849
01:01:32,397 --> 01:01:34,523
"I asked, Why is
your face hidden from me?

850
01:01:34,691 --> 01:01:36,525
She replied,
It is you who are hidden."

851
01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:41,530
Human beings hide
their true selves.

852
01:01:41,656 --> 01:01:44,158
"You yourself are the veil,
for my face is revealed."

853
01:01:44,284 --> 01:01:47,703
That's the issue:
to uncover that true face.

854
01:01:47,871 --> 01:01:50,373
That's why I needed

855
01:01:50,540 --> 01:01:54,585
to go up into the mountains
to study myself.

856
01:01:54,836 --> 01:01:59,298
Nature is a mirror
in which we can study ourselves.

857
01:01:59,424 --> 01:02:05,054
If you're so fond of nature,
why not live a more natural life?

858
01:02:10,060 --> 01:02:14,647
Mehrdad, you don't look
ready for rehearsal.

859
01:02:14,773 --> 01:02:17,942
I'm waiting for the others.
Have your lunch.

860
01:02:18,068 --> 01:02:20,069
You're holding me up today.

861
01:02:20,237 --> 01:02:22,071
Have your lunch.

862
01:02:22,572 --> 01:02:25,741
What about me
seems unnatural to you?

863
01:02:25,909 --> 01:02:29,120
That's not what I meant.

864
01:02:29,246 --> 01:02:32,665
I'm just saying
that today's Friday,

865
01:02:32,791 --> 01:02:37,336
a day off for most people.
You should rest a bit too.

866
01:02:37,462 --> 01:02:41,674
When there's work to be done,
the day doesn't matter.

867
01:02:42,008 --> 01:02:45,428
We have so little time
to do our real work.

868
01:02:46,513 --> 01:02:49,306
That's why I always
make work my priority -

869
01:02:50,100 --> 01:02:53,269
because it increases
one's opportunities.

870
01:02:53,395 --> 01:02:55,521
A person
can't decide when to rest.

871
01:02:55,647 --> 01:02:58,065
"Don't put off
what you can do today,

872
01:02:58,191 --> 01:03:00,317
for who knows
what fate will bring tomorrow."

873
01:03:00,777 --> 01:03:06,615
We can't even know
what lies ten minutes ahead,

874
01:03:06,783 --> 01:03:10,411
so we have to make use
of every opportunity.

875
01:03:10,537 --> 01:03:14,290
That's why I make
the most of everything.

876
01:03:14,458 --> 01:03:17,293
If I have the chance now,
why not use it?

877
01:03:17,794 --> 01:03:20,880
You can't always choose

878
01:03:21,006 --> 01:03:23,757
when to work and when to rest.

879
01:03:25,594 --> 01:03:30,806
So I can't decide to stop working
just because it's a weekend.

880
01:03:30,932 --> 01:03:33,100
I love my work,

881
01:03:33,518 --> 01:03:36,187
so I'll pursue it no matter the day.

882
01:03:36,646 --> 01:03:40,649
All the weekdays I don't work
make up for the weekends I do.

883
01:03:40,817 --> 01:03:45,237
We spent many days just waiting.
Then finally work came along.

884
01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:52,495
If your boys maintain the same interest
they showed the first day,

885
01:03:52,621 --> 01:03:58,709
I think I could really work
with them night and day.

886
01:03:58,835 --> 01:04:04,423
But their interest seems to be fading.
I don't know why.

887
01:04:04,549 --> 01:04:09,261
Especially Mehrdad,
who's gradually stopped giving

888
01:04:09,387 --> 01:04:14,600
the beautiful performances
he was giving before, unfortunately.

889
01:04:15,185 --> 01:04:16,602
What can I say?

890
01:04:17,437 --> 01:04:19,355
I don't know why.

891
01:04:19,606 --> 01:04:24,318
In the beginning he was
interested and enthusiastic.

892
01:04:25,362 --> 01:04:29,698
If he showed real interest,
I'd have worked day and night

893
01:04:30,534 --> 01:04:33,285
without a problem.

894
01:04:33,286 --> 01:04:33,452
without a problem.

895
01:04:34,162 --> 01:04:35,621
Anyway...

896
01:04:45,507 --> 01:04:48,175
Yes? Come in.

897
01:04:50,387 --> 01:04:52,221
It's Mr. Farazmand.

898
01:04:52,347 --> 01:04:53,847
Excuse me.

899
01:05:07,112 --> 01:05:10,281
- How are you?
- Fine, thank you.

900
01:05:10,532 --> 01:05:12,908
Sorry to bother you.

901
01:05:13,368 --> 01:05:15,953
I hope I'm not interrupting.
- Not at all.

902
01:05:16,371 --> 01:05:20,374
- I believe you've met.
- How are you?

903
01:05:21,001 --> 01:05:24,503
- Mr. Makhmalbaf.
- Pleased to meet you.

904
01:05:24,629 --> 01:05:26,297
Please sit down.

905
01:05:28,842 --> 01:05:31,176
How are you, Mr. Ahankhah?

906
01:05:33,388 --> 01:05:35,639
I hope I'm not interrupting.

907
01:05:38,059 --> 01:05:39,727
Mr. Ahankhah...

908
01:05:40,020 --> 01:05:43,939
may I have a word
with you in private?

909
01:06:19,017 --> 01:06:21,518
Mehrdad,
we have rehearsal, you know.

910
01:06:21,645 --> 01:06:24,688
Have your lunch.
I'll be right there.

911
01:09:13,525 --> 01:09:16,819
Mr. Ahankhah,
I need a tape recorder.

912
01:09:16,945 --> 01:09:20,697
Mr. Farazmand
needs a tape recorder.

913
01:09:20,824 --> 01:09:22,991
- We just have this one.
- No, a portable.

914
01:09:23,159 --> 01:09:25,619
We don't have one.

915
01:09:25,745 --> 01:09:28,497
- What about your neighbors?
- I'll ask them.

916
01:09:29,123 --> 01:09:31,959
Let him finish his lunch.

917
01:09:32,085 --> 01:09:33,460
Sorry, ma'am.

918
01:09:33,586 --> 01:09:36,004
Don't let them take him.

919
01:09:36,172 --> 01:09:38,173
Don't worry. He'll be back.

920
01:10:13,418 --> 01:10:17,004
Is this your first offense

921
01:10:17,130 --> 01:10:18,380
of this kind?

922
01:10:18,548 --> 01:10:22,050
Yes, it's the first.

923
01:10:22,176 --> 01:10:25,637
- I've heard that others have -
- Taken me for Makhmalbaf?

924
01:10:25,763 --> 01:10:27,389
So it's not the first time.

925
01:10:27,557 --> 01:10:30,225
People have taken me for him,

926
01:10:30,977 --> 01:10:33,478
and sometimes I'd say I was him.

927
01:10:34,397 --> 01:10:37,065
Are you sorry for what you did?

928
01:10:37,901 --> 01:10:39,484
Yes, I am,

929
01:10:39,611 --> 01:10:43,363
and whatever you decide
is acceptable to me.

930
01:10:43,489 --> 01:10:45,782
Whatever verdict you render is fine.

931
01:10:45,909 --> 01:10:51,121
I really regret what I did,
because I toyed with their feelings.

932
01:10:51,247 --> 01:10:54,708
But I never had
the slightest intention

933
01:10:54,834 --> 01:10:56,877
of stealing anything from them.

934
01:10:57,003 --> 01:11:00,923
I'm sorry for what I did,
and I don't regret my time in prison.

935
01:11:01,049 --> 01:11:04,217
Prison is good for the good
and bad for the wicked.

936
01:11:04,344 --> 01:11:10,265
It teaches the good a lesson
but only makes the wicked worse.

937
01:11:10,391 --> 01:11:13,310
I regret what I did, but -

938
01:11:13,436 --> 01:11:16,104
- Have you been in prison before?
- Never.

939
01:11:16,272 --> 01:11:19,316
- Your occupation?
- I worked in a print shop.

940
01:11:19,901 --> 01:11:23,987
Why did you inspect their house

941
01:11:24,113 --> 01:11:26,698
room by room?

942
01:11:26,824 --> 01:11:31,411
I was playing
the part of a director,

943
01:11:31,537 --> 01:11:33,914
describing where shots
should be filmed

944
01:11:34,040 --> 01:11:36,333
and what decor should be used.

945
01:11:36,459 --> 01:11:39,127
Have you ever worked in film?

946
01:11:39,253 --> 01:11:44,174
No, but I've read screenplays
and books on the subject.

947
01:11:44,300 --> 01:11:47,594
So I'd give directions

948
01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:51,223
and say to come this way,
or run over there.

949
01:11:51,349 --> 01:11:54,017
Or when we were outside -

950
01:11:54,143 --> 01:11:59,773
You asked them to cut down
some trees in their yard.

951
01:11:59,899 --> 01:12:05,654
I said that
for the scenes in the yard,

952
01:12:05,780 --> 01:12:08,907
the trees would block

953
01:12:09,033 --> 01:12:13,704
the nice view of the house,

954
01:12:13,830 --> 01:12:16,373
and Mr. Ahankhah said
he'd cut them down.

955
01:12:16,499 --> 01:12:19,960
But I said no,
that we could try other angles.

956
01:12:20,420 --> 01:12:24,548
Was the idea of filming
at their house

957
01:12:24,674 --> 01:12:27,843
yours or theirs?

958
01:12:28,011 --> 01:12:30,554
They welcomed my idea.

959
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:35,475
Did you intend to ask them
for money for the production?

960
01:12:35,601 --> 01:12:37,894
To produce a film?

961
01:12:38,021 --> 01:12:41,148
I said that if it worked out,

962
01:12:41,274 --> 01:12:44,151
then we'd have to do something.

963
01:12:44,277 --> 01:12:47,446
I mean, it was my intention

964
01:12:47,572 --> 01:12:49,573
that if they put up money -

965
01:12:49,699 --> 01:12:53,285
If he'd said, "I'll put up
money for your film,"

966
01:12:53,411 --> 01:12:55,704
I'd have done it -

967
01:12:55,830 --> 01:12:59,291
but I wouldn't have let things
get that far.

968
01:12:59,417 --> 01:13:02,210
Very well.
He's expressed remorse.

969
01:13:02,336 --> 01:13:06,006
I'd like to ask the plaintiffs

970
01:13:06,132 --> 01:13:09,217
if they would agree to pardon him.

971
01:13:09,343 --> 01:13:13,263
Of course, by law
his offense must be punished,

972
01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:16,391
but if the plaintiffs pardon him,

973
01:13:16,559 --> 01:13:19,478
the court can reduce his sentence.

974
01:13:19,604 --> 01:13:24,524
If he'd shown some honesty,
I'd have no objection.

975
01:13:24,776 --> 01:13:29,571
But listening to him,
I get the impression

976
01:13:29,906 --> 01:13:36,203
he's still playing a role,
even if a slightly different one.

977
01:13:36,329 --> 01:13:38,789
Instead of playing Makhmalbaf,

978
01:13:38,915 --> 01:13:42,042
now he's playing
the sensitive soul.

979
01:13:42,460 --> 01:13:47,464
I'd like to ask
Mr. Farazmand to tell the court

980
01:13:47,757 --> 01:13:52,886
about the various people
who contacted him regarding this man.

981
01:13:53,012 --> 01:13:55,680
You have relevant information?

982
01:13:55,807 --> 01:13:59,434
Yes, I do.
I've been following this case.

983
01:13:59,602 --> 01:14:02,437
What was the title of your article?

984
01:14:02,814 --> 01:14:05,315
"Bogus Makhmalbaf Arrested."

985
01:14:05,441 --> 01:14:07,275
"Bogus Makhmalbaf"?

986
01:14:07,443 --> 01:14:09,653
When the article came out,

987
01:14:09,779 --> 01:14:12,781
I received lots of phone calls

988
01:14:12,949 --> 01:14:14,116
from readers.

989
01:14:14,909 --> 01:14:17,619
One woman called

990
01:14:17,787 --> 01:14:21,123
and in tears said

991
01:14:21,290 --> 01:14:26,128
that a man claiming
to be Makhmalbaf had deceived her.

992
01:14:26,295 --> 01:14:29,131
He'd even promised to marry her

993
01:14:29,257 --> 01:14:32,592
and give her
a lead role in his film.

994
01:14:32,718 --> 01:14:36,388
She wanted to see him
and turn him over to authorities.

995
01:14:36,514 --> 01:14:39,599
I insisted she come to court
or to my office

996
01:14:39,725 --> 01:14:42,561
and give me
her address and telephone

997
01:14:42,687 --> 01:14:45,856
so I could confirm her story

998
01:14:45,982 --> 01:14:48,900
and let her confront him,
but she refused.

999
01:14:49,110 --> 01:14:53,446
Other anonymous callers
from a print shop said

1000
01:14:53,573 --> 01:15:00,495
that the accused
had misappropriated funds,

1001
01:15:00,621 --> 01:15:05,333
such as keeping the payment
from a paper delivery.

1002
01:15:05,918 --> 01:15:07,711
Mr. Sabzian?

1003
01:15:07,837 --> 01:15:12,674
Concerning the lady's phone call -

1004
01:15:13,092 --> 01:15:15,927
Since you're single now,
you could have -

1005
01:15:16,053 --> 01:15:21,099
I strongly deny that,
and I'm prepared to confront her.

1006
01:15:22,435 --> 01:15:26,021
I worked as a salesman
for a trading company.

1007
01:15:26,189 --> 01:15:30,734
I'd take some soap

1008
01:15:30,860 --> 01:15:33,528
or food products

1009
01:15:33,696 --> 01:15:38,366
and put them in my bag
and go looking for clients.

1010
01:15:38,618 --> 01:15:43,121
The day I met Mrs. Ahankhah,
I was low on money.

1011
01:15:43,247 --> 01:15:46,750
I hadn't even had lunch,
and I was hungry.

1012
01:15:46,876 --> 01:15:49,878
I was supposed to go
to my aunt's that night,

1013
01:15:50,046 --> 01:15:54,716
which I did.

1014
01:15:54,842 --> 01:15:57,844
The next day I was hungry again.

1015
01:15:57,970 --> 01:16:03,183
I thought since Mrs. Ahankhah
had believed I was Makhmalbaf,

1016
01:16:03,309 --> 01:16:08,063
I'd go there in hopes
of getting some lunch.

1017
01:16:09,899 --> 01:16:12,817
I'd like to add...

1018
01:16:13,986 --> 01:16:16,321
an important fact.

1019
01:16:16,447 --> 01:16:20,492
In my notebook,

1020
01:16:20,618 --> 01:16:22,744
on the last day,

1021
01:16:22,912 --> 01:16:24,913
the day I was arrested,

1022
01:16:25,039 --> 01:16:29,417
under Mr. Ahankhah's address,

1023
01:16:29,627 --> 01:16:31,753
I wrote...

1024
01:16:33,756 --> 01:16:36,841
"the tragic finale,"

1025
01:16:36,968 --> 01:16:39,261
that this was
the end of a tragedy.

1026
01:16:39,428 --> 01:16:44,516
That's what I sensed and wrote.

1027
01:16:44,642 --> 01:16:48,019
I'm sure they read it
at the police station.

1028
01:16:48,145 --> 01:16:52,107
I was certain I'd be arrested that day

1029
01:16:52,233 --> 01:16:54,609
because of the money I'd received

1030
01:16:54,735 --> 01:16:58,238
and the fact
I'd spent the night there.

1031
01:16:58,364 --> 01:17:01,449
But I couldn't stop myself
from going there.

1032
01:17:01,617 --> 01:17:05,078
- Why?
- I enjoyed what I was doing.

1033
01:17:05,204 --> 01:17:08,164
I enjoyed playing
the part of Makhmalbaf

1034
01:17:08,291 --> 01:17:12,669
and inspiring their respect
and admiration,

1035
01:17:13,254 --> 01:17:17,465
and also the fact they might
give me financial support.

1036
01:17:17,591 --> 01:17:21,761
Without all that,
my spirits would have fallen.

1037
01:17:21,887 --> 01:17:25,140
And when he picked me up
on his motorcycle,

1038
01:17:25,308 --> 01:17:28,852
I could sense it completely,
but I went anyway.

1039
01:17:29,353 --> 01:17:33,315
We got to their house,
and I knew I'd be arrested.

1040
01:17:33,482 --> 01:17:38,653
I figured there was just
a 20% chance I wouldn't be,

1041
01:17:38,821 --> 01:17:42,991
because when I spoke
with Mehrdad on the phone,

1042
01:17:43,159 --> 01:17:48,163
he asked if I'd wait for him

1043
01:17:48,331 --> 01:17:51,416
at Hosseinabad Square.

1044
01:17:51,542 --> 01:17:55,754
I said I would,
that he should come get me.

1045
01:17:55,880 --> 01:17:59,341
He was surprised to find me there,
and we headed home.

1046
01:17:59,467 --> 01:18:03,553
But I knew I'd be arrested,
and I went willingly.

1047
01:18:03,679 --> 01:18:06,056
My notebook's
at the police station.

1048
01:18:06,182 --> 01:18:10,518
They took my bag,
so I'm sure they read it.

1049
01:18:10,644 --> 01:18:14,022
- Where's that paper?
- Unfortunately I tore it up,

1050
01:18:14,190 --> 01:18:19,402
and their address as well,
because I thought it was all over.

1051
01:18:20,571 --> 01:18:26,117
When did you realize they knew
you weren't Makhmalbaf?

1052
01:18:26,285 --> 01:18:28,495
On the last day.

1053
01:18:28,621 --> 01:18:31,456
That night I spent with them,

1054
01:18:31,582 --> 01:18:36,211
I saw a picture from Makhmalbaf's
Marriage of the Blessed -

1055
01:18:36,337 --> 01:18:40,256
the scene where Roya Nonahali
is cleaning the floor,

1056
01:18:40,383 --> 01:18:45,553
and Makhmalbaf's in the picture.

1057
01:18:45,721 --> 01:18:48,515
I figured that before I got there,

1058
01:18:48,641 --> 01:18:52,727
they'd been looking
at film magazines

1059
01:18:52,853 --> 01:18:56,481
to find a picture of him
and show it to me

1060
01:18:56,607 --> 01:19:00,235
to see how I would react.

1061
01:19:00,361 --> 01:19:03,988
They showed me the picture and said,

1062
01:19:04,115 --> 01:19:07,700
"Mr. Makhmalbaf,
you were much more handsome

1063
01:19:07,827 --> 01:19:10,745
when you were younger."

1064
01:19:10,913 --> 01:19:13,081
I said I was just younger then.

1065
01:19:13,249 --> 01:19:16,376
I quickly moved on,

1066
01:19:16,502 --> 01:19:18,795
but I sensed

1067
01:19:18,921 --> 01:19:22,382
they'd started to catch on a bit.

1068
01:19:22,508 --> 01:19:29,097
But I convinced myself
that they weren't yet certain

1069
01:19:29,265 --> 01:19:32,267
that I wasn't Makhmalbaf.

1070
01:19:32,435 --> 01:19:35,061
How far were you going
to take this?

1071
01:19:43,028 --> 01:19:45,530
As far as they were prepared...

1072
01:19:47,950 --> 01:19:50,452
to go.

1073
01:19:50,578 --> 01:19:53,663
When he came
to our house that Thursday,

1074
01:19:53,789 --> 01:19:57,125
he had salt-and-pepper hair.

1075
01:19:57,251 --> 01:20:01,796
But in the magazine picture,
his hair was black.

1076
01:20:01,922 --> 01:20:05,967
He volunteered on his own
that he was younger then,

1077
01:20:06,135 --> 01:20:09,471
and his hair had been
thick and black,

1078
01:20:09,597 --> 01:20:12,807
and now it was gray
and thinner.

1079
01:20:12,975 --> 01:20:16,811
When he came back that Saturday,

1080
01:20:16,937 --> 01:20:18,938
he'd dyed his hair.

1081
01:20:19,064 --> 01:20:21,566
How does he explain that?

1082
01:20:21,775 --> 01:20:24,486
My mother, who is here,

1083
01:20:24,653 --> 01:20:28,865
can confirm that I was dyeing my hair

1084
01:20:28,991 --> 01:20:36,122
long before
this whole episode began.

1085
01:20:36,582 --> 01:20:39,000
I simply wanted
to look a bit younger.

1086
01:20:39,168 --> 01:20:41,127
You are young.

1087
01:20:41,337 --> 01:20:42,045
I've been dyeing my hair
for a long time,

1088
01:20:42,046 --> 01:20:44,631
I've been dyeing my hair
for a long time,

1089
01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:48,968
but not for the reason
suggested here.

1090
01:20:49,094 --> 01:20:51,721
- Have you ever married?
- Yes.

1091
01:20:52,264 --> 01:20:55,350
- You have a wife and family?
- We're separated.

1092
01:20:55,559 --> 01:20:57,227
Why is that?

1093
01:20:58,187 --> 01:21:00,104
I was poor and out of work.

1094
01:21:00,231 --> 01:21:02,524
- Any children?
- Two.

1095
01:21:02,691 --> 01:21:06,402
- Where are they?
- My wife has one. I have the other.

1096
01:21:06,529 --> 01:21:09,864
- Who looks after the one with you?
- My mother.

1097
01:21:10,032 --> 01:21:12,492
- Where's your mother?
- She lives near Mamazan.

1098
01:21:12,618 --> 01:21:14,410
I mean is she here?

1099
01:21:14,537 --> 01:21:16,913
Yes, in the back,
in the black veil.

1100
01:21:17,039 --> 01:21:19,958
- Are you Mr. Sabzian's mother?
- Yes.

1101
01:21:20,793 --> 01:21:24,796
- Do you know why he divorced?
- Yes.

1102
01:21:24,922 --> 01:21:26,089
Why?

1103
01:21:26,215 --> 01:21:28,800
He works in a print shop,

1104
01:21:29,176 --> 01:21:34,264
but the work is on and off.
Our house is small.

1105
01:21:34,723 --> 01:21:38,935
After he married,
I gave them a room in our house.

1106
01:21:39,061 --> 01:21:41,312
They were fine for seven years,

1107
01:21:41,438 --> 01:21:44,315
but then she began complaining

1108
01:21:44,441 --> 01:21:50,405
that it was a poor house
that held no future for her.

1109
01:21:50,573 --> 01:21:52,865
He told her

1110
01:21:52,992 --> 01:21:56,327
that if she wasn't happy,
they should divorce.

1111
01:21:56,870 --> 01:22:00,373
They agreed that she'd keep
one child and me the other.

1112
01:22:00,874 --> 01:22:02,875
He lives with me.

1113
01:22:03,002 --> 01:22:05,420
When he has work,
he gives me 50 tomans a day.

1114
01:22:05,546 --> 01:22:08,256
We just live our lives,
and everyone knows us.

1115
01:22:08,424 --> 01:22:13,094
He's a good boy.
He's never been in trouble before.

1116
01:22:13,220 --> 01:22:16,806
Why didn't you try
to post bail for him?

1117
01:22:16,932 --> 01:22:20,435
I went to see
the officer in charge.

1118
01:22:20,561 --> 01:22:23,563
I also asked
to see Mr. Ahankhah,

1119
01:22:23,689 --> 01:22:26,232
but the authorities
said they'd handle it.

1120
01:22:26,358 --> 01:22:30,278
Every time I feel sad in prison...

1121
01:22:31,947 --> 01:22:36,451
I think of the Koran verse
that says,

1122
01:22:36,577 --> 01:22:39,829
"Speak Allah's name,
and your heart will be consoled,"

1123
01:22:39,955 --> 01:22:43,875
but I feel no consolation.

1124
01:22:44,001 --> 01:22:47,795
Whenever I feel depressed
or overwhelmed,

1125
01:22:47,921 --> 01:22:51,507
I feel the urge
to shout to the world

1126
01:22:52,051 --> 01:22:54,510
the anguish of my soul,

1127
01:22:54,637 --> 01:22:57,930
the torments I've experienced,
all my sorrows -

1128
01:22:58,057 --> 01:23:04,312
but no one wants
to hear about them.

1129
01:23:05,230 --> 01:23:08,024
Then a good man comes along

1130
01:23:08,150 --> 01:23:13,946
who portrays
all my suffering in his films,

1131
01:23:14,073 --> 01:23:18,826
and I can go see them
over and over again.

1132
01:23:18,994 --> 01:23:22,205
They show the evil faces

1133
01:23:22,331 --> 01:23:24,832
of those who play
with the lives of others,

1134
01:23:24,958 --> 01:23:28,169
the rich who pay no attention

1135
01:23:28,295 --> 01:23:34,384
to the simple material needs
of the poor.

1136
01:23:36,512 --> 01:23:40,014
That's why I felt compelled

1137
01:23:41,058 --> 01:23:43,309
to take solace in that screenplay.

1138
01:23:43,435 --> 01:23:47,355
I read it,
and it brings calm to my heart.

1139
01:23:47,481 --> 01:23:52,276
It says the things
I wish I could express.

1140
01:23:52,403 --> 01:23:57,156
Now that you've played this part,

1141
01:23:57,282 --> 01:24:01,869
do you think you're
a better actor than director?

1142
01:24:02,246 --> 01:24:04,539
I don't want to be presumptuous...

1143
01:24:06,625 --> 01:24:09,210
but I'm more interested in acting.

1144
01:24:09,461 --> 01:24:12,880
I think I could express

1145
01:24:13,632 --> 01:24:16,134
all the bad experiences I've had,

1146
01:24:16,260 --> 01:24:21,222
all the deprivation I've felt
with every fiber of my being.

1147
01:24:21,390 --> 01:24:24,559
I think I could

1148
01:24:24,727 --> 01:24:27,603
get these feelings across

1149
01:24:27,730 --> 01:24:30,523
through my acting.

1150
01:24:30,649 --> 01:24:34,360
Aren't you acting
for the camera right now?

1151
01:24:36,405 --> 01:24:38,448
What are you doing now?

1152
01:24:39,450 --> 01:24:41,492
I'm speaking of my suffering.

1153
01:24:42,703 --> 01:24:44,912
I'm not acting.

1154
01:24:45,956 --> 01:24:47,957
I'm speaking from the heart.

1155
01:24:49,251 --> 01:24:52,754
This isn't acting.
For me, art...

1156
01:24:53,922 --> 01:24:57,925
is the experience
of what you've felt inside.

1157
01:24:58,093 --> 01:25:00,970
If one could cultivate
that experience,

1158
01:25:01,096 --> 01:25:03,264
it's like when Tolstoy says

1159
01:25:03,432 --> 01:25:06,517
that art is the inner experience
cultivated by the artist

1160
01:25:06,643 --> 01:25:09,270
and conveyed to his audience.

1161
01:25:09,438 --> 01:25:13,608
Given the positive feelings
I've experienced,

1162
01:25:13,942 --> 01:25:16,611
as well as the deprivation
and suffering,

1163
01:25:16,779 --> 01:25:20,448
and my interest in acting,

1164
01:25:20,616 --> 01:25:22,700
I think I could be an effective actor

1165
01:25:22,826 --> 01:25:28,581
and convey that inner reality.

1166
01:25:33,212 --> 01:25:36,422
Then why did you pretend
to be a director

1167
01:25:36,590 --> 01:25:38,966
instead of an actor?

1168
01:25:43,222 --> 01:25:50,311
Playing the part of a director
is a performance in itself.

1169
01:25:53,565 --> 01:25:55,650
To me, that is acting.

1170
01:25:57,319 --> 01:25:59,654
What part would you like to play?

1171
01:26:00,072 --> 01:26:01,656
My own.

1172
01:26:01,782 --> 01:26:04,158
Haven't you already done that?

1173
01:26:10,165 --> 01:26:14,085
Mr. Sabzian,
you've heard the charges

1174
01:26:14,211 --> 01:26:16,796
and admitted at least some guilt.

1175
01:26:16,922 --> 01:26:20,758
You may now state
any final arguments in your defense.

1176
01:26:20,926 --> 01:26:25,179
I ask the honorable
Ahankhah family...

1177
01:26:26,306 --> 01:26:30,351
to forgive me
in the eternal sense.

1178
01:26:30,519 --> 01:26:32,728
In the legal sense,

1179
01:26:32,855 --> 01:26:35,314
they can forgive or punish me.

1180
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:39,861
I ask the court's
forgiveness as well.

1181
01:26:40,028 --> 01:26:43,739
Do you vow
never to do this again?

1182
01:26:43,866 --> 01:26:45,533
Yes, I give my word.

1183
01:26:45,701 --> 01:26:47,326
In view of -

1184
01:26:47,452 --> 01:26:51,038
- Your Honor, please forgive him.
- Please be seated.

1185
01:26:51,206 --> 01:26:55,376
As a descendant
of the house of the Prophet,

1186
01:26:55,544 --> 01:26:58,379
I ask you to please forgive him.

1187
01:27:00,007 --> 01:27:02,466
In view of his young age,

1188
01:27:03,135 --> 01:27:07,346
and the fact
he has children to support,

1189
01:27:07,472 --> 01:27:12,727
and the fact he's confessed
and has no prior record

1190
01:27:13,562 --> 01:27:17,440
and vows never
to repeat such mistakes,

1191
01:27:18,066 --> 01:27:20,818
I ask the plaintiffs

1192
01:27:20,944 --> 01:27:25,114
to forgive him if they can.

1193
01:27:25,240 --> 01:27:28,618
But as I said before,
their pardon

1194
01:27:28,744 --> 01:27:33,414
could only be considered
extenuating circumstances.

1195
01:27:33,582 --> 01:27:35,541
Are the plaintiffs willing?

1196
01:27:35,667 --> 01:27:37,919
I am willing

1197
01:27:38,045 --> 01:27:42,089
to withdraw my complaint
in the hope that Mr. Sabzian

1198
01:27:42,257 --> 01:27:45,384
will become
a useful member of society.

1199
01:27:46,094 --> 01:27:50,139
Now that he's expressed
remorse for his actions,

1200
01:27:50,265 --> 01:27:54,310
if my son Mehrdad
is in agreement,

1201
01:27:54,436 --> 01:27:57,104
I will withdraw my complaint.

1202
01:28:02,194 --> 01:28:05,363
I consider him to be sick,

1203
01:28:05,489 --> 01:28:10,618
for reasons not relevant
to these proceedings.

1204
01:28:10,786 --> 01:28:16,123
But everyone knows
that the reasons are social malaise

1205
01:28:16,249 --> 01:28:20,503
and unemployment,
which lead to corruption.

1206
01:28:20,629 --> 01:28:23,673
And I think that if he's freed

1207
01:28:23,799 --> 01:28:28,469
and finds a proper job,

1208
01:28:28,595 --> 01:28:31,013
he will lead an honest life.

1209
01:28:31,139 --> 01:28:36,769
Therefore I agree
to withdraw my complaint.

1210
01:28:45,612 --> 01:28:47,238
We lost him.

1211
01:28:47,364 --> 01:28:50,074
He didn't wait in the right spot.

1212
01:28:50,492 --> 01:28:53,035
I can't see him.
Stop rolling?

1213
01:28:53,161 --> 01:28:55,329
We can't redo this shot.

1214
01:28:55,497 --> 01:28:59,125
Now I see him - behind the taxi.

1215
01:28:59,334 --> 01:29:01,335
- I see him.
- See him?

1216
01:29:01,503 --> 01:29:04,338
We just lost sound.

1217
01:29:04,464 --> 01:29:06,632
What do you mean?

1218
01:29:06,967 --> 01:29:11,345
It's either the jack
or Mr. Makhmalbaf's lapel mike.

1219
01:29:11,680 --> 01:29:13,514
It's old equipment.

1220
01:29:14,016 --> 01:29:16,058
It has a loose wire.

1221
01:29:16,184 --> 01:29:18,060
It's 15 years old.

1222
01:29:18,186 --> 01:29:21,022
The sound's back.

1223
01:29:22,190 --> 01:29:24,358
Will it go out again?

1224
01:29:24,776 --> 01:29:26,652
It's back for now.

1225
01:29:28,572 --> 01:29:30,364
Are you Mr. Sabzian?

1226
01:29:31,241 --> 01:29:32,950
How are you?

1227
01:29:33,410 --> 01:29:35,202
Don't cry.

1228
01:29:37,622 --> 01:29:39,623
There's no need for that.

1229
01:29:40,417 --> 01:29:43,252
When did you get out?
- Just now.

1230
01:29:43,545 --> 01:29:45,546
Let me look at you.

1231
01:29:45,672 --> 01:29:47,840
I have to thank you.

1232
01:29:49,426 --> 01:29:53,012
When did you get out?

1233
01:29:53,805 --> 01:29:55,890
Look at me.

1234
01:29:57,434 --> 01:29:58,893
Let's go.

1235
01:30:00,812 --> 01:30:02,730
This way.

1236
01:30:03,440 --> 01:30:05,399
You okay?

1237
01:30:05,525 --> 01:30:07,985
Where are you going now?
- The Ahankhahs'.

1238
01:30:08,111 --> 01:30:11,697
I'll take you.
Have you seen me before?

1239
01:30:11,823 --> 01:30:14,116
- In the movie.
- What movie?

1240
01:30:14,242 --> 01:30:16,619
Marriage of the Blessed.

1241
01:30:16,745 --> 01:30:20,081
Do you prefer
being Makhmalbaf or Sabzian?

1242
01:30:22,167 --> 01:30:24,627
Even I'm tired of being Makh-

1243
01:30:29,466 --> 01:30:31,425
I'll get my bike.

1244
01:30:34,888 --> 01:30:36,722
Hold this for me.

1245
01:31:11,341 --> 01:31:14,426
How long were you in prison?

1246
01:31:19,015 --> 01:31:23,477
When you met
that woman on the bus...

1247
01:32:06,146 --> 01:32:08,063
You can get some flowers here.

1248
01:32:08,190 --> 01:32:09,857
Count your money.

1249
01:32:11,985 --> 01:32:14,653
Careful with your money.

1250
01:32:19,868 --> 01:32:22,203
Here.
You need money?

1251
01:32:31,129 --> 01:32:34,006
Not yellow, my friend.

1252
01:32:34,382 --> 01:32:36,467
Pick a different color.

1253
01:32:39,054 --> 01:32:41,055
Those red ones are better.

1254
01:32:50,315 --> 01:32:52,900
Okay back there?
- Yeah.

1255
01:32:53,026 --> 01:32:54,485
Let's go.

1256
01:34:24,909 --> 01:34:27,036
- Yes?
- Hello.

1257
01:34:27,162 --> 01:34:28,871
It's Hossein Sabzian.

1258
01:34:28,997 --> 01:34:31,081
- Who?
- Sabzian.

1259
01:34:33,335 --> 01:34:34,877
Makhmalbaf.

1260
01:34:44,721 --> 01:34:48,098
- Yes?
- This is Mr. Makhmalbaf.

1261
01:34:48,224 --> 01:34:51,143
Hello, Mr. Makhmalbaf.
Come in.

1262
01:35:00,320 --> 01:35:02,488
What's the date, Hossein?

1263
01:35:05,492 --> 01:35:07,034
The third.

1264
01:35:08,495 --> 01:35:12,081
- When did you first come here?
- Forty days ago.

1265
01:35:14,709 --> 01:35:16,668
Dry those tears.

1266
01:35:19,422 --> 01:35:21,048
That won't do.

1267
01:35:21,466 --> 01:35:23,050
Hello.

1268
01:35:23,218 --> 01:35:26,011
Welcome to our home.

1269
01:35:28,264 --> 01:35:30,391
You know Mr. Sabzian.

1270
01:35:30,558 --> 01:35:33,060
Please forgive me.

1271
01:35:33,645 --> 01:35:36,563
This isn't the old Mr. Sabzian.

1272
01:35:36,898 --> 01:35:41,276
I hope you'll see him
in a new light.

1273
01:35:41,403 --> 01:35:45,697
I hope he'll be good now
and make us proud of him.