Original subtitles

In alleys and streets throughout Montreal One and

all knew his call My grandfather's call Had

a welcome ring as he would ride and

sing My

grandfather stood above all I knew Strong and

proud, wise and true Yet if I imagined

his horse could fly He'd say, of course,

let's try I can still see the days

When we would climb aboard his wagon What

a joy for a boy like me Riding

high, riding free But more than the games

and the dreams we shared I know now

how he cared I hear him explaining what's

right and wrong Just as I hear his

song Zeta!

Stop!

Zeta!

Zeta!

Rags, clothes, bottles Zeta!

Zeta!

Rags, clothes, bottles Grandpa!

You left

without telling me!

I would never leave without you.

You always left.

I said we were leaving early this morning.

Did you have a bad dream?

Yes.

We'll have a good day to make up

for the bad dream.

So hurry.

Father is waiting.

Pa, good morning.

How are you feeling?

Fine.

Is Davy up?

He's up.

Pa, I'm making extra sandwiches.

Davy got hungry last time.

We are going for the day.

We are not going for the week.

Yes, but it's a long day.

Honey.

You're going to ask him today, right, darling?

Harry, I already told you I would.

It's Christmas time.

I can't miss it.

It's not like the last time.

I know, I know.

I want to get started.

Hey!

Huh, Davy?

Hey, wait, wait, wait!

Don't you say good morning to your parents?

Davy!

Don't be too long.

Good morning,

Davy.

Good morning, Mr. Baumgarten.

Good morning, Fairluck.

I'll have your breakfast ready in a minute.

I overslept, so we have to hurry.

Huh?

Huh?

Be careful!

What are you doing?

You didn't tell me anything!

What did I tell you?

Stop!

I don't want you!

I don't want you to stop!

All right, all right.

Tell me what you want.

A charge account at Morgan?

A house and a maid and a swimming

pool?

And where are my cufflinks?

Where are my cufflinks?

Folks will be talking, stopping and gawking.

Harry.

Hmm?

You're really checked this time.

With the patent office, with every big clothing

manufacturer in Canada and the U.S. and

France and England.

Checked and triple-checked and then triple-checked

by double-check and double-checked by triple

-check!

Nobody, Annie, nobody has ever thought of this

one.

I can't miss this time.

I'm telling you, you just handled your father

right.

And I'm on my way!

Eat.

Ferdula, don't pay any attention to what my

father says.

You smell real nice.

Real nice.

David!

We're going up the mountain today, Ferdula.

You better be ready.

Set the table!

It'll get cold, David!

Okay, coming!

Wash.

And with soap, please.

Amen.

Hey, let me see.

One, two.

All right.

Thank you.

Thank you.

May I have some jam, please?

Pa.

Pa.

Pa?

How much?

Pa.

Pa!

Pa!

I haven't said a word yet.

So?

How much?

Pa, look.

Let me say what I have to say.

And then if you still want to say

how much, you can say how much.

All right?

Seriously, Pa.

Men's trousers have a crease.

Am I right?

They have a crease?

After wearing the trousers for a little while,

the crease gets baggy and they have to

keep on pressing their pants.

Mr. Baumgarten presses pants?

Will you please eat your bread and don't

interrupt?

Thank you very much.

Pa, for years, clothing manufacturers have been dreaming

of a way to make a pair of

trousers that don't lose their crease.

Pa, Harry's come up with something that nobody

has invented before.

It's...

Harry, what do you call it?

A press-less trouser, Pa.

Pa, you never have to press it.

Can you believe that?

A pair of trousers that you never have

to...

So?

A crease-less trou...

Pa, you never have to press...

So?

How much does he want?

$500.

That's all I need to get it off

the ground, Pa.

Come on, Zay.

That's getting late.

Davy, will you be quiet?

I'm talking to Zay.

I'm sorry, Pa.

It takes me a year to save up

$500.

In a year, I will make $100,000,

Pa.

He'll pay it back to you in three

months, Pa.

One month.

I already have orders, Pa.

One month, Pa.

It's not such a long time.

I've saved a little for a rainy day.

Lots for you, Mr. West.

Don't keep harping on the past.

It's the future.

Don't keep reminding Harry...

The last time I didn't check enough, but

this time I can't miss...

He checked and he double-checked to make

sure.

This is all over the world.

England, France...

Harry, Harry, let me go into the bedroom.

Let me go into...

I'm going to go to the bedroom and

get your letters.

No, no, I don't have to prove anything

to your father.

Pa, this is going to cause a revolution...

Every man has to have a...

...in the men's clothing industry.

This will do for pants what Edison did

for light.

So?

That's exactly what the world is waiting for,

Harry.

No, for you the world is still waiting

for the Messiah, Mr. Elias.

Harry, come out of your...

Forget I said that, Pa.

Pa!

God, I'm so close to making it now.

I need your help.

Not just for my sake, for all our

sake.

Pa, you've worked so hard all your life.

This could put us all on easy street.

I know you can't enjoy dragging around that

old horse...

...that's due to collapse any minute.

She is not due to collapse any minute.

You shut up, you!

Why don't you show it to my father?

Show it to him.

It isn't ready to be shown yet.

Pa, I'll pay you back in a month,

and a lot more.

It isn't ready yet, you said?

It'll be ready in a few days.

When it will be ready, show it to

me.

Hey, Mr. Elias!

When are you going to move that stable?

Mr. Elias!

Thank you, David.

I'll make your name famous in this city.

I'll write a letter to the Prime Minister.

David!

If it starts to rain, I want you

to come right home.

Do you hear me?

Pa!

Yes, yes.

I'm going to put a curse on you

like you put on me...

...with that old horse and that stable.

Mr. Elias, drop in to see me this

evening.

I'd like to discuss this with you.

Engel's origin to family and private property.

From primitive communism to modern capitalism.

It didn't always have private property.

Did you know that?

Please, don't stay out in the rain when

it starts.

You come right home.

Do you hear me?

Some people may like it, but not normally.

It's an incredible work of why and how

human emotions...

...become involved with property and possessions.

For the first time, we are able to

understand...

...why there is a critical economic basis...

...of all family relations and family emotions.

Marks and Engel's have...

...growed the secrecy of human behavior.

And the Lord said, love thy neighbor.

He didn't know, Mrs. Turner.

You may not appreciate the full significance...

...of what I'm saying.

Bye!

Be careful!

Yeah, yeah.

David!

David!

Bye, David!

Bye, Edna!

Hey!

Hey, mister, here!

I have some green bottles.

Beautiful bottles for a very special price.

Up here.

Here's some money, David.

Be careful.

Watch it.

Yeah, upstairs.

Yeah, yeah.

It's a cent a bottle.

Zeta, he wants a cent a bottle!

I get two cents for four bottles.

You can have one cent.

You can have one cent.

Nothing doing.

It's a cent a bottle.

Mister, take the bottles to the company yourself.

They'll pay you two cents for four bottles.

And you won't have to help feed my

horse.

Come, David.

Businessman, businessman, just a minute.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

Give me the cent.

Careful.

Yes, yes.

So, so.

Slowly.

Bags, cloths, bottles!

Bags, cloths, bottles!

Bags, cloths!

What would you give me for this?

How much do you think you should get

for this, missus?

A dollar?

For a dollar, I can buy a wedding

gown.

A quarter, then.

I don't want to hurt your feelings.

You might have a sentimental attachment.

All right.

All right.

No.

It's not your business.

Go.

Bags, cloths, bottles!

Bags, cloths, bottles!

Hey, Mr. Butler.

Mr. Butler!

I have something interesting for you.

Yes, my wife buys me with that.

Something you've never seen before.

How much do you give me for my

bathtub?

What happened to the other half?

Oh, that's a long story.

How much is this worth to you?

Well, I can sell it for a scrap.

Twenty-five cents.

No.

I want a dollar for this.

I'll give you thirty cents.

Tell me what happened to the other half.

You got a deal.

I cracked it.

I got stuck.

Got a screwdriver?

Couldn't move it.

Got a wrench?

Couldn't move it.

Got a sledgehammer?

Hit it and...

Got the other half stuck in the floor.

Bags, cloths, bottles!

Bags, cloths, bottles!

Ha-ha!

How do

trees grow?

The same way people grow.

How old can a tree grow?

Old.

How old?

If you don't chop them down, some trees

can grow to...

four or even five hundred years.

Can people live four or five hundred years?

No.

Only trees.

Zeta?

Yes, baby?

Can we ask Ferdiland to put on her

wings to fly?

Ferdiland's too tired today.

Another time.

May I?

Spies!

Zeta!

Zeta!

Spies!

What?

Spies!

It's all right.

They're from our side.

Continue your patrol.

Did you see my grandfather, Mr. Bernier?

No, I didn't.

Bonjour.

Thank you.

All right.

Isn't that something?

Great.

Isn't it, honey?

Isn't that fascinating?

Do you understand what I've done here?

I have eliminated the need to press pants,

baby.

Look at that.

Look at that.

It's great.

What do we call it?

Harry.

Have you thought of a name?

Herman's Chrysalis Trousers.

Harry, Herman's Chrysalis Trousers.

Wait a minute.

What?

I can't believe it.

Now, all I have to do is make

the right presentation to Pa, and we're on

our way.

I'll be there in a minute.

I'm late,

Zeta.

It's the usual time.

It seems late.

It always seems late to you.

Why can't I go with you when it

rains?

It's not fair.

Because your mother worries.

Come, Feather.

Come.

What if it rains?

God is not here to trouble anybody.

Why does he have to make it rain

on a Sunday?

He can make it rain all through the

week.

When the earth is dry and thirsty, it

makes its own prayer.

So God listened to the earth's prayer this

Sunday, and not to yours.

Mmm.

Thank you.

You?

I have a good idea, Zeta.

I'll pray to the earth.

What?

I'll pray to the earth.

It might work.

Try.

Please, earth, I'd like it not to rain

next Sunday.

It makes no difference to you, but it

means a lot to me.

Thank you.

My God, it's spreading all over the yard.

Just look at it.

Next thing you know, it'll be piled right

up to my window.

I see it all now, Mr. Elias.

You're a madman, and you enjoy torturing me.

Mr. Elias.

Mr. Elias.

Mr. Elias, I have that pamphlet I was

telling you about.

Lenin's imperialism and incredible work.

I'm speaking to a Mr. von Garten.

I'm also speaking to a Mrs. Danneborn.

You're doing it deliberately.

Why, Mr. Elias?

What did I ever do to you that

you should torture me like this?

Horse manure, Mrs. Dannenbaum.

Nothing would grow without it.

It's the smell of flight.

If you like to smell so much, why

don't you take the horse into your house

and those filthy flies along with it?

Lenin's imperialism shows you with incredible clarity how

imperialism is the last gasp, the final dying

gasp of the world capitalist order.

I'd like to drop a shovel full of

it on her doorstep.

Then she'd really smell it.

It would do her good.

Let's do it, Zeta.

Forget you heard me say that.

But it's a good idea.

I'm gonna leave it here for you, Mr.

Elias.

I read it, I read it.

It will give you new understanding.

With 12 machines, we figure we can manufacture

280 pairs a week.

Within one month, we'll double our machinery and

labor force and keep expanding.

And within six months to a year, we

estimate $5,600 a week profit.

Doubling that in a year comes to $582

,000.

So?

A perfect crease, right, Pa?

Can you see it?

You see this, Pa?

Look, look at it.

Pa, you've heard of Marconi, Edison, Henry Ford.

Now you have Harry Herman.

Oh, sure, man needs his automobile.

He needs radio, electricity, and now he's going

to need Herman's trousers, Pa.

Wait a minute, wait, I'll show you better.

You know what this means, Pa?

$582,000 in two years, Pa.

That's what we have here.

Absolute perfection, you see?

I made it indestructible.

A fabulous innovation, Pa.

We'll take the country by storm.

This is going to be the style from

now on.

This single invention will revolutionize the men's clothing

industry overnight.

It makes my head dizzy.

You know what it means?

It means we're going to be millionaires.

That's what it means, millionaires.

It's nothing, Benny.

That's nothing.

It's a minor bug, Pa.

Let me finish explaining to Pa.

It's nothing, Benny.

What did you tell me, Pa?

It takes you a whole year to save

$500, Pa?

In two years, we're going to have...

It's going to be ready.

I'll make it perfect.

It's ready, Harry.

We'll have $582,000.

I have taken orders.

You see, he's already taken orders, Pa.

I'm telling you, this is going to be

men's fashion from now on.

Oy.

Now, ask me, how did I get this

idea?

Harry, I paid down...

I paid down a month's rent on the

shop.

Of course, Benny.

And it's no good.

It'll be good.

Stand up and I'll show you.

I'll talk better sitting down.

Pa, I was talking about the invention process,

Pa.

Your sister birthed a lawn, not to go

into business with her.

This is what it is.

Think big, think different.

You're a liar, Harry.

You lie to me again, you sucked me

into a partnership.

I didn't lie to you, Benny.

I'll have it perfect.

You think I'd work this hard and take

it this far without making it perfect?

Oh, my God.

What's the matter with you?

I'll be the stock of the whole city.

Benny, I'll take some tape out of the

knee.

Maybe use a softer tape.

You might love the better.

Pa, where are you going?

I have to read Lenin's imperialism.

You idiot.

You really screwed it up, didn't you?

Not good, Harry.

Idiots.

I'm surrounded by idiots.

Idiots!

Greaseless trousers.

It gives you four knees.

I'm surrounded by idiots.

Idiots!

Do you know what would be a good

idea, Ma?

What?

To put some horseshit on Mrs. Tenenbaum's stairs.

Why?

It would do her good.

Huh?

Go to bed, baby.

It's late.

Good night, Ma.

Good night.

I'm presenting what is probably one of the

great inventions of all time, and he's asking

my partner...

What's with the knees, Harry?

I'm her partner.

I've got the old man gargle-eyed.

He can't believe what he's looking at.

I've got him in the palm of my

hand, and Benny the boob asks, what's with

the knees, Harry?

I could kill him.

And you.

Well, you were no help, were you?

Harry, it's not ready.

What could I say?

You should have told Benny the truth.

He has as much sense when it comes

to business as your father.

Harry, you shouldn't have lied to him.

I didn't lie to him.

I didn't lie to him.

The knee is no problem.

I'll fix it.

You're all idiots, and the biggest idiot is

your father, that religious old fanatic, that hypocrite.

...all out of this crap can we're living

in.

That stuff he tells the kid about God,

it's not from the Talmud.

He makes it up.

He's not even Orthodox.

An Orthodox miser.

The whole street's laughing at him.

And that horse.

Why do you hate that horse so much?

I'd like to go down this very minute

and shoot that damn nag and put it

out of its misery.

David loves him.

What harm does he do?

It should be shot and made into glue.

It's so old it can barely drag its

feet.

It stinks up the whole neighborhood.

It's an embarrassment.

What a family I married into.

Seder.

Seder.

David.

What are you doing here?

Are you afraid of the storm?

No.

Come, let me tell you a story.

But I have something terrible to tell you.

What?

Pa tells terrible lies.

Like what?

He tells terrible lies about you, the Talmud,

and God.

He says that you're not an Orthodox.

He says you're an Orthodox miser.

Well, that's his own opinion.

Don't pay any attention to that.

But never call your father a liar.

But he says Ferdinand should be shot and

made into glue.

What?

He says that he should be made into

glue.

Isn't that a terrible lie?

Don't worry, David.

As long as I'm here, nobody's going to

hurt Ferdinand.

Now let's go to your room.

And I'll tell you a story.

Let's go.

Stop crying.

I'm getting a message.

What is it?

God says that if he has to make

it rain next Sunday, you'll have a surprise.

You can come with me for a couple

of hours.

Even if it rains?

Even if it rains.

He's not going with your father today.

He's going fishing with me.

No.

Oh, yes, my boy.

You're coming out with your father.

You have to learn that there's more to

life than collecting junk.

I'll teach you how we do things here.

You're going to be a modern kid.

But I don't like going fishing.

Fishing is only a part of it.

We commune with nature.

You'll be out in the fresh air.

You'll enjoy it.

I won't enjoy it.

You promised me.

I didn't know your father wanted you to

go with him today.

You'll come with me next Sunday, huh?

It'll be nice, Davy.

Just for a change.

Ann, I don't want him wearing that greenhorn

hat.

And how many times have I told you

to get him a haircut, Annie?

He looks like a girl.

He can wear his cap.

I'm not cutting his hair, Harry.

No, of course not.

Keep him looking like a girl in the

old country.

Get your cap, David.

I'm not going!

I don't like fishing.

It's going to rain anyway.

I'll get you a soda.

Come on.

Take these.

Sit down over there.

There you go, Woody.

Chuck, I'll have a chocolate ice cream soda

and one of these.

And one of those and one of those

in the middle.

Yeah, that's the one.

A lot of syrup.

Fill it right up.

He's a growing boy.

Thank you.

Soda, cookies, pictures.

I'll be right back.

I have some business in the back.

It won't take long.

You sit there and wait for me.

The horses have reached the starting point.

The horses are at the push and the

road.

This is the signal.

Lighthouse has the early lead.

Second, that is Jolly Smoke.

Third, turn the keel.

Fourth, a fade behind the keel.

Fifth, Jolly Smoke has taken the lead by

about three lengths.

Jolly Smoke...

Where have you been?

I couldn't find the truck.

The keel, outside, and exterior.

So?

So?

See the bank manager?

Not yet.

Next week, we got an appointment.

You won't forget to tell him my idea

will revolutionize...

Will revolutionize the men's clothing business.

Industry.

Industry.

When are we going fishing?

What are you doing here?

Out!

Harry, for God's sakes, get the kid out

of here!

It's all right, Mr. Spock.

Sorry.

Come on, that's not a place for you.

What are you doing?

Can't get in the playground?

Who told you to come in there?

Now, sit down and don't move.

I have business here to attend to with

Uncle Benny.

Sit!

Woody, give him another soda and keep an

eye on him for me, will you?

Chuck, give the kid another soda.

Boy?

What's going on back there?

It's a men's club.

It's a fishing club, missus.

Gentlemen, if your action happens to be on...

Pawner's John or Thunder Crash, you are out

of business.

You told me that we were going fishing.

Looks like a long shot to me.

Sorry, Al.

Okay, boy.

Come on, now.

Action, please.

Time to lay your bets down.

Horses are reaching the starting point.

It is one minute to go.

It won't take long.

You sit there and wait for me.

Chuck, give the kid another soda.

Five bucks, upper trust.

On the nose.

It's a 20-to-1 shot here.

Now, watch this.

Horses are now leaking.

They're not fishing there.

Listen, missus.

There's a river in the back.

They take bets to see who can catch

the biggest fish.

I don't watch anymore.

Jabberlock at the rail and outside.

I'm creeping up on the leader.

That is upper trust.

Upper trust is gaining ground.

Boys, it's gonna be upper trust.

Upper trust!

What did I say?

What did I say, Stickman?

We won!

Where are we going fishing?

Harry.

Relax, Al.

Collect this for me, will you, Benny?

I'd like to go home.

We're gonna go home, but we also went

fishing.

But we didn't.

I know that, but we're gonna stop at

a fish market.

What did I say, Benny?

50-50.

We're on our way.

Who do you like in the next place?

Pick a number, Davey.

What?

Seven?

All right.

It's a 4-to-1 shot.

Go ahead, Benny.

Here's five bucks.

Davey, without money, it's very hard in this

world.

And I'm gonna make a lot of money.

I know it.

I can feel it.

My luck is changing.

And we're gonna move out of this stinking

neighborhood into Outremont.

Or Westmont.

My name's gonna be in the papers.

Davey, Harry Herman, inventor of not just the

greaseless trousers.

That's just the beginning.

I got 100,000 ideas.

We are gonna be an important family in

this city.

Davey, we're gonna be rich, and then we're

gonna be respected.

They'll point to us, and they'll say, There

go the Hermans.

We're gonna have an automobile and a chauffeur

and a country place, and we're gonna raise

thoroughbreds, real horses, not like that smelly knags,

eighties.

I like the way Ferdinand smells.

Come on.

Up.

Just remember, we went fishing.

If you say anything else to anybody, you'll

never go anywhere with me again.

Remember.

Who was it that said, What is the

bigger crime, to rob a bank or to

open a bank?

Probably Jeremiah.

More probably Karl Marx, and I will prove

it to you.

He only repeated what the ancient prophet said.

Not quite.

Not quite.

Mr. Baumgartner, have you read all of these

books?

All of them.

I've read only one book, and I'm still

reading it.

The ancient prophets were very wise, Mr. Elias.

Nobody can deny that.

But they couldn't foresee the rise of capitalism,

and they couldn't understand the class nature of

injustice.

But they foretold, when the Messiah came, all

injustice would disappear.

Yellow, you pee in bed, okay?

Okay.

Come on.

It won't hurt, I promise.

Well, you pee in bed anyway.

Yellow!

Yellow!

Danny!

I told you not to go near that

dirty whore.

She'll give you a disease.

Sweetheart, your mouth could give him a disease.

Mrs. Tremblay, your girl is playing with that

dirty whore.

My feet are clean because my mother washed

them.

The working class is today's Messiah, Mr. Elias.

Santa!

Santa, why is Edna dirty?

Doesn't she like to wash?

She washes like everybody else.

But she sells lies.

She tells lies and she sells them?

You'd be surprised how many people sell and

how many people buy lies.

I bet Papa buys from her.

He doesn't have to buy from her.

Mrs. Tannenbaum!

Mrs. Tannenbaum!

Mrs. Tannenbaum, I want to talk to you.

What do you want?

I got nothing to talk to you about.

You get out of here.

Look, you just come down here.

I want to talk to you.

You get out of the yard.

You don't belong here.

I'm going to call the police.

Look, I'll stand here and show my ass

if I want to.

You filthy whore, you should have your mouth

stuffed.

That's what you should have.

You know, you can kick my royal Canadian

ass!

Oh!

And the next time without my pants.

Mrs. Tannenbaum!

You should be stoned.

Did you see that, Mr. Baumgarten?

We should stone her.

Showing her backside like that.

Her underdrawers in front of the children.

Once before, he was stoning such a girl

as Edna.

And this great rabbi came along and protected

her and said, He who is without sin

amongst you, let him cast the first stone.

Nobody threw another stone.

A great rabbi, Mr. Larkin.

And what was he if not a great

rabbi, Mr. Baumgarten?

Harry.

Harry, here it is.

That's it?

All we have to do is sign it.

When do we get the money?

Not right away.

As soon as head office approves it.

But the way I presented it to the

bank manager, that's a minor problem.

Mr. Paquette, give him the words.

Anything he wants, it's on me.

It's a very special day.

Oh, I'm just wild about Harry And Harry's

wild about me The heavenly blisses of his

kisses Fill me with ecstasy This time you

must admit why Ya-da-da-da-da

-da-da-da And he's just wild about

Cannot live without He's just wild about me

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

I'd like to take singing again Why do

you stop?

I wanted you to stop.

I got married I told the bank manager

that this would revolutionize the men's clothing industry.

You know, he never would have recommended the

loan if I hadn't presented it the way

I did.

You, uh, starting to think about your retirement

fund?

Not bad for a pregnant lady.

It's not too late.

You can still study.

It's too late It's too late What's too

late?

Oh, I'm just wild about Harry And Harry's

wild about me The heavenly blisses of his

kisses Fill me with ecstasy You're just gonna

be dandy Oh, yeah, you know, uh, by

the way, uh, you know Leo Schwartz, the,

uh, the baker?

Well, he just moved in two doors down.

Is that so?

Now, this room right here, uh, this could

be, this room could be ideal for a

bedroom or a...

This would be my office.

Would be, yeah, sure.

And, uh, you'll notice the stained-glass windows.

Well, that's a motif that's continuous throughout the,

uh...

Yeah, uh, now here we have the central

heating.

This is, uh, this is no problem, no

dust, no soot.

Like, turn it on this way and turn

it off like that.

This linen closet right here is very large.

One of the largest closets I've ever seen.

Very good, very good.

It's huge.

Very large.

Now, the dining room right here, uh, if

you entertain, you can appreciate a dining room

like this.

A size like this can accommodate one of

your nicer dining room sets.

And you can put your sideboard over here,

you see?

And here's some extra room for extra chinaware,

glassware, or whatever, cutlery.

Uh, we'll have that fixed, uh, soon.

Ah.

Now, the paneling, this is genuine oak stain.

And right here, the hardwood floor, you'll notice

the floor is genuine hardwood.

Solid hardwood.

The ladies' domain, this way, it's the kitchen.

Come with me.

You'll see the kitchen.

It's really something to see to.

Now, over here, we have, uh, what could

be a nursery, a little room like this

could be a nursery for, uh...

It's perfect for the baby.

For the expected one, you know?

And here, uh, a modern three-piece bathroom.

It's got a shower?

With, uh, no, no, but it's got, uh,

it's got genuine ceramic tiles, six feet high.

Yeah, well, install one, it's no problem.

And in the kitchen proper here, this old

wood stove is coming out of here.

We're replacing this with a brand-new gas

stove.

Oh, don't worry about that.

It's coming out anyway.

Now, uh, this is also coming out of

here, this old dice box.

Really?

We're replacing this with a brand-new electric

refrigerator.

No more Iceman?

No more Iceman, that's right.

I'm not moving here.

I'm staying with Zeta.

You be quiet, you.

Get up off the floor!

Where's Fiddler going to be?

Oh, there's lots of room for everybody in

this place.

Don't worry about it.

Fiddler's a horse.

He's a horse?

What?

Say, what's your name, little boy?

I don't like you.

David!

He's spoiled, very spoiled.

They all spoil him.

Oh, I don't think so.

I think he's...

You say you're sorry.

I'm not sorry, and I'm not going to

move here.

It smells!

Honey, will you do something with him before

I lose my temper?

Mr. Godfrey, I wanted to ask you something.

You know that window I saw over here?

Why do we have to live here?

Because we need more room for the new

baby.

You want to live in a nicer neighborhood,

don't you?

Who's going to feed Zeta?

Don't worry.

I'll cook for him.

Come on.

Maybe Zeta will even come with us.

I'm going home!

I'm going home!

David!

Harry!

Harry, let's not rush into anything.

I'll attend to this, Annie.

David!

I really think we should cut the tree

down.

David!

Oh, sister.

Beep, Pa's sick.

You come and help me.

He's sick?

I'm sick.

Soft tape.

From a soft tape?

We got soft knees.

Every order was sent back.

Pa, maybe you can sell them.

For rags.

You just have to find a thousand men

with swollen knees, Benny.

Breathe deeply, Harry.

All right, sit up.

Come on, sit.

I'm the one who is sick, Annie, not

him.

Bankrupt.

We're going bankrupt.

What's bankrupt?

Bankrupt is...

when I'm...

and your father is paralyzed.

That's bankrupt.

Ah.

We're not moving.

Papa's gone...

We're not moving!

Edna!

Edna!

My father's gone bankrupt!

Baby, I'm busy!

We're not moving!

What?

My father's gone bankrupt!

We're not moving!

Oh, that's great, baby!

What?

It's like Lenin says.

One step backward, two steps forward.

Papa, my father's gone bankrupt!

My papa's gone bankrupt!

Congratulations.

We're not moving!

It's all right.

He's a friend.

It's all right.

My mother's too sick to send you to

the glue factory.

She don't have to worry about that anymore,

Bella.

That's good.

Dio federe!

Let's tell Fedele to fly now.

All right, all right, well...

Let's fly over the ocean, Grandpa.

Good idea.

Fedele, put on your magic wings.

We are going to fly.

We are leaving the ground.

We are flying over the trees.

We are flying through the clouds.

We are flying over the ocean.

Look down there, people and boats!

Hello, you down there, sailing on the sea.

I bet they're very surprised to see a

horse and wagon flying.

They must be very surprised.

Hey, stop!

Hold it!

I want to paint your picture!

Sorry, mister, but we are flying!

We're flying, mister!

Here, here!

Please.

Thank you.

How do the leaves change color, Zeta?

God paints them.

How does he paint them?

With a brush?

Not exactly.

How does he paint them?

Well...

God sends Autumn down here and says, Paint

the leaves.

Paint them brown and red and yellow and

deep purple.

And Autumn blows love into the leaves.

And it changes their colors.

Blows love into the leaves?

Blows love.

And when the leaves feel love, they change

their colors.

Just like when people feel love, they change

their characters and become good.

Yeah?

Loving someone always makes one feel good.

And when the Messiah comes and reveals himself,

all men will love one another.

And they will all be happy and good.

When's the Messiah coming, Zeta?

The Messiah is here.

Now.

Now?

In this minute.

But he cannot reveal himself yet.

Why can't he?

When no one will be hungry, he will

reveal himself.

When no man will be rich and have

too much, and no man will be poor

and have too little, he will reveal himself.

When peace and justice will reign over God's

earth, he will reveal himself.

When people learn love, he will reveal himself.

And what will happen when Messiah comes?

The Messiah will come and we will make

a Soudanou.

And what will we eat on the Soudanou?

And we will eat on the Soudanou.

And who will teach us wisdom when Messiah

comes?

Oh, Shlomo.

Ambele.

Oh, Shlomo.

Ambele.

My mother is going to have a baby.

She has a live baby in her belly,

Cleo.

Well, Nelly might have seven babies, maybe eight.

Seven or eight babies?

Maybe more.

Hey, I think we can feel them breathing.

Let's see if there's any milk in these

things.

How do they come?

Like when people get babies?

Or is it a different way how they

get babies, dogs?

It's a different way when dogs get babies.

How do the babies come from Nelly?

How do they grow from her?

Do you know how?

No.

See, they can breathe in Nelly.

Yeah, but how do they grow?

They grow?

I don't know.

But do you know how they breathe?

No.

Well, this is how they breathe.

They breathe from a thing.

They breathe from a thing that goes down

where it goes into the babies, into the

babies, and that's how they grow.

Where do the babies come out?

From the vagina.

What vagina?

Where is it?

No, Nelly, no.

No?

We've got to turn around and see the

vagina.

See that brown part?

Yeah.

That's the vagina.

Oh.

How does it come out from such a

small hole?

It gets bigger and bigger and bigger.

But how does it?

Babies just, by the babies, the babies squeeze

through.

Nelly!

Joel.

Ben.

Hannah.

Hannah.

Well, let's have a drink.

Somebody need to eat?

Excuse me, sir.

That's better.

You're out.

OK.

Here you are.

Take it up.

I want to die.

What do you mean you want to die?

She likes display.

He looks like your son too.

He's like his Dad, right?

Indeed.

And I can't do it himself.

He is.

Yeah.

Yeah, that'll begin like that.

I could be serious.

Finger in love.

I didn't see you like taking it.

Somebody's to get up there and make a

speech to incite some anti-Semitism.

Baby smell!

He smells like a little baby, don't he?

I don't like him!

Wait till he gets older and he learns

how to talk.

You'll enjoy having a baby brother then.

I'll never enjoy him!

Oh yes you will, you'll see.

And I will illustrate this with another story

of the Baal Shem Tov.

It's a very funny birthday party.

It's not a birthday party, it's a circumstance.

Do you know what a circumstance is?

No.

Well, it's when somebody comes in and they

cut off a little piece of your penis

and you get a name from the Bible,

it's a Jewish name, and that's how you

become a Jew.

Do you want to become a Jew?

No.

That's a very profound story, Rabbi.

But it does not show us a solution

to the Jewish problem.

Only world socialism will solve that problem.

Then I have another story about the Baal

Shem Tov.

There's an agent told about the Tsar that

he once went to inspect his troops on

the northern front.

One bitter, wintry evening.

And he approached one soldier and he asked

the soldier, how do you feel?

He said to him, I feel frozen.

The Tsar had the soldier shot immediately.

The people asked him, what was the reason

for this conduct?

The Tsar told them, every soldier in my

army must realize that he is my soldier

and this spirit must feel it.

Amy, do something with them, that's enough.

And from this the Baal Shem Tov said,

we are all servants and soldiers to our

Creator.

In daily life.

And we must also have this warmth and

spirit to endure all difficulties.

Be a good boy, David.

Children, children, let's dance, let's dance.

Mazel tov!

Mazel tov!

Mazel tov!

Mazel tov!

Mazel tov!

Mazel tov!

Mazel tov!

Hey, Pa, look at this, it's my latest.

Pure genius.

A movable coupling.

You don't have to take it off to

raise the sleeve.

How much, Harry?

Two hundred, Pa, that's all I need.

That's exactly what the world is waiting for,

Harry.

All right!

I want that.

Babies nurse at their mother's breast, not big

boys like you.

But I want it.

You're too old to nurse at my breast.

You're a big boy now.

I'm not a big boy, I'm a little

boy, look.

Come here, come.

If you want to suck on a nipple,

I'll make you a bottle.

I don't want a bottle.

If he can do it, why can't I?

Because he's a baby.

When you were a baby, you had my

breast.

I want it now.

You can't have it, I'll make you a

bottle.

No!

I want it!

Sita.

Tell mom to let me suck at her

breast.

Joe does it every day, it's not fair.

Why can't I do it every day?

Tell mom to let me suck at her

breast, it's not fair.

Joe does it every day, it's not fair.

What's not fair?

Mom won't let me suck at her breast.

What?

Mom won't let me suck at her breast.

David, you're not a baby.

If he can, why can't I?

Because he's a baby and you're a big

boy, that's why.

I'm not a big boy, I'm a small

boy, and I want to, so why can't

I?

David, you had your turn, now it's his

turn.

It's still not fair.

David, only babies nurse at their mother's breast.

Do you understand?

No.

Well, that's the way it is.

Now go out, enjoy your life, and just

forget about it.

I just need a looser spring, because this

idea is pure genius.

A looser spring.

That's all.

And one could develop a machine that would

make a thousand cufflinks in an hour.

Look, come here.

Come here, come here.

I want you to take all those.

Here, find two exactly the same, like that.

See?

Put them aside.

All, not a whole bunch.

That'll be your job.

Be careful.

Yeah, that's where the future is.

Science, David.

Industrial innovations.

Engineering.

Not in that religious old nonsense your grandfather's

filling your head with.

He doesn't really know very much, David.

He's read only one book in his whole

life.

He thinks nothing's happened in 5,000 years.

In those days, they used to believe that

God was responsible for everything.

But now...

But Zeta told me...

Zeta tells you a lot of superstitious idiocy.

He tells you when God wants it to

rain, it rains.

You know who believes that?

No.

Savages, savages.

You know what they are?

No.

They're wild people, ignorant people.

They haven't had any exposure at all.

As it happens, rain comes from rain clouds.

Clouds, not God.

You understand?

But Zeta told me when the Earth is

thirsty, it prays for rain.

And God sends rain clouds if he wants

to.

You don't know what you're talking about.

And if I wallop you one across that

big mouth of yours...

to teach you how to talk to your

father, will it be my hand or the

hand of God?

Hmm?

Answer me.

Well?

Now, go, go, go to that smelly old

nag of yours.

You deserve each other.

He's ruining him.

It'll soon be too late to do anything

about it.

Christ!

My son will be an ignoramus like his

grandfather.

It's that family.

Illiterates, that's all.

He's lost!

Oh, yeah, the Jesuits say it.

Give me a child for the first five

years and you won't be able to teach

him anything.

What are you doing?

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, no, no, no, it's so hard.

Oh, that's lovely.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Mr. Vernier's not a baby.

Ma and Grandpa tell lies just like Pa.

Uh, everybody tells lies.

Do you tell lies?

No.

You don't tell lies.

Nellie doesn't tell lies.

Fairlight doesn't tell lies.

I'll keep you clean, Fairlight.

Don't worry about it.

I have a good idea.

Let's put some horse shit on Mrs. Tenenbaum's

stairs right now.

Okay.

I don't care what Zeta says.

Come on, Cleo.

We'll put it on every step, right up

to her door.

I'll do a step, and you'll do a

step.

On my doorstep.

On my doorstep.

Horse shit on my doorstep.

I don't care who put it there, but

you're responsible for it, Mr. Elias.

You and you alone.

Somebody put horse shit on every step up

to my goddamn kitchen.

In front of my kitchen door, even.

Shovelfuls of it.

You're gonna pay for this.

And you too, Mr. Herman.

You and your promises.

This is the last straw.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Tenenbaum.

That stable is going to be moved if

it's the last thing I ever...

I'm sorry.

David.

Pa.

Where could he have gotten such an idea

from?

Pa?

And where are you going, Pa?

Pa!

Oh, God!

I hurt my brain!

Grandpa knows, eh?

I'll show you what he knows, dear Grandpa.

He knows how to ruin things.

He knows.

Stop it, Pa!

Stop it, Pa!

Stop it, Pa!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Pa, don't!

You...

If you ever hit that child again, then

I'll kill you!

Raise your hand to him once more, and

I'll tell you to pay that!

He's my son, and I'll do what I

want with him!

You're ruining him, you!

With that crap you're filling his head with!

Don't ask me for another penny, as long

as I live.

Do you hear me?

I want a divorce!

Go.

Maybe you'll be lucky.

Any mental disorder.

Davey.

Let me see, Dave.

Let me see.

Does it hurt?

Mm-mm.

It's not so bad.

You'll be all right.

It'll be all right.

You'll sleep well.

Here.

Here's your puppy.

Stupid idiots.

You don't understand anything!

My cufflinks!

They're not selling.

I'm just too far ahead of my time.

I'm...

Why did you do it when I told

you not to?

Why?

You tell lies, too.

What did I say?

Not only babies suck from women's breasts, men

do it, too.

Who told you that?

No one did.

I saw it.

What did you see?

Mr. Vernier did it with Mrs. Bondi.

I...

In the store?

No, in her bedroom.

You were there?

No, I saw it through the window.

Cleo did, too.

All the kids saw it.

Well...

It wasn't that I told you a lie.

I just left out something.

When we told you that only babies suck

at breasts, we meant that's how babies get

the milk.

A man does it with his wife for

pleasure.

I know, I know, I know.

Mrs. Bondi is not Mr. Vernier's wife.

So?

It would be better if Mr. Bondi didn't

hear about it.

And if Mrs. Vernier didn't hear about it

either, nobody should know about it.

Nobody.

Look, men and women are supposed to be

married when they do things like that.

Maybe when the Messiah comes, everybody will be

able to do it, and nobody will think

it's a sin.

But today, today it's not considered right if

a man does it with another man's wife.

David, it's like the Talmud says, give unto

children what is for children, and to...

David, nobody is going to hit you in

this house again.

Now go to sleep.

Good night.

Thank you, David.

Go back, Mr. Elias, go back!

David, go back!

Go back!

Mr. Elias, the police are here, and they're

looking for you.

Mr. Elias, go back, and Mrs. Tenenbaum, call

the police because of the horse shit!

Don't worry, David.

Don't worry.

It's all right.

All right.

Only one neighbor is complaining.

We can prove it.

She smells worse than the stable.

We all know about you, Mrs. Bondi.

You better keep your mouth shut.

What do you know about me, you dirty

-mouthed bitch?

Just a minute, baby.

Just a minute.

Ask me!

Why don't you ask me?

I'm a neighbor.

She doesn't live in the courtyard.

She's a whore.

She's an interested citizen.

She's not a citizen.

She's a whore.

That's right.

She has nothing to say here.

Good for you, Lou.

I didn't know you had it in you.

Lou Tenenbaum is one of my regular customers.

Oh, Mrs. Tannenbaum, you don't know what's going

on.

It's a dirty lie.

Come on, Lou, it's not a lie.

Get your hands off me.

She hasn't slept with him in nine years.

She says it's dirty.

May your tongue rot.

Oh, Mrs. Tannenbaum.

So busy looking at the neighbors, huh?

S'il vous plaît, s'il vous plaît.

S'il vous plaît.

What about the stable?

What about the stable?

Who are you?

The criminal.

Monsieur Elias?

Israel Elias.

Bon.

Monsieur Israel Elias.

There has been a complaint, as you probably

know.

So we made an investigation.

We saw the situation.

And the law says that a stable must

be at least 100 yards from a dwelling.

Compagnie?

The stable will have to be moved.

I'm not moving the stable.

What politician does he have to pay off

to get out of this?

Now, just a minute.

I wouldn't talk too much if I were

you.

Remember, we know all about your activities, Comrade

Baumgarten.

If the stable is not moved within 30

days, you'll be in court.

The stable has been here for 20 years.

My horse likes it here.

Do I have to be covered with horseshit

for the rest of my life?

Was it you who dumped that stuff on

our stairs?

Whoever did, I already apologized.

Now I have to go.

My horse is freezing.

Come, David.

I'm sorry, Monsieur Elias, but you'll have to

understand.

The law says that a stable must be

100 yards from a dwelling.

It is not a stable a dwelling.

Have not human beings lived in stables with

their fellow creatures?

He who you worship was born in a

stable.

Yeah, well, that's a very old...

That's a very old horse.

He shouldn't be put away anyhow.

When God sees fit, He'll take him.

Not before.

This horse has been my friend for many

years.

It's kept my family alive.

When your father and mother got old, did

you put them away?

Well, that's not the same thing.

This is a horse.

That you cannot love a horse the same

way you can love a person only says

you cannot love a person all that much

either, Mr. Policeman.

Mr. Elias, Lenin himself couldn't have said that

better.

Who?

That horse better not be here when we

come back in 30 days.

Hey.

Hey!

It will be here.

As sure as God is just, it will

be here.

Where else would it be, huh?

Dad!

Mr. Elias, you're all done in this and

you don't even know it.

But Papa says they'll put you in jail

if you don't find another stable.

They won't put me in jail, don't worry.

God will find a way for us.

You remember the story I told you about

the good little squirrel and the fat, greedy

squirrel?

Yes, the big, fat, greedy squirrel kept on

stealing the little squirrel's hazelnuts.

And?

And the little squirrel never gave up.

That's right.

And what did God say about such a

little squirrel that never gave up?

God said, for such a squirrel, I'll have

to make a miracle.

And he did.

When the big, fat, greedy squirrel came to

steal the little squirrel's hazelnuts again, God turned

them into stone.

And the big, fat squirrel broke all his

teeth.

And never stole the little squirrel's hazelnuts again.

That's right.

So, when people like us need a miracle,

it happens.

I have it from the highest authority.

Do you believe in miracles, Ada?

Mm-hmm.

But I rely on them.

Here, here, here.

Good morning, Frisla.

I'm sure I'm late.

But we can't go today, because Zayda's sick.

But for sure we'll go next week.

Don't worry, because I'll take care of you.

And I'll tell Zayda you need more oats.

Don't worry about the staple.

Zayda says that God would make a miracle.

Do you know what a miracle is, Frisla?

A miracle is when all of Mrs. Tenenbaum's

teeth fall out.

That's a miracle.

It's pneumonia.

Don't let anyone in his room, Annie.

Keep your face covered when you go in

yourself.

I'll send the boy to my sisters.

That's very wise, Annie.

Why do I have to go?

Zayda's very sick, Davey.

Just for a little while until Zayda feels

better.

Better if you go to your uncle's, David.

Your mother has enough on her hands.

She has to take care of your Zayda.

I have to talk to Zayda.

You can't.

I have to.

But the doctor doesn't want you to go

into Grandpa's room.

Maybe if he just stands at the door.

Just stand in the doorway, David.

Does it hurt, Zayda?

I'm fine, David.

I'm fine.

Can you talk a bit louder, Zayda?

I can't hear you.

Can I come into your room, Zayda?

Stay there, David.

It's better.

I told Fredla that you were sick.

And I also told him that we were

going next Sunday.

Are we going next Sunday, Zayda?

Yes, David.

Yes.

Fredla needs more oats, Zayda.

You better buy him some tomorrow.

That's enough, Davey.

Zayda has to sleep now.

Get these filled at the drugstore.

Keep sponging him to keep him cool.

I'll drop in tomorrow morning.

Bye, David.

Goodbye.

Ma, if I'm with Uncle Benny, who will

feed Fredla?

I will, don't you worry.

But you have to go to Uncle Benny's.

Promise me?

I promise you.

Will you bring me back on Saturday?

Because we have to go on Sunday.

Promise me?

We'll see.

Goodbye, Zayda.

I'm coming back on Saturday.

You don't have to worry about Fredla.

Ma promised to feed him.

And water, too.

And water, too.

He needs a rubdown twice a week.

I'll do it, I promise.

Come.

It's important.

I won't forget, I promise.

David?

It was a good idea to put that horse manure on Mrs. Tannenbaum's stairs

I'm proud of you, David

I'm proud

Hold that horse!

Harry?

Harry?

He's asleep

Does he know?

No

Undress him

We shouldn't have waited so long, Harry. We made a mistake

The later he knows about it, the better

Let me handle it, honey

It'll be okay

You were asleep, Grandpa?

Where's Ada?

Where's Ferdla?

Didn't they know I was coming home?

Baby, I have something to tell you

Zayda and Ferdla have gone away

Away? Where?

They've gone very far away

To heaven

They wouldn't go without me

David, Zayda is dead

He was old

And he died a long time ago

Zayda died, and Ferdla too

They both went off to heaven, and they're never coming back

You're telling me a lie! They didn't go!

They'll come back! You're telling me a lie!

No, you're telling me a lie!

You're telling me a lie!

You always tell lies to me! Let go! Let go!

David! David! Wait, wait!

Ferdla!

Ferdla! Ferdla!

Zeta!

Zeta!

Zeta!

Zeta!

Zeta!

Zeta!

Grandpa!

Grandpa!

Zeta!

Keep an ear out for the baby, Harry

Why? Where are you going?

I'm going to a dance, Harry

I'm going to a dance

Why did you let him go?

He could be lost

He's not lost

He's not a kid anymore. Stop babying him

Well, what did you say to him?

What did I say?

I said what a father says to a son

It's not easy. I mean, his grandfather died, the horse

Well, where is he? Where could he be?

He'll come back

He'll come back

He'll get over it. I'll get him a puppy

A puppy?

A puppy?

What kind of a father are you?

What kind of a person are you?

Maybe now I'll have a chance to show you what kind of a father I am, eh?

You couldn't hide your joy when Pa died, could you?

Oh, come on. Stop. You're hysterical

I am not hysterical

Well, you're getting on my nerves

He'll get cold. He'll come back. He'll come back

Take off your boots. You're not going after him. Nobody's going after him

Harry, I am

Don't ever raise your voice to me again

There's going to be some changes around here. Big changes

Invent a new mirror, Harry, so you can get a good look at yourself

I know what I look like. I know who I am and I know where I am

I am running this house from now on and you better get used to it

Davey!

Davey!

Davey!

Davey!

Mr. Baumgartner

What's happening to you? What? What's the matter?

My son. Harry hasn't seen him. I can't find him anywhere

Please. Please come and help me look for him

Davey!

Calm down. You'll find him

I've just seen my son

Maybe he went out to play with the kids

I haven't seen Davey anywhere. I can't find him

Please come and help me look for him

Oh, please. Davey! Davey!

Davey! Davey!

Davey!

In alleys and streets throughout Montreal

One and all knew his call

My grandfather's call had a welcome ring

As he would ride and sing

Rags, clothes, bottles

Rags, clothes, bottles

Rags, clothes, bottles

Rags, clothes, bottles

My grandfather stood above all I knew

Strong and proud, wise and true

Yet if I imagined his horse could fly

He'd say, of course, let's try

I can still see the days when we would climb

Aboard his wagon

What a joy for a boy like me

Riding high, riding free

But more than the games and the dreams we shared

I know now how he cared

I hear him explaining what's right and wrong

Just as I hear his song

Rags, clothes, bottles

Rags, clothes, bottles

Rags, clothes, bottles

Rags, clothes, bottles

Rags, clothes, bottles

Rags, clothes, bottles