1 00:03:29,123 --> 00:03:32,001 - What's happening? - I hear voices. 2 00:03:46,603 --> 00:03:48,719 The basement is flooded. 3 00:04:41,203 --> 00:04:43,239 The town floods in the river 4 00:04:43,363 --> 00:04:45,513 There are boats floating in the square 5 00:04:45,843 --> 00:04:47,435 What can we do? 6 00:04:57,443 --> 00:04:59,559 What can we do? 7 00:05:08,003 --> 00:05:09,914 Hey! 8 00:05:11,083 --> 00:05:12,994 A boat! 9 00:05:15,923 --> 00:05:18,562 For the love of God. I have children! 10 00:05:21,323 --> 00:05:23,120 A boat! 11 00:05:40,883 --> 00:05:43,636 There's a boat waiting below, under the balcony. 12 00:05:43,723 --> 00:05:45,122 I don't know who sent it. 13 00:05:45,203 --> 00:05:47,239 Wake up the children! 14 00:05:48,043 --> 00:05:50,159 Children! wake up! Let's go! 15 00:05:51,403 --> 00:05:54,201 - Where are we going? - We're leaving, we're leaving. 16 00:06:53,563 --> 00:06:55,201 Eleni! 17 00:13:28,683 --> 00:13:34,474 Dark, omnipotent curse that still has to go its way... 18 00:18:48,163 --> 00:18:49,755 Nikos! 19 00:18:53,123 --> 00:18:56,195 What has happened to us We were afraid, boy. 20 00:18:57,003 --> 00:19:00,075 Our weak democracy has committed suicide. 21 00:19:02,243 --> 00:19:05,315 Fascism looms over the skies of Europe. 22 00:19:06,563 --> 00:19:09,635 They have arrested to all the guys in the union. 23 00:19:11,043 --> 00:19:13,079 I don't have a place to go. 24 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:22,555 Forward for a new Greece! Go ahead with a Greek heart! 25 00:20:24,043 --> 00:20:26,921 Let us move forward proudly, bravely with the children of Greece! 26 00:20:27,003 --> 00:20:28,152 Falangists! 27 00:20:28,243 --> 00:20:33,556 "Forward, so that the past glory be lived again! 28 00:20:39,963 --> 00:20:43,160 When I woke up I didn't see you next to me, I was scared. 29 00:20:44,203 --> 00:20:46,398 I wanted to see the sea. 30 00:20:47,843 --> 00:20:50,277 It's your first day out. 31 00:20:51,483 --> 00:20:53,599 I have longed for this day. 32 00:20:58,323 --> 00:21:01,633 All these months I have gone and I see the children every day. 33 00:21:02,963 --> 00:21:05,682 All this time you remained silent... 34 00:21:05,843 --> 00:21:07,959 I shuddered to think that I was losing you... 35 00:21:08,043 --> 00:21:09,601 There were so many things. 36 00:21:11,643 --> 00:21:13,281 I was suffocating. 37 00:26:28,803 --> 00:26:30,475 Nikos! 38 00:26:32,363 --> 00:26:36,038 I hid from him for so long as I could! 39 00:28:13,163 --> 00:28:15,916 - Are you here, boy? - I'm here. 40 00:28:17,203 --> 00:28:21,913 I wanted to say goodbye to you too. 41 00:29:15,203 --> 00:29:17,558 - Third beep, Markos. - We're leaving. 42 00:29:17,723 --> 00:29:21,796 Leave a boat for the boy. He could still come. 43 00:29:21,963 --> 00:29:24,079 We're leaving. 44 00:29:58,803 --> 00:30:00,873 Have a good trip! 45 00:30:01,123 --> 00:30:03,114 Write to us! 46 00:30:04,363 --> 00:30:07,514 Take care! 47 00:30:08,523 --> 00:30:11,196 Have a good trip! 48 00:31:14,363 --> 00:31:16,160 They left! 49 00:31:25,843 --> 00:31:29,074 Markos and the others left. There is a boat waiting for you. 50 00:31:47,083 --> 00:31:49,677 Don't be angry with me, Yorgis. 51 00:31:53,123 --> 00:31:55,114 Is America far away? 52 00:31:59,203 --> 00:32:01,194 Yannis, Yorgis... 53 00:32:02,283 --> 00:32:04,513 take care of your mother. 54 00:32:41,843 --> 00:32:44,880 I didn't have time to finish it. 55 00:33:12,483 --> 00:33:15,520 New York, March 5, 1937. 56 00:33:16,323 --> 00:33:18,234 My little Eleni... 57 00:33:18,323 --> 00:33:21,474 We arrived in America with hearts in our mouths... 58 00:33:21,563 --> 00:33:24,794 after facing danger a hundred times in the ocean. 59 00:33:24,883 --> 00:33:27,522 On Ellis Island, they subjected us to a harsh reconnaissance... 60 00:33:27,603 --> 00:33:30,197 Disinfections, humiliation... 61 00:33:30,403 --> 00:33:34,237 slowly, tortuously, everything was done in the dark. 62 00:33:35,203 --> 00:33:38,081 I woke up in a dark room that smelled like vomit. 63 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:44,003 Markos was snoring next to me. This is America? 64 00:33:44,843 --> 00:33:47,357 We started playing in some slums, 65 00:33:47,443 --> 00:33:50,719 but the disagreements began soon among the band. 66 00:33:51,403 --> 00:33:54,634 There is no news in the newspapers for you and the children. 67 00:33:54,883 --> 00:33:57,192 My aunt won't even know. 68 00:33:58,243 --> 00:34:01,280 Found an old Italian professor to give piano lessons... 69 00:34:01,443 --> 00:34:04,515 to forget the ocean that separates us... 70 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:07,193 Eleni! 71 00:34:28,363 --> 00:34:29,762 Who is it? 72 00:34:35,563 --> 00:34:37,519 Who is there? 73 00:34:53,403 --> 00:34:55,200 Who is there? 74 00:35:20,203 --> 00:35:21,761 My children! 75 00:35:28,403 --> 00:35:30,121 My children! 76 00:37:42,083 --> 00:37:46,838 �Our soldiers march with a smile on your lips! 77 00:37:54,763 --> 00:37:59,041 Stupid, Mussolini, you won't have anyone... 78 00:38:12,003 --> 00:38:16,793 �When we march to Rome itself We will raise the Greek flag! 79 00:39:15,923 --> 00:39:19,962 Astoria, New York. October 30, 1940. 80 00:39:20,723 --> 00:39:23,556 We hear the news here. cried. 81 00:39:24,323 --> 00:39:27,235 I hoped that the war it would not expand to our land. 82 00:39:28,283 --> 00:39:30,353 Will our country resist? 83 00:39:30,643 --> 00:39:34,522 The Nazi war machine follow Mussolini with steps of steel. 84 00:39:36,963 --> 00:39:39,955 I have decided to enlist in the American army. 85 00:39:40,483 --> 00:39:43,759 It's the only way to convert me as a citizen and bring you here. 86 00:39:45,323 --> 00:39:47,996 But when? When? 87 00:39:49,323 --> 00:39:52,679 America has not entered the war yet, but it won't be for long. 88 00:39:53,563 --> 00:39:56,521 I fear the dark days to come. 89 00:39:56,643 --> 00:39:59,203 Write to me. Write to me. 90 00:40:00,003 --> 00:40:02,073 It makes me sick to think... 91 00:40:02,203 --> 00:40:05,320 what this could be the last letter that reaches you. 92 00:40:23,163 --> 00:40:25,313 Where are you taking me now? 93 00:40:25,523 --> 00:40:27,241 You leave. 94 00:40:28,363 --> 00:40:31,116 You have a son who is soldier, right? 95 00:40:32,523 --> 00:40:34,912 I was notified by the command... 96 00:40:35,043 --> 00:40:37,841 you have to go there, even today to hear from him. 97 00:40:37,923 --> 00:40:39,754 What are you trying to tell me? 98 00:40:39,883 --> 00:40:41,999 Oh, you're from a border town... 99 00:40:42,083 --> 00:40:44,916 that was lost years ago in a flood. 100 00:40:45,283 --> 00:40:47,319 What are you trying to tell me? 101 00:40:47,403 --> 00:40:50,076 There is also a letter for you that arrived from America. 102 00:40:50,163 --> 00:40:52,040 It took 4 years to get here. 103 00:40:57,163 --> 00:41:00,200 It was found next to the body of a dead American soldier... 104 00:41:02,883 --> 00:41:05,761 after the last battle in the Pacific. 105 00:44:37,203 --> 00:44:41,196 Ladies, the sad obligation to greet you It has fallen on me. 106 00:44:42,203 --> 00:44:46,116 Their husbands, brothers, children, They rest under you... 107 00:44:46,203 --> 00:44:48,398 on the field of honor. 108 00:44:49,643 --> 00:44:51,759 My child! 109 00:44:54,203 --> 00:44:56,239 My son! 110 00:45:07,843 --> 00:45:09,720 Yannis! 111 00:45:31,523 --> 00:45:33,434 My son! 112 00:45:41,283 --> 00:45:43,080 No! 113 00:45:51,603 --> 00:45:55,278 Don't sleep! Wake up! 114 00:45:58,363 --> 00:46:00,957 Wake up, darling! 115 00:46:09,163 --> 00:46:11,996 "Wake up, my Yannis, for your mother! 116 00:47:48,203 --> 00:47:50,433 I was cleaning the commander's office... 117 00:47:50,563 --> 00:47:53,077 when the soldiers they brought 118 00:47:53,523 --> 00:47:56,799 I never expected to see her again after so many years. 119 00:47:56,883 --> 00:47:58,919 You treated her unfairly then. 120 00:47:59,003 --> 00:48:01,915 I know. It's been overwhelming me. 121 00:48:13,083 --> 00:48:15,039 I'll go get some water. 122 00:48:27,043 --> 00:48:28,522 Guard... 123 00:48:29,843 --> 00:48:31,799 I don't have water... 124 00:48:34,803 --> 00:48:36,395 I don't have soap... 125 00:48:39,803 --> 00:48:42,761 I don't have paper to write to my children... 126 00:48:45,483 --> 00:48:47,394 The uniforms change... 127 00:48:49,883 --> 00:48:51,919 You dress in gray, guard... 128 00:48:55,443 --> 00:48:57,559 Guard, you dress in black. 129 00:49:01,443 --> 00:49:03,513 My name is Eleni. 130 00:49:04,723 --> 00:49:07,476 I'm here to hide an insurgent 131 00:49:11,363 --> 00:49:13,433 Where are you taking me now? 132 00:49:16,003 --> 00:49:17,561 Guard... 133 00:49:20,523 --> 00:49:22,241 I don't have water... 134 00:49:24,883 --> 00:49:26,521 I don't have soap... 135 00:49:29,643 --> 00:49:32,635 I don't have paper to write to my children... 136 00:49:36,643 --> 00:49:38,634 The uniforms change... 137 00:49:40,643 --> 00:49:43,111 Germans wear green... 138 00:49:44,123 --> 00:49:46,193 Are you German, guard? 139 00:49:49,283 --> 00:49:51,080 My name is Eleni. 140 00:49:53,203 --> 00:49:55,763 I'm here to hide to an insurgent. 141 00:49:57,763 --> 00:49:59,879 Where are you taking me now? 142 00:50:04,883 --> 00:50:07,955 I was also there, in the square, in December of '44... 143 00:50:08,083 --> 00:50:11,155 where people celebrated the liberation. 144 00:50:13,163 --> 00:50:15,518 Where are you taking me now? 145 00:50:17,483 --> 00:50:19,553 The uniforms change. 146 00:50:21,483 --> 00:50:23,758 Are you English, guard? 147 00:50:27,483 --> 00:50:29,758 How much does a bullet cost? 148 00:50:32,123 --> 00:50:34,193 How much does it bleed? 149 00:50:38,363 --> 00:50:42,436 All uniforms are same, guard... 150 00:50:46,803 --> 00:50:48,634 Guard... 151 00:50:49,723 --> 00:50:51,839 I don't have water... 152 00:50:53,443 --> 00:50:55,513 I don't have soap... 153 00:50:59,363 --> 00:51:02,560 I don't have paper to write to my children... 154 00:51:09,123 --> 00:51:11,398 Where are you taking me now? 155 00:51:13,243 --> 00:51:15,234 My name is Eleni. 156 00:51:17,123 --> 00:51:19,876 I'm here to hide to a wounded guerrilla... 157 00:51:24,563 --> 00:51:26,394 Guard... 158 00:51:28,923 --> 00:51:31,073 I am in exile... 159 00:51:35,763 --> 00:51:38,880 I am a refugee and exile from everywhere. 160 00:51:42,523 --> 00:51:46,516 A three year old girl crying on the dock... 161 00:51:49,483 --> 00:51:51,474 I don't have water... 162 00:51:53,483 --> 00:51:55,519 I don't have soap... 163 00:51:58,963 --> 00:52:02,478 I don't have paper to write to my children... 164 00:52:25,923 --> 00:52:29,518 She has fallen asleep. Go away. I will stay. 165 00:54:09,483 --> 00:54:11,474 Damn civil war. 166 00:54:48,003 --> 00:54:50,676 You had two children, my daughter. 167 00:54:55,883 --> 00:54:57,362 What did you say? 168 00:54:59,123 --> 00:55:00,954 You had two children. 169 00:55:05,123 --> 00:55:06,442 What are you saying? 170 00:55:06,523 --> 00:55:07,876 Yes, ma'am. 171 00:55:16,043 --> 00:55:17,522 What are you saying? 172 00:55:22,043 --> 00:55:25,399 What are you saying? What are you saying? 173 00:55:52,563 --> 00:55:55,555 Keep your head down. This is a prohibited area. 174 00:56:42,883 --> 00:56:44,794 Keep your head down! 175 00:56:47,443 --> 00:56:49,718 This is where the battle took place. 176 00:56:49,923 --> 00:56:51,914 The army on this side... 177 00:56:52,563 --> 00:56:55,953 and the guerrillas on the other side of the embankment. 178 00:57:05,923 --> 00:57:08,198 I'm looking for Yorgis! 179 00:57:54,963 --> 00:57:57,921 "I'm looking for Captain Yorgis! 180 00:58:01,883 --> 00:58:03,839 Who is looking for me? 181 00:58:06,563 --> 00:58:08,519 Don't you recognize me? 182 00:58:09,043 --> 00:58:11,921 I am Yannis, your brother. 183 00:58:37,803 --> 00:58:39,634 The war, Yannis. 184 00:58:41,683 --> 00:58:43,719 The war has changed us. 185 00:59:03,203 --> 00:59:07,242 It's mom, Yorgis. We have lost our mother. 186 00:59:08,123 --> 00:59:11,035 They found her curled up in the cell. 187 01:00:23,643 --> 01:00:25,395 Ah, Yorgis! 188 01:00:26,563 --> 01:00:28,076 Ah, Yannis! 189 01:01:41,603 --> 01:01:44,754 They separated and the battle continued. 190 01:01:46,323 --> 01:01:49,998 All the guerrillas who escaped they disappeared at the border. 191 01:01:51,443 --> 01:01:55,231 Your other son, ma'am, lies there... 192 01:01:55,563 --> 01:01:58,555 in the ruins of a great house. 193 01:02:00,363 --> 01:02:03,355 Where are you going? There are patrols! 194 01:03:03,083 --> 01:03:06,962 March, 1945 The Kerama Islands. 195 01:03:07,403 --> 01:03:11,874 American base in the Pacific, 25 miles west of Okinawa. 196 01:03:13,163 --> 01:03:14,676 My Eleni, 197 01:03:14,923 --> 01:03:18,916 I have saved your letter of December 1, 1944 in my pocket since yesterday... 198 01:03:19,323 --> 01:03:21,439 It's a miracle that it even arrived... 199 01:03:21,523 --> 01:03:24,640 after so many months wandering around the world. 200 01:03:25,283 --> 01:03:27,399 I laughed and cried. 201 01:03:27,603 --> 01:03:30,720 Thank God you are fine and our country is now free. 202 01:03:31,243 --> 01:03:34,679 I celebrated by getting drunk only in my store. 203 01:03:36,163 --> 01:03:39,633 You complain that I have forgotten you. How could that happen? 204 01:03:39,963 --> 01:03:42,158 During all these years not a single moment has passed... 205 01:03:42,243 --> 01:03:44,473 that I haven't thought about you. 206 01:03:44,563 --> 01:03:47,635 Here we are on these strange islands, 207 01:03:47,763 --> 01:03:49,993 in the mud of a yellow river, 208 01:03:50,083 --> 01:03:53,519 rotting with weapons in our hands, day after day... 209 01:03:53,603 --> 01:03:57,232 60,000 commands, 60,000 men are going to die... 210 01:03:57,763 --> 01:04:00,800 waiting to be shipped to hell called Okinawa. 211 01:04:04,523 --> 01:04:07,481 Last night I dreamed that let us leave together... 212 01:04:07,563 --> 01:04:09,758 to find the source of the river. 213 01:04:09,883 --> 01:04:12,113 An old man showed us the way. 214 01:04:12,243 --> 01:04:15,360 as we walked, the river was getting smaller... 215 01:04:15,483 --> 01:04:18,555 and it was divided in thousands of small streams... 216 01:04:18,643 --> 01:04:22,079 suddenly, up under the snowy peaks... 217 01:04:22,283 --> 01:04:25,400 the old man showed us a piece of wild grass land... 218 01:04:25,523 --> 01:04:28,117 in a humid and shady place. 219 01:04:28,243 --> 01:04:31,280 Each blade of grass held small drops of dew... 220 01:04:31,403 --> 01:04:34,475 that were constantly falling on the soft earth. 221 01:04:34,723 --> 01:04:39,035 "This meadow," said the old man, "it is the source of the river." 222 01:04:41,123 --> 01:04:44,399 You reached out and touched wet grass... 223 01:04:44,923 --> 01:04:48,677 and when you raised your hand a few drops rolled... 224 01:04:48,883 --> 01:04:51,841 and they fell like tears on the earth... 225 01:04:56,683 --> 01:04:58,719 My Yorgis! 226 01:05:40,243 --> 01:05:42,120 My Yorgis! 227 01:05:47,003 --> 01:05:48,880 My child! 228 01:05:52,483 --> 01:05:54,951 My sweet boy! 229 01:06:02,803 --> 01:06:04,953 Get up, my Yorgis! 230 01:06:11,083 --> 01:06:13,358 Get up, my Yorgis! 231 01:06:25,323 --> 01:06:28,201 I have no one left. 232 01:06:34,723 --> 01:06:37,476 Nobody to think about. 233 01:06:43,763 --> 01:06:46,675 No one to wait for at night. 234 01:06:59,643 --> 01:07:01,759 Nobody to love. 235 01:07:08,323 --> 01:07:10,393 You were him... 236 01:07:13,723 --> 01:07:15,714 and it was you. 237 01:07:32,923 --> 01:07:34,993 You were him... 238 01:07:44,283 --> 01:07:45,955 and it was you. 239 01:10:38,803 --> 01:10:41,192 Subtitles by Coursodon a from some in English.