Original subtitles

Shaike Ofir

"The Garden"

"When Jerusalem was destroyed, our sages of blessed memory said:

"Jerusalem is like a garden deserted by its guardian..."

Melanie Griffith

Tuvia Tabi

Director: Victor Nord

"The Garden"

Subtitles Production: Elrom Studios

Listen, she's completely mad, that one.

I don't want anything from you.

I've come to apologise. That's all, Mr. Abraham.

Mr. Abraham, Lewis is my aide.

He shouldn't have spoken to you like that.

Because that was a mistake, I admit.

Mr. Abraham, Lewis doesn't know how to speak to people.

All I'm asking is for you to forgive me.

Mr. Abraham, it was a misunderstanding, and I apologise.

Madam Sarah, he doesn't want to forgive.

Sarah!

Mr. Abraham, I want you to know that I respect you very much.

Mr. Abraham, Mr. Abraham, you're simply abusing me.

Mr. Abraham, I ask for forgiveness.

Not yet. - Mr. Abraham.

Not yet. - Mr. Abraham.

Not yet. - Mr. Abraham.

Now, push!

Mr. Abraham, Mr. Abraham, I can come another time.

Sarah, now!

I've forgiven him, but I don't need to kneel down before him.

He doesn't forgive them.

Let him give charity to the poor.

Forgive me.

I told you he's as stubbon as a mule. - Aren't you the clever one.

Maybe I'm wrong, but... - But what?

Our mistake was that we started off speaking with him.

We should have begun by speaking with his son.

Why should we pressure him? Let his son pressure him.

I don't do business behind peoples' backs.

Do you have his address? - 6 Brenner Street, Kiryat Hayovel.

A million and a half lira?

Yes, but the question is to what extent can you help us,

if you want to help.

The garden is your father's?

So what do you say? It's a serious amount of money.

Maybe it's difficult to explain to your father, so let's leave him out of it.

He's a little peculiar...

No, he's not peculiar, he's a good man. He's just very stubborn.

That's exactly why we've come to speak with you.

One moment - are we going to do business, or not?

You're not going to call my father "stubborn", sorry, "peculiar".

All of us put together fall far short of him.

Wait a moment, you don't understand me. But excuse me,

I didn't mean to hurt your father's honour.

I'm very sorry if that's how it came over. Do excuse me.

So, is there any thing to talk about? - I think so.

Maybe add something.

I think not. I'm not part of this deal.

But you can try and talk to him.

I think so. - I think not.

How many do you want?

Hey, lady? Girl? Hey, lady.

One moment.

What, are you making a joke out of me?

Dammit!

How's things? - Hi there, what's up?

Here, take an orange.

Debbie, how's things?

Debbie, how's things? Come here.

Hey babe, so what's it gonna be? What's up with you?

Look at how you're driving! Can't you see a girl running in front of you?

Move her away from here, already!

Nissim!

Nissim, turn on the tap, I'm dying from the stink.

Nissim!

Turn on the tap or I'm gonna die from the stink here.

Sarah, water!

Sarah, water!

I told you, the water today, not tomorrow, today.

Not tomorrow, today.

Nissim! I'll turn it on myself.

Today, the water's good. Especially good.

Last night I had a nice dream.

A house, three rooms.

A ten-floor building.

There was an elevator.

A big, white kitchen.

Isaac brings the children every day.

Mr. Moshe is a snake.

Maybe. Maybe.

The curtains are blue.

With a pattern of small, white flowers.

What flowers?

The flowers on the curtains. - Which curtains?

The house curtains.

Which house?

The house in my dream.

Mr. Moshe is a snake!

But he apologised to you.

He apologised? Five times he apologised to me,

and I didn't say a single word.

Sarah...

I didn't want to tell you before, but it's forbidden to sell the garden.

Why? - Because the garden is not ours.

Not ours? - Not ours.

Then whose is it?

Nissim, come here.

Good lord, wow!

What, this is where she sleeps?

The Rubbish Dump Hotel, four-star.

Shut your mouth, alright?

Maybe we should open the throttle, make her jump.

What do you say, you're no less stupid than she is.

Oh sure, the best ones are on the Honda. - There's

and all that's on his mind is pulling back the throttle.

You've never seen a naked girl in your life, have you? You virgin.

Your limping mother I've seen. - Your limping sister. Go jerk off!

Quiet! Quiet! Go on, squabble, squabble, until she leaves. Idiots.

Can't you see we've got us a girl waiting for us, a guaranteed lay.

She's a lay? She's mad.

If you had some brains, if you had some experience,

mad... whatever you do to her she's not going to open her mouth.

Get it? You've got nothing to worry about. She's out of it, that one.

What, we're gonna screw her now?

No, we're gonna take her to the bridal parlour.

Abraham, Isaac's here.

Isaac my son, just today I said to Abraham, why hasn't Isaac come?

And here you've come.

Hello. - Welcome, welcome.

Hello blossoming sage. - Welcome, welcome, Isaac son of Abraham.

Father, how are you? - How's Rina, and the children?

Good. Father, I want to speak with you.

Words of sages are with pleasure heard.

Mr. Abraham, are you coming to the afternoon prayer?

I'll be coming. - Don't forget, we're waiting for you.

What's up, Isaac, Rina? - That too, but that's not important, father.

I'm tired of it. - Work?

Everything together, you know. - I know, I know.

It's difficult for us too, difficult to rise in the early morning,

going to sleep after sundown.

You think it's easy for your mother? By your sweat you'll eat bread.

But Isaac,

we don't eat charity bread, and we don't go to the welfare office.

That's what I want to talk to you about. - Talk to me? - Yes.

Father, look, you and mother... - Well, Sarah...

Mother and you should have stopped working a long time ago,

not now, but years ago. You've worked enough your whole lives.

At your age you should be eating fruit, not growing them.

How much, how much does a peach cost today in the market? Pennies.

When I ran away from here, you remember, father, I couldn't stand it,

I couldn't watch mother dragging boxes of fruit,

I couldn't watch you, all day long with a bent back and hoe in hand.

I couldn't watch that.

If Rina had not gotten pregnant, I wouldn't have married her.

I would have tried first to achieve something in life.

I'm married, 27, with two children.

What chance do I have in this life, father?

Do you understand me?

Isaac, do you need some money?

Father...

I don't want money from you,

I'm speaking with you about far more important things.

I'm talking about mother, about you, about me.

Why do mother and you have to work at your age, why?

Show me other people who are working at your age.

Look around, father, see how people live.

You're a good man, an honest man. There aren't many people like you.

You think I like hearing what my friends say?

"What, your old folk still working?"

Father, you are sitting on a gold mine in the heart of Jerusalem.

Here they can build a skyscraper. Do you know what you'll get for that?

People make a fortune, not from work, from corruption, from theft.

Father, you know what people say about this garden?

You'll excuse me, but people say it stinks here.

Yes, yes, simply stinks, and that's not nice to hear.

Everyone knows you irrigate with sewage water from the hotel.

I'd like you to come to me for the weekend,

and there'll be a special room for you and for mother.

Do you understand what I'm saying, father? - Of course I understand.

God created water in the six days of Genesis.

And Man created the stink a long time afterwards.

Father, this morning a man came to me. - Mr. Moshe, I know.

Isaac, I cannot sell the garden.

Be well, Father.

Mother, I'll return when father's in a better mood.

Isaac, Isaac, come here. Come here, Isaac.

Come here, Isaac. I love you, Isaac.

Do you want me to sell the garden?

Yes.

I cannot sell the garden.

Father, you know what people say about you? That you're stubborn.

And you really are stubborn.

Don't make noise.

Fuck! I think I stepped on a snake.

You stepped on shit.

On you, you mean.

Shut your mouth already. You found a perfect time to chatter.

Nissim, look after my bike.

You...

Go up top. - Me? Why should I go up?

You should go up.

Alright, I'll go up.

If anything happens, you give a whistle, clear?

Everyone goes in a different direction.

If everything's alright, I'll give you a whistle, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Rami knows what he's doing.

Of course he does. He'll come back home with syphillis.

From one like that?

Actually, you get it exactly from ones like that.

Something's not alright there. You'll go and check?

Me go and check? You go and check.

And you'll stay on your own with the bikes?

Go and check, redhead. Go on, coward, go.

Go.

That's the last time I go out into action with you.

Something's not alright there.

Go... go.

Rami, where are you?

Here.

Rami, go on.

Don't disturb, quiet. Well, come on...

Quiet, don't disturb.

Why's she looking like that?

Well, Rami, go on.

Stop her, Avi, help me.

Hold her legs.

Hold her.

Catch her in her legs.

Avi...

Hold her...

Hold her.

Avi, help me!

The stupid redhead screwed up the whole thing!

I told you nothing would come out of it.

Everything would have been alright if that redhead hadn't suddenly come in.

Wait, who told me to go up? - I said come up, but not to disturb.

I already had her in my hands. - Yes? You can see that on your face.

You're still talking? That one sat down there, licking his lips.

Rami, tell him to shut up, or I'll kill him.

Rami, tell him to stop scaring me already.

A fight?

Give him one.

Give him one.

Squabble squabble, children, eh?

You still talking? Big hero.

Even crazy girl didn't give it you, fatty!

Nissim...

Nissim, come here.

Nissim, come here. Don't you get the joke?

Come on, Nissim.

I'm fed up with you and your stupid jokes.

Nissim, come on, men or not men?

Cadettes you are, not men.

Nissim, listen, if not for redhead I would have screwed her,

I swear to you on my mother's life!

Nissim, you know what?

I'm ready to lay a bet with you that within a day or two I'm screw her.

Nissim, listen to me, Nissim.

You know what? You know what?

I'm willing to bet my Honda against your moped.

Are you up for the bet? - Yes!

You're screwed! - No I'm not.

You said a Honda against a moped? - I said it.

Redhead! Come see how this hero loses his Honda!

It's difficult, eh?

I hurt him. I said hard things to him.

Well, look, if it's that hard, then...

No, no, he'll sell the garden,

he'll sell the garden and he won't be sorry for it.

What do you mean "be sorry"? One moment, I want it to be clear.

Does someone here have the feeling that we're trying to rip someone off?

No, I want to hear. A million and a half lira is a lot of money.

I want you to know that. - I know...

We're not doing here some sort of underhand shady deal.

There's a land registration, a contract, it's official.

I know.

Do you need some money for expenses?

I'm not taking money before we close the deal.

Look, from 2000 lira, you won't get rich, and we won't recover.

No, no. Thank you.

If you need, don't hesitate.

You need a lift home?

He'll sell the garden, we just need a bit of patience.

I'm so tired, Abraham, so tired.

Hoeing, fertilizting, irrigating, picking. How much longer, Abraham?

How long?

How long? Until our righteous Messiah comes. That's how long.

You don't understand Abraham. You're strong, I'm a woman.

I'm tired of dragging, my back hurts, it's hard to get up in the morning.

We're not young. You need to rest, too.

A little satisfaction, for both of us.

I'm not selling the garden! Understand? Not selling!

When I die...

Sell, do whatever you like.

God forbid, the way you speak, Abraham!

Well, go hoe some cherries.

Where are you going? Cherries.

Isaac won't come anymore. He won't be coming.

He'll come, Sarah. Don't worry.

Did you shout at him?

Am I capable of shouting at Isaac?

So why was he sad?

I don't know. I was sad too.

We need to help him, Abraham. We need to help him.

He suffers so much, so many troubles at home, I know.

Rina doesn't help him.

We can be lean. So long as people don't say you are evil.

I'm evil? - No, I said so long as people don't say you are.

You said I'm evil. - Abraham...

Wow, a real paradise here. - Yes, only it stinks of sewage.

Look, pomegranates!

Idiot, you've ruined my shirt!

There must be watermelons here. Let's find out where.

Rami!

Rami!

Rami! - Rami! Where are you? Found any watermelon?

I've found something better!

What?

Nissim, can you forget about your moped for a moment!

Thieves!

Go on, grandad, catch me!

Rami! That crazy old man is here! He's gonna kill us with his stones!

Come on, catch me!

Rami! Rami!

Grandad, come on!

Rami!

Grandad, come 'ere, grandad!

Rami! The old man's here! He'll kill us with his stones!

Rami, quick!

Rami, the old man's here!

Grandad, catch me!

Thieves! Who allowed you to come in here?

Criminals!

Wait 'till I get my hands on you!

Why, God in Heaven?

Why?

Why the angels of sabotage?

What does Sarah want from me? And Isaac?

Mr. Moshe?

Holy, holy God, Lord of armies, the honour of all Israel.

Sarah.

Sarah.

Not yet, not yet.

Not yet.

Not yet.

Not yet.

Now, push!

Sarah, the gate!

Abraham, where are you going? - To the market.

In Sabbath clothes?

We have a guest.

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the Universe,

who wrought miracles on the patriarchs in those day

Good morning, Mr. Abraham. - Good morning.

What's new? - New? Nothing's new.

I won't tell anyone.

Not to Sarah and not to Isaac.

Thank you, Sir.

Blossoming sage!

Only the sage blossoms.

You won't tell anyone.

A blossoming sage has faith and keeps the commandme

He won't tell anyone.

Excuse me.

Who's that for, Abraham?

A poor person? A blessing on your head. Who is it?

Woman, don't ever ask. Don't ever ask.

Understand? Ever.

Why? - Forbidden. Forbidden.

But, Abraham, I just... - And don't follow me. Ever.

Yes. I won't ask.

Ever.

Ever.

I won't ask.

Take my offering.

Take my offering.

I am not worthy.

Come on.

Quiet, careful. So he won't see us.

Do you know what the judgement is for a man who sees an angel?

What? - He turns to stone.

What did he say?

What did he say? - Whoever sees an angel, is turned to stone.

Jacob, don't go.

Whoever sees an angel, turns to stone. - Leave me alone.

You see something?

I saw something, but you can't see everything from here.

Let others have a look.

Follow me. Come see from here.

Careful. We don't want to be seen.

You come as a band of thieves in the light of day!

You're evil! Are you not ashamed? Shame on you, you faithless heretics!

But God sees everything!

There will be no peace in your presence, and no pea

Pain and sorrow will be your lot! Faithless heretics.

Mr. Abraham.

Mr. Abraham.

Go away, I'm annoyed with you. - Mr. Abraham, excuse me.

Why did you tell them?

I didn't tell them.

I didn't know they were following me.

Mr. Abraham, excuse me.

Mr. Abraham, the chair.

What chair? - My little chair.

Well, take your chair and go. I'm not speaking with you.

But you won't throw a stone at me, will you?

Mr. Abraham, you understand? The impulse of curiosity.

Take my offering.

Let him have the honour.

God bless his angels. Creates a compulsion and does his word.

They will hear his every word.

Of your shoes. - Why?

Of the shoes on your feet. - Why?

The place is holy. - Holy, holy.

Maybe, it's a demon. Perhaps you'll be rebuked by the Devil?

God forbid, what, am I the Devil?

No, God forbid, you're not the Devil. I will give you virtue.

Come.

Did you see?

Mr. Abraham, perhaps a naked girl?

How can you speak like that?

Fire from heaven will burn you, desecrating the holiness.

Lord of the universe, forgive him. Not out of malic

Pardon the expression. Pardon the expression.

Let him be pardoned.

Come on, let's go.

Are you sure he didn't have wings?

No wings, I told you. What am I blind?

What was he wearing? White or black?

Not white and not in black. Completely naked.

I'm telling you, he runs a brothel.

Here he comes.

Hello.

Hello, blossoming sage.

Ye' of little faith.

Excuse them.

What does a man do when he meets an angel?

God in heaven, I don't know what to do.

But he himself was in the kingdom of heaven, and I'm small in his presence.

I don't know what they say but every day I say:

Happy is he who avoids the counsel of the wicked and the way of sin.

I have seen his face.

Forbidden.

Forbidden.

I have seen his face.

Approach the fence, and I will kill you.

...Nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

But his delight is in Yahweh's law; On his law he meditates day and night

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

That brings forth its fruit in its seasons, Whose

leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shell prosper.

The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked shell not stand in the judgment

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked shell perish.

Why are the nations in uproar, and the rulers take counsel.

Together against the lord, and against his anointed, saying

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

He who sits in heavens laughs: The Lord has them in derision.

Then shell he speak to them

in his wrath, and terrify them in his burning anger

But I have set my king upon Ziyyon, my holy hill

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Keep not silent, O God of my praise;

for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth

of the deceitful are opened against me:

They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

For they have compoassed me about with words

of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

In return for my love they are my accusers

whilst I? Have nothing but prayer and they have repaid me evil for good.

And hatred for my love. Saying: Sat a wicked man over him:

And let an adversarv stand as his right hand.

When he shell be judged, let him be condemned:

And let his prayer be turned into sin.

Let his days be fatherless,

and his wife a widow. Let his children be vagabonds, and beg:

Let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

Let the creditor seize everything that he has,

And let strangers spoil his labour.

Let there be none to extend kindness to him:

Nor let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

Let his posterity be cut off; and in thegeneration

foiiowing let their name be blotted out

Isaac.

Mother, can you do me a favour,

and help Rina with the children for an hour or two?

Now? - Yes.

Sure, sure, Isaac, I'll just tell Abraham.

Abraham, Isaac wants me to go and help Rina.

Sure, go on.

Folks, it always pays to be patient,

I'm happy that we've finally arrived at this moment.

It's a standard contract.

Though, of course, we don't expect you to sign it right now.

But the clause which particularly interests us, -On page 37

is the clause which relates to the ownership, and of course the amount.

If you look, you'll see we've increased the amount,

and it now stands at one million, six hundred thousand lira.

Mr. Abraham, no postdated cheques and not in payments.

A million, six hundred thousand lira in your hand.

Never in my life did I get a million, six hundred thousand lira in my hand.

And by the way, we'll cover the lawyer's expenses.

You just need to say that you agree, and we'll shake hands on it.

Lewis and Isaac are witnesses. There couldn't be a more honest deal.

Father.

Hello.

Excuse me for a moment. Come father. Come for a moment.

Father, I'm asking you. I'm begging you.

I'm your only son, I understand business better than you.

Think of me and the children. You won't be sorry for it.

Isaac, you are my flesh and blood, and I love you,

but I didn't want to tell this while next to them.

What don't you want? Are you joking with me? You think they're stupid?

Isaac, in the war, bombs fell, people were killed,

left everything, escaped. Listen to what I'm telling you.

Father, I've heard enough from you, now you listen to me.

We will take a lawyer at our own expense.

Isaac, no bomb fell here. We were unharmed,

not a plant was damaged, not a single tree.

Why? Because we sit in the shadow of God.

Father, what has got into you?

You're not capable of understanding what's being said to you.

I understand. - You understand, Father? You don't understand.

I promised them you'd sell.

Father, do it for me, for Rina, for the children.

Isaac, there's something none of you know.

Father, if you don't sell the garden, you won't see me ever again.

Not you and not mother. Not Rina and not the children.

Isaac, this place is holy.

Holy? - Yes.

If there someone holy in this place, it's me,

I'm your son Isaac, you understand?

Wait a moment.

Hold on folks. This wasn't my intention.

I did not want to be the cause of a family dispute.

I don't want to buy the garden.

Mr. Abraham I'm not buying the garden.

I just want to say a few words.

I have never spoken this way with people,

and I don't like such methods,

but you should know that I can throw you out of here within 24 hours.

Just like that, for a thousand reasons.

From words of grace and flattery, we've moved over to threats.

Mr. Abraham, within 24 hours, you'll be out of here.

At most, you'll get compensation of 30, 40 thousan

which won't even be enough to buy a rusty tin shack.

Is that clear?

Clear. It's all in the hand of God.

Yes, everything is in the hand of God.

Lewis!

Isaac, do you know who's here in the garden?

Curse the day you brought me into the world.

God will punish you for that.

What are you doing here?

Who are you?

You know the owner of this garden doesn't like strangers being here?

What, have you swallowed your tongue?

Do you speak English?

Did you come alone?

Has anything happened?

Why don't you answer?

There's a towel there.

Do you want a fried egg?

I want a shower!

So, how did it end? Did he agree?

What difference does it make if he agrees or not.

I only asked. - And I'm only saying.

So. We're never going to get out of this apartment.

Our neighbours will carry on interfering in our business,

And our children will carry on going to school. A rosey future awaits them.

And all this is my fault? - I didn't say it was your fault.

What do you want from me? - I can't live like that.

But apparently you can't change a person's character,

and you've never known another way of life.

Hold on, what way of life are you talking about?

What do you lack? Do you not eat enough?

Do the children lack anything? What's so bad for you?

Do you want my soul, is that what you want?

I want what I deserve. I'm your wife, whether you want it or not.

I deserve 50 percent of what's yours. You deserve 50 percent of what's his.

That means if your father, God forbid...

lf, God forbid, he should die, that's what you wanted to say? - No.

You wanted my father to die.

My father is the only person who's bothering you in life, right? - No.

So leave my father out of your big, filthy mouth, you hear?

Because you're nothing compared to him, not you and not anyone else.

Yes, slaps, slaps.

Yes, the neighbours! - Let everyone see what manly hands he has!

What strong arms he has!

Just drinking coffee and I still make coffee for him!

Go! Don't you dare to come home. I'll change the locks, you hear?

You won't be able to get into the house, you idiot!

Go and don't come back, go! Go and rot there together with your father!

Rot there, in that stinking place! And don't dare

Who's there?

What are you doing there?

Thieves, eh?

Rami, your Honda.

You, please leave the bike.

For your own good, leave it, for your own good.

Bastards.

Leave the bike please.

You came to steal, eh?

Leave the handlebars, you're ruining the clutch!

I'm about to steal your clutch, am I?

For your own good, leave it.

Redhead, get him from behind, don't be scared!

You want the clutch? Take the clutch!

The clutch, the wheel, take it!

Go on, take it!

Abraham.

Abraham, get up.

What happened?

There are voices, thieves.

What thieves have you got in your head? No thieves will come here!

Can't you hear? They're destroying our fence.

They won't destroy our fence, Sarah, they're guarding us.

What are you talking about? Who's guarding? - Angels.

Why did you destroy my bike?

Why did you break it?

Son of a bitch. It's completely new. Why did you do it?

Why did you do it?

Let's get out of here quick.

Rami, you've killed him. Let's get out of here, right now.

It was completely new.

Bastard.

Is that you, English?

What are you doing here?

What, are you mad?

Are you mad?

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

I don't feel good, move over a little.

I've got a headache, I want to lie down.

Sarah.

We have an angel here in the garden. You understand?

As is written: "His angels are bid to guard over you in all your ways."

You understand?

I understand.

Good morning, English.

What are you, a hippy?

An angel?

You know, that you're silence is quite encouraging.

I wish all women were quiet.

Isaac?

Isaac?

Isaac.

Isaac.

Isaac, who was that, here with you?

Who ware you with Isaac?

Was there no-one here with you?

No-one.

You didn't see anyone?

No-one.

Don't be sad, Isaac. You wanted to be rich?

Now you'll be rich.

I'm selling the garden.

But I've seen his face.

Only me.

"The Garden"

Subtitles Production: Elrom Studios.

English: Paul Morris.