Original subtitles

C?ver y?urself.

(SPEAKS ?E?REW)

What y?u g?t sh?w me?

(??E? ARGUE)

(?E S?OU?S)

Passp?rt.

I was ?nly trying t? talk t? them,

I d?n't understand what I'm supp?sed t? have d?ne wr?ng.

??u can't be here. ?hat's what y?u've d?ne wr?ng.

(C????ER OVER RADIO)

C?me.

(MAN S?OU?S)

(SPEAKS ?E?REW)

??u w?uldn't believe it. I trained these h?peless pieces ?f shit.

(?ELICOP?ER FLIES OVER?EAD)

(SIREN W?lLS)

??me sweet h?me?

?his was my life f?r three years.

D?esn't mean I'm n?t critical ?f it.

Anyway, thanks f?r c?ming.

Sure.

S?rry I ran.

It felt weird waking up...

??u kn?w...

it's fine...

f?rget it.

S? what happens n?w?

?hey have t? finish their patr?l,

but they want me t? stay here t?night, s? we can catch up.

It w?uld be a g??d idea t? say yes.

Sure, why n?t?

?y the way, n? ?ffence, but y?ur friends were t?tally crap.

?hey just r?lled ?ver and did everything th?se settlers t?ld them.

And when s?me Palestinian kids I was with were being st?ned by the settlers,

y?ur preci?us army just st??d by and did n?thing.

Well, the army aren't here t? keep the peace, Erin.

?hey're here t? pr?tect the settlers. End ?f st?ry.

And the settlers kn?w it, s? they treat them like shit.

?hey kn?w we have t? pr?tect them, h?wever disgustingly they behave.

D?es that mean standing by while they c?mmit murder?

It's a grey area.

Listen... every?ne's mind gets fucked up here.

??u can d? literally anything y?u want t? the Palestinians.

??u can steal fr?m them, y?u can sleep in their h?uses,

y?u can take their cars...

beat them t? death with y?ur bare hands in br?ad daylight,

sh??t their kids f?r thr?wing a st?ne. Anything...

Is that why y?u turned against it?

Wh? says I've turned against it?

I went al?ng with m?st ?f it, m?st ?f the time.

Eliza says when y?u came ?ut ?f the army, y?u'd changed.

S?mething must've caused it?

?ell me, why are y?u here?

?he real reas?n.

When I th?ught I was leaving, I read the end ?f my grandad's diary.

It was really weird, he s?unded s? different...

desperate.

?e said he was g?ing t? pris?n

f?r s?mething he'd d?ne t? M?hammed, his servant.

What did he d??

I d?n't kn?w yet.

And y?u're, what, l??king f?r the servant's family?

I supp?se.

?? d? what?

I d?n't kn?w.

I just want t? find ?ut what happened.

Why didn't y?u tell me?

It's private.

I th?ught it was because y?u wanted t? g? with Omar.

I p?inted my rifle at this...

little Palestinian girl...

f?r a j?ke.

Just t? sh?w h?w t?ugh I was.

And she started crying.

She didn't make a s?und.

She just stared at me...

with tears running d?wn her cheeks.

It was n?thing.

I d?n't kn?w why it affected me, I still d?n't.

I mean, pe?ple cry.

?hey beg y?u f?r mercy every day in this j?b.

?ut s?mething switched ?ff in me, in my brain.

I just c?uldn't d? it any m?re.

- What happened? - ?hey threw me in jail...

like y?ur grandfather.

I bet Eliza never t?ld y?u that ab?ut me.

Why, is she embarrassed ab?ut it?

Wh? kn?ws?

N?-?ne ever menti?ns it.

(AIRCRAF?S ROAR OVER?EAD)

(MEN C????ER)

Shit.

(GUNS?O?, S?OU?lNG)

Get d?wn, f?r fuck's sake!

(S?OU?S ORDERS, MORE GUNFIRE)

(??E? SPEAK ARA?lC)

(?E SPEAKS ARA?lC)

?ell??

(SPEAKS ARA?lC)

?hat meeting... C?mbatants f?r Peace?

??u said, ?nce y?u'd shaken hands with y?ur enemy,

y?u c?uld never take up a gun again.

?ut last night y?u j?ined in, y?u fired back.

It's called l?yalty, Erin.

(??E? SPEAK ARA?lC)

Is it them?

?es and n?. She's the grand-daughter ?f the man.

M?hammed and his family came t? stay with in 1948.

- ?he c?usin? - ?hat's right.

?es!

?ut n?ne ?f the family are still in ?ebr?n.

M?hammed t??k them away after the Six Day War in 1967,

after lsrael annexed this wh?le area...

- (GLASS S????ERS) - (WOMAN SPEAKS ARA?lC)

She's t?ld y?u t? be careful ?f the glass.

Oh. She's saying that when her grandfather ?wned that h?use,

he t??k in 400 Jews t? pr?tect them fr?m the massacres.

(WOMAN CON?lNUES)

And n?w, the children ?f th?se they saved

live in her grandfather's h?use and thr?w d?wn br?ken glass

and ?ther n?t very nice things ?n their heads.

She's warning y?u t? be careful.

(?E CLEARS ??RO??)

We sh?uld g?, Erin.

(ANIM??ED DISCUSSION)

What's she saying?

Wh?re. She's calling her a wh?re.

Right!

Fuck ?ff ?ut ?f it, OK?

Erin, c?me ?n.

(S?OU?S IN ?E?REW)

C?me ?n.

C?me ?n, Erin. It d?esn't help.

?hey'll just take it ?ut ?n the family ?nce we've g?ne. C?me ?n.

(ARGUING CON?lNUES)

We need t? g? back.

??u didn't ask them where M?hammed t??k his family.

I did.

?e t??k them t? Gaza.

- Where in Gaza? - Lt d?esn't matter where, Erin.

I'm seri?us. D?n't even think ab?ut it, OK?

Gaza is a cl?sed area. N?-?ne g?es in and n?-?ne c?mes ?ut.

It's a war z?ne.

RADIO: The partition plan was adopted by 33 votes to 30 with 10 abstentions.

With this one triumphant act,

the United Nations has finally signalled the death knell

for the illegal occupation of our country by the British Empire.

The hated forces must leave by 1stAugust 1948.

People of Palestine, at last...

??u OK?

S?me?ne's g?ing t? get killed if they keep running under ?ur fucking wheels.

Where n?w?

(DIS?OR?ED VOICE ON RADIO)

N?rth.

?ut sl?wly. It isn't far.

N?rth.

(RADIO ?ROADCAS? CON?lNUES)

not dictated to us by warmongers and fascists...

(MAN S?OU?S)

so, Tommy, it's time for you to slink offback home

with your tails between your legs...

Suddenly they l?ve us, n?w they kn?w we're g?ing h?me.

Kol Zion will continue to broadcast every detail of your humiliation

till the last one of you is driven from our soil.

(GUNS?O?)

Fucking piece ?f shit!

Wait here.

S?rry, my fault.

?hey must've d?ne a bunk.

Stay where y?u are!

- On me! - With y?u, sarge.

- St?p! - D?n't m?ve!

On me.

Fuck!

(?ANDLE R???LES)

G? ?n, get in!

D?esn't l??k like they'll be br?adcasting ?ur final humiliati?n after all,

d?es it, sarge?

- What happened t? the w?man? - G?t away.

- Why'd y?u let her g?? - I didn't.

D?n't fuck with me! I'm ?ne sec?nd fr?m ripping y?ur fucking thr?at ?ut!

??u kn?w why.

??w much have y?u t?ld her?

??w much?

Whatever she wanted t? kn?w.

Agh.

??w c?uld y?u d? it?

After all we've been thr?ugh t?gether?

Same reas?n y?u t?ld Clara ab?ut R?bbins and Nash.

What makes you so sure?

?he fact that he let the w?man slip away in me sight, sir.

And the fact that he's g?ne missing.

If y?u th?ught he was resp?nsible f?r the leaks, why didn't y?u arrest him?

I didn't put it t?gether till after I realised he'd g?ne AWOL, sir.

??u've cut y?ur knuckles, Len.

?es, sir.

I imagine y?u did that when y?u stumbled ?n the r??f, right?

M?st likely. ?es, sir.

Is it true that the ?ritish are leaving?

?eah.

?eah, but n?t f?r a while yet.

?ut y?u're g?ing back t? y?ur family?

I'll be g?ing h?me,

but n?t t? me family.

Why? Are y?u angry with them?

?assan, g? inside, leave the sergeant in peace.

??u might want t? think ab?ut m?ving s?mewhere safer,

at least till after partiti?n.

N?.

??u sh?uldn't rely ?n the ?ritish t? pr?tect y?u.

?aifa's a strategically imp?rtant p?rt and the Jews will try and take it.

??u w?uldn't want y?ur family t? be here when that happens.

?his is my h?me.

I was b?rn in this h?use.

?hat's what the Jews want, t? scare us int? leaving

s? they can have the wh?le ?f Palestine,

n?t just the part that y?u're all?wing them t? steal.

N?.

(DANCE MUSIC PLA?S)

(?UZZ OF C????ER)

- Daddy! Daddy! - What? What d? y?u need?

- Red. - I've g?t red, I've g?t red. Girls...

I'm d?wn t? the dregs ?n the white. I'll be right back with s?me white.

- ?hank y?u. St?p sm?king! - It's a party!

?elling me n?t t? sm?ke!

Ah... n?, n?, n?, n?. ?iding in the kitchen is n?t all?wed.

C?me and meet s?me pe?ple.

One... white... g??d.

C?me ?n, c?me ?n!

OK!

Ah! S?me?ne's ?bvi?usly pissed.

Can't I hug my best friend ?n the day she graduates?

?ey, what is it?

It's n?thing. It's n?thing.

Paul and I were in ?ebr?n...

and I saw s?me s?ldiers caught up in s?me really bad stuff

and I g?t w?rried ab?ut y?u, that's all.

L??k, dude, n? ?ffence

but y?u really d?n't want t? listen t? all the negative crap

Paul c?mes ?ut with all the time.

?hings have really changed since he was in the army.

Anyway, I t?ld y?u...

he's c?mpletely insane.

- C?me ?n, let's party! - I'll catch up. I've g?t t? have a wee.

(DOOR OPENS)

An?ther ?ne.

?el Aviv.

When are y?u leaving?

I d?n't kn?w.

?h?ught I might stay ?n f?r a day ?r tw?, bum ar?und a bit.

Erin...

if y?u w?n't take me, I'll ask Omar.

?e'll say n?.

It's illegal f?r him t??, just like it w?uld be f?r me.

I d?n't get it.

What difference d?es it make if y?u find this family ?r y?u d?n't?

Unless there's s?mething y?u're n?t telling me.

It's ab?ut l?yalty.

?hat's what y?u said, isn't it?

Every?ne wh?'s dear t? him

has either died ?r betrayed him.

?is girlfriend, his best friend...

S?mething awful's ab?ut t? happen t? him, I kn?w it. I can't just aband?n him.

Aband?n him? Erin, this is insane!

??w d?es g?ing int? a warz?ne help him?

?e's a paralysed ?ld man.

?he pers?n y?u're talking ab?ut n? l?nger exists.

?e d?es t? me!

OK?

?e d?es t? me.

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(?OOMING E?PLOSION)

??u can't have d?ne that badly.

??u never st?pped writing.

What's the p?int? ??u're leaving. S??n we'll be at war.

I sh?uld be training t? fight, n?t taking exams in mathematics.

?his war w?n't last f?rever, and when it's ?ver,

y?ur c?untry'll need pe?ple with qualificati?ns.

??u d?n't want t? end up like me, d? y?u? G??d f?r n?thing but fighting.

??u'd better c?me with me.

(GUNFIRE IN DIS?ANCE)

(GUNS?O?S)

(SPORADIC GUNFIRE)

Sh?uldn't y?u g? and get y?ur friends?

?here isn't time. I need t? try and st?p this n?w.

(VOICE ?LARES ??ROUG? LOUDSPEAKER)

Stand next t? me, OK?

??u mustn't leave me f?r a sec?nd, d? y?u understand?

??u d? realise this attack

is in breach ?f every single article ?f the Geneva C?nventi?n?

(SPEAKS ?E?REW)

?ell?, Clara.

??u'd better get that b?y ?ut ?f here if y?u want him t? live.

I kn?w that every single w?rd y?u ever said t? me was a lie,

but I w?uldn't think even y?u capable

?f butchering unarmed civilians in their h?mes.

?hese civilians, as y?u call them, are sheltering lraqi mercenaries.

?hey're a legitimate military target.

I d?n't see any Arab s?ldiers here, Clara.

Just w?men and children lying dead in the street fr?m where y?u sh?t them.

?ake a cl?ser l??k.

?heir fighters have been trying t? get ?ut ?f the village disguised as w?men.

?hey've br?ught this ?n themselves.

Why are y?u d?ing this?

Jews, m?re than any?ne, kn?w that killing civilians

because ?f wh? they are is wr?ng.

??ur c?mmander wanted y?u t? kill this little b?y, did he?

What's he ever d?ne t? y?u?

Why d?es killing him make y?u any safer?

N?t everything I said t? y?u was a lie, Len.

I did what I had t? d? t? keep y?u alive, like I t?ld y?u I w?uld.

Why d?n't y?u j?in us?

??u c?uld help train ?ur new army.

??u'd be welc?me here...

and we'd be t?gether.

G??dbye, Clara.

Stay!

What d? y?u have t? g? back t??

(GUNFIRE CON?lNUES)

They trusted us and now you're abandoning them.

L??k, if we set ?ff there n?w, we can still save s?me lives.

I th?ught that's why we were here, t? pr?tect 'em.

N? ?ritish lives are t? be put at risk defending the Arabs.

It's a direct ?rder fr?m the GOC.

Our j?b is t? defend ?ur line ?f retreat.

??u seem t? f?rget, sergeant, that we will be ?ut ?f here in 30 days.

30 days? We've spent 30 years h?lding the line here, sir,

and s?me ?f us have l?st g??d friends d?ing it.

??w can we just walk away

and leave ?ne side heavily armed and the ?ther defenceless?

?hey are n?t defenceless.

?he Arab states are already preparing their armies.

?hey'll cr?ss the b?rders the day we leave.

??u're wr?ng when y?u think that the Jews are g?ing t? have it all their ?wn way...

?he Jews aren't waiting f?r us t? leave, sir. ?hey're attacking n?w!

And if we d?n't stand up t? 'em,

they'll be n?thing left t? defend by the time the Arab armies get here.

N?.

Fine.

I'll g? al?ne.

Why's it s? imp?rtant, anyway?

?his was taped t? the back ?f the diary.

My grandad said he wanted t? find M?hammed

s? he c?uld return it t? him, but I d?n't think he ever managed t?.

I haven't sh?wn it t? any?ne.

??u d?n't kn?w what this is, d? y?u?

It's a key.

Isn't it?

C?me.

We call it the Nakba, the Catastr?phe.

When the ?ritish withdrew in 1948, hundreds ?f th?usands left their h?mes

and went int? exile f?r fear ?f the Jewish army.

Many pe?ple kept their fr?nt d??r keys

because they knew that ?ne day, they w?uld return.

Of c?urse, they never did.

?hat's the key t? my uncle's h?use in Jaffa.

It passed t? me when he died.

It was his m?st preci?us p?ssessi?n.

??w did y?ur grandfather c?me t? have this?

I d?n't kn?w.

I kn?w he wanted t? give it back but s?mething really bad happened.

?e ended up in pris?n.

And n?w y?u want t? return it f?r him?

?es.

- OK. - OK?

OK, I'll take y?u int? Gaza.

?hank y?u. ?hank y?u.

(?O?? MOAN IN PLEASURE)

Erin...

What is it?

N?thing. Just a bad dream.

?ere, have a l??k.

What's it say, sarge?

It says we're t? pull back t? the d?cks.

?ut I th?ught we were supp?sed t? sit tight here till the hand?ver.

?hey've g?t heavy m?rtars up there, sarge.

If we m?ve ?ut n?w, what's t? st?p the Jews shelling the shit ?ut the Suk.

It's g?nna be a fucking massacre.

We're n?t g?ing anywhere, Alec.

??ld y?ur p?siti?n here, I'm ?ff back t? talk t? R?wntree.

MAN: Attlee! M?ve it!

- Is he here? - N?.

N?t them.

Welc?me. C?me. C?me in, c?me in.

- What y?u d?ing? ?ave y?u packed? - N?, we are...

M?hammed, y?u must g? right n?w, immediately.

We're being pulled back t? the d?cks, they're n?t waiting f?r the hand?ver.

?here's n?thing standing between y?u and the Jewish military.

?he Arab armies will defend us.

?he Arab armies aren't c?ming, ?r if they are, they'll arrive t?? late.

?he Jews will be here by nightfall. ??u must leave n?w.

N?w.

I can take y?u as far as the p?rt.

?he navy are ferrying pe?ple acr?ss t? Acre, y?u'll be safe there.

(?ASSAN SPEAKS ARA?lC)

(MO?AMMED SPEAKS ARA?lC)

??ur bullet will be kinder than my knife, I think.

(GUNS?O?)

(DOOR CREAKS S?U?)

(KE? ?URNS IN LOCK)

(W?lSPERS IN ARA?lC)

Wait.

(lNAUDl?LE)

What did y?u say t? him?

I t?ld him that it is his resp?nsibility t? keep it safe...

because ?ne day we will return.

(?U??U?)

(CAR ?ORN)

- OK, wait here. - ?es, yes.

??u take them thr?ugh t? the d?cks, yeah?

OK, sarge.

?e'll let y?u thr?ugh. G? straight t? the d?ckside,

ask f?r the z-b?ats, they'll take y?u acr?ss the bay.

?ake this.

?ake it.

?hank y?u, my friend. May G?d bless y?u.

WOMAN: ?assan!

- ?assan! - Where's ?assan?

- ?assan! ?assan! - I'll g?, I'll g?.

N?, I must find him!

?ake y?ur wife and daughter inside while there's still time.

I'll g? back and find ?assan and bring him thr?ugh t? y?u.

- (SPEAKS ARA?lC) - ?assan. ?assan.

??u pr?mise y?u'll find him?

- I pr?mise. - ??u w?n't leave with?ut him?

I'll find him. G?, g?.

- (SPEAKS ARA?lC) - G? ?n!

G?!

We'd just ab?ut given y?u up. What did R?wntree say?

?e didn't say anything. ?e wasn't there.

S? we're heading f?r the d?cks?

Get the lads m?unted up.

OK, lads, m?unt up. C?me ?n, b?ys.

(ENGINES S?AR?)

Right, lads, m?unt up. C?me ?n...

?his is a j?ke. It'll be ?ver in a c?uple ?f h?urs.

??u are c?ming, aren't y?u, sarge?

Sarge.

??u're staying t? fight, aren't y?u?

- ?hen we're staying t??. - N?, y?u're n?t.

??u're getting in that wag?n and getting the lads t? the d?cks.

We can't just bugger ?ff and leave y?u, sarge.

I'm n?t asking y?u, I'm telling y?u.

Get in the fuckin' APC and get the lads t? the d?cks!

We're all g?ing h?me, sarge.

We'll save y?ur berth f?r y?u, yeah?

?hanks.

- Omar? - Just keep g?ing. We're nearly there.

?his stuff weighs a t?n. Is it guns?

?he b?rders are sealed. Every?ne wh? uses these tunnels brings s?mething in,

s? the j?urney isn't wasted.

Let's g?.

(S?E SPEAKS IN ARA?lC)

(??E? SPEAK IN ARA?lC)

Is she y?ur girlfriend?

N?.

She didn't like me very much.

She and I are Fatah. In this part ?f Gaza, ?amas is str?ng.

It's danger?us f?r me here.

She was w?rried, that's all. OK?

C?me ?n.

What's g?ing ?n?

Wait here.

(??E? ?ALK IN ARA?lC)

(OMAR ?ALKS IN ARA?lC)

Is this the family?

N?, it's an?ther c?usin.

?ut he ?ffers us his h?spitality.

?e says he will take us t? his br?ther's h?use t?m?rr?w.

Shukran.

(??E? ?ALK IN ARA?lC)

it might n?t be such a g??d idea t? stay here t?night.

Why? What's wr?ng?

?he lsraeli army usually destr?ys the h?mes ?f martyrs

within 48 h?urs ?f an attack.

S?rry, what d? y?u mean?

?is eldest daughter martyred herself in ?el Aviv ?n ?uesday.

?his is her funeral.

??u mean the suicide b?mbing? ?his is the family ?f the b?mber?

?es, didn't y?u see the p?ster?

Erin, wait. We can't leave yet. It's disrespectful.

Disrespectful?! I d?n't want t? respect his daughter -

she murdered three pe?ple.

I've been bl?wn up by a suicide b?mber, OK?

I kn?w what I'm talking ab?ut.

- (S?E SPEAKS IN ARA?lC) - What?

(S?E SPEAKS IN ARA?lC)

?his is y?ur r??m?

W?w.

(S?E SPEAKS IN ARA?lC)

S?rry, I d?n't understand what y?u're saying.

(S?E SPEAKS IN ARA?lC)

?rush y?ur hair?

OK? ?eah?

??u OK?

??u did this f?r y?ur sister?

(GUNFIRE)

(GLASS SMAS?ES)

(GUNFIRE CON?lNUES)

C?me here, c?me here.

Shh...

Shh. Shh.

It's OK.

Shh.

(GUNFIRE AND SMAS?lNG)

(SO??lNG)

Quick, up y?u get. C?me ?n.

(GUNFIRE AND SMAS?lNG)

WOMAN: Samira!

(GUNFIRE)

(GUNFIRE S?OPS, DOG ?ARKS)

(MEN'S MUFFLED ARGUING)

(ARGUING CON?lNUES)

- (GUN CLICKS) - What's g?ing ?n?

- I'm s?rry, we have t? g?. - N? way. Why?

?ecause the s?n is ?amas and he w?n't have me here.

?e says it's his j?b t? pr?tect the family, n?t mine.

?ut they're taking me t? see his br?ther in the m?rning.

Erin, we can't argue ab?ut this. It's n?t safe.

And I can't get caught here by the lsraelis. ?hey'll send me back t? pris?n.

OK, fine.

??tally, y?u sh?uld g?, but I'm n?t leaving, OK?

(ARA?lC SPOKEN ON LOUDSPEAKER)

?ey, what are y?u d?ing?

Stay here. D?n't m?ve.

(GLASS SMAS?ES)

(?OOM AND SMAS?lNG)

(S?E SPEAKS ARA?lC)

(SPEAKS ?E?REW)

Passp?rt.

Are y?u lSM?

S?rry?

Write d?wn there y?ur name and address in lsrael.

Erin?

?hat's right.

And what are y?u d?ing here, Erin?

Staying with friends.

Can I have my passp?rt back, please?

And this is where y?u live?

?eah.

(?RUCK S?OPS OU?SIDE)

(?RUCK DOORS SLAM)

What the fuck are y?u d?ing here?

I have t? get y?u ?ut ?f here n?w ?r my parents are g?ing t? kill me.

I'm n?t g?ing anywhere.

??u're living in the h?use ?f a suicide b?mber, Erin.

?his isn't ?ne ?f y?ur m?r?nic fucking adventures.

- ??u're g?ing t? get y?urself killed. - N?, I'm n?t.

Anyway, what are y?u d?ing here?

?hey dragged me ?ut here t? bring y?u back, as a fav?ur t? my dad.

It's ?nly because the c?mmander kn?ws him

that y?u haven't been arrested already.

?his wh?le place is g?ing t? be flattened in the m?rning.

Why?

What's the p?int in that? ?here are little children in here.

Whatever the daughter did, that's wr?ng, y?u kn?w it is.

Please! Spare me y?ur cr?c?dile tears f?r the family ?f a fucking terr?rist!

?hese are exactly the same as the pe?ple that tried t? kill y?u and Paul, Erin!

G?t a ciggy?

I th?ught y?u'd given up.

What the fuck are y?u d?ing in Gaza anyway?

Gaza, f?r fuck's sake!

I'm l??king f?r my grandad's Palestinian family.

I t?ld y?u.

(GUNFIRE)

?hanks.

Where did y?u get the gun?

I'm n?t g?ing back. I'm staying here t? fight.

I gave y?ur father my w?rd I'd bring y?u t? the d?cks.

I pr?mised him I'd pr?tect y?u.

?hen j?in us.

I can't.

(GUNFIRE CON?lNUES)

N?t like this. ?here's a better way.

?his way, this way.

C?me ?n!

C?me ?n.

Stay.

What if I stay t? fight in y?ur place?

W?uld y?u g? then?

C?me ?n.

(GUNFIRE)

D?n't make a liar ?ut ?f me, ?assan.

(E?PLOSIONS AND GUNFIRE)

Stay here.

(AIRCRAF? ROARS OVER?EAD)

I was aiming t? miss...

when I saw it was y?u.

?he MPs have ?rders t? sh??t y?u ?n sight. ??u'd better get g?ing.

What ab?ut y?u?

??u're a deserter t??, aren't y?u?

Leave it!

And if I see y?u again, I w?n't be st?pping f?r a chat.

(S?OU?lNG IN ARA?lC)

Pull him back, pull him back!

F?ll?w me.

Let's g?.

C?me ?n.

(CON?lNUOUS GUNFIRE)

G? ?n, g? ?n!

Rifle. Give me the rifle, rifle.

?ake this. Wait here.

C?me with me.

(AIRCRAF? ROARS OVER?EAD)

Why are y?u taking us this way?

?he Jews are m?ving away fr?m the sea, n?t t?wards it.

??u kn?w why.

?ecause the d?cks are this way.

??u'll stay and fight?

Sure.

- ?hank y?u. - Never mind thank y?u.

Keep y?ur head d?wn and d?n't l??k back, all right? G? ?n.

??u were a g??d teacher.

G? ?n. G?! G?!

N?!

I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry.

I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry,

I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry, I'm s?rry.

Give this back... t? my father. Pr?mise me.

N?, n?, n?, n?!

N?, n?, n?! N?! Fuck!

I'm s?rry.

C?me ?n, let's m?ve it. Let's g?.

Mind y?ur step.

M?hammed!

Sergeant Le?nard Matthews, y?u're under arrest f?r deserti?n...

Oi, c?me here! ?andcuff him, h?ld him.

??ld it, get back.

Let's g?, c?me ?n. Let's g?, c?me ?n.

Can't y?u just give me a c?uple ?f minutes?

?here's s?mething I've g?tta give s?me?ne, then y?u can d? what y?u like with me.

?eah, why n?t(?) We'll just nip ?ff f?r a quick cuppa

and y?u can give us a sh?ut when y?u're ready, yeah?

Alec, Alec. F?r G?d's sake, just get 'em t? give me five minutes.

Can't d? it, sarge.

I t?ld y?u I'd get y?u ?n that b?at.

?hanks, lads.

Alec! Alec!

Alec!

(RADIO C????ER)

(SCREAMS)

Samira!

Why are they taking the girl?

Samira. ?hey're taking her.

?hey're g?nna ?ccupy the br?ther's h?use.

?hey need a human shield.

(SAMIRA SO?S)

(??E? SPEAK ARA?lC)

(S?E S?OU?S)

(?O?? S?OU?)

(WOMAN SCREAMS)

Samira!

- Samira! - (SAMIRA SCREAMS)

(?E ?ELLS)

Why d?n't y?u take me as well?

She'll be calmer if I g?.

?his is brave.

(DOG ?ARKS IN DIS?ANCE)

- ??u stay here. - Why? What are y?u g?ing t? d??

(CLINKING, GLASS SMAS?ES)

? Ah, p??r bird

? ?ake thy flight

? ?igh ab?ve the s?rr?ws ?f this sad night. ?

WOMAN: ??u sing beautifully.

She's terrified.

G??d.

She sh?uld be.

?er life is being destr?yed.

What's y?ur name?

Erin.

And this is Samira.

Why are y?u here?

I d?n't kn?w.

I'm fr?m England.

I supp?se I'm trying t? help.

Mm-hm.

I d?n't think y?u're succeeding.

(C?UCKLES)

(LA?OURED ?RE???lNG)

(?A?? CRIES)

??u speak really g??d English.

??w did y?u learn?

My father taught me.

??w did he learn?

Fr?m y?u.

?e used t? w?rk f?r the ?ritish Army when y?u ruled ?ur c?untry.

?hat's my grandfather.

?hat's my father.

And that is me.

(SO?S)

(LAUG?S)

(SO?S)

S?rry.

It's n?t very clean, I'm afraid.

?hank y?u.

?his is just a few weeks ag?.

I think it's where y?u used t? live.

?hen I f?ll?wed y?u t? ?ebr?n.

?hese are y?ur c?usins.

I kn?w this isn't where y?u used t? live but it's where they live n?w.

??ur ?ld h?use is just ?ver here.

?hey t?ld me that y?ur father had m?ved t? Gaza, s? I came here,

but I never th?ught I'd find y?u.

I d?n't understand.

Why did y?u f?ll?w us?

I d?n't kn?w.

My grandad's ill in England

and I was reading his diary.

?e talks a l?t ab?ut M?hammed,

that's what he called y?ur father...

and I th?ught he might like t? kn?w what happened t? him.

?e died.

D? y?u remember my grandfather?

?e was called Len.

Of c?urse.

What was he like,

as a y?ung man?

Did y?u kn?w that my father ?ffered him �3,000 t? marry me?

Which was a l?t ?f m?ney in th?se days.

N?, I didn't.

I d?n't think the sergeant th?ught he was seri?us,

but he was.

It was f?r the ?ritish passp?rt, y?u see.

?e never menti?ned it in the diary.

May I see?

I have very happy mem?ries ?f y?ur grandfather...

but my father was very angry with him.

Angry f?r many years.

Why?

?ecause ?f my br?ther, ?assan.

?e ran away when we went f?r the b?ats.

?he sergeant pr?mised he w?uld bring him t? us safely.

?ut he never did.

My father waited and waited.

?ut we never saw either ?f them again.

?e tried.

?e really did, it's all in here.

?e... he deserted fr?m the Army and went t? l??k f?r him.

?hey... they f?ught t?gether ?n the Arab side in ?aifa.

?e was just bringing him back t? y?u when ?assan was sh?t by the Jews.

My grandad tried t? save him, but he c?uldn't.

?e died.

I'm s?rry.

JAWDA: S?...

?ut I have s?mething f?r y?u.

My grandad was trying t? return this t? y?u when he was arrested.

?ut he really did try and find y?ur dad and give it back t? him.

?assan made him pr?mise,

s? I'm sure he w?uld have d?ne it if he p?ssibly c?uld.

I kn?w my grandad w?uld want y?u t? have it.

I'm s?rry it's taken s? l?ng.

(SAMIRA SCREAMS)

ERIN: What are y?u d?ing?

Right.

(S?OU?lNG IN DIS?ANCE)

OK, c?me ?n.

OK, h?ld.

OK?

(?ELICOP?ER W?lRS OVER?EAD)

Eliza?

- Eliza! - (FOO?S?EPS)

if y?u want t? bl?w up the h?use, y?u'll have t? bl?w us up with it.

(??E? SPEAK ?E?REW)

(SPEAKS ?E?REW)

D?n't d? this. It's wr?ng.

?his is the h?use that I've been searching f?r.

?hat ?ld lady's the daughter ?f my grandad's friend.

?e died in this h?use.

?hey've been driven ?ut ?f ?aifa and ?ut ?f ?ebr?n.

D?n't drive them ?ut again.

I've g?t n? ch?ice.

(S?OU?lNG AND COMMO?lON)

Samira!

Are y?u OK?

(E?PLOSION)

(ENGINE S?AR?S)

I f?und these.

I'm s?rry.

- What are y?u d?ing? - Searching f?r weap?ns.

N?! Leave it!

Leave it! Give it t? me!

?i.

?ey, dude.

Sure we can't give y?u a lift?

N?, really, I'm fine. I've g?t a taxi.

?hanks f?r everything.

I learned a l?t.

Let me.

?hanks.

Will y?u be back?

Why?

What's the p?int?

?ecause there's a l?t t? be d?ne.

It was a very brave thing, Erin,

what y?u did.

- Is there anything else I can get y?u? - N?.

?hanks.

LEN: I don't know what I feel now.

It's tough to see the British Army crawling away on its belly

after winning the World War so bravely.

(KE? ?URNS IN LOCK)

I suppose I feel embarrassed,

and ashamed, like the whole thing was a failure.

We've left the Arabs in the shit.

I know that if I know anything.

But what about the Jews and their bloody state

for which they've fought so hard?

Three years ago I'd have said give 'em whatever they want.

They deserve it after all they've been through.

Now, I'm not so sure.

This precious state oftheirs has been born in violence

and in cruelty to its neighbours.

I'm not sure how it can hope to thrive.

And for myself?

For myself, life as I've known it is over.

I feel I've let down everyone who ever trusted me.

I've got nothing to look forward to except a long stay in prison

and a dishonourable discharge.

I'd like to think that one day

I'll be able to find a way to return the key to Mohammed.

I owe him that, at least.

Though I'm not sure how I'd ever have the guts to face him,

after what I've done.

C?RIS: Erin.

I'm back.

(SO?S)

it's me, Erin.

I've been in Palestine.

I read y?ur diary and I went t? l??k f?r M?hammed's family.

I f?und Jawda, his daughter. She still remembers y?u.

I gave her the key, Grandad.

I th?ught y?u'd want them t? have it back.

I h?pe that's OK.