Bikur Ha Tizmoret

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00:00:47 A film by Eran Kolirin
00:01:35 Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian
00:01:40 Not many remember this,
00:02:29 It's not them...
00:02:42 There's a bus, we have the address,
00:02:46 And manage on our own?
00:02:48 Why not call the Embassy?
00:02:53 This band has managed on its own
00:02:56 I have no intention
00:03:00 Especially not now...
00:03:11 Picture please,
00:03:13 We're taking a photo.
00:03:44 THE BAND'S VISIT
00:03:57 Municipality, good morning.
00:03:58 Good morning.
00:03:59 This is Tewfiq Zakaria, commander of
00:04:03 What?
00:04:05 It is Tewfiq Zakaria, from the
00:04:08 Who do you need?
00:04:11 As I said,
00:04:13 it is Tewfiq Zakaria
00:04:15 from the Alexandria Ceremonial
00:04:38 Municipality, good morning.
00:04:40 This is Colonel Tewfiq Zakaria
00:05:06 Do you see it?
00:05:17 Get Khaled, tell him
00:05:38 Do you mind asking
00:05:41 Bet Hatikva.
00:05:43 You'd better send someone else.
00:05:47 Do you want to be part
00:05:50 Then learn to take responsibility.
00:05:56 Just watch out, Okay?
00:06:01 Of what?
00:06:02 I don't know,
00:06:29 Bet Hatikva?
00:06:32 Yes, Bet Hatikva.
00:06:42 You have eyes...
00:06:45 Very beautiful eyes.
00:06:49 Do you like Chet Baker?
00:06:51 What?
00:06:52 Chet Baker.
00:07:14 I play violin...
00:07:18 But I play trumpet...
00:07:21 also.
00:07:46 About the new piece
00:07:50 do you want me to conduct?
00:07:52 If you do, I'll need to work
00:07:58 We're in enough trouble as it is,
00:08:01 Some other time.
00:08:07 Of course.
00:08:09 But...
00:08:10 If their plan at headquarters
00:08:14 there might not be another time.
00:08:18 Their plan
00:08:21 That's why we're here,
00:08:23 isn't that so?
00:08:31 We had three concerts
00:08:33 two in June.
00:08:36 No one should speak to us
00:08:40 The Alexandria Police Ceremonial
00:10:26 Line them up.
00:10:42 Good afternoon.
00:10:45 Dina, come here.
00:10:46 Some General
00:10:59 Good afternoon.
00:11:01 Good afternoon to you, too.
00:11:03 I wonder if you could be so kind to
00:11:07 Excuse me?
00:11:09 We've been invited by the
00:11:12 at the initiation ceremony
00:11:15 What?
00:11:16 Where are you from?
00:11:18 We are from Egypt.
00:11:20 Egypt?
00:11:23 We are the Alexandria
00:11:26 There is no Arab Center here.
00:11:29 No Arab Culture Center?
00:11:31 No culture. Not Israeli culture,
00:11:36 Bloody nowhere.
00:11:45 Who invited you?
00:11:56 The Betah Tikva Cultural Department.
00:11:58 Petah Tikva?
00:12:00 I think he needs Petah Tikva.
00:12:03 Betah Tikva.
00:12:45 As soon as we get back, you are to
00:12:49 I'll make sure you will not stay
00:12:52 Is that clear?
00:12:55 Clear?
00:13:27 General, you need help, General?
00:13:39 Assholes!
00:13:59 Aren't we eating today?
00:14:07 Excuse me?
00:14:08 I asked if we're going to eat.
00:14:11 I did not join the police
00:14:14 And anyhow, I'm not really sure
00:14:19 Pardon me?
00:14:25 Does anyone else feel like Khaled?
00:14:27 We haven't eaten
00:14:31 All of us.
00:14:36 Just a second...
00:14:39 Khaled, would you mind...
00:14:47 They haven't eaten
00:14:50 this might affect their playing.
00:14:53 Perhaps we could organize something
00:14:56 After that,
00:15:15 Hello again, General.
00:15:19 Madame, I would like...
00:15:22 on behalf of the Alexandria
00:15:30 we shall be grateful if you
00:15:34 in light of the circumstances.
00:15:38 How can I help you?
00:15:41 Would it be possible to dine here?
00:15:44 It's a restaurant here, no?
00:15:47 Yes, but...
00:15:48 we have little Israeli money left.
00:15:52 just some bread, something light.
00:15:55 Could we pay with Egyptian money?
00:16:08 Don't take this disciplinary
00:16:11 It's all bullshit.
00:16:13 Say you're sorry and you'll
00:16:15 He can fire me for all I care.
00:16:19 Did I spend five years
00:16:22 Playing marches in the desert?
00:16:27 How can you stand him?
00:16:32 Ask Simon what it's like to be
00:16:35 Simon, are you conducting
00:17:39 Why did you stop?
00:17:41 I didn't finish it.
00:17:47 You wrote this?
00:17:48 Yes.
00:17:50 It's an overture for a concerto
00:17:54 but I didn't finish it.
00:18:47 Backgammon?
00:18:54 What do you say about that?
00:19:02 We shall be going soon.
00:19:07 You're welcome.
00:19:10 You decided what to do?
00:19:13 We shall manage.
00:19:16 There is no more bus today.
00:19:19 No more bus?
00:19:20 No. Finished.
00:19:23 Hotel?
00:19:26 Hotel? Here?
00:19:30 Of course.
00:19:34 When is your show?
00:19:36 It is tomorrow evening.
00:19:45 Say, ltzik...
00:19:48 Can you take three of them?
00:19:50 What?
00:19:52 Musicians.
00:19:55 Take them where?
00:19:57 What's the big deal? Two
00:20:00 I'll take three, four here,
00:20:03 I don't know.
00:20:04 We'll manage something.
00:20:07 Give me a break,
00:20:09 Even better.
00:20:16 You know what, General?
00:20:18 You can stay here with us
00:20:21 What do you mean, here?
00:20:23 Here, with us.
00:20:27 I can take some,
00:20:29 Papi can make room here,
00:20:31 I have some room in the restaurant
00:20:33 It's okay,
00:20:36 Tomorrow morning you take
00:20:40 No, no, thank you.
00:20:44 We shall call our Embassy,
00:20:50 Okay.
00:20:52 But just I want you to know that
00:20:56 we shall be very honored to have the
00:21:01 Really.
00:21:07 Will your husband agree to that?
00:21:15 Once when I see him I ask him.
00:21:18 You're not married.
00:21:19 Me?
00:21:21 No.
00:21:25 By the way, I'm Dina.
00:21:28 Tewfiq.
00:21:32 What do you say?
00:21:35 Please.
00:21:37 Please.
00:21:41 We'll spend the night here.
00:21:43 No shit.
00:21:44 Khaled!
00:21:47 I hope there's no need to remind you
00:21:51 nor of the effect
00:21:55 on our struggle over
00:21:58 Please bare in mind:
00:22:02 and I expect you all to conduct
00:22:06 We need to carry out
00:22:09 and prove to whoever needs proof
00:22:13 Let's all protect the good name of
00:22:19 Good luck to you all.
00:22:21 Khaled stays with me.
00:22:33 We'll spend the night here,
00:22:42 So, you come?
00:23:10 How are you, Mrs. Maimon?
00:23:31 I'm not...
00:23:33 I don't open it too much.
00:23:37 Do you prefer the wall
00:23:42 So...
00:23:44 Coffee?
00:23:46 Yes.
00:24:14 What are you looking at?
00:24:19 Come, bring us coffee.
00:24:33 Very quiet here.
00:24:35 Dead.
00:24:40 Alexandria is a big city, yes?
00:24:43 A lot of people, and lights.
00:24:45 And noise.
00:24:46 It's good. You feel you live,
00:24:51 You don't like to be here?
00:24:54 It's my life. I got used.
00:24:57 But sometimes...
00:25:00 Sometimes I think maybe I could...
00:25:06 Why didn't you?
00:25:07 I met my first husband.
00:25:10 And you, General? Do you have
00:25:17 A wife?
00:25:19 No, no.
00:25:38 Maybe after, if you want,
00:25:43 No thank you, Madame,
00:25:46 It's no big deal.
00:25:50 There is a place,
00:25:52 Nice, some food, some drink.
00:25:56 The woman wants to go out,
00:26:00 You want to come too, Khaled?
00:26:03 No thank you, Madame.
00:26:23 How do I look?
00:26:25 Very fine, indeed.
00:26:29 Would you say
00:26:40 Don't you want to take
00:26:42 Excuse me?
00:26:44 It's very hot with a hat.
00:26:51 Yes.
00:26:53 It's better, no?
00:26:57 A man should not hide
00:27:01 Got yourself a General, Dina?
00:27:03 What's up?
00:27:05 Soon. She'll call
00:27:08 God help you.
00:27:18 Oh, sorry!
00:27:21 It's okay.
00:27:24 You saw this boy?
00:27:27 Every night he waits
00:27:34 Oh, shit! I forgot!
00:27:35 Look, can you...
00:27:39 With the key.
00:27:53 Almost a month it's like this.
00:28:52 Sorry.
00:28:57 You know,
00:29:01 Happy birthday.
00:29:02 Thank you.
00:29:03 Many happy years.
00:29:05 Thank you.
00:29:09 See they're alright?
00:29:13 Nice people, right?
00:29:14 Why shouldn't they be?
00:29:16 So you're awake?
00:29:19 Very nice.
00:29:20 Too bad they don't visit
00:29:22 You should invite them more often.
00:29:27 So what do you do in the
00:29:30 I play the clarinet,
00:29:39 Well, sometimes.
00:29:41 You know, Avrum,
00:29:45 A concerto?
00:29:46 Before, in the restaurant,
00:29:49 Well, it's not really a concerto,
00:29:54 We're all going to cry now...
00:29:57 Schubert.
00:30:01 Why not finish?
00:30:02 I started to write this after
00:30:07 but then, my wife,
00:30:11 time, and...
00:30:17 Do you work in the restaurant?
00:30:22 Not really. I'm between works now.
00:30:26 Between for almost a year.
00:30:32 It's clean, okay?
00:30:37 He should be saying thank you,
00:30:41 You know, I also played
00:30:46 There he goes again.
00:30:49 I used to play at...
00:30:52 weddings, celebrations...
00:30:56 That's how I met my wife.
00:30:58 That story again... We didn't meet
00:31:01 Come on, didn't we meet
00:31:02 We met at your aunt's.
00:31:04 Okay, but where did love start?
00:31:06 What love?
00:31:07 Besides, why do you
00:31:11 Do you really care if they'll
00:31:13 It doesn't matter.
00:31:15 I don't care what they think.
00:31:19 I used to play there with a band.
00:31:23 Beatles, Rolling Stones, Klezmers,
00:31:29 Then one day I was playing
00:31:34 And I looked...
00:31:36 and maybe for three or four minutes
00:31:52 I was like a stone.
00:31:55 And of course I was dressed
00:31:59 so she was in love.
00:32:05 You know that?
00:33:37 Good evening.
00:33:38 Egyptian Embassy?
00:33:41 This is Kamal Abdel Azim of
00:33:46 We're in trouble.
00:33:48 Kamal Abdel Azim of the
00:33:54 We're in trouble.
00:33:58 The Alexandria Police Orchestra!
00:34:02 Yes, please.
00:34:04 08-6583000.
00:34:09 Yes, please.
00:34:11 Good bye, sir.
00:34:29 Arab salad,
00:34:32 tahini sauce,
00:34:34 fries, lots.
00:34:37 Put some more.
00:34:47 You sure you don't want something?
00:34:49 Coffee, maybe?
00:34:51 Yes, maybe coffee. Thank you.
00:34:56 Coffee. Get us a coffee.
00:35:06 Tewfiq, tell me something
00:35:09 What?
00:35:10 Something. I don't know,
00:35:24 What does it mean?
00:35:27 In wintertime, take an umbrella,
00:35:29 in summertime, put a hat
00:35:32 in autumn time stay at home.
00:35:49 Everything is okay?
00:35:51 Yes, it's just...
00:35:54 Leave it. People here
00:36:13 So what do you play
00:36:16 You play like army music?
00:36:25 We are a traditional orchestra.
00:36:30 What, like Um Kulthoum? Farid?
00:36:33 Yes.
00:36:36 Why police needs to play
00:36:40 This is like asking
00:36:54 I'm sorry. I didn't mean that...
00:37:01 It's okay. You're not the only one
00:37:05 Music today is not
00:37:09 What do you mean?
00:37:11 Well, people today care about
00:37:14 Money, efficiency, worth.
00:37:18 People are stupid, aren't they?
00:37:23 Yes, they are, sometimes.
00:37:58 Papi...
00:37:59 Oh no, not him...
00:38:02 Going out? Good time?
00:38:05 Don't know.
00:38:07 Just going...
00:38:08 out.
00:38:11 I don't lock. You can go in.
00:38:15 I can go too, you know.
00:38:19 I don't sleep, so maybe
00:38:24 Have a look on the city.
00:38:25 No...
00:38:28 No, see...
00:38:31 One girl. Okay?
00:38:36 One girl?
00:38:37 Yes. One girl.
00:38:40 Okay. I just look on the city.
00:38:45 You and the girl do what you want.
00:38:49 Khaled.
00:38:51 Papi.
00:38:56 Well, this raises questions.
00:38:59 They're all like that.
00:39:02 Very questionable.
00:39:08 I like clothes. Clothes nice.
00:39:11 Yes.
00:39:13 Like Michael Jackson.
00:39:33 This is the cousin?
00:39:35 Well?
00:39:37 No way,
00:39:40 You fixed me up
00:39:42 Is she gloomy?
00:39:43 Of course she's gloomy.
00:39:45 She's not gloomy.
00:39:46 She is!
00:39:47 Come on, you're exaggerating.
00:39:51 Hi.
00:39:53 Papi, meet my cousin, Julia.
00:39:56 Hi.
00:39:59 Make some room.
00:40:08 I just look on the city.
00:40:30 Tewfiq, you see this guy?
00:40:41 He's someone that...
00:40:43 I mean, me and him,
00:40:52 I see.
00:41:05 Hi, Sammy.
00:41:08 Meet Tewfiq, a good friend
00:41:13 Please meet.
00:41:27 Tewfiq is a conductor.
00:41:31 How do you do?
00:41:38 How are you doing?
00:41:45 Son of a bitch.
00:41:47 A real son of a bitch!
00:41:54 One minute.
00:42:25 This is for you.
00:45:45 Come, Papi.
00:45:48 No...
00:45:50 This ain't for me.
00:45:52 Come on, don't be scared.
00:45:55 I'll show you.
00:45:58 No, please...
00:45:59 Don't be scared.
00:46:00 Stop it, get off my back!
00:46:19 You don't go with girls a lot, eh?
00:46:22 No.
00:46:26 I hear the sea in my ears.
00:46:29 Sea? In your ears?
00:46:31 Yes.
00:46:33 I don't know what to say,
00:46:37 I want to talk, but I hear
00:46:43 Like that...
00:46:54 So you and girls, you never...
00:46:59 You never?
00:47:03 You?
00:47:04 Yes.
00:47:09 What's it like?
00:47:13 I can tell you, but...
00:47:16 only in Arabic.
00:48:03 This is the park.
00:48:07 It doesn't look like a park,
00:48:10 You have to imagine.
00:48:14 You see?
00:48:16 This is the grass.
00:48:19 And there is where
00:48:25 And this...
00:48:27 This is the sea.
00:48:35 Tell me, how does it feel?
00:48:39 I mean to do music, to have
00:48:45 Well...
00:48:48 To have all the people waiting
00:48:53 You know...
00:48:55 It's...
00:48:58 It's...
00:49:00 Yes...
00:49:03 What?
00:49:30 It looks like the most important
00:49:33 No, the most important thing
00:49:35 What? Fishing?
00:49:39 It's so boring!
00:49:40 No, it's not boring.
00:49:41 To sit whole days like that,
00:49:45 until you catch something?
00:49:47 It's not boring at all.
00:49:49 It's the sound of water,
00:49:53 and distant children playing
00:49:57 the sound of the bait falling
00:50:01 In early hours at sea you can hear
00:50:05 Like a symphony.
00:50:11 And the fish, you cook it?
00:50:14 Well, usually I don't catch.
00:50:18 But sometimes I just put them back
00:50:21 Really?
00:50:23 Before, when my wife was alive
00:50:26 and she used to cook...
00:50:30 but now I just put them back.
00:50:36 Your wife is dead?
00:50:39 Yes.
00:50:43 Was it a long time ago?
00:50:47 Almost 3 years ago.
00:50:49 In September, the 21 st.
00:50:55 I'm sorry if I'm asking something
00:50:58 No, it's okay. They say it's good
00:51:09 She was pretty?
00:51:12 Yes.
00:51:15 Did she like fishing?
00:51:20 How did you meet?
00:51:22 In the academy, at a friend's house.
00:51:27 You know, we talked,
00:51:32 I thought she didn't like me,
00:51:35 after a few days she came
00:51:44 Did you have children?
00:51:48 We had one child.
00:51:50 One?!
00:51:52 One son?
00:51:55 What, you, a big man like you,
00:51:59 and only one son?
00:52:11 I'm joking.
00:52:20 Can we please go now?
00:52:24 Okay.
00:53:00 What?
00:53:02 The cousin is crying.
00:53:04 Why is she crying?
00:53:06 How would I know.
00:53:09 Just sort something out.
00:54:29 You need a drink.
00:55:27 You drink also.
00:55:46 Now what?
00:57:05 We are going to sleep now.
00:57:09 I am sorry if we caused trouble.
00:57:12 No, no. It's not you.
00:57:16 All the time it's like this now.
00:57:35 Stupid, isn't it?
00:58:32 You know...
00:58:36 maybe this is how your
00:58:39 I mean... not a big end
00:58:42 with trumpets and violins,
00:58:46 maybe this is the finish.
00:58:49 Just like that, suddenly.
00:58:52 Not sad, not happy.
00:58:56 Just...
00:59:00 a small room,
00:59:04 a lamp,
00:59:06 a bed,
00:59:09 child sleeps,
00:59:13 and...
00:59:23 tons of loneliness.
01:01:06 Yes?
01:01:08 This is me, Kamal.
01:01:10 Are you sending a car?
01:01:12 Very good.
01:01:14 I am at the phone.
01:01:16 Very good.
01:01:17 Waiting for instructions.
01:01:21 Goodbye, sir. Goodbye.
01:01:47 Do you like Arab movies, Tewfiq?
01:01:50 Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama...
01:01:53 When I was young we used
01:01:55 Arab movies, Egyptian movies.
01:01:57 Every Friday at noon,
01:01:59 all the streets in Israel were empty
01:02:04 and me, my mother, my sister,
01:02:07 and we cry our eyes out.
01:02:13 We were all in love with
01:02:16 We were all in love with love.
01:02:20 And I think that now, this night,
01:02:24 we could live this again,
01:02:26 big love in big Arabic words...
01:02:39 But I fuck it all up
01:02:44 My life is an Arab movie.
01:02:58 My wife you have
01:03:00 she died because of me.
01:03:03 We had a son,
01:03:04 a bright and beautiful son,
01:03:08 he made some mistakes.
01:03:11 I was hard with him,
01:03:14 I didn't understand.
01:03:17 He was gentle, fragile, like her.
01:03:24 I didn't understand him.
01:03:28 He took his life.
01:03:33 It broke her heart.
01:03:48 Do you have children?
01:03:51 No.
01:03:55 When I could have, I was too
01:03:58 When I wanted, I couldn't.
01:04:02 Too bad. You are a good woman.
01:04:09 You think so?
01:04:12 I'm sure.
01:05:06 Dina,
01:05:09 do you like Chet Baker?
01:05:11 Who?
01:05:13 Chet Baker.
01:05:31 No. I don't know.
01:05:39 I like Chet Baker.
01:05:48 I have all his recordings.
01:05:50 From the beginning, with the
01:05:54 To the last concert in '88.
01:07:24 A bit weak on the lower key,
01:07:28 but not too bad.
01:07:34 I know.
01:07:36 Wine?
01:07:52 I got some left in the fridge.
01:07:54 Thank you.
01:07:56 But I shall go to sleep now.
01:08:00 You're sure? You don't want some?
01:08:04 Not tonight... Not for me.
01:08:07 We have a long day tomorrow.
01:08:13 Okay.
01:08:23 You too, don't stay up too late.
01:08:25 We shouldn't impose anymore.
01:08:31 Go on, son.
01:08:33 We have a long day tomorrow.
01:09:37 Hello?
01:09:39 Hi, Amalia.
01:09:40 How are you, sweetie?
01:09:43 I'm fine, how are you?
01:09:46 Is your mother better?
01:09:48 I miss you!
01:09:51 No, I put on a sweatshirt.
01:09:55 It keeps me warm.
01:09:57 Love you...
01:12:45 Did you have a quiet night?
01:12:49 I guess. Sort of...
01:13:20 I would like to thank you
01:13:23 We shall be ever grateful
01:13:28 My pleasure.
01:14:00 This is the place: Petah Tikva.
01:14:15 Goodbye.
01:14:18 Goodbye, Madame.
01:18:02 Sasson Gabai
01:18:10 Ronit Elkabetz
01:18:20 Saleh Bakri
01:18:29 Khalifa Natour
01:18:42 To my Grandmother, Shoshana,
01:18:48 Written and directed by
01:20:00 English: Tal Haran
01:20:04 Subtitles: Cinematyp Studios Ltd.