Original subtitles

Stand to attention!

Firing squad ready!

Fre! -Long live Freedom!

FOR A MOMENT, FREEDOM

Azadeh!

Azy.

Who wants to have the picture of Mummy and Daddy?

Not me, I want to play on.

This one won.

Grandma, we�re only going if you come with us!

You are my life!

Take care of the children.

Hello! -Hello!

You alright?

Here you are! -Thank you.

Sorry that I recount...

but my father, God bless him, always said: my son,

count money even if you find it on the street so you won�t blame yourself later.

When the bus comes,

you get in and chat; you are on a day out.

Merdad, come here with the children!

When you get out, a white minibus will be waiting for you.

Good luck!

Azy!

Stop it.

I�m not dead at all!

I don�t like that, alright?

There�s a road up there.

A car will be waiting and take you over the border.

And what if there is no car?

Darling, I am with you.

If you don�t trust us, just go back!

Why can�t they come the last part of the way?

After all, we�ve paid enough.

It would attract too much attention. Come on!

Send us a postcard from Europe!

Get out!

Not you - him!

Hurry!

Why is it taking so long?

Get out!

And the boy!

Let the child... -I told you: the boy too.

Identification card!

What�s your name, milksop?

Ali Khoramshahi.

Is that your real name?

Yes, of course.

And the boy?

My little brother.

He doesn�t look like you at all!

What�s your name, little man?

I�m not little; I�m five and a half and I�m big.

You�re right,

you�re almost grown up.

But tell me your name.

My name�s Arman.

Arman what?

How often should I say ��Arman"?

What�s your name?

I am a Pasdar.

Look, everybody got two names.

Arman and...

When I�m naughty...

my grandma calls me ��Armani".

And who is he?

That�s Ali.

Ali and what?

Naughty Ali.

Go and get him! Stop you bastard!

Daddy, can we go home again?

We�re going somewhere even nicer!

But I�d rather go home, Mummy!

Later, later my son.

Kian, stop!

Where are you going!

Kian, where are you going!

Kian, let�s go.

Come on, get in!

Didn�t I tell you?

Perhaps we can still go back.

You know you can�t.

Come in, I�ll take you home.

No!

No!

I don�t want to come with you! -Azy come on.

Azy, come on! Azadeh, we have to go!

I won�t!

I don�t want to come with you!

Come, we have to go, it�s late.

I know it�s hard. Come on. -I don�t want!

Merdad, take her.

Grandma! Grandpa!

I don�t want to!

Grandma. Grandpa.

Grandma! -Azy, please!

Kids, listen to me.

Your grandparents are crying for joy...

because now you can be with your parents.

Look:

your Mummy and Daddy.

No, I want to stay with Grandma.

Me too.

Grandma is coming later.

Merdad, give them the candies.

You see, kids?

They�re delicious.

Thank you.

Come on.

What�s up, mummy?

Run, run, run!

Hello. -Hello.

My name�s Ahmad, sorry for being late. Are you OK?

If we believed in God this is where we�d say: ""God has sent you""!

God forbid!

Grandma wanted to come too!

But there�s no more room in the car.

They could get out again.

It�s 1 p.m. It�s Teheran,

Radio Iran. Voice of the Islamic Republic.

In the name of God I welcome you to the news.

My special refugee cassette.

Every time I save someone, I play this tape for them.

Puts people in the right frame of mind.

You lovely freedom!

Tomorrow we continue on horseback to the Turkish border.

How is Turkey? -You�ll see, honey.

Hello.

Khalil! Honey come to Daddy.

Hello. -Hello.

Come on in.

Very good. Please come in. -Thank you.

Papa, I want new shoes, too.

If you look after Mummy while I�m away.

OK.

Here�s Turkey.

Delicious, tea.

Try to be quiet,

you can be heard for a long way, due to the echo.

You see!

If you keep quiet, maybe Grandma will come.

Arman, did you hear? Be quiet!

But I didn�t say a word, you be quiet!

Slowly, slowly.

I�m cold!

When will we arrive?

When will we reach the border?

We have been in Turkey for half an hour.

Don�t worry, he is a friend. He�s just going to take the horses.

We can�t go on with them. There are two border posts coming up,

and we have to go round them on foot, through the mountains.

Give him to me now.

Slowly, slowly!

Give me your hand.

Lale! -What happened?

Kian, take care!

What happened? -Nothing happened.

Come on darling, I�ll help you.

I�ll take your hand.

Slowly, come.

Take care of the stones. Come on.

Oh my god! Arman!

What happened, Ali? -He is frozen to death.

He�s just playing ""dead or alive"!

Arman?

He is frozen to death.

You let him freeze to death, you fool!

I didn�t realize.

Oh my God! Arman! You let him freeze to death!

Arman, please wake up!

Quick, give me some clothes!

Arman! Please wake up!

I�m cold.

Keep him warm, Merdad and wrap the jacket round him.

You scared me, Arman.

Arman, are you ok?

Make sure he gets warm.

My Bruce Lee T-shirt is burning!

It was too small for you, anyway.

Just like my pullover, look!

It�s small and ugly. Look.

We�ll buy ourselves new ones - for real big men.

Hello pissers!

Stop it, Merdad!

You�re enjoying it.

You mustn�t trust anyone in Ankara.

You�re in Turkey illegally, without papers,

so you�re fair game for the Turkish police...

and the Iranian secret police.

And if you feel sad, you could all watch the sun setting...

and listen to my refugee tape.

Here you are.

Thank you.

Corncobs, corncobs!

Mummy, look at all those things!

Ali, look, the girls!

And I�m wearing my father�s old-fashioned jacket!

Did they look at us?

Come here honey.

How nice...

The sun.

Stop it. People can see us.

I can�t believe it. I can kiss my wife in public, and nobody comes to arrest me.

You�re crazy.

Let�s go to the hotel!I

He�s funny!

Back! Police!

Tell me if anything happens.

No room, we are full.

I understand you! Welcome!

I have one special room for you.

Did you hear, a special room!I

For you no room.

No problem, no problem. We give our room to them.

Thank you!

Are you Iranian?

Iranian girls are beautiful!

No problem. -Hello, I�m Hassan.

My name�s Abbas. Are you alright?

My friend is an Iraqi Kurd and his Persian is awful.

You look as if you�re going on a trip!I

Yes, no matter where. Germany, France, England.

As long as we don�t have to go back!

Perhaps you can help us?

First you must go to the UN.

When you are recognized as a refugee...

you will be sent wherever there is room for you.

Come on, take the stuff.

Come on!

Thanks, good luck. Goodbye.

Arman, slowly, take care that you don�t get hurt.

Hand it over!

Scram!

What a luxurious room!

What a swindler.

It doesn�t matter at all, darling.

Kian!

Shoes on the bed?

Daddy, what are you doing with my shoes?

Look, a surprise!

Hocus Pocus, Abracadabra!

Did you see? -Is that all mine?

Of these 700 a third is yours.

Give it to me!

Get up so I can move the beds together.

I�ll repair your shoes.

These shoes aren�t worth anything!

I�d rather help Daddy!

Alright.

Kian, take off your cap and jacket or you�ll catch cold.

Cheap and easy to heat. There�s also an indoor toilet.

Toilet wall not complete, so rent only 300,-

For one year!

For one month, of course!

Blood-sucker! I once spent 6 years in place like this.

In my country is called prison.

That�s good, house good.

Look, I don�t want to look any more. Is too cold!

Is still L100 cheaper than hotel.

This is fridge doesn�t cost anything!

I thought this is the fridge!

This exclusive model from England.

You put 1 lire coin here...

then machine works for half hour.

That�s good.

On the house!

Money, money!

Money.

Very nice. -Okay.

1, 2, 3... -Okay.

Good bye.

Enjoy your meal.

I don�t understand how anyone can give his money for such ugly things.

What you mean, ugly? This is the original from Second War Two.

The gas-mask is very important things. -Not for normal people.

Especially for them.

When I was child, there was gas attack in the village between us.

Everyone dead. I promised myself to buy gas-mask...

for all the people in my village, so this not happen to us.

And I get the other when I found this job in Germany.

Germans are very specialist with gas mask!

Hello?

Arman, baby,

it�s me, your Mummy!

It isn�t Grandma at all!

It�s Mummy. Say: ��Mummy, see you soon��.

Mummy, see you soon.

I hope so, my heart. I am dying of longing for you.

She says she�s dying!

Hello Mummy, you playing "dead or alive"" too?

Yes!

Ali says: ""We miss you very much."

We miss you too,

darling come here quickly.

Hello Aunt!

Hello, Merdad, my boy, are you all well?

Arman is sad because...

his Bruce Lee T-shirt got burnt, but otherwise we�re fine.

But what happens now?

You must contact the UN, and they�ll tell you what to do next.

Couldn�t you come here? -We can�t,

as long as our application for asylum is still being processed...

They probably didn�t have any money left. -Doesn�t matter, they arrived.

Our children!

I don�t want to sleep!

Arman, sleep!

No! I don�t want to!

Go to sleep now, or I tell the dogs to eat you up!

Sleep! Sleep now.

If you go to sleep now maybe Grandma will come tomorrow!

That�s right, isn�t it, Ali?

What are we going to do tomorrow?

We�ll get the papers so we can go to be with your parents.

Why do people need papers...

to be with their parents?

Go to sleep now!

Do you know our parents?

Of course.

And you�ll recognise them too when you see them again.

But now go to sleep.

Grandma isn�t ever going to come, is she?

They really take a lot of time.

Of the two months we�ve been in this city,

we must have spent half of the time in this line, in the cold!

You�d better spend this time usefully.

Manu,

repeat after me!I -Not again!

It�s good to learn a little German!

""Me come from Kurdistan,

I am young English teacher!I��

Then you must learn from me something, OK?

OK.

Not isch misch, kisch misch.

Isch young Englishlehrerin bin. OK?

""My name was Abbas,

I am old literatur teacher...

from Iran has be.""

Girl, I tell you, come and go.

My flower, I tell you, come and go.

The spring is here...

Is it alright, Kian?

Yes, no, it�s too hot.

Red and yellow...

Have you seen I�m red and yellow,

brown and red and yellow...

Azadeh!

Azy darling, come on.

I don�t want to, I like this man better. -Azy come on!

Merdad, instead of sightseeing we should go to the UN.

I collect signatures against war.

Would you kindly sign too?

I think she knows the way to the UN. I�ll ask her.

You watch the children: I�ll do it.

Excuse me,

do you know where is the United Nations house was... er... is?

Sure, that direction.

Where are you from?

Iran.

Tourists?

Not terrorists...

We are fugitives.

Wow!

The first time l�ve met real refugees in person!

The first time we are refugees!I

And the children are refugees, too?

Yes, the children too.

I wish I also had such an adventurous childhood.

We have to bring them to their parents in Austria.

Sorry, we are closed for the day!I

Please, I have to... -No.

I suppose you�d better get up earlier tomorrow!

I can wake you up.

Come on!

Didn�t I say that we shouldn�t walk around?

Come on kids!

Hello. -Hello. You alright?

Have you seen my husband?

Yes, arguing with a policeman outside the UN building.

Don�t worry, it�s nothing.

The UNO offices have closed for today, he�s sure to be back soon.

You are sure? -Don�t worry!

Thank you. -You are welcome.

Kian, come on.

Where�s Daddy?

Mummy, where�s Daddy?

I don�t know.

Hello!

Hello, how are you?

Kids, come on kids!

Kids, get down!

Arman!

Arman, get up! -How are the four poor refugees?

Hello Jasmin, how are you?

I�m sure you�re starving.

Maybe, but we are not begging for food.

I would eat them if I were you.

Kids eat, it�s great.

My stomach hurts!

Her stomach hurts.

What happened?

I�m going to get some pills for her from the pharmacy.

No, you don�t need to.

Are you playing a game again?

Yeah?

This girl is dangerous; we mustn�t let her confuse us.

Anyway, she�s crazy about me!

You think so? -It�s quite obvious.

What�s obvious about it?

My grandfather always said: �Teasing reveals affection�?

What�s so funny? -Well, you�re teasing her,

but she doesn�t even notice you!

Since when do you have any idea about women?

Eat kids, eat.

Mr. Golshiri,

once refugees have registered at the UNHCR,

the police spread them out all over Turkey,

because we don�t want too many refugees in one place.

You will also not be allowed inside any of the embassies...

without the proper documentation,

only if you are invited for an interview.

You know, I promised to my wife a better life.

How can I explain her that you want send us to some village at the border?

We are sorry, it�s beyond our responsibility.

How many times I hear this before:

""Come back in two weeks!"

How shall I explain this to my wife?

Don�t worry!

When you know where they�re going to send you,

you just have to go to that town twice a week...

and sign a document to prove you are there.

We have been doing that for ages, staying in Ankara.

Here you can find work, at least as day labourer.

There�s no other possibility.

I must go. My family will be worried.

Greetings. -Thanks. Good Bye.

Good luck. -Thank you.

Since weeks we have only bread and cheese.

You like chicken?

What about big chicken? You like big chicken? -Yes,

I like chicken, and big chicken, and little chicken!

Very, very, very big chicken.

Happy birthday to you; happy birthday...

Where have you been so long?

Daddy? -I had to stay there, my dear.

Why pick a fight with the police again? -They could have let me in.

If I hadn�t waited, I might not have got in again.

Do you know what I�ve been through?

Happy birthday to you!

Give me a kiss.

Here, blow out your candle. -Mummy,

can I blow out the candle?

Take it, blow it out.

I didn�t have the money for a bigger cake.

But instead...

Thank you!

What�s that? -A radio, of course.

Now you can receive Iranian stations, and always know what�s going on.

Again one of your ideas!

Did you get the exit visas? -Things don�t move the way we thought...

but the official said our chances are good.

Why didn�t you say so?

Imagine, I�ll find an lranian station...

and the newsreader says that the Iranian situation has changed...

and we can go back! Wouldn�t that be great?

You and your beliefs!

""This is Radio Iran."

""The Islamic government in Iran has fallen and Iran is free of its clutches.

Because democracy is the best...�"

Daddy look, the house I�ve been drawing.

Yes my dear. It�s very beautiful.

And we�ll live in a lovely house like this in Germany.

Kids, come on!

Kids, that�s just a game. All these policemen want to play with us.

Don�t worry.

Manu, I tell you this chicken...

may be too big for us!

The swan is the best chicken for refugees.

I will make the delicious Swan � la Refugee.

Quickly, those pigs kill the animals.

Hurry, up there. -OK, boss.

Shit! Policeman!

Police. -Hello brother!

Where is the swan?

The swan, where is he? -Swan, swan where swan?

Tell me, are you kidding?

Where is that swan?

Give me your passports.

Very good brother! -Passports!I

Papers! -Here you are.

Turn around!

Yes, yes. Ankara.

What do you mean, Ankara?

Allah should damn you.

Good day brother.

Hello! -Hello,

my name is Pifko.

My colleague sent you up to see me, isn�t that right?

Welcome! Do you speak English? -Yes.

We have been expecting you for a couple of days now.

When can we leave?

Well, the children most probably will be able...

to leave on the basis of family reunification regulations.

The only questions is when! -Only ��most probably"?

Theoretically the children have an entry permit from Austria,

but it can take weeks or even months...

before the exit visa is issued.

Only the children? What about us?

You will have to follow the same procedure as every other refugee.

That means applying for refugee status in the hope that it will be granted...

and some country is prepared to accept you.

Yes, but we want to be with our relatives!

The fact that you have relatives in Austria may indeed be helpful,

but it is by no means a guarantee that you will actually end up there.

From your parents.

Don�t look so sad about it!

Turkey is a beautiful country, and there are lots of ways of...

having a good time here.

Thank you!

If you have any further difficulties, come and see me.

Thank you. -Good bye.

Good bye.

Kids say: It�s Merdad�s turn.

It�s Merdad�s turn. It�s Merdad�s turn...

I�m sorry, my friend.

I am not!

No, wait, is not ready yet.

Is not ready yet! Wait!

Is not ready yet.

So, now is ready.

Only the children and that guy are here. -That�s enough for a start.

I�ll be out of business if word of this gets round.

It won�t;

we�ll take care of you.

But do it during the night, when everyone�s asleep.

Alright.

Are you happy we�re here?

I heard you have a better chance to be sent to a country...

if you can speak the language.

I�ll get the books, and we�ll start to learn German together. Isn�t that romantic?

You really have a strange understanding of what is ��romantic��!

We�ll send Kian to a good school there...

and we�ll find work, and we�ll enjoy life...

without anyone telling us what to do or how to think.

That sounds romantic!

Darling, time moves at a different pace here. -I know, my dear.

I miss you too.

As soon as I get somewhere I�ll make sure you come too.

How often will you say that? -I know I said it 1 00 times already.

I love you, my dear.

I love you too, darling.

I kiss you.

See you soon, darling.

""I love you darling!��

Is good Farsi, no? I can tell very good Farsi.

""Iranian girls are beautiful."

Manu�s on the phone! He"s calling from Germany!

Come on, come on.

Thanks God, he�s doing well.

Manu is living well.

Manu is well, well, well.

He eats nothing but poultry!

True to God!

He eats nothing but meat!

He�s already learning German.

When he has got a job, he�s going to buy a car and comes back to visit us.

He can already speak German.

And he�s got a Mercedes!

Why do you tell your family those lies?

Why not?

This way they are happy, don�t have to be worry about me.

People can hear the truth, you know,

if you are honest with them.

My friend, you don�t know my parents!I

Anyway, who knows - maybe one day all my lies will be truth!

Hocus Pocus Abracadabra.

You hit my face.

That�s our money.

A third of that is mine.

Well, that�s not much.

Visiting time!

Kids, please go and play outside,

we want to hear the news.

Hello! -Hello. You alright?

Why are you still wearing the Tshador? -It makes me look slimmer.

This is Teheran,

Radio Iran, the voice of the Islamic Republic.

In the name of God...

There is Germany.

Where do you want to go?

Me? Austria.

Why do you want to go there?

Well, my Mummy and Daddy are there.

And when I see them I�ll be happy.

But why are your parents there?

I don�t know.

Will you kiss them if you see them?

Yes, I will kiss them.

I will kiss them a 100 and a 1 000 times.

Where�s Iran? -Iran is here.

Iran is better than Germany...

because Grandma is there.

I have to piss.

Ali, do you often think of your parents?

Of course!

Since they were executed...

I�ve started to wish for the first time that some sort of paradise really existed.

At least then they�d have a good time after death.

What�s the matter? Why do you make such a face?

Merdad,

do you know how you would look, if you had become a girl?

No.

Like this!

Stop it!

Ali, don�t you regret you came with us although the kids aren�t from your family?

No; I�m glad that I came with you.

And I�m glad you�re here.

In Austria we can do everything together, too.

Go to university, or work,

or look at girls...

Mummy, don�t you like this song anymore?

Yes, my dear, I do.

Hello Daddy. -Hello my son.

I�ll go to play.

Hello! -Any news?

Yes. There�s a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy next week.

We have to go too. It�s about the fate of political prisoners in Iran.

I�m not going to demonstrate for anyone else!

Tell your friends, they should be demonstrating for us.

This place is the real prison!

How would it be if you did something for your own family for a change,

instead of worrying about people that you don�t even know?

Other people have always been more important to you than us.

But I�m doing all this for us! So we can have a better life!

How can you say that? I sit here all day long, waiting...

and when you ask me to go out it�s for a demonstration?

You probably think that�s romantic too?

I don�t know why we couldn�t have stayed in Iran...

Iike millions of people trying to change things there!

And have any of them changed anything so far?

Excuse me...

Can we leave the kids here and come be back in 2 or 3 hours?

No problem.

Good bye.

Why do you think only you can handle the important things in our life?

I would be very happy if you let me help you.

You know,

I think Ali has a crush on Jasmin.

They probably want to marry each other.

Yes, and to kiss on the lips.

You don�t think this is too much,

too much for disco?

No it�s OK.

If you don�t put your gas-mask on it�s ok!

Is good.

You need some?

Here, you need this, you stinker!

That�s enough - or I need your gas-mask myself!

Merdad let�s go.

1 0 more minutes. I�m coming soon. -The children have to go to bed.

Please, wait a bit. -We have to go.

I�m coming soon.

I don�t know. Maybe my look is not really good for here.

You are from Kurdistan, you should be proud of it!

I am proud but maybe for disco...

it�s better a suit like John Travolta.

You have a suit?

No. Not yet.

But tonight I am very sure something special will happen.

My dream woman will appear any minute now!

And she will tell you what?

Girl, I tell you, come and go,

my Flower, I tell you, come and go Spring is here...

Where are we here? In Turkey.

And which language do we talk? Turkish. You understand?

Take this, you faggot.

He"s not a Kurd, from Iran. Not Kurdish.

We from Iran, from Iran!

""Girl, I tell you, come and go, my Flower, I tell you "

No Kurd, I am no Kurd...

Talk Turkish, talk Turkish!

You are a disgrace to our country!I

What�s up? Those who don�t like it here, can go home.

Look - at least we have disco lamps here!

That is not funny. You...

You should not have let those men...

humiliate you like that.

They were going to kill you!

Better to lose one�s life than...

one�s dignity and identity.

That is why I left my home.

If you behave like them...

you become one of them.

Bald head, bald head. Oil from the blockhead.

The bald head drove to Ordu to get some nuts.

The bald head went to the land of Nod while the river swilled his nuts.

I�m afraid of the dogs.

Don�t be afraid. They�re outside and can�t hurt you.

Cover yourself up and sleep.

What did you do?

It doesn�t matter, we�re going to clean that up.

Here, stay here. Don�t topple down!

You look like Bruce Lee!I

Yes, very...

Where�s Merdad?

Go back to sleep.

Haha, bedwetter! -You�re a bedwetter yourself!

Stop it, kids! You don�t talk like that. Azy, go back to sleep.

Stop it.

Why is he pissing so often? -Turn around! It�s nothing for girls.

That�s what Grandma said too.

Can you take us back to Grandma now?

Did you see, Ali? -Yes.

How nice.

Take them with you.

Thank Allah. They finally bring the children to their parents.

They are torturing me for 1 0 days now. I don�t know what else will happen.

They disguise themselves as Turkish policemen,

and it doesn�t occur to anyone that they are working for the Iranian secret police.

I�m afraid of that man! -Don�t be afraid.

What�s going on? -You�re getting out!

My things...

Where you�re going you won�t need any luggage.

Where are they taking this man? -They set him free.

You�re next.

Super!

Police took them along. -Ali, the kids?

Where? -I don�t know.

If they are still in Turkey, this Mr Pifko will certainly find them.

Excuse me!

For me?

400.

No, 200!

300!

No, no CD... 200!

If you want more...

help in the hotel.

Coming.

Finally - I�m frozen out here,

also shit inside.

Here.

What is this? -A big tree for a big shitter!

Thank you very much.

I told this was going to be very useful.

A bit of fresh air and is good!I

It�s too cold.

Thank you very much.

What�s the matter with you?

It�ll be OK soon.

You bring your wife here, I will marry me with a very beautiful girl,

and we will be happy all other days of our life. What do you think? How does it sound?

If only life was as simple as you think,

just for one day.

And you make it simpler by taking everything so serious?

Not serious - realistic.

Serious! -Realistic!

This is realistic,

you�re too serious.

And you smell like shit.

Not you, the shit smells like shit.

What do we do if they have already been deported?

You should not think of such things.

You�ll see, everything will go well.

You will find the children,

and you will go with them to Europe.

And - everything will be fine for you.

You know very well it�s illegal to stay here without a residence permit,

so you will be deported back to your precious homeland Iran.

You call the parents this second,

and tell them if they want to see their children alive, they have to come here.

Understand?

Ali!

I don�t know the number by heart. My friend always calls them.

Listen, my boy, you do not interest us in the slightest.

I personally will obtain exit visas for you within 24 hours to any country you choose.

From now on you have to think of yourself; this is Europe.

You stupid idiot!

I really do not have the number, I�m serious!

You will remember the number, you little son of a bitch!

If I have to beat you to death.

Ali. Leave Ali alone, leave him!

Get along with you! Give me the number!

Where is your friend?

Please don�t harm the children. I�ll tell you anything you want.

Come on in, take a seat. Let�s chat.

So you still pray too?

Yes, just in case. I don�t believe very much in God...

but then I think, what if he exists after all?

Looks good, doesn�t it?

My husband really likes this. Wait a moment.

Negative notification

Why does that asshole downstairs have the radio I gave you?

Why did you do that?

I sold it to him.

You sold my present?

What else was I supposed to sell? Myself, perhaps?

Do you think it was easy for me?

I should have spared you all this and left you at home. I should have come alone.

I am nothing but...

a bad husband and a bad father.

But Daddy,

I still have some money! A third is yours!

Congratulation, the German Embassy has approved your entry visa.

Really?

That�s amazing!

Please, sit down!

My friend!

Come on, sit down please! -Really, it�s incredible.

Excuse me! What about my friend, Mr. Abbas Mohtari?

He cannot come, he is lying injured in the bed.

You know him and I was very good friends. Come on, he will be very happy.

Mr Mohtari�s application has been rejected.

What?

Please, come on, please,

cross out my name and put his name there instead.

We�re not in a bazaar!

You don�t understand, they will kill him!

Please come on...

Can I go and give Daddy his lunch?

In a minute, darling.

Daddy, Daddy!

Leave him alone!

Daddy, daddy...

What happened?

We need help.

What did you do to him?

No... Why did you do that?

Daddy, why did you do that? -Why didn�t you say something?

You two shouldn�t have followed me.

But we brought your lunch!

All that blood!

Are you cold, my love?

One day some bad men wanted to take the children�s Mummy and Daddy away.

But the clever parents ran off more quickly and gave them the slip.

Finally the children decided to set off and find their Mummy and Daddy.

They walked and walked until sleep caught up with them.

Then they continued to search in their dreams...

until they found them.

The Iranian secret service is behind all this, not the Turkish government.

Of course they know about it.

And the fact that the Iranians took away the children...

actually made the whole thing easier.

What does that mean?

To make sure that there will be no massive international protests,

certain people will intervene to ensure their release.

If anything goes wrong the UN will report the matter to the media.

The Turks don�t want such things; they have enough problems.

Nobody can say now that I wasn�t tortured!

Now I am the perfect refugee!

What am I going to do with you?

What happens if you see the same official who interviewed you last time?

I�ll use a false name starting with a different letter,

and then a different official will see me.

Should we come too? -No, my dear, let me finish this thing.

Just like always!

Slow. -Sorry, darling.

You will see: I won�t be back without those papers!I

Promise.

Good luck!

Don�t worry.

Kian, take care of your Mum, when I�m away.

Don�t worry.

Emergency... Big fire, big fire!

Please, come quickly Iskender Street 33!

Yes, thank you, thank you!

Where�s the fire?

Don�t panic!

Slowly, slowly, get out! Don�t panic!

Stop, there�s nothing here!

Don�t panic! Slowly, slowly!

Who called you?

Stop it, there�s no fire.

Get out of here!

You devastate the place, not the fire.

Allah, Allah...

Come here! Where is the money?

What money? -Who took it?

Which money do you mean?

What happened? Welcome!

Welcome, welcome! We missed you.

Where is the money, who took it?

What money?

Tea?

Merdad, Merdad!

Kids, thank God you�re back! Are you alright?

Azy, give me a kiss.

Are you alright children?

Ali, how are you?

Everything�s just fine! Apart from the fact that we were tortured...

and only just escaped being deported, we�ve been having a great time.

You too, I see?

I�m so sorry... -You shut up.

Leave her out of this.

Ali, stop it!

You idiot. Aren�t you ashamed?

Your girlfriend means more to you than the children.

So is she more important to you?

Why should I risk my life like an idiot...

for the children of your relatives?

While you�re having fun.

What did we do?

Nothing, nothing.

If l�d known what friendship means to you,

I would never have left Iran. Asshole!

Don�t say that.

The UN got you out.

You have no idea what we did.

We tried everything, we went to the UN and we talked to Pifko.

You have no idea what we did. -Why do you say that?

You don�t know what they�ve done with us.

How much?

30 Lira with the film.

No, too much.

This one?

This one and this one, all together 40!

40?

Music good?

Very good music, very modern.

OK, 40.

Good music.

Come on, we go now!

You can go to disco without me!

But you will come with me to Germany, no?

I�ll show you the way to the doctor�s office.

Mr Golshiri - how are you?

I�m sorry for your rejections,

but the regulations for asylum-seekers are getting stricter and stricter...

all the time in Europe.

We cannot change the governments.

Anyway, good luck, I have to go.

Look, I�ve found a boat.

Look, how beautiful it is. -Yes, it is beautiful.

What�s wrong?

I wish...

the papers would never come.

Look at them!

I want to marry you too.

Viewers, it happened here.

Fortunately nobody was injured.

The man couldn�t be saved with those injuries.

The police believe he may have been a terrorist.

Bilgehan Atay-Sky T�rk, Ankara.

My dear Lale, forgive me,

but it�s better for you this way.

Without me you can begin a new life.

Without these troubles.

If you love me smile one last time for me.

You know how much I have always loved your smile.

With eternal love.

I kiss you, your Hassan.

Take that too.

Say it�s the rest of the money for the radio. Go!

They will just cause trouble!

Go!

Mummy, look at my picture.

Mummy, why are you crying?

We are very sorry your husband died.

For the radio.

What did she say?

Nothing, Sir.

She just smiled.

Allah...

Look, Merdad!

Now we can go to your parents.

Azy.

That�s me.

And Arman.

My condolences...

His house!

His car is a Mercedes!

What a woman!

I�m scared. I don�t want to get on the plane. What if it crashes?

Your brain needs to be shaken up a bit, anyway!

Merdad,

do you remember, the night you stayed in the disco with Jasmin and I went earlier...

I was jealous.

I would probably have felt just the same in your shoes.

Merdad, is Jasmin coming with us to Austria?

No, she isn�t.

Merdad...

There is something I want to tell you.

Look... -What?

You make me jealous again...

but if you like you can stay for some more time with Jasmin.

Tell me too, I want to laugh too.

Pack your stuff, it�s nothing.

Romanian-Hungarian border control! Your passports please!

I was dreaming of my beautiful girl in disco!

Look, look, look... They"re lovely. I think we should stay here.

You never think of anything else?

I will do it, many years in the future,

when I have many children.

You come with us!I

Why?

Your papers are faked.

Please let him stay!

Stay inside!

You didn�t get the papers. They rejected your application again.

I am sorry - I didn�t want to leave you alone!

Hurry up!

Please, my friend,

phone my wife. Promise?

But what should I say? -Come on, come on!

Just say the truth.

Say the truth.

Give me my ticket. -Here you are.

Azy darling,

Merdad is coming later.

Why?

Come on, give me your hand.

Arman, darling, come on.

Azy, are you a statue?

I am Manu.

Abbas� friend...

Here, here they are. Hello.

The kids!

Kids, come here.

Arman, give me a kiss.

Sweetheart, come into my arms. -Come to Daddy.

I want to go back to Grandma!

Look what I�ve got for you!

Look what I bought for you!I

A Bruce Lee T-Shirt!

Where�s Merdad?

He�s kissing a girl right now!

He�s kissing her on the lips! -Really?

Papa, you�re alright?

Yes, I am and you? -Me too.

I�m sure you know people you can sell the papers to.

Thank you very much.

No, it�s yours.

Thank you.

What will you do in Iran now?

I will continue the things my husband began.

Come on!

Stand to attention!

Firing squad ready!

Fire!

FOR MY SIBLINGS ARMAN & AZADEH

On a full moon night the moon comes in a dream

Taking me along from lane to lane

Through the vineyards, through the plum trees

From valley to valley from steppe to steppe

There, where by night behind the cottages a fairy appears

Carefully dipping a foot in the water of the spring

And combing her wild hair

On a full moon night the moon comes in a dream

Taking me along out of prison

Like a moth take me out there

To the dark night

Where until dawn breaks the fallen of the city

With bleeding torch they declaim

in streets and squares:

"You old man of memory You furious man!

Are you drunken or alert, sleeping or waking? "

Drunken and alert are we The fallen of the city!

Sleeping and waking are we The fallen of the city!

And then one night the moon will come

From peaks through valleys

And draw away laughing across this place

One night the moon will come (Ahmad Shamlu)