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[female singer] ♪ Starry night, the moon has risen ♪

[Amos Gitai] Yael Abecassis

Uri Klauzner

Hanna Laslo

Ronit Elkabetz

Lupo Berkowitch

Amos Lavie

Liron Levo

Yosef Carmon

Amit Mestechkin

Lyn Hsiao Zamir

in ALILA

based on the novel by Yehoshua Kenaz "Returning Lost Loves"

[male singer] ♪ You wish for the fruit of thy garden ♪

♪ Who shall tell you, who shall answer you ♪

[female singer] ♪Your bitter pain ♪

Eyali, when you're on leave, come work with me.

You'll get experience. So after the army,

you'll have a job, you'll earn a living.

Right, sonny?

[Eyali] Earn a living... What does that mean?

Forget it, Dad. I already told you...

After the army?

I don't even know how I'll get through it.

[singers] ♪That here comes the hour ♪

Lady, you're in the middle of the road!

Don't worry, son, you'll get through it.

You'll do great, we've all been through it.

[Eyali] I don't know, I hope you're right.

[male singer] ♪ The wish remained ♪

♪ An hour passes, a day, then a year ♪

[indistinct background chatter]

[male singer] ♪ Come and join me now ♪

[female singer] ♪You wish for the fruit of thy garden ♪

Dad, I love you and Mom.

[female singer] ♪Who shall answer you ♪

[male singer] ♪ Your bitter pain haunts your days ♪

Sweet boy...

[male singer] ♪You were left alone ♪

Don't worry, you'll be OK.

You know, for 3 years I ran around

with a 5 gallon jerry-can on my back.

It'll toughen you up,

it'll make a man of you, Eyali.

[female singer] ♪ Here it comes ♪

[Eyali] I don't know what to say.

You think that does good?

Ambushes, lying in the mud?

Sleeping outdoors?

Why did you want me to join a combat unit?

Huh, Dad? Why did you insist?

[Ezra] How can I put it?

Some day, you'll understand.

I can't explain, but some day you'll go abroad,

and even if you're having fun,

it'll feel alien to you, you'll miss this language,

these streets, these smells, this whole mess.

It's our country, Eyali.

I can't explain it.

Watch how your father does business.

See those Chinese, over there? You see them?

[Eyali] Those guys?

Yes. You'll see how I operate,

how I get their price down.

[female singer] ♪There are people richer than you ♪

♪That can make me feel secure ♪

Work?

Yes, yes.

What work?

Building? Masonry? Painting?

Yes, yes.

- Know how to do? - How much?

100 shekels per day. Cash.

No, no.

Why not?

What's going on here?

Dad, I have to leave.

- What's the problem? - Can I see the permits?

What do you mean? What permits?

Their work permits.

They left them at home. I don't understand what...

- No permits, no work. - Eyali! Eyali! Eyali!

Is there a problem?

If they have permits, none.

They have them! They already worked for me.

Come on.

Come along. I pay well. 250, OK?

250, is that OK?

I'll bring you back here after work. Let's go.

Come on. Great.

[Amos Gitai] Screenplay by Marie-José Sanselme and me, Amos Gitai

Photography Renato Berta

It's not far.

[Amos Gitai] Editing Kobi Netanel and Monica Coleman

Sound Daniel Ollivier,

Alex Claude and Gérard Lamps

[indistinct song on radio]

[Ezra] You do everything? Building? Painting?

- Soldering? - Yes.

I'm Ezra.

[Amos Gitai] Casting Ilan Moskovitch

Line Producer Shuki Friedman

Costumes Laura Shein

Continuity Sari Amir

Set design Miguel Markin

Production Laurent Truchot and Michael Tapuach

Producer Michel Propper

And the director is me, Amos Gitai

Have a nice screening

See you

We use this.

We make building.

With trowels.

Then, painting.

[indistinct song on radio]

Hello.

What's up?

Yeah.

Yeah.

No. She gave me her number,

she said we'd talk later, then she split.

Of course she came to screw.

No. She stood me up.

She came by two days later.

Just to give me a hard-on, and split.

Yeah.

Anyway, she calls and says What'll we do?

In the disco, I was sure we were going to screw.

We kissed, felt each other up, all that...

Then I said to her: Let's play backgammon.

Yes.

She shows up...

First she beats me, then I get even.

I promise you.

Yeah.

No, later.

Then she says yes, no, yes, no...

Next she says: Listen, you're a nice guy,

I don't want to put you on, I'm going home.

She split.

Yeah.

The chick's twenty.

Yeah.

I go to a disco, the one where they give massages,

and I ask the girl: Can I have one?

She makes me lie down, massages me, then whispers:

Let's do it at your place?

Yeah.

Then she says she has to leave.

In fact, she wasn't even a masseuse.

Yes.

I don't like that. See you tomorrow, period.

She saw a girlfriend home.

She treated me like shit.

Someone's here, call you later.

Yeah, bye.

No, the biggest drag was I lost at backgammon!

Know any apartments around here?

Got a light?

Do you want one?

Can I trust you?

Yes.

I'm looking for a pad around here.

No problem.

I can solve that.

None of that! No contract, nothing.

My word's my bond, OK? How much?

- How many rooms? - Just one.

One room? A studio...

I've got a nice place on Rothschild.

Rent that one to Yacov.

- Who's he? - My brother. We look alike, right?

For sure!

I need a place around here.

Here?

Eh.

I've got a place on the parking lot.

Small, not bad, in a renovated warehouse.

That interest you?

Sounds fine.

I pay cash in advance.

Not a word to anyone. Got it?

You'll be alone or with...

You ask too many questions, pal!

- OK, I didn't say a thing. - It's not your business!

Seven, eight...

It's not counterfeit, I hope?

Do I look like a forger? How dare you!

It's cool.

For you.

You go up the stairs, first building on the right,

right again after the corridor. It's the white door.

OK?

The key.

- Want me to show you? - No need.

Have fun.

[indistinct background chatter]

[indistinct background chatter]

[man] Tomatoes for 10 Shekels!

Hello.

Wait a minute.

Whoa, whoa. Hello.

Why don't you answer? Hello.

- You live here? - No.

- But you come often. - I have a friend here.

And you do the shopping?

- You a cop? - No, just chatting.

I'm shopping for a sick friend.

I have the key. She's bedridden.

Can I help you?

No, thanks. It's not heavy.

Pay your maintenance, lady!

Maintenance!

What'll you do about it?

I'll pay you.

Hello?

What's going on in there?

Can't you screw silently? Stop it. Shut up.

What is this? In daytime!

It's not normal! The whole building can hear!

I'm fine.

Everything's fine.

I'll complain to the building committee!

They'll think someone's being tortured to death!

Next time, I'll scream silently, I promise.

Okay.

Wait ten minutes before you leave. Got that?

These red shoes...

Got them with higher heels?

I'm sure we do.

Hey, Gabi!

You're late.

Try on the boots.

You have them? Great!

Were you with him?

I just don't know how your affair will end.

Help me.

I don't like it. Scares me.

Everything does.

Me, scared? I'm worried for you, dummy.

I don't know what's happening to you now.

You can't stand anyone.

You're here, but your head's elsewhere.

One can't tell you a thing.

Gonna be like that for long?

Don't worry, I can keep a secret.

I feel like I'm cheating on him now.

Like them?

They're pretty.

Got them with higher heels?

Even higher?

Where'll you wear them?

In bed!

You kill me. I don't get it. You have to hide to see him.

You can't even call him.

You have to lie, to hide,

he can't go out with you. What does it mean?

I don't know.

I don't know. He's protecting himself.

From what? From whom?

If you ask me, one of you will flip out.

- Think it'll be him? - Yes.

So what?

Even if he left, Mali, it wouldn't change my life.

It's a few hours per week.

I don't understand. You love him or not?

I don't know him.

What?

I only see him in bed.

Is it that good?

Not bad.

That's all? Nothing more?

Nothing more.

So he makes the rules,

it's when he wants, and how he wants.

You enjoy being a whore, a mistress?

It excites me, Mali.

It's complex, this obsession with secrecy, it's like...

two secret agents on enemy soil.

I don't know why he's so afraid, but it's...

like a war. As if I was fighting...

Against whom?

Against him.

But what for?

So he risks everything for me.

What's everything, Gabi?

Everything he's afraid to lose.

And if you win, you want to live with him?

What are you trying to prove?

That I'm capable of it.

Want my opinion?

You're kidding yourself. You're stuck on him.

If I were you, I'd run away before it's too late.

It's already too late.

This is so perverse.

You can choose any guy you want,

find one that's normal, and not just in bed.

And sell out, like you?

Right, pick on me now.

Because I'm telling you the truth.

Now you'll hate me.

How can you say that?

My Gabi...

Pay for me.

Mali?

[Mali] What?

- I have talk to you. -[Mali] Now what, Ezra?

-[Mali] The army called? - No, they didn't.

Even in my worse nightmares, I hadn't imagined this.

[Mali] Don't make a big deal of it. Our son will be judged,

he'll go to prison. OK.

But if he was able to run away

without getting caught, what kind of an army is it?

If he contacts us, we have to call the military police.

[Mali] No way, Ezra.

- Hi, darling. - What's up?

First kiss me, then I'll tell you.

You got what I wanted?

- I got everything. - Thanks, love.

Why's this pest just standing there!

[Ezra] Since his first leave, he barricaded himself inside.

-[Ezra] Can't you see, he's got problems! - What's the point of repeating it!

Our son's going through a crisis, got it?

But he'll get over it. He'll come out OK.

Trust him.

[Ezra] What if he's in danger?

Same old disaster scenarios!

Don't worry. The army will find him.

In a day or two, we'll know.

First, stop bugging me!

Your divorce wrecked everything.

[Mali] Sure, it's all my fault. What about you?

It was our divorce!

Ours, Ezra!

Ezra, Ezra!

Ezra!

Forget it. She has her period.

- OK. -[Mali] What's OK?

Now where you going?

Shopping.

Shopping, again. Do me a favor, open your eyes.

Go find my son Eyali.

[Ezra] Why should he do it? It's my job to find him.

Guess! You screw up everything, Ezra.

You live in your car like a bum.

Even this job on the site,

I found it for you, and you're lousy at it.

You deliver late. Don't pout!

I wonder how I stood it for so long,

I wasted my life with you!

Don't glare at me!

It doesn't work anymore!

Ilan, go look for the kid, OK?

OK.

Wipe that hangdog look off your face.

Go look for your kid. Look for him together!

What's up?

I expected you.

Don't want to go back to the army?

I don't know.

- Huh? - I don't know.

When will you go back?

Not sick of crawling around like a stray cat?

No?

Don't dare tell your parents?

Is that it?

I don't know.

I told them, but they don't understand.

You told your dad you don't want to enlist?

If you'd rather not discuss it, we won't.

You didn't come here for nothing.

Are my questions bothering you?

See what's going on around you?

I don't give a fuck.

Me, too...

I take fucking seriously.

Would you like...

to see your parents, and still go back to the army?

Maybe they'll forget me.

Yeah?

The army doesn't forget its soldiers easily!

So...

Drink your carrot juice and keep me posted.

-Bye. -Huh?

Go.

Chin up!

Ezra, she's calling you. Come with me.

- Enough! - Go check the roof.

Be quiet, it's unbearable.

It's siesta time. Time for resting.

It's impossible with all this noise.

Then go lie down, and never get up again!

They're all against us. What did we do to them?

You're building a house here.

Where else would we live?

You were just supposed to close the parking lot, no?

OK, we'll close one side and open the other.

Let me show you.

Come. Why all the noise?

Here, come along. Come along.

All day and all night, give us a break!

There. We closed this side,

we'll open the other. That's all.

What's all this crap?

What's the difference? Huh?

You don't want us?

What are we to you? Arabs? Is it that?

Thieves, I tell you.

You stole land that isn't yours.

It's an illegal building site.

- Not true. - You don't have a permit.

It'll be demolished. You'll see.

What?

Who'll demolish what? Nobody'll demolish anything.

Put your fists down, I said.

Nobody. They're all with us. The police, city hall, everyone!

Know who you're dealing with?

If this goes on I know people, who for 50 bucks,

will remodel your face with acid.

That what you want? Get the hell out.

You hear what she said?

That's our neighbors!

Enough! Fuck off.

Remember that, you'll repeat it in court.

Nothing short of a murder will make the police move their asses.

Say, you look like a decent person,

someone with brains.

Our daughter wants to study after the army.

She deserves to live with people like you, no?

He's talking crap.

Why crap? I tell you, it's for our daughter.

- Forget it. - Why is it crap?

They dig holes all over the neighborhood.

They buy up basements and turn them into apartments.

Just to make money. It's business.

It's for our daughter.

Sure!

It's just business!

Ezra, can't you see I'm talking?

Right, sweetheart, business.

We'll build apartments in every hole.

Under the earth, on the roofs.

And we'll put 7 foot Arabs in them,

no girl will be able to live here.

Is that that you want? You'll all leave!

My treasure.

Here she comes again. Go on!

Don't call me "treasure".

Why do you get so mad?

[inaudible]

-[woman] That's how it is. - Why are you so edgy?

- Go on, get off my back. - OK, I'm coming.

Wait.

You paid the maintenance?

You spoke to Schwartz?

I told you not to speak to anyone.

- It's impossible. - I told you, no one.

Want me to come in through the window?

You provoking me? It's none of your business.

None of my business? I don't exist, that it?

Just do what I say.

They'll hear.

Still at it, huh?

Your wife spotted us, right?

Hm?

Don't talk about that.

Then about what?

Shit, why talk all the time?

True. All I want is your body.

I like it when you talk that way.

I hope it lasts.

It'll last the time it lasts, Gabi.

You accepted my conditions.

If you don't like it, you can leave.

I won't come back for a while.

You want to punish me? Hm?

Do what I tell you, even if you don't understand. Ok?

I know...

You don't love me any more.

That's how it goes.

There you go again.

You're like a kid.

If I didn't love you,

I wouldn't come here.

And if I was pretending,

you'd notice at once.

Your body would tell me?

Precisely.

Caress me some more.

More.

More.

Linda.

Linda.

Why's it never clean here?

Don't you know how to clean?

It's a lot of dust from the construction.

Then close the shutters. I can't stand all this noise.

It reminds me of the camps.

Aviram, Aviram,

come look.

I want you to come look.

Day and night, they work like that.

They're doing the toilets and the bathroom.

What can we do?

These people listen to loud Arab music,

all night long.

They roast sausages under our windows.

So what?

I want you to come look.

I want a witness for the lawsuit.

Not now. I'm busy.

So it's up to Schwartz again.

A sick , old man.

The shouts, the screams...

Then they drag people out of the barracks.

The shouts, the screams, day and night...

Then they take off their clothes...

- The shouts, the screams... - Enough.

-They push them into the showers... -Enough of this story.

The shouts, the screams...

Mr. Schwartz, calm down.

Let's go to our kitchen, I'll make you a cup of tea.

Please.

Let's go.

Mr. Schwartz, let's go.

Come.

[indistinct singing]

Come, come.

It's nice of you to come.

It's very safe.

[indistinct singing]

[indistinct dialogue]

Hello, sir.

How are you?

Can you talk?

Say something.

One, two, three, up!

Raise your arms, if you can.

Lie down.

You will be okay.

You seem in a bad mood.

No, I'm not.

So...?

What have you done all this time?

I lived.

Just like when I'm with you.

You see?

Life without Hezi is possible.

Of course.

But with him it's better.

You seem in a very good mood.

What have you done all this time?

I thought about you.

Sure...

Don't you believe me?

You think about me now and then,

until you get sick of it.

What am I to you?

Don't be silly.

I have lots of plans for us.

Don't I have the right to know them? Hm?

It's hot in here.

I want the door permanently closed, okay?

Why are you looking at me?

You surprised me.

- I didn't expect to see you. - I can leave if you want.

- Did you come to fight? - No.

I came to love you.

- Why are you angry? - Why are you looking at me?

How am I looking at you?

You're undressing me with your eyes.

I always see you naked. Why should I undress you?

You know very well what I mean.

Let's stop this game.

You didn't come.

Doesn't matter.

Yes, it does.

That dog!

It never stops barking. Drives me nuts.

It was always there, never disturbed you before.

No one must see us together.

I want that door to stay closed. Okay?

I have to go.

[male singer] ♪You saw me go Astray and didn't say a word ♪

♪ You saw me crying ♪

You and your Ilan.

[male singer] ♪ You are a woman so proud ♪

Can't he confide in me?

Don't I have a right to know? It all has to go through Ilan?

[Mali] Want me to tell you?

Don't blame me, Eyali went to see Ilan.

Get it? Maybe he's scared to talk to you, Ezra. Okay?

Sure, he's scared!

[male singer] ♪ Please go away, girl ♪

[Mali] Maybe you missed something?

- It's my fault, huh? -[Mali] Why else would he go to see Ilan?

See how you drive?

Now what is it?

Now what?

Ezra, what is it?

[male singer] ♪I will go after love alone ♪

Get out!

[Mali] I don't believe it.

Go on, scram.

[Mali] Cut it out, there's no point...

Go see your beautician. Scram!

- OK, Ezra. - I'll take care of it.

I'll go get him by myself.

You'll be late! Watch out for your nail polish!

Spoiled brat!

Go on, get lost!

[Mali] You're wrong, and you know it!

He won't talk to me! I'm the spoiled brat!

It's all my fault!

At his age, I worked! I got a paycheck!

I was in the army, and I fed my father!

Spoiled brat! Do what you want!

Where's the moped? Where's Ilan?

Where's your Vespa?

Hurry, go see your rabbi! Run!

He'll tell you!

Did I teach him there were no limits?

Did I teach him that anything goes?

You can desert! Don't do your army service!

Shirk your responsibilities! Anything goes!

- You're crazy! - Anything goes, huh?

Did I raise him that way?

Why did we give birth to him? For nothing? Anything goes!

[woman] It's 5.30 PM, time for the evening news.

The legal committee will meet tomorrow in the Knesset to ratify

the elections being moved forward to next January 28.

4.7 million Israelis are due to vote.

The Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Finance

want to postpone the municipal elections to 2004.

[man] Last week,

the Labour Party decided to pull out

of the national unity government.

Yesterday, we all heard

the leader of the National Union Party

who stated that...

[indistinct singing]

[indistinct singing]

[woman] Hey, lady!

What's wrong with you? You won't speak to me?

What's with all of you?

Are we Arabs, or what?

I'd like to invite you in for coffee!

Come see my lovely home!

Where are you going with that trash bag?

I want to show you something!

You look nice, wait.

Listen, my lovely, I'm a sick woman,

I have brain cancer, you know?

Soon, my head's being operated. Look!

Why do you create problems for us?

Lady, where are you going? Listen, I have a daughter...

What's wrong with you? Just looking at you, I can tell,

you know nothing about children!

You're not even married, huh?

You live alone here, like a bitch in heat?

What are you, a dyke? Huh?

You'll never cradle a baby in your arms.

Never!

What's the old guy's name? I wanna talk to him!

I don't know.

She doesn't know.

Come on, come on out!

Come out!

It's us, your new neighbors! Come out!

We want to talk to you.

Soon, you'll be homeless!

I know a woman, for 100 dollars:

she'll set fire to this place!

Old man, come out or you're dead!

Gabi?

Recognize me?

Mali! You have a new lover?

How do I look?

Let's see, turn around.

You like it?

It's terrific, but why did you do it?

Last time, I felt pathetic beside you.

Did you do that for me?

- Ridiculous, huh? - No.

Then why are you laughing?

It's terrific, I just have to get used to it.

You should've done it sooner.

Saying that to please me?

No!

Mali, stop it.

I always feel guilty with you.

- What's going on? - That's him.

- Where? - Behind us.

Okay.

Keep talking, if he comes over, we don't know him.

-Okay. -Okay?

What'll we talk about?

Shall we move?

- No. How's Ezra? - Lousy.

- Shall we move? - No.

It's OK. He's gone.

You're ashamed for me.

What's happening to you? You have to stop it.

What's going on? It's not like you.

I don't know if I'm all right, or not...

It's an obsession. All I want is him.

I want him. All the time.

I obey him, he can do what he wants with me.

Sometimes he says he loves me, so I stay in there.

You're lucky you don't live there.

Why do you say that?

Because it reminds me of a movie.

It was called Back Street,

a girl falls in love with her boss,

he buys her an apartment in a back street,

to come visit her. One day he stops coming.

And she spends her life waiting

for him to come back,

alone in the apartment, in that dead end.

- Why bring that up? - I forgot the ending, not the pain.

I never saw that movie.

Odd that he was here.

What did you think of him?

Old.

He's not old at all.

It's because he's bald.

He's your age.

- My age? - Yes.

OK, so he is.

Come on, let's leave.

This place is awful. I don't like it here.

He may come back. Let's go.

Come on, Gabi.

Come on.

You coming?

This outfit suits us, no?

We look really great.

Enough, enough!

Fu, get up!

You should've woken me up sooner.

I told you to wake me up.

Come on!

You take Chin and Fa and do the plumbing. Okay?

You, no more plastering, understand?

OK? He continues with the wall.

OK, OK.

-[Mali] Who is it? - Zaada family?

[Mali] Yes, Zaada family.

Open up.

-[Mali] Who is it? - Police.

-[Mali] Police? - Yes.

[Mali] One moment.

-[Mali] What is it? - It's about your son, Eyal.

- Her son. - He's my son.

Can I come in?

One moment.

Wait, Ezra. Let's all go outside.

Come, let's go out.

Has something happened to him?

No.

Then why are you here?

You been in contact with him lately?

Are you in his unit?

What unit?

When were you last in contact?

Ezra knows that.

OK, thanks.

I forget, it was a while ago.

Has he tried to contact you or not?

He called to say he was fine.

You should've told us.

You must tell us everything.

It all matters, even the smallest detail!

If you don't do it, you're accomplices. Got that?

- We hardly spoke to him. - OK!

- Where did he call from? - What do you want to know?

Sorry, who are you?

Come back to see me, we have to talk, OK?

Bye.

- Who's he? - A family friend.

Does he have a girlfriend, any pals?

No, no one.

No one.

Good, if he calls or you have news,

call us. Got that?

His life's at stake.

Why?

He's bumming around, a perfect target for terrorists.

Why didn't you look for him sooner?

Mr. Zaada, we've never stopped looking for him.

But we can't tell you everything.

-Right. -Yes.

As long as he's in the army and serving his sentence,

he's our responsibility.

Take it easy.

Right, have a nice day, Zaada family.

Where were you?

You're missing a button!

Is that what you wanted?

For terrorists to grab him?

-Ezra. -I lied.

I, who never lie, not even to the taxman.

Ezra.

If you had, you'd look better.

Do me a favor,

park your car elsewhere.

Census Bureau, open up, please.

Hi, my name's Shula.

I've been looking for you.

Can you spare me five minutes?

I've been coming for two weeks.

It's official, you have to reply.

Anyone else live here?

I'm sorry, but you're very rude.

I have to ask you questions for the government.

This is incredible.

Think I have time?

She's hiding.

Good, he's not here.

At least I know he's not here.

I've seen what she looks like,

and she's ugly.

Why do they avoid me?

I have to fill out this census form.

Hello.

Near Rafah, a Palestinian was killed.

His task force was stalking a Tsahal position.

According to our local correspondent,

the Palestinians reported that Israeli soldiers

killed a 20-year old man

and wounded 10 others, two severely.

According to the Palestinians, the incident occurred

after youths threw stones at the Tsahal position.

I often looked for him here.

I don't like him hanging around here.

I told him I didn't like him coming here.

Is being in the army in Nablus any safer?

He's still a child.

There are weirdos here.

He's my kid, I don't--

Shall we look for him on foot?

A Jerusalem area court

has sentenced four people for murder.

They came from Silwan,

according to our correspondent.

We take that little street and turn right.

[Ezra] Eyali!

Eyali!

Eyali, it's Dad!

Want one?

Listen, I dropped him off here.

-Here? -Yes, exactly here.

You'd leave a kid here?

Where should I leave him?

His mother's so worried, she can't sleep.

Don't worry, she sleeps fine.

What do we do?

You okay?

Listen, he's around here somewhere.

It's a big area.

You're mean.

Mean.

I'd like to spend all my time with you.

So you're the victim, and I'm the executioner?

Is that what you think?

Answer me, is that it?

There are things you don't know.

You think...

...that I'm afraid of nothing, that nothing hurts me?

I know it's not easy for you.

But we don't have any choice.

You have to be strong.

That'll help me achieve our plans.

Okay?

Sorry I spoke to you that way.

Who was the woman in the café with you?

Then you saw us?

Of course I did, and you saw me.

She's an old friend.

A friendship that lasts, among women?

Men like to say things like that about women.

That's what I thought.

I hope she doesn't know anything?

Because woman blab?

Does she know or not?

No.

I want to come and live here.

Are you joking?

That way there'll always be some of you here.

What an idea.

It's our place.

Is it so important?

Okay.

Okay.

Okay, but respect our rules:

Don't talk to anybody,

don't invite anybody in,

don't tell anyone where you live, okay?

Don't put your name on the door.

You agree to that?

Yes.

How can you agree to it?

I can.

You should go out,

see people,

have fun.

Stop waiting for Hezi, it's unhealthy.

I can still lead a normal life.

Sunday, a Filipino woman, Linda, comes to clean.

I gave her the key.

Don't return until after 5:00PM, okay?

She'll see your things, she'll understand,

but she mustn't see you.

Okay?

Ezra.

Get up.

What are you doing here?

I told you to park elsewhere, to get out of my life.

That's enough already.

Why do you cling to me?

Find yourself a new life.

Why do you stick around?

I had an awful nightmare, Mali.

Get me some water.

If the work is finished, take your Chinese and leave.

That's what we agreed, no?

I was in a street full of people,

and I see

a poor guy lying on the sidewalk.

He was filthy.

I go over to help him, so that people--

I lean over him,

turn him over,

and see that it's Eyali.

He glares at me.

I try to cover him with a coat,

but he becomes hard as concrete,

and I can't do a thing.

I want to take him in my arms,

and I shout to people,

"Help me, he's my son!"

Nothing, it's as if...

They walk on as if they hadn't seen us.

And I can't do a thing.

What a nightmare!

Calm down, things are fine, Eyali's fine.

Maybe he wants to talk to me.

Enough, Ezra, get out of my life.

You're a drag, nothing but doom and gloom.

You're a real load, get it?

You're in the parking lot

with your gloomy ideas.

I'm not like that.

I'm light,

I want to live, to move on, to have fun.

I don't want that life.

You're a downer, Ezra.

Get a life!

I want my son

and I won't leave this parking lot.

Listen,

I know that you love me.

Ezra.

If you leave, I'll miss you, you really love me.

The other guy, as you know,

he's just passing by, one day he'll leave.

I'll miss you if you leave,

but I've had it.

Shall we have a smoke, like we used to?

You know, I loved you.

Shall we light a cigarette?

[radio reporter] The Jerusalem soccer team fooled Nazareth's defense

with an extraordinary goal by Aharon.

Then torrential rain fell on the stadium.

But at the 12th minute,

Nazareth equalized

on a corner by Mallul.

Two suicide attacks

have just taken place,

the first on the corner of Hagdoud ha Ivri Street,

the other on the corner of Newe Shaanan.

There are very heavy casualties

in this busy neighborhood of foreign workers

who gather in the streets on their way to eat.

A third explosion has just been announced--

♪ Not knowing why ♪

♪ but sorrow surrounds me ♪

♪ Every day I pray for it ♪

♪ to quickly chase away the loneliness of love ♪

♪ From that day on, you said to me, ♪

♪ "I will love you forever" ♪

♪ Thousands and millions of words ♪

♪ drift away like passing clouds ♪

♪ Not knowing why ♪

♪ but sorrow surrounds me ♪

♪ Every day I pray for it ♪

♪ to quickly chase away the loneliness of love ♪

[singer on radio] ♪ Not knowing why ♪

♪ but sorrow surrounds me ♪

♪ Every day I pray for it ♪

♪ to quickly chase away the loneliness of love ♪

♪ From that day on, you said to me, ♪

♪ "I will love you forever" ♪

♪ Thousands and millions of words ♪

♪ drift away like passing clouds ♪

Ezra, why are you looking so glum?

Why did we bring his civilian clothes?

We've been over that, that's enough.

I have to hide to see him.

No need to be ashamed, he's your son.

We're back in contact, that's what matters.

Eyali, my love, how are you?

One moment, Ezra--hi, my boy.

-Got the clothes? -What for?

-Want me to wash your uniform? -No need.

What do you mean, no need?

And your beret?

Don't scold him, we didn't come for that.

You wanted to be in a combat unit.

What happened?

Tell us why you're being court-martialed.

Because of a dumb instructor.

I hit him.

-So you'll go to jail? -He's a sergeant.

-You going back to the army? -No.

-What'll you do? -Don't worry.

-Tell us where you live. -No.

I want to be alone, to think things over.

With whores and drug addicts?

That's where you think?

-You in a hurry? -Yes.

You ever think of us?

About what you've done to us?

You got enough money?

-I manage. -How do you eat?

-I manage. -You got money?

I manage.

How do you get money?

-Did you give him money? -Me?

-Not a penny. -Did Ilan?

What about him?

You think he has money?

He has to report to his base.

No, he doesn't like it there!

-What'll he do? -He'll see.

-He's strong and he's smart. -Like you.

Of course, he's my son.

You could've come home.

-Dad's right. -They'd come.

-Who? -The military police.

Are you dreaming?

They'd come for you?

No one's looking for you.

If they had, it'd be settled.

Here, everyone's out for himself.

It's not like it used to be.

And if they catch you?

There are ways to avoid the army.

-Like what? -I can act crazy,

get religion or pretend I'm gay.

Stop it!

-That's your influence. -Sure it is.

It's all my fault, let me talk to him.

Fill me in, son.

I don't get it.

I don't want to be in the army,

-that's all. -Why?

Everyone has to do it.

I'm not everyone.

-Why? -I want to be me.

Do you use drugs?

-Look at me. -You're imagining things.

-I don't even smoke. -True?

I don't do drugs.

Don't let those scumbags influence you.

I taught you to protect yourself.

-Promise? -Don't worry, I'm fine.

Listen, your father is hard on you

because he loves you so much.

I love you, too, don't forget that.

Whatever happens,

you can count on your dad and me, okay?

Till this is over,

promise to stay in touch.

I don't want to die worrying.

-Promise? -Yes.

Wait, I'll call Dad--Ezra!

Say goodbye to him.

Listen, you're 18.

You can do what you want.

I can't stop you,

or force you to be like us.

We all lead our own lives.

But I want to know what got into you.

You wanted to join the commandos with your pals.

Don't you care what happens to your country?

Fuck the army!

What kind of talk is that, kid?

Who taught you that?

Did I?

You don't understand.

Fuck this country!

I never want to see you again.

You're not my son.

What's going on?

Here, listen, don't come home.

Even if you have to.

Our neighbor's a policewoman, okay?

If you need anything, call Ilan, okay?

Promise? Take good care.

-Give me a kiss. -Bye.

There he is!

Welcome!

How are you?

I hope it rains a lot.

I hope it's torrential.

Do you know why?

Not for the good of the country,

or for agriculture, or for Lake Tiberias.

When there's a lot of rain,

we have problems here.

You know, the underground water.

When it rains a lot in winter,

the earth soaks it up and spits it out

here on the tiles.

The apartment turns into a swimming pool.

You know the power of water?

Dear God, make it rain cats and dogs!

Let's have a deluge!

[Gabi] I want you, too.

-But on my terms. -Hey, excuse me?

-Right now, I'm your mistress. -I just came back from hospital.

-Do you need a cleaner today? -No.

Even a mistress has rights.

She's not a toy that you can throw away,

and pick up when you want it back.

Hello?

That's not how it works.

You must know if you love her or not.

-If you don't, tell her. -Hey.

Go away!

What?

You can't call her from abroad,

tell her that you love her, and disappear again.

You have time to decide if you really want me.

Like it or not, I'm staying till the end of the month.

I want to have your child.

Yes.

Why did you call me?

I'm staying till the end of the month.

That gives you time to decide.

What's this?

I'll be damned.

-Who is this? -Excuse me.

My lock's been broken.

I can't get into my home.

I have to call a locksmith.

Locksmith.

-What? -I need the phone book!

-It's in there. -Okay.

Sorry.

No!

Hello?

Hello?

Hi, Haïm Sela?

Hello, sir.

Someone tried to break in.

The lock's been broken.

Correct.

No, I don't have--yes.

Can you come?

Yes, right away.

So what do we do?

What?

What did you say?

Okay, thanks a lot.

He can't come.

He says there were two of them.

They broke the lock

and emptied the whole apartment.

Now the Mafia has moved in,

we're no longer safe.

And the police do nothing to protect us.

How does he know there were two of them?

-There you are. -Thanks.

Are you insured?

I think nothing's missing.

Looks like it.

Maybe they planned to burglarize your neighbors

and made a mistake, it happens.

You should still go to the police.

I'm sick of the police.

I want to be left alone.

It'll reassure you.

I have to leave.

One moment.

Don't bother.

Thank you, sir.

I thank you.

Close the door.

[men singing] ♪ There's no home ♪

♪ The winter wind, carrying snowflakes ♪

♪ Blows away my tears ♪

♪ Walking, walking, walking, walking ♪

Ezra Zaada.

Come here, please.

ID card number?

-057... -Yes.

-...87. -Yes.

1964.

Status?

Divorced, one child.

Know what you're accused of?

Not at all.

Illegal employment of foreign workers.

Within 48 hours or a week,

all those Chinese will be expelled.

Why?

They need me and I need them.

They're not Israelis.

They're not allowed to work.

What's going on here?

I want to see someone higher up.

You mean an inspector.

-He wants to see the inspector. -I'll take care of it.

He's checking it out.

What are they here for?

Just a burglary.

Gentlemen, go see the detective.

Over there, that's her, standing up.

I'll go over it:

I called you, you saw my broken lock,

you broke the door to let me in,

that's it.

Hi.

Oh!

Look at him.

I didn't recognize you.

-Yes? -You work here?

Yes, sweetie, do you mind?

Here to complain about us?

-Baruch! -Coming!

Come here a second.

This guy lives alone with his dog.

We know what that means, huh?

Here, we're informed about everything.

What's your problem?

I'm a locksmith, he called me,

I broke the door open, and what I did see?

Sodom and Gomorra!

-The carpets-- -Okay, I got it.

Spare me the details.

You take care of them.

Go sit down, gentlemen.

-But we want-- -Come see me later.

We're neighbors, we'll have coffee.

-Go on. -Neighbors.

Think of it?

A guy who lives alone with a dog.

God help us.

Go see them.

I don't understand what's happening.

Wait till the inspector is free.

We've been here all morning, they're hungry.

You understand Hebrew

or do we have to speak Chinese?

We'll call you as soon as she's free.

Don't you watch the news?

The government decided to expel foreign workers.

Chinese, Thais, Japanese, all out.

-Congratulations. -Hire Israelis.

Ezra, my bunny, why are you here?

Got a problem?

He's my builder.

His son deserted.

Any news, love?

-Did he contact you? -No.

No, huh?

Your son's become a criminal.

Poor guy.

Who are all these Chinks with you, huh?

We're being hassled.

Hassled?

You'll be freed, we'll work it out.

And the Chinese?

Aren't there others at the bus terminal?

Just forget them.

They send money to their families.

Sure, they have families, that old song.

I want a bargain price.

Huh?

A real bargain.

Release them all.

What else have we got here?

Baruch, come here, love.

Give me two.

Pain in the ass.

It's a nothing day.

Make me a strong coffee.

With sugar?

-No sugar, you know that! -Okay.

Okay.

A guy who lives alone with a dog,

God help us.

You got it?

Now I've seen everything.

A nutcase, God help us.

Where you going?

I asked where you're going.

Gabi, wait!

Gabi.

Where you going, dammit?

Why did you come?

To see you.

You came to throw me out.

You said you'd stay here till the end of the month.

Don't worry, you won't see me again.

Why?

I really want to.

I've lost interest.

The two of us was just physical,

and I'm over it.

You don't interest me anymore.

Want to punish me?

Is that it?

Let go of me!

Want me to hit you?

I won't give you that pleasure.

You think I'm a bimbo?

No, a bimbo's a bigger turn-on!

Right, so you'll move a bimbo in there?

Or the company stops paying the rent?

Shut up.

Don't worry, I won't say a thing to anyone,

even about your bank accounts.

I won't play the bitter mistress.

Go away, I'm not holding you back.

No, I'm not in a hurry today.

At the office, they told me to watch out,

because you're a bastard.

That what you think of me?

Aren't you ashamed?

You worry about what people think?

You really hate me, huh?

Not even that.

I got bogged down in an affair with a guy I didn't love,

with whom I had nothing in common.

You never enjoyed it?

It was more pain than pleasure.

Say it again, I didn't hear.

It was more pain than pleasure.

What happened?

Get back to work.

You'll miss me, Gabi.

You'll see, you'll miss me.

Know what I loved about you?

What?

The smell of your body.

What more do you want?

That's not enough?

Let go!

For a bimbo, maybe, but not for me.

It's raining.

Raining!

Aviram, come see.

Come, Aviram, come.

Three feet already

and it's still rising.

It rains too hard.

Doesn't a man of my age deserve some joy?

As long as I'm still around when they see it.

I hope I live that long.

-Come here. -Hold this.

Ezra!

What's happening to us?

Why is God punishing us?

What wrong did we do?

Why don't they want us here?

Who are we bothering?

Why don't they want us?

It's no use.

We won't give in.

They won't manage.

We won't give in.

They don't know who they're dealing with.

That old creep cursed us!

May he croak!

To hell with him!

We, too, know a woman

who can cast evil spells.

For a few dollars,

she'll do a good job here.

We won't let our daughter live here.

No way!

Not in my life, never.

We'll buy her a plush condo

in Ramât-Aviv, near the university.

She'll never live with people

who love Arabs,

who hate Jews!

No problem, we'll give them Arabs!

Know what we'll give them?

Drug-addicts, the scum of the earth.

You cheated us!

You cheated us, too!

We'll give them such a bad time,

they'll want to go back to Poland!

We'll sue you!

You'll all pay for it!

We're no babes in the woods!

I've got a lawyer!

I'm afraid of no one!

What's happening to us?

We'll make you pay, too!

We'll make you all pay!

You don't scare me, I've got a lawyer.

I'll sue you, too!

And him, and all of you!

We weren't born yesterday.

Not yesterday or the day before!

We'll sue you all!

Come.

Anyone in?

Hello?

Anyone in?

I have no more light, Ezra!

Come, Ezra!

[Ezra] What's the problem?

The power's gone, can you help me?

Go 'round the back.

Here's the fuse board.

It's too old.

The fuses are blown.

So?

I'll go get my tools.

Ching!

Fang, Fa!

Bring me the pliers and the wire!

The thin wire!

Hurry, Fang.

Let's see.

-Is that okay? -Fine.

Very good.

Maybe this one'll work here.

I'll try, okay?

Let's see.

Yes, that's fine.

You see?

Maybe this wire will do.

One of them always blows because it's too old.

Let's see if we're in luck.

Ching, try that, pull the switch.

Fu, give me some light.

Wait a moment.

I can't see a thing.

Yes, that's perfect.

Wait.

Wait.

Can you see anything?

Yes. Yes.

-Where? -Here.

OK. Good.

Wait!

That one's blown, too.

Good, thanks a lot.

You see the problem?

See those two things?

They have to be joined by a wire,

but as it's old, it burned up.

The fuse burned, so did the other one, you see?

They're tired.

I'll change them for you

and get it working again.

-Thanks, Ezra. -You're welcome.

Like some coffee?

Sure, I would.

I'll take this up and come back.

[man on radio] Tonight, we won the elections!

The people said no to what's going on!

They want, they want

a different Israel!

I'm asking you to stop.

Thank you.

I don't wanna play

he who shouts loudest is the winner.

Gentlemen, we are gratified tonight

and have a right to be delighted.

But our mission is difficult,

our responsibility is immense,

and we must seize this opportunity,

this extraordinary, historic opportunity

that the people have given us.

We conducted a fair election

without zigzagging--

You okay, Eyali?

Take good care, okay?

Don't get pushed around.

Will you write me?

Will you write us?

Do they let you write?

Tell us what's happening.

Ilan has connections.

-Thanks for everything. -Okay.

I love you, okay?

Sure you want to go?

You know, the army, the country now,

it's not the way it was.

Today it's--

I don't care any more, you understand?

Sorry for everything, Dad.

I apologize.

Eyali.

Come on, son.

Eyali.

We're leaving.

Get in.

Get in, hurry, son.

[singer] ♪ A starry night, the moon has risen ♪

♪ There you sit, staring into the darkness ♪

♪ An hour passes, a day, then a year ♪

♪ And you are still waiting for him ♪

♪ An hour passes, a day, then a year ♪

♪ Still you are lost, captivated by faith ♪

♪ You wish for the fruit of thy garden ♪

♪ Who shall tell you, who shall answer you? ♪

♪ Your bitter pain haunts your days ♪

♪ You were left alone, wishing to believe ♪

♪ That here comes the hour ♪

♪ In which he has promised to return ♪

♪ That here comes the hour ♪

♪ In which he has promised to return ♪

♪ In total silence, the grief enfolds ♪

♪ And in your heart the wish remained ♪

♪ An hour passes, a day, then a year ♪

♪ And you still wait for him ♪

♪ An hour passes, a day, then a year ♪

♪ Still you remember, and cannot believe it ♪

♪ You wish for the fruit of thy garden ♪

♪ Who shall tell you, who shall answer you ♪

♪ Your bitter pain haunts your days ♪

♪ You were left alone, wishing to believe ♪

♪ That here comes the hour ♪

♪ In which he has promised to return ♪

♪ And did not return ♪