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I don't get it.

He killed himself.

(SNIFFS)

He said that he saw a man in me.

What did he mean exactly? Inside of me?

No.

He said that... That he saw someone hurt you.

That it was so unbearable for him

that he turned that person into a monster.

And what do you see?

I see a young woman,

an intelligent and brave young woman.

I'll be right back.

Are you okay?

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

(DOOR OPENS)

Is Natalie here? Where is she?

She's not back yet.

Where is she, then?

She can't just vanish like that.

She left a note. She'll come back.

What... What is this, for God's sake?

Don't touch.

-What is it? -Nothing.

Tell her to call me right away when she's back.

Where are you going?

-Let me by. -I'm coming, too.

(SIGHS) Not in your state, sorry.

-Come on. -Where are you going?

You're hurting me.

You're hurting me!

Excuse me.

Thank you.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUFFLED INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(MUEZZIN CALLING)

(SIGHS)

(KARIM EXHALES)

(KARIM SIGHS)

I have to go home now.

I want to see my mother.

Why? What's so urgent?

(SIGHS)

Alex...

She says the same thing he said.

So, what did she say exactly?

That...

That everything that's happened ever since the wedding is...

Is a punishment.

Because of the men...

The way I am with them.

As if it's making somebody furious.

As if it made someone jealous, pathologically jealous.

Like your father, for example.

My father, you say?

What does he think? Does he agree with her?

Have you ever had problems with him before?

No, my... My father's not the problem.

She is. (STAMMERS) It's what scares her.

I'll be right back.

-(SIGHS) -(DOOR CLOSES)

ROSA: (OVER PHONE)Hello?

Mom, it's me.

ROSA:Where are you?

I'll be home soon.

No, don't go home. Meet me instead.

Where are you?

-Do you have a pen? -Hang on.

Okay, go ahead.

-(IN HEBREW) Hello. -Hello.

Esti Lasri, I'm investigating Eran Smadja's murder.

-(IN ENGLISH) Oh, that's you. -Mmm-hmm.

I have some questions for you

about the Amiel family.

Come on in.

Thank you.

Is this you?

Yes, it's Rosa and me in Djerba.

We grew up together.

When I came here, we stayed in touch.

We'd write, send each other pictures.

They'd come for the summer.

We always rented the same house.

Our children were very close.

Come, have a seat here.

A pigeon, it seems.

Uh, no, that was my baby.

You know, Natalie is not just a pretty blonde.

-She's a very sensitive person. -I want to help her.

But how?

It's possible this may have all begun before Alex.

Understand?

You said they came every summer.

Not for the past 10 years.

Why not?

(WATCH WHIRRING)

Why, did something happen with the girls?

No... No, I just couldn't go with them anymore.

Why not?

I'm sorry, but that's a personal question.

Was it because you didn't want to?

Come with me.

Is this your son?

Elie.

-He's, uh... -In a coma, 10 years now.

I didn't want to see anyone,

and holidays are always impossible for me.

Why isn't he in the hospital?

He has everything he needs here.

Ludmilla helps me. She works at the hospital.

How did it happen?

He fell from the roof of a house one day when we were on holidays.

Was the Amiel family present at that time?

We rented a house together in the desert.

Beautiful. It was like a dream.

The kids really loved it there.

We never went back there again.

They say that looking at someone in this state

makes absolutely no sense,

that it's ugly.

But he's handsome, right?

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

NATALIE: This is it. Turn left at the roundabout.

(KARIM SIGHS)

Is your father here?

No, I don't think so.

(IN HEBREW) We're going to Humsa's.

Humsa?

The fourth house.

(IN ENGLISH) Why did you come with him?

Hello, ma'am.

Are you doing well?

Please leave us now.

-Stop it, Mom. Stop it. -Go on.

No, we don't need him here.

-Come. -NATALIE: What is this place?

A woman wants to talk to you. Come.

I don't want to talk to anybody. I came to see you.

You can't stay in the street like this. Come!

I'm so sorry.

She doesn't look too well.

I hope something comes out of this.

Come.

Thank you.

You'll be okay.

(FLY BUZZING)

(IN ARABIC) Pathetic little slut...

(IN ENGLISH) I told you to leave, please.

I'll leave.

Leave, then.

-Fine. What's the problem here? -I said leave.

-Please relax, Mom, he's leaving. -Come this way.

(SIGHS)

He can't let go, huh?

You see, I told you she'd come.

Hello.

You were right.

Without looking Tunisian,

she still burns like a Djerba girl inside.

Mom, tell me what I'm doing here?

What are you waiting for? Take off your clothes.

Did she just ask me to take my clothes off?

Don't worry. We're all women here.

Do whatever you want,

but don't come back here later

to complain about all of the bruises,

or even complain that you cry when you sleep with them.

You cry, don't you,

when you climax with a man, right?

Because you can't tell if you've given

or if you've been robbed.

And when you pinch yourself,

you feel nothing, right?

-The hospital said it was genetic. -What do they know at the hospital?

-Why, then? -They're all idiots.

Please, just do as she asks.

Mom, I know you want what's best for me,

but please explain it to me.

-Obey, and faith will come in time. -That's right.

-Did you know that? -(CHUCKLES)

(FLY BUZZING)

And if I refuse, what happens then?

If you refuse, the men around you will fall like flies,

one after another.

(FLY BUZZING)

This isn't your blood.

Another's?

Already?

Milk will cleanse you.

ROSA: Go on.

It will help you get rid of all this.

Go on.

If I do it, will you explain everything?

Yes, I promise.

I promise.

It's not too hot?

Too hot or too cold,

makes no difference in her state.

Come on, come on. Come on.

(EXHALES)

JOËL: You again, really?

Leave me alone.

What are you doing here?

Your wife doesn't know you're here, does she?

Why doesn't she want you around?

Hey, I... I said leave me alone, man.

-It's all because of you, isn't it? -It's none of your business. Sorry.

Your wife, her rituals, et cetera, it's all because of you.

Excuse me?

All this crap protects her from you, right?

And Alex?

He understood everything.

That's why he lost it one day, right?

How old was she when it began?

Fourteen, 12, 10? Younger maybe?

You're totally out of your mind.

You're her father, so she chooses to not remember anything!

You destroyed her. It's your own daughter, man!

You stay away from her! Do you hear me?

Get lost, okay? Enough of that crap.

You won't see her ever again!

-It's over. -I said get lost!

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTING)

(JOËL GROANING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(IN HEBREW) Hello, I'm looking for Ludmilla.

Yes?

You're Ludmilla?

Hello, I'm Esti.

I'm investigating Eran Smadja's murder. I was at Louisa's.

May I ask you a few questions?

(IN ENGLISH) Okay.

(IN HEBREW) I don't know how I can help.

I hardly know the Amiels.

It's not about them.

It's to clear up something about Elie,

Louisa's son.

What caused his coma?

His medical file isn't really clear.

Some idiots said

he went into a coma to flee something.

That's possible?

No one chooses to enter a coma,

or wake. I've never seen that.

Apparently, it was an accident.

No one checked?

The injury wasn't serious.

His mother didn't insist.

As for the cops,

it was beyond them.

Damn idlers.

What do you think?

Hmm?

You must have some idea.

No?

Ludmilla, this isn't official.

No one will know we talked.

The answer can be staring you in the face.

Meaning?

He was found by Joël,

Natalie's father.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Looking for me?

RAFI:Get back here.

Your Karim is crazy. He beat up Natalie's father.

What?

He'll only talk to you.

All right.

ESTI: Where is he? RAFI: In my office.

(IN ENGLISH) Okay.

So now we have Ms. Sherlock Holmes.

-Very funny. -And you can tell us why.

Why did you beat him up?

You know he could be your father?

You're lucky he's not more injured.

-'Cause he can go home tonight. -No, he should not.

Why not?

Because Mr. Amiel is abusing his daughter,

and it's been going on for years.

And I'm sure he even tried to do something

to Mr. Peretti in the past,

and to Eran.

Look, I didn't plan any of it, but I was with Natalie

and her mother told her to come in this place because

she was afraid of her husband.

And him, Mr. Amiel,

he was waiting outside for Natalie.

He was very agitated, like an obsessed man.

Did Natalie tell you it was him?

No, she didn't, but I'm sure of it.

How can you be so sure?

Look at the girl. She's suffering.

I understand I don't have anything factual to give you,

but did you never think about the fact

she can't remember anything?

(IN HEBREW) In cases of abuse,

a very young victim can forget everything.

(IN ENGLISH) What?

(IN HEBREW) She invents monsters to flee

the real world.

(IN ENGLISH) Okay, Joël thinks you have a fixation on his daughter.

And you're jealous with everybody.

It's true?

I'm concerned about her.

This man is hurting her and he's not gonna stop.

You need to stop him, now.

She needs you.

(IN HEBREW) There's no proof.

Why would he make it up? Hmm?

We have doubts about Joël, too.

(IN ENGLISH) Are you willing to confront him?

And you don't have to, you can refuse.

You're a consulate employee. We can't even arrest you.

I want to confront him, yes.

What? The man attacks me and I'm the one being questioned?

You know very well why you're here.

-That's enough! -Joël. Joël. Joël.

That's enough. Sit down, please, or I'll have to arrest you.

What would you arrest me exactly for?

Listen. What you did to Natalie, it's making me sick!

-Why? -I mean, you even scare your wife.

What the hell has he told you?

He's totally obsessed with my daughter.

He follows her everywhere.

He is obsessed with her, you hear me?

-Is that true? -What?

-Are you obsessed with Natalie? -Of course not!

-Yes, he is. -No, of course not.

I'm trying to save her from going to prison

for the rest of her life for a crime she didn't commit.

He's just like all the others!

Oh, so that's it?

That's it. You just said it.

It's the reason you're angry, I get it now.

You said I'm like the others. You think I need to be with her,

that I need to look at her.

Just like Eran or Alex, that's it exactly.

It drives you mad, right?

What happened with Alex, huh?

What happened with Alex? I asked you a question.

He saw something that he shouldn't have, didn't he?

So you threatened him

or maybe he got on your nerves, too.

That's what happens when someone desires Natalie.

It drives you crazy!

You know you've always had your eye on her.

Well, of course I need to keep an eye on her.

-If you only knew. -But why?

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

You think that you understand,

but you don't understand a thing.

Explain it to me.

-She's dangerous. -Who?

My wife, Rosa...

She's very dangerous, can't you see that?

It's all because of her.

(DOOR OPENS)

What is that?

You don't marry in a bikini.

It's the only chance we have to make it better, the only way out.

You want me to remarry?

-And to who? -A man.

-Do I know him? -HUMSA: More or less.

Do I know him or not? Tell me.

ROSA: Put the dress on, please.

For me.

Is it a real marriage?

Yes, except you only see the groom at the end.

(WEDDING MARCH PLAYING)

(SIGHS) Okay.

Look at your girl. She's skin and bone.

The bride should be plump. Look.

I mustn't miss one because it's bad luck.

And please put your hair up. You look shorter like this.

All right, your mom has to go.

(DOOR OPENS)

Please call a taxi.

Say goodbye now.

(ROSA SIGHS)

I think I'll stay until it gets here.

HUMSA: The families meet the next morning, you know that.

ROSA: I know.

I just can't leave her.

-(INHALES) -(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

It's normal. Mothers are always scared.

But if you really want the truth,

she has to leave.

What difference does it make?

(TAPPING ON DOOR)

I'm not the police.

If you don't want blood on your clothes again,

you know what to do.

Mom, I'm staying here. I'll be fine.

No. I can't leave you alone.

You aren't abandoning me, I want to stay.

I have to fix this.

She knows what's happening.

Please leave.

Mom, please trust me.

(SOBBING)

She's not an evil woman.

I know, but she still scares you.

She's scared herself.

What's she scared of?

Men.

She keeps me at a distance.

She raised the girls that way, too.

(JOËL SIGHS)

But it was worse with Natalie.

She had the umbilical cord around her neck at birth.

That's... That's a symbol for Rosa.

-A symbol of what? -I have no idea.

Of nothing. It's all bullshit.

When Natalie was a little girl, it was okay.

And, um,

after her first period,

Rosa lost her mind.

How come?

She'd follow her to the bathroom, she was looking for traces

of who knows what. She would watch her sleep.

She even locked her in her room once.

And poor Natalie screamed all day.

And you did nothing about it?

Yes, I told her it had to stop.

I told her that I'd leave with the girls unless she got help.

And did she agree?

Yeah, she was hospitalized for a month

at St. Marie.

(SIGHS) They diagnosed her with manic behavior.

Her mother was the same way, too.

She took medication for it and...

Well, it went away.

And then it came back with Alex?

She couldn't sleep.

But then why remain in touch with Alex?

But I didn't stay in touch. I... I ran into him by chance,

here in Beersheba.

(SIGHS)

We talked a bit.

I told him to go home. He needs psychiatric care.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

Okay.

So what happened with Eran?

She was afraid of him.

They were madly in love, Natalie and him.

So then Rosa is linked to Eran's murder?

Wait... (STAMMERS) I didn't say that.

She has a motive.

It's clear that she was against this wedding.

Wait, no. That's impossible.

(IN HEBREW) Esti, I need you.

Seriously? Now?

RAFI: Yes, it's urgent.

(IN ENGLISH) Sorry.

(IN HEBREW) Vlad, keep an eye on them.

It's crazy what he's telling me.

-This, too. -What?

(SIGHS)

-Alex? -Yes.

The information comes from the army.

The Palestinians found him in Ramallah.

A bullet in the heart.

They think it's suicide.

(IN ENGLISH) Fuck.

Listen...

You need to know they're all like her in that village.

Natalie, well, she's alone against them.

You know, they won't... They won't release me right away.

But you could maybe...

You could go over there.

I beg you,

help her out.

You haven't eaten.

This is good for you.

They're ram's testicles.

You need to be strong for him.

For who?

-Eat up. -Or else?

First, tell me, then I'll eat, okay?

You eat first.

What do you know about Djerba?

Only my mother's stories.

Each woman from Djerba

has one man

who's destined for her. Like a soulmate, you know?

Eat up. Don't stop.

The problem

is when people marry just anybody,

like you, like your groom that you met on the street.

With Eran, it was serious.

If you want to marry a man like him,

you do so discreetly and without love.

If it's really true love, you alert everyone about it.

The other one then awakes.

-Huh? -The other one,

the one you're really linked to, he awakes.

So there's a man from Djerba

that I've never seen,

and to whom I belong?

And he gets jealous if I love another man, is that it?

He's in there.

He does what he wants.

So he's the one who killed Eran

by guiding my own hand, is that it?

The scars I have and all the bruises are him, too?

He's outside

and inside.

Outside, he's weak.

Inside, he's strong.

(RETCHING)

(COUGHING)

(COUGHING)

You think this is funny?

Come with me.

-I'll show you something. -No, let me go.

-And then you can go. -Please.

He may look weak, but he's dangerous.

And what's his relation to me?

He was in here.

And now?

He's out, but he can go back in

if I don't obey him.

The asshole.

He got what he wanted.

I'm with him forever now.

I have no other choice.

Love makes you stupid.

I once loved like you

with so much passion.

He had lovely eyes with long lashes,

but my mother didn't agree.

So one day I just ran away with him.

They found him in the desert

with stab wounds all over him, too many to count.

Your husband did that to him?

Just like at your wedding.

Me, him...

Me.

(GASPING)

But you're not a murderer.

You have to accept it.

It makes no sense.

At first,

all I wanted

was to die.

I tried, but he didn't let me.

Neither die nor live.

He saved me and he punished me.

But how?

(GASPING)

He has started marking you.

And he will continue

until he's out.

I don't feel well.

Sit back down.

You're not leaving.

You want to see him.

(LINE RINGING)

LOUISA: (ON RECORDING)Hello. You've reached Louisa and Elie.

Leave a message.

(BEEP)

(SIGHS)

Louisa?

Louisa?

Is she here? Where is she? I need to talk to her.

WOMAN: She's not here. She left with Elie.

What are you talking about?

She put him in a suit. He looked as handsome as a groom.

Rosa!

You... I'm sorry. You can't stay here.

Go. Leave me alone.

WOMAN: I'm calling Mrs. Louisa!

(SIGHS)

(WHIMPERING)

They're here for you.

It's a day of celebration.

It's actually more like a funeral.

It's a silent wedding.

Don't worry, all women are stressed before their wedding.

Run away.

Get out of here!

(GRUNTS)

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)