1 00:00:29,733 --> 00:00:32,691 (CHURCH BELL) 2 00:00:43,573 --> 00:00:46,372 (GOAT BELLS JINGLE) 3 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:08,483 (MAN) I don't know the names. 4 00:03:08,693 --> 00:03:11,207 - And are you going back? - Maybe. 5 00:03:11,413 --> 00:03:14,804 What crimes did you commit during the war? 6 00:03:15,013 --> 00:03:17,323 I thought we weren't going to talk about that. 7 00:03:17,533 --> 00:03:21,766 You don't have anything to worry about. You can't be prosecuted, so why not? 8 00:03:21,973 --> 00:03:24,886 What crimes did you commit during the war? 9 00:03:25,093 --> 00:03:27,892 They weren't crimes when I committed them. 10 00:03:28,093 --> 00:03:30,812 They became crimes when we lost the war. 11 00:03:31,013 --> 00:03:34,722 - Larry would like to see you, Nick. - Can it wait? 12 00:03:34,933 --> 00:03:37,368 Why? What's up? 13 00:03:38,533 --> 00:03:41,252 - You got the job. - In Athens? 14 00:03:41,453 --> 00:03:43,842 But you didn't hear it from me, OK? 15 00:03:44,053 --> 00:03:45,612 Hear what? 16 00:03:45,813 --> 00:03:47,326 Congratulations. 17 00:04:14,853 --> 00:04:18,289 (TV) The magic number is eight. Any combination of eight wins... 18 00:04:18,493 --> 00:04:21,770 - Dad? - ...and the Sox win the Eastern Division. 19 00:04:21,973 --> 00:04:28,163 Now turning to basketball. Last night the Celtics won over the Rockets. 20 00:04:28,373 --> 00:04:31,809 A strong performance by Larry Bird... 21 00:04:38,093 --> 00:04:40,209 Nikki. 22 00:04:40,413 --> 00:04:46,329 Dad, if you always fall asleep during the news, you'll never keep up. 23 00:04:46,533 --> 00:04:50,242 I know, but if I stay awake for the news, 24 00:04:50,453 --> 00:04:55,243 I get so upset at what I hear, I can't sleep at night. 25 00:04:57,453 --> 00:04:59,205 I'll make some coffee. 26 00:04:59,413 --> 00:05:03,088 My grandson's birthdays coming up. 27 00:05:03,293 --> 00:05:06,411 Does he want a bicycle? 28 00:05:06,613 --> 00:05:08,092 I don't know. 29 00:05:08,293 --> 00:05:11,285 He's a big boy. Nine years old. 30 00:05:12,253 --> 00:05:15,848 The same age as I was when I left Greece. 31 00:05:16,053 --> 00:05:21,651 And I'm now the same age as Mother was when she was killed. 32 00:05:21,853 --> 00:05:26,245 - I got that job in Athens. - But you promised Eleni. 33 00:05:26,453 --> 00:05:32,210 Didn't she make you promise that you'd never go back? 34 00:05:33,813 --> 00:05:36,202 Nick? 35 00:05:36,413 --> 00:05:38,848 Yes, I promised. 36 00:05:41,373 --> 00:05:46,493 I want to know why they tortured her, why they killed her. 37 00:05:46,693 --> 00:05:50,482 What it was like to suffer the way she did. 38 00:05:50,693 --> 00:05:53,207 Why do you want to know that? 39 00:05:53,413 --> 00:05:56,132 Because I can't think of anything else. 40 00:05:57,813 --> 00:06:02,091 Sometimes people say things before they're killed or about to die, 41 00:06:02,293 --> 00:06:06,526 and I want to know what her last words were. 42 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:08,292 Everything- 43 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:12,532 - Why now, all of a sudden? - Things are converging. 44 00:06:12,733 --> 00:06:15,247 You should forget these things. 45 00:06:15,453 --> 00:06:16,773 I tried. 46 00:06:16,973 --> 00:06:19,647 But there is one thing I can't forget, 47 00:06:19,853 --> 00:06:24,245 this wonderful legal invention called the statute of limitations. 48 00:06:24,453 --> 00:06:28,492 After a certain amount of time, you're absolved of all your crimes. 49 00:06:28,693 --> 00:06:31,003 You committed atrocities during the war. 50 00:06:31,213 --> 00:06:36,162 If you wait long enough, as if by magic, you become innocent again. 51 00:06:36,373 --> 00:06:40,048 In Greece, you wait 30 years for innocence. 52 00:06:40,253 --> 00:06:42,688 Thirty years are up. 53 00:06:42,893 --> 00:06:48,172 The murderers, hiding in other countries, are free to go back now. 54 00:06:48,373 --> 00:06:53,447 The man responsible for my mother's death could be innocent now. 55 00:06:53,653 --> 00:06:57,362 And I sit here drinking coffee. 56 00:06:57,573 --> 00:07:02,329 Nikki, you have waited all this time for that? 57 00:07:10,053 --> 00:07:11,566 Thanks. 58 00:07:11,773 --> 00:07:14,765 No pencils. Nick, is that you? 59 00:07:15,653 --> 00:07:16,927 Nick? 60 00:07:17,933 --> 00:07:19,571 Nick? 61 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:21,889 (BABY BABBLES) 62 00:07:24,733 --> 00:07:28,089 - Hey! - (GIGGLES AND BABBLES) 63 00:07:32,693 --> 00:07:34,172 Thank you. 64 00:07:49,773 --> 00:07:53,607 Dear Mother of God, we thank you for these blessings. 65 00:07:53,813 --> 00:07:55,087 Dear Mother... 66 00:07:57,013 --> 00:07:59,243 l...We... 67 00:08:05,533 --> 00:08:07,365 Nick? 68 00:08:14,613 --> 00:08:17,446 There you go. One, two, three... 69 00:08:17,653 --> 00:08:21,931 - on! - Bad luck. It's $2,000. 70 00:08:34,853 --> 00:08:36,332 Nikola! 71 00:08:48,093 --> 00:08:51,529 (BOARD GAM E CHATTER) 72 00:09:06,093 --> 00:09:09,404 (CHILDREN SING HYMN) 73 00:09:12,813 --> 00:09:15,646 Christ is risen! 74 00:09:15,853 --> 00:09:18,367 Indeed He is risen. 75 00:09:29,493 --> 00:09:33,691 - Christ is risen. - Indeed He is risen. 76 00:09:41,133 --> 00:09:45,525 - Does Father know that the war is over? - Of course he knows. 77 00:09:45,733 --> 00:09:48,851 - (MAN) Christ is risen! - Indeed He is risen. 78 00:09:49,053 --> 00:09:53,570 You said when the war was over he'd write to tell us when he's coming. 79 00:09:53,773 --> 00:09:56,731 You said by Easter we'd get a letter. 80 00:09:59,853 --> 00:10:02,288 The war, the bombs, 81 00:10:02,493 --> 00:10:05,326 they destroyed all the post offices. 82 00:10:05,533 --> 00:10:09,003 The ships that carry the letters across the sea were sunk. 83 00:10:09,213 --> 00:10:13,446 All these things take time to rebuild. 84 00:10:13,653 --> 00:10:15,849 Like our schoolhouse. 85 00:10:16,053 --> 00:10:18,249 It just takes time. 86 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,769 (SINGING CONTINUES) 87 00:10:42,733 --> 00:10:45,407 Christ is risen, cousin. 88 00:10:55,253 --> 00:10:57,767 (BELL STOPS RINGING) 89 00:11:11,333 --> 00:11:14,291 (PRIEST SINGS PRAYER) 90 00:11:23,133 --> 00:11:26,251 You're old enough to stand with the men now. 91 00:11:26,453 --> 00:11:28,251 Go on. 92 00:11:28,893 --> 00:11:31,851 (CONGREGATION SINGS RESPONSES) 93 00:11:52,613 --> 00:11:56,049 (SINGING CONTINUES) 94 00:12:06,573 --> 00:12:09,531 (BLESSING IN GREEK) 95 00:12:18,013 --> 00:12:20,971 (SINGING CONTINUES) 96 00:12:41,253 --> 00:12:43,210 (A SCREAM) 97 00:12:44,373 --> 00:12:46,091 Nick? 98 00:12:46,293 --> 00:12:48,728 Are you all right? 99 00:12:49,813 --> 00:12:52,089 No, I'm not. 100 00:13:06,893 --> 00:13:10,648 Your father called me after you left the house today. 101 00:13:10,853 --> 00:13:12,810 I thought he might. 102 00:13:15,893 --> 00:13:21,127 He thinks I have some influence over you, being your wife and all. 103 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:24,803 Don't give me that look! How am I supposed to understand? 104 00:13:25,013 --> 00:13:27,573 I don't want to argue with you. 105 00:13:32,053 --> 00:13:36,604 Why do you have to go back? We can work it out together here. 106 00:13:36,813 --> 00:13:39,566 Here is not the problem. 107 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:44,244 What are you going to do in Athens? 108 00:13:44,453 --> 00:13:47,286 What I normally do. I report stories. 109 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:49,803 - What stories? - All kinds. 110 00:13:50,013 --> 00:13:53,404 Yeah, about former Civil War criminals returning after 30... 111 00:13:53,613 --> 00:13:55,604 I'm aware of that. 112 00:13:57,813 --> 00:14:01,044 Maybe they're all dead. 113 00:14:01,253 --> 00:14:04,371 Gosh, I hope not. 114 00:14:04,573 --> 00:14:07,725 If they aren't, what will you do with these old men? 115 00:14:07,933 --> 00:14:10,971 Probe them a bit, ask them a few questions. 116 00:14:11,173 --> 00:14:16,452 - What if they don't answer? - Then I'll rephrase the question. 117 00:14:27,213 --> 00:14:33,732 Nick, is it a requirement of being a bureau chief in Athens to carry a gun? 118 00:14:33,933 --> 00:14:35,571 Is it? 119 00:14:37,053 --> 00:14:41,684 It used to be in the study, then it disappeared. Where is it? 120 00:14:45,653 --> 00:14:49,248 Is that how you'll ask questions, with a gun? 121 00:14:51,933 --> 00:14:57,451 No, you're a reporter, you don't have to answer questions, just ask them. 122 00:15:01,253 --> 00:15:06,453 - Nick, I know about your mother... - I don't think you do. 123 00:15:06,653 --> 00:15:11,648 You want to ruin everything over something from some 30 years ago? 124 00:15:11,853 --> 00:15:15,005 "Some 30 years ago"? "Some"? 125 00:15:15,933 --> 00:15:19,210 People don't get murdered at "some" point in time. 126 00:15:19,413 --> 00:15:21,131 It wasn't "some" to her. 127 00:15:21,333 --> 00:15:27,932 It was a specific year, month, day, hour, minute. 128 00:15:28,133 --> 00:15:30,693 A specific second when the trigger was pulled. 129 00:15:30,893 --> 00:15:34,249 Even then she was alive until a split second later. 130 00:15:34,453 --> 00:15:36,763 The bullet ended her life. 131 00:15:36,973 --> 00:15:38,850 It wasn't "some" to her. 132 00:15:39,053 --> 00:15:41,203 Not "some" at all. 133 00:15:46,013 --> 00:15:50,564 Before there was England, there was Greece. 134 00:15:50,773 --> 00:15:54,767 Before there was America, there was Greece. 135 00:15:54,973 --> 00:15:59,729 And long before Greece was a monarchy, 136 00:15:59,933 --> 00:16:02,573 W6 WGFG a democracy. 137 00:16:04,373 --> 00:16:08,082 What is another name for a democracy? 138 00:16:09,773 --> 00:16:12,731 - Republic. - That's right. 139 00:16:12,933 --> 00:16:17,643 And the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 140 00:16:17,853 --> 00:16:19,685 is a democracy. 141 00:16:19,893 --> 00:16:25,252 In a democracy, all of us play an important part. 142 00:16:25,453 --> 00:16:27,126 We... 143 00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:30,052 We pass laws. 144 00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:33,010 And we obey them. 145 00:16:41,253 --> 00:16:45,133 If you went home after school, 146 00:16:45,333 --> 00:16:50,885 the doors were closed and your parents wouldn't let you inside ever again, 147 00:16:51,093 --> 00:16:54,211 could you still believe they really loved you? 148 00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:56,609 No. 149 00:16:56,813 --> 00:17:02,286 No. Well, the King, from inside his palace, 150 00:17:02,493 --> 00:17:06,327 says he loves his people. 151 00:17:06,533 --> 00:17:07,807 (l\/IAN) Spiro! 152 00:17:14,573 --> 00:17:16,530 (INAUDIBLE) 153 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:43,726 (CHILDREN YELLING) 154 00:17:46,053 --> 00:17:47,771 Where's your teacher? 155 00:17:47,973 --> 00:17:51,125 You, that way! Go that way! 156 00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:02,970 (KNOCKING) 157 00:18:15,653 --> 00:18:19,612 - Good evening, Eleni. - Good evening, Katina. 158 00:18:21,813 --> 00:18:25,647 The government militia is arresting all the communists. 159 00:18:25,853 --> 00:18:28,413 - Spiro is my cousin. - I know that. 160 00:18:28,613 --> 00:18:32,732 I'd hide him in my house, but that'd be the first place they'd look. 161 00:18:32,933 --> 00:18:35,493 - Sol beg you... - And if they find him here? 162 00:18:35,693 --> 00:18:38,082 They won't search your house. 163 00:18:38,293 --> 00:18:41,809 Your father's a monarchist, your husband's in America. 164 00:18:42,013 --> 00:18:44,732 Everyone knows where your sympathies lie. 165 00:18:44,933 --> 00:18:46,571 My Sympathies? 166 00:18:46,773 --> 00:18:50,004 I have no sympathies, as you call them. 167 00:18:50,213 --> 00:18:55,492 Then I seek refuge in the only neutral house in all of Greece. 168 00:19:01,973 --> 00:19:07,810 You'll have to stay in the cellar. I have grown daughters, you understand. 169 00:19:19,213 --> 00:19:22,251 I'm sorry you're in trouble, Spiro. 170 00:19:22,453 --> 00:19:27,163 But I do enjoy this sneaking around at night. It makes me feel young! 171 00:19:27,373 --> 00:19:29,603 Give me a kiss, cousin. 172 00:19:34,413 --> 00:19:36,882 Be careful, Eleni. 173 00:19:39,053 --> 00:19:41,772 He kisses very nice. 174 00:19:45,773 --> 00:19:47,923 I'm a teacher, Eleni. 175 00:19:48,133 --> 00:19:50,886 I'm not a revolutionary. 176 00:19:51,613 --> 00:19:55,925 They're turning me into one because I want to teach that everyone is a king. 177 00:19:56,133 --> 00:19:58,807 And a king is just another human being. 178 00:19:59,013 --> 00:20:01,004 What's wrong with that? 179 00:20:01,213 --> 00:20:03,204 I don't know. Please. 180 00:20:06,213 --> 00:20:07,931 Thank you, Eleni. 181 00:20:29,693 --> 00:20:33,084 (NOISY STREET SOUNDS) 182 00:21:20,213 --> 00:21:24,127 How did you find out about me? I've only been here a week. 183 00:21:24,333 --> 00:21:28,042 It will only take a few minutes. It's a wonderful story. 184 00:21:28,253 --> 00:21:32,247 A Greek boy goes to America, he returns as the "New York Times" bureau chief 185 00:21:32,453 --> 00:21:34,683 to write about his native land. 186 00:21:34,893 --> 00:21:38,807 It would make me happy if you'd appear with me on TV. 187 00:21:39,013 --> 00:21:41,687 Well, in that case... 188 00:21:41,893 --> 00:21:43,167 Gentlemen! 189 00:21:56,653 --> 00:21:58,291 Nikola! 190 00:21:58,493 --> 00:22:00,052 - Nikola! - Yes! 191 00:22:00,253 --> 00:22:03,484 He's alive! Your father is alive! 192 00:22:03,693 --> 00:22:07,209 America! We're going to America! 193 00:22:09,013 --> 00:22:11,368 (BOYS CHEER) 194 00:22:38,853 --> 00:22:41,447 (EVERYON E GAS PS) 195 00:22:44,293 --> 00:22:48,252 (THEY CHATTER AND EXCLAIM) 196 00:23:10,253 --> 00:23:12,608 - Can I go, Mana? - Whoa. 197 00:23:12,813 --> 00:23:14,531 Yes, go on. 198 00:23:21,653 --> 00:23:22,927 (ELENI) Georgia... 199 00:23:24,613 --> 00:23:27,412 Ana, for the baby. 200 00:23:34,453 --> 00:23:36,251 Open m 201 00:23:37,253 --> 00:23:40,211 - Open it! - Where's she going? 202 00:23:41,893 --> 00:23:45,011 - What was that? - Probably dollars. 203 00:23:45,213 --> 00:23:47,853 There's no telling how many in one envelope. 204 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:13,922 "My dear wife, 205 00:24:14,733 --> 00:24:17,168 "my dearest daughters, 206 00:24:18,533 --> 00:24:21,764 "and you, Nikola, 207 00:24:21,973 --> 00:24:25,250 "my son whom I have not seen..." 208 00:24:36,373 --> 00:24:38,330 (CHATFERING) 209 00:24:47,933 --> 00:24:52,928 "Business was good, then it was bad, and soon I think it will be good again. 210 00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:56,763 "L will start looking for a house for us all. 211 00:24:56,973 --> 00:24:59,613 "L have become a citizen of America..." 212 00:24:59,813 --> 00:25:04,011 - (ELENI) Imagine that! - He's not Greek any more? 213 00:25:04,213 --> 00:25:07,251 It says, "l have become a citizen of America. 214 00:25:07,453 --> 00:25:09,524 "L am no longer a foreigner 215 00:25:09,733 --> 00:25:14,364 "and I can now vote for President and Mayor of New York. 216 00:25:14,573 --> 00:25:18,965 "Eleni, my beautiful and loving wife, 217 00:25:19,173 --> 00:25:24,964 "take good care of our children while I work and save money for our home. 218 00:25:26,173 --> 00:25:28,642 "All of you live in my heart. 219 00:25:28,853 --> 00:25:32,289 "And soon I hope to see and embrace... 220 00:25:34,773 --> 00:25:38,164 "...and embrace each one of you. 221 00:25:38,373 --> 00:25:42,924 "L kiss your eyes and those of my angel children. 222 00:25:44,093 --> 00:25:48,644 "L, your loving husband, write this." 223 00:25:52,413 --> 00:25:57,044 How will I speak to Father when we go to America? 224 00:25:57,253 --> 00:25:59,369 What do you mean? 225 00:25:59,573 --> 00:26:00,893 I'm worried. 226 00:26:01,093 --> 00:26:05,052 He's been there a long time, and maybe he only speaks American. 227 00:26:05,253 --> 00:26:10,168 - Maybe he forgot Greek. - No, I wouldn't worry about that. 228 00:26:10,373 --> 00:26:13,650 I think we should go there soon, just in case. 229 00:26:13,853 --> 00:26:17,767 Why don't we surprise him? "Hello, Father, here we all are!" 230 00:26:17,973 --> 00:26:19,930 (ELENI LAUGHS) 231 00:26:20,133 --> 00:26:24,047 It's a long way, you know. It's across the ocean. 232 00:26:24,253 --> 00:26:26,972 You have to have an invitation. 233 00:26:27,173 --> 00:26:31,929 When you get to America, they say, "Who invited you to come?" 234 00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:33,771 Like to a wedding. 235 00:26:34,973 --> 00:26:39,649 But if he loves us, why doesn't he send us an invitation? 236 00:26:39,853 --> 00:26:43,733 Because he's saving all his money to build us a fine house 237 00:26:43,933 --> 00:26:46,288 with enough rooms for everybody. 238 00:26:46,493 --> 00:26:49,770 I know the problem: there's too many of us. 239 00:26:49,973 --> 00:26:52,806 - You have too many children. - No. 240 00:26:53,013 --> 00:26:55,050 I need all my children. 241 00:26:56,733 --> 00:26:58,690 But when we go to America, 242 00:26:58,893 --> 00:27:03,205 will Father call you "my beautiful and loving wife"? 243 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:06,610 - What, like in the letter? - Yes. 244 00:27:06,813 --> 00:27:09,202 Well, I hope so. 245 00:27:12,013 --> 00:27:14,448 Maybe you will only love him. 246 00:27:14,653 --> 00:27:17,611 And you won't love me any more. 247 00:27:17,813 --> 00:27:19,326 No. 248 00:27:22,453 --> 00:27:24,842 I will always love you. 249 00:27:26,453 --> 00:27:28,012 Why? 250 00:27:38,653 --> 00:27:40,610 (BOYS SHOUT) 251 00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:36,287 Nick! 252 00:28:38,533 --> 00:28:40,171 Hey, Nick, here it is. 253 00:28:40,373 --> 00:28:44,162 I never forget a funeral. He died of cancer a few months ago. 254 00:28:44,373 --> 00:28:47,525 - Did you know him? - Yeah, he was my school teacher. 255 00:28:47,733 --> 00:28:49,883 - Is this a coincidence or what? - What? 256 00:28:50,093 --> 00:28:52,812 All these dudes were Civil War criminals. 257 00:28:53,013 --> 00:28:56,005 I'm thinking about doing an article on their return to Greece. 258 00:28:56,213 --> 00:28:59,046 Oh, yeah? I already did that story. 259 00:28:59,253 --> 00:29:01,483 It's been out for a while. You haven't read it? 260 00:29:01,693 --> 00:29:03,172 Idid. 261 00:29:03,373 --> 00:29:06,491 - Yeah? What was wrong with it? - Too general. 262 00:29:06,693 --> 00:29:09,811 - Too general for whom? - For me. 263 00:29:11,693 --> 00:29:14,606 - Were you really born in Greece? - Yes. 264 00:29:14,813 --> 00:29:17,851 That explains your sunny Mediterranean personality! 265 00:29:18,053 --> 00:29:21,205 This guy insists on talking to you, Nick. He saw you on TV. 266 00:29:21,413 --> 00:29:25,805 That's great. The bureau chief of the "New York Times" is a TV personality. 267 00:29:26,013 --> 00:29:27,890 Lay off. Who is it? 268 00:29:28,093 --> 00:29:32,690 He says you grew up together. His name's Antoni Makos. 269 00:29:38,293 --> 00:29:40,330 Hello? 270 00:29:59,813 --> 00:30:02,612 (WHIRR OF MACHINERY) 271 00:30:24,173 --> 00:30:26,892 This is my old friend, Nikola Gatzoyiannis. 272 00:30:27,093 --> 00:30:29,050 (MACHINE STOPS) 273 00:30:30,453 --> 00:30:33,445 We grew up in the same village. 274 00:30:33,653 --> 00:30:37,362 We used to have sword fights, remember, Nikola? 275 00:30:39,093 --> 00:30:42,131 We saw our first aeroplane together. 276 00:30:43,813 --> 00:30:46,009 And now he's an American. 277 00:30:48,493 --> 00:30:49,972 Nikola! 278 00:30:58,373 --> 00:31:00,842 I thought we were going to talk about old times. 279 00:31:01,053 --> 00:31:05,570 These are old times. I didn't know you'd seen my mother when I came here. 280 00:31:05,773 --> 00:31:07,764 I'm sorry I mentioned it. 281 00:31:07,973 --> 00:31:12,126 Go on. You said you were drinking water at the spring. 282 00:31:12,333 --> 00:31:15,724 She looked at me, you know, in that way. 283 00:31:15,933 --> 00:31:18,049 What way? 284 00:31:20,293 --> 00:31:22,807 (AN TONI) You know what children meant to our mothers. 285 00:31:23,013 --> 00:31:28,611 They see a boy who's not even theirs and they look at him in that way. 286 00:31:28,813 --> 00:31:30,884 That's how she... 287 00:31:31,893 --> 00:31:34,533 You're an educated man. 288 00:31:34,733 --> 00:31:38,613 Why do you think our mothers loved us so much? 289 00:31:38,813 --> 00:31:43,683 I have children of my own, but I find it hard to... 290 00:31:43,893 --> 00:31:46,407 Do you have children? 291 00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:50,049 Did my mother say anything to you? 292 00:31:51,853 --> 00:31:53,605 No. 293 00:31:59,613 --> 00:32:03,971 - Do you go to Lia often? - I don't go back now. 294 00:32:04,173 --> 00:32:09,043 I went back once a few years ago. Spent the night in loannina. 295 00:32:09,253 --> 00:32:11,608 - I saw that man. - What man? 296 00:32:11,813 --> 00:32:15,852 That guerrilla who led the prisoners to the execution site. 297 00:32:16,053 --> 00:32:22,607 - Are you sure it was him? - He said he was stationed in our village. 298 00:32:22,813 --> 00:32:24,963 Do you know his name? 299 00:32:25,173 --> 00:32:29,087 Tasso Levendis. He didn't remember me. 300 00:32:29,293 --> 00:32:31,807 Does he still live in loannina? 301 00:32:32,013 --> 00:32:33,412 Don't know. 302 00:32:33,613 --> 00:32:37,049 When I saw him, he was in a bar, pimping, 303 00:32:37,253 --> 00:32:39,483 offering me women. 304 00:33:08,693 --> 00:33:10,650 (CLANGS) 305 00:33:36,893 --> 00:33:38,611 Listen! 306 00:33:38,813 --> 00:33:40,167 Listen! 307 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,412 Listen! 308 00:33:43,613 --> 00:33:46,731 The government is warning all the people in this area 309 00:33:46,933 --> 00:33:49,573 that we can no longer protect you. 310 00:33:49,773 --> 00:33:54,768 Communist guerrillas are advancing. Civil war has begun. 311 00:33:58,333 --> 00:34:00,643 Father, what should I do? 312 00:34:00,853 --> 00:34:03,891 You? What are you afraid of? You're a woman! 313 00:34:04,093 --> 00:34:07,529 It's me they'll kill first. They know I'm for the King. 314 00:34:07,733 --> 00:34:09,770 Long live the King. 315 00:34:09,973 --> 00:34:11,486 Goodbye. 316 00:34:14,293 --> 00:34:18,127 - Mother, should we go to loannina? - Who'll look after your home? 317 00:34:18,333 --> 00:34:22,611 - It's your duty to look after your home. - Yes, but my children... 318 00:34:22,813 --> 00:34:25,646 These aren't Germans, Turks or Albanians. 319 00:34:25,853 --> 00:34:30,370 They're our own people. They won't harm women and children. 320 00:34:35,493 --> 00:34:37,211 Lukas? 321 00:34:38,573 --> 00:34:40,564 - Lukas, are you staying? - Yes. 322 00:34:40,773 --> 00:34:45,165 My wife has convinced me I'm too worthless for the communists. 323 00:34:47,333 --> 00:34:51,213 If they kill me, it'll prove how wrong she is! 324 00:34:51,413 --> 00:34:53,245 It's finally come to this. 325 00:34:53,453 --> 00:34:57,845 We've been invaded by everybody. Now we're being invaded by ourselves. 326 00:35:03,413 --> 00:35:05,609 Go. Go quickly. 327 00:35:20,893 --> 00:35:22,566 (ECHOES) People of Lia! 328 00:35:23,653 --> 00:35:25,212 People of Lia! 329 00:35:27,853 --> 00:35:31,289 You have nothing to be afraid of! 330 00:35:31,493 --> 00:35:34,451 We have come to liberate you... 331 00:35:36,333 --> 00:35:38,847 ...in the name of the new Greece! 332 00:35:42,133 --> 00:35:44,363 Everybody in the house. 333 00:36:13,813 --> 00:36:15,770 (DOGS BARK) 334 00:36:17,813 --> 00:36:19,247 Out! 335 00:36:24,293 --> 00:36:26,853 Everybody out! Out! 336 00:36:27,053 --> 00:36:29,249 - Come on, Mother. - Come on! 337 00:36:29,453 --> 00:36:31,922 We won't see you in any harm. 338 00:36:33,013 --> 00:36:35,050 Outside! 339 00:36:35,253 --> 00:36:37,529 Everybody outside! 340 00:37:00,413 --> 00:37:03,212 Spiro. Thank God it's you. 341 00:37:03,413 --> 00:37:08,044 Major Spiro Skevis, Democratic Army of Greece. 342 00:37:08,253 --> 00:37:11,848 I have the honour to inform you this village has been liberated. 343 00:37:12,053 --> 00:37:17,731 Your house has been chosen to be the HQ of the Army of Liberation. 344 00:37:17,933 --> 00:37:21,449 You'll be out of the house by tomorrow morning. 345 00:37:21,653 --> 00:37:26,284 But Spiro, don't you remember when Katina brought you here? 346 00:37:27,093 --> 00:37:28,606 I remember. 347 00:37:29,573 --> 00:37:33,248 Be out of the house by tomorrow, Americana. 348 00:38:00,333 --> 00:38:03,246 (INAUDIBLE) 349 00:38:26,013 --> 00:38:28,653 It's only a house. 350 00:38:28,853 --> 00:38:31,925 It's just stone and mortar. 351 00:38:32,813 --> 00:38:35,566 And wood and glass. 352 00:38:38,053 --> 00:38:42,206 All of you were born here and so that makes it special. 353 00:38:42,413 --> 00:38:46,008 Memories make it special. 354 00:38:46,213 --> 00:38:49,604 But we can take those wherever we go. 355 00:38:51,173 --> 00:38:53,449 Some day, 356 00:38:53,653 --> 00:38:57,328 we'll all be together like this, all packed and ready. 357 00:38:57,533 --> 00:39:03,085 And instead of moving to Grandmother's, we'll be leaving across the ocean 358 00:39:03,293 --> 00:39:06,251 where your father is waiting for us. 359 00:39:07,653 --> 00:39:10,725 It will feel just like this. 360 00:39:10,933 --> 00:39:15,404 We'll take our belongings and our memories, 361 00:39:15,613 --> 00:39:18,731 and we'll leave this house for ever. 362 00:39:20,173 --> 00:39:24,132 But we won't be sad, because we'll all be together. 363 00:39:25,373 --> 00:39:28,206 That's what's important. 364 00:39:28,413 --> 00:39:31,883 We mustn't be sad tomorrow. 365 00:39:35,053 --> 00:39:37,647 Take 'em in there! 366 00:39:50,773 --> 00:39:54,084 Animals and food stay behind. 367 00:39:58,133 --> 00:40:00,329 I have a family to feed. 368 00:40:00,533 --> 00:40:02,490 I have an army to feed. 369 00:40:04,453 --> 00:40:08,924 Anyone hiding food will be shot. Those are our orders. 370 00:40:11,853 --> 00:40:16,165 - I will obey your orders. - Mana, what will we eat? 371 00:40:26,733 --> 00:40:28,929 One thing more, Americana! 372 00:40:29,133 --> 00:40:32,410 All your able-bodied men have fled. 373 00:40:32,613 --> 00:40:34,809 I need soldiers. 374 00:40:35,013 --> 00:40:39,246 Each household will volunteer their eldest daughter to fight for the army. 375 00:40:39,453 --> 00:40:42,252 Olga, you will have the privilege. 376 00:40:42,453 --> 00:40:44,091 Spiro... 377 00:40:44,293 --> 00:40:49,003 Major Skevis, I gave you my house and food. 378 00:40:49,213 --> 00:40:53,571 But Olga knows nothing about fighting. Please, I beg you. 379 00:40:53,773 --> 00:40:57,243 We will teach her. You've two days together, then she's ours. 380 00:40:57,453 --> 00:40:58,852 - Mana... - Sh! 381 00:41:00,173 --> 00:41:03,131 We're at war and those are orders. 382 00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:08,487 Anyone who disobeys will be dealt with accordingly. Understood? 383 00:41:11,573 --> 00:41:14,247 We will obey your orders. 384 00:41:26,973 --> 00:41:28,247 Mana! 385 00:41:29,733 --> 00:41:32,851 Mana, don't let them take me away...! 386 00:41:33,053 --> 00:41:36,045 What do you think I can do? 387 00:41:59,333 --> 00:42:01,244 Olga. 388 00:42:01,453 --> 00:42:04,047 They had to do this in the old days. 389 00:42:04,253 --> 00:42:08,929 The Ottoman Turks came gathering all the boys for their armies. 390 00:42:09,133 --> 00:42:12,410 To save them, their mothers cut off their fingers. 391 00:42:12,613 --> 00:42:15,890 Sometimes they gouged out one of their eyes. 392 00:42:16,093 --> 00:42:19,973 I won't be a cripple, will I? I'll never marry if... 393 00:42:21,173 --> 00:42:22,811 (OLGA SCREAMS) 394 00:42:26,453 --> 00:42:28,410 No, Mana! 395 00:42:33,133 --> 00:42:36,251 Where is your husband, Mother? 396 00:42:36,453 --> 00:42:39,605 Where is my father? 397 00:42:39,813 --> 00:42:45,206 Where is her father and my husband? Where are our men? 398 00:42:46,573 --> 00:42:49,326 Have I been told lies all my life? 399 00:42:49,533 --> 00:42:53,447 Eleni! You're a woman, you're forgetting your place! 400 00:42:53,653 --> 00:42:58,045 Is this my place, Mother, to torture my own child? 401 00:42:58,253 --> 00:43:01,245 Is it my place to stay behind? 402 00:43:01,453 --> 00:43:04,684 Always to stay behind when our men run off? 403 00:43:04,893 --> 00:43:06,884 In return for what? 404 00:43:07,093 --> 00:43:09,369 Mana! 405 00:43:09,573 --> 00:43:11,246 No! 406 00:43:15,293 --> 00:43:19,571 They put me in charge of food supply, so I... 407 00:43:28,493 --> 00:43:32,202 - How could you? - They were going to take her! 408 00:43:32,413 --> 00:43:35,212 They? What they? 409 00:43:35,413 --> 00:43:39,646 - I've tried to save my child! - These are our own people. 410 00:43:39,853 --> 00:43:42,129 Don't! My child... 411 00:43:42,333 --> 00:43:46,531 Yes. But not some animal to be hobbled. 412 00:43:46,733 --> 00:43:51,125 Get out! Take your food and your advice and get out! 413 00:44:00,453 --> 00:44:04,367 (HER SOBBING CONTINUES) 414 00:44:15,773 --> 00:44:19,971 Olga Gatzoyiannis is requested to join the People's Democratic Army. 415 00:44:20,173 --> 00:44:22,483 Major Skevis...please. 416 00:44:27,973 --> 00:44:32,809 My daughter is so clumsy, she spilled boiling water on her leg. 417 00:44:34,133 --> 00:44:37,364 She can hardly stand. 418 00:44:57,893 --> 00:45:00,203 Remove the bandages. 419 00:45:28,573 --> 00:45:32,726 You should teach your daughter to be more careful, Americana. 420 00:45:38,853 --> 00:45:45,771 All unmarried girls over 15 may join the People's Democratic Army. 421 00:45:45,973 --> 00:45:49,443 Have your daughter Glykeria prepare to leave. 422 00:45:49,653 --> 00:45:52,691 And be careful, Americana, no more accidents. 423 00:45:55,893 --> 00:45:58,965 (ACCORDION PLAYS LIVELY TUNE) 424 00:46:21,653 --> 00:46:23,610 (INAUDIBLE) 425 00:46:40,573 --> 00:46:42,530 (HE WHISTLES) 426 00:46:46,773 --> 00:46:50,562 You must be the famous Tasso Levendis. 427 00:46:50,773 --> 00:46:54,084 I hear that if you want a woman you're the man to see. 428 00:46:54,293 --> 00:46:56,364 I know some women, yes. 429 00:46:56,573 --> 00:46:59,247 Money's no object. 430 00:46:59,453 --> 00:47:02,013 I know a lot of women. 431 00:47:02,213 --> 00:47:05,012 Let's get in my car and take a drive. 432 00:47:06,213 --> 00:47:08,409 You have a car. 433 00:47:20,933 --> 00:47:25,803 - You've missed a turn there. - I want to go home first for more money. 434 00:47:31,693 --> 00:47:33,650 (TYRES SCREECH) 435 00:47:40,013 --> 00:47:42,129 Where's your home? 436 00:47:42,333 --> 00:47:45,212 A little village called Lia. 437 00:47:45,413 --> 00:47:49,486 Lia? Are you crazy? It's over 50 kilometres from here! 438 00:47:49,693 --> 00:47:53,448 You know the place? You've been there before? 439 00:47:54,973 --> 00:47:57,487 Hey, what's going on? 440 00:47:59,533 --> 00:48:02,047 Who the hell are you? 441 00:48:04,893 --> 00:48:08,852 I wouldn't do that if I were you, unless you want to bounce. 442 00:48:09,053 --> 00:48:10,885 (TAPE CLICKS ON) 443 00:48:11,093 --> 00:48:13,289 - I saw that man. - What man? 444 00:48:13,493 --> 00:48:18,010 That guerrilla who led the prisoners to the execution site. 445 00:48:18,213 --> 00:48:20,773 - Are you sure it was him? - I really wasn't. 446 00:48:20,973 --> 00:48:24,568 So l talked to him and he said he was stationed in our village. 447 00:48:24,773 --> 00:48:26,730 Do you know his name? 448 00:48:26,933 --> 00:48:29,527 Tasso Levendis. 449 00:48:46,453 --> 00:48:47,727 Get out. 450 00:48:52,533 --> 00:48:55,491 (CLICKS DOOR LOCKS) 451 00:49:01,573 --> 00:49:04,247 - (ENGINE STARTS) - (GUNSHOT) 452 00:49:08,093 --> 00:49:13,725 I was not on the execution squad. I just brought the prisoners to the site. 453 00:49:13,933 --> 00:49:17,130 Your mother had a trial. The judge ordered her confession. 454 00:49:17,333 --> 00:49:19,927 The judge sentenced her to death. It was legal! 455 00:49:20,133 --> 00:49:23,012 - She was tortured. - Torture, too, was legal! 456 00:49:23,213 --> 00:49:26,171 - Who gave the order? - The same judge. 457 00:49:26,373 --> 00:49:29,923 - His name? - His revolutionary name was Katis. 458 00:49:30,133 --> 00:49:32,568 - I don't know his name! - Where is he? 459 00:49:32,773 --> 00:49:35,367 I don't even know if he's alive! 460 00:49:35,573 --> 00:49:40,727 - Where did he hide after the war? - Czechoslovakia, when we lost the war. 461 00:49:40,933 --> 00:49:43,322 Some people from your village went with us. 462 00:49:43,533 --> 00:49:47,492 - Where in Czechoslovakia? - Bratislava! 463 00:49:54,493 --> 00:49:56,291 (JEERING LAUGH) 464 00:49:56,493 --> 00:50:00,851 It's too late! Even if you find him, you won't find him. 465 00:50:01,053 --> 00:50:03,522 You'll find an old man who used to be Katis. 466 00:50:03,733 --> 00:50:09,843 Just like you found me, an old pimp, who used to be a soldier! 467 00:50:10,053 --> 00:50:13,887 If you live long enough, it seems you cease to exist! 468 00:50:14,093 --> 00:50:15,652 You're too late! 469 00:50:15,853 --> 00:50:18,811 We're all dead and gone! 470 00:50:27,773 --> 00:50:31,892 (MAN) One, two, three, four... 471 00:50:49,013 --> 00:50:53,530 (WOMAN) One, two, three, four... 472 00:50:53,733 --> 00:50:56,247 (WOMAN) Quicker! Quicker! 473 00:50:56,453 --> 00:50:58,410 (WOMAN) ...three, four... 474 00:51:22,933 --> 00:51:24,731 Careful! 475 00:52:50,613 --> 00:52:52,172 (RAPID GUNFIRE) 476 00:53:29,773 --> 00:53:31,650 Who are you? 477 00:53:31,853 --> 00:53:35,005 Eleni Gatzoyiannis, wife of Christos, from Lia. 478 00:53:35,213 --> 00:53:39,172 - Come with us, you're saved. - I can't. My children. 479 00:53:47,333 --> 00:53:50,963 No! No! My children! 480 00:54:41,493 --> 00:54:45,487 These people you're looking for, they're relatives? 481 00:54:45,693 --> 00:54:49,687 Well, relatives and friends from my village. 482 00:54:49,893 --> 00:54:54,444 I've been told that they fled here after the Greek Civil War. 483 00:54:54,653 --> 00:54:57,566 Yes, we have many Greeks living here. 484 00:54:57,773 --> 00:54:59,127 Too many. 485 00:55:01,733 --> 00:55:05,727 First, we kept the records in order, but as you can see... 486 00:55:05,933 --> 00:55:09,403 If you find any relatives, take them with you. 487 00:55:53,261 --> 00:55:55,855 (SPEAKING GREEK) 488 00:55:59,021 --> 00:56:00,375 Next! 489 00:56:03,301 --> 00:56:04,894 Name? 490 00:56:05,101 --> 00:56:07,411 Gatzoyiannis. 491 00:56:07,621 --> 00:56:08,941 Go ahead. 492 00:56:09,141 --> 00:56:10,779 Next! 493 00:56:11,021 --> 00:56:12,694 Move on! 494 00:56:16,021 --> 00:56:18,979 (GENERAL MUTFERINGS) 495 00:56:43,341 --> 00:56:45,378 Comrades. 496 00:56:45,581 --> 00:56:47,254 Comrades! 497 00:56:48,301 --> 00:56:53,501 I welcome you in the name of the Democratic Army of Greece. 498 00:57:00,021 --> 00:57:01,898 Mothers of Lia, 499 00:57:03,301 --> 00:57:06,134 your children are in danger. 500 00:57:07,341 --> 00:57:12,131 The fascist government's attacks on your village will continue. 501 00:57:13,381 --> 00:57:17,739 If your children are not killed by bombs or bullets... 502 00:57:19,821 --> 00:57:22,779 they'll die slowly from starvation. 503 00:57:23,701 --> 00:57:29,731 What little food we have left has to be rationed out to our fighters. 504 00:57:32,741 --> 00:57:38,373 But...because of the party's great concern 505 00:57:39,421 --> 00:57:41,253 and love for your children, 506 00:57:41,461 --> 00:57:45,216 our leaders have found a way to save them. 507 00:57:49,941 --> 00:57:53,172 We've called you all here today to announce 508 00:57:53,381 --> 00:57:58,774 that the People's Democracies of Albania and Czechoslovakia 509 00:57:58,981 --> 00:58:02,576 have opened their arms to your children. 510 00:58:02,781 --> 00:58:06,820 They will take them, care for them, feed them well. 511 00:58:07,021 --> 00:58:12,095 And educate them to become lawyers, doctors, engineers. 512 00:58:12,301 --> 00:58:14,292 Whatever their talents permit. 513 00:58:14,501 --> 00:58:18,051 And when the civil war is over and the red flag flies, 514 00:58:18,261 --> 00:58:20,491 they will come back to you, 515 00:58:20,701 --> 00:58:24,012 tall, healthy, happy. 516 00:58:24,221 --> 00:58:28,180 Ready to take their place in the new Greece. 517 00:58:29,621 --> 00:58:33,694 Who will be the first to volunteer her children? 518 00:58:39,661 --> 00:58:42,050 Who will be the first? 519 00:58:45,861 --> 00:58:48,694 Katina, for the love of God! 520 00:58:50,621 --> 00:58:54,296 We have our first patriotic mother. 521 00:58:55,621 --> 00:58:57,976 Katina Skevis. 522 00:58:59,021 --> 00:59:01,581 You wish to volunteer, Comrade Skevis? 523 00:59:01,781 --> 00:59:03,613 Yes. 524 00:59:03,821 --> 00:59:08,258 I would like to volunteer some advice 525 00:59:08,461 --> 00:59:11,897 to you, Mr Comrade-In-A-Blue-Suit. 526 00:59:13,581 --> 00:59:19,179 My husband died in the war, fighting for your cause. 527 00:59:19,381 --> 00:59:25,332 I carried on the dream he whispered to me once in the night 528 00:59:25,541 --> 00:59:28,932 of a better life for my children. 529 00:59:31,741 --> 00:59:34,494 My children. 530 00:59:35,581 --> 00:59:38,255 Not yours. 531 00:59:38,461 --> 00:59:40,975 Not the party's. 532 00:59:41,181 --> 00:59:47,132 Not the People's Democracies of Albania or anywhere. 533 00:59:48,021 --> 00:59:49,375 Mine. 534 00:59:51,341 --> 00:59:55,858 No mother will give up her children. 535 01:00:03,501 --> 01:00:10,180 There are no volunteers...here. 536 01:00:30,581 --> 01:00:32,538 (INAUDIBLE) 537 01:00:36,621 --> 01:00:38,578 (MURMURING) 538 01:01:09,501 --> 01:01:11,458 (GAS PS) 539 01:01:11,661 --> 01:01:14,460 Mothers of Lia, 540 01:01:14,661 --> 01:01:17,619 you know your children are hungry. 541 01:01:25,381 --> 01:01:29,090 Your children can eat like this... 542 01:01:30,941 --> 01:01:32,852 ...every daw- 543 01:01:34,701 --> 01:01:37,170 ...if you let them go. 544 01:01:44,981 --> 01:01:48,531 Any child who steps forward at this moment... 545 01:01:49,461 --> 01:01:55,298 ...can have as much bread and marmalade as he or she can eat. 546 01:02:02,581 --> 01:02:05,255 - Mana, I'm so hungry. - No. 547 01:02:07,741 --> 01:02:10,494 Left the country. Albania. 548 01:02:11,541 --> 01:02:13,532 Dead. 549 01:02:15,381 --> 01:02:18,100 Left the country. Soviet Union. 550 01:02:19,421 --> 01:02:24,370 She's still here. Not as pretty as she was in the picture. 551 01:02:26,021 --> 01:02:27,614 Dead. 552 01:02:33,581 --> 01:02:36,653 Left the country. 553 01:02:36,861 --> 01:02:38,215 Where? 554 01:02:38,421 --> 01:02:40,059 It doesn't say. 555 01:02:40,261 --> 01:02:42,775 - When? - It doesn't say. 556 01:02:42,981 --> 01:02:46,372 - Was he a friend or a relative? - A friend of the family. 557 01:02:46,581 --> 01:02:50,620 It says here he had no identification on him. What was his full name? 558 01:02:50,821 --> 01:02:52,892 I just remember him by Katis. 559 01:02:53,101 --> 01:02:55,058 He's probably dead. 560 01:02:55,261 --> 01:02:57,821 I'm going off duty. 561 01:02:58,021 --> 01:03:01,980 If you want, I can tell you where to find that woman. 562 01:03:54,661 --> 01:03:56,254 Yes? 563 01:03:56,461 --> 01:04:00,091 I'm looking for Ana Katroubis. 564 01:04:00,301 --> 01:04:02,019 Who are you? 565 01:04:02,221 --> 01:04:04,781 Nick...Nikola Gatzoyiannis. 566 01:04:07,821 --> 01:04:10,939 - Eleni's son? - Yes. 567 01:04:28,221 --> 01:04:31,100 What do you want from me? 568 01:04:31,301 --> 01:04:35,215 You must know I didn't do it on purpose. 569 01:04:37,021 --> 01:04:42,141 I was forced to testify against your mother. You must know that. 570 01:04:42,341 --> 01:04:44,252 Yes, l...l knew that. 571 01:04:44,461 --> 01:04:47,340 I didn't come here to blame you for anything. 572 01:04:47,541 --> 01:04:50,294 I did it to save my son. 573 01:04:50,501 --> 01:04:55,701 The judge, he told me I had to join the guerrillas, to be a soldier. 574 01:04:55,901 --> 01:05:00,532 My baby would have died. There was nobody to look after him. 575 01:05:02,501 --> 01:05:08,019 So I sinned against my soul to save my child. 576 01:05:08,221 --> 01:05:11,452 I understand that you had no choice. 577 01:05:13,501 --> 01:05:16,812 The judge, what was his name? 578 01:05:17,021 --> 01:05:20,980 - Stavros Petrakis. - He called himself Katis at the time. 579 01:05:22,861 --> 01:05:28,379 The officials at the bureau told me that he had died a few years ago. 580 01:05:29,421 --> 01:05:33,779 They don't know anything. He's back in Greece! 581 01:05:33,981 --> 01:05:38,259 We're too ashamed to return, but he's not? 582 01:05:39,941 --> 01:05:42,660 Where in Greece is he? 583 01:05:45,261 --> 01:05:47,980 Where in Greece is he? 584 01:06:26,181 --> 01:06:28,297 (SHOUTS) 585 01:06:28,501 --> 01:06:30,777 Mana! Mana! 586 01:06:31,701 --> 01:06:34,978 Mana! Mana! Mana! 587 01:06:41,061 --> 01:06:44,019 (BOY'S CRIES CONTINUE) 588 01:06:46,701 --> 01:06:48,772 Eleni... 589 01:06:48,981 --> 01:06:50,255 Mana! 590 01:07:06,261 --> 01:07:08,218 (GUNSHOT) 591 01:07:08,661 --> 01:07:10,140 Mana! 592 01:07:23,301 --> 01:07:26,134 They said "volunteers". 593 01:07:26,341 --> 01:07:29,777 We can only hope and pray. 594 01:07:29,981 --> 01:07:33,053 We must do more than hope, Mother. 595 01:07:43,541 --> 01:07:47,057 - If we do as we're told... - No! 596 01:07:47,261 --> 01:07:52,574 Mother, you've brought me up the best way you knew how. 597 01:07:53,741 --> 01:07:56,415 - The way I was raised. - Yes. 598 01:07:57,581 --> 01:08:02,781 To obey and to know my place and never to complain. 599 01:08:06,181 --> 01:08:09,299 And in all that sunshine of my life, 600 01:08:09,501 --> 01:08:13,859 I have lived in the shade of somebody else's authority. 601 01:08:16,661 --> 01:08:19,653 There were flowers in my heart, Mother. 602 01:08:21,661 --> 01:08:26,212 But there are some flowers that never blossom in the shade. 603 01:08:27,581 --> 01:08:30,539 It was the price I paid to be like everyone else. 604 01:08:30,741 --> 01:08:34,018 I didn't complain, and I'm not complaining now. 605 01:08:34,221 --> 01:08:37,771 But I am saying, "No more." 606 01:08:40,781 --> 01:08:43,341 They took our food. 607 01:08:43,541 --> 01:08:45,896 They took my home. 608 01:08:46,101 --> 01:08:48,138 They took my dignity. 609 01:08:48,341 --> 01:08:51,015 And I gave in at every turn. 610 01:08:51,221 --> 01:08:55,454 But I will not give them my children. 611 01:08:56,781 --> 01:08:59,978 They will not take them from me. 612 01:09:00,181 --> 01:09:02,900 Escape? Are you mad? With children? 613 01:09:03,101 --> 01:09:08,130 - There are guards and landmines! - You know where the mines are. 614 01:09:08,341 --> 01:09:10,378 You know where the guards are. 615 01:09:10,581 --> 01:09:14,051 They've taken my Glykeria already. I can't just wait. 616 01:09:14,261 --> 01:09:17,413 If we get caught, they'll kill us. 617 01:09:17,621 --> 01:09:20,818 If they take my children, it'll be worse than dying. 618 01:09:21,021 --> 01:09:23,331 He doesn't understand. He's a man. 619 01:09:23,541 --> 01:09:26,294 Suddenly I'm promoted! I'm a man! 620 01:09:27,821 --> 01:09:31,780 - When were you planning? - Tomorrow night. 621 01:09:31,981 --> 01:09:35,531 - I'm getting a headache. - There's no time to lose. 622 01:09:35,741 --> 01:09:38,574 They might come for the children at any moment. 623 01:09:38,781 --> 01:09:41,341 - Everyone would respect you. - Please. 624 01:09:41,541 --> 01:09:44,533 No respect. In Greece, only the dead are respected. 625 01:09:46,421 --> 01:09:48,458 (COCKEREL CROWS) 626 01:09:52,341 --> 01:09:55,060 Mana, soldiers are coming! 627 01:10:00,821 --> 01:10:03,779 Somebody betrayed us. 628 01:10:09,221 --> 01:10:13,055 We need a woman from your household for a work detail. 629 01:10:13,261 --> 01:10:15,138 Yes, I'll come! 630 01:10:15,341 --> 01:10:18,538 Not now. We're rounding everybody up first. 631 01:10:18,741 --> 01:10:21,779 Bring extra clothing for three to four weeks. 632 01:10:21,981 --> 01:10:23,733 No, I can't! 633 01:10:23,941 --> 01:10:26,899 We leave in an hour. That's an order! 634 01:10:39,821 --> 01:10:44,452 They only want a woman to work. I'll go in your place. 635 01:10:46,821 --> 01:10:50,291 They wouldn't take you, Mother, you're too old. 636 01:10:52,901 --> 01:10:54,972 Oh, why now? Why today? 637 01:10:55,181 --> 01:10:58,458 We'll take care of everything while you're gone. 638 01:10:58,661 --> 01:11:01,779 - When you come back... - ...you'll be far away! 639 01:11:01,981 --> 01:11:04,575 You're all leaving tonight just as we planned! 640 01:11:04,781 --> 01:11:09,218 Listen to me. We can't wait. Three or four weeks is a long time. 641 01:11:09,421 --> 01:11:12,652 They could come for Nikola or Fotini any day. 642 01:11:13,781 --> 01:11:15,533 Olga, 643 01:11:15,741 --> 01:11:17,891 listen to me. 644 01:11:18,101 --> 01:11:21,412 You are the oldest, you must take my place. 645 01:11:22,341 --> 01:11:26,892 When you are safe, write to your father and tell him what has happened. 646 01:11:27,101 --> 01:11:30,298 He will find a way to send for you. He loves you. 647 01:11:30,501 --> 01:11:33,573 - Not like you, Mana. - I'll be all right. 648 01:11:33,781 --> 01:11:37,251 It may be better this way. I can help Glykeria escape. 649 01:11:37,461 --> 01:11:41,614 Then the two of us will join you in America. We will! 650 01:11:43,741 --> 01:11:45,334 Come quickly! 651 01:11:45,541 --> 01:11:48,135 Gather round me while we still have time. 652 01:11:48,341 --> 01:11:50,093 Sit down. 653 01:11:52,501 --> 01:11:54,936 Come on, sit down. 654 01:11:58,781 --> 01:12:02,376 You have never seen the sea. 655 01:12:02,581 --> 01:12:04,936 It's beautiful. 656 01:12:05,141 --> 01:12:09,533 It's big and blue and endless as the sky. 657 01:12:11,021 --> 01:12:14,093 It makes you dream to look at it. 658 01:12:15,621 --> 01:12:21,173 And so you will dream of a new life in your new home, 659 01:12:21,381 --> 01:12:23,338 and when you wake up, 660 01:12:23,541 --> 01:12:25,771 it will be there. 661 01:12:48,221 --> 01:12:50,895 You stay here. 662 01:12:51,101 --> 01:12:54,412 Don't let them see you cry. 663 01:13:01,301 --> 01:13:03,258 My children... 664 01:13:04,981 --> 01:13:07,416 ...l bless you all. 665 01:14:13,181 --> 01:14:17,061 You must go away and you must never come back. 666 01:14:18,821 --> 01:14:20,653 Do you understand me? 667 01:14:20,861 --> 01:14:22,215 Yes, Mana. 668 01:14:23,261 --> 01:14:25,650 Here, take this. 669 01:14:26,621 --> 01:14:29,818 When you are safe, throw it behind you. 670 01:14:30,021 --> 01:14:34,174 When you throw a black stone, it means you will never return. 671 01:14:34,381 --> 01:14:36,850 Promise me you will do this. 672 01:14:37,061 --> 01:14:39,780 I promise. 673 01:14:41,661 --> 01:14:44,858 Kiss me this one time. 674 01:14:55,701 --> 01:14:58,295 My heart and blood. 675 01:16:25,501 --> 01:16:27,060 Sh! 676 01:16:38,341 --> 01:16:40,298 (INAUDIBLE) 677 01:17:08,421 --> 01:17:10,890 - You got a cigarette? - No. 678 01:17:11,101 --> 01:17:12,899 Oh, all right. 679 01:17:24,181 --> 01:17:26,138 (CHILD CRIES) 680 01:19:13,221 --> 01:19:17,180 (NICK) Dear Joan, I'm sorry I haven't called or written. 681 01:19:19,341 --> 01:19:22,936 My dear Joan... My dear...children. 682 01:19:23,141 --> 01:19:26,259 Dear family... I am back in my grandmother's house. 683 01:19:26,461 --> 01:19:29,453 I took my last walk with my mother from here. 684 01:19:29,661 --> 01:19:31,698 Out the door and up the hill. 685 01:19:31,901 --> 01:19:35,815 She held my hand and made me promise I'd never come back. 686 01:19:36,021 --> 01:19:42,051 We'd planned our escape here, and I've only just realised something. 687 01:19:42,261 --> 01:19:44,935 Escape routes exist when you're a child. 688 01:19:45,141 --> 01:19:48,054 All kinds of escape routes are possible. 689 01:19:48,261 --> 01:19:54,416 Then, when you grow up, they vanish, and you have to live without them. 690 01:19:54,621 --> 01:19:58,330 Anyway, lkiss your eyes and those of my darling children. 691 01:19:58,541 --> 01:20:01,010 Your husband sends these words. 692 01:20:01,221 --> 01:20:03,497 (JARRING WHINE) 693 01:20:57,941 --> 01:21:00,933 (IN GREEK) I'm looking for Eleni Gatzoyiannis. 694 01:21:09,461 --> 01:21:10,781 Well? 695 01:21:10,981 --> 01:21:14,656 All the relatives of the escaped have been locked up. 696 01:21:14,861 --> 01:21:17,421 Except for Eleni Gatzoyiannis. 697 01:21:17,621 --> 01:21:20,056 - The Americana? - Yes, sir. 698 01:21:20,261 --> 01:21:22,980 This soldier allowed them to escape? 699 01:21:23,181 --> 01:21:27,414 Their escape route went past his post. He stood on one of our mines. 700 01:21:27,621 --> 01:21:30,693 Lock him up. Don't give medicine to traitors. 701 01:21:30,901 --> 01:21:32,460 Traitors? 702 01:21:32,661 --> 01:21:35,335 He was wounded while in pursuit. 703 01:21:35,541 --> 01:21:37,691 Peasants and children! 704 01:21:37,901 --> 01:21:41,098 Our army can be outwitted by peasants and children? 705 01:21:41,301 --> 01:21:46,819 If so, the word of this escape will inspire others in this territory. 706 01:21:47,861 --> 01:21:53,015 He was a collaborator. He was bribed by the Americana and her dollars. 707 01:21:53,221 --> 01:21:56,373 He was wounded while trying to escape. 708 01:21:56,581 --> 01:22:00,256 Please, get me a signed confession to that effect. 709 01:22:58,861 --> 01:23:01,535 We're going to have a trial, Americana. 710 01:23:03,941 --> 01:23:08,412 And at that trial, in front of all the people, 711 01:23:08,621 --> 01:23:11,500 you're going to confess your crimes. 712 01:23:11,701 --> 01:23:14,739 What crimes? What have I done? 713 01:23:16,061 --> 01:23:18,450 You collaborated with the enemy. 714 01:23:18,661 --> 01:23:21,301 You transmitted vital military information. 715 01:23:21,501 --> 01:23:23,094 No! 716 01:23:23,301 --> 01:23:27,534 All I did was to help my children escape. That's all. 717 01:23:27,741 --> 01:23:29,414 ESCape? 718 01:23:29,621 --> 01:23:32,613 This is a liberated village. 719 01:23:32,821 --> 01:23:35,813 What were they escaping from? 720 01:23:36,021 --> 01:23:38,979 Your village is loyal to our cause. 721 01:23:39,181 --> 01:23:43,971 I have sent reports to my superiors stating that loyalty. 722 01:23:44,181 --> 01:23:48,140 How am I going to explain this escape to my superiors? 723 01:23:48,341 --> 01:23:51,413 - Hm? - I don't know. 724 01:23:59,261 --> 01:24:02,572 (BLOODCURDLING SCREAMS) 725 01:24:03,021 --> 01:24:05,774 - (THWACK) - (SCREAMS) 726 01:24:09,261 --> 01:24:11,218 (SCREAMING) 727 01:24:18,261 --> 01:24:20,696 - Citizens of Lia! - Sh! 728 01:24:24,381 --> 01:24:27,373 For some time now, 729 01:24:27,581 --> 01:24:33,293 there's been a fascist organisation in existence in your own village. 730 01:24:34,821 --> 01:24:37,131 I am happy to inform you 731 01:24:37,341 --> 01:24:42,415 that thanks to the vigilance of our guerrilla intelligence, 732 01:24:42,621 --> 01:24:46,330 this organisation has been uncovered. 733 01:24:46,541 --> 01:24:49,977 The criminals before you 734 01:24:50,181 --> 01:24:53,936 have endangered all our lives 735 01:24:54,141 --> 01:24:58,612 by passing on vital military information to the enemy 736 01:24:58,821 --> 01:25:02,212 with the 20 traitors who fled from Lia. 737 01:25:02,421 --> 01:25:05,937 All of you must abhor their treachery. 738 01:25:06,861 --> 01:25:08,693 There they are. 739 01:25:08,901 --> 01:25:11,017 Andreas Mikopoulos. 740 01:25:11,221 --> 01:25:14,213 Spiridon Mikopoulos. 741 01:25:14,421 --> 01:25:17,015 Vasili Nikou. 742 01:25:17,221 --> 01:25:19,292 Alexo Gatzoyiannis. 743 01:25:20,981 --> 01:25:22,858 Elias Gratos. 744 01:25:25,581 --> 01:25:27,936 Eleni Gatzoyiannis. 745 01:25:45,541 --> 01:25:47,054 The Americana! 746 01:25:49,341 --> 01:25:52,811 She was never one of you. 747 01:25:53,021 --> 01:25:56,412 How many of you had packages from America? 748 01:25:57,581 --> 01:26:00,812 While you starved, she feasted. 749 01:26:01,741 --> 01:26:05,097 While you worked, she plotted. 750 01:26:08,541 --> 01:26:10,737 Americana, 751 01:26:10,941 --> 01:26:14,491 you are charged with organising the escape 752 01:26:14,701 --> 01:26:18,490 and trying to bribe the citizens of Lia with your American money. 753 01:26:18,701 --> 01:26:20,851 That's not true. 754 01:26:21,061 --> 01:26:24,816 I have done nothing wrong. 755 01:26:27,021 --> 01:26:29,900 (CHILD GIGGLES) 756 01:26:37,181 --> 01:26:39,934 I have done no harm. 757 01:26:40,981 --> 01:26:44,861 And I have wished no harm to anyone. 758 01:26:45,061 --> 01:26:49,817 All I wanted was for my children to be safe with their father. 759 01:26:50,021 --> 01:26:53,173 By refusing to send her children to socialist countries, 760 01:26:53,381 --> 01:26:57,136 she betrayed the goals of our revolution. 761 01:26:57,341 --> 01:27:00,936 By sending them to fascists, she betrayed us all. 762 01:27:09,461 --> 01:27:12,692 Who will speak in her defence? 763 01:27:12,901 --> 01:27:15,859 (MUTFERINGS) 764 01:27:23,181 --> 01:27:27,732 It is against the law to withhold information of guilt or innocence. 765 01:27:27,941 --> 01:27:34,210 So I ask, if any of you have proof of the Americana's innocence or guilt, 766 01:27:35,581 --> 01:27:38,221 step forward now and speak. 767 01:27:43,541 --> 01:27:46,420 We have a witness. Comrade Katroubis. 768 01:27:51,141 --> 01:27:53,655 Yes, I have something to say. 769 01:27:53,861 --> 01:27:57,252 She, Eleni Gatzoyiannis... 770 01:27:58,181 --> 01:28:00,138 (BABY CRIES) 771 01:28:00,581 --> 01:28:04,620 ...the Americana, she tried to bribe me with her American dollars 772 01:28:04,821 --> 01:28:08,257 to turn against you and join the fascist cause. 773 01:28:08,461 --> 01:28:12,739 - Ana... - You did, you tried to bribe me. 774 01:28:12,941 --> 01:28:15,455 But I wouldn't do it. 775 01:28:16,301 --> 01:28:18,178 I wouldn't do it. 776 01:28:24,541 --> 01:28:28,774 Katis, the children are leaving. 777 01:28:33,421 --> 01:28:35,571 Citizens of Lia, 778 01:28:36,821 --> 01:28:40,894 our children are about to leave for Albania and Czechoslovakia. 779 01:28:42,301 --> 01:28:46,090 We will take a short pause in the proceedings of this trial, 780 01:28:46,301 --> 01:28:49,373 in order to permit their parents to say goodbye. 781 01:28:49,581 --> 01:28:52,175 (CONFUSION OF PLEAS AND CRIES) 782 01:29:04,901 --> 01:29:08,212 (CHILDREN PLAY NOISILY) 783 01:29:15,341 --> 01:29:17,298 (INAUDIBLE) 784 01:29:22,941 --> 01:29:24,739 Citizens of Lia, 785 01:29:26,101 --> 01:29:30,698 the People's Court, having found the accused guilty of treason, 786 01:29:30,901 --> 01:29:33,939 is now ready to pass sentence. 787 01:29:36,381 --> 01:29:39,373 Andreas Mikopoulos, 788 01:29:39,581 --> 01:29:42,573 - death by firing squad. - (VILLAGERS GASP) 789 01:29:42,781 --> 01:29:45,170 Vasili Nikou, 790 01:29:45,381 --> 01:29:48,294 death by firing squad. 791 01:29:49,381 --> 01:29:52,100 Eleni Gatzoyiannis, 792 01:29:52,301 --> 01:29:54,178 death by firing squad. 793 01:30:07,141 --> 01:30:09,098 Spiro, when do we die? 794 01:30:09,301 --> 01:30:11,770 Tomorrow morning. 795 01:30:11,981 --> 01:30:15,497 Do you know where my daughter is? 796 01:30:16,461 --> 01:30:18,975 Can I see her? 797 01:30:19,181 --> 01:30:20,535 One last time? 798 01:30:23,541 --> 01:30:25,691 (SOLDIER) You, move! 799 01:30:29,461 --> 01:30:31,577 Please, Spiro. 800 01:31:07,541 --> 01:31:08,975 Open up. 801 01:31:20,061 --> 01:31:22,860 - Glykeria! - Mana. 802 01:31:28,021 --> 01:31:29,932 Aah... 803 01:31:33,021 --> 01:31:35,376 - (SHE WEEPS) - Sh...! 804 01:31:36,621 --> 01:31:38,817 Sh! Don't cry. 805 01:31:40,101 --> 01:31:42,251 Don't cry. 806 01:31:46,741 --> 01:31:49,494 Oh, look, they've cut your hair. 807 01:31:50,461 --> 01:31:53,180 Never mind, it will grow back. 808 01:31:53,381 --> 01:31:56,658 It's been hard for you, I know. 809 01:31:57,741 --> 01:32:00,494 - But you must be strong. - Mana! 810 01:32:02,101 --> 01:32:03,853 No. 811 01:32:05,941 --> 01:32:07,978 Listen, 812 01:32:08,181 --> 01:32:10,377 you must live. 813 01:32:10,581 --> 01:32:12,777 You must live. 814 01:32:12,981 --> 01:32:17,612 You have something wonderful to look forward to. 815 01:32:18,981 --> 01:32:21,336 Some day, 816 01:32:21,541 --> 01:32:26,092 you will marry and have children of your own. 817 01:32:28,621 --> 01:32:31,374 It is such a joy... 818 01:32:32,941 --> 01:32:35,535 ...to be a mother. 819 01:32:35,741 --> 01:32:38,779 It is such a joy. 820 01:32:42,261 --> 01:32:45,970 And I thank God for letting me know it. 821 01:32:54,781 --> 01:32:56,818 Go now. 822 01:32:59,581 --> 01:33:02,733 Don't wait for them to separate us. 823 01:33:02,941 --> 01:33:05,410 Goodbye, my child. 824 01:33:06,701 --> 01:33:10,410 May you live for me as long as the mountains. 825 01:33:12,941 --> 01:33:15,171 Go...now. 826 01:35:53,941 --> 01:35:55,375 Load! 827 01:36:00,821 --> 01:36:02,653 Aim! 828 01:36:05,901 --> 01:36:07,175 My children! 829 01:36:07,381 --> 01:36:08,735 Fire! 830 01:36:10,261 --> 01:36:12,537 (ECHOES) My children! 831 01:36:17,541 --> 01:36:21,375 - Those were her last words? - "My children." 832 01:36:21,581 --> 01:36:25,211 I was hidden over there. I saw her. 833 01:36:32,381 --> 01:36:33,735 Mana... 834 01:36:56,181 --> 01:36:58,900 (TAPE) The judge, what was his name? 835 01:36:59,861 --> 01:37:01,693 (ANA) Stavros Petrakis. 836 01:37:02,941 --> 01:37:06,616 (NICK) He called himself Katis at the time. 837 01:37:07,541 --> 01:37:12,820 (NICK) The officials at the bureau told me that he had died a few years ago. 838 01:37:13,701 --> 01:37:16,420 (ANA) They don't know anything. 839 01:37:16,621 --> 01:37:18,897 (ANA) He's back in Greece! 840 01:37:19,101 --> 01:37:22,651 (ANA) We're too ashamed to return, but he's not? 841 01:37:24,701 --> 01:37:27,215 (NICK) Where in Greece is he? 842 01:37:29,261 --> 01:37:31,457 Where in Greece is he? 843 01:37:33,501 --> 01:37:35,458 (ANA) In the town. 844 01:37:35,661 --> 01:37:37,618 Saloniki. 845 01:37:53,741 --> 01:37:57,132 Yes? Can I help you? 846 01:37:57,341 --> 01:38:00,299 I think I have the wrong address. 847 01:38:00,501 --> 01:38:03,175 I am looking for Stavros Petrakis. 848 01:38:03,381 --> 01:38:06,134 I'm his wife. ls it about the pension? 849 01:38:06,341 --> 01:38:08,901 No. My name is Nick Gage, "New York Times". 850 01:38:09,101 --> 01:38:11,615 I have an appointment with your husband. 851 01:38:11,821 --> 01:38:14,574 Appointment? He didn't say anything... 852 01:38:16,701 --> 01:38:22,492 Come in. You shouldn't open the door by yourself! I told you before! 853 01:38:28,661 --> 01:38:31,892 - There's a man from New York. - What? 854 01:38:32,101 --> 01:38:37,050 A man from New York. He says he has an appointment with you. 855 01:38:50,581 --> 01:38:55,257 My wife says that we've got an appointment of some kind. 856 01:38:55,461 --> 01:38:59,295 My name is Nick Gage, "New York Times". 857 01:38:59,501 --> 01:39:01,731 "New York Times"? 858 01:39:05,141 --> 01:39:08,896 You didn't say "New York Times", you just said New York! 859 01:39:09,101 --> 01:39:14,619 I'm doing an article about the evolution of the Greek judicial system. 860 01:39:14,821 --> 01:39:19,054 The Minister of Justice in Athens suggested I speak with you. 861 01:39:19,261 --> 01:39:21,491 Wait a minute! 862 01:39:23,501 --> 01:39:25,890 Now I remember. 863 01:39:26,101 --> 01:39:29,412 I saw you on the television. 864 01:39:30,381 --> 01:39:34,978 Well, apparently there's been a little breakdown in communications. 865 01:39:35,181 --> 01:39:38,936 The Minister was supposed to telephone you about this interview. 866 01:39:39,141 --> 01:39:43,738 Sorry to bother you. I can come back at a more convenient time. 867 01:39:43,941 --> 01:39:46,091 Oh, please... 868 01:39:46,301 --> 01:39:50,932 Oh...all I have these days is convenience. 869 01:39:52,901 --> 01:39:57,372 No, no, it's perfect. Please...sit down. 870 01:39:59,061 --> 01:40:02,850 Go and get our guest something to eat. 871 01:40:04,501 --> 01:40:07,175 Yeah, "New York Times". 872 01:40:12,021 --> 01:40:13,341 Oh, look... 873 01:40:13,541 --> 01:40:15,657 Let me just go and... 874 01:40:15,861 --> 01:40:18,250 I was taking a little nap. 875 01:40:20,021 --> 01:40:22,740 Had I known... 876 01:40:22,941 --> 01:40:27,299 I'll be right back. Sit. Sit! 877 01:41:34,661 --> 01:41:36,971 (INAUDIBLE) 878 01:41:39,381 --> 01:41:41,019 So... 879 01:41:42,461 --> 01:41:44,816 I'm all yours. 880 01:41:45,021 --> 01:41:47,854 I've ordered that we should not be disturbed. 881 01:41:48,061 --> 01:41:50,701 I really appreciate your cooperation. 882 01:41:50,901 --> 01:41:56,101 On the contrary, I'm very grateful to you. You've made me very happy. 883 01:41:56,301 --> 01:42:01,774 My wife and my daughter are sick of my stories of the Civil War. 884 01:42:01,981 --> 01:42:07,977 And you come all this way, The "New York Times" yet. 885 01:42:08,181 --> 01:42:14,018 They're in there now, plotting how to deal with me when you leave. 886 01:42:14,221 --> 01:42:15,894 Please. 887 01:42:16,101 --> 01:42:18,251 Shall we start? 888 01:42:19,741 --> 01:42:21,573 Testing, one, two, three. 889 01:42:21,781 --> 01:42:24,250 Testing, one, two, three. 890 01:42:24,461 --> 01:42:26,657 Stavros Petrakis. 891 01:42:27,301 --> 01:42:29,019 (REWINDS) 892 01:42:29,221 --> 01:42:31,895 Testing, one, tvvo, three. 893 01:42:33,901 --> 01:42:36,495 Which side were you on in the Civil War? 894 01:42:36,701 --> 01:42:40,331 On the side of Greece, of course. 895 01:42:41,181 --> 01:42:45,334 It wasn't so much a war, you understand, as a... 896 01:42:45,541 --> 01:42:49,250 No, it was a battle of ideas. 897 01:42:49,461 --> 01:42:54,171 To me, Greeks have always clung to the notion 898 01:42:54,381 --> 01:42:59,455 that man's life is ruled by ideas. 899 01:43:01,101 --> 01:43:03,490 And the period in question... 900 01:43:05,061 --> 01:43:07,416 ...it was an exhilarating time. 901 01:43:10,781 --> 01:43:13,295 Wonderful bread. 902 01:43:13,501 --> 01:43:15,458 Home-made. 903 01:43:15,661 --> 01:43:18,699 You must try it. 904 01:43:18,901 --> 01:43:22,417 - No, I'm not hungry. - Please, you must. 905 01:43:22,621 --> 01:43:25,818 It's fresh. The wheat comes from my village. 906 01:43:26,021 --> 01:43:30,572 You can't buy bread like this, especially not in America. 907 01:43:30,781 --> 01:43:32,658 Please, Nick. 908 01:43:32,861 --> 01:43:37,139 No, no. You were born in Greece, I shall call you Nikola. 909 01:43:37,341 --> 01:43:40,379 - If you don't mind? - No, I don't mind. 910 01:43:40,581 --> 01:43:44,620 And your parents are in America? 911 01:43:45,901 --> 01:43:48,700 My father is, yes. 912 01:43:48,901 --> 01:43:53,418 - And your mother? - My mother remained in Greece. 913 01:43:53,621 --> 01:43:59,378 Although I've heard some wonderful things about America, 914 01:43:59,581 --> 01:44:02,334 some of our people chose to stay... 915 01:44:02,541 --> 01:44:04,896 My mother didn't actually choose to stay. 916 01:44:05,101 --> 01:44:07,980 She had some legal problems during the Civil War. 917 01:44:08,181 --> 01:44:13,017 There was a trial, there were witnesses, there was a judge. 918 01:44:14,541 --> 01:44:18,535 - What side was she on? - She was on the civilian side. 919 01:44:18,741 --> 01:44:22,496 Were you ever involved in trials of civilians? 920 01:44:22,701 --> 01:44:28,458 No, that's impossible. There are no civilians in a civil war. 921 01:44:28,661 --> 01:44:34,816 If you're looking for your mother, maybe I could be of some assistance. 922 01:44:35,021 --> 01:44:37,058 You see, I've got some friends... 923 01:44:37,261 --> 01:44:40,219 My mother was executed. Death by firing squad. 924 01:44:40,421 --> 01:44:44,813 Her name was Eleni Gatzoyiannis. Some called her Americana. 925 01:44:45,021 --> 01:44:47,251 Do you remember her? 926 01:44:49,221 --> 01:44:53,055 Remember her? I don't understand. 927 01:44:53,261 --> 01:44:57,619 About 800 kilometres away from here, there's a village called Lia. 928 01:44:57,821 --> 01:45:01,052 Do you remember that village? 929 01:45:03,701 --> 01:45:05,260 - Lia? - Lia. 930 01:45:10,461 --> 01:45:11,735 No. 931 01:45:11,941 --> 01:45:13,614 No, I... 932 01:45:13,821 --> 01:45:18,258 I don't think that I have ever been to a village by that name. 933 01:45:18,461 --> 01:45:22,694 Some names change, but this village is still called Lia. 934 01:45:22,901 --> 01:45:26,940 You, I believe, were called Katis at that time. 935 01:45:30,301 --> 01:45:31,780 Katis? 936 01:45:32,901 --> 01:45:34,175 No. 937 01:45:34,381 --> 01:45:36,497 No, I was never... 938 01:46:01,541 --> 01:46:05,136 I think maybe you made a big mistake. 939 01:46:06,221 --> 01:46:08,497 Why are you still alive? 940 01:46:10,541 --> 01:46:14,250 How can you live, knowing what you've done? 941 01:46:17,581 --> 01:46:22,974 I think you'd better leave. I don't know what you're talking about. 942 01:46:23,181 --> 01:46:26,139 I'm talking about Eleni Gatzoyiannis, my mother. 943 01:46:26,341 --> 01:46:29,538 I'm not interested in your mother! 944 01:46:32,061 --> 01:46:34,177 Sit down. 945 01:46:35,821 --> 01:46:37,732 Sit down. 946 01:46:39,021 --> 01:46:43,060 You don't deserve to die standing up. Sit down! 947 01:46:59,301 --> 01:47:01,941 (ECHOES) My children! 948 01:47:02,341 --> 01:47:04,298 (GUNSHOT RESOUNDS) 949 01:47:49,421 --> 01:47:51,856 Don't be afraid. 950 01:48:13,101 --> 01:48:16,492 (NICK) My dear family, I'm sending you this tape. 951 01:48:16,701 --> 01:48:19,261 I'll be coming home soon. 952 01:48:20,741 --> 01:48:24,097 The hunt for my mother's killer is over. 953 01:48:25,101 --> 01:48:30,050 I did not inherit the necessary hate to end a human life. 954 01:48:31,181 --> 01:48:37,621 I am still mystified by the love my mother felt for me and my sisters. 955 01:48:37,821 --> 01:48:42,099 The question of being worth it or not is no longer applicable. 956 01:48:42,301 --> 01:48:45,976 I accept it as something she gave me. 957 01:48:46,181 --> 01:48:49,651 I accept her love as my inheritance. 958 01:48:51,101 --> 01:48:54,412 Imiss you and I love you. 959 01:48:54,621 --> 01:48:57,659 I miss and love my children. 960 01:48:59,421 --> 01:49:01,617 Ihope with all my heart 961 01:49:01,821 --> 01:49:05,212 the love I've discovered is not for mothers alone. 962 01:49:05,421 --> 01:49:07,617 I want to feel it, too. 963 01:49:07,821 --> 01:49:10,574 Ihave a need to feel it. 964 01:49:10,781 --> 01:49:16,618 To share the inheritance my mother left me with you and my children. 965 01:49:16,821 --> 01:49:19,654 I know that they are not just my children. 966 01:49:19,861 --> 01:49:22,580 I know that they are ours. 967 01:49:22,781 --> 01:49:25,819 I may be late in returning home to claim them, 968 01:49:26,021 --> 01:49:30,777 but I hope you can understand my need to say those words. 969 01:49:32,821 --> 01:49:35,017 My children. 970 01:52:05,621 --> 01:52:07,578 englisg sdh