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A film by Eran Kolirin

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Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian
police band arrived in Israel.

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Not many remember this,
it was not that important.

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It's not them...

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

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And manage on our own?
- Yes.

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

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

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I have no intention
of changing that.

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Especially not now...
under the present circumstances.

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Picture please,
may I take a picture?

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We're taking a photo.

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THE BAND'S VISIT

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Municipality, good morning.

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Good morning.

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This is Tawfiq Zakarya, commander of
the Alexandria Ceremonial Orchestra.

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What?

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It is Tawfiq Zakarya, from the
Alexandria Ceremonial...

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Who do you need?

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As I said,

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it is Tawfiq Zakarya

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from the Alexandria Ceremonial
Orchestra, we have...

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Municipality, good morning.

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This is Colonel Tawfiq Zakarya
from the...

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Do you see it?

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

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

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Bet Hatikva.

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

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Do you want to be part
of the police force?

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

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Just watch out, OK?

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Of what?

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

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Bet Hatikva?

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Yes, Bet Hatikva.

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You have eyes...

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Very beautiful eyes.

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Do you like Chet Baker?

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What?

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Chet Baker.

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I play violin...
in an orchestra.

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But I play trumpet...

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also.

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About the new piece
that we will play tomorrow,

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do you want me to conduct?

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

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

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Some other time.

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Of course.

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But...

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If their plan at headquarters
is approved,

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there might not be another time.

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Their plan
will not be approved.

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That's why we're here,

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isn't that so?

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We had three concerts
in April,

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two in June.

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No one should speak to us
about efficiency and worth.

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The Alexandria Police Ceremonial
Orchestra manages just fine, period.

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Line them up.

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Good afternoon.

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Dina, come here.

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Some General
wants to talk to you.

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Good afternoon.

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Good afternoon to you, too.

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

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Excuse me?

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

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at the initiation ceremony
of the Arab Culture Center.

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What?

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Where are you from?

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We are from Egypt.

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Egypt?

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We are the Alexandria
Ceremonial Orchestra...

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There is no Arab Center here.

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No Arab Culture Center?

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

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Bloody nowhere.

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Who invited you?

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The Betah Tikva Cultural Department.

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Petah Tikva?
- Betah Tikva.

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

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Betah Tikva.
- Not Betah... Petah!

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

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

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Is that clear?

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Clear?

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General, you need help, General?

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Assholes!

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Aren't we eating today?

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Excuse me?

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I asked if we're going to eat.

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I did not join the police
to starve to death.

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

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Pardon me?

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Does anyone else feel like Khaled?

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We haven't eaten
since this morning, sir.

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All of us.

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Just a second...

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Khaled, would you mind...

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They haven't eaten
since this morning,

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this might affect their playing.

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Perhaps we could organize something
with those people back there.

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After that,
things will fall into place.

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Hello again, General.

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Madame, I would like...

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on behalf of the Alexandria
Ceremonial Orchestra,

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

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in light of the circumstances.

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How can I help you?

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Would it be possible to dine here?

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It's a restaurant here, no?

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Yes, but...

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

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just some bread, something light.

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Could we pay with Egyptian money?

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Don't take this disciplinary
thing to heart.

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It's all bullshit.

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

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He can fire me for all I care.

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Did I spend five years
at the academy for this?

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Playing marches in the desert?

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How can you stand him?

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

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Simon, are you conducting
tomorrow or not?

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Why did you stop?

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I didn't finish it.

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You wrote this?

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Yes.

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It's an overture for a concerto

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but I didn't finish it.

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Backgammon?

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What do you say about that?

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

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You're welcome.

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You decided what to do?

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We shall manage.

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There is no more bus today.

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No more bus?

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No. Finished.

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Hotel?

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Hotel? Here?

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Of course.

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When is your show?

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It is tomorrow evening.

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Say, ltzik...

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Can you take three of them?

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What?

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Musicians.
They have nowhere to sleep.

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Take them where?

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

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

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I don't know.

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

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

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Even better.

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You know what, General?

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

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What do you mean, here?

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Here, with us.
You can sleep here tonight.

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I can take some,

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Papi can make room here,

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

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It's OK,
we can work something out.

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Tomorrow morning you take
the bus.

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

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

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OK.

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

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

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Really.

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Will your husband agree to that?

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Once when I see him I ask him.

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You're not married.

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Me?

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No.

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By the way, I'm Dina.

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Tawfiq.

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What do you say?

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Please.

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Please.

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We'll spend the night here.

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No shit.

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Khaled!

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

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nor of the effect
this whole story will have

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on our struggle over
next year's budget.

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

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and I expect you all to conduct
yourselves with dignity.

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We need to carry out
this mission together,

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

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

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Good luck to you all.

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Khaled stays with me.

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

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So, you come?

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How are you, Mrs. Maimon?

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I'm not...

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

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Do you prefer the wall
or the window?

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So...

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Coffee?

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

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What are you looking at?

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Come, bring us coffee.

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Very quiet here.

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Dead.

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Alexandria is a big city, yes?

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A lot of people, and lights.

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And noise.

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

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You don't like to be here?

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It's my life. I got used.

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But sometimes...

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Sometimes I think maybe I could...

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Why didn't you?

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I met my first husband.

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Wbat about you, General? Do you have
someone waiting for you in Egypt?

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A wife?

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No, no.

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

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

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

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There is a place,
not far from here.

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Nice, some food, some drink.

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

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You want to come too, Khaled?

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No thank you, Madame.
I'll stay.

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How do I look?

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Very fine, indeed.

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Would you say
if you thought otherwise?

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Don't you want to take
your hat off?

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Excuse me?

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

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Yes.

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It's better, no?

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A man should not hide
behind a hat.

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Got yourself a General, Dina?

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What's up?
Has she called yet?

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Soon. She'll call
any minute now.

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God help you.

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Oh, sorry!

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It's OK.

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You saw this boy?

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Every night he waits
for his girlfriend to call.

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Oh, shit! I forgot!

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

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With the key.

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

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Sorry.

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You know,
she has her birthday today?

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Happy birthday.

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Thank you.

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Many happy years.

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Thank you.

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See they're alright?

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Nice people, right?

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Why shouldn't they be?

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So you're awake?

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Very nice.

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Too bad they don't visit
all the time.

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You should invite them more often.

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

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I play the clarinet,
and I also conduct.

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Well, sometimes.

267
00:29:28,220 --> 00:29:31,371
You know, Avrum,
Simon wrote a concerto.

268
00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:32,296
A concerto?

269
00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:35,608
Before, in the restaurant,
he played for me.

270
00:29:36,340 --> 00:29:41,016
Well, it's not really a concerto,
I didn't finish it.

271
00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:43,740
We're all going to cry now...

272
00:29:44,140 --> 00:29:45,573
Schubert.

273
00:29:47,380 --> 00:29:48,893
Why not finish?

274
00:29:49,180 --> 00:29:52,616
I started to write this after
I finished the academy,

275
00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:57,292
but then, my wife,
got pregnant and...

276
00:29:57,420 --> 00:29:59,570
time, and...

277
00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:05,616
Do you work in the restaurant?

278
00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:12,616
Not really. I'm between works now.

279
00:30:12,820 --> 00:30:14,856
Between for almost a year.

280
00:30:18,620 --> 00:30:20,053
It's clean, OK?

281
00:30:23,380 --> 00:30:25,416
He should be saying thank you,
instead of making faces.

282
00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:32,776
You know, I also played
the violin.

283
00:30:33,060 --> 00:30:34,618
There he goes again.

284
00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:37,931
I used to play at...

285
00:30:38,460 --> 00:30:41,020
weddings, celebrations...

286
00:30:42,420 --> 00:30:44,138
That's how I met my wife.

287
00:30:44,460 --> 00:30:47,657
That story again... We didn't meet
there, we met at your aunt's.

288
00:30:47,740 --> 00:30:49,173
Come on, didn't we meet
at the Calypso?

289
00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:50,699
We met at your aunt's.

290
00:30:50,780 --> 00:30:52,338
OK, but where did love start?

291
00:30:52,540 --> 00:30:53,336
What love?

292
00:30:53,420 --> 00:30:55,809
Besides, why do you
care so much about details?

293
00:30:57,540 --> 00:30:59,531
Do you really care if they'll
think we met at the Calypso?

294
00:30:59,620 --> 00:31:01,417
It doesn't matter.

295
00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:03,138
I don't care what they think.

296
00:31:05,820 --> 00:31:10,018
I used to play there with a band.
All songs.

297
00:31:10,220 --> 00:31:14,498
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Klezmers,
everything.

298
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:19,453
Then one day I was playing
and she was dancing.

299
00:31:20,740 --> 00:31:22,332
And I looked...

300
00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:27,178
and maybe for three or four minutes
I stopped playing.

301
00:31:38,460 --> 00:31:39,893
I was like a stone.

302
00:31:41,980 --> 00:31:45,655
And of course I was dressed
nice and played,

303
00:31:46,140 --> 00:31:48,256
so she was in love.

304
00:31:51,780 --> 00:31:53,338
You know that?

305
00:33:23,540 --> 00:33:24,893
Good evening.

306
00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:26,976
Egyptian Embassy?

307
00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:32,332
This is Kamal Abdel Azim of
the Alexandria Police Orchestra.

308
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:34,456
We're in trouble.

309
00:33:35,220 --> 00:33:39,452
Kamal Abdel Azim of the
Alexandria Police Orchestra.

310
00:33:41,060 --> 00:33:43,255
We're in trouble.

311
00:33:44,660 --> 00:33:47,458
The Alexandria Police Orchestra!

312
00:33:48,620 --> 00:33:50,133
Yes, please.

313
00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:55,938
08-6583000.

314
00:33:56,020 --> 00:33:58,170
Yes, please.

315
00:33:58,260 --> 00:34:01,172
Good bye, sir.

316
00:34:15,580 --> 00:34:17,093
Arab salad,

317
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:20,013
tahini sauce,

318
00:34:20,940 --> 00:34:22,578
fries, lots.

319
00:34:24,220 --> 00:34:25,733
Put some more.

320
00:34:33,540 --> 00:34:35,258
You sure you don't want something?

321
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:37,579
Coffee, maybe?

322
00:34:38,340 --> 00:34:40,331
Yes, maybe coffee. Thank you.

323
00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:44,532
Coffee. Get us a coffee.

324
00:34:52,740 --> 00:34:55,015
Tawfiq, tell me something
in Arabic.

325
00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:56,976
What?

326
00:34:57,100 --> 00:35:00,775
Something. I don't know,
just to hear the music.

327
00:35:11,140 --> 00:35:12,619
What does it mean?

328
00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:15,769
In wintertime, take an umbrella,

329
00:35:15,860 --> 00:35:19,057
in summertime, put a hat
on your head,

330
00:35:19,140 --> 00:35:22,257
in autumn time stay at home.

331
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:37,133
Everything is OK?

332
00:35:37,420 --> 00:35:40,810
Yes, it's just...
People are staring.

333
00:35:40,940 --> 00:35:44,012
Leave it. People here
are in the Stone Age, you know?

334
00:35:59,780 --> 00:36:02,453
So what do you play
in the orchestra?

335
00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:06,489
You play like army music?
You know, like...

336
00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:16,091
We are a traditional orchestra.
We play classical Arab music.

337
00:36:17,060 --> 00:36:19,290
What, like um Kulthoum? Farid?

338
00:36:19,420 --> 00:36:20,819
Yes.

339
00:36:22,740 --> 00:36:24,856
Why police needs to play
um Kulthoum?

340
00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:29,972
This is like asking
why a man needs a soul.

341
00:36:40,620 --> 00:36:44,738
I'm sorry. I didn't mean that...
I mean, it's nice.

342
00:36:48,260 --> 00:36:51,058
It's OK. You're not the only one
who thinks that way.

343
00:36:51,980 --> 00:36:54,778
Music today is not
that important any more.

344
00:36:55,420 --> 00:36:56,819
What do you mean?

345
00:36:57,380 --> 00:37:00,338
Well, people today care about
other things:

346
00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:03,293
Money, efficiency, worth.

347
00:37:04,580 --> 00:37:06,935
People are stupid, aren't they?

348
00:37:09,420 --> 00:37:12,492
Yes, they are, sometimes.

349
00:37:44,580 --> 00:37:45,933
Papi...

350
00:37:46,340 --> 00:37:48,535
Oh no, not him...

351
00:37:49,020 --> 00:37:51,932
Going out? Good time?

352
00:37:52,140 --> 00:37:53,414
Don't know.

353
00:37:53,540 --> 00:37:55,178
Just going...

354
00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:57,052
out.

355
00:37:58,140 --> 00:38:00,574
I don't lock. You can go in.

356
00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:05,095
I can go too, you know.
Have a good time.

357
00:38:05,780 --> 00:38:10,331
I don't sleep, so maybe
I come with you, like a tourist.

358
00:38:10,420 --> 00:38:11,853
Have a look on the city.

359
00:38:11,940 --> 00:38:13,419
No...

360
00:38:14,620 --> 00:38:16,292
No, see...

361
00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:20,331
One girl. OK?

362
00:38:22,940 --> 00:38:23,929
One girl?

363
00:38:24,020 --> 00:38:25,817
Yes. One girl.

364
00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:30,575
OK. I just look on the city.

365
00:38:31,940 --> 00:38:33,896
You and the girl do what you want.

366
00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:37,179
Khaled.

367
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:39,013
Papi.

368
00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:44,738
Well, this raises questions.

369
00:38:45,420 --> 00:38:48,332
They're all like that.

370
00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:50,773
Very questionable.

371
00:38:54,980 --> 00:38:57,653
I like clothes. Clothes nice.

372
00:38:57,780 --> 00:38:59,293
Yes.

373
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:01,656
Like Michael Jackson.

374
00:39:19,580 --> 00:39:21,218
This is the cousin?

375
00:39:22,060 --> 00:39:23,209
Well?

376
00:39:23,420 --> 00:39:26,412
No way,
it's that gloomy girl.

377
00:39:26,620 --> 00:39:28,975
You fixed me up
with that gloomy girl?

378
00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:30,015
Is she gloomy?

379
00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:31,738
Of course she's gloomy.

380
00:39:31,860 --> 00:39:32,815
She's not gloomy.

381
00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:33,969
She is!

382
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:35,931
Come on, you're exaggerating.

383
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:38,694
Hi.

384
00:39:39,740 --> 00:39:42,129
Papi, meet my cousin, Julia.

385
00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:44,408
Hi.

386
00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:47,453
Make some room.

387
00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:58,610
I just look on the city.
No problem.

388
00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:19,458
Tawfiq, you see this guy?

389
00:40:27,820 --> 00:40:29,538
He's someone that...

390
00:40:30,140 --> 00:40:34,656
I mean, me and him,
we sometimes, you know...

391
00:40:38,460 --> 00:40:39,893
I see.

392
00:40:51,380 --> 00:40:52,893
Hi, Sammy.

393
00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:57,975
Meet Tawfiq, a good friend
of mine.

394
00:40:59,860 --> 00:41:03,011
Please meet.
This is Sammy.

395
00:41:13,780 --> 00:41:17,375
Tawfiq is a conductor.
They came here for a special concert.

396
00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:18,819
How do you do?

397
00:41:25,140 --> 00:41:26,414
How are you doing?

398
00:41:31,860 --> 00:41:33,088
Son of a bitch.

399
00:41:33,380 --> 00:41:35,496
A real son of a bitch!

400
00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:42,214
One minute.

401
00:42:11,820 --> 00:42:13,333
This is for you.

402
00:45:31,660 --> 00:45:32,979
Come, Papi.

403
00:45:34,780 --> 00:45:36,099
No...

404
00:45:36,460 --> 00:45:38,337
This ain't for me.

405
00:45:38,500 --> 00:45:40,218
Come on, don't be scared.

406
00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:43,013
I'll show you.

407
00:45:45,060 --> 00:45:46,015
No, please...

408
00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:46,976
Don't be scared.

409
00:45:47,060 --> 00:45:48,493
Stop it, get off my back!

410
00:46:06,020 --> 00:46:08,136
You don't go with girls a lot, eh?

411
00:46:08,740 --> 00:46:10,139
No.

412
00:46:13,260 --> 00:46:15,251
I hear the sea in my ears.

413
00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:18,209
Sea? In your ears?

414
00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:19,653
Yes.

415
00:46:19,780 --> 00:46:22,817
I don't know what to say,
what to do.

416
00:46:23,740 --> 00:46:26,857
I want to talk, but I hear
sea in my ears.

417
00:46:29,380 --> 00:46:30,938
Like that...

418
00:46:40,980 --> 00:46:43,619
So you and girls, you never...

419
00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:47,331
You never...?

420
00:46:50,260 --> 00:46:51,170
You?

421
00:46:51,260 --> 00:46:52,852
Yes.

422
00:46:56,020 --> 00:46:57,533
What's it like?

423
00:46:59,580 --> 00:47:03,209
I can tell you, but...

424
00:47:03,340 --> 00:47:05,012
only in Arabic.

425
00:47:49,780 --> 00:47:51,293
This is the park.

426
00:47:53,860 --> 00:47:56,579
It doesn't look like a park,
but it's a park.

427
00:47:57,340 --> 00:47:58,773
You have to imagine.

428
00:48:00,820 --> 00:48:02,173
You see?

429
00:48:02,500 --> 00:48:04,331
This is the grass.

430
00:48:05,540 --> 00:48:08,691
And there is where
the children play.

431
00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:13,099
And this...

432
00:48:14,260 --> 00:48:15,978
This is the sea.

433
00:48:21,820 --> 00:48:24,288
Tell me, how does it feel?

434
00:48:25,700 --> 00:48:30,615
I mean to do music, to have
the orchestra, how does it feel?

435
00:48:32,340 --> 00:48:33,773
Well...

436
00:48:35,140 --> 00:48:39,179
To have all the people waiting
for you, and all the eyes for you...

437
00:48:39,900 --> 00:48:41,253
You know...

438
00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:43,619
It's...

439
00:48:45,340 --> 00:48:46,773
It's...

440
00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:48,613
Yes...

441
00:48:50,220 --> 00:48:51,778
What?

442
00:49:16,700 --> 00:49:19,214
It looks like the most important
thing in the world.

443
00:49:19,380 --> 00:49:22,133
No, the most important thing
in the world is fishing.

444
00:49:22,300 --> 00:49:24,052
What? Fishing?

445
00:49:25,820 --> 00:49:27,014
It's so boring!

446
00:49:27,100 --> 00:49:28,135
No, it's not boring.

447
00:49:28,260 --> 00:49:31,377
To sit whole days like that,
maybe four hours

448
00:49:31,500 --> 00:49:33,456
until you catch something?

449
00:49:33,660 --> 00:49:35,218
It's not boring at all.

450
00:49:35,820 --> 00:49:40,052
It's the sound of water,
and waves,

451
00:49:40,180 --> 00:49:43,456
and distant children playing
on the beach,

452
00:49:44,060 --> 00:49:47,211
the sound of the bait falling
in the water.

453
00:49:47,540 --> 00:49:50,816
In early hours at sea you can hear
the whole world like...

454
00:49:51,940 --> 00:49:53,578
Like a symphony.

455
00:49:57,700 --> 00:50:00,453
And the fish, you cook it?

456
00:50:00,820 --> 00:50:02,333
Well, usually I don't catch.

457
00:50:05,020 --> 00:50:07,932
But sometimes I just put them back
to the water.

458
00:50:08,060 --> 00:50:09,095
Really?

459
00:50:10,220 --> 00:50:12,893
Before, when my wife was alive
I used to take them home

460
00:50:12,980 --> 00:50:14,811
and she used to cook...

461
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:19,534
but now I just put them back.

462
00:50:23,300 --> 00:50:24,653
Your wife is dead?

463
00:50:25,460 --> 00:50:26,779
Yes.

464
00:50:29,420 --> 00:50:31,376
Was it a long time ago?

465
00:50:33,460 --> 00:50:35,530
Almost 3 years ago.

466
00:50:35,660 --> 00:50:40,370
In September, the 21 st.

467
00:50:41,660 --> 00:50:44,049
I'm sorry if I'm asking something
that hurts.

468
00:50:45,260 --> 00:50:49,936
No, it's OK. They say it's good
to talk sometimes about things...

469
00:50:56,220 --> 00:50:57,778
She was pretty?

470
00:50:58,980 --> 00:51:00,254
Yes.

471
00:51:01,700 --> 00:51:05,136
Did she like fishing?
- No. Not at all.

472
00:51:07,020 --> 00:51:08,373
How did you meet?

473
00:51:09,340 --> 00:51:13,856
In the academy, at a friend's house.
She came with her friends.

474
00:51:14,260 --> 00:51:18,538
You know, we talked,
she laughed at me with her friends,

475
00:51:18,620 --> 00:51:20,815
I thought she didn't like me,
but...

476
00:51:22,020 --> 00:51:25,899
after a few days she came
to see me play a concert.

477
00:51:30,500 --> 00:51:32,218
Did you have children?

478
00:51:34,500 --> 00:51:36,297
We had one child.

479
00:51:36,860 --> 00:51:38,213
One?!

480
00:51:38,780 --> 00:51:40,259
One son?

481
00:51:41,900 --> 00:51:45,859
What, you, a big man like you,
Arabic, you know, family...

482
00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:47,772
and only one son?

483
00:51:57,500 --> 00:51:59,252
I'm joking.

484
00:52:06,740 --> 00:52:08,810
Can we please go now?

485
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:11,899
OK.

486
00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:48,328
What?

487
00:52:48,980 --> 00:52:51,130
The cousin is crying.

488
00:52:51,300 --> 00:52:52,449
Why is she crying?

489
00:52:52,540 --> 00:52:54,417
How would I know.

490
00:52:55,900 --> 00:52:58,016
Just sort something out.

491
00:54:15,860 --> 00:54:17,532
You need a drink.

492
00:55:13,940 --> 00:55:16,010
You drink also.

493
00:55:32,980 --> 00:55:34,618
Now what?

494
00:56:51,620 --> 00:56:53,656
We are going to sleep now.

495
00:56:55,700 --> 00:56:58,009
I am sorry if we caused trouble.

496
00:56:59,260 --> 00:57:02,218
No, no. It's not you.

497
00:57:02,940 --> 00:57:05,659
All the time it's like this now.
We fight, she go...

498
00:57:22,140 --> 00:57:23,493
Stupid, isn't it?

499
00:58:18,900 --> 00:58:20,413
You know...

500
00:58:22,620 --> 00:58:25,498
maybe this is how your
concerto ends.

501
00:58:25,820 --> 00:58:28,971
I mean... not a big end

502
00:58:29,060 --> 00:58:32,336
with trumpets and violins,

503
00:58:33,100 --> 00:58:35,091
maybe this is the finish.

504
00:58:36,260 --> 00:58:38,251
Just like that, suddenly.

505
00:58:38,900 --> 00:58:41,095
Not sad, not happy.

506
00:58:42,540 --> 00:58:44,132
Just...

507
00:58:47,220 --> 00:58:48,858
a small room,

508
00:58:50,940 --> 00:58:52,373
a lamp,

509
00:58:53,140 --> 00:58:54,573
a bed,

510
00:58:56,060 --> 00:58:57,971
child sleeps,

511
00:58:59,540 --> 00:59:01,019
and...

512
00:59:09,580 --> 00:59:11,730
tones of loneliness.

513
01:00:52,820 --> 01:00:54,094
Yes?

514
01:00:54,460 --> 01:00:56,496
This is me, Kamal.

515
01:00:56,620 --> 01:00:58,656
Are you sending a car?

516
01:00:58,740 --> 01:01:00,219
Very good.

517
01:01:00,500 --> 01:01:02,377
I am at the phone.

518
01:01:02,540 --> 01:01:04,132
Very good.

519
01:01:04,340 --> 01:01:06,900
Waiting for instructions.

520
01:01:07,580 --> 01:01:10,378
Goodbye, sir. Goodbye.

521
01:01:33,620 --> 01:01:35,576
Do you like Arab movies, Tawfiq?

522
01:01:36,900 --> 01:01:38,891
Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama...

523
01:01:39,420 --> 01:01:42,218
When I was young we used
to have here, on television,

524
01:01:42,300 --> 01:01:44,131
Arab movies, Egyptian movies.

525
01:01:44,260 --> 01:01:45,852
Every Friday at noon,

526
01:01:46,340 --> 01:01:50,458
all the streets in Israel were empty
because of the Arab movie,

527
01:01:50,660 --> 01:01:53,891
and me, my mother, my sister,
we sit and we see Egyptian movie

528
01:01:53,980 --> 01:01:56,289
and we cry our eyes out.

529
01:01:59,940 --> 01:02:02,249
We were all in love with
Omar Sharif.

530
01:02:02,500 --> 01:02:05,060
We were all in love with love.

531
01:02:07,340 --> 01:02:10,093
And I think that now, this night,

532
01:02:10,420 --> 01:02:12,888
we could live this again,
you know...

533
01:02:13,060 --> 01:02:16,211
big love in big Arabic words...

534
01:02:26,060 --> 01:02:29,496
But I fuck it all up
like everything else.

535
01:02:31,180 --> 01:02:33,250
My life is an Arab movie.

536
01:02:44,580 --> 01:02:46,969
My wife you have
asked about before,

537
01:02:47,260 --> 01:02:49,137
she died because of me.

538
01:02:49,660 --> 01:02:51,173
We had a son,

539
01:02:51,340 --> 01:02:53,774
a bright and beautiful son,

540
01:02:54,660 --> 01:02:56,810
he made some mistakes.

541
01:02:57,500 --> 01:02:59,570
I was hard with him,

542
01:03:00,740 --> 01:03:02,571
I didn't understand.

543
01:03:04,100 --> 01:03:08,890
He was gentle, fragile, like her.

544
01:03:10,780 --> 01:03:12,736
I didn't understand him.

545
01:03:14,740 --> 01:03:17,777
He took his life.

546
01:03:20,060 --> 01:03:21,732
It broke her heart.

547
01:03:34,460 --> 01:03:36,451
Do you have children?

548
01:03:37,420 --> 01:03:38,648
No.

549
01:03:41,460 --> 01:03:44,497
When I could have, I was too
occupied with nonsense.

550
01:03:44,780 --> 01:03:47,055
When I wanted, I couldn't.

551
01:03:49,020 --> 01:03:51,932
Too bad. You are a good woman.

552
01:03:55,620 --> 01:03:57,133
You think so?

553
01:03:59,300 --> 01:04:00,653
I'm sure.

554
01:04:52,780 --> 01:04:54,054
Dina,

555
01:04:55,660 --> 01:04:57,616
do you like Chet Baker?

556
01:04:58,220 --> 01:04:59,539
Who?

557
01:04:59,860 --> 01:05:01,498
Chet Baker.

558
01:05:17,780 --> 01:05:20,374
No. I don't know.

559
01:05:26,340 --> 01:05:28,171
I like Chet Baker.

560
01:05:34,580 --> 01:05:36,775
I have all his recordings.

561
01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:40,417
From the beginning, with the
Harry Babsin Octet.

562
01:05:40,620 --> 01:05:42,850
To the last concert in '88.

563
01:07:11,300 --> 01:07:13,256
A bit weak on the lower key,

564
01:07:14,620 --> 01:07:16,292
but not too bad.

565
01:07:20,580 --> 01:07:21,808
I know.

566
01:07:22,460 --> 01:07:23,973
Wine?

567
01:07:39,060 --> 01:07:40,732
I got some left in the fridge.

568
01:07:41,260 --> 01:07:42,375
Thank you.

569
01:07:42,980 --> 01:07:46,290
But I shall go to sleep now.
It's too late.

570
01:07:47,220 --> 01:07:49,336
You're sure? You don't want some?

571
01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:53,494
Not tonight... Not for me.

572
01:07:54,340 --> 01:07:56,296
We have a long day tomorrow.

573
01:07:59,420 --> 01:08:00,694
OK.

574
01:08:09,780 --> 01:08:11,771
You too, don't stay up too late.

575
01:08:12,180 --> 01:08:14,774
We shouldn't impose anymore.

576
01:08:17,380 --> 01:08:19,177
Go on, son.

577
01:08:20,020 --> 01:08:22,136
We have a long day tomorrow.

578
01:09:24,340 --> 01:09:25,773
Hello?

579
01:09:25,860 --> 01:09:26,895
Hi, Amalia.

580
01:09:27,020 --> 01:09:30,251
How are you, sweetie?

581
01:09:30,340 --> 01:09:31,978
I'm fine, how are you?

582
01:09:32,460 --> 01:09:34,416
Is your mother better?

583
01:09:35,300 --> 01:09:36,938
I miss you!

584
01:09:37,780 --> 01:09:41,295
No, I put on a sweatshirt.
The white one you got me.

585
01:09:42,180 --> 01:09:43,579
It keeps me warm.

586
01:09:43,700 --> 01:09:44,769
Love you...

587
01:12:32,100 --> 01:12:34,295
Did you have a quiet night?

588
01:12:35,860 --> 01:12:37,976
I guess. Sort of...

589
01:13:07,340 --> 01:13:09,729
I would like to thank you
for your hospitality.

590
01:13:10,260 --> 01:13:12,649
We shall be ever grateful
for your help.

591
01:13:14,660 --> 01:13:16,139
My pleasure.

592
01:13:46,420 --> 01:13:49,332
This is the place: Petah Tikva.

593
01:14:02,220 --> 01:14:03,812
Goodbye.

594
01:14:04,660 --> 01:14:06,378
Goodbye, Madame.

595
01:17:48,740 --> 01:17:55,373
Sasson Gabai

596
01:17:57,300 --> 01:18:04,012
Ronit Elkabetz

597
01:18:07,140 --> 01:18:13,454
Saleh Bakri

598
01:18:15,700 --> 01:18:22,253
Khalifa Natour

599
01:18:29,260 --> 01:18:34,254
To my Grandmother, Shoshana,
may she rest in peace

600
01:18:35,300 --> 01:18:39,532
Written and directed by
Eran Kolirin