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Beautiful items for sale!
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Anything written! Anything read!
Pashto and Dari!
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Beautiful items for sale!
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Anything written.
Anything read.
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Pashto and Dari. Beautiful
items for sale.
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I saw you serve a woman!
I saw you with my own eyes!
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- Uh, I really don't think...
- You were!
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Anything written.
Anything read.
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Pashto and Dari. Beautiful
items for sale.
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Parvana.
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It's the only thing
of value we have left.
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I never wore it.
Not even once.
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Where would you wear it,
Parvana?
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- Let's continue your studies. All right?
- Yes, Baba.
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Now, what can you tell me
about the Silk Road?
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The Silk Road.
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Baba, I can't remember
about the Silk Road.
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Maybe if we think of it
like a story.
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Stories remain in our hearts
even when all else is gone.
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Our people have always told
stories, from our very beginning,
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when we were Parthia
and Khorasan.
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A fractured land in the
claws of the Hindu Kush mountains,
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scorched by the fiery eyes
of the Northern Deserts,
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black rubble earth
against ice peaks.
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Our land was the petrified
skeleton of a monster.
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We were Ariana,
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the land of the noble
and honorable.
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We were a pathway
to everywhere,
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carrying goods
from east to west.
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We studied the stars
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and began to see order
amidst the chaos.
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We were scientists,
philosophers, and storytellers.
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Questions sought answers
and then more questions.
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We began to see our place
in the universe.
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But we were at the edges of
empires at war with each other,
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as borders were defined
and redefined...
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over thousands of years.
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Of these mighty rulers
came Cyrus the Great of Persia.
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Then Alexander the Great
of Macedon.
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There came the Mauryan Empire,
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Genghis Khan,
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and so on and so on.
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Each time
there was bloodshed,
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and each time
there were survivors.
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A pattern repeating itself
endlessly.
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When I was young, Parvana,
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I knew what peace felt like,
here in this city.
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Children went to school,
women went to university.
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All the empires
forgot about us,
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for a while at least.
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But it did not last.
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The ground became weak
under our feet,
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always uncertain.
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First came a coup d'état,
then an invasion,
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then a civil war.
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In the chaos,
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some looked to those
who might restore order.
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But at a great cost.
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We have determined
specific dignity for women!
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Women should not go outside and
attract unnecessary attention!
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If a woman shows herself, she will
be cursed by the Islamic Sharia
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and should never expect
to go to heaven.
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Everything changes,
Parvana.
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Stories remind us of that.
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Parvana, were you
listening at all?
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Yes, Baba.
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Why don't you tell me
about our nomadic ancestors
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and their hills of gold?
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Well?
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2,000 years ago...
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- Yes?
- 2,000 years ago...
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there was a Bactrian princess
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who had a crown.
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And?
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- And...
- Parvana?
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Away.
Keep away from my things.
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Go away. I said go
away, you silly dog!
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Hey, you! What do you
think you're doing?
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Why is this girl
shouting?
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She is only a child.
She meant nothing by it.
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She's drawing attention
to herself!
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She should be at home, not
displaying herself in the market.
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I have no son at home, except an infant.
I need my daughter to help me.
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- Stand up when we talk to you.
- I am a cr...
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I said stand up!
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- I know you.
- Yes, Idrees.
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I was your teacher once.
You were a good student.
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You wasted my time, teaching
me things of no worth.
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I have joined the Taliban and now
I fight the enemies of Islam.
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Well, if I am an enemy, then for
my sins God has taken my leg.
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Are you making fun of me,
old man?
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I lost my leg in the war.
The war we fought together.
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- How old is the girl?
- Idrees.
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- She is a child.
- She's old enough to marry.
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I'll be looking
for a wife soon.
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She's already been promised
to someone.
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Well, she should
cover herself properly.
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- Maybe you should stop looking at her.
- What did you say to me?
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I said
stop looking at her.
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- I can have you killed!
- Idrees.
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- You watch what you say!
- That's enough. Come on.
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Are you all right?
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Yes, Baba.
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That's my girl.
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Let's go home now.
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Parvana?
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You told that boy
I was promised to someone.
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Am I getting married?
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Of course not.
You are still a child.
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I want you playing
and telling stories.
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I'm too old for that now.
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Too old for stories?
You've always loved stories.
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What's the use?
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I'll have a word with Mama-jan
and we'll sort it all out.
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Please don't mention
the dress.
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Then I'll never
hear the end of it.
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- The end of what?
- Nothing, Mama-jan.
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We're not selling
Parvana's good dress.
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Baba, that's not
what I meant.
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We need the money,
Baba.
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We'll hold off for a bit. I
think business will pick up.
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If business picks up, then we
won't have to sell it, sure.
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But the sky is far and the earth is hard.
We will have to sell it soon.
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Well, what about a little story
before dinner?
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And we'll forget all about
dresses for a while.
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Maybe Parvana would like
to read something for us?
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Not right now, Mama-jan.
I'm tired.
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She's not a child
anymore, she tells me.
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So she doesn't
like stories.
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Don't be in such a hurry
to grow up, my sweet girl.
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It might not be
all that you expect.
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We're out of water. You didn't
bring enough this morning.
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But there's half a bucket
by the door.
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When I was young enough to fetch
water, the buckets were never empty.
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- Hey!
- Girls, stop it.
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Either you go out and get more water after dinner...
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or you can wash
Zaki's dirty diapers.
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- How are you feeling?
- Better.
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Now that you're here.
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Maybe if you didn't wash your hair so
much, we wouldn't run out so quickly.
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- Parvana.
- You should have some respect.
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Why don't you eat,
hmm?
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- Things always look better when your belly is full.
- Yes, Maudar.
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Zaki, Zaki, wait till I
pull up your sleeves.
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No, Mama-jan.
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There. There you go.
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Don't eat all the raisins, Parvana.
Leave them for Zaki.
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Why don't you give him that big
raisin on your chin, Soraya?
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Oh, but it's
not a raisin.
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It's a big,
hairy mole.
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Parvana,
apologize to Soraya.
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Parvana?
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He's in there! I saw him!
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- If there are women present...
- Baba?
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Cover yourselves now!
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That's the man.
An enemy of Islam.
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He's got forbidden books, and he's
teaching the women with them!
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- Leave us be!
- He's done nothing!
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Nurullah Alizai, you must come with us.
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Baba!
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- You can't take him!
- Baba!
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Baba-jan!
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Where is he being taken?
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To prison.
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They'll teach him a good lesson
in Pul-e-Charkhi.
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Baba!
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Baba!
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Mama-jan?
Can I light the lamp?
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Hush, Parvana.
You'll wake Zaki.
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But if they
let Baba go,
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he'll need a light in
the window to see home.
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How could he come home? He doesn't
even have his stick to walk with.
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Go back to sleep.
It will be all right.
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How do you know that, Mama-jan?
How do you know?
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Be quiet, Parvana. She has
enough to worry about.
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Hey!
Zaki, stop it.
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Get up, Parvana.
Stop playing around.
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Why?
What's going on?
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You and I
are going to find Baba.
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The boy said he was being taken to Pul-e-Charkhi
prison, so that's where we are going.
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But we can't go outside
without Baba.
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Soraya is writing a letter
for the prison governor
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to protest Nurullah's arrest
and ask for his release.
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- At least I can give them that.
- Mama-jan, it's not allowed.
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We might be all right if we don't
draw attention to ourselves.
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- But we can't...
- Come on, Parvana.
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And bring Baba's walking stick.
We have to get going.
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Mama.
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Hey.
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Hey, you!
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Salaam. Can you tell me
the way to Pul-e-Charkhi?
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Salaam. Uh, it's east,
past the river.
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- But it's a long way.
- Thank you, sir.
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Listen. Go through the old
town, or you'll be caught.
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Why are you out here by yourself?
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- Where is your husband?
- I have no choice.
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It's not permitted to be out here
without your husband or your brother.
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- I'm sorry. I know.
- Do you understand?
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- I am bringing a letter protesting my husband's arrest...
- Just go home.
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- No!
- What do you mean, "no"?
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This is Nurullah Alizai,
my husband.
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- He was arrested last night with no charges laid against him.
- Photographs are forbidden!
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- I have no one at home...
- What are you doing, showing me a photograph?
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- Out here by yourself. Go home!
- There is no one in my house except for children.
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You have no business out here. Do you
understand? Go home. Immediately.
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You're looking
for trouble now!
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You are an insult to your
husband, to your race!
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I need to find out
what happened to him!
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Shut up!
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Going to the prison
will change nothing.
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If you make trouble like this,
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your husband will be punished
severely for your insolence.
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And if I find you out here again
by yourself, I will arrest you.
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Now go.
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Mama-jan?
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Take me home.
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- More!
- Shh.
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Go get water, Parvana.
We have none left.
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Come on.
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Get out!
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What are you up to?
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Get out of here.
They'll see you!
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Hey, stop!
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Stop when I tell you!
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Through here!
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Stop!
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Where did
that boy go?
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Did you see?
Did you see?
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- Hey, you! Girl!
- Hey!
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- Come on!
- Forget about her!
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Parvana, this is
only half a bucket.
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Couldn't you fill them up
all the way?
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Zaki, shh. Don't wake her.
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- Hush, Zaki.
- Mama-jan!
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- Shh.
- Sooth him, Parvana.
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Mama-jan.
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Tell him a story.
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Mama...
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One time
in the distant past,
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there was a little village at the
foot of the Hindu Kush mountains.
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- I want Mama-jan.
- Shh. Listen.
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The villagers had just managed
to gather precious seeds.
244
00:17:52,286 --> 00:17:56,688
And so, there was dancing and
singing and laughing and eating.
245
00:17:56,690 --> 00:17:58,890
Everyone was happy.
246
00:17:58,892 --> 00:18:00,892
Especially for one boy
247
00:18:00,894 --> 00:18:04,929
who danced and sang and laughed
and ate more than anyone else.
248
00:18:20,081 --> 00:18:24,716
While the villagers were dancing and
singing and laughing and eating,
249
00:18:24,718 --> 00:18:25,853
monsters were coming.
250
00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:36,631
The monsters frightened the
donkeys and ate the trees.
251
00:18:40,802 --> 00:18:43,869
They stole the most precious
thing in the whole village...
252
00:18:45,505 --> 00:18:47,342
the seeds
for next year's crop.
253
00:18:50,812 --> 00:18:54,612
Then they ran back to the Hindu Kush
mountains where their master lay...
254
00:18:54,614 --> 00:18:58,484
the dreadful Elephant King
with spikes for tusks.
255
00:18:58,486 --> 00:19:01,853
Grrrroar!
256
00:19:01,855 --> 00:19:05,523
Grroar! Grroar!
257
00:19:05,525 --> 00:19:07,827
Grroar!
258
00:19:09,697 --> 00:19:11,332
Mama-jan.
259
00:19:39,861 --> 00:19:44,466
Please eat, Mama-jan. You'll feel
better when your belly is full.
260
00:20:03,418 --> 00:20:06,418
There's hardly
any food left.
261
00:20:06,420 --> 00:20:08,622
I'll go
to the market.
262
00:20:19,766 --> 00:20:22,437
- Salaam.
- Salaam. Twelve oranges, please.
263
00:20:23,036 --> 00:20:24,639
100 afghani.
264
00:20:25,806 --> 00:20:27,375
Thank you.
265
00:20:29,709 --> 00:20:33,212
Salaam. How much
for six apples, please?
266
00:20:33,214 --> 00:20:35,613
Salaam, child.
I can't serve you.
267
00:20:35,615 --> 00:20:37,949
But, sir, can I please
have six apples?
268
00:20:37,951 --> 00:20:41,719
- Get your father to buy food for you.
- My father has been taken.
269
00:20:41,721 --> 00:20:43,924
I'm sorry.
Maybe come back later.
270
00:21:07,648 --> 00:21:09,782
Literally stolen.
But you know...
271
00:21:09,784 --> 00:21:13,455
Salaam. Can I have
a kilo of rice, please?
272
00:21:15,022 --> 00:21:17,156
- Salaam.
- Hey, you!
273
00:21:17,158 --> 00:21:19,023
Girl!
274
00:21:19,025 --> 00:21:20,461
Hey, stop!
275
00:21:23,531 --> 00:21:25,000
Stop when I tell you!
276
00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,443
Go! Go home!
277
00:21:38,246 --> 00:21:39,778
I dropped the bag.
278
00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:41,546
- Hush.
- I lost the money.
279
00:21:41,548 --> 00:21:43,749
- Keep your head back.
- I can get the water though.
280
00:21:43,751 --> 00:21:45,821
Don't worry
about that now.
281
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,853
I saved you
a piece of naan.
282
00:21:48,855 --> 00:21:52,493
I'll heat it up for you so it's
nice and fresh. All right?
283
00:22:13,747 --> 00:22:16,749
- What are we going to do?
- I don't know.
284
00:22:16,751 --> 00:22:19,984
Maybe if I go out early,
before it's crowded.
285
00:22:19,986 --> 00:22:21,753
It won't work,
Parvana.
286
00:22:21,755 --> 00:22:25,291
Market sellers won't risk getting
in trouble for serving you.
287
00:22:25,293 --> 00:22:27,892
Mama-jan has cousins
in Mazar-e-Sharif.
288
00:22:27,894 --> 00:22:29,994
I could write to them
for help.
289
00:22:29,996 --> 00:22:34,567
But we've never even met them.
How do you know they will help?
290
00:22:34,569 --> 00:22:36,037
We need food now.
291
00:24:21,842 --> 00:24:23,775
These were
your brother's clothes.
292
00:24:23,777 --> 00:24:26,981
They will be big,
but we can take them up a bit.
293
00:24:28,381 --> 00:24:31,215
Do I look like
a boy?
294
00:24:31,217 --> 00:24:33,952
You look like
Sulayman.
295
00:24:33,954 --> 00:24:36,155
- So much like him.
- Mama-jan.
296
00:24:36,157 --> 00:24:38,756
He was such a good boy.
297
00:24:38,758 --> 00:24:42,026
Not much older
than you are now.
298
00:24:42,028 --> 00:24:43,130
Shh.
299
00:24:44,364 --> 00:24:46,365
It's all right,
Mama-jan.
300
00:24:46,367 --> 00:24:49,901
Parvana is going to the
market for food and water.
301
00:24:49,903 --> 00:24:52,906
It's the only way, Mama-Jan.
We have nothing left.
302
00:25:13,226 --> 00:25:16,462
But these juices are warm.
I don't want warm juice.
303
00:25:42,957 --> 00:25:46,058
Yes, that's what I said, but you know...
304
00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:48,359
Salaam. Salaam!
305
00:25:48,361 --> 00:25:50,161
Excuse me. Salaam!
306
00:25:50,163 --> 00:25:52,898
Salaam! Salaam!
Come inside, boy!
307
00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:56,071
I'm not going to deliver, am I?
308
00:25:58,238 --> 00:26:01,042
But you
know how it goes, right?
309
00:26:03,244 --> 00:26:05,310
Well, let's hear it.
310
00:26:05,312 --> 00:26:10,185
I need a kilo of rice, a half kilo of
lentils, and a small amount of raisins.
311
00:26:11,418 --> 00:26:13,051
A small amount?
312
00:26:13,053 --> 00:26:15,419
Should I go
by my imagination?
313
00:26:15,421 --> 00:26:17,121
Yes.
314
00:26:17,123 --> 00:26:20,058
Not very bright, this one.
315
00:26:20,060 --> 00:26:24,396
Poor iron won't make a sharp sword.
316
00:26:24,398 --> 00:26:26,965
Look at him smiling!
317
00:26:26,967 --> 00:26:30,468
Little guy doesn't even know
when he's being made fun of.
318
00:26:30,470 --> 00:26:33,006
Thank you.
Thank you very, very much.
319
00:26:54,061 --> 00:26:56,160
You're spilling
the tea.
320
00:26:56,162 --> 00:26:57,832
Sorry, Uncle.
321
00:27:05,171 --> 00:27:07,406
Who are you? Why were
you staring at me?
322
00:27:07,408 --> 00:27:08,907
- What is your name?
- My name?
323
00:27:08,909 --> 00:27:11,275
- I know you from somewhere.
- No... I wasn't...
324
00:27:11,277 --> 00:27:14,378
- Wasn't what?
- You don't know me.
325
00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:16,180
- I do know you.
- No!
326
00:27:16,182 --> 00:27:18,951
- I do know you! You're Parvana!
- I'm not!
327
00:27:18,953 --> 00:27:21,356
I am Shauzia! Remember?
From school?
328
00:27:22,857 --> 00:27:26,058
- Shauzia?
- I had long hair then, but so did you.
329
00:27:26,060 --> 00:27:28,260
- Deliwar.
- Don't tell anyone.
330
00:27:28,262 --> 00:27:29,798
Here's your cap.
331
00:27:31,064 --> 00:27:32,865
You need to get
a boy's name
332
00:27:32,867 --> 00:27:35,434
so you don't hesitate
next time somebody asks you.
333
00:27:35,436 --> 00:27:37,301
I am Deliwar now.
334
00:27:37,303 --> 00:27:38,936
It means "brave."
335
00:27:38,938 --> 00:27:41,305
- Where are you?
- I-I have to run.
336
00:27:41,307 --> 00:27:43,410
It was good to see you.
337
00:27:45,144 --> 00:27:46,948
Deliwar.
338
00:27:47,648 --> 00:27:49,615
Mama-jan, please sit down.
339
00:27:49,617 --> 00:27:54,186
- It will be curfew soon. What if she's not back by then?
- She's fine. I'm...
340
00:27:54,188 --> 00:27:55,520
Who's hungry?
341
00:27:55,522 --> 00:27:58,090
Parvana.
342
00:27:58,092 --> 00:28:00,324
Praise Allah. He has
returned you to me.
343
00:28:00,326 --> 00:28:03,896
Mama-jan,
you're squashing the naan.
344
00:28:03,898 --> 00:28:05,967
It smells delicious,
Parvana.
345
00:28:13,274 --> 00:28:14,976
Zaki.
346
00:28:19,380 --> 00:28:21,315
It's me. See?
347
00:28:23,150 --> 00:28:25,986
I bought them
especially for you.
348
00:28:28,988 --> 00:28:31,956
Parvana?
349
00:28:31,958 --> 00:28:34,059
If you run out
and get some water,
350
00:28:34,061 --> 00:28:36,261
he'll get used to you
by the time you come back.
351
00:28:36,263 --> 00:28:38,429
- But I'm tired.
- Hurry on, Parvana.
352
00:28:38,431 --> 00:28:40,131
It's almost curfew.
353
00:29:07,995 --> 00:29:10,231
You look
so much like him.
354
00:29:11,098 --> 00:29:12,630
Go change
Sulayman's clothes,
355
00:29:12,632 --> 00:29:14,433
or you'll
get them dirty.
356
00:29:14,435 --> 00:29:16,236
They are already
dirty.
357
00:29:24,143 --> 00:29:26,410
Elephant.
358
00:29:26,412 --> 00:29:28,280
What?
359
00:29:28,282 --> 00:29:31,582
He wants you to continue your
story about the elephant.
360
00:29:31,584 --> 00:29:33,584
Elephant.
361
00:29:33,586 --> 00:29:35,323
Well, um...
362
00:29:36,323 --> 00:29:37,555
in the village,
363
00:29:37,557 --> 00:29:39,992
under the
Hindu Kush mountains,
364
00:29:39,994 --> 00:29:42,530
the poor villagers
cried bitter tears.
365
00:29:44,899 --> 00:29:49,333
They did not know what they would do
without their precious bag of seeds.
366
00:29:49,335 --> 00:29:52,103
They would have nothing
to sow come next spring
367
00:29:52,105 --> 00:29:54,372
and nothing to eat
come next winter.
368
00:29:54,374 --> 00:29:58,209
But the boy,
he did not cry bitter tears.
369
00:29:58,211 --> 00:30:00,411
He looked toward the mountain
and he shouted...
370
00:30:00,413 --> 00:30:02,680
I am not afraid of you,
371
00:30:02,682 --> 00:30:06,385
big, spiky,
bad Elephant King!
372
00:30:12,426 --> 00:30:16,128
Well, maybe he was
a little bit afraid.
373
00:30:16,130 --> 00:30:19,697
He told the villagers who had
been weeping bitter tears
374
00:30:19,699 --> 00:30:23,234
that he would get the bag
of seed back before spring.
375
00:30:23,236 --> 00:30:26,103
I will get the bag of
seed back before spring.
376
00:30:26,105 --> 00:30:28,607
But they laughed.
377
00:30:28,609 --> 00:30:32,744
They laughed and laughed, because he
was a child and not a great warrior.
378
00:30:32,746 --> 00:30:35,513
Yet the boy
repeated his promise.
379
00:30:35,515 --> 00:30:39,517
I said, I will get the bag
of seed back before spring.
380
00:30:39,519 --> 00:30:41,285
And he left the village
381
00:30:41,287 --> 00:30:43,655
to the sound of the Elephant
King's roars ahead of him.
382
00:30:45,592 --> 00:30:47,461
Roar!
383
00:31:17,623 --> 00:31:20,157
Mama-jan,
now that I am a boy
384
00:31:20,159 --> 00:31:23,160
we can go to the
prison and find Baba.
385
00:31:23,162 --> 00:31:25,696
No, Parvana,
we can't do that.
386
00:31:25,698 --> 00:31:27,198
- Why not?
- Shh.
387
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,667
It's not that simple,
Parvana.
388
00:31:29,669 --> 00:31:31,535
But we have to try.
389
00:31:31,537 --> 00:31:34,138
- There's nothing we can do.
- That's not true.
390
00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:36,611
Stop it, Parvana.
You're upsetting her.
391
00:31:46,820 --> 00:31:49,654
Hey! Hey! I told you to stop!
Why do you keep running?
392
00:31:49,656 --> 00:31:51,723
You should have stopped
when you were told to.
393
00:31:51,725 --> 00:31:55,327
Where's your burqa? Why are you
dressed like this outside your house?
394
00:31:55,329 --> 00:31:58,830
My husband took my burqa.
I needed to buy medicine.
395
00:31:58,832 --> 00:32:00,599
Stop it. Stop it.
396
00:32:00,601 --> 00:32:03,702
He should be punished for
letting you outside like this!
397
00:32:03,704 --> 00:32:06,404
- Please, please! Please!
- You have to take his punishment!
398
00:32:10,677 --> 00:32:13,347
Stay inside
where you belong!
399
00:32:30,863 --> 00:32:33,601
Deliwar. Deliwar!
400
00:32:35,902 --> 00:32:37,936
Well? Have you remembered
your name yet?
401
00:32:37,938 --> 00:32:40,738
I don't think
I can go on like this.
402
00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:42,676
Too bad.
I could use some help.
403
00:32:47,714 --> 00:32:50,782
- I saw something.
- What do you want me to say?
404
00:32:50,784 --> 00:32:52,283
I should have helped.
405
00:32:52,285 --> 00:32:55,820
- You'd have helped yourself to a good whipping, that's all.
- But I'm not a boy.
406
00:32:55,822 --> 00:32:57,755
You're not a boy,
you're not a girl.
407
00:32:57,757 --> 00:33:01,560
I need a helper because this tray
is too heavy. Will you help?
408
00:33:01,562 --> 00:33:05,730
Scratch my nose. Quickly. If I let go
of the tray, the strap will break.
409
00:33:05,732 --> 00:33:07,299
That's better.
410
00:33:07,301 --> 00:33:08,867
- Aatish.
- What?
411
00:33:08,869 --> 00:33:11,636
I remembered my name.
It's Aatish.
412
00:33:11,638 --> 00:33:13,972
- That's not really a name.
- It means "fire."
413
00:33:13,974 --> 00:33:17,708
I know what it means,
but it's still not a name.
414
00:33:17,710 --> 00:33:19,811
Then it suits me fine.
415
00:33:19,813 --> 00:33:21,415
I'll call you
Aatish then.
416
00:33:22,548 --> 00:33:25,617
When you're a boy you can
go anywhere you like,
417
00:33:25,619 --> 00:33:27,420
Aatish Khan.
418
00:33:35,829 --> 00:33:37,561
Where are we going?
419
00:33:37,563 --> 00:33:39,300
You'll see.
420
00:33:54,848 --> 00:33:56,880
What if someone
sees us?
421
00:33:56,882 --> 00:33:59,350
I usually just pretend
I work here.
422
00:33:59,352 --> 00:34:01,589
If you look like you believe
it, then they will too.
423
00:34:02,855 --> 00:34:04,758
See? We're cleaners.
424
00:34:37,023 --> 00:34:38,990
What are you
waiting for?
425
00:34:38,992 --> 00:34:41,392
It's either ours,
or the mice eat it.
426
00:34:41,394 --> 00:34:43,794
I need to find a way
to see my Baba.
427
00:34:43,796 --> 00:34:46,597
You can have mine if you like.
I don't want him.
428
00:34:46,599 --> 00:34:50,434
My father was taken to prison and
we've heard nothing of him since.
429
00:34:50,436 --> 00:34:53,004
- They won't let you see him, Parvana.
- But I'm a boy now.
430
00:34:53,006 --> 00:34:56,740
Doesn't make a difference. They'll keep him or
let him go, but there's nothing you can do.
431
00:34:56,742 --> 00:34:58,943
You don't know that.
432
00:34:58,945 --> 00:35:02,416
I'm sorry.
It's just the way it is.
433
00:35:04,851 --> 00:35:09,687
There might be a way, but
you'll need lots of money.
434
00:35:09,689 --> 00:35:11,622
What for?
435
00:35:11,624 --> 00:35:14,829
You can get a lot done
with bribes. A lot.
436
00:35:19,432 --> 00:35:21,802
Anything written.
Anything read.
437
00:35:23,403 --> 00:35:25,403
Pashto and Dari.
438
00:35:25,405 --> 00:35:27,408
Wonderful items
for sale.
439
00:35:28,407 --> 00:35:30,908
Anything written!
Anything read!
440
00:35:30,910 --> 00:35:33,410
Anything written!
Anything read!
441
00:35:33,412 --> 00:35:35,650
What happened to the man
who used to sit here?
442
00:35:36,950 --> 00:35:39,017
It is a simple question.
443
00:35:39,019 --> 00:35:40,852
Don't you know?
444
00:35:40,854 --> 00:35:43,787
How should I know? Answer the question.
Where is he?
445
00:35:43,789 --> 00:35:46,957
- He left for Mazar-e-Sharif.
- And what are you to him?
446
00:35:46,959 --> 00:35:51,465
I'm his nephew,
uh... Aatish.
447
00:35:53,499 --> 00:35:55,399
Do you know
how to read?
448
00:35:55,401 --> 00:35:59,439
- Do you have something to read? I read Pashto and Dari.
- Read this.
449
00:36:02,675 --> 00:36:04,711
Let's see
if you're any good.
450
00:36:11,418 --> 00:36:13,787
Come on. Take it out
of the envelope.
451
00:36:16,122 --> 00:36:17,722
"Dear Razaq..."
452
00:36:17,724 --> 00:36:20,725
Louder, or I will have to
take my business elsewhere.
453
00:36:20,727 --> 00:36:24,129
"Dear Razaq, I hope this
letter reaches you in Kabul.
454
00:36:24,131 --> 00:36:27,131
I'm writing to you
with sad news.
455
00:36:27,133 --> 00:36:32,372
I am sorry to tell you that Hala Begum
died on the way to her sister's wedding.
456
00:36:33,606 --> 00:36:37,041
The bus she was traveling on
hit a land mine.
457
00:36:37,043 --> 00:36:39,477
Her injuries
were too great to bear
458
00:36:39,479 --> 00:36:41,845
and she died
some hours afterward.
459
00:36:41,847 --> 00:36:44,481
I know this must be
a great shock to you,
460
00:36:44,483 --> 00:36:46,818
but please know that when
I last spoke to Hala,
461
00:36:46,820 --> 00:36:49,523
she told me of your
kindness toward her.
462
00:36:51,023 --> 00:36:53,124
May Allah bless you now,
463
00:36:53,126 --> 00:36:55,763
guide your path,
and give you courage."
464
00:36:59,099 --> 00:37:00,867
I'm sorry.
465
00:37:33,499 --> 00:37:36,501
Ah, there's
my sweet little girl
466
00:37:36,503 --> 00:37:38,202
underneath
all the dust of Kabul.
467
00:37:39,939 --> 00:37:42,539
Parvana,
what did you give Zaki?
468
00:37:42,541 --> 00:37:44,809
- It's a piece of candy.
- A piece?
469
00:37:44,811 --> 00:37:47,010
Oh!
470
00:37:47,012 --> 00:37:49,481
It's big enough
to choke him!
471
00:37:49,483 --> 00:37:52,216
Let him be, Soraya.
You're spoiling his fun.
472
00:37:53,919 --> 00:37:55,220
Ow!
473
00:37:55,222 --> 00:37:58,122
Continue
the story, Parvana.
474
00:37:58,124 --> 00:38:00,258
For Zaki.
475
00:38:00,260 --> 00:38:02,693
There was this young boy,
476
00:38:02,695 --> 00:38:07,265
and he promised his people
to find the precious seeds.
477
00:38:07,267 --> 00:38:09,501
Elephant?
Elephant?
478
00:38:09,503 --> 00:38:12,604
Yes,
and the elephant.
479
00:38:12,606 --> 00:38:15,874
At night, the boy walked
through the pine trees
480
00:38:15,876 --> 00:38:18,912
on his way to the mountain
to face the Elephant King.
481
00:38:25,852 --> 00:38:28,720
Something was following him
in the darkness,
482
00:38:28,722 --> 00:38:31,725
but he was too terrified
to turn around and face it.
483
00:38:33,093 --> 00:38:34,725
He began to run,
484
00:38:34,727 --> 00:38:36,930
and the thing
that chased him also ran.
485
00:38:39,666 --> 00:38:42,870
The boy ran faster
and so did his pursuer.
486
00:38:44,070 --> 00:38:45,702
He ran into the night,
487
00:38:45,704 --> 00:38:49,543
chased by the unknown demons
until he could run no more.
488
00:38:50,142 --> 00:38:52,010
He tumbled down a hill.
489
00:38:52,012 --> 00:38:53,948
Down.
490
00:38:55,081 --> 00:38:57,148
Down.
491
00:38:57,150 --> 00:38:58,751
Down.
492
00:39:13,300 --> 00:39:18,202
Dear Cousin, it has been
many years since we have spoken,
493
00:39:18,204 --> 00:39:23,106
but I am writing to you now to tell
you that my husband has been arrested
494
00:39:23,108 --> 00:39:27,081
and we have no word on when
he will be released, if at all.
495
00:39:28,914 --> 00:39:32,686
My family is in a desperate
situation and I need your help.
496
00:39:33,653 --> 00:39:35,620
My eldest daughter
is now of age,
497
00:39:35,622 --> 00:39:40,561
and I am asking that you consider her as
a bride for your youngest son, Ajmal.
498
00:39:41,660 --> 00:39:44,729
Please take us out of Kabul
499
00:39:44,731 --> 00:39:47,932
so that we may have
a chance of survival.
500
00:39:47,934 --> 00:39:50,334
We will not be
a burden to you.
501
00:39:50,336 --> 00:39:52,236
We are skilled and strong
502
00:39:52,238 --> 00:39:55,006
and need little
by the way of means.
503
00:39:55,008 --> 00:39:58,946
May the blessings of Allah
be upon you. Fattema.
504
00:40:02,314 --> 00:40:05,316
Anything written!
Anything read!
505
00:40:05,318 --> 00:40:08,186
Anything written!
Anything read!
506
00:40:08,188 --> 00:40:09,620
Anything written!
507
00:40:09,622 --> 00:40:11,789
How much
for the dress?
508
00:40:11,791 --> 00:40:13,224
Salaam. It's handmade.
509
00:40:13,226 --> 00:40:15,392
- How much?
- 3,000.
510
00:40:15,394 --> 00:40:18,062
Don't be stupid.
I'll give you 300.
511
00:40:18,064 --> 00:40:19,696
2,000.
512
00:40:19,698 --> 00:40:21,633
Handmade
in Mazar-e-Sharif.
513
00:40:21,635 --> 00:40:25,639
Your daughter will be very happy
to wear such a beautiful dress.
514
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,742
She is my wife.
515
00:40:30,376 --> 00:40:32,109
1,500.
516
00:40:32,111 --> 00:40:33,847
See how it sparkles?
517
00:40:35,215 --> 00:40:37,718
Here's 1,000.
518
00:40:46,026 --> 00:40:48,859
- How much did you make?
- A thousand.
519
00:40:48,861 --> 00:40:51,428
That might be enough
for a good bribe.
520
00:40:51,430 --> 00:40:53,664
- Really?
- Definitely.
521
00:40:53,666 --> 00:40:57,401
I'm saving up too. Whatever money I
can hide from my father, I keep.
522
00:40:57,403 --> 00:41:00,608
And it's mounting up
to a nice little sum.
523
00:41:01,206 --> 00:41:03,006
See?
524
00:41:03,008 --> 00:41:05,776
I'm not going to stay
here forever, you know.
525
00:41:05,778 --> 00:41:08,745
- Have you ever been to the sea?
- No.
526
00:41:08,747 --> 00:41:09,946
Neither have I.
527
00:41:09,948 --> 00:41:14,352
But I've heard that the moon
pulls the water onto the shore
528
00:41:14,354 --> 00:41:16,287
and then
back out again.
529
00:41:16,289 --> 00:41:17,854
I want to see that.
530
00:41:17,856 --> 00:41:22,827
I want to put my feet on the warm sand and
have them cooled by the lapping water.
531
00:41:22,829 --> 00:41:27,164
What about your father?
Doesn't he depend on you?
532
00:41:27,166 --> 00:41:28,768
I am a good son.
533
00:41:29,769 --> 00:41:31,772
But he is not
a good father.
534
00:41:33,907 --> 00:41:36,274
What will you do by the sea?
535
00:41:36,276 --> 00:41:41,312
I'd buy things and sell things,
like I do here, but for myself.
536
00:41:41,314 --> 00:41:45,416
There are people who go to the
edge of the water to do nothing.
537
00:41:45,418 --> 00:41:48,820
They just sit there and they look
at the sea with their sunglasses on
538
00:41:48,822 --> 00:41:50,921
or swim about
on floating tubes.
539
00:41:50,923 --> 00:41:53,890
So I could sell them
those things.
540
00:41:53,892 --> 00:41:56,894
Hmm. That sounds nice, Deliwar.
541
00:41:56,896 --> 00:41:59,062
And maybe
I'll join you.
542
00:41:59,064 --> 00:42:01,235
- Where are you going?
- Wish me luck.
543
00:42:08,842 --> 00:42:12,410
- Why are you back so early?
- I have brought some bread and raisins for Zaki.
544
00:42:12,412 --> 00:42:14,211
What are you doing,
Parvana?
545
00:42:14,213 --> 00:42:15,812
I'm going to find Baba.
546
00:42:15,814 --> 00:42:17,481
- No, you're not.
- I'm going.
547
00:42:17,483 --> 00:42:19,517
You won't make it home
before curfew.
548
00:42:19,519 --> 00:42:21,885
I'm going. There's nothing
you can do to stop me.
549
00:42:21,887 --> 00:42:25,323
Mama-jan has been through enough
without you doing something so stupid.
550
00:42:25,325 --> 00:42:27,425
- I have to find him.
- Parvana!
551
00:42:27,427 --> 00:42:29,162
Parvana!
552
00:42:30,229 --> 00:42:31,298
Parvana!
553
00:43:35,093 --> 00:43:36,494
Excuse me.
554
00:43:36,496 --> 00:43:38,995
Salaam. Hello!
555
00:43:38,997 --> 00:43:40,965
Excuse me!
556
00:43:40,967 --> 00:43:43,300
What do you want?
557
00:43:43,302 --> 00:43:46,102
- I said, what do you want?
- I want to see my father.
558
00:43:46,104 --> 00:43:49,039
- Who?
- My father, Nurullah Alizai.
559
00:43:49,041 --> 00:43:50,975
Brought here two weeks ago
without charge.
560
00:43:50,977 --> 00:43:53,910
- Get out of here.
- I have money... 1,000 afghani.
561
00:43:53,912 --> 00:43:56,914
- I can give it to you if you promise to help.
- Hey, what are you doing?
562
00:43:56,916 --> 00:43:59,550
Nothing.
Just getting rid of a kid.
563
00:43:59,552 --> 00:44:01,619
Please! Open up!
564
00:44:01,621 --> 00:44:04,454
I have to see my father!
I have to see him!
565
00:44:06,959 --> 00:44:09,829
Now get out of here
unless you want some more.
566
00:44:49,068 --> 00:44:53,874
They say it doesn't always
rain the way it thunders.
567
00:44:55,974 --> 00:45:00,577
Last we heard of him,
the boy had fallen down.
568
00:45:00,579 --> 00:45:05,983
He had fallen down the hill
and into the deepest of sleeps.
569
00:45:05,985 --> 00:45:09,287
But all was not lost.
570
00:45:09,289 --> 00:45:13,390
He was discovered
by an old woman.
571
00:45:13,392 --> 00:45:14,994
She had a drum.
572
00:45:16,528 --> 00:45:21,365
A magic drum
that beat so beautifully
573
00:45:21,367 --> 00:45:23,600
that his heart woke up.
574
00:45:34,180 --> 00:45:38,448
She knew he must be on a
quest, and so she asked him...
575
00:45:38,450 --> 00:45:40,984
What is it you seek?
576
00:45:40,986 --> 00:45:44,555
Well, you see, the dreadful Elephant
King sent his jaguars to steal the...
577
00:45:47,026 --> 00:45:50,428
No one has ever overcome
the Elephant King.
578
00:45:50,430 --> 00:45:54,034
- I know.
- Well, what makes you think you can?
579
00:45:54,566 --> 00:45:56,033
I need to.
580
00:45:56,035 --> 00:45:57,635
I just need to,
that's all.
581
00:45:57,637 --> 00:46:00,537
That's not
a very good answer.
582
00:46:00,539 --> 00:46:05,111
Nevertheless, the woman told
him he'd need to find three things...
583
00:46:06,713 --> 00:46:09,379
something that shines,
584
00:46:09,381 --> 00:46:11,716
something that ensnares,
585
00:46:11,718 --> 00:46:14,050
and something that soothes.
586
00:46:14,052 --> 00:46:18,155
Only then would he overcome
the Elephant King.
587
00:46:18,157 --> 00:46:20,057
Give them to me,
please!
588
00:46:20,059 --> 00:46:22,059
I don't have them,
589
00:46:22,061 --> 00:46:24,028
so you'd better
go look for them.
590
00:46:24,030 --> 00:46:29,600
And hurry! If the seeds are not planted
soon, there will be no harvest.
591
00:46:29,602 --> 00:46:31,102
Yes, I know.
592
00:46:31,104 --> 00:46:33,470
She told him to head east.
593
00:46:33,472 --> 00:46:36,409
East is the other way.
594
00:46:37,543 --> 00:46:40,745
Still something
followed the boy,
595
00:46:40,747 --> 00:46:44,151
and still
he could not face it.
596
00:47:03,769 --> 00:47:07,171
- He didn't take the money?
- I don't think bribes work on them.
597
00:47:07,173 --> 00:47:10,774
No, no.
It probably wasn't enough.
598
00:47:10,776 --> 00:47:12,709
It might have
insulted him.
599
00:47:12,711 --> 00:47:16,247
You'll just have to save up more
and be even smarter next time.
600
00:47:16,249 --> 00:47:19,682
- Aaah!
- I have to be smarter?
601
00:47:19,684 --> 00:47:23,387
I've heard there is a guy who
pays well for small jobs.
602
00:47:23,389 --> 00:47:25,388
Come on.
603
00:47:25,390 --> 00:47:27,691
Sir, we have come to work.
604
00:47:27,693 --> 00:47:30,827
- And you are?
- I'm Deliwar. And this is Aatish.
605
00:47:30,829 --> 00:47:32,629
We are brothers.
606
00:47:32,631 --> 00:47:35,066
What kind of a name
is Aatish?
607
00:47:35,068 --> 00:47:36,700
I don't know.
Ask our father.
608
00:47:36,702 --> 00:47:40,407
- Where is your father?
- He was martyred by the Russians.
609
00:47:41,273 --> 00:47:43,207
We can do
any job you want.
610
00:47:43,209 --> 00:47:44,578
For the right price.
611
00:47:56,822 --> 00:47:59,122
That's the
last one, I think.
612
00:47:59,124 --> 00:48:00,825
Where are we anyway?
613
00:48:00,827 --> 00:48:03,794
About time. You boys
are not very strong.
614
00:48:03,796 --> 00:48:05,729
It was more work
than you said.
615
00:48:05,731 --> 00:48:07,798
Here you are.
Now be off.
616
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,334
Hey, we did all
that you asked.
617
00:48:10,336 --> 00:48:13,169
Wait! You said
you'd drive us back.
618
00:48:13,171 --> 00:48:15,305
I'm not a taxi.
Make your own way home.
619
00:48:15,307 --> 00:48:18,809
I'm late already because you
took so long to load the truck.
620
00:48:18,811 --> 00:48:20,579
Wait!
621
00:48:38,264 --> 00:48:40,330
I need to rest
a moment.
622
00:48:40,332 --> 00:48:43,336
Stay on the path.
This place might be mined.
623
00:49:05,557 --> 00:49:08,559
This is not nearly enough.
We need better jobs.
624
00:49:08,561 --> 00:49:11,662
- Like what?
- I heard brick making pays well.
625
00:49:11,664 --> 00:49:13,600
But it's hard work.
626
00:49:15,334 --> 00:49:17,501
I wish I was stronger.
627
00:49:17,503 --> 00:49:19,702
But you have an older
brother, don't you?
628
00:49:19,704 --> 00:49:22,273
He used to bring you to
school on his shoulders.
629
00:49:22,275 --> 00:49:25,175
What's his name?
630
00:49:25,177 --> 00:49:26,612
Sulayman.
631
00:49:28,780 --> 00:49:31,182
He died.
632
00:49:31,184 --> 00:49:33,684
How?
Was it the sickness?
633
00:49:33,686 --> 00:49:36,352
- I don't know.
- But your mother must have told you.
634
00:49:36,354 --> 00:49:38,525
She doesn't speak of it.
All right?
635
00:49:40,892 --> 00:49:42,528
All right.
636
00:49:45,697 --> 00:49:48,666
Hey, look
what I've got.
637
00:49:48,668 --> 00:49:52,669
I found it in a little box where
my father keeps his things.
638
00:49:52,671 --> 00:49:55,905
Can you believe
the water is that blue?
639
00:49:55,907 --> 00:49:57,710
It's very nice.
640
00:50:05,651 --> 00:50:08,551
Anything written!
Anything read!
641
00:50:08,553 --> 00:50:11,821
Anything written!
Anything read!
642
00:50:11,823 --> 00:50:14,494
Anything written!
Anything read!
643
00:50:15,461 --> 00:50:17,461
I didn't pay you
last time.
644
00:50:17,463 --> 00:50:20,296
- How much do I owe you?
- It's okay. I...
645
00:50:20,298 --> 00:50:22,535
What, you don't charge
for bad news?
646
00:50:27,673 --> 00:50:30,274
Who taught you to read?
The crippled teacher?
647
00:50:30,276 --> 00:50:32,008
Yes. My uncle.
648
00:50:32,010 --> 00:50:34,477
Can you write
as good as you read?
649
00:50:34,479 --> 00:50:35,748
I can.
650
00:50:37,650 --> 00:50:39,318
Here.
651
00:50:41,887 --> 00:50:44,457
I kept this
in case you wanted it.
652
00:50:45,557 --> 00:50:47,992
Show me. Show me
where it says her name.
653
00:50:47,994 --> 00:50:50,463
Where it says
"Hala."
654
00:50:52,564 --> 00:50:54,367
There. See?
655
00:50:55,034 --> 00:50:56,669
Hala.
656
00:51:14,452 --> 00:51:16,820
Do you know
what it means?
657
00:51:16,822 --> 00:51:18,490
No.
658
00:51:19,724 --> 00:51:23,626
Sometimes, on a clear night
when you look at the moon,
659
00:51:23,628 --> 00:51:26,298
you can see a bright
outline around it.
660
00:51:27,532 --> 00:51:30,934
That outline
is called hala.
661
00:51:30,936 --> 00:51:34,374
My wife was named
for that light.
662
00:51:43,548 --> 00:51:45,349
- Here.
- This is too much.
663
00:51:45,351 --> 00:51:47,584
Don't argue with me.
664
00:51:47,586 --> 00:51:48,822
Thank you.
665
00:52:00,398 --> 00:52:04,068
Stop it, Zaki.
Can I pull yours?
666
00:52:06,104 --> 00:52:08,939
Keep him quiet.
I'm trying to sleep.
667
00:52:08,941 --> 00:52:12,843
- What's the matter with you?
- Why don't you tell Zaki a story, hmm?
668
00:52:12,845 --> 00:52:14,544
We'd all like that.
669
00:52:14,546 --> 00:52:17,914
Well, Zaki, do you want to know
what happened to the boy?
670
00:52:19,617 --> 00:52:21,885
Yes, yes,
and the elephant.
671
00:52:23,456 --> 00:52:27,758
The boy ran and ran, his
heart beating fast in fear.
672
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,928
And the thing that chased him
never stopped.
673
00:52:33,698 --> 00:52:37,503
So the boy hid behind a tree
and he waited for courage.
674
00:52:44,876 --> 00:52:48,111
An ancient woman
had been trying to milk a goat,
675
00:52:48,113 --> 00:52:50,546
but her back was very sore.
676
00:52:50,548 --> 00:52:55,986
My back is very sore.
677
00:52:55,988 --> 00:53:00,624
The boy took pity on her and told her
to rest under the shade of a tree
678
00:53:00,626 --> 00:53:02,693
and he would do
the milking instead.
679
00:53:02,695 --> 00:53:04,794
Please sit under
the shade of this tree,
680
00:53:04,796 --> 00:53:07,467
and I will do
the milking instead.
681
00:53:14,706 --> 00:53:16,740
When he finished
milking the goat,
682
00:53:16,742 --> 00:53:19,843
the old woman shared
the lovely, warm milk with him.
683
00:53:19,845 --> 00:53:23,814
It was the nicest milk he had ever tasted,
684
00:53:23,816 --> 00:53:26,483
and he complimented the woman
on her goats.
685
00:53:26,485 --> 00:53:28,684
Your goats
are very generous.
686
00:53:28,686 --> 00:53:31,921
In return, the old woman
gave him a mirror.
687
00:53:31,923 --> 00:53:36,126
See how it shines!
688
00:53:36,128 --> 00:53:38,629
The boy was delighted
with the mirror,
689
00:53:38,631 --> 00:53:43,737
but as he looked into it, he saw the
reflection of the thing that followed him!
690
00:53:48,039 --> 00:53:49,705
What are you doing,
Mama-jan?
691
00:53:49,707 --> 00:53:52,508
I'm laying out
Soraya's good clothes.
692
00:53:52,510 --> 00:53:54,845
Am I to sell them
at the market?
693
00:53:54,847 --> 00:53:57,851
Shh, shh, shh, Parvana.
It's time to sleep.
694
00:54:05,990 --> 00:54:09,626
I just need to find
a way to get to Peshawar,
695
00:54:09,628 --> 00:54:11,762
and I can figure it out
from there.
696
00:54:11,764 --> 00:54:14,164
I think there's
a beach in Goa
697
00:54:14,166 --> 00:54:16,533
where the tourists
are very rich.
698
00:54:16,535 --> 00:54:18,734
If they're rich, they
would buy my blue stones,
699
00:54:18,736 --> 00:54:22,071
and that's where I'd set up my
business, and you could join me.
700
00:54:22,073 --> 00:54:24,207
Once I find Baba.
701
00:54:24,209 --> 00:54:26,545
Once you find your Baba.
702
00:54:45,798 --> 00:54:47,097
100.
703
00:54:47,099 --> 00:54:48,599
I'll give you 85.
704
00:54:48,601 --> 00:54:49,832
- Ninety.
- Eighty-two.
705
00:54:49,834 --> 00:54:51,834
Eighty-five,
and that's final.
706
00:54:51,836 --> 00:54:54,474
Eighty-five and a bunch of
grapes, and that's final.
707
00:54:59,244 --> 00:55:03,713
You're leaning too hard on the
pen, but your writing is good.
708
00:55:03,715 --> 00:55:06,485
If you try it more gently,
it'll be easier.
709
00:55:43,289 --> 00:55:45,658
Wait!
Wait a moment!
710
00:55:47,293 --> 00:55:49,158
What is it, child?
711
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:52,863
You asked me before about the man who
used to sit there... the teacher.
712
00:55:52,865 --> 00:55:55,999
- Your uncle?
- He didn't go to Mazar-e-Sharif.
713
00:55:56,001 --> 00:55:59,169
He was taken to prison.
But he did nothing wrong.
714
00:55:59,171 --> 00:56:00,736
- Which one?
- What?
715
00:56:00,738 --> 00:56:03,039
- Which prison?
- Pul-e-Charkhi.
716
00:56:03,041 --> 00:56:06,578
It's been weeks now, and my
family has had no word of him.
717
00:56:08,646 --> 00:56:10,613
Go to the prison
on Wednesday.
718
00:56:10,615 --> 00:56:12,282
Ask for Roshan.
He's my cousin.
719
00:56:12,284 --> 00:56:15,854
Tell him Razaq sent you and
he will help you, if he can.
720
00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:43,680
Deliwar!
721
00:56:43,682 --> 00:56:49,186
With work like this, I'll be an old
woman by the time I get to the sea.
722
00:56:49,188 --> 00:56:52,021
Or an old man.
723
00:56:57,229 --> 00:57:01,330
You sit and rest, Deliwar,
and I'll tell you a story.
724
00:57:01,332 --> 00:57:04,604
- A story?
- Yes, a story.
725
00:57:05,704 --> 00:57:07,269
One time
in the deep past,
726
00:57:07,271 --> 00:57:11,841
there was a boy who had to return a stolen
bag of precious seeds to his village.
727
00:57:11,843 --> 00:57:15,278
Is it a happy story
or a sad story?
728
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:17,584
Just wait and see.
729
00:57:18,916 --> 00:57:21,952
The boy had been told
he needed three things
730
00:57:21,954 --> 00:57:25,122
in order to overcome
the Elephant King...
731
00:57:25,124 --> 00:57:28,992
something that shines, something
that ensnares and something that...
732
00:57:28,994 --> 00:57:31,863
Hey, you two! Come here!
733
00:57:33,231 --> 00:57:35,064
Come on!
734
00:57:35,066 --> 00:57:36,666
I know that boy.
735
00:57:36,668 --> 00:57:39,202
Hurry up. Come here.
736
00:57:39,204 --> 00:57:40,836
Come on.
737
00:57:40,838 --> 00:57:43,642
We'd better do
what we're told.
738
00:57:46,744 --> 00:57:48,780
Get a move on,
lazy kids.
739
00:57:56,988 --> 00:57:59,021
So these are
the new workers?
740
00:57:59,023 --> 00:58:01,892
Where are your tongues? Are you stupid?
741
00:58:01,894 --> 00:58:05,095
Idrees suggested we have a
little arm-wrestling match.
742
00:58:06,097 --> 00:58:09,198
To see if you're strong
enough to work for me.
743
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:11,834
I saw you sitting down
over there instead of working.
744
00:58:11,836 --> 00:58:13,836
Idrees, stop now.
745
00:58:13,838 --> 00:58:15,805
Make me some tea.
746
00:58:19,778 --> 00:58:22,713
Let me see how feeble
you are, little one.
747
00:58:23,981 --> 00:58:26,251
He can't even
lift his hand.
748
00:58:27,885 --> 00:58:30,188
Get up and make us tea.
749
00:58:31,456 --> 00:58:34,925
Uncle, I think
you need new workers.
750
00:58:34,927 --> 00:58:37,794
- These ones are no good.
- Enough, Idrees.
751
00:58:37,796 --> 00:58:39,428
Leave the poor kids alone.
752
00:58:39,430 --> 00:58:41,934
They are
a little undercooked.
753
00:58:45,771 --> 00:58:48,070
I know you.
754
00:58:48,072 --> 00:58:50,275
You're the teacher's daugh...
755
00:58:55,747 --> 00:58:57,881
Idrees.
756
00:58:57,883 --> 00:58:59,883
Bring the gun back!
757
00:58:59,885 --> 00:59:01,917
I said
bring the gun back!
758
00:59:01,919 --> 00:59:04,823
Idrees!
759
00:59:23,242 --> 00:59:25,041
Come out now!
760
00:59:28,380 --> 00:59:30,412
Come out now!
761
00:59:30,414 --> 00:59:33,719
Idrees, it has begun!
We are moving west.
762
00:59:34,787 --> 00:59:37,553
We have been given orders
to go immediately!
763
00:59:37,555 --> 00:59:39,789
I know who you are!
764
00:59:39,791 --> 00:59:41,293
Do you hear?
765
00:59:42,394 --> 00:59:44,494
Get up here! Come on!
766
00:59:46,231 --> 00:59:48,868
Right now!
You little coward!
767
00:59:50,903 --> 00:59:54,874
You want to fight? Now
is your chance to fight!
768
00:59:56,842 --> 00:59:58,244
You become a man.
769
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:23,499
He's gone.
770
01:00:23,501 --> 01:00:25,568
What if he comes back?
771
01:00:25,570 --> 01:00:27,870
He'd be lucky.
772
01:00:27,872 --> 01:00:29,439
Where are we?
773
01:00:29,441 --> 01:00:31,841
I came here once
when I ran away.
774
01:00:31,843 --> 01:00:35,914
I think the way in has gotten
smaller or I have gotten bigger.
775
01:00:36,615 --> 01:00:38,383
It looks old.
776
01:00:39,284 --> 01:00:40,950
I lost a shoe.
777
01:00:40,952 --> 01:00:44,454
I lost my cap, although
I think it's outside.
778
01:00:44,456 --> 01:00:46,291
Why did you hit him?
779
01:00:48,860 --> 01:00:51,363
When they took my father,
he was one of them.
780
01:00:53,497 --> 01:00:55,231
Tell me more
about the boy.
781
01:00:55,233 --> 01:00:56,932
What boy?
782
01:00:56,934 --> 01:00:58,901
The story boy.
783
01:00:58,903 --> 01:01:01,637
The boy was cold.
784
01:01:01,639 --> 01:01:05,242
Though the sun burned in
the sky, it gave no heat.
785
01:01:05,244 --> 01:01:08,245
But he had a
warm hat and a big coat.
786
01:01:08,247 --> 01:01:09,979
No, he didn't.
787
01:01:09,981 --> 01:01:12,448
He had already found
one of the three things...
788
01:01:12,450 --> 01:01:14,350
a mirror that shone.
789
01:01:14,352 --> 01:01:17,988
But when he looked at it,
he saw something behind him.
790
01:01:17,990 --> 01:01:20,657
Something scary.
Something dreadful!
791
01:01:20,659 --> 01:01:23,626
- A horse!
- No, Shauzia, not a horse.
792
01:01:23,628 --> 01:01:25,528
Yes, it was.
793
01:01:25,530 --> 01:01:29,131
And it was a very old horse whose bones
clattered together when it walked.
794
01:01:29,133 --> 01:01:32,369
It wasn't scary at all.
795
01:01:32,371 --> 01:01:36,673
Fine. The boy felt sad for the
old horse and fed him hay.
796
01:01:36,675 --> 01:01:38,642
And they all lived
happily ever after.
797
01:01:38,644 --> 01:01:41,378
It's the middle of the
story, not the end!
798
01:01:41,380 --> 01:01:44,146
From a door carved
into the stone,
799
01:01:44,148 --> 01:01:46,448
out came a round man.
800
01:01:46,450 --> 01:01:50,519
You wasted my hay on an old
horse that will soon be dead!
801
01:01:50,521 --> 01:01:53,622
The round man threw the boy deep
into the belly of an ancient well.
802
01:01:53,624 --> 01:01:56,228
Aaah!
803
01:01:57,496 --> 01:02:00,129
At the bottom of the well
there were emeralds,
804
01:02:00,131 --> 01:02:04,200
and the round man wanted them brought up
to him as payment for the wasted hay.
805
01:02:04,202 --> 01:02:06,568
You will bring
the emeralds to me.
806
01:02:06,570 --> 01:02:08,604
- What's his name?
- The round man?
807
01:02:08,606 --> 01:02:10,372
No, the boy.
808
01:02:10,374 --> 01:02:13,609
You can't have a story about a
boy and not give him a name.
809
01:02:13,611 --> 01:02:15,544
Give him a name
before I do.
810
01:02:15,546 --> 01:02:17,414
Sulayman.
811
01:02:17,416 --> 01:02:19,919
His name is Sulayman.
812
01:02:20,552 --> 01:02:22,385
That's a good name.
813
01:02:22,387 --> 01:02:25,354
Sulayman lay
at the bottom of the well.
814
01:02:25,356 --> 01:02:28,457
Suddenly, he could see skeletons.
815
01:02:28,459 --> 01:02:33,296
Three skeletons, each with an
emerald clutched in its bony hands.
816
01:02:33,298 --> 01:02:35,131
- He called out for help.
- Help!
817
01:02:35,133 --> 01:02:38,267
The poor old horse looked
back at him from way above.
818
01:02:38,269 --> 01:02:41,171
But the horse did
something extraordinary.
819
01:02:41,173 --> 01:02:44,106
He neighed with the voice
of all the world's animals.
820
01:02:53,751 --> 01:02:57,053
Sulayman climbed up, up,
all the way to the top,
821
01:02:57,055 --> 01:02:59,421
and he thanked the horse
for saving his life.
822
01:02:59,423 --> 01:03:02,260
Thank you for saving my life.
823
01:03:07,131 --> 01:03:09,599
Sulayman had just
three emeralds with him...
824
01:03:09,601 --> 01:03:12,602
And asked the round man for food in return.
825
01:03:12,604 --> 01:03:14,336
He was hungry.
826
01:03:14,338 --> 01:03:16,606
But the round man
was wicked and cheap.
827
01:03:16,608 --> 01:03:20,477
He threw a fishing net at Sulayman
and he told him to get his own food.
828
01:03:20,479 --> 01:03:23,747
- That was exactly what Sulayman needed.
- Ha-ha!
829
01:03:23,749 --> 01:03:26,149
Something that ensnares.
830
01:03:26,151 --> 01:03:27,751
But as Sulayman left,
831
01:03:27,753 --> 01:03:31,488
the ghosts of the three skeletons
came out of the three emeralds
832
01:03:31,490 --> 01:03:34,457
and swirled and twirled
and scared the round man
833
01:03:34,459 --> 01:03:37,760
in frightful vengeance for
having lost them their lives.
834
01:03:42,034 --> 01:03:45,667
Sulayman and the horse continued
their journey toward the mountain,
835
01:03:45,669 --> 01:03:49,171
but the horse was getting
slower and slower.
836
01:03:49,173 --> 01:03:52,541
He needed to rest,
being very, very old,
837
01:03:52,543 --> 01:03:55,445
and so Sulayman made a
shelter for the horse
838
01:03:55,447 --> 01:03:58,148
and told him
to wait for him.
839
01:03:58,150 --> 01:04:00,517
The horse protested...
840
01:04:00,519 --> 01:04:04,454
but Sulayman knew he had to face
the Elephant King and the jaguars
841
01:04:04,456 --> 01:04:06,088
all by himself.
842
01:04:06,090 --> 01:04:08,126
I will see you again,
old horse.
843
01:04:10,327 --> 01:04:12,398
And so on he went alone.
844
01:04:24,809 --> 01:04:27,142
Tomorrow is Wednesday.
845
01:04:27,144 --> 01:04:30,148
I'm going back there,
to the prison.
846
01:04:31,749 --> 01:04:34,085
They'll have to
let me see him then.
847
01:04:55,273 --> 01:04:57,307
From now on,
you're staying inside.
848
01:04:57,309 --> 01:04:59,575
- It's much too dangerous.
- No, Mama-jan.
849
01:04:59,577 --> 01:05:01,778
- We manage all right out there.
- "We"?
850
01:05:01,780 --> 01:05:05,715
Me and Deliwar. She's a girl too.
We work together.
851
01:05:05,717 --> 01:05:09,452
We've written to my cousin to arrange
a marriage for your sister in Mazar.
852
01:05:09,454 --> 01:05:11,588
They wrote back,
and it was accepted.
853
01:05:11,590 --> 01:05:14,457
Someone will come for us the day
after tomorrow to take us away.
854
01:05:14,459 --> 01:05:16,358
- You don't need to do this anymore.
- What?
855
01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:18,361
We can't go on
like this.
856
01:05:18,363 --> 01:05:20,863
- We can't depend on you to keep us alive.
- Why?
857
01:05:20,865 --> 01:05:22,731
I provide for you
just fine.
858
01:05:22,733 --> 01:05:24,901
It's not the job of a child.
859
01:05:24,903 --> 01:05:27,437
How can we leave
without Baba?
860
01:05:27,439 --> 01:05:29,905
Every day you come home
with cuts and blisters.
861
01:05:29,907 --> 01:05:33,611
Every day you go out there, and I don't
know if I'll see you back again.
862
01:05:34,746 --> 01:05:36,745
I can't lose you too.
863
01:05:36,747 --> 01:05:38,747
I'm not going.
864
01:05:38,749 --> 01:05:41,818
Baba could come back, and no one
will be here waiting for him.
865
01:05:41,820 --> 01:05:44,254
So how long
should we wait?
866
01:05:44,256 --> 01:05:46,689
Until you're found out
and taken away from me?
867
01:05:46,691 --> 01:05:48,925
Until I have to send Zaki out
to earn our keep?
868
01:05:48,927 --> 01:05:51,227
Let me go see him
before we leave.
869
01:05:51,229 --> 01:05:53,428
Let me tell him
where we are going.
870
01:05:53,430 --> 01:05:55,832
- Parvana!
- Let me bring him his walking stick.
871
01:05:55,834 --> 01:05:57,566
Then I will go with you.
872
01:05:57,568 --> 01:06:01,504
Then I will be a good sister
and a good daughter.
873
01:06:01,506 --> 01:06:03,109
I promise.
874
01:06:03,909 --> 01:06:05,510
I promise.
875
01:06:20,592 --> 01:06:22,258
Please don't go.
876
01:06:22,260 --> 01:06:24,827
Please, it is much
too dangerous now.
877
01:06:24,829 --> 01:06:27,396
Mama-jan, I'm going.
878
01:06:27,398 --> 01:06:29,265
I'll be back tonight
before curfew.
879
01:06:29,267 --> 01:06:31,800
- No, Sulayman.
- Mama-jan.
880
01:06:31,802 --> 01:06:35,271
- You won't come back.
- Let her go now.
881
01:06:35,273 --> 01:06:37,409
Let Parvana go.
882
01:06:44,615 --> 01:06:46,552
Oh!
883
01:06:53,457 --> 01:06:55,561
Parvana.
884
01:07:31,595 --> 01:07:33,231
Deliwar!
885
01:07:34,666 --> 01:07:37,600
You frightened
me half to death.
886
01:07:37,602 --> 01:07:39,602
I've been looking
for you everywhere.
887
01:07:39,604 --> 01:07:42,537
Why? You want to work at the
chai shop with me this morning?
888
01:07:42,539 --> 01:07:46,441
- No, I can't.
- Hey, you want some candy for Zaki?
889
01:07:46,443 --> 01:07:49,280
We are leaving Kabul
tomorrow.
890
01:07:50,881 --> 01:07:52,749
You are leaving me?
891
01:07:52,751 --> 01:07:55,885
It's been arranged.
There's nothing I can do.
892
01:07:55,887 --> 01:08:00,023
My sister is getting
married in Mazar-e-Sharif.
893
01:08:00,025 --> 01:08:01,624
I'm going back
to the prison.
894
01:08:01,626 --> 01:08:03,626
I found someone
who can help me,
895
01:08:03,628 --> 01:08:05,861
and I need to get more money
to bribe the guard.
896
01:08:05,863 --> 01:08:07,763
I'll need it today.
897
01:08:07,765 --> 01:08:10,932
You'll just get another punch in the guts.
It's a stupid idea.
898
01:08:10,934 --> 01:08:12,769
I won't let that happen
this time.
899
01:08:12,771 --> 01:08:15,905
- I said it's a stupid idea.
- Please help me.
900
01:08:15,907 --> 01:08:17,774
What do you want me to do?
901
01:08:17,776 --> 01:08:21,043
Magic some money into your hand
like in your kids' stories?
902
01:08:21,045 --> 01:08:23,745
It doesn't work like that,
Parvana.
903
01:08:23,747 --> 01:08:25,715
I can't help you.
904
01:08:25,717 --> 01:08:29,819
Now run away to Mazar-e-Sharif
and have a nice wedding party.
905
01:08:29,821 --> 01:08:33,922
Maybe they'll find a husband for you
too and your troubles will be over.
906
01:08:33,924 --> 01:08:36,359
Until after the wedding,
at least.
907
01:08:36,361 --> 01:08:37,796
You fool!
908
01:08:40,932 --> 01:08:42,601
Deliwar!
909
01:08:43,668 --> 01:08:45,304
Shauzia.
910
01:08:53,812 --> 01:08:55,944
Shauzia.
911
01:08:55,946 --> 01:08:57,879
Come with us.
912
01:08:57,881 --> 01:09:00,416
I can't.
913
01:09:00,418 --> 01:09:03,554
My father would come all the
way to Mazar to kill me.
914
01:09:05,423 --> 01:09:08,427
I can't leave Kabul,
Parvana, not like this.
915
01:09:10,628 --> 01:09:13,363
- Here, take this.
- I can't take your money.
916
01:09:13,365 --> 01:09:15,334
Please take it.
917
01:09:18,436 --> 01:09:20,837
Go and see your Baba.
918
01:09:20,839 --> 01:09:24,907
Tell him that his daughter
is a good daughter.
919
01:09:24,909 --> 01:09:28,580
Tell him
that Deliwar said so.
920
01:09:34,853 --> 01:09:37,587
Hey, Deliwar.
921
01:09:37,589 --> 01:09:39,721
What?
922
01:09:39,723 --> 01:09:42,458
I'll meet you at that beach
you were talking about,
923
01:09:42,460 --> 01:09:45,127
where the moon
pulls the water,
924
01:09:45,129 --> 01:09:47,029
20 years from today.
925
01:09:47,031 --> 01:09:50,166
I don't think I'll
recognize you then, Aatish.
926
01:09:50,168 --> 01:09:54,372
Well, you can sell me some pretty
blue stones for a great price.
927
01:09:56,407 --> 01:09:58,477
Until next time then.
928
01:10:01,478 --> 01:10:03,745
Until next time.
929
01:10:21,799 --> 01:10:24,033
Peace be upon you.
Are you Fattema?
930
01:10:24,035 --> 01:10:25,234
Yes, I am Fattema.
931
01:10:25,236 --> 01:10:28,503
I am your second cousin. Mohammed
Abdul sent me from Mazar.
932
01:10:28,505 --> 01:10:30,873
Gather your family.
We must leave immediately.
933
01:10:30,875 --> 01:10:34,644
No, you see, you weren't
supposed to come so soon.
934
01:10:34,646 --> 01:10:37,180
My son is away. We must
wait for him to return.
935
01:10:37,182 --> 01:10:38,948
There is a war coming.
Have you not heard?
936
01:10:38,950 --> 01:10:41,050
We have to leave now
before they block the roads.
937
01:10:41,052 --> 01:10:43,819
We have to wait until she comes home.
I have to wait for my daughter.
938
01:10:43,821 --> 01:10:46,122
Son? Daughter? Which is it?
939
01:10:46,124 --> 01:10:47,989
Gather your things.
We are leaving now!
940
01:10:47,991 --> 01:10:50,892
I'm not leaving without Parvana.
We have to wait.
941
01:10:50,894 --> 01:10:52,895
Count yourself lucky
I'm taking you, old woman.
942
01:10:52,897 --> 01:10:54,896
The girl and the baby
are of more worth.
943
01:10:54,898 --> 01:10:56,798
I didn't come all this way
for nothing.
944
01:10:56,800 --> 01:10:59,235
If we do not go now, we won't
get out of here at all.
945
01:10:59,237 --> 01:11:01,770
- My baby! Give him to me!
- Let's go! Argh!
946
01:11:01,772 --> 01:11:03,674
Zaki! Zaki!
947
01:11:04,709 --> 01:11:07,243
Give me my baby.
Give him to me!
948
01:11:07,245 --> 01:11:09,415
- No! Give him to me!
- Let go! Let go!
949
01:11:24,562 --> 01:11:26,828
- Salaam, little one.
- Salaam.
950
01:11:26,830 --> 01:11:30,132
Where are you going to
with an old man's stick?
951
01:11:30,134 --> 01:11:32,735
It belongs to my Baba.
952
01:11:32,737 --> 01:11:35,707
I'm taking it to him,
to the prison.
953
01:11:36,840 --> 01:11:38,477
I see.
954
01:11:39,244 --> 01:11:41,479
We're going that way.
955
01:11:48,652 --> 01:11:50,285
Give me my baby!
956
01:11:50,287 --> 01:11:53,823
- Let's go! If you want to keep the baby, come with me!
- Zaki!
957
01:11:53,825 --> 01:11:55,858
My daughter
is out there.
958
01:11:55,860 --> 01:11:58,261
Then what kind of fool are you
to have sent her out alone?
959
01:11:58,263 --> 01:12:01,163
Get in, or she won't be the
only child you'll lose today!
960
01:12:01,165 --> 01:12:03,966
Don't...
Give me my baby!
961
01:12:03,968 --> 01:12:05,868
Keep him quiet!
962
01:12:05,870 --> 01:12:07,837
I am begging you.
963
01:12:07,839 --> 01:12:12,744
Wait for my daughter!
964
01:12:59,957 --> 01:13:03,191
Come, Soraya.
We must start a fire.
965
01:13:04,995 --> 01:13:06,796
I am looking for Roshan.
966
01:13:06,798 --> 01:13:09,131
Hey!
I am looking for Roshan.
967
01:13:09,133 --> 01:13:12,601
I am looking for Roshan.
I am looking for Roshan.
968
01:13:12,603 --> 01:13:15,837
I am looking for Roshan.
I am looking for Roshan.
969
01:13:15,839 --> 01:13:18,039
- Open the door!
- Get away from the door, you stupid kid!
970
01:13:18,041 --> 01:13:20,309
- I am looking for Roshan!
- Get out of here!
971
01:13:20,311 --> 01:13:22,278
- I am looking for Roshan!
- Are you stupid?
972
01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:23,878
- I am looking for Roshan.
- Shut up!
973
01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:25,247
What are you doing here?
974
01:13:25,249 --> 01:13:28,184
It's all right.
He's my son.
975
01:13:28,186 --> 01:13:30,688
You're wanted inside.
976
01:13:32,389 --> 01:13:34,323
That boy needs
some discipline.
977
01:13:34,325 --> 01:13:36,128
That's my business.
978
01:13:39,097 --> 01:13:42,898
What in the name of the
merciful are you doing here?
979
01:13:42,900 --> 01:13:46,368
It's Wednesday. I've come
to meet your cousin Roshan.
980
01:13:46,370 --> 01:13:49,638
There's a war started.
981
01:13:49,640 --> 01:13:51,774
Roshan has gone to fight.
982
01:13:51,776 --> 01:13:56,048
We've been brought from the city to clear the
prison of anyone who won't fight for us.
983
01:13:57,281 --> 01:13:59,080
- The teacher...
- Is he alive?
984
01:13:59,082 --> 01:14:00,749
I don't know.
985
01:14:00,751 --> 01:14:04,856
The teacher is my father.
I am Parvana, his daughter.
986
01:14:05,990 --> 01:14:08,660
Help him, please.
987
01:14:10,894 --> 01:14:14,029
If I'm not back before the
sun has gone down, you run.
988
01:14:14,031 --> 01:14:17,800
Run as far away as you can from
here and you keep on running.
989
01:14:17,802 --> 01:14:20,168
You can't stay here after sunset.
Do you understand?
990
01:14:20,170 --> 01:14:21,703
- Thank you.
- Do you understand?
991
01:14:21,705 --> 01:14:23,838
- Yes.
- Hide yourself until then.
992
01:14:35,786 --> 01:14:39,888
Once there was a young boy
called Sulayman.
993
01:14:39,890 --> 01:14:42,858
He knew his heart was fated
to serve his people,
994
01:14:42,860 --> 01:14:44,896
and he was running
out of time.
995
01:14:53,804 --> 01:14:57,306
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
996
01:14:57,308 --> 01:15:00,842
- Come on! Get in the car.
- We have to go back for my daughter.
997
01:15:00,844 --> 01:15:03,648
I said come here. Now!
998
01:15:04,314 --> 01:15:06,248
We're not going with you.
999
01:15:06,250 --> 01:15:08,050
Mama-jan?
1000
01:15:08,052 --> 01:15:11,153
You, come now!
Do you hear me?
1001
01:15:11,155 --> 01:15:14,925
You come here like I told you to!
1002
01:15:16,126 --> 01:15:18,929
You come now!
1003
01:15:20,063 --> 01:15:23,798
We will not go with you.
Just drive away from us.
1004
01:15:23,800 --> 01:15:27,136
Get in the car.
Get in the car now!
1005
01:15:27,138 --> 01:15:29,274
Mama-jan!
1006
01:15:33,777 --> 01:15:36,947
Sulayman! Sulayman!
1007
01:15:38,482 --> 01:15:40,818
Be brave, Sulayman.
1008
01:16:31,302 --> 01:16:33,068
Run, Soraya.
1009
01:16:33,070 --> 01:16:35,270
- Take Zaki and run now!
- Mama!
1010
01:16:35,272 --> 01:16:37,308
Go! Keep running!
1011
01:16:41,978 --> 01:16:46,016
You... let... us... go.
1012
01:16:56,594 --> 01:16:58,493
Open the door.
1013
01:16:58,495 --> 01:16:59,962
What are you doing
with that?
1014
01:16:59,964 --> 01:17:03,769
He's dead. I'm putting him with the others.
Open the door. Let me through.
1015
01:17:18,582 --> 01:17:20,282
- Move, move, move, move, move!
- Stop!
1016
01:17:20,284 --> 01:17:23,852
- Line up. All of you, all of you.
- Stop!
1017
01:17:23,854 --> 01:17:25,421
I said stop!
1018
01:17:25,423 --> 01:17:27,590
It will be dark soon.
1019
01:17:27,592 --> 01:17:30,191
Razaq?
1020
01:17:30,193 --> 01:17:32,194
Razaq? Razaq?
1021
01:17:43,573 --> 01:17:45,541
Sulayman.
1022
01:17:45,543 --> 01:17:47,813
Sulayman.
1023
01:17:48,345 --> 01:17:49,611
The mirror shines!
1024
01:17:49,613 --> 01:17:51,950
Use it to blind the jaguars!
1025
01:18:04,262 --> 01:18:07,363
The net ensnares!
Throw it over them!
1026
01:18:07,365 --> 01:18:09,835
Hah!
1027
01:18:44,701 --> 01:18:47,168
Razaq. Razaq!
1028
01:18:47,170 --> 01:18:50,004
Razaq! I have come
for my father.
1029
01:18:50,006 --> 01:18:51,910
I have come for my Baba!
1030
01:18:52,543 --> 01:18:55,043
Put him down!
1031
01:18:55,045 --> 01:18:57,147
I said put him down.
1032
01:19:02,519 --> 01:19:05,154
Do you see
what is happening?
1033
01:19:05,156 --> 01:19:08,390
Where are you taking him?
Who's out there?
1034
01:19:08,392 --> 01:19:10,993
Look away, can't you?
1035
01:19:10,995 --> 01:19:13,164
It is just one man.
What does it matter?
1036
01:19:16,968 --> 01:19:19,568
Go.
1037
01:19:19,570 --> 01:19:21,369
Go!
1038
01:19:21,371 --> 01:19:23,305
Go, unless you're going
to kill me.
1039
01:19:27,010 --> 01:19:29,677
I will scream and curse you
1040
01:19:29,679 --> 01:19:33,681
until the last breath
leaves my body.
1041
01:19:33,683 --> 01:19:35,387
Go.
1042
01:19:38,621 --> 01:19:41,459
You're crazy. Crazy.
1043
01:19:43,059 --> 01:19:45,296
You can die out here
for all I care.
1044
01:19:45,729 --> 01:19:47,061
Die.
1045
01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:12,490
Sulayman.
1046
01:20:13,557 --> 01:20:15,160
Sulayman.
1047
01:20:16,360 --> 01:20:17,626
Sulayman.
1048
01:20:24,802 --> 01:20:27,237
I have not come
to kill you.
1049
01:20:38,049 --> 01:20:39,782
Sulayman!
1050
01:20:39,784 --> 01:20:41,516
Soothe him with your story,
1051
01:20:41,518 --> 01:20:44,319
the one that Mama-jan
can't speak of.
1052
01:20:44,321 --> 01:20:45,753
Tell him.
1053
01:20:45,755 --> 01:20:47,655
Sulayman!
1054
01:20:47,657 --> 01:20:49,658
My name is Sulayman.
1055
01:20:49,660 --> 01:20:51,760
Tell him what happened.
1056
01:20:51,762 --> 01:20:54,430
Tell him your story.
1057
01:20:54,432 --> 01:20:55,797
My name is Sulayman.
1058
01:20:55,799 --> 01:20:58,100
My mother is a writer.
1059
01:20:58,102 --> 01:20:59,834
My father is a teacher.
1060
01:20:59,836 --> 01:21:03,372
And my sisters
always fight each other.
1061
01:21:03,374 --> 01:21:05,774
One day I found
a toy on the street.
1062
01:21:05,776 --> 01:21:07,743
I picked it up.
1063
01:21:07,745 --> 01:21:09,477
It exploded.
1064
01:21:11,182 --> 01:21:13,815
I don't remember
what happened after that
1065
01:21:13,817 --> 01:21:15,617
because it was the end.
1066
01:21:15,619 --> 01:21:18,654
It's working, Sulayman!
Tell him. Tell him!
1067
01:21:18,656 --> 01:21:21,190
My name is Sulayman.
1068
01:21:21,192 --> 01:21:23,158
My mother is a writer.
1069
01:21:23,160 --> 01:21:25,394
My father is a teacher.
1070
01:21:25,396 --> 01:21:28,329
And my sisters
always fight each other.
1071
01:21:28,331 --> 01:21:29,864
One day I found a toy
on the street.
1072
01:21:29,866 --> 01:21:32,367
I picked it up.
1073
01:21:32,369 --> 01:21:33,604
It exploded.
1074
01:21:40,443 --> 01:21:42,246
It was the end.
1075
01:21:43,613 --> 01:21:45,183
My name is Sulayman.
1076
01:21:47,151 --> 01:21:48,617
My mother is a writer.
1077
01:21:48,619 --> 01:21:50,718
One day I
found a toy on the street.
1078
01:21:50,720 --> 01:21:52,421
My father is a teacher.
1079
01:21:52,423 --> 01:21:55,457
- I picked it up.
- And my sisters always fight each other.
1080
01:21:55,459 --> 01:21:56,891
It exploded.
1081
01:21:56,893 --> 01:21:58,827
One day I found a toy
on the street.
1082
01:21:58,829 --> 01:22:01,163
I don't remember
what happened after that.
1083
01:22:01,165 --> 01:22:03,297
I picked it up.
1084
01:22:03,299 --> 01:22:05,436
Because it was the end.
1085
01:22:08,472 --> 01:22:10,471
The Elephant was transformed.
1086
01:22:10,473 --> 01:22:12,874
He took the bag of seed
from the center of the mountain
1087
01:22:12,876 --> 01:22:15,444
and gave it back to Sulayman.
1088
01:22:15,446 --> 01:22:18,446
Sulayman returned
to his village.
1089
01:22:18,448 --> 01:22:21,682
There was much dancing
and singing
1090
01:22:21,684 --> 01:22:24,254
and laughing and eating.
1091
01:22:31,695 --> 01:22:33,363
Razaq?
1092
01:22:39,603 --> 01:22:40,868
Baba?
1093
01:22:40,870 --> 01:22:43,507
Baba!
Is he alive?
1094
01:22:44,909 --> 01:22:48,409
It is not his blood.
He lives.
1095
01:23:08,831 --> 01:23:11,600
Get out of here now,
child. Go on.
1096
01:23:11,602 --> 01:23:14,272
As fast as you can.
1097
01:24:17,968 --> 01:24:19,767
It's the moon.
1098
01:24:26,977 --> 01:24:28,613
Soraya.
1099
01:24:29,545 --> 01:24:32,748
S... Sora... Soraya!
1100
01:24:32,750 --> 01:24:34,983
- Mama?
- Soraya!
1101
01:24:34,985 --> 01:24:37,351
So...
1102
01:24:41,959 --> 01:24:46,264
We are a land whose
people are its greatest treasure.
1103
01:24:50,634 --> 01:24:54,639
We are at the edges of empires
at war with each other.
1104
01:24:56,973 --> 01:24:58,610
Par...
1105
01:25:00,643 --> 01:25:02,579
Parvana.
1106
01:25:04,348 --> 01:25:08,684
We are a fractured land in the
claws of the Hindu Kush mountains,
1107
01:25:08,686 --> 01:25:12,256
scorched by the fiery eyes
of the northern deserts.
1108
01:25:13,557 --> 01:25:17,728
Black rubble earth
against ice peaks.
1109
01:25:19,330 --> 01:25:22,797
We are Ariana,
1110
01:25:22,799 --> 01:25:25,736
the land of the noble.
1111
01:25:27,103 --> 01:25:30,739
Raise your
words, not your voice.
1112
01:25:30,741 --> 01:25:33,941
It is rain
that makes the flowers grow,
1113
01:25:33,943 --> 01:25:36,347
not thunder.84147
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