All language subtitles for T.P.2013.1080p.WEB.H264-DiMEPiECE

( dramatic music playing )

( tools clanging )

( people shouting )

( shouting continues )

( clanging )

( panting )

( grunts )

( people chattering )

( man speaking loudly )

BACK AND FORTH
AND UP AND DOWN,

LEFT TO RIGHT FOR MORE
THAN 100 YEARS.

BUT NOWHERE
HAVE I HAD THE PLEASURE

OF LOOKING OUT UPON A CROWD
WITH PRETTIER GIRLS...

( laughter )

...THAN HERE IN YOUR
WONDERFUL ROUGHDOVENDER.

( scattered cheers )

WHY DO I ESPECIALLY
LIKE IT HERE?

BECAUSE I ALWAYS
LAY ME BEST EGGS HERE.

( mimics clucking )

- ( chicken clucks )
- ( laughter )

( applause )

LADIES, LORDS,
FROM BROKEN BONES

TO TEETH ROTTING DOWN
IN YOUR JAWBONE

TO USELESS STUMPS,

FROM PUSTULES
ON THE BACKSIDE

TO THICK, BLACK FLUID
IN YOUR LUNGS,

NO MATTER THE AILMENT
CONJURED UP BY THE DEVIL

TO PLAGUE
US POOR CHRISTIAN FOLK,

ME AND ME ALONE

HAS THE CURE.

ME AND ME ALONE

HAS THE CURE.

- RUN! COME ON, LET’S GO!
- HEY, THAT’S MY BREAD!

- OVER THERE...
- GIVE IT!

- ...COME UP. YOU’RE UP
FOR TREATMENT INSIDE.
- GIVE IT BACK!

DEAR LORD JESUS,

HAVE MERCY UPON US,
YOUR POOREST CHILDREN.

PROTECT MY SWEET ROB
FROM THE ERROR

THAT HE’S A MATCH
FOR FISTS OF BIGGER BOYS.

TURN BACK
THE STINKY FINGER
MY SAMUEL USES

TO PULL SNOT
FROM HIS NOSE
AT THE TABLE,

AND LET MY BABY ANNE WAIT
UNTIL I’VE FINISHED GRACE

BEFORE SHE PUTS SO MUCH
OF A CRUMB OF BREAD

- IN HER GREEDY LITTLE MOUTH.
- ( all laugh )

- AMEN.
- Kids: AMEN.

( grunts, snorts )

- MA?
- IT’S NOTHING.

( grunts,
breathing hard )

MA.

( grunts )

- MA?
- GOD.

( moans )
OH DEAR GOD,
MAKE IT STOP.

- ( breathing hard )
- MA?

( screams )

( distorted breathing )

( breathing hard )

- ( Barber moans )
- COME QUICK! MY MA NEEDS HELP!

GO AWAY.
I’M NOT HERE.

- PLEASE, BARBER.
- TO HELL WITH "PLEASE, BARBER"!

WHAT DO I CARE
ABOUT ANOTHER WHEEZING WHORE

IN THIS DUNG HOLE
OF A SHITHEAP? GO HOME!

COME BACK TOMORROW
IF SHE AIN’T DEAD BY THEN.

GET OUT OF MY WAGON!

I CLEANSE
THIS SINFUL HEART

WITH THIS SACRED OIL.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,

THE SON
AND THE HOLY GHOST.

- All: AMEN.
- HURRY!

- MA, I’VE BROUGHT
THE BARBER TO HEAL YOU.
- Barber: OH!

Woman: OH!

Woman #2:
WHAT’S HE DOING HERE?

IF YOU GOT HIM...

IT’S TOO LATE...

FOR ME.

THERE IS NO CURE
FOR WHAT AILS THIS WOMAN

BUT THE GRACE OF GOD.

ANYTHING ELSE
WOULD BE CALLED WITCHCRAFT.

( laughs )

AMEN, FATHER.

YOU’VE TAKEN THE WORDS
OUT OF ME MOUTH.

- NO, BARBER. PLEASE!
- IS THERE SOMEONE HERE

WHO DISPUTES THE AUTHORITY
OF THE HOLY CHURCH?

FATHER...

NOT ME.

DEAR GOD
AND LORD JESUS,

HAVE MERCY
ON US THREE CHILDREN.

RETURN OUR MOTHER TO US.

WE NEED HER
MORE THAN YOU.

( crying )

PLEASE, LORD JESUS.

PLEASE, GOD.

- ( chattering )
- Woman: WHAT’S THAT THERE?

THE UTENSILS GO TO WHOEVER
TAKES THE YOUNGEST.

Man:
WE CAN TAKE
THE TWO YOUNGEST.

Woman:
THEY CAN SLEEP
IN THE STABLE.

IF YOU CAN TAKE TWO,
WHY NOT THREE?

THE OLDEST IS
TOO GROWN UP.

WE CAN’T FILL
HIS HUNGRY MOUTH.

DON’T CRY, SAMUEL.

REMEMBER,
SHE’S ALWAYS WITH US.

- LET’S GO.
- ( Anne crying )

COME ON.
COME ON.

Samuel: ROB!

Man: COME ON.

- Samuel: ROB.
- Man: COME ON.

Priest:
I’VE TAKEN THESE
FOR THE PENNY OWED

FOR THE SACRED OIL.

WHERE SHALL I GO?

PRAY TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD
FOR GUIDANCE.

( people chattering )

I COULD
LOOK AFTER THE HORSE.

- I KNOW HORSES.
- MY HEART BLEEDS FOR YOU, RAT.

- HO!
- ( snorts, neighs )

( clatters )

WHO’S THERE?

SHOW YOURSELF...

BEFORE THE THREE OF US
COME UP AND RIP YOU APART!

( clatters )

HOW DID YOU GET HERE?

YOU NEED
A FASTER HORSE.

- DOWN.
- PLEASE. JUST TONIGHT.

NO.

GET YOUR FILTHY RUMP
OUT OF HERE.

- PLEASE.
- NO!

COULD YOU HAVE
SAVED HER, BARBER?

Barber:
THERE’S NO CURE
FOR SIDE SICKNESS.

IS YOUR MA STILL ALIVE?

NO. DIED PUSHING ME OUT.

DO YOU HAVE
A FAMILY?

- NO.
- SO WHO DO YOU TALK TO
WHEN YOU’RE ALL ALONE?

I DON’T.
I SLEEP, RIGHT NOW,

IF YOU’D ONLY SHUT
YOUR HOLE.

( birds chirping )

( people chattering )

( Barber soliciting
indiscernibly )

I’VE SEEN EVERYTHING
THE GOOD LORD PUT

ON THE EARTH
FOR US TO SEE

AND SOME TERRIFYING THINGS

NO MAN WAS SUPPOSED
TO WITNESS IN HIS LIFE.

FRESH...
COME ON NOW,
LADIES AND GENTS.

THAT’S WHY I CAN STAND HERE
BEFORE YOU AND SAY THAT.

- ( grunts )
- Man: I’M GONNA
TEAR OFF YOUR HANDS,

AND THEN I’M GONNA
KILL YOU!

I WAS JUST
DRESSING HER WOUND.

NOWHERE HAVE
I HAD THE PLEASURE

OF LOOKING OUT UPON A CROWD
WITH PRETTIER GIRLS.

- ( laughter )
- ( yells )

NOR ONE LESS BLIGHTED
BY FILTHY JEWS...

THAN HERE
IN BEAUTIFUL ETHELWELLER.

( man groans )

THAT LOOKS BROKEN.

FOR THREEPENCE,
I COULD FIX IT FOR YOU.

COME SEE US
AT THE MARKETPLACE.

- ( grunts )
- NOWHERE ARE
THE GIRLS PRETTIER.

- Man: YOU SAID THAT ALREADY!
- Barber: OH, SHUT UP!

HEY! MY JUGGLER!

I FOUND HIM
AT THE BOTTOM OF A WELL.

HO, HO!

THE SHOW IS FOR FREE,

AND THE TREATMENT
IS ALMOST FOR FREE!

- WHERE THE BLOODY
HELL WERE YOU?
- HOUSE VISIT.

Barber:
A SPOONFUL OF KIDNEY ASH
EVERY MORNING

GETS YOUR KIDNEY PROBLEMS
OUT OF THE WAY.

FOR FORGETFULNESS,
TIE THE DRIED TONGUE

OF A HOOPOE BIRD
AROUND YOUR NECK.

- AND HERE IS
A VERY SPECIAL POTION.
- Man #2: THIS IS WITCHCRAFT!

- I PICKED THE HERBS
MYSELF UNDER A FULL MOON.
- YOU’LL END UP IN HELL!

IT WILL STOP YOUR WIFE
FROM BRINGING MORE BRATS
TO THE WORLD,

- WHETHER THEY’RE YOURS
OR YOUR NEIGHBOR’S.
- IT’S BLACK MAGIC!

OH, SHUT UP.
COME AND GET HEALED!

( distant chatter )

CAN’T THE YOUNG BARBER
DO IT?

THERE’S NO
YOUNG BARBER HERE,

JUST THE IGNORANT APPRENTICE
OF AN ANCIENT MASTER.

( grunts )

( screams )

IF YOU DON’T LIKE
THE LOOKS OF ME,

YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE FALLEN OFF
YOUR BROOMSTICK, HAG.

- ( screams )
- ( crowd gasps )

WHO’S NEXT?

- ( Barber moaning )
- ( woman shouting )

Woman:
THAT’LL BE
THREE PENNIES, DEAR.

- GOOD NIGHT, LITTLE BOY.
- NIGHT.

- HOW WAS IT?
- OH, I’M IN LOVE.

YOU SHOULD STICK
TO WHORES TOO.

MUCH LESS STRESS...

- THAN OTHER MEN’S...
- Both: WIVES AND DAUGHTERS.

( chuckles )

OH, ROB.

- ( grunts )
- NEED A HAND, OLD MAN?

ACH! DON’T YOU DARE!

( clattering )

OH! JESUS!

BOLLOCKS!

Rob:
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED
WHAT’S INSIDE?

IN HERE.

FLESH, BLOOD, BONES...

YOUR SOUL,
IF YOU HAVE ONE.

AND DOWN HERE.

MORE FLESH,
MORE BLOOD.

SO... DOES SIDE SICKNESS
COME FROM BAD BLOOD?

I DON’T CARE IF IT
COMES FROM MY ASS!

CAN’T CURE IT,
CAN’T CHARGE FOR IT!

HAVE YOU NEVER WONDERED
WHAT’S INSIDE?

- YOU’VE NEVER LOOKED?
- I CAN SLICE YOU UP
AFTER BREAKFAST.

NO, I MEAN
LIKE IN DEAD PEOPLE?

( bird cawing )

DON’T YOU EVER TALK
ABOUT THAT AGAIN.

NEVER.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CHURCH
DOES TO NECROMANCERS?

BURN THEM AT THE STAKE.

SO STOP TALKING
ABOUT THE SIDE SICKNESS.

IT WON’T BRING
YOUR MOTHER BACK.

NOT ANOTHER WORD.

NEVER.

PLIERS!

OPEN YOUR MOUTH.

( moans )

MORE LIGHT.

- PUSH DOWN ON HIM.
- ( man moaning )

( distorted breathing )

( moaning )

( breathes heavily )

Barber:
HOLY EARTH
FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.

STIR IT IN YOUR MEAD,
SWALLOW IN ONE GULP.

( chattering, laughter )

Barber:
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
HOW TO DRINK, LAD?

I’LL REMIND YOU.

AH!

LIKE THAT, BOY.

LIKE THAT.

THE FARMER
WITH THE TOOTH...

DEATH IS
COMING FOR HIM.

BUT DEATH IS COMING
FOR ALL OF US, BOY.

NO. I FELT IT.

YOU FELT DEATH?

YES.

( scoffs )

DEATH WON’T TROUBLE HIM
OVER A TOOTHACHE.

MY APPRENTICE THINKS
HE’S A SOOTHSAYER!

- ( man laughs )
- Woman: REALLY?

SO WHEN IS ME HUSBAND
COMING BACK FROM WAR?

OH, NOT TOO SOON, I HOPE.

WHAT’S THE HARVEST GOING
TO BE LIKE THIS YEAR?

( laughter )

Man:
THAT’S THEM!

- Man #2: THE DEVILS.
- Man #3: YOU THERE!

- Man #4: MURDERERS!
- Man #3: YOU NEED TO GIVE US
SOME ANSWERS!

IN THE MORNING,
THIS POUR SOUL WENT

TO WORK IN THE FIELD.

AT NOON, HE WENT TO SEE YOU
TO CURE HIS ACHING TOOTH.

- BY EVENING...
- TRUTH.

- ...HE BREATHED HIS LAST.
- ( whispers ) RUN AWAY.

YOU BEWITCHED
THIS POOR MAN
WITH BLACK MAGIC.

- ( Barber whispers ) RUN AWAY.
- Monk: YOU TRESPASS

- AGAINST THE LORD
AND THE CHURCH!
- ( grunts )

YOU OWE MY SISTER
A HUSBAND.

( sighs )
THAT MIGHT BE HARD

IF SHE’S AS UGLY
AS YOU ARE.

OI, GET HIM!

- ( grunting )
- ( shouting )

- ( breathing hard )
- ( fire crackling )

( grunting )

( birds chirping )

( sniffles )

( grunts )

( heart beating )

I THINK YOU’LL LIVE
ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS.

( sighs )

I TOLD YOU TO RUN.

( both laughing )

I’LL START
ON THE ROOF TOMORROW.

THEN WHAT?

- THEY’LL HEAL.
- NOT BEFORE WE STARVE.

- YOU SHOULD GO.
- AND LEAVE YOU TO THE WOLVES?

I COULD ALWAYS BEG
FOR ALMS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH.

YEAH. AND IN WINTER?

I’LL MAKE A NICE MEAL
FOR THE CROWS.

AT LEAST THEN,
THIS MISERABLE LIFE
OF MINE WOULD BE OVER.

AND THE WORLD WOULD MISS
A GREAT BARBER.

YOU’RE NOT LISTENING, BOY!

I CAN’T EVEN HOLD
A PAIR OF TOOTH PLIERS.

I COULD HOLD THEM FOR YOU.

I’VE BEEN WATCHING YOU
ALL THESE YEARS.

YOU’VE ALSO
BEEN WATCHING THE CLOUDS.

DOESN’T MEAN
YOU CAN MAKE IT RAIN.

Barber:
...AND SOME TERRIFYING THINGS

NO MAN WAS MEANT
TO WITNESS IN HIS LIFE.

I’VE SEEN UGLY GIANTS,

I’VE SEEN GREEDY DWARVES,

AND JUST THE OTHER DAY

I HAD TO FIGHT
A FIRE-SPITTING DRAGON

WITH ME OWN TWO HANDS.

BUT NOWHERE--

NOWHERE HAVE
I HAD THE PLEASURE

OF LOOKING OUT UPON A CROWD

- OF PRETTIER GIRLS.
- ( laughter )

THIS WOULD STOP
YOUR WIFE FROM BRINGING

MORE BRATS TO THE WORLD.

- LORD, HAVE MERCY ME.
- SO, WHO WANTS TO BE HEALED?

SAVE ME FROM SOILING MYSELF
WITH FEAR.

Barber:
COME INTO THE HOUSE
OF WONDERS.

- ( chuckles )
- Barber: COME IN.

- ( grunts )
- PUT THE LAD ON THE TABLE.

- ( grunts )
- Rob: GOOD. YEAH.

( sniffs )
BONE SAW.

OH. BONE SAW.

- YES.
- WHOLE TOE’S
GOT TO COME OFF...

- WHOLE TOE.
- ...OR HE’LL LOSE HIS LEG.

- ( chuckles )
- RIGHT. ( clears throat )

HERE. PUT THIS
IN YOUR MOUTH, LAD.

BITE DOWN ON IT.

( Barber clears throat )

IRON.

- IRON.
- IRON!

WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT THE IRON.
IS IT HOT?

- HOW MANY TIMES HAS YOUR
APPRENTICE DONE THIS?
- YES.

THOUSANDS!
SHUT UP!

( whispering )
DEEP BREATH AND THEN GO ON.

SWIFT MOVEMENTS.

GO ON TILL
YOU’RE DONE WITH IT.

LOOK, THE HOLY MARY!

( gasps, screaming )

( sizzling )

WOW.
MY FIRST AMPUTATION.

MINE TOO.

SO WHAT’S
THIS POTION CALLED?

TEARS OF THE HOLY VIRGIN.

I THOUGHT YOU BOUGHT THEM
FROM A MONK IN JERUSALEM?

( laughs )
HE STOPPED CRYING
A WHILE BACK.

KEEP STIRRING!

- ( yelps )
- IT HAS BITTEN.

( pops )

REMEMBER, BOY,
THE MORE PAINFUL
THE TREATMENT,

THE MORE THEY RESPECT
THE BARBER.

( moans )

( hawks )

- ( coin clinks )
- ( spits )

- NEXT!
- ( hawks, spits )

FOR THE SAME PAY
THE MERCENARY HAS
TO SELL HIS SOUL,

AND THE FARMER HAS
TO WORK HIMSELF TO THE BONE.

SO THANK THE LORD
FOR YOUR PROFESSION...

EVERY BLOODY DAY.

THANK THE LORD.

- ( sizzles )
- ( groans )

AH. YOU LOOK
VERY HEALTHY TO ME.

( chattering, laughter )

( man moaning )

- ( yells )
- ( grunts, laughs )

ROB!

ROB, COME HERE!

SHUT UP!

ROB.

( laughs )

I HEREBY
CHRISTEN ROB COLE...

- Woman:
WELL DONE! A BARBER!
- ...A BARBER.

- ( cheers, whistling )
- YOU’RE AN APPRENTICE NO MORE.

YOU SERVE NO MASTER
BUT YOURSELF.

- ( laughing )
- MMM-MWAH!

( cheering )

REWARD THIS BARBER, VENUS.

HEY, HEY, HEY,
I’M HERE, YOU BLIND OLD SOD.

THE MOANING END
IS THE TOP.

NOW HOLD YOUR YAP.
I HAVE EYES LIKE A HAWK.

YES, A DEAD ONE.

( Barber growls )

YOUR MASTER
SHOULD SEE THE JEW.

THE JEW CAN HEAL
THE BLIND.

- NO ONE CAN HEAL THE BLIND.
- THE JEW CAN.

AYE, HE ALSO RAISES
THE DEAD AND MAKES
THE LAME WALK ON WATER.

I THINK YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT JESUS CHRIST,
OUR SAVIOR,

AND HE AIN’T
NO BLOODY JEW.

HERE.
LET ME DO IT.

I NEED THE PRACTICE.

( chattering )

( speaking foreign language )

THESE PEOPLE MUTILATE
THEIR CHILDREN.

THEY CUT OFF THEIR COCKS.

THEY’LL GOUGE MY EYES OUT.

SO WHAT?

YOU CAN’T BE
ANY MORE BLIND.

HOW IS IT DONE?

MY MASTER KEEPS
HIS SECRET TO HIMSELF.

I’M A BARBER TOO.

A BARBER?
( scoffs )

EXCELLENT.

MY HAIR COULD DO
WITH A TRIM.

SO I MAKE
NO PROMISES.

YOUR OPERATION IS
A DIFFICULT ONE.

30 PENNIES,
IN ADVANCE.

30 PENNIES!

THAT’S HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

NEVER!

( groans )

- PLEASE.
- Barber: ROB!

DO YOUR BEST.

( men praying
in Hebrew )

( Barber moaning loudly )

- ( metal clinking )
- ( moaning continues )

- WHAT’S YOUR NAME?
- ( people chattering )

ROB.
WHAT’S YOURS?

I’M BENJAMIN.
HE’S JESSE.

ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN, ROB?

- YES.
- IS IT TRUE THAT YOU’RE
NOT EVEN CIRCUMCISED?

OUR GOD DOES
NOT WANT US TO DO SO.

( praying in Hebrew )

ONCE YOU HAVE
EATEN THE BREAD,
YOU CAN TALK.

( laughter )

( people chattering )

- Merlin: WHY DON’T YOU
TAKE OFF HIS BANDAGE?
- Rob: ME?

A BARBER CAN UNWIND
A BANDAGE,

CAN HE NOT?

( Barber moaning )

( grunts )

ROB. IS IT YOU?

YEAH, IT’S ME.

Merlin:
DON’T OPEN YOUR EYES YET.

NOW MOISTEN THE SCABS.

CAN YOU SEE?

LIKE A CHILD.

Merlin:
HE NEEDS TO REST NOW.

( Barber laughs )

OH, BLOODY RAT.

( both laugh )

( soft chattering )

Merlin:
HEY, LOOK AT YOUR FINGERS.
THEY’RE FILTHY.

DO YOU EAT DINNER
WITH THESE FILTHY FINGERS?

( Benjamin speaks softly )

WHAT YOU’VE DONE
TO MY MASTER’S EYES...

WHERE DID YOU LEARN IT?

IN A PLACE
CALLED ISFAHAN.

ISFAHAN.

- IS THAT BEYOND LONDON?
- ( laughter )

"IS THAT BEYOND LONDON?"
IS HE SERIOUS?

( creaks )

( chuckles )

AND THEN...

Rob:
WHAT IS IT?

THE WORLD.

THE WORLD.

LOOK.

WE ARE HERE.
THIS IS LONDON.

AND HERE...

HERE IS ISFAHAN.

THE GREATEST PHYSICIAN
THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
TEACHES THERE.

IBN SINA.
THERE IS NO ONE ON EARTH

WHO CAN MATCH HIM
FOR KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM.

- IBN...
- IBN SINA.

IBN SINA.

CAN HE CURE
THE SIDE SICKNESS?

Merlin:
IBN SINA CAN CURE
MANY ILLNESSES.

HOW LONG WOULD IT
TAKE ME TO GET THERE?

OVER A YEAR.

FIRST YOU WILL HAVE TO GO
TO THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND,

THEN YOU CROSS THE CHANNEL,

THEN YOU WALK THROUGH FRANCE.

YOU TAKE A SAILBOAT
ALONG THE COAST OF AFRICA,

AND THEN
YOU’LL ARRIVE IN EGYPT,

AND HERE...

YOU WILL BE KILLED.

WHY?

FROM THIS POINT,
THE MUSLIM WORLD BEGINS.

ARABIA, PERSIA.

THE CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN
BANISHED FROM EVERYWHERE.

ONLY WE JEWS
ARE TOLERATED.

MY CONDOLENCES.

YOU WORSHIP THE WRONG GOD.

HMM.

Barber:
I DON’T REMEMBER
THE WORLD SO BEAUTIFUL.

I TAKE THE MEN,
YOU TAKE THE WOMEN.

WE SHARE THE EARNINGS
FAIR AND SQUARE.

YOU TAKE ONE-THIRD,
AND I TAKE TWO-THIRDS.

NO, TWO-FIFTHS FOR YOU...

( laughs )
AND THREE-FIFTHS FOR ME.

NO. THAT’S TOO COMPLICATED.

( woman chattering )

Man:
GET OUT OF HERE, HAG.

THE JEW SAID
IBN SINA CAN CURE LEPROSY,

CONSUMPTION
AND TYPHOID.

- FOR HOW MUCH?
- I DON’T KNOW.

BUT HE’S GOT
THIS HUGE PALACE

WHERE HE TREATS
HIS PATIENTS

AND THEY STAY THERE
UNTIL THEY’RE WELL.

HOW MUCH
IS HE CHARGING?

AND HE’S GOT ANOTHER PALACE
CALLED MADRASSA,

WHERE HE TEACHES
HIS STUDENTS.

- HE’S GOT TWO PALACES?
- YEAH.

- AND I WANT
TO GO THERE AND STUDY.
- ( laughs )

A BARBER
WITH TWO PALACES!

NO! I WANT
TO BECOME A HAKIM.

THE SARACENS, THEY CALL
THEIR HEALERS "HAKIMS."

I DON’T CARE
WHAT THEY CALL THEM.

THAT JEW HAS BEEN
FEEDING YOU A STORY.

WE SHOULD TRAVEL
TO THE ORIENT.

- WE?
- YES.

IN THE ORIENT?

YEAH, AND WE’LL COME BACK
AS GREAT HEALERS.

CURE OUR PATIENTS
MUCH BETTER.

HERE’S YOUR SHARE.

( Rob sighing )

RISE AND SHINE,
MR. HAKIM!

ROB?

ROB!

ROB!

( horse snorts )

BLOODY HELL.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I DON’T WANT
TO TREAT WARTS ALL MY LIFE.

I DON’T WANT TO PULL TEETH

AND SELL COLORED HORSE PISS
AS A MIRACLE TONIC!

I WANT TO LEARN
HOW TO CURE THE CATARACT.

I WANT TO LEARN HOW
TO CURE THE SIDE SICKNESS

AND ALL THE OTHER DISEASES.

YOU TOLD ME
IT COULDN’T BE DONE,

BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE AGAIN.

THERE’S SO MUCH
THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

( neighs )

( waves crashing )

( gulls cawing )

IT’S HUGE.

YEAH.
THAT’S DOVER.

BEST PLACE TO GET A BOAT.

NOW GET OFF MY WAGON.

( sighs )

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

GO AND DROWN.
GET EATEN BY SEA CREATURES.

WHAT DO I CARE?

HERE.

THANK YOU.

PISS OFF, RAT.

( both laugh )

PISS OFF.

Rob’s voice:
LORD HAVE MERCY UPON ME.

BLESS ME ON MY LONG
AND DANGEROUS JOURNEY.

LET NOT THE WAVES ENGULF ME
OR SEA MONSTERS DEVOUR ME.

LET NOT BANDITS
SLIT MY THROAT

OR WOLVES EAT ME ALIVE.

LET ME NOT STARVE
OR GET LOST

IN THE DARK WOODS
AND COLD MOUNTAINS.

AND PLEASE, LORD JESUS,

FORGIVE ME
THAT I SHALL DENY MY FAITH

AND SOIL MYSELF WITH SIN...

TO SERVE YOUR CREATION
AND GLORY.

( people shouting )

( banging, creaks )

( people chattering )

( camel groaning )

( people chattering )

THE CARAVAN TO ISFAHAN
LEAVES IN FOUR DAYS.

BEFORE YOU GO,
I’LL BRING YOU TO MY BROTHER.

HE HAS NICE JEWISH ROBES,
PRAYING STRAP.

HE MAKE A GOOD PRICE.

( wind blowing )

( exhales )

- ( groaning )
- ( slices )

- ( knife clatters )
- ( blood pattering )

- SHALOM.
- SHALOM.

HOW LONG
TO ISFAHAN?

- Man: TWO MONTHS.
- Rob: JUST TWO MONTHS?

Man:
THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH, JEW.

MAKE SURE THESE ARE FILLED
WITH WATER BY SUNRISE.

Man:
STOP READING AND SLEEP.

YOU’RE WASTING OIL.

THAT GIRL IS
AS OBSESSED WITH HER BOOK

AS AN OPIUM SMOKER
IS WITH HIS PIPE.

Man #2:
IT MUST BE GOOD MONEY
TO BRING HER TO PERSIA.

MORE THAN ENOUGH.

SOME WEALTHY MAN
FROM DOWN THERE IS PAYING.

( men praying )

LIKE THIS.

CLOSE TO THE HEART.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

JESSE.

SON OF?

BENJAMIN.

WELL, I DON’T KNOW
HOW JEWS PRAY IN ENGLAND,

JESSE BEN BENJAMIN,

BUT HERE WE OBSERVE
THE RULES. YES?

YES.

( men speaking Arabic )

DAYAK, LOOK.

( distant hoofbeats )

- Man: SELJUKS.
- Rob: WHO ARE THEY?

Man:
NOMADIC TRIBES
FROM UP NORTH.

GRUESOME HORSE PEOPLE.

THEY TREK
ACROSS THIS LAND

AND LEAVE A PATH FULL
OF BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

( wings flutter )

( birds squawking )

Dayak:
BY ALLAH.

THEY LOOK LIKE
THEY ARE PRAYING.

WHAT THIEVES LEAVE RICHES
LIKE THIS BEHIND?

THE SELJUKS BELIEVE
ALLAH HAS CHOSEN THEM

TO PUNISH ALL SINNERS.

THEY DESPISE
POSSESSIONS AND PLEASURE
IN EQUAL MEASURE.

( girl muttering,
crying )

SHH.
IT’S ALL RIGHT.

WE SHOULD
TAKE HER WITH US.

I DON’T HAVE ROOM
ON MY CAMEL,

AND YOU DON’T
EVEN HAVE ONE.

I HAVE ROOM
IN MY SEDAN.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
SHE’S NOT YOUR BUSINESS.

I’M MAKING HER
MY BUSINESS.

SHH.

HOW IS SHE?

SHE’S SLEEPING.

DON’T FORGET
TO MAKE HER DRINK.

HOW COME YOU KNOW
SO MUCH ABOUT FEVER?

IN ENGLAND,
I WAS A BARBER.

- A BARBER.
- ENGLISHMAN!

WALK SOMEWHERE ELSE...

OR DO YOU FIND THE DESERT
TOO CRAMPED FOR YOUR LIKING?

( chattering )

JESSE!

JESSE!

COME!
THE LITTLE GIRL.

SHE’S GETTING WORSE.

SHE WAS SHIVERING
WITH COLD BEFORE.

NOW SHE’S ON FIRE.

( girl moaning )

( heart beating )

WE NEED TO LOWER
HER TEMPERATURE.

DO YOU HAVE
ANY WATER?

HERE.

"AND ALADDIN WAS
STARTLED BY THE LAMP,

"WHICH BEGAN
TO HISS AND SMOKE.

"A GHOSTLY FOG
AROSE FROM IT,

"FROM WHICH
A GIANT SHAPE EMERGED

"WITH EYES THE SIZE
OF CART WHEELS.

"’WHO ARE YOU?’
ASKED ALADDIN.

"’I AM A GENIE
AT YOUR SERVICE,’

"A BOOMING VOICE...
ANSWERED."

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

THE GENIE GRANTS
ALADDIN’S WISHES,

WHICH MAKES HIM
UNBELIEVABLY WEALTHY,

AND THIS HELPS HIM
WIN THE HAND

OF THE SULTAN’S DAUGHTER.

( scoffs )

I WISH I HAD
A LAMP LIKE THAT.

( chuckles )

MY FAVORITE STORY

IS ABOUT
SINBAD THE SAILOR.

HE MEETS
CANNIBALS AND GIANTS
ON HIS VOYAGES,

BUT HE ISN’T SCARED
OF ANYTHING.

ALL THESE STORIES
ARE IN THIS ONE BOOK?

MM-HMM.
YEAH, AND MANY MORE.

IT’S THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL THING...

I’VE EVER SEEN.

I CAN TAKE CARE
OF HER NOW.

( tent flap rustles )

- ( wind blowing )
- ( camel bellowing )

SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING
SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME,
MR. BARBER?

I’M GOING TO STUDY
WITH THE GREATEST HEALER
IN ALL THE WORLD.

WHERE I COME FROM,
ALL THE BOYS,

THEY WANT TO BE RABBIS
OR MERCHANTS.

I JUST WANT
TO HELP PEOPLE.

I CAN SEE THAT.

WHAT TAKES YOU
TO ISFAHAN?

A BUSINESS DEAL.

WHAT KIND
OF BUSINESS DEAL?

Man:
A SANDSTORM IS COMING!

( people shouting )

Dayak:
ENGLISHMAN!

TIE THE CAMELS TOGETHER!

( wind howling )

JESSE!

THE OTHERS!
WE LOST THE OTHERS!

I’LL FIND THEM.

HELP!
COME ON, HELP ME!

GET THE ROPE!

I CAN’T HOLD IT!

( camel bellows )

( coughing )

( man coughs )

Rob:
REBECCA!

REBECCA!

SAVE YOUR STRENGTH.

THEY’RE ALL DEAD.

KEEP MOVING.

KEEP MOVING.

Rob:
...DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,

THE POWER,
AND THE GLORY.

FOREVER AND EVER.

AMEN.

( exhales )

WHO ARE YOU?

( fly buzzing )

( distant booming )

( distant booming )

- ( distant cheering )
- ( fireworks exploding )

( bleating )

( chattering )

( singing )

( speaking Arabic )

( ululating )

( fireworks whooshes,
explodes )

( man shouts in Arabic )

- ( guards shouting )
- ALLAHU AKBAR!

( singing )

( man chanting in Arabic )

- ( chanting continues )
- ( people chattering )

THIS MAN WANTS
TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

YOU’RE SUPPOSED
TO CHASE THE BEGGARS
AWAY FROM THE GATE,

NOT TO DRAG THEM
INTO MY ROOM.

OH. PLEASE, SIR,
I’M NO BEGGAR.

I’VE COME TO STUDY
WITH THE GREAT HEALER, IBN SINA.

I SEE.

SO, YOU HAVE
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

FROM RENOWNED SCHOLARS
OF SCIENCE

PRAISING YOUR
INTELLECTUAL QUALITIES,

HERALDING YOU
AS MANKIND’S GREATEST HOPE?

I HAVEN’T, NO.
( chuckles )

THEN I CAN ONLY ASSUME

YOU ARE FABULOUSLY RICH...
( chuckles )

AND WISH TO PROVIDE
AN ADDITIONAL WING
TO OUR LIBRARY.

( laughs )

NO, I HAVE ONLY
A POCKET FULL OF SAND.

THEN WHY SHOULD
I TAKE YOU IN HERE?

THE LAST THING WE NEED

IS ANOTHER POOR,
STINKING JEW.

- THROW HIM OUT.
- NO, PLEASE.

- GIVE HIM A BEATING.
- PLEASE. NO, PLEASE.

I’VE-- I’VE COME
FROM THE OTHER END
OF THE WORLD!

YOU FOOL.

( groans )

Man:
YOU CAN’T TOUCH THOSE.

WHY DON’T I FEEL ANY PAIN?

YOUR WOUND
WAS MADE NUMB,

SO IT COULD BE
SEWED TOGETHER
WITHOUT PAIN.

HOW?

POPPY SEED OINTMENT.

POPPY SEED OINTMENT.

WE’VE USED IT
FOR CENTURIES.

WHAT DO THEY...
USE IN YOUR LAND?

( chuckles )
MEAD.

LOTS OF MEAD.

YOU SEEM...

MORE INTERESTED IN MEDICINE
THAN MY OTHER PATIENTS.

I’VE COME TO BE
A STUDENT OF IBN SINA.

HAVE YOU NOW?

I’VE BEEN TOLD
HE’S THE GREATEST HEALER
IN ALL THE WHOLE WORLD.

NO, HE’S NOT THAT GREAT.

HE’S QUITE ORDINARY REALLY.

- DO YOU KNOW HIM?
- A LITTLE BETTER EACH DAY.

COULD YOU SPEAK
TO HIM FOR ME?

YOU REST NOW.

- ( clanging, bangs )
- ( footsteps approaching )

JEW. JEW!

- ( groans )
- WAKE UP.

YOUR CLASS IS
ABOUT TO START.

YOU MAY HAVE TRICKED
THE MASTER

INTO GIVING YOU
A SEAT IN HIS CLASS,

YOU HAVEN’T TRICKED ME.

I’VE BEEN ACCEPTED?

MY EYES ARE PATIENT.

THEY SHALL LIVE
TO SEE YOU FAIL AND LEAVE.

( soft recitations )

( sighs )
BY ALLAH,
NOT ANOTHER JEW.

BETTER A STUDIOUS JEW

THAN A LAZY,
OVER-PRIVILEGED
PERSIAN LOUDMOUTH.

BE CAREFUL
WHOM YOU INSULT, MIRDIN.

MY FATHER DONATED
30 VOLUMES TO THE LIBRARY,

AND I CAN ARRANGE IT
SO YOU HAVE ACCESS
TO NONE OF THEM!

KARIM. MIRDIN.

I DO HOPE THAT
YOUR HEATED EXCHANGE

IS IN THE NAME
OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.

YES, MASTER.

AND HOW IS THE HEAD
OF OUR NEW ARRIVAL

FROM ACROSS THE EARTH?

VERY MUCH BETTER.

- THANK YOU, SIR.
- OH, THANK YOUR YOUTH.

IT WORKS MIRACLES
NO PHYSICIAN CAN MATCH.

NO, I MEANT
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING

- TO IBN SINA
ON MY BEHALF.
- ( scoffs )

THAT WAS FAR LESS TROUBLE
THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.

( students laugh )

Ibn Sina:
YESTERDAY,
I DISCOVERED SOMETHING.

- THOSE OF YOU WHO PLAY...
- THIS IS IBN SINA’S
PHYSICS CLASS.

Ibn Sina:
...TO A PATIENT, MUSIC.

AND I WISH US
TO INCORPORATE THIS
INTO OUR HEALING.

IN MY LAST PHYSICS CLASS,
WE DISCUSSED SOUND.

I DEMONSTRATED HARMONY
AND RESONANCE,

AND I DISCOVERED
THAT CERTAIN SOUNDS

CAN RESONATE WITH ORGANS
OF THE HUMAN BODY.

Rob:
WON’T YOUR PARENTS MIND

A STRANGER STAYING
IN THEIR HOME?

IF THEY FOUND OUT
THAT I LET A FELLOW STUDENT

SLEEP ON THE STREET,
THEY’D DISOWN ME.
( chuckles )

- Woman: THIS IS JACOB
AND THIS IS SARAH.
- HELLO.

JESSE...

WOULD YOU DO US THE HONOR
OF SAYING GRACE?

UH... YES.

OF COURSE.

UM...

LET US THANK THE LORD
FOR WHEAT AND...

LET US THANK THE LORD
FOR THE WHEAT

THAT... UH,
HE... HAS BORN

FROM THE EARTH
WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS,

SO THAT WE WHO EAT BREAD

HAVE A LOT
OF BREAD TO EAT.

THIS IS HOW
YOU SAY IT IN ENGLAND?

MMM. MMM!

- MMM.
- ( chuckling )

( men shouting )

- CRIMINALS?
- WORSE.

YOU SHOULDN’T
PITY THEM TOO MUCH.

- WHY? WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?
- THEY’RE ZEALOTS.

THEY BELIEVE OUR SHAH IS
VIOLATING THE LAWS OF ALLAH.

TOLERANCE TOWARDS
OTHER RELIGIONS,

HIS SUPPORT
FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS--

ALL DEADLY SINS
IN THE EYES OF THE MULLAHS.

DOES THAT DESERVE
SUCH HARSH TREATMENT?

JESSE, IF THESE PEOPLE
COME TO POWER,

THE MADRASSA
WILL BE CLOSED,

AND WE JEWS WILL BE
DRIVEN OUT OF THE CITY.

WE MUST BE THANKFUL
TO THE SHAH.

UP IN TIME
FOR CLASS, KARIM?

WHAT’S WRONG?

DID YOU FATHER REALIZE
THERE IS MORE TO STUDYING

THAN JUST BUYING BOOKS?

ONE CANNOT BE
UP IN TIME FOR CLASS

IF ONE NEVER WENT TO BED.

- ( grunts )
- ( laughter )

Davout:
SHAME ON YOU, KARIM.

A TRUE MUSLIM AVOIDS
WINE AND BAD COMPANY.

Karim:
A TRUE MUSLIM
AVOIDS THE ADVICE

OF A FAKE STUDENT
WHO ONLY MADE IT
TO JANITOR.

...EXISTS DUE TO EXISTENCE.

EXISTENCE IS NOT
THE CONSEQUENCE

OF EXISTING!
( claps )

- THE FORMER IS THE SINE--
- ( Karim whispers ) ENGLISHMAN,

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
A WORD OF THIS?

NOT YET.

ARISTOTLE?

WE DON’T TREAT DISEASES.

WE TREAT THE PEOPLE
WHO SUFFER FROM DISEASES.

GOOD DAY TO YOU, SIR.

MY NAME IS IBN SINA,
AND THESE ARE MY STUDENTS.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION,
WE WOULD LIKE TO TREAT YOU.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

MY NAME IS ABOLQUASEM.

IT IS A GREAT HONOR
TO PLACE MY WELL-BEING...

IBN SINA WOULD LIKE
A REPORT ON EAR INFECTIONS.

DO YOU HAVE A BOOK
ON THE TOPIC?

- UP THERE.
- Rob: THANK YOU.

UH, WHICH ONE IS
ON EAR INFECTIONS?

ALL OF THEM.

GENTLEMEN,
THIS IS LAMP OIL

WHILE THAT IS VINEGAR
FOR PURIFICATION.

- PURIFICATION.
- TO THE BACK ARE BLOCKS OF ICE

FOR COOLING PATIENTS
WITH FEVER.

SO, GENTLEMEN, IDEAS?
( claps )

( students murmuring )

- THE ICE?
- Ibn Sina: ICE.

- MAYBE SOME REST?
- Ibn Sina: HE’S IN PAIN.

AH! AH!

- ( cracks )
- ( students gasp )

THAT’S HOW WE DO IT...

IN ENGLAND.

Ibn Sina:
IMAGINE, THE SPHERES
OF THE UNIVERSE

AS A SERIES
OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES

- MOVING WITHIN
ONE ANOTHER.
- ( clicks )

THE GREAT ARISTOTLE
CLAIMED...

- ( clicks )
- ...THAT THE FRICTION
CREATED BY THIS MOTION

GENERATES A SOUND

WHICH HE TERMED...

"THE MUSIC
OF THE SPHERES."

AND SOMETIMES,
ON A REALLY QUIET NIGHT,

IF YOU LISTEN REALLY HARD,

THE SOUND IS APPARENT
TO THE HUMAN EAR.

( high-pitched tone )

Man: MASTER.

I HEAR IT.

( tone continues )

( laughing )

Karim:
ARE THE GIRLS IN ENGLAND
AS PRETTY AS THIS?

- PRETTIER.
- PRETTIER?

- SHALOM, KARIM.
- HELLO.

ARE THEIR BODIES
LIKE CYPRESSES?

IS THERE HAIR LIKE--
LIKE WATERFALLS?

SOME OF THEM
EVEN HAVE RED HAIR.

( incredulously )
RED?

I-- I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU.

UH! ALL OVER?

YEAH.

PRAISE BE UNTO ALLAH

FOR THE PLENTITUDE
OF CREATION!

I PRAY THAT SOME
RED-HAIRED ENGLISH VIRGINS

AWAIT ME IN PARADISE!

DID YOU LEAVE
A GIRL BEHIND TO COME HERE?

ACTUALLY... I DID.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL
I EVER MET.

CLEVER AND GENTLE...

CLEVER.

- YOU ALREADY SAID CLEVER.
- YEAH, AND BEAUTIFUL.

YOU ALREADY SAID
BEAUTIFUL TOO.

I WOULD HAVE STOLEN
THIS GIRL FROM YOU.

I WOULD HAVE
KILLED YOU FIRST.

( laughs )

( chanting )
ALLAHU AKBAR.

ALLAHU AKBAR.

Imam:
TODAY WE PRAY
FOR OUR BROTHERS

WHO LIE IN CHAINS

DEEP DOWN
IN THE TYRANT’S DUNGEONS.

BUT WHAT MISDEED
DID THEY COMMIT?

DID THEY MURDER SOMEONE?

- NO.
- Men: NO.

DID THEY DISHONOR A WOMAN?

NO.

THEIR ONLY CRIME

WAS TO FOLLOW THE LAWS
OF THE HOLY QU’RAN, ALLAH.

ALLAH, WE KNEEL HUMBLY
IN THE DUST

BEFORE YOU AND ASK YOU,

HOW LONG DO YOU WANT US
TO BEAR THIS INJUSTICE?

- Man: YEAH, YEAH.
- Man #2: YEAH.

( trumpeting )

( men praying in Hebrew )

WE CALL ON THE RIGHTEOUS
AND GENEROUS BAR KAPPARA.

( praying in Hebrew )

- AH! MIRDIN!
- HONORABLE BAR KAPPARA.

PLEASE LET ME INTRODUCE

MY FRIEND
AND FELLOW STUDENT,

JESSE BEN BENJAMIN,

FROM ENGLAND.

FROM ENGLAND!

WE ARE PROUD
OF EVERY JEW

WHO GETS ACCEPTED
TO THE MADRASSA.

AND MY FUTURE BRIDE
IS FROM SPAIN!

ALLOW ME
TO INTRODUCE HER.

REBECCA?

COME.

YOU MAY GREET THEM.

- SH-- SHALOM.
- SHALOM.

SHALOM.

I HOPE YOU WILL EACH
DO ME THE HONOR

OF ATTENDING OUR WEDDING.

OH, YOU ARE
TOO GENEROUS.

OH, WE HAVE MUCH
TO CELEBRATE.

IT IS A MIRACLE

REBECCA SURVIVED
HER PASSAGE TO ISFAHAN.

HER CARAVAN WAS SWALLOWED
BY THE MOST FEROCIOUS SANDSTORM.

Rebecca:
A BRAVE GUIDE SAVED ME...

AND A LITTLE GIRL.

- THANK GOD.
- MY FRIEND!
THIS DAY OF DAYS...

- ( folk music playing )
- ( cheering )

- ( man singing )
- ( cheering fades )

( cheering )

( shouts )

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT
THE BUSINESS DEAL IS.

MAY YOUR MARRIAGE
BE BLESSED AND HAPPY.

Bar Kappara:
AND NOW BEFORE
WE TAKE OUR LEAVE...

- THANK YOU.
- ...I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR JOINING US HERE.

( woman ululating )

HEY.

- ( laughter )
- ( woman ululating )

YOU SEEM SAD.

I LOST SOMEONE
I CARED FOR VERY MUCH.

WELL, NOW YOU HAVE
FOUND ME.

WE MUST TAKE WHAT
WE CAN FIND IN THIS LIFE,

SO WHY DON’T WE SEE
WHAT WE CAN FIND... HERE?

( gasp echoes )

( distorted breathing )

Woman:
NOW LISTEN TO ME.

I NEVER LIE DOWN
FOR ANYONE FOR FREE.

PLEASE, BE QUIET.

- ( laughing )
- DOES THIS HURT?

WHAT’S HER AILMENT?

I HAVEN’T YET
DIAGNOSED IT, MASTER.

MASTER!
IF YOU ARE THE MASTER,

TELL THIS MANIAC
TO LET ME GO.

THE NIGHT IS NEARLY OVER,
AND MY PURSE IS EMPTY.

PLEASE MODERATE
YOUR TONGUE, MY CHILD.

IF THIS YOUNG MAN
HAS BROUGHT YOU HERE,

IT WILL BE
FOR A GOOD REASON.

( whispers )
YOUR GOOD REASON IS?

( whispers )
SHE WON’T SURVIVE THE NIGHT.

( chuckles )
SHE LOOKS AND SOUNDS
IN PERFECT HEALTH TO ME.

IT’S SOMETHING
I CAN’T EXPLAIN.

- I NEED TO GO!
- MY BEAUTIFUL ROSE...

AS A PERSONAL FAVOR TO ME,

GRANT MY STUDENT HERE
A MOMENT MORE

OF YOUR VALUABLE TIME.

( sighs )
NOW THAT’S HOW
TO TALK TO A LADY.

HEY, PEOPLE PAY GOOD MONEY
TO TAKE THOSE OFF.

MASTER, LOOK.

( sighs )

WAKE THE PHARMACIST.

FETCH HENBANE. RUN.

WHERE IS HE GOING?

TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.

LIKE A PREMONITION,
IS IT?

IT’S AS IF...

TIME STANDS STILL
FOR A MOMENT.

THE FABRIC OF REALITY
IS PULLED ASIDE

LIKE A VEIL
FOR ME TO SEE THROUGH.

AND WHAT IS IT YOU SEE?

( sighs )
I SEE NOTHING.

I JUST... FEEL...

AND KNOW
THAT DEATH IS COMING.

THE FIRST TIME WAS
WITH MY MOTHER.

SHE DIED
OF SIDE SICKNESS.

- IT’S A CURSE.
- IT’S A GIFT.

YOU SAVED
THAT GIRL’S LIFE TONIGHT.

ONE SUCCESS
FOR MANY FAILURES.

WELL...

THIS IS THE BURDEN

EVERY PHYSICIAN
MUST LEARN TO BEAR.

YOU CAN’T LOOK UPON DEATH
AS THE ENEMY.

THEN WHAT?
A FRIEND?

I’VE CALCULATED
THE ORBITS...

OF ALL THESE STARS
AND PLANETS.

I’VE FILLED VOLUMES
WITH CALCULATIONS.

I’VE BARELY SCRATCHED

AT THE REAL SECRETS
OF CREATION.

DOESN’T IT FRUSTRATE YOU
THERE’S SO MUCH THAT
WE DON’T KNOW?

NO.

IT FILLS ME WITH AWE.

HOW PALE AND TEDIOUS
WOULD THIS WORLD BE
WITHOUT MYSTERY?

( chuckles )

MASTER, COULD YOU HAVE CURED
MY MOTHER’S SIDE SICKNESS?

IT’S BEYOND OUR REACH.

MAYBE IN A HUNDRED YEARS.

MAYBE IN A THOUSAND.

- ( hoofbeats approach )
- ( horse neighs )

- HYAH! HYAH!
- ( speaking Arabic )

IBN SINA!

- IT APPEARS I’M ABOUT
TO BE SUMMONED.
- IBN SINA!

Ibn Sina:
NEVER APPROACH
MORE THAN FIVE STEPS.

NEVER LOOK HIM
IN THE EYE.

SHOULD HE ADDRESS YOU,

ANSWER IN SHORT SENTENCES

AND ALWAYS END
WITH ONE OF HIS HONORIFICS.

JESSE.

Rob:
UH... ANSWER
IN SHORT SENTENCES

AND END IN ONE
OF HIS HONORIFICS.

I SPRAINED MY WRIST.

IF YOU’D COME EARLIER...

YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN ME
DEFTLY SEPARATE

THIS SELJUK’S HEAD
FROM HIS BODY.

I’M SO SORRY
I MISSED IT.

I’M SURE
THE SELJUK DESERVED
THE DISSECTION.

HE WAS SENT WITH MESSAGE
OF A PEACE TREATY.

Ibn Sina:
AND THIS PROMPTED
HIS IMMEDIATE DECAPITATION?

Shah: OF COURSE.
THE SELJUKS ARE CONSTANTLY
VIOLATING OUR BORDERS.

WE NEED TO WHIP
THESE WILD ANIMALS,

OR THEY WILL SLAUGHTER US
LIKE A SICK GOAT.

Ibn Sina:
DO YOU SO LONG FOR WAR,
O PERFECT ONE?

THE SELJUKS HAVE
NOTHING TO LOSE

BUT THE BEASTS
BENEATH THEIR SADDLES.

YOU HAVE
AN ENTIRE CIVILIZATION.

IS THAT SO?

BUT WHICH GREAT ARTIST
EVER GLORIFIED
A PEACEFUL KING?

WAR ALONE WILL BESTOW
IMMORTAL GLORY UPON MY NAME.

DON’T YOU AGREE?

I STUDY THE HEALING ARTS,
O SUBLIME ONE.

I KNOW NOTHING
OF THE ROUTE TO IMMORTALITY.

( laughs )

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

HE DARES SPEAK OPENLY
IN MY PRESENCE.

- ( people laughing )
- Shah: I PRAY MY PALACE

DOES NOT COLLAPSE
FROM SUCH AUDACITY.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

HE HAILS FROM ENGLAND,
O SUBLIME ONE.

I’VE READ OF IT.

A BARBARIC ISLAND
AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

WHERE HALF-NAKED PAGANS
RESISTED CAESAR’S LEGIONS.

MY COUNTRYMEN
WEAR CLOTHES NOW.

- O PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE.
- O PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE.

TELL ME...

HAVE YOU SEEN
STRANGE COUNTRIES

- ON YOUR JOURNEY EAST?
- MORE THAN I CAN COUNT.

OH.

EVEN A HUMBLE STUDENT

HAS SEEN MORE OF THE WORLD
THAN THE SHAH.

SEND THAT STINKING HEAD
BACK TO THE SELJUKS.

( men speaking Arabic )

MY SON SHALL HAVE
A HERO’S BURIAL.

Man:
WHAT MESSAGE MAY I BRING
TO MY LORD THE SHAH

FROM THE LORD
OF THE SELJUKS?

DO NOT TROUBLE YOURSELF.

I’LL SEND
MY OWN MESSAGE.

- ( squelches )
- ( grunts )

GET ONE OF OUR BROTHERS

WHO IS SUFFERING
FROM THE BLACK DEATH.

( children playing )

- ( speaks Arabic )
- ( screams )

( crowd quiets )

( people screaming,
shouting )

SO THE NEEDLE...

PIERCES THE MIDDLE
OF THE EYE

PUSHING THE DIMMED LENS

TO THE BACK
OF THE EYEBALL.

THIS ALLOWS SUNLIGHT

TO REACH THE PATIENT’S EYES
UNDIMINISHED.

( whispers )
MASTER, SOMEBODY DIED
IN THE MARKET.

HE HAD BLACK BOILS
ALL OVER.

( clamoring )

( man shouting )

( people chattering )

( door opens )

A FALCON’S BEAK
CAN PIERCE A MAN’S SKULL.

DID YOU KNOW THAT,
ENGLISHMAN?

- ( door closes )
- Ibn Sina: PLEASE, SUBLIME ONE.

WE’VE HEARD ABOUT
THE PUSTULATED CORPSE

WHO EXPIRED
WITHIN THE CITY WALLS.

WE MUST EVACUATE
THE CITY IMMEDIATELY.

THE CITY HAS BEEN SPARED

THE PLAGUE
FOR OVER A CENTURY.

EVEN MY FATHER
ONLY EVER HEARD SPEAK OF IT.

BUT HIS SON...

MAY LIVE TO SEE IT
WITH HIS OWN EYES.

THE IMAM AND HIS MULLAHS

HAVE BEEN PRAYING
FOR GOD’S VENGEANCE

TO PUNISH
MY EXTRAVAGANCE.

I CANNOT DO THEM
THAT FAVOR.

MY LORD,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF YOUR SUBJECTS
COULD DIE.

( angrily )
MY PEOPLE ARE FRUITFUL!

THEY WILL SURVIVE!

( falcon shrieks )

SHH.

YOU HAVE DISTURBED
MY FALCON.

THIS AUDIENCE IS OVER.

THE PLAGUE DOESN’T CARE
IF YOU’RE RICH OR POOR,

COMMON MAN OR NOBLEMAN,
SUN OF THE STATE.

IF IT’S REACHED ISFAHAN,
NO WALL, HOWEVER THICK,
WILL STOP IT.

ARE YOU THREATENING ME,
ENGLISHMAN?

NOT A THREAT, MY LORD.

A PROMISE.

( chattering )

Rob:
GALEN BELIEVED
THAT THE PLAGUE WAS DUE

TO A DISPROPORTION
OF THE FOUR HUMORS.

HIPPOCRATES BLAMED IT
ON THE RELEASE OF BAD AIR

FROM THE GROUND
DURING EARTHQUAKES,

- CAUSED BY A DISEASE-BRINGING
CONSTELLATION...
- OVER THERE.

...OF MARS, JUPITER
AND SATURN.

THE ONLY THING
THE SCHOLARS AGREE ON

IS THAT THERE IS
APPROXIMATELY 12 HOURS

FROM CONTAGION TO ERUPTION.

- Ibn Sina:
12 HOURS, GENTLEMEN.
- ( chattering stops )

12 HOURS.

( chattering resumes )

( horse neighs )

( shouting in Arabic )

( footsteps approach )

LISTEN!
ON HIS MAJESTY’S ORDERS,

THE MADRASSA WILL
BE HONORED TO ACCOMPANY

THE SHAH
ON HIS HUNTING TRIP.

PLEASE EXPRESS
OUR REGRETS TO THE SHAH,

BUT WE CANNOT JOIN HIM.

YOU REFUSE TO OBEY?

WE ARE HAKIMS,
NOT HUNTERS.

I WILL CONVEY
YOUR ANSWER.

I KNOW.

EACH OF US IS THINKING,

"WHY SHOULD I STAY
AND RISK MY LIFE

"FIGHTING A PESTILENCE
THAT HAS NO CURE?"

WELL...

WE MUST EACH FIND
OUR OWN ANSWER.

SO...

THOSE WHO WISH
TO LEAVE,

GO NOW WITH MY BLESSING.

THE REST WILL
BATTLE DEATH BY MY SIDE

UNTIL WE DEFEAT IT...

OR IT DEFEATS US.

SINCE WHEN
DO WE HAVE FLEAS HERE?

12 HOURS
ARE ALMOST GONE.

MAYBE THE ALL-MERCIFUL
SPARES US.

SHOULDN’T YOU BE
OUT HUNTING WITH THE SHAH

INSTEAD OF RISKING
YOUR LIFE HERE?

SURE, TO HEAR
FROM MIRDIN AND YOU

TILL THE END OF MY DAYS
WHAT A BAD DOCTOR

- AND INFAMOUS COWARD I AM?
- ( scoffs )

WHAT? IS IT SO IMPORTANT
WHAT A BUNCH OF JEWS
THINK OF YOU?

NO.

IT’S ONLY IMPORTANT WHAT
MY FRIENDS THINK OF ME.

HELP! HELP!

- Ibn Sina: LAY HER DOWN.
- Hakim: THE WOMAN SAYS

THE SELJUK SPIT ON HER
BEFORE HE DIED.

( speaks Arabic )

( woman crying )

( gasps,
distorted breathing )

( chattering, coughing )

( sighs )

( mutters )

( mumbles )
HAKIM...

MASTER, THE PLAGUE
DOESN’T KILL EVERYONE.

THE BOY WILL LIVE.

THE WOMAN,
THE TWO MEN--

STOP.

THEY’RE GOING TO DIE.

WE WILL FIGHT
FOR EACH AND EVERY LIFE.

DO YOU HEAR ME?

EACH AND EVERY ONE.

YES, HAKIM.

THE SOLDIERS ARE
CLOSING THE GATES!

WE’RE BEING LOCKED IN
WITH THE PLAGUE.

( clamoring )

YES, YOU--
YOU CAN GO THROUGH.

HOLD BACK!
HOLD THEM BACK!

GET BACK!
HOLD THEM BACK!

ONLY MEMBERS
OF THE ROYAL COURT

ARE PERMITTED
TO LEAVE THE CITY.

BUT I AM A MEMBER
OF THE COURT.

GO.

CLOSE THE DOORS!

HOLD THEM BACK!

( door rattles )

( sighs )

ABBA, IMA,
PLEASE, DON’T WORRY.

IT WILL ALL BE OVER
IN A FEW DAYS.

WATCH OUT
FOR YOURSELVES.

YOU TOO.

MIRDIN...

HURRY TO YOUR
SPONSOR’S HOUSE.

HASN’T BAR KAPPARA
LEFT TOWN?

HE HAS, YES.

( grunts )

JESSE.

( grunts )

THE WATER COOLS DOWN
MY FEVER. NO?

( chuckles )

YOU’D MAKE
A GOOD HAKIM.

- Rob: SO THIS
IS YOUR GOOD JEW?
- ( rats squeaking )

Mirdin:
I AGREE THAT’S
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

WOULD YOU HAVE
LEFT HER LIKE THAT?

- NO.
- NEITHER WOULD ANY HUSBAND
WORTH THE NAME.

( people coughing,
moaning )

( Mirdin and Rob grunt )

( breathing hard, moaning )

( clatters )

Ibn Sina:
TIE HER DOWN.

SHE MUSTN’T SCRATCH
THE BOILS.

THEY MUST BURST
BY THEMSELVES.

WHY CAN’T WE JUST
CUT THEM OUT?

THEIR ROOTS ARE TOO DEEP.

ACCORDING
TO WHICH AUTHORITY?

Ibn Sina:
HIPPOCRATES HIMSELF.

HE COMPARES THEM
TO THE ROOTS OF A TREE.

DID HE SEE THEM
WITH HIS OWN EYES?

DO YOU QUESTION
HIPPOCRATES?

YOU TOLD ME TO QUESTION
ALL CERTAINTIES, HAKIM!

WHATEVER THEIR SOURCE.

DEEPER.

WHAT IF HUMANS ARE
DIFFERENT TO DOGS?

WHAT IF THE THE BOILS DON’T
BRANCH OUT INSIDE OF US?

NO.

HAKIM, WE HAVE

MORE THAN ENOUGH CORPSES
AT OUR DISPOSAL.

WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING,
ALLAH FORBIDS.

AS DOES YAHWEH,

AS DOES JESUS CHRIST.

PEOPLE ARE DYING,
AND WE CAN ONLY WATCH.

HOW CAN THAT
BE THE WILL OF ANY GOD?

( squeaking )

113.

TODAY’S BODY COUNT ALONE.

IF WE EXTRAPOLATE
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY,

THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE
THAN A THOUSAND DEATHS PER DAY.

( murmuring )

WE’RE BAILING OUT
AN OCEAN WITH A THIMBLE.

BUT WE ARE BAILING,
NEVERTHELESS.

( soft conversation )

"THIS SINBAD THE SAILOR
HAS A STORY TO TELL,

"THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.

"FOR LONG SEASONS,
HE KEPT OPEN HOUSE,

"AND HIS ENTERTAINMENTS WERE
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT OF ALL.

"ALL THAT RICHES COULD BUY
SEEMED AT HIS DISPOSAL,

"AND HE LAVISHED
THE GOOD THINGS

"OF THIS LIFE
UPON HIS GUESTS.

"PAGES, SLAVES
AND ATTENDANTS THERE
WERE IN GREAT NUMBER.

"HIS GARDEN WAS
SPACIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL."

- ( breathing hard )
- ( people chattering )

Rob: SHH.

( speaking Arabic )

- IT’S THE FLEAS, MASTER!
- WHAT?

THE SHROUDS OF THE DEAD
ARE CRAWLING WITH THEM.

I BELIEVE THE PLAGUE
MIGHT BE CARRIED
BY THEIR BITE.

WHEN THE HOST DIES,
THE BODY COOLS,

AND THE FLEAS LEAVE
TO FIND A NEW VICTIM.

SO EVERY CORPSE
IS A THREAT.

( speaking Arabic )

OVER HERE, QUICKLY!

YES, ALL OF THEM.

GREAT.
NOW WE LOOK LIKE WOMEN.

- ( laughter )
- IT’S BETTER THAN DYING.

HE WON’T BE SATISFIED
UNTIL WE’RE ALL DEAD.

Rob: BUT YOU HAVE
ALL THESE VIRGINS
WAITING FOR YOU.

- HOW MANY WAS IT AGAIN?
- SOME SAY 99. SOME SAY 20.

- WHAT ABOUT YOURS?
- NONE.

NONE? THEN WHAT’S
THE POINT IN DYING?

TO WALK WITH GOD.

MASTER, LOOK.

GUST FLEA.

COMMONLY FOUND
IN RATS.

GENTLEMEN!

WE MIX
A STRONG POISON.

- YES, SIR.
- YES, HAKIM.

( squeaking )

( both grunt )

( sighs )
PRAISED BE ALLAH.

110. THREE LESS
THAN YESTERDAY.

THE RATE OF DEATH
IS DECLINING.

( chattering )

YOU HEARD ME!
GET TO WORK.

STOP LOAFING!

( coughing )

YOU LOOK BETTER.

DON’T THE OTHER PATIENTS
COMPLAIN THAT YOU’RE
NEGLECTING THEM?

I TREAT
EVERY PATIENT EQUALLY.

SO DO YOU ALSO READ
TO THEM FOR HOURS?

IF IT HELPS.

WILL YOU GRANT ME
ONE MORE WISH, GENIE?

OR ARE THEY ALL GONE?

( grunts,
breathing hard )

Rebecca:
IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL.

YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE SNOW
ON THE MOUNTAINS.

Rob:
IT HELPS YOU FORGET
EVERYTHING DOWN THERE.

WHAT SIN
HAS ISFAHAN COMMITTED

THAT GOD
MUST PUNISH IT SO?

I’M JUST THANKFUL
HE SPARED YOU.

IN MY FEVER, I DREAMT
THAT WE WERE MAN AND WIFE.

WE HAD CHILDREN.

FOUR.

AND DID WE ROAM AROUND
IN A BARBER’S CART?

NO.

NO, WE LIVED
IN A GREAT CITY...

WHERE YOU BUILT
A MADRASSA.

ALL BY MYSELF?

I HELPED.

( running footsteps )

JESSE.

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS.

( people shouting )

- ( music playing )
- ( chattering )

Man:
BAR KAPPARA!

BAR KAPPARA,
YOU’RE ALIVE!

( man #2 shouting )

( music playing )

( singing )

( laughing )

( gasps )

JESSE,
DID YOU SEE THAT?

- ( both laugh )
- Man: HAKIM! HAKIM!

QUICK, QUICK!
HURRY! THERE!

KARIM.

( gasps )

DON’T LOOK
AT ME LIKE THAT.

( sighs )

WHERE I’M GOING,

THE RIVERS
ARE MADE OF WINE...

AND THE WOMEN...

THE WOMEN ARE
MORE BEAUTIFUL

THAN IN THE SHAH’S HAREM.

ONE MIGHT EVEN
HAVE RED HAIR.

GOD GIVES US LIFE...

AND GOD TAKES IT BACK.

( inhales sharply )

WHY DOES HE ALWAYS TAKE
MORE THAN HE GIVES?

( chalk clatters )

JUST LOOKING FOR REASONS
NOT TO GO HOME.

JESSE, I WISH YOU
A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE.

YOU DESERVE IT.

( breathing hard )

BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD,

SOVEREIGN
OF THE UNIVERSE,

WHO HAS SANCTIFIED US
WITH HIS COMMANDMENT...

...AND SAVED US
FROM THE PLAGUE.

AMEN.

AMEN.

All: AMEN.

Bar Kappara:
TO SURVIVAL.

IF THE WORLD WERE JUST...

I SHOULD BOW TO YOU.

BUT IT IS NOT.
( chuckles )

ARISE.

ARISE,
HEROES OF ISFAHAN.

WE HAVE
A CELEBRATION TO ATTEND.

- ( music playing )
- ( laughter, chatter )

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME WINE?

WHAT A SHAME.

( music continues,
muffled )

Shah:
WHY SO GLUM?

YOU HAVE SAVED US.

YOU SHOULD BE DRUNK
ON OUR GRATITUDE.

FAILING THAT...

ON MY WINE.

SUN OF THE STATE.

ENJOY YOURSELF,
ENGLISHMAN.

MY FATHER BELIEVED...

FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS...

WERE BENEATH A TRUE RULER.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD,
TO DRIVE THEM FROM MY HEART,

HE WOULD TAKE ME
TO WITNESS EXECUTIONS.

I WATCHED CONDEMNED MEN

BEG FOR THEIR LIVES.

I WATCHED
THE SWARMS OF FLIES

FEASTING
ON TWITCHING CORPSES.

BUT THEN, OVER TIME...

I BECAME
USED TO THE SIGHT,

THE SMELL...

AND THE SCREAMS.

IN TIME,
I FELT NOTHING.

MY FATHER HAD SUCCEEDED
IN TURNING DEATH

INTO A SUBJECT
FOR OBJECTIVE STUDY.

AND NOW
I AM THE SHAH...

RULER OF ALL WE SEE.

A KING
OF FEELING NOTHING.

WHAT WAS THE NAME
OF YOUR HEROIC FRIEND?

KARIM.

I SHALL BE
YOUR NEW FRIEND,

JESSE BEN BENJAMIN.

AND PERHAPS ONE DAY,

I SHALL MOURN
YOUR PASSING.

Ibn Sina:
WHEN ARISTOTLE CLAIMED

THAT THE WORLD
HAD NO BEGINNING,

HE WAS NOT SAYING
THERE WAS NO CREATOR.

NO. HE SIMPLY WISHED

TO ABSOLVE THE CREATOR

OF THE CHARGE
OF EVER HAVING BEEN IDLE.

( students laughing )

- ( Ibn Sina laughs )
- ( chattering )

Ibn Sina:
I MUST APOLOGIZE, JESSE.

- FOR WHAT?
- FOR NOT ENGAGING YOU
WITH ARISTOTLE.

WHEN THE PLAGUE CAME,

WE WERE AS HELPLESS

AS A BEACH IS
TO THE ADVANCE OF THE SEA.

THE TIDE WASHED OVER US
AND DRAGGED OUR PEOPLE AWAY,

AND WE COULD
DO NOTHING TO STOP IT.

YOU ASK OF MEDICINE WHAT
ONLY ALLAH CAN PERFORM...

OR YAHWEH.

DO YOU NEVER DOUBT
YOUR CALLING?

EVERY MORNING
AND EVERY EVENING.

IN BETWEEN, I WORK TOO HARD
TO THINK ABOUT IT.

WE’VE JUST RECEIVED
NEW PATIENTS.

I CAN OFFER YOU
A BROKEN HIP, WORMS,

OR A TERMINAL CASE
OF ACUTE SIDE SICKNESS.

GOOD DAY, SIR.

MY NAME IS
JESSE BEN BENJAMIN,

AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION,
I’D LIKE TO TREAT YOU TODAY.

( weakly )
CALL ME QUASIM.

CAN I GIVE YOU SOMETHING
FOR THE PAIN, QUASIM?

- CAN I STILL TALK
TO YOU THEN?
- ( tapping )

NO, THE OPIUM
DOES DULL THE SENSES.

THEN I MUST
GRATEFULLY DECLINE

YOUR GENEROUS OFFER.

I MIGHT FALL OFF
THE LADDER.

LADDER?

THE LADDER MY SOUL
MUST ASCEND TO PARADISE.

IT IS VERY NARROW.
IT IS EASY TO FALL OFF.

MAY I NEVERTHELESS EXAMINE YOU
AND ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS?

IT WILL SHORTEN
THE TIME BEFORE I...

( scratching )

JESSE,
YOU KNOW I AM DYING,

DON’T YOU, JESSE?

YES.

I DIDN’T WANT
TO FRIGHTEN YOU.

WOULD YOU
DO ME A FAVOR?

WHEN I AM GONE...

TAKE MY CORPSE
TO THE TOWER

AND LEAVE IT
FOR THE BIRDS.

YOU DON’T WANT
TO BE BURIED OR CREMATED?

WE ZOROASTRIANS
GIVE OUR BODIES

TO THE VULTURES.

THEY CLEANSE OUR SOULS

OF EARTHLY REMAINS.

WHAT ABOUT RESURRECTION?

MUSLIMS, JEWS...

CHRISTIANS

DOUBT THE IMMORTALITY
OF THE SOUL

AND WANT TO TAKE
THEIR BONES WITH THEM,

JUST IN CASE.

SO YOU CARE NOTHING
FOR YOUR BODY?

WHY SHOULD GOD WORRY
ABOUT THE HUSK...

WHEN HE CAN HARVEST...

THE FRUIT INSIDE?

( moaning )

JESSE.

JESSE.

( speaking Arabic )

THANK YOU.

I HOPE YOU FOUND
YOUR PARADISE,
MY FRIEND.

OH, MAY THE LORD
HAVE MERCY ON ME.

( scalpel zings )

( clatters )

( squelches )

( breathing shakily )

( scratching )

( clatters )

- ( distant chattering )
- ( dogs barking )

IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE WE HAVE LAIN TOGETHER.

IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT
A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

WHY?

I HAVE MY IMPURITY.

MY HUSBAND
WOULD DEFILE HIMSELF.

YOU STILL HAVE IT?

- I’M SORRY.
- NO MATTER.

I WILL TELL THE SERVANT

TO PREPARE A BED
FOR YOU IN ANOTHER ROOM.

THE LUNGS ARE
A LARGE CIRCLE

IN WHICH
THE HEART RESIDES

WITH THE STOMACH
IN FRONT.

A TUBE RUNS
FROM THE THROAT

TO BOTH THE LUNGS
AND THE STOMACH.

- SO, GENTLEMEN, LUNGS.
- Students: LUNGS.

- Ibn Sina: HEART.
- Students: HEART.

- Ibn Sina: STOMACH.
- Students: STOMACH.

- Ibn Sina: TUBE.
- Students: TUBE.

Imam:
FOR WHAT SIN DID ALLAH
STRIKE US WITH THE PLAGUE?

WHY DID OUR WOMEN
AND CHILDREN HAVE TO DIE?

( chattering )

AND I SAY UNTO YOU,

IT IS THE SINS COMMITTED
EACH AND EVERY DAY

IN THE UNIVERSITY
WHOSE GODLESS PHILOSOPHY
CORRUPTS OUR CITY!

- ( clamoring )
- Imam: ALLAH WISHES

THAT WE FINALLY
OPEN OUR EYES

AND LOOK THE ENEMY
IN THE FACE.

HE GIVES US THE INSIGHT
AND THE WISDOM.

HIS MERCY ALLOWS US
TO RECOGNIZE

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR OUR MISERY!

- ALLAHU AKBAR!
- ( clamoring continues )

ALLAHU AKBAR!

- ALLAHU AKBAR!
- Men: ALLAHU AKBAR!

( chanting )
ALLAHU AKBAR!
ALLAHU AKBAR!

ALLAHU AKBAR!

ALLAHU AKBAR!
ALLAHU AKBAR!

( chanting continues )

( distant chanting )

( whispering )

MIRDIN.

- WHAT’S GOING ON?
- WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL NIGHT?

WORKING IN THE LIBRARY.

THE WHOLE CITY IS
UP IN ARMS.

THE MULLAHS HAVE TAKEN
TO THE STREETS.

( chanting )
ALLAHU AKBAR!
ALLAHU AKBAR!

YOU’RE ON THE WRONG SIDE,
DAVOUT.

MAYBE.

ONE DAY,
A GREAT QU’RAN SCHOOL

WILL ARISE WITHIN THE WALLS
OF THIS GODLESS UNIVERSITY.

- AND ALLAH WILLING,
I WILL BE ITS DEAN.
- Man: GET BACK!

( distant whinny,
shouting )

( speaking Arabic )

I BRING YOU
THE WORD OF GOD,

FATHER OF ALL SELJUKS.

I GIVE YOU HIS SWORD,
KEEPER OF THE FAITH.

Imam:
THE FAITHFUL OF ISFAHAN
NEED YOUR HELP.

YOU PROMISE ME
A CITY IN CHAOS,

YEARNING
FOR A STRONG RULER.

AS A MAN DYING OF THIRST
YEARNS FOR WATER.

UNDER THE SHAH,
THE CITY OF ISFAHAN

IS ADRIFT IN THE DESERT,

DECAYING FROM VICE
AND APOSTASY.

BUT WHEN THE SELJUKS
HAVE DRIVEN OUT

BOTH THE SHAH
AND HIS JEWS,

WE CAN TETHER ISFAHAN
TO OUR FAITH

AND REBUILD IT CLEAN.

- AND THE SELJUKS?
- COULD CONQUER ALL PERSIA.

ISFAHAN IS
YOUR FIRST STEP.

EXPECT MY ARMY
IN 10 DAYS.

IT WOULD BE
MY GREATEST HONOR.

( men crying out )

JESSE BEN BENJAMIN,

YOU ARE
TO COME WITH US.

Shah:
HE HAS ATTACKED AND KILLED
COUNTLESS PEOPLE.

ALL THE VILLAGES
AROUND HERE

HAVE BEEN DESERTED
FOR FEAR OF IT.

FINALLY, MY BOREDOM ENDS.

THE BLOOD IS STILL WET.

- ( man speaking Arabic )
- ( lion roars )

( growling )

HE’S BEAUTIFUL.

YOU SHOULD CAPTURE HIM,
MY LORD.

TAKE HIM BACK
TO YOUR PALACE FOR COMPANY.

WHERE HE WILL GROW OLD
AND FAT IN A GILDED CAGE?

NO, HE DESERVES
A GLORIOUS DEATH.

- I SHAN’T DENY HIM.
- MY LORD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- DO NOT WORRY, ENGLISHMAN.
- ( lion snarls )

WE MAN-EATING BEASTS

HAVE THE GREATEST
OF RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER.

( snarls )

DID ALLAH EVER CREATE

A MORE LONELY BEAST
THAN YOU?

- ( arrows whooshing )
- ( lion grunting )

( man shouts )

( stringed instrument playing )

YOUR EYES ARE
STILL OF THIS WORLD,
JESSE BEN BENJAMIN.

THE OTHER WORLD
IS SO MUCH BETTER.

ONLY THE ROAD OF EXCESS

CAN LEAD
TO THE PALACE OF WISDOM.

- ( coughs )
- ( laughing )

- ( coughs )
- OH, YOU’RE IN PAIN.

I SHOULD EXAM...

OUR LORD IS
THE VERY BLOSSOM
OF HEALTH,

AND IF ANYTHING,
ILLNESS FEARS HIM.

GO AHEAD.
QUENCH YOUR DESIRE.

THEY’RE VERY BEAUTIFUL,
SIRE, BUT...

BUT...
( chuckling )

THE FEMALE BODY

HOLDS NO ATTRACTION
FOR YOU.

AM I RIGHT?

WE SHOULD GET BACK SOON.

ONLY THE SHAH
MAY END AN AUDIENCE.

ARE YOU THE SHAH?

( sighs )
NO.

BORE ME
AFTER ONLY ONE DAY.

( man speaks Arabic )

WOULD YOU PERMIT ME
TO EXAMINE

- YOUR WIFE IN PRIVATE?
- OF COURSE.

- ( bell jingles )
- ( chirping )

( breathes shakily )

( sniffles )

I’D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE
YOUR HUSBAND.

THERE IS NO REASON TO,
IS THERE?

YOU KNOW WHO
TO CONGRATULATE.

YOUR HUSBAND
WILL CAST YOU OUT.

I COULD NOT WISH
FOR MORE.

- DON’T BE NAIVE.
- ( both grunt )

HE WILL HAVE TO HAND YOU
OVER TO THE ELDERS,

AND THEY WILL
PASS JUDGMENT ON YOU,

AND WE BOTH KNOW
WHAT THAT JUDGMENT WILL BE.

I WANT TO GO HOME.

THIS IS YOUR ONLY CHANCE.

YOU MUST LIE
WITH YOUR HUSBAND TONIGHT.

( Rob sighs )
I’M BACK, MY OLD FRIEND.

LET’S WORK.

( clatters )

( footsteps approaching )

( clattering )

( footsteps departing )

( sighs )

REBECCA?

REBECCA?

- REBECCA?
- ( chirping )

( people chattering )

( sniffles )

( breathes deeply )

Davout:
I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN
YOU WERE A FRAUD,

BUT NEVER
IN MY WILDEST DREAMS

DID I SEE YOU
AS A FRAUD AND NECROMANCER.

TAKE HIM.

- ( man speaking Arabic )
- ( crowd murmuring )

HEY, HEY.

JESSE!

REBECCA.

IT’S TIME FOR YOU
TO TELL YOUR SECRETS
TO YOUR HUSBAND.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
TO ARREST ME.

THE SHAH WILL
PUNISH YOU FOR THIS.

THE SHAH’S TIME IS OVER.

NOW THERE’S ONLY GOD.

( distant shouting )

Bar Kappara:
IT CANNOT BE GOD’S WILL
TO KILL AN UNBORN.

IS THERE
NO OTHER SOLUTION?

- CAN’T I JUST CAST HER OUT?
- Man: THE CHILD IS NOT YOURS!

- ( crying )
- Bar Kappara: IT’S INNOCENT.
IT’S AN INNOCENT CHILD.

Man:
WHAT DO YOU CARE ABOUT
AN ENGLISHMAN’S BASTARD?

- ( clamoring )
- Rob: MIRDIN!

REBECCA HAS BEEN
FOUND GUILTY OF ADULTERY!

SHE WILL BE DEAD
BY TOMORROW!

YOU PROMISED ME
YOU’D BE A GOOD JEW.

YOU PROMISED THAT YOU’D
STAY AWAY FROM HER!

BUT YOU DISHONORED HER,
AND NOW SHE IS WITH CHILD!

( man shouts in Arabic )

- ( clamoring stops )
- ( whispering )

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE,
JESSE?

MAY THE WITNESS
DAVOUT HOSEIN ARISE?

THESE MEN HAVE TRESPASSED
AGAINST ALLAH.

THEY HAVE DESECRATED
AND DEFILED A CORPSE,

COMMITTING THE SIN
OF NECROMANCY.

( angry murmuring )

WHAT PROOF DO YOU HAVE
FOR YOUR ACCUSATION?

THEY RECORDED
THEIR MISDEEDS.

DRAWINGS DEPICTING
THE INSIDE OF A CORPSE...

( clamoring )

...WHICH HAKIM IBN SINA
AND HIS JEWISH STUDENT

- CUT OPEN EXPRESSLY
FOR THIS PURPOSE.
- ( clamoring stops )

WHERE DID YOU GET
THESE DRAWINGS?

IN IBN SINA’S HOUSE,
WHICH I SEARCHED
AFTER HIS ARREST.

YOU LIAR!
I MADE THOSE DRAWINGS.

- YOU TOOK THEM FROM ME--
- ( crowd muttering )

ARE YOU CERTAIN
THEY ARE NOT THE RESULT

OF A DERANGED IMAGINATION

OR AN OPIUM HALLUCINATION?

- SEE FOR YOURSELF.
- ( gate opens )

- ( crowd muttering )
- UGH.

Davout:
THIS IS THE FACE
OF THE GODLESS MADRASSA.

THIS IS THE FACE
OF THE GODLESS JEWS
WHO STUDY THERE.

THIS IS THE FACE
OF THEIR GODLESS TEACHER!

NO.

I ALONE DISSECTED
THAT BODY.

Davout:
YOU COULD NOT
HAVE UNDERTAKEN

SUCH ACTIVITIES
WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION.

WHETHER OR NOT IBN SINA HELD
THE KNIFE OR THE PEN...

IBN SINA WAS INVOLVED.

THERE CAN
ONLY BE ONE VERDICT

FOR SUCH
A HEINOUS CRIME.

- THE COURT SENTENCES
BOTH OF THEM TO DEATH.
- ( shouting in Arabic )

NO! YOU’RE MAKING
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE!

THIS IS
THE MOST ENLIGHTENED MAN
OF OUR TIME!

THIS IS WHAT BECOMES
OF LETTING JEWS IN OUR CITY!

THEY POISON
THE SPIRIT!

( clamoring )

I AM NO JEW!
I AM NO JEW!

- I AM NO JEW!
- SHH!

I AM NO JEW!

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

I AM NO JEW!

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY DOES NOT
DESERVE YOUR WRATH.

MY NAME IS NOT
JESSE BEN BENJAMIN.

( chattering )

IT’S ROB COLE.

I’M A CHRISTIAN.

BAPTIZED
IN AN ENGLISH CHURCH...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,

THE SON...

AND THE HOLY GHOST.

( Davout claps slowly )

A FINE PERFORMANCE.

IT’S TRUE.

SHALL WE SEE?

LOOKS LIKE
A JEW TO ME.

( laughter, chattering )

ENOUGH OF THIS FARCE.

TAKE THEM AWAY.

- ( distant bang )
- ( chattering )

FORGIVE ME.

Ibn Sina:
HOW CAN YOU EXPECT ME
TO FORGIVE YOU,

MY GREATEST STUDENT,
TO WHOM GOD GAVE

SUCH TALENTS
AND A UNIQUE GIFT?

( sniffles )

YOU OWED IT...

TO THE SCIENCE
OF HEALING...

TO GROW OLD AND GRAY,
ROB COLE.

IT WAS YOUR DUTY
TO LIVE LONG AND HEAL MANY,

BUT YOU WERE RECKLESS...

AND NOW YOU WILL DIE FOR IT.

( breathes deeply )

( sniffles )

( sighs )

WHAT IS IT LIKE?

INSIDE?

( sighs )

IT’S BOTH...

BEAUTIFUL...

AND FRIGHTENING.

GO ON.

- I SAW THE HEART.
- DESCRIBE IT.

IT HAS TWO CHAMBERS

WITH AN IMPASSABLE WALL
IN BETWEEN.

SO HOW DOES THE BLOOD GET
FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER?

- BY WAY OF THE LUNGS, I THINK.
- SO ALL OUR THEORIES

ABOUT HUMAN CIRCULATION
WOULD BE... WRONG.

( laughs )

MASTER...

NOTHING IS
AS IT IS IN THE BOOKS.

- NOTHING.
- CONTINUE.

DON’T SKIP
A SINGLE DETAIL.

...WHICH SEEMINGLY HAD
BECOME INFECTED LIKE A--

LIKE A TOE OR SOMETHING,
ONLY IT WAS INSIDE,

AND I BELIEVE
THAT’S WHAT KILLED HIM.

( grunts )

YOU SENT FOR ME.

A TRIAL DETAINED ME.

( breathing heavily )
I HEARD.

FIRST PREACHER...

NOW JUDGE.

WHAT’S YOUR NEXT STEP?

I SERVE ALLAH
WHEREVER HE SENDS ME.

( chuckles )

SO MUCH PRIDE

IN SUCH
A HUMBLE SERVANT.

I SHOULD LAY YOUR HEAD
IN FRONT OF YOUR FEET!

BUT I...
DO NOT GRANT YOU

THE FAME
OF A MARTYR.

DID YOU BRING ME HERE
TO TELL ME EVERYTHING

YOU DON’T WANT TO DO
BECAUSE OF YOUR FEAR?

SET IBN SINA FREE...

IMMEDIATELY.

RESCINDING
ALLAH’S JUDGMENT

WOULD BE A BLASPHEMY.

IT WOULD REQUIRE SOMEONE

WITH GREATER COURAGE
THAN I POSSESS.

SOMEONE WITH NO FEAR
OF THE WRATH OF GOD...

OR THE SELJUK ARMY
THAT ARRIVES IN FRONT
OF THE CITY WALLS

AS WE SPEAK
TO FREE US FROM TYRANNY.

( men speaking Arabic )

CLEAR THE GATES!
EVERYONE INSIDE!

- SELJUKS! SELJUKS!
- ( crowd shouting )

- ( distant rumbling )
- ( shouts )

( horses whinnying )

( distant shouting )

THANK YOU, MASTER...

FOR ALL THAT
YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME.

THANK YOU...

ROB COLE, FOR ALL
THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED.

- ( arrows whooshing )
- ( screaming )

( clamoring )

COME WITH ME.

( breathing hard )

THE HAKIMS...

HAVE REACHED
A CONSENSUS.

I HAVE SIDE SICKNESS...

AND SHALL NOT LIVE
TO ANOTHER SUNRISE.

ONLY YOU...

HAVE SEEN THE CAUSE
OF THIS ILLNESS

WITH YOUR OWN EYES.

YOU WILL CUT ME OPEN...
AND REMOVE IT.

- IMPOSSIBLE.
- YOU’VE DONE IT BEFORE.

ON A DEAD MAN,
SUN OF THE STATE.

IF THE SUN OF THE STATE...

SETS TONIGHT,

THE ARMY WILL SURRENDER
TO THE SELJUKS

AND THE MULLAHS
WILL WIPE OUT EVERYONE

WHO STANDS
IN THEIR WAY,

ESPECIALLY THE JEWS.

OR DOES A CHRISTIAN
CARE NOTHING

FOR THE FATE OF JEWS?

BUT YOU MUST
HELP ME FIRST.

( men chattering )

NO.

( whimpers )

( guards shouting )

- STOP THIS!
- ( crowd murmuring )

THIS WOMAN IS UNDER
THE PERSONAL PROTECTION
OF THE SHAH!

RELEASE HER IMMEDIATELY.
WHICH ONE OF YOU IS
MIRDIN ASKARI?

RIGHT HERE.

MIRDIN, WHERE’S REBECCA?

SHE’S WITH MY MOTHER.

- WE NEED YOUR HELP.
- I CANNOT THINK OF A REASON

TO HELP A LIAR
AND A TRAITOR LIKE YOU.

THE SHAH HAS
SIDE SICKNESS.

THEN YOU DON’T NEED
MY HELP OR ANYONE ELSE’S,

BECAUSE HE’S GOING TO DIE.

MASTER.

WE’RE GOING
TO CUT THE SHAH OPEN

AND REMOVE
THE SICKNESS.

- ARE YOU MAD?
- Ibn Sina: YES.

I THINK WE’VE ALL GONE
A LITTLE MAD. YOU’RE NEXT.

( breathing heavily )

SEND YOUR MEN
AWAY NOW.

SOMEONE...

HAS TO PUNISH YOU...

IF YOU FAIL.

YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO OUTLIVE
YOUR BELOVED SHAH.

- Ibn Sina: LIKE THAT.
- Rob: MM-HMM. I SEE.

THE ENGLISHMAN.

TONIGHT,
YOU ARE THE SHAH

AND I AM YOUR SUBJECT.

( sighs )

WE DON’T HAVE
MUCH TIME.

( shouting )

( banging )

WE WILL TAKE OUR MEN
AND ALL OUR SOLDIERS

AND PLACE THEM ON THAT RIDGE
TO GO AND WAIT...

HERE.

IT IS THE SINS
OF THE JEWS,

WHO TAKE EVERY ADVANTAGE
WHILE THEY SHELTER

UNDER THE PROTECTION
OF THAT MAN

WHO PERMITS
ALL OTHER SINS.

OUR FRIENDS, THE SELJUKS,
THEY NEED OUR HELP NOW.

AS THEY TRY TO BREAK DOWN
THE WALLS OF OUR PRISON
FROM THE OUTSIDE,

WE NEED TO CLEAN IT
WITH FIRE FROM THE INSIDE!

MAY HASHEM BE WITH US

IN TIME OF DISTRESS...

AND DANGER.

AS OUR ENEMIES
RISE AGAINST US...

LEND OUR CONGREGATION
STRENGTH, LORD...

AND HELP YOUR CHILDREN

TO STAND TOGETHER AS ONE.

HASHEM YAHSU!

Men:
HASHEM YAHSU!

- Rabbi: HASHEM YAHSU!
- Men: HASHEM YAHSU!

NOW...

WE CAN THROW STONES
AT THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

Rob:
MASTER, HAND ME THE SCALPEL.

( murmuring )

( heart beating )

( breathing heavily )

HOLD THE WOUND OPEN.

( metal clinking )

CAN YOU SEE IT?

THERE’S TOO MUCH BLOOD.

HOW’S THE HEART?

Mirdin:
STRONG ENOUGH.

( groaning )

- ( yells )
- MIRDIN, PUT HIM OUT.

- ( yells )
- ( shushing )

WAIT.
I THINK...

( gasps )

MASTER,
I NEED THE SCALPEL.

JUST... HOLD IT.

- ( grunts )
- ( murmuring )

( breathing excitedly )

- ( clamoring )
- ALLAHU AKBAR!

- ALLAHU AKBAR!
- ( shouting )

- ( people screaming )
- Man: HURRY, EVERYONE!

THEY ARE BEHIND US!
QUICK, GET INSIDE!

INSIDE!

( chattering )

INSIDE!
GO INSIDE!

- EVERYONE GET INSIDE!
- ( grunting )

COME ONE, EVERYONE,
GET INSIDE NOW!

BURN THEM LIKE RATS!
SMOKE THEM OUT!

- ( baby crying )
- ALLAHU AKBAR!

WE SHOULD
BANDAGE HIM NOW.

MY LORD, IF YOU STAND
ANY CHANCE OF SURVIVING,
YOU MUST REST.

THE HOUR OF MY DEMISE...

IS ALREADY WRITTEN.

THANKS TO YOU...

THE ANGEL OF DEATH...

WILL NOT FIND ME IN BED

LIKE A SIMPERING OLD MAN,

BUT ON THE BATTLEFIELD,

LIKE A KING.

YOU GAVE ME A GIFT.

NOW I GIVE ONE TO YOU.

LEAD YOUR PEOPLE
TO THE EAST GATE.

MY GUARDS
WILL ESCORT YOU.

FROM THERE THE PATH
IS CLEAR TO THE MOUNTAINS.

WHAT WILL YOU
REMEMBER ME AS, ENGLISHMAN?

FRIEND OR TYRANT?

BOTH.

( wood creaking )

- ( screaming )
- Man: SHH!

( men shouting
in Arabic )

- HYAH!
- ( horse neighs )

( soldiers shouting )

- THE SHAH!
- THE SHAH!

THE SHAH!

- THE SHAH!
- THE SHAH!

( grunting, shouting )

HURRY,
THE MULLAHS ARE GONE.

- THE WAY OUT
IS SAFE NOW.
- Rob: THIS WAY.

- ( coughing )
- Mirdin: COME, WE MUST MOVE.

QUICKLY. QUICKLY.

- ( coughing )
- ( chattering )

THIS IS EVERYTHING, MASTER.
WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW?

TO THE EAST GATE.
DON’T STOP.

DON’T STOP UNTIL THE CITY
IS BUT A PINPRICK BEHIND YOU.

GO TO THE EAST GATE!

PERFECT ONE?

LET US WRITE
SOME LINES IN A POEM.

LET US CONQUER
A PLACE IN A PAINTING.

( men shouting )

- WHERE’S IBN SINA?
- I SAW HIM AT THE MADRASSA.

- ( shouting )
- ALLAHU AKBAR!

ALLAHU AKBAR!

( shouting )

IBN SINA?

IN MY DREAMS...

I HAD HOPED
THAT STUDENTS

WOULD STILL STUDY HERE
IN A THOUSAND YEARS...

( emotionally )
AND... HONOR MY MEMORY.

SUCH VANITY DESERVES
TO GO UP IN FLAMES.

ANOTHER RULER WILL
BUILD YOU A UNIVERSITY.

I AM TOO OLD
TO SCRAPE AND BOW.

( clatters )

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

( heart beating )

( heartbeat slowing )

CALL IT...

YOUR FINAL EXAM,
ROB COLE...

BECAUSE THERE’S NOTHING
TO BE AFRAID OF.

DEATH IS MERELY
A THRESHOLD...

WE MUST ALL CROSS...

INTO THE SILENCE
AFTER THE FINAL HEARTBEAT,

DRIFTING AWAY...

WITH OUR FINAL EXHALATION

INTO ETERNAL PEACE.

CORRECT MY MISTAKES,

ADD YOUR DIAGRAMS

AND SHOW THE WORLD
WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
IN THIS PLACE.

HAKIM...

ROBERT COLE.

MASTER.

NOW DO AS I SAY
FOR ONCE...

AND LEAVE.

( birds squawking )

( horses snort )

( men shouting )

( clanks )

( horses neighing )

( fire crackling )

( people chattering )

CAN YOU TAKE US
HOME NOW?

WHERE TO?

WHEREVER.

OUR HOME
IS WITH YOU NOW.

Rob:
I ALREADY MISS HIM.

Rebecca:
NO. NO ONE IS DEAD...

AS LONG
AS WE REMEMBER THEM.

HIS SPIRIT WILL LIVE ON.

BUT IT IS IN YOUR HANDS
TO KEEP IT ALIVE.

HOW CAN I DO THAT?

BE A GREAT PHYSICIAN.

Barber:
THOSE TWO EYES
HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING

THE GOOD LORD PUT
ON THIS EARTH FOR US TO SEE

AND SOME TERRIFYING THINGS

NO MAN WAS MEANT
TO WITNESS IN HIS LIFE.

BUT NOWHERE HAVE I SEEN

MORE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
THAN HERE IN--

IN BEAUTIFUL LONDON.

SO ROLL UP!

LISTEN UP
AND SHUT UP!

( sighs )

( distant shouting )

WHAT’S WRONG?

NOBODY’S SICK
IN THIS DUMP ANYMORE?

ALL THE SICK ARE
AT THE HOSPITAL.

- THE WHAT?
- THE HOSPITAL...

BUILT BY THE PHYSICIAN
FROM THE ORIENT.

WHAT PHYSICIAN
FROM THE ORIENT?

PHYSICIAN COLE!

COLE?

HIM, HIS WIFE
AND A BUNCH OF JEWS.

THEY CAN CURE ANYTHING.

( dramatic music playing )

- THE RAT!
- ( coins clinking )

HERE.
LEAD THE WAY.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

I WENT FOR A FEVER.

YOU GET A SOFT BED
TO LIE IN,

HOT MEALS
AND MAGIC MEDICINE.

AND SOMEONE’S
PLAYING MUSIC.

AND THEN WHAT?

PHYSICIAN COLE COMES
TO SEE YOU EVERY EVENING,

AND IF YOU ASK,
HE JUGGLES FOR YOU

AND TELLS YOU
AMAZING STORIES

WITH LIONS
AND HORSES WITH BIG HUMPS
ON THEIR BACKS

AND FALCONS THAT CAN
BREAK A MAN’S SKULL
WITH ITS BEAK.

Barber:
NOW THIS WIFE OF HIS,
WHAT’S SHE LIKE?

- Boy: DELICIOUS.
- Barber: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
WHAT ARE YOU NINE?

BLOODY CHEEK!
I’M 10.

( music continues )

( distant shouting )

( dramatic music playing )

( music continues )

( man singing in Arabic )

( classical score playing )

( music continues )