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DEATH PENALTY

Mom, ignore this.

Read it for me. All of it, please.

What do the big letters say?

"Death penalty."

When?

Does it say when they'll hang him?

Tell me.

He'll be hanged this coming Sunday, at midnight.

Rosa!

There's a saying in Arabic:

"Kul kalb biji yomo."

You know what that means?

That the day will come for every dog.

Now the day has come for Ephraim, your brother.

Victoria!

Apologize now! Enough with your insults to my mother.

The apology should come from your mother to me,

and to the God of our ancestors, our God Almighty.

Wait, what are you doing? Are you crazy or what?!

What is wrong with you? You're ruining three days of work!

Get out of my garden!

Let go of me! Don't hit me!

-You can't do this! -Get out of here, immediately!

-You crazy kid! -Let go of me!

Enough! Enough!

SWORN AFFIDAVITS, TRANSLATIONS, TRAVEL AGENT

SWORN AFFIDAVITS, TRANSLATIONS, TRAVEL AGENT

Oh…

Shalom, shalom, Mrs. Armoza. How are you doing?

This letter came to the delicatessen from America, I assume.

Yes, this is from America.

But this is for Gavriel.

Fine. It will reach Gavriel, don't worry.

Does it say who sent it?

Pinhas Ben Zion, the one who became a millionaire in America.

I want you to open it carefully, so he doesn't know you've opened it.

And then shut it firmly, and I'll give it to Gavriel.

And your mouth too, shut that firmly.

Mrs. Armoza,

if I opened my mouth to everything I know, half of Jerusalem would be in jail.

This will be very easy.

American glue is very strong.

Slowly.

Oh!

My dear friend Gavriel…

"My dear friend Gavriel…

like you asked,

I tried and was successful in finding the lady."

-What lady? Who is it? -Patience, my dear. Patience.

"She lives with her husband, I think, in a modest building in Brooklyn."

"I wasn't able to enter their home,

but I did see the face of that…

Rochel Leibowitz."

That bitch… That bitch!

The whore. May God help me!

-Done with your prayers? Can we continue? -Did I tell you to stop?

"I was able to see the face of Rochel Leibowitz."

"Unfortunately, she refused to take the letter you gave me."

"She claimed she didn't know you,

and that it was a mistake or a misunderstanding."

Oh, at least she has brains where my son doesn't.

"Those were her words… but…

her eyes said something else."

"When she heard your name, she was very excited."

-"I could see love… and longing for you." -Uh, no, no, no.

Is there much more of this shit?

You'll really like what comes next.

Let's hope she's sick.

Gavriel, my advice to you is to forget about that Rochel Leibowitz.

Yours, with friendship, Pinhas.

What are you doing?

SALESGIRL WANTED

SALESGIRL WANTED

I keep going to places where I'd been with Matilda.

I just walked by the shop, and now I'm here.

And when I heard your footsteps as you were coming just now,

I actually thought it was her for an instant.

Are you upset with me?

About what?

About what my uncle did to her.

But it's not your fault.

And yet, your mother hates me for that.

Yes.

Well, your mother hates me too actually.

And my mother hates me as well.

Tell me, do you think I'm pretty?

Yes.

Take me in your arms then.

-Fine. -Hang on, hang on.

You think she can see us right now?

Who?

Matilda.

Matilda is dead.

You wanna be my boyfriend?

What?

Well, since you think that I'm pretty…

Do you want to or not?

They just hired me at the port of Yaffo.

As a porter, carrying stuff, you know?

Have they run out of things to carry in Jerusalem?

In Yaffo, they pay double.

Or more.

How often will you return?

No idea.

Shalom.

Shalom.

Are you looking for something in particular?

No, I'm not.

Try it on in there.

Are you all right in there?

Hi there!

How are you doing? Thank you.

Welcome, Mordoch.

The sesame you sell in the shop, where do you get it?

I import it from Lebanon.

-But it's grown in Ethiopia. -Bingo!

From Ethiopia, they send it to Lebanon, from Lebanon to Yaffo,

from Yaffo to Jerusalem.

It's three times more expensive.

Taste this.

Go ahead.

-Not bad. -And where was it grown?

Right here. Farmers near Jericho.

That means cheap sesame, cheap tahini, from which we will make halvah.

You can't go wrong, Gavriel. There's nothing to lose.

Do you know, in America, they don't have halvah?

-Haven't heard of it. -Come on!

I've been to America. They do have halvah.

-Have you tried it? -Yeah, it wasn't good.

Just terrible, you know? It tastes like shit, Mordoch.

There you go.

We'll send our halvah to America, Gavriel.

And it will be in dollars,

millions of dollars.

I'll ask again. Maybe I didn't hear properly.

We're setting up a factory to make halvah.

You know how much your father hated him, right?

-How much did he invest, Mordoch? -Nothing.

-I'll own this. He'll run the business. -There we go.

That's Mordoch, a thieving, lying cheat.

He steals from widows and orphans. He'll suck the money out of you.

Where will you get the money?

You're throwing money away, Mom.

Today, I ran into Avram, who was surprised I wasn't in America.

He told me he sold you two tickets.

For me, and for Rosa.

I did it because it was my duty.

The man is late.

He's disrespectful.

When did he say he would come?

He didn't specify.

Look at me, Gavriel. Listen to your mother.

Mordoch isn't coming.

How much have you given him already?

Just 80 lira.

-And how much did he invest? -Nothing!

What we agreed on was that I'd put in the money

and Mordoch will do all the work.

-What work is he gonna do? -The factory is still under construction.

-Mordoch paid in advance on the land. -How do you know that?

God's sake.

Here, Mom, here, look.

This… and this, these are the land titles.

Here you go.

This is Jericho.

And right off Jericho, here is Ein Yunis. Here, there's a big sesame field.

And next to it, that's where we'll have our factory.

I can barely see a sesame.

-Let alone a factory. -Then what? What do you need?

Should I go and check it with my own eyes so you're sure about it?

No, Gavriel, my mind will only rest

when I go there and see it with my own eyes!

Why don't you take your jacket off?

And have the flies attack me? No, no, no.

Mustafa, didn't you say it was there?

I'm good here.

I'm good here.

What did he say?

To… To rest a little bit.

To rest already?

Uh…

He wants food, water. Ten minutes. There's a place right there.

He wants food, water. Ten minutes. There's a place right there.

-Yes, all right. -Over here.

-Yes, all right. -Over here.

-Here. -All right, Mustafa, all right.

-Here. -All right, Mustafa, all right.

Why don't you take off your jacket?!

No, I've heard there's a fly out here,

it bites you and leaves a huge mark for life.

You should wear something too.

I'm a little worried about Rosa being home alone.

Mm… what could happen to her?

Don't forget, she has your treasure in her stomach.

You have to take better care of her too, not just when she's pregnant.

A woman needs… A woman needs warmth, Gavriel.

Like here?

So hot we're burning up?

I'll bring her some of this heat back.

You're really smart.

Here you go. I've brought you some dates.

Here you go. I've brought you some dates.

-Oh, thank you. Thank you. -Oh… Thank you very much.

-Oh, thank you. Thank you. -Oh… Thank you very much.

What's that?

Wait there.

Wait there.

What happened, Gavriel?

I don't know.

Great. Now Muhammad's run away.

Mom, it's Mustafa. His name is Mustafa! Can you respect him? He didn't leave.

He didn't? So why has he taken the burro?

Ah. See!

Nothing for it. We should stay here tonight.

Mustafa… There you go, Mustafa.

That's it. Tomorrow morning, we'll have nothing to eat.

No… There are beans for tomorrow.

-Mustafa will prepare them for you, hmm? -Oh, many thanks, Mustafa.

Ugh!

Ugh.

The flies have gone to sleep,

but they woke up the mosquitoes.

Would you believe it, my son, you and me, in the desert like this?

No.

Not even in my worst nightmares did I imagine that.

Are you really suffering?

You know, a mother also needs to hear a kind word from her son.

That's right.

I only have one mother.

That's your luck.

Imagine you had a few of me.

Oh, my goodness.

What you said earlier about Rosa…

I know what she needs,

it's just that I can't give it to her.

God assigns a woman to a man.

But Rosa and I weren't meant to be.

There's no such thing. What happened is what God wanted.

No.

Actually, you assigned her to me.

Every mother wants the best for her child.

Rosa, you think so?

Every mother also has to make sure her son doesn't get the worst either.

If a demon comes upon him,

she must banish that demon as far as she can.

-And if it's a female demon, even further. -There aren't any demons near me, Ima.

Of course there are. There are angels, there are demons.

Here, Rosa gave you an angel.

Luna.

Go.

Go.

We're here.

We're here.

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

This is it.

This is it.

Are you sure it's here?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the place. The, uh…

The well right there, and, uh… And the…

And-- And over there…

-Mustafa. Come here. -What?

-Mustafa. Come here. -What?

Uh…

There should be… a sesame farm here.

There should be… a sesame farm here.

A farm of what?

A farm of what?

Sesame.

Sesame.

Sesame farm?

Sesame farm?

Too bad you didn't mention you're looking for sesame.

Too bad you didn't mention you're looking for sesame.

There's no sesame here.

There's no sesame here.

My folks lived here even before the Turks.

My folks lived here even before the Turks.

One thing for sure, there's no sesame in Palestine.

One thing for sure, there's no sesame in Palestine.

You can get it, but not here.

You can get it, but not here.

You have to buy sesame.

You have to buy sesame.

Why do you need sesame?

Why do you need sesame?

For the, uh…

For our factory where we'll be making halvah.

Factory?

Which halvah factory?

Stop. Enough. No more laughing.

What happened here didn't happen.

Yes, Madam.

Yes, Madam.

That damn Kurd!

Come on, son…

let's go home, it's time.

I can't believe it, Ephraim.

Right now, I can see you and touch you, and you're facing me,

but in a few hours, you will have left me.

I am ready to leave, my dear sis.

The Land of Israel is more important than me.

-That's not helping. -Raise the girls with the same values.

Raise them with the same values? Aren't two brothers enough?

I've already suffered enough for the Land of Israel, don't you think?

Thanks, Rosa.

What are you thanking me for?

For raising me.

Protecting me.

When you reunite with Rachamim, tell him I love him a lot.

I'll miss you both.

I started to think you weren't coming.

What?

You'll do, all right.

What? Right for what?

You're small… skinny…

you'll be all right.

Can you run fast?

Yes, but not the best in class.

Wait, why are you asking?

You want to rescue your uncle?

It could be dangerous.

Stuff might happen to you.

So you wanna help your uncle?

And your people?

Get rid of the British?

Yes or no?

See, Rachelika?

There's room for another picture near Rachamim.

Mom, don't talk like that.

Do you love me?

Of course, Mom.

I love you more than anything.

At least you do.

Look, you take a left, the back yard, on the second floor.

You haven't told me what for.

You have to give this to your uncle.

Tzachi, this is…

I'm scared.

You want to pass?

Rachelika, you want to pass?

You're his only chance, Rachelika.

Okay?

Second story, back yard,

that's the window where you have to pass it.

Got it?

Go.

Tzachi!

Tzachi!

Tzachi!

-Tzachi! -Rachelika.

Two soldiers came near, almost stepped on me.

I had to get out of there.

Everything all right?

-Yes. -Okay. Come.

What's going on, my dear son?

Lately, I've noticed you're a little, um…

down.

You can tell anything to your ma.

Not at my age.

I remember when your father, bless his soul,

would get tired of working non-stop.

He would travel to Lebanon,

and he would buy supplies, he'd relax, and come back feeling recharged.

Now is not a good time. I have to be here for the birth.

Leave now and be back before she gives birth.

I may travel, only later.

Matzliach's worried supplies are running short.

Our Arak, the good one, is sold out, and so is our halvah from Turkey--

I'll send Lieto to Yaffo, he can buy it there.

Their prices are higher, not as good as in Beirut.

-You have to go to Lebanon, Gavriel. -After Rosa gives birth.

I found all sorts of things

of your father's.

Suppliers where he'd buy goods,

and I found this too.

What's that?

I found it in his things after he, you know…

It must be a good place if your father went there.

No, I don't want to. No way.

You may know what you want, but I'm telling you, I know what you need.

I went to Avram today.

The boat to Beirut leaves Sunday. I bought you the most expensive ticket.

What do you want? You want me to throw it away now? Huh?

What-- What should I do with it? Tell me.

Toss it.

Fine.

I shined your shoes and prepared your suitcase.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

Oh, look at this. The polish got all over it.

-You should have put the shoes in a bag. -Sorry. I'll get you a new shirt.

Ugh, this too.

-Give it to me. I'll wash and iron it. -It's fine, it's fine.

It's all right. I'll take care of it.

Something else…

I'm sorry, Rosa.

I…

I didn't mean to hurt you.

You don't mean to, but you keep doing it.

I wanna do things for you.

You do, Rosa. You do plenty.

You…

You cook for us, you raise Luna, you clean the house, you…

Soon, with God's help, you'll give me a son.

I don't work in this house.

Of course. That's not what I meant.

I'm your wife.

Tears are coming out of my eyes now. Why aren't you holding me?

What's so hard about holding your wife?

Stop, stop.

Stop.

I'll return quickly.

I want you to promise me one thing.

Promise me you'll come back and be at the birth of Luna's brother.

Please… promise me.

I promise.

Everything's almost ready.

There.

This is your last meal.

Enjoy it.

I just wanted to say…

I'm sorry about Matilda.

I have two more--

-Becky, come with me. -Open the door!

-Run to Victoria's house. -Open the door!

Open the door!

Check the place.

Ephraim Siton escaped with the help of a pistol that someone gave to him.

It is reasonable to assume that that someone is a member of your family.

You were the last to visit him.

He killed another person.

A warden.

No one there.

It's all clear.

If any of you…

help Ephraim Siton, in any way at all,

I will personally make sure you spend the next 20 years

in the darkest, roughest prison in the whole British Empire,

no matter how old you are.

What's wrong, sweetheart?

Everything's okay.

It's okay, sweetheart.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

It's over. Shh.

They're gone, sweetheart.