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JOURNEY FROM GREECE

Lesbos Island November 2016

We'll fix you up and you will sail the sea.

You will look as beautiful as Turkish boats in the port of Simi.

Get down!

Come on, get down!

Stop portraying heartache.

Let's go.

Wait, what have you found there?

Your mechanic…

has closed down the business.

Odysseus!

Odysseus!

Hey, Kakurgos, what's up?

We need a winch for Solon.

I'll bring it tonight.

I will try not to go to the pub, he can't resist drinking ouzo.

I will send you to Istanbul.

I know a mechanic there, who can fix the lever.

Don't show anybody the money!

You go there,

pay for the part,

and don't interact with anybody.

Have you got it, scoundrel?

Yes, I got it,

stinky old man.

You will go to a one-star hotel...

near Kasimpasa.

Address is in the envelope.

Don't talk to yourself.

People will think you are crazy.

And do not attract idiots to yourself, do you get it?

- Wipe that idiotic smile of yours. - Will do.

Don't worry.

Also, you will buy me 20 knives at Holjan's shop,

in front of Galata Tower.

Why don't you go there yourself?

Vultures from bank are hovering over Mary's tavern.

I have to be there.

These dogs are capable of anything.

And the boat,

Who is going to look after it? You?

In Istanbul you will buy me lokum from Haji Bekir.

Damn!

Maria!

- What? - Bring me ouzo.

"Maria!"

"What?"

"Bring me ouzo."

Kakurgos!

Hey!

Where are you going?

Come back here.

You better come back with the lever, you understand?

On the way back, stop by Kavala,

your grandad's house.

Take everything from there, disks, photographs.

Have you got it?

I got it.

- Stinky old man. - OK, go.

And don't walk around without panties!

Istanbul

Cafe Aman

She's hot as the sun!

Shit! Bitch!

That is French.

Can you help me?

What are you doing in Istanbul?

I came here with my boyfriend to go to Gazatep,

on the Syrian border,

to work as volunteers in humanitarian centre.

Come.

Come!.

How should I call you?

April.

Where are you from?

From the outskirts of Paris.

I'm Djam

I'm Greek.

We would be much better off in a park.

No, in a park, somebody would steel your shoes when you fall asleep.

Here, nobody will bother us.

On the roofs, we are free.

What instrument is this? Is this from Barbie or what?

It's a Baglamadaki.

Is it Turkish music?

It's called rebetiko.

It's a mixture of Greek and Turkish. It's very old.

We have a tavern in Mitilini.

- Do you know Mitilini? - No.

Lesbos, don't you know?

- What? - Lesbos!

No.

Someone stole her money,

stole her stuff, stole everything!

And she needs her passport back.

Sorry, but the boss is not here.

Look at her, sir, look at her.

She is a very good girl, really.

Do you know why she came here?

No.

To work for free and help people.

Okay? Now, you'll help her.

And give us the passport.

Sorry, but she owes one week. And she needs to pay first.

Okay.

We make a deal, you and me.

Hm?

I give you...

a little bit of money...

and you give us the passport.

Do you know what this is?

Knives.

Very expensive ones.

30 euros each.

Sorry, we just accept money.

Music!

Give me her passport!

Oh, my back hurts.

I can't take it anymore.

I carry a piece of metal, weighing 15 kilos!

Take it out.

Just be careful with the baglama.

What is this?

Damn lever!

What's the matter?

- That's mine. - No.

- Give me. - No.

- Come on. - No.

- Mine! Me, me. Come on! - No.

- No. - No shunt.

No, no.

- Give back now! - Money!

- I don't have money! - No.

No money.

No money, no.

- Give me back? - Mm-hm.

- Here, 5. - No.

- No? - No.

- Here. - No.

- Here! - No.

- Here, it's all I have. - No.

Don't go. Wait!

When I give him money with a rubber band,

shout: "Police!"

Hey.

- Hey, okay? - Yes, so.

5, 5, 20 - 40. Okay?

Agree? Give me.

Give me, give me! Quickly!

Police! Police!

- What is this? - Oh!

My, God!

Damn! She fooled us!

This one is broken,

and I need a new one.

- Can you tell him? - Yes, yes.

- Can you fix it? - Yeah.

- Can you make it? - Yes. That one.

Because I cannot find it anywhere. You can make it?

- Russian, Rusian motor. - Russian motor.

- Can you make it? - Yes, yes.

Because my uncle told me to come to you.

Kakurgos. Do you know Kakurgos?

- Kakurgos. - Your uncle? Oh, oh.

Yes, yes, yes.

- Uh, how, how much? - How much?

500 Euro.

Five...

hundred euros.

- No, no, no, no, no. - No, no.

Too much, too much.

- Uh, four hundred. - 400 euros?

- 400. - 400. Okay?

- Agree? - Yes, yes.

What are you doing?

What?

How will you pay for it?

Do you have anything to pay with?

I didn't know I had to pay.

- You did not know that it was for money? - No, I didn't. He took them off me.

Have you seen his booth?

Do you think he works for free?

I save on everything, and you go to shine shoes?

- I am really sorry. - Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry too!

- But, what do we do? - I did not know!

It's done.

- Here. - Thanks!

Thanks for everything!

Stop following me!

I give you clothes as a gift, and forgive everything you owe me.

Stop following me, I said!

You need a hair cut.

You think? You look like a scarecrow.

Wait.

I want to go with you.

Why are you making faces all the time?

I am going to Greece. You have nothing to do in Greece.

You came to go to the Syrian border?

So, go.

The money can be arranged.

I'm afraid.

I do not know where to go!

Damn.

Damn.

Do you know where the train station is?

- Gare. - Train station!

A train? Yeah.

- Yes. - It's over there.

- There? - Yes, yes.

There.

♪ Don't come with me, I'm offended ♪

♪ Don't come with me, I'm offended ♪

♪ You didn't kiss me ♪

♪ I'm offended by you ♪

♪ You didn't kiss me ♪

♪ I'm offended by you ♪

♪ Don't come with me, I'm offended ♪

♪ Don't come with me, I'm offended ♪

♪ You didn't kiss me ♪

♪ I'm offended by you ♪

What's the matter?

I don't know. Something is bothering me there.

I've changed my underwear, but it's still the same.

- Can you look? - No, no, no, no.

Come on, we're both girls!

- No. - I myself can not see.

A girl from the suburbs who acts weird.

Come on, take a look!

I do not act weird.

I don't see anything!

Full of bush!

Someone is coming! Someone is coming!

Djam!

What is a "lever"?

It's a lever handle for a boat.

It serves to move the pistons.

One up, one down.

One up, one down.

One up, one down.

One up, one down.

- What? - Do you have return tickets?

Return? Uh, do you have...

a return ticket?

Uh...

yes, no, no.

- No, you do not have? - No.

- No. - No.

But,

you must have it.

You should have return ticket.

- Do I have to have one? - Yes.

What for?

What for?

Will you come back here?

- Sorry? - Will you come back here?

No.

- Here? No. I don't know. - Can I see passport?

TURKEY

- Are we in Greece? - No.

We're in no man's land.

Where?

It belongs to no one, neither the Greeks nor the Turks.

Let me carry that.

We do not have to hide, we have passports.

Many refugees go to Greece,

crossing the Ardas River in rubber boats at night.

The smugglers call it: "Silk Road".

And you know, Djam,

I screwed up.

- What? - They took all my stuff.

CASTANIS - Greek border.

There are no trains. There is a strike.

But, we can stay in the waiting room?

No, I'm closing everything up.

- Is it from refugees? - What?

That.

They wrote on the walls. They must have passed through here.

Do you speak Arabic?

I would like to.

I think it's beautiful.

"Proud to come from Sham Liberty."

"Blood flows in Aleppo and everywhere in Idlib."

Where did you learn French?

In Greece?

I worked in Paris in a restaurant of my uncle Kakurgos.

He is my stepfather and lived with my mother.

But, I call him "uncle".

My mother was a great rebetiko singer.

She died in Paris.

Why did you make me talk about it?

Sorry.

Wait.

- Wait. - Fuck off!

Oh, my God!

It's so good to see you.

- How are you? - Good. And you?

- Come on. - Let's go here.

April...

- They are Seray and Panayotis. - Nice to meet you, April.

Thanks to the strike, we met with you here!

- Great, no? - What are you doing here?

Let's sit over there.

We are going to Bulgaria to a festival of female musicians.

This year, the theme is: "Revolutionary women."

Here, take a look.

- Can I keep it? - Sure.

This girl, does she speak Greek or English?

No, only French.

What do you do, music?

I met her in Istanbul. She was lost.

Her face reminds me...

of women we saw in a painting.

She looks like a women from the era of Louis XVI.

♪ Have mercy, doctor ♪

♪ My heart needs a remedy ♪

♪ To relieve all the pain ♪

♪ Have mercy, doctor ♪

♪ For all the pain that society makes me feel ♪

♪ Prescribe me hashish ♪

♪ To ease my suffering ♪

♪ For all the grief ♪

♪ This unjust world brings ♪

♪ Drink some wine ♪

♪ Smoke some weed ♪

♪ Hold on my heart ♪

♪ The medicine is in music. ♪

♪ Have mercy, doctor ♪

♪ Have mercy, doctor ♪

♪ They say a person will go to heaven ♪

♪ I'm not so sure about that ♪

♪ They say a person will go to heaven ♪

♪ I'm not so sure about that ♪

♪ Have mercy, doctor ♪

♪ My heart needs a remedy ♪

♪ To relieve all the pain ♪

♪ Have mercy, doctor ♪

♪ For all the pain that society makes me feel ♪

♪ I need wine and marijuana ♪

♪ To rip this evil out of my soul ♪

♪ I need wine and marijuana ♪

♪ To rip this evil out of my soul ♪

♪ Have mercy, doctor ♪

You are coming?

What are you doing?

I want to shave there.

- No. No, no! - Come on, come on!

- Come on, do it. - No!

All right, come on.

Quick, I'm cold.

- Stop, stop, stop. - Hey, April.

No, no!

Stop it!

It's cold.

Hm. Ow!

What should I do, strip?

No, leave the tip.

- Tip? - Yes.

Wait.

Do you see something?

- Yes. - What?

It seems to be a birthmark.

- What? - Right here.

- Birthmark? - Yes.

Very sexy, huh?

It's cool!

Are you closing?

Yes.

I have a problem with the tires.

- I was about to leave, my friend. - But I need some air, please.

- All right, I'll open it. - Thank you.

What a physiognomy!

Look at you.

Something is wrong with you.

You are not cool.

And what you did to Kakurgos isn't right.

He is waiting for you on his boat, but you spend all his money.

You wasted it all.

You ruined everything.

It's not fair.

What the hell is going on?

Wait a minute!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Wait! Stop!

My baglamadaki.

And the lever. He will kill me!

Hey.

That must be a psycho.

A psycho.

Don't go!

Please, I need you!

Come back!

Djam!

Djam!

Djam!

- Djam! - Please, help me.

Get in the car. Get in the car and let's go!

I can't take you, I already have that girl.

- My son! - I already have a client.

- I am begging you. - I have a client, I can not.

He must be taken to the hospital.

She's been with me for an hour, find yourself another taxi.

- My son... - Find another taxi.

Start the car, please!

I am begging you! My son is in trouble!

- Okay-- - Do me a favor.

Let her get in the car.

Oh!

Sit down.

His son has problems, do you understand?

Problems.

Stop, stop, stop, please! Stop, stop!

Stop.

- Djam! - April?

- Why did you get off the bus? - Do you have my things?

Yes, yes. Everything's in the trunk.

Why is that psycho in there?

Because he rushed to the car. He wept in the middle of the road.

And he got in the car.

Let's go, please. I beg you!

- Let's go, let's go. - Oh, oh, oh. Calm down!

- Come on, get in! - Oh, calm down!

- Come on, come on, get in! - Hey!

- You too, get in. - No!

- Come on, come on! - No, no!

- Come on. - Let me go!

- Come on, we have to go now! - No, let me go!

- Get in! - Let me go.

You do not understand! Come on, let's go, quickly!

Come on, come on!

All of my life...

I've crouched in vain.

Bury me up!

Pano, look at me!

It's me, your father, Pano!

- Bury me up! - What are you saying?

Bury me alive!

Please, son, calm down.

Look at me.

Pano, I beg you.

Get out of the pit, son.

Please, Pano.

Come on, Pano!

Do it for me.

I want you to bury me standing up.

I want to be buried standing up!

I lost everything.

I lost everything.

My family,

my house,

my business.

Everything!

The bank took everything from me.

They bankrupted us!

I don't have anyone, except you.

I only have you, Pano.

You're the only one I have left.

I beg you, son.

Get out of there.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Okay.

I did not feed the dog!

I left, and did not feed the dog.

Toilet?

It is down there.

There, there.

What are you doing?

Whoa!

No, no, no, no, no, no!

Hey, come back!

Come back! Hey!

Open, open!

Make your dick shrink, bastard!

Help!

What are you doing there?

That bastard locked me up!

- Where is he? - Went to pee.

Where are the others?

They hospitalize the father too.

- Father too? - Yes.

He didn't feel well.

See the taximeter?

You owe me 130 euros.

Do you understand?

Do you have money?

No, I don't have any money.

Then why did you take the taxi?

- To look for you. - But I have no money, nothing.

I spent it all.

I will offer to pay him in kind.

Let's flip the coin, who will start.

Who will start what?

Fuck a man.

Now, I'm sure you're crazy!

Wait!

April!

April!

Pay me first.

The firm does not give loans.

- See, how much? - Yes, I see.

It's for luck, mate.

You're crazy!

Hey, sorry!

Where are you going?

Do you know where you are going? You're going back to Turkey!

What about the money you owe me?

My pants, my blouse?

My jacket?

Wait.

Stop!

Stop it!

These are mine!

What are you doing?

And string panties, I paid for them too.

They're thongs!

No!

Shit, wait!

You and your money! Can't you talk about anything else?

Wait!

Where are we heading?

I'm so tired of walking so much!

Here is not Greece! Are you sure this is Greece?

You irritate me!

I have enough! I can not take it anymore!

If you don't like it here, Arabia is over there!

We're going to my grandfather's house in Kavala.

How old are you?

Why do you care about my age?

- Are you a minor? - No, I am not.

Show me your passport.

Why are you following me?

What is your plan?

You're hiding something.

Are you still sulking?

Do you want me to sing your favorite song?

♪ Daughter, I give you this crazy world ♪

♪ Daughter, I give you this crazy world ♪

♪ Take it and take care of it ♪

♪ It's so crazy, it scares me ♪

♪ No Dad, I don't want this crazy world ♪

♪ It's so crazy, it scares me ♪

♪ No Dad, I don't want this crazy world ♪

♪ Daughter, this is a wonderful world ♪

♪ Daughter, this is a wonderful world ♪

♪ For those who can deal with it ♪

♪ No Dad, I don't want this crazy world ♪

♪ The world today is so cruel ♪

♪ No Dad, I don't want this crazy world ♪

♪ The world today is so cruel ♪

♪ No Dad, I don't want this crazy world ♪

♪ The world today is so cruel ♪

♪ Daughter, it's a beautiful world with its moonlit nights ♪

♪ Daughter, it's a beautiful world with its moonlit nights ♪

♪ And with its glittering sunny days ♪

♪ This world is crushing, I'm suffocating ♪

♪ No Dad, I don't want this crazy world ♪

♪ This world is crushing, I'm suffocating ♪

♪ No Dad, I don't want this crazy world ♪

Damn!

Wait for me here, OK?

Dammit, get out of here dogs!

Go away! Shoo!

Go away! And you, get up!

Get up.

Damn ouzo!

Now, behave or we will not be allowed into the hotel, OK?

Damn ouzo!

Back off!

Back off! No, stop it!

- So many dogs. - Yes, you calm down.

Take this.

There were no garbage bags when we arrived.

I do not think so.

We need a room.

The hotel is closed because of the crisis.

There is no one in the hotel.

I just buried my father, and I haven't slept at all.

I need to sleep. I am so tired.

At least 2-3 hours, please.

Please.

Hell! There is no water!

Oh!

Aw, it's so cold!

Djam!

Fucking way to wash!

Oh!

Oh, my feet!

Oh, this is good.

What are you doing?

- What are you doing, I ask? - I like it when you laugh.

Hey, what are you doing?

What is it, my kitten?

Grrr! Meow!

Meow!

Where are you, kitten?

I'm not a lesbian!

Me neither.

What is it?

Listen.

Hey.

- Hey! - Hey.

- Hey, remember me? - How are you?

- Yes. Are you alright? - Yes, better.

- Are you feeling better? - Better, better.

How about a glass of ouzo?

- All right. - Come, my treat.

- Let's have a drink. - All right, let's go.

Hand me your backpack. Give it to me.

I put it right here.

- How are you? - Good, good. Sit down.

Giorgos, Giorgos!

Giorgos, bring the glasses.

- What are you drinking, an anise? - Of course.

How are you?

I'm so glad to see you.

Is your father getting better?

Yes. Quite well.

And with time, it will get better.

We will all get through this.

Let's toast for health.

For health!

For health!

I say goodbye to my country. I'm going abroad.

I…

I'm leaving tomorrow.

To where?

To Norway.

To Norway?

He's going to Norway!

If you want to, come visit me.

There, it's 15 degrees below zero.

To Norway! To health!

Norway, I coming!

Bravo, guys!

Hey, come, come!

Oh, man!

That's how we...

This is how we are going to warm up Norway!

We are going to warm up Norway!

Come on!

♪ Let it be Karadashi or Kordelio ♪

♪ What do you care where I come from? ♪

♪ What do you care where I come from? ♪

♪ You always ask me what village I am from ♪

♪ But what do you care if you don't love me? ♪

♪ Where I'm from, people know how to love ♪

♪ Where I'm from, people know how to love ♪

♪ They know how to hide their sorrows and have fun ♪

♪ They know how to hide their sorrows and have fun ♪

Pano.

Where are you going?

Pano!

You forgot your cigarettes!

Have you ever heard of the Colonels?

No.

My grandfather worked for them.

They were fascists.

He served in the police force.

Come on, let's take everything of interests.

All these leave a taste of blood in the mouth.

Djam.

Look.

- Gorgeous! - It was my grandmother's.

This is the grave of my grandfather.

You pee on the grave of your grandfather?

I pee on those who interdict music and freedom.

This is Kakurgos' boat.

"Aman Doctor".

18 meters long.

It carried 80 tourists...

around the island.

And since it broke down, it's been a misery.

Anyway, there are no more tourists.

Over there is Turkey.

- There? - Yes.

What's up?

Scumbags!

Bastards!

Banks-robbers!

They are motherfuckers!

People without honor and conscience!

Maria, come here.

Come here, my love, come, come!

I'm here.

I'm here.

It's necessary to take out the seats.

Take them to Yannis' basement.

Okay.

As you say.

- Kakurgos! - Yes!

Come, look!

What?

The floor is damaged here.

See? It has to be fixed.

It's okay, Solon.

Uncle.

Why do you just show up now?

There were strikes everywhere.

There were no boats, no trains, no buses.

- And-- - Do you take me for a fool?

Where is my lever?

I don't have it.

What?

Don't you have my lever?

I was robbed.

In the hotel "Dora" in Kasimpasa.

You sent me there yourself.

You are dishonest.

You gave me a scare, little bitch.

From now on, little bitch,

you and I share the same underwears.

This is my friend, April.

She is from the suburbs of Paris.

Her boyfriend took her belongings and left her in Istanbul.

What picture!

Solon, where are you? Solon!

"Solon, where are you? Solon!"

Come, I will introduce you to Solon, the memory of the island!

- It fits? - It fits.

Hand me the spanner.

What are you doing there, huh?

Spying on me?

Go away!

Yeah!

It is running!

It works!

Where are you going?

Stay.

Come sit down.

Sit here.

These are all your mother's songs.

These records...

never left Greece.

When your mother went to Paris,

she left everything behind.

All these years, they've been...

in your grandfather's basement.

She put you on her back and came to see me.

Well, not really to see me.

She just appeared.

One day,

the day I opened the restaurant, I saw her.

She was looking for a job.

She asked: Is this a Greek restaurant? I said: Yes, it is Greek restaurant.

She said: I want to work.

Come in, I said.

Come in.

"As a waitress", I asked.

She replied: "Yes, as a waitress."

One day, in the kitchen, I heard her sing.

My heart stopped when I heard it.

"Is that how you sing?", I asked.

And she said: "No."

"It's my exile that sang."

"It's not me who sings."

The day after, or that evening, she sang in public.

She sang...

and the next day, many people came to hear her.

Everyone!

The Armenians,

the Kurds,

the Algerians, who suffered too,

and fled the fascism...

in their native places, everyone came to see her.

Like animals in a burning forest that come to water,

they came to your mother, for her voice.

For them, it was like...

the voice of their homeland, your mother's voice.

They found their homelands in her soul.

The exile consumed her heart.

The exile poisoned her life.

That's what killed her, the exile.

She always said:

"I cried the sea, so you could sail."

She made me a man, you know?

She made me a man.

Oh, uh, uh.

I sold the restaurant.

Came here with you for this.

I brought her with me.

She's in here, she's in there.

And she's in here.

And she is happy.

Kakurgos, come and dance with me.

Opa!

Opa!

♪ In the mountains of Izmir ♪

♪ And in its cold water ♪

♪ I'm a Tsakitsis bandit with honor ♪

♪ In the mountains of Izmir ♪

♪ And in its cold water ♪

♪ I'm a Tsakitsis bandit with honor ♪

♪ With the heart of a lion ♪

♪ Protector of the poor ♪

- Hello. - Hello.

- Can I help you? - Yes, thank you.

Oh, no. Peel the potatoes if you can.

Where are you from?

- From France. - That is clear.

From what part of France?

Chatenay-Malabry, the garden city Butte Rouge.

Your grandfather sings well.

No, it's my father.

I saw a lot of broken boats there...

on the beach.

That's nothing.

Last year, hundreds arrived every day.

It was like a nightmare.

April!

April!

Stavros, have you seen my friend?

I have not seen her since last night.

Why are you hiding?

When we have faith,

we want to help others.

When I first met you,

I was lost.

I did not know why...

I followed you.

And today, I know.

What can we do?

Look at them...

without ever turning your head away.

Where are you going?

To the toilet.

Do you want to confiscate shit as well?

Don't you feel ashamed to work for those jackals?

We do our job.

Bastard! You have no honor!

Look into my eyes and repeat again!

You're ruining us!

You're destroying our hope!

I don't believe in anything anymore!

Scumbags! Liars! Motherfuckers!

Get out of here, do you hear me?

Bastards!

You pushed us into the world of shit!

Stop it, Djam.

I don't want to stop. I will never stop, do you understand?

Motherfuckers!

Tell your children that there is no hope for them.

So that they stop hoping!

Stop it, Djam.

I do not want to stop.

This rifle is not for you. Put it down

- Do not get dirty. - Stop it!

It's not for you. What are you going to do?

I told you to drop it!

- Stop it! - You deserve better!

Look at me, look at me! Give me the rifle!

I'm not leaving this place!

Let go of the rifle! Let go! Let go of the rifle!

- Drop the rifle! - Nothing will change if I let it go.

I beg you, drop the rifle! Drop it, please.

Listen to me.

Listen to me.

It's just money.

It's just money.

Let them take the restaurant.

Screw that.

We will continue to sing,

play music, all live together.

We will sail from port to port.

Panagiotis, come here!

Take the helm.

Captain, are we headed north?

Yes, yes.

We exist, we are here!

We're here.

Do you understand?

♪ Come on, Captain, come on ♪

Opa!

♪ Sweetly, Sweetly ♪

♪ By the coast of Istanbul ♪

♪ In the sad stillness of the Haréns ♪

Opa!

Screenwriter and director Tony Gatlif

Daphne Patakia as Djam

Marin Kayon as April

Simon Abkaryan as Kakurgos

Cimon Kouris as Pano

Solon Leccas as Solon

Yannis Bostanzoglu as Father

Michalis Yatropoulos as Taxi driver

Eleftheria Komi as Maria