All language subtitles for Chahine_Youssef_-_The_Sixth_Day_1986_Eng

If Farouk was Gandhi,
he would force the English out.

Gandhi will not make old bones!

Churchill himself
hangs on to the Canal.

And gives out promises,
''Tomorrow we are leaving...''

That won't happen in a hurry. We
will get rid of them in a different way.

They think they're at home.

Thank you, I'll repay it!

It is a miracle that we
escaped the cordon sanitaire.

I have never seen
such a stubborn cop.

Well, this is not the time
to tell my life story. Goodbye.

I'll just get my stuff.

Have a good trip, uh...
What's your name again?

I'm totally exhausted.

I have the cholera, I'm ill.
It's not him.

I put on a disguise...
And he wants to steal my role.

- I have the cholera.
- No, I have.

For 3 hours!

You've flogged us a turkey
and sucked us dry, you thief!

There is nobody here.

Yes! Me, Rose and the others.

Reimburse them half.

Saddiqa.

Mrs Zeinat wants to tell you that
the dirty laundry is breaking the ceiling.

You'd better pay me
for having seen this crap.

"A mother's sacrifice",
balderdash!

This is the best
Egyptian film!

My beloved son, oh my son...

I've sacrificed my life for you...

Savage!

Get out or I...

It is to see the thief
whom I paid.

We missed you, Saddiqa.

It's been two days of hell,
Rafahi.

- A death?
- My sister.

Do you want to have
coffee with me?

My grandson misses me.

The point is that I leave,
I go back to Palestine.

They are sick from the English.

The English have cholera,
we are not tainted.

At least
I'll be among my own people.

Bring the kid
and come with me.

No, my duty prevents me.

I'll not budge until
you have seen the film.

A promise is a promise.

Give it to Hassan

Looking at it
you'll think of me.

Goodbye. Come back soon.

The cinema is at your disposal.

"A mother's sacrifice"
is still playing.

You've seen it a hundred times.

Let's show.

Anyway,
the cinema hall is empty.

Does he think he's a star
to yell like that?

You have mocked his friend...

She knows the actresses?
She knows Mrs Zeinat?

I'll look in on Hassan
at school, then come back.

You're back at last.
We missed you.

- Thank you.
- I looked after your husband.

You're too kind.

I have only one word.
Return the goods.

Dad!

Take two chaps. You have
one minute to unload everything.

- And the customers?
- One minute...

- The thing is ...
- The matter is closed.

And finally
the lesson of hygiene.

Is it known by heart,
children?

By heart, Mr Teacher.

- Why do we breathe?
- To live.

- How is the air?
- It's fresh and healthy.

and windows?

They're wide open.

- And your hands?
- They are all clean.

How to clean, children?

With water and soap...

We're all clean
and smell good too.

- And the cleanliness?
- Is an act of faith.

- My condolences.
- Thank you.

No one recognised me
in the village.

Take it! Put it on the water
and if you row...

We are in Alexandria

and the English
are still there.

I swear,
we'll throw them into the sea.

I invite you tonight.

I promised some friends...

Words! The King, the English...
Are your pupils not making progress?

- And if they don't?
- Not possible...

So...

No one recognised me.

They hid her from the guards.

At night she was buried
in the fields.

So I came back.

Stranger, do you know,

The story of our district

The story of a heart, terrified

By the beauty of the neighbourhood,

Fearing and lusting after her

Oh, poor fellow,
What's happening to you?

From boredom, to infatuation.

And what's happening to him,
Did he foresee it?

Mad, in love, in between,

He stood up and said...

What?

Applaud, friends

On a mount

Worthy of Tarzan
Over walls...

Springing
On a boat...

From port to port
Swimming, rowing

To a safe harbour,

We'll ignore the troubles

And dance in the rain

Let's run away to this exquisite sojourn.

Do you give up,
Or do you know this place?

Menufeya? No!
Sharkeya? No!

No, no
Come my beauty to Alexandria

Stranger, do you know,

The story of our district

The story of a heart, terrified

By the beauty of the neighbourhood,

Fearing and lusting after her

Oh, poor fellow,
What's happening to you?

From boredom, to infatuation

And what's happening to him,
Did he foresee it?

Mad, in love, in between,

She puts on airs and says

"But who are you?
Have we been introduced?"

She puts on airs and says

"Religion demands cleanliness!"

Stop that!

Shake her paws.

Do you give up?

Or do you know this place?

Alexandria, Alexandria!

She brakes like hell.
You could fit two cars in hers.

and red.

Like those of the palace.

Every day
they pick up a drunk soldier.

And voil�! The Englishman is
at the princess' feet.

Neither seen, nor known,
the car disappears.

Incredible!
A devilish tigress.

And her face...

made of marble, translucent...
her blond hair...

Is the King's sister blonde?

The princess is always blonde.

She is beautiful as day.

I'd kill myself 3 or 4 times
for her.

Just kill yourself once,
we'll take care of the rest.

But the English were quartered
near the Canal.

The princess attracts them.

You could ask me before
bringing this clown.

- This is my mate.
- Yep, he's a pain in the neck.

- Oh, if I was an Englishman.
- What a horror!

One night in her arms
and to die!

Who do you think you are?

Do you want to pay
a princess?

You'd better marry a monkey.

You'll make
little marmosets for us.

I saw exactly the opposite
in Alexandria, on The Corniche.

Two girls in Army
Theatre uniforms.

A cart filled with cotton.
It stops,

two dockers go down,

they say: "Good afternoon,
do you speak Arabic?"

And hop ... among the bales
of cotton.

Take me to Alexandria, granny,
or you, Okka.

You're a bit young for cotton.

If the cordon sanitaire is taken off,

I invite you with grandma
and grandpa...

to see the fianc�e
whom my mum chose for me.

I'm sure you'll like her.

When is your turn?

Me?
I choose on my own.

And when I choose...

We all three will be
in Alexandria

at Mother Gaber's.

- Do I count for nothing?
- You'll have your princess.

Your blonde...

Find henna for me
to lighten hair.

Henna reddens.

- I said blond!
- Buy some hydrogen peroxide.

The pharmacies are empty.

You want everything
right now!

Hair dye, a fianc�e...

All I need now is a monkey
asking for brioche.

That's all I have.

Give me also the address
of Mrs Zeinat, the actress.

She must really have it, she...
She is your friend, right?

She's acting in three films...
she's up to her eyes in work.

Do you want it, yes or no?

Have you given him a lemon?

Stick out your tongue.

But he is paralysed.

- Why so late?
- A denunciation.

People are struggling to outdo
each other.

Poor wretches, who say anything
indiscriminately for the sake of the reward.

Who is the lucky winner?

- A neighbour.
- A plucky fellow.

- She is right, he is healthy.
- Are you sure?

- I ate and drank with them.
- He is healthy, I told you.

Are you afraid?

It's fishy.

And the contagion?
You cook up for the sick.

Come, Rose!
Don't approach, she bites.

Stop flitting around

with your dirty little beast.

My little darling bathes
in French perfumes.

''An evening in Paris!''
Try to pronounce it little by little.

Go back to your home
and don't go out any more!

Where do you live?

The drunken city...
the quay of pleasure.

Where is this?

This is according to mood.
I glide wherever it takes me.

Buzz off!

Pass the bottle, Saddiqa.

What is it?

The elixir of broken hearts,
''Blonde of Paris''.

Here is my address in case...

These artichokes
were delicious. Thank you.

I'll test your fianc�e.

I hope so. Cheer up, Said.

Let me do something.

That Okka has spoilt
the evening...

and the others,
it was too much!

Go and rest.

You've just come back from a trip,
and in addition, this evening...

Two shirts for the teacher...

It's nothing, I'm strong.

It's the same old story.
Just like in the village...

We fled together,
hand in hand.

And this is how it stands.

Why do we have a nose?
To breathe.

And why do we breathe?
To live.

And why do we live? Eh?

Tell me, why?

We're all clean
and smell good, pff!

Oh god! What else
happened to you?

We were in for it.

An Englishman and six cops
came to the rescue.

Who clobbered you?

You've soiled everything.
That's the last straw.

Let me wash it again.
Have you dressed the wound?

I swear
we'll get rid of them.

Saddiqa!
You're wanted on the phone, quick!

Quiet, or she'll notice me.

You know I like to snitch.

So, Saddika!

I've called you
four times.

It's not only you
who needs the phone.

Hurry up, I beg you.

I've seen your movie again.
Superb!

Thank you. Come on, hurry up.

They are still fighting,
but yokels ogle!

Where's the phone?

The Minister of Health,

Iskander Pasha,
discussed...

We keep the situation
under control.

Monitoring
will be strengthened...

Where have you hidden
from me for three days?

What's going on, Saddiqa?

Come quick!

The ambulance quick!

Do not move, Hassan.
We are here, see!

It is said that the epidemic
is almost over.

Two days and it's over.
No one will know.

I am an educated person,
Saddiqa.

An educated person
goes to hospital.

Mr Educated is unaware that they are
penned in by fences in the desert.

My nephew Saleh called
his aunt from behind the fence.

He and many others...

one calls his father,
the other calls his brother:

"Mum, daddy! Ali!"

with a fear
that they aren't heard.

''Mum,
I'm here behind the mesh.''

They're afraid of being forgotten,
and we won't hear of them again.

We'll take care of you.

If they catch you,
we'll never see you again.

Lean on me, come over!

Hassan!

Hurry up!

Do you want
to put all of you at risk?

Said, the little one, you...

I don't want to be the cause.
I have cholera.

I know the symptoms.

You'll be totally alone,
no one will see you any longer.

Listen to me. In six
days I'll be back.

That's how it is.
I'll be out after six days,

or gone.

I'll come back, Saddiqa,
I want to return.

- Where are you taking him?
- Visits are forbidden.

- I must know.
- Move away.

I must see him.

Don't worry. In six days,
I promise.

- Swear to me that you'll come back.
- In six days.

We'll wait for you.

I don't want any trouble.

Who did they take
this time?

I don't know,
nobody I know.

She makes fun of me:
"Who did they take this time?"

What a bitch!

What's happened?

The teacher, she denounced him.

You see traitors everywhere.

Heaven knows,
you know all about it.

You're right, I know all about it.

It's the teacher
who wanted the ambulance.

Stay with grandfather.
Wash your hands.

Above all, you mustn't go out.
If someone knocks, don't answer.

And live alone,
locked up like a dog.

No one cares for you,
you care for no one.

People kill each other,
but quietly.

Why are you always angry
with grandma?

Not with her. It makes me angry
to see her like that.

This is the 3rd time he strikes,
and nobody saw it coming.

Some say:
"God punishes us."

Authorities
squabble among themselves.

Everybody blames the palace,
which doesn't give a damn.

He returns.

He comes. God is alive!
Here he is.

Ask him when he'll come back.

I've been worrying about you
for three days.

Don't look back, you mustn't,
leave him in peace now.

Since he's alive,
he'll return in three days,

this will make six.
If he comes back safe and sound,

I make a vow
to give you a goose.

A bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush.

Wait for him in front of the school.
Hold it in your left hand

and the goose in the right hand.

As soon as he comes, bring
the poultry.

You're wasting
my time,

I'm not a plaything,
right?

This is not how we treat
our best client, Zakeya!

Are you ill?

No, these are my balls.

Are you well?

- What about me?
- You are beautiful.

Stop madam, there is a fire!
It's forbidden.

Let me go.

I must save the child.

I'll sacrifice myself for him.

What courage!
A mother's sacrifice!

The important thing is that you would
return to one another.

And you realised

that children
are a treasure of life.

We must sacrifice everything
to them.

Our own life, our own happiness.

Everything... everything... everything...

I allow you to live together.

Forget me, but...

Don't forget
to cuddle Khaled...

Mother! Mother!

One word from you
and I cancel everything and stay.

Actually this is the last performance.

We're born
for misfortune.

Let's leave together!

One doesn't say that
to a woman like me.

The problems will be resolved soon
in Palestine and you'll come back.

God bless you, Saddiqa!

Where is Hassan?

Why you walking... here?

You, English, only the Canal.
Understand?

You,''Lucky Strike''?

You'll wear down the flagstones.
Stop it.

He'll be here any moment.

Why did I go
to the cinema?

You should have kept an eye on him,
he has never been so late.

Stop worrying.

Are you going
to eat your heart out again?

He is as fit
as a fiddle.

You too! And me.
I'm the queen of charms.

However, he is late.

He plays with the other kids.
Let him breathe.

And forget the whole world,
and care only for yourself.

You're a good judge of it.

The district is at her feet.
What would she want with a guy with a handicap?

You are drooling

over an idiot
who didn't even want you.

You are too good...

Thank you for having picked me up.

You have revealed yourself.

Take a second wife,
do it for me!

I was ready to sacrifice
everything for you.

God forgives you.

But not you... you will
never forgive.

Even after twenty years.

Nobody has your smile.

Too late.
It is no longer a smile...

It's a scar.

I like to see you jealous.

More than to see me happy.

Do you want to switch roles?

Lie down in my place.

It would be less hard!

Do you feel unwell? It is surely
because of playing. You have nothing.

Come.

Help, Saddiqa!
It's me, Okka.

Come again later.
Said sleeps, he is ill

and I am washing myself.

I'm in pieces!

Open or I'll shout
the house down.

Do you want to play harder?

This is not
the Welfare service!

They are after me.

Wait till I put
something on.

Hassan, try to be patient
and make no noise.

Open Saddiqa.
I said 'open up'.

Be kind,
don't you have a heart?

I'll break the door down!

Please, in the name of the prophet.

Bloody idiot students! Beat me up!
That's patriotism!

I'm of the people, aren't I?

And I wanted to fight
with them.

Let them go to Suez
alone.

I was on the Corniche,
like everybody else.

Four thugs surrounded me,

they said not
a word of English.

I tried everything,
there was nothing to be done.

''Comrade, mister ...'' What use
is their university?

They're worth less than the clerk
of my father's grocery.

I don't intend to speak any longer,
do you give a damn or not?

Your face...
You do not look normal.

Perhaps that... yes, that's right!

You have caught cholera.

I am a victim,
not a leper.

Go, get out of here!

With this hair?
I'll be beaten up again.

I won't leave
without my black hair

Help!
I'll shout the house down.

I'll denounce you
and receive the reward.

A stool pigeon! Is this friendship?

We barely know you, you wretch!

You unexpectedly came to us

like misery
on the poor world.

Away with you, or I'll call the nurses
to send you to the desert.

You'll vomit your guts till
your eyes pop out.

They took the teacher
to leave a miserable fellow.

The child is ill, Saddiqa.

What next? Six days
to make him drink, to wash him...

to give him my heart.

God can't
get Hassan from me.

I only have him.

I want something to make my hair black,
do you hear me?

Some shoe polish!
This will burn his hair to the roots.

Let them scorch!

Witch!
May god send you cholera!

Let him take you, your cripple
and your brat.

Too bad, you'll lose yourself.

Who does she think she is?
Is god her private property?

Who did that to you? Saddiqa?

When love strikes...

Love that jellyfish? Yuk!

Then what's
this quarrel for?

She is obliging.

- I can do without her obliging.
- So leave her in peace.

And what am
I mixing myself up in, huh?

Quiet down. One
shouldn't talk to me like that.

My knees are trembling,
this is because I'm afraid of women.

I'm worth a hundred men.

You'll find
how to put yourself down.

You are undoubtedly a runt...

Oh no, it's true.
It's just Saddiqa who excites you.

No problem,
to kill two birds with one stone.

Adawi.

If you call your gang,
the monkey will devour you.

A coffee for Valentino
from outskirts.

Right away, madam.

On the docks....

It is necessary to treat him.

No one except me
will approach him.

In six days

he will recover and we all
will go to Mother Gaber's.

He will see the sea.

I didn't recognise you.
I took you for an Englishman.

These morons too.

I'll make them impale themselves on stakes
as soon as I become a brunette!

We've come back from Rosette.

- It should stay there.
- I've brought it back to you.

Leave me in peace!

Okka! You'll see a miracle.

Later, I'm on the edge.

Except me, everybody is afraid
and hides in burrows.

I hate secrets,
I have the key to the truth.

Don't lie to me.
Do you admit it?

Here is a sick man, 7 quid,
here is the other one, 7 quid.

That one is fine, alas!
This is a lottery.

I've denounced two today:

14 quid
and the third is under way.

Have you collected 14 pounds?

Only in the morning,

then the official honours...

You are not only a man
of heart, but a true patriot.

This is what the minister said.

Supergrass! You will go to hell.

Which hell?
Go back to your mother, idiot.

With this fortune
I can become a film star.

Well said, let's shake on it!

Do not touch! You've caught it.

I don't approach them.
I just point them out.

- The money comes out of their pockets.
- Of the sick?

Do you think the government
gives presents?

The cholera,
I follow it later...

Cholera? What cholera, arsehole!

Rose! Where are you, bitch?

Did you cook dinner?

The dye, stupid!
It is your fault!

You put the evil eye
on the princess and she fled.

All this because of jealousy!

Who's the next one?
Saddiqa?

Come here.

At one moment I am hit,
at another I am hunted.

Did your father buy me?
I deprive you of nothing.

Come here, I'll strangle you.

Do you imagine, perhaps,
your father bought me?

I'll throw you out the window.
Answer!

Fallen woman! Beauty of the night!

What a man! Superb!
That is wild.

Swoon up there, my girl.
You can beg me,

you can sob,
no means no!

Wait, you'll see.

Saddiqa, your father
is a damned scoundrel!

I swear by my mother that I'll
denounce you. You will sleep in the nick.

Turned from the blond into
the bald one!

It's alright. Besides you are more
handsome just like that. Get out.

Impossible! Find a solution
or I call the police.

They'll beat out
your brains.

I have connections.

- What do you want me to do?
- I don't know.

You won't stay long.

Why not?
I feel very comfortable...

I'll have a chat with Said.

We will talk about life,
death...

With you too.

You became harsh, but underneath
you have a golden heart.

There is cholera and death,

and you whimper
for your hair.

Because of a few less hairs,

the earth
should stop rotating.

- I lost half.
- The other remains.

Don't you understand?
This head is my ruination.

A quick brush?

I am an artist.
My livelihood is my mug.

I should already be a star

and eat chicken
every day!

God sends you the cholera
for your own gain.

You get smashed scrubbing,

and you moonlight
on all sides.

You've been hiding 5 pounds
under each flagstone.

What to do? Snitch?

Whom is snitched on?

You deprive me
of a livelihood,

you and the princess.

Is that manners?

This is water from the laundry.

In all sincerity,
pluck, stuff and roast it.

And die with it!

Even so! To give him the goose!
What are you so afraid of?

That he will denounce the kid?

He'll come back
as soon as he has felt hunger.

And as long as there are
princesses, he will be hungry.

Do you know where Zakeya
is wrong?

She is not my lover.

Who starts trembling
as soon as one sees the other one?

Who gave a goose as a present to
the other one?

You are capricious!

Poor Saddiqa.

In exchange for your starry robe,
I'll give half a goose.

A meeting with Mrs Zeinat,
and bound for glory.

No one will notice here.

You go, you come,
you endanger the house.

They will not stay for a long time.
I leave them the house.

Their son will be healed
in six days.

If you are as 'united
with people' as you say...

Well, wait here.

- She wants to sleep up there.
- This is not the time.

Her family
occupy her house.

And if there is a coup?

We'll go some other place.
Let us stand with the people.

You are only milksops...
nothing but cheaters.

Is everything all right, my darling?

Where we're going, we'll have a tap
just to ourselves.

You will drink, and you will recover.

Come on, climb up.

Leave the primus stove,
it distracts me.

He needs water,
a lot of water.

Of course.

I'll settle him there and come back.

Go, I'll fend for myself.

Don't think that I abandon you.

Take everything,
I need nothing.

I'll tell Adawi
to come to see you.

Or do you prefer Zakeya?

Go, go away.

May God come to help you.

It is me who goes to him.

We're going to Zamalek,
with the well-to-do.

We'll quietly go up
the six floors.

We'll have a tap
to ourselves.

You will drink
and you will recover if god wills.

Neither seen, nor known.

What a disaster!
Fire!

Help!

How many did you score?

It has increased, hasn't it?!
9 quid a head.

I'll give you a record card.
Go and arrange with them.

Will the minister
shake hands with me?

I don't know!

My things.

The fire disinfects even
the demons.

So fresh, so nice!

My elegance
will dumbfound Saddiqa.

And, after her, the greatest
film-makers of the country.

All will run for fear of missing
the hit of the season.

I would be a son of a bitch if I
didn't bring you a nice dress.

Who's this Saddiqa?
A princess?

A poor princess!

It's all up with her,
Saddiqa is sent to hell.

I need to love.

No, not you. True love,
like with Gene Kelly.

Costumes... music...

He runs,
he jumps on the ladder.

He climbs curtains and here he is!

- Here he is, in her arms.
- Go ahead. Climb!

- Do you think you are Esther Williams?
- And are you Gene Kelly?

The only film in Technicolor...
we'll see what I'm worth.

- You are dreaming.
- It's my right.

You dream too high.

My father wasted his efforts
to be a stupendous success,

he kept a low profile in front
of my mother.

So I took to my heels.

I can take care of you too.

Shut up or I strike you.

That's right, strike me.

Neither seen, nor known.

I don't think
I gave the evil eye.

I feel sorry for Said.

I feel sincerely sorry for you,
you and the kid.

The boy was burnt together
with Said.

Then
you have no one but me.

I'm at your disposal.

I've brought him this.

You can always hear the sea,
listen.

Remain decent.
Go and join the men.

Where did you find it?

The boatman's daughter
is crazy about me.

I brought it
for the little Hassan.

Poor kid.

Give it.
The sound of the sea relieves.

When you have finished your crying,
come to see me.

We will choose the nicest vessel.

We'll have a smoke,
worries will be left in shells.

Be decent.
Go, sit with the men.

Why? I've done my duty,
so bye-bye.

Where is your home port?

Near the bricks.

- Is there a place for me?
- It depends...

But it doesn't depend
for Saddiqa.

It depends even more.

You really make a pair...
Gene Kelly and the sacrificed mother.

As bad as each other.

Be gentle with him. You might
need him.

I need no one.

We inspire men,

choose them and abandon them.

22! Zeinat is here!

Tomorrow I'll order 2 keys,
one for you and one for me.

That beats everything!

Nothing keeps us here.

We'll go to Alexandria.
You'll see the sea.

Your Okka will take us.

We inspire men, choose them
and abandon them.

You look for a boat
to Alexandria.

I know nothing else about you.

You have enough
to worry about.

That's not your lookout.

It is you who molest me.

Enough.
It makes me dizzy

I'm worried.

You haunt me.
You tie me hand and foot, I swear to you.

Just like yesterday, I was daydreaming
and forgot Rose outside.

She came tumbling
over the window to me.

She took me from my ecstasy.

We were both...

I'll not tell you in what state
I was when I woke up...

How old are you?

26 years.

I'm 46. Add to that the wear
of time, the total is 80 years.

I've seen worse, come on!

Don't be such a drama queen.

The drama is my life.
I dance better than Gene Kelly.

- Do you want to see?
- Let's see.

Stranger, do you know...

The story of our district?

The story of a heart, terrified

By the beauty of the neighbourhood

On a boat from port to port

Swimming, rowing to a safe harbour

We'll ignore the troubles
and dance in the rain

We'll ignore the troubles
and dance in the rain

Let's run away to this exquisite sojourn

We'll ignore the troubles
and dance in the rain

We'll ignore the troubles
and dance in the rain

Let's run away to this exquisite sojourn

By gosh! A blonde!

Come my beauty to Alexandria

Let heaven hear you.

The theatre is closed

but you see,
we lose nothing by the change.

Gosh!
You took my breath away.

You're really nice.

Is it okay now?

Okay for what?

We could agree.
Listen ...

I'm a mess, once again...

They both are under the moon...
As pashas.

A fellow like you deserves
a second-rate princess.

She doesn't know
what she loses,

you are amusing.

You dance divinely. In short,
it's a true godsend for her.

- And for you?
- You lump everything together.

I want a boat.
Don't throw dust in my eyes.

Rose hops... You prance,
you dye yourself...

Where is the boatman
in all this?

- What are you doing?
- I'm washing myself.

Goodbye.

- Where are you going?
- Let go of my hand, brute!

You are satisfied.
Does it mean I am brute?

Do you want to satisfy me
by force?

By agreement.

- It's not possible.
- Why?

To agree! and what next?

- What do you have?
- You enrage me.

I'll look after you,
you'll like it. You'll be in the clouds...

in the seventh heaven.

I don't want to be in the clouds.
Leave me.

What do you make me do Zakeya?

Come Rose, come my darling.

What a savage!

So, how do
I dance, divinely?

You are just a nasty liar.

It's I who am furious.
I have no more desire now.

Even Tarzan would go soft.

You enjoy, eh!

One word, and I'll crush you
against the wall.

Is it you who had the key?
Where did you find it?

I made it...
God bless you...

Let him keep you
from temptation

and forever curse
the midday demons.

What are you waiting for,
moron?

- The honeymoon will happen on board!
- Possibly.

- With Saddiqa?
- Possibly.

Oh no! It's too late.
They've left.

However you still hang out here.

My aunt is ill.

I'm not going with them.
Why hurry?

Mind your own business.

This is for your aunt,

she will either recover or pass away.

They've left.

Abou Nawas ! Abou Nawas !

I'm coming with you.
Come and get me!

Come and get me!

He is a rogue, just leave him!

Okka!
There's only the Abbas bridge.

Will you be able to jump down,
Okka?

Follow me.

After the deluge

In the mist

We will still be called haggard

Softly, hand towards hand

You are near me...
but wherever you are

The deluge comes by

I am adrift

Come, embrace me

Adrift...

Are we on a boat?

The child is ill.

Cholera?

Perhaps.

Do you want some tea?

Make one for her too.

Isn't this the bridge Abbas?
The bridge of death?

My God! How many drowned
are under this bridge?

God protects us.

The English left us
the cholera.

Don't be afraid.

We are afraid of neither the one
nor the other.

I want to greet my friends.
Where are they?

A true luxury hotel was made
for them.

Take a rest.

You'll see them tomorrow.

I'll be suffocated inside.
I prefer to sleep here.

I'm like you, Abu Nawas,
a free man.

I land whenever I feel like it.

Don't you like a bald man?

It was you who made me like this.

I was so handsome! Even
the princess dreamt of me.

It is really an obsession.

I put some pennies aside,

we could spend them together.

I am a honest chap.

Thank you...

it is too much of an honour.

Did you dare strike Rose?

Help! Cholera!
Take me back to land!

Calm down, leave them,
it's no business of yours.

We believe that we sail,
but it is death that leads us.

It will be left behind.

You are all crazy!
This is cholera.

It's a nightmare.

Hey there! On the bank!

Help, I can't swim.

Climb up!

Rose!

In the middle of the water...
cholera... hell!

Why, my God?
What did I do wrong?

Take me instead of him.

He is innocent.

I have nothing left in the world,
but death and misery.

My god! My god!

After the deluge

My friend reunited

Shoulder to shoulder

We'll tell ourselves why

To be heard

A deluge is needed

A deluge to embrace each other?

Deluge...

She has blubbered all night.

Crazy and idiotic.

Criminal and stupid.

- So.
- Enough, runt!

It's not good to speak so
about a poor wretch.

She is no longer a child.
I defend myself.

Time will tell.

- Are there students aboard?
- I am worth 100 students.

I am 'a doctor of pirates'.

What is this hairstyle?

It is more sexy,
my 'fans' have told me that.

- Papers.
- Rose!

The passport of happiness.

Who else on board?

A pauper is at the prow.

This is my harem.

- Who is it?
- I am here.

Madam and the baby.

I named him Farouk.

I am a true patriot!
You not approach.

Look out,
you will put out our eyes.

Please go ahead, Mr Officer,
you are welcome.

It was a pleasure!

Some more tea?

We'll miss you.

Have a good trip!

Without return.

What did they do after the students?

The important thing is that
you've defended yourself well.

So, do you want to land?

To land?

He is going to denounce us.

Leave him a piece.

- You've really dazzled her.
- Is this reason to beat me up?

Two puffs,
and you will forget everything.

I missed two chances:

to get myself out of this vessel
and death.

And three and a half quid
for a kid.

What do you take me for?

The child is ill,

and you give me
your life nest egg!

You think I'm a mule!

Do you want the truth or its sister?

Its little brother.

- No difference. You're a mule.
- I heard worse.

- But you're a brave lad.
- A handsome lad.

Do you, in all conscience, think,
you are handsome?

It is not me who says it.

This is just one vote against!

You are beautiful, relaxed.

If you had denounced the kid,
I would rip your guts out.

I didn't feel like doing it.

That's true that you are a bit
upset, but you make me dizzy.

You ... not.

- I don't believe you.
- Yes, yes, believe me.

I make you dizzy but you
restrain yourself.

My stubbornness
leads somewhere.

Your family darkens the world.

It is of this that Said died.

He sacrificed himself for me.

He rather escaped.

It was he who started it.

Marrying another woman
in a year!

An impotent
who played Jules!

He said that I was frigid.

Did you believe it?
Did you try with others?

Tried?
You are all scoundrels.

Stop playing Jules too.

Come live with me happily.

Fifteen years of fasting
and to dive into the void?

Am I the void?
I want you to face me.

When it's time ... fire ...
cholera ... chance.

Don't insist,
one needs to leave here.

Who are you talking about?

About the one who left,
the one who is going to leave.

Every time, you die a bit.
And others, eh?

Who is going to die, idiot?
You and your family, I hope.

- Shut your trap, witch.
- Let the child die?

You will be freed, and we'll
be both in Alexandria.

- I can't swim!
- Hang on!

Every day is the same.

Okka! Come!

Is Rose here?

Oh my god, protect him.

Rose, come!

Let her shake my hand.

Go Rose, climb up, climb up.
Shake hands.

Bravo!

And you? Will you shake hands
with me

or you are afraid?

On a boat
From port to port

Swimming, rowing
To a safe harbour

We'll ignore the troubles

And dance in the rain

Let's run away to this exquisite sojourn

Stranger, do you know

The story of our district

The story of a heart, terrified

By the beauty of the neighbourhood,

She puts on airs and says

She puts on airs and says

Why are you looking at me like that?

Stranger, do you know

Why are you looking at me like that?

The story of our district

I sleep here
to watch over you.

Are you afraid no longer?

Even fear cleared off.

God will repay you, Okka.

Have you ever seen the sea?

And how!

I even pinned the corn seller up
between two cabins.

We bathed naked
and the guard told us off.

"Love on the rocks"...

even in the cinema
it would not be better.

"Love in the Rain"

"Love beneath the waves",
"Sand bath".

For a whole week,
my knees were jelly.

A divinely slim girl,
that one.

Like beasts, and that's that!

Of course. What is love?
Two animals in seventh heaven...

It's not like those
that kindle passion.

And go out
at the first breeze.

They don't stay at arm's length.

You remind me of someone.

Rafahi ?

The whole district knows.
The eternal suitor...

He loves his homeland.

Without result!

If I am appreciated,

I return it well.

You appreciate me.
I can do more.

Shut up! You make me forget
my worries!

You are a damned liar!
You have never seen the sea.

I saw it... at the cinema.

So did I, at the cinema.

We could not do without it!

Two carrots and some mint.

- Goose blood, it fortifies.
- It's disgusting.

Do you see this girl
with her nose in the air? It's you!

- I wore only red.
- And you had pink cheeks.

What do you know about it?

The kid who climbed up a tree
is me.

He swears that she will grovel
at his feet.

She is already too beautiful
to look at him.

She will be mad about him.

There's no danger of that.

How not to be mad about
a perfect lover like me?

When I was a kid,
I already knew it.

'Okka', where does that name
come from?

I am the number eleven.
There were twelve children.

We were called:
"What's your name?"

A shop was the occasion.
It's stuck with me.

The occasion by the occasion,
result, Okka...

Everyone made fun of me,
my mother was the first.

Debauched and vile,
like your father!

- I am different.
- Vile, like your father.

Why vile?

I do enjoy my job,
I make the kids laugh.

Stop showing off.
Think about your future.

Like my mother.

I am different.

Nevertheless she said 'no'.

I want the baby.

Marry me.
I'll teach him to dance.

Dancer? I want him
to become an engineer.

Teacher, as far as that goes.

So what? They are good people
and educated.

Educated, in order to be penned in by
fences in the desert without a doctor?

Educated,

let oneself choose a fianc�e
for themselves!

A windbag! Are you going to whine
about a windbag?

Hold your tongue.

You see an engineer, building
houses for the peasants.

For your flaunting in front of people.
What a joy!

Will you break his heart,
if he wants to be a dancer?

Will you hold him up to ridicule?
Don't you give a damn for him?

Until he cracks!

Is Mrs Zeinat vile too?

The idol of crowds,
the millionairess!

You said, the crowds...

She sacrifices everything for love.

Absolutely, for the sake of the love
of her young public...

So that she has to be paid for
a good time, and you first.

I'm sure you'll please her,
and very much.

Confess... Was all that
to be able to meet Mrs Zeinat?

To become her great discovery.

The rising star of the season:
Okka Bastawi!

At last, we know who is vile.

Has the cat got your tongue?
I'll say it...

It is really you.

You buried your heart,
you understand nothing about others.

How dare you judge me?

I didn't want to go too far.

I just wanted you.

Roll me a cigarette.

You make me dizzy.
Sit down.

What do you have?

I have nothing.

Tomorrow is the 6th day.

The sixth day...

Are you afraid?

Not at all.

There is no shame
in being afraid. We're all scared.

Are you afraid to be alone?

When I returned
to the village,

half had died of cholera,
the other half didn't recognise me.

I've torn my whole life
apart, bit by bit.

An impotent has given
you a complex.

You ran from
your eternal suitor...

fantasised about the mother's
darling who didn't give a damn!

And the one
who is really fond of you,

you answer him:
"Been there, done that!"

Excuse me, I was unfair.

Is that all?

Look at me... and say to me:
"Go to hell!"

That will not happen.

Can't you say it,
or do you feel something?

Because if so...

Why would there be an ''if''?
And even if...

That's it! You said it.
There is an''if''.

Let's assume that.

Continue.

It's not even
because it's you.

Fair enough.

Call it a sudden desire.

Continue...

It suddenly
comes over women.

Of course,
they are not stony-hearted.

You are a mere excuse for...

forgetting the worries.

Yes.

Something to fill the gap.

More or less.

And this thing, it's me.

More or less.

So fair enough, that's me.

Think carefully.
I have plenty of time.

You have no dignity,
how you can accept!

Not being
the love of your life?

- I don't care about dignity!
- Not me.

Even if you have to suffer from it?

I don't care.

I whet your appetite,
and it gently works.

Always rude words...

Anyway, it's too late.

How does it relate to time?

It passed.

Where would I find
the same time for loving?

It is decided from above...

the important thing
is not to miss the chance.

Nobody is as stubborn as you.

Me? It's you, the queen...
and for worse.

One doesn't envy those
who know how to have a lot of fun,

does one, Abu Nawas?

Tomorrow Hassan will recover,

and I'll 'have a lot of fun',
as you say.

And if he doesn't recover?

Then it'll be no use
to be happy or not,

I'll have died.

And if you will not die?

It is not for you to decide...

Answer!

You know it, yes or no?
It is a sin, you know?

You too, I'm saying 'no'!

But how females operate?

Once yes, once no.

Desire has a will of its own.

To heck with you.

When Fatou's mother died...

I wanted to kill myself.

She was one of the most beautiful
Nubians one has ever seen.

I tried several times.

However, she's gone,
and I'm still here.

So what now?

There's you, there's the river
that flows into the sea.

And on the other side,
there are a lot of people

and in the middle of them, me.

I've learnt a lot about myself.

What?

Buried things.

What?

Courage

We approach Alexandria

The water is salty.

The kid is cured.

He hasn't moaned during the night
and it's the sixth day.

Dawn is breaking,
I'll go see him.

No. Wait until
the sun is fully up!

Ruminating over
his nightmares is useless,

the little one is cured.

Dressed in gold, it has risen

Our small sun of meadows

Come, lets go out milking

And drink the buffaloes milk

The sea!
It's close, do you hear?

Do you want to see the sea?
Do you hear me, Hassan?

You have to see the sea,
eh!

You'll see the sea!
Hassan!

How could we see the sea,
if you hoisted sails?

From up there you could already
make it out.

Go ahead, Rose... hop!

Climb up, Rose...
higher still...

Drop it!

Drop it!

Saddiqa!

It's a pity,
they were a little bit crazy.

But they made pair.

Why is it a pity?

It always works out in the end...

English adaptation of Fr�d�ric Lagrange's French subtitles:
tania tchesska with the participation of
Rob & Sabine Bester (xenosmusic.com)