Emotional Arithmetic Autumn Hearts A New Beginning

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00:00:44 MELANIE:
00:00:47 " Forgive me if I answer,
00:02:59 Dimski.
00:03:02 Garbov.
00:03:04 Limnit.
00:03:07 Vogel.
00:03:10 Tarnow.
00:03:13 Davidowski.
00:03:17 Paskett.
00:03:20 Derndel.
00:03:23 Derndel. Derndel.
00:03:26 Dimpel.
00:03:29 Garnowitz.
00:03:48 TIMMY: Dinner's ready!
00:04:16 Dinner's ready.
00:04:19 Coming.
00:04:28 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:04:34 Mmm-hmm.
00:04:35 Storm coming.
00:04:39 Not that anyone listens, but I warned them.
00:05:17 (DOOR OPENING)
00:05:20 (DOOR CLOSES)
00:05:28 - Hi, Mom.
00:05:35 - Good morning, Mom.
00:05:38 Have you seen your father around?
00:05:41 He's gone into town.
00:05:45 No, he didn't tell me.
00:05:48 Ah...
00:05:49 I wonder which of his fawning grad
00:05:57 Mom, please.
00:06:01 Oh, Benjamin. Benjamin, I'm sorry.
00:06:03 You're always caught right between
00:06:07 It's not fair. I'm really sorry, sweetie.
00:06:13 What?
00:06:16 You look great.
00:06:18 - Really?
00:06:21 What is the thing that you like
00:06:25 - I can't decide with my eyes closed.
00:06:30 Your wicked tongue.
00:06:31 (MELANIE LAUGHING)
00:06:32 Very good.
00:06:41 MELANIE: Oh, my God.
00:06:43 It's Jakob. It's my Jakob.
00:06:51 He answered my letter.
00:07:05 MELANIE: (READING)
00:07:08 "you read about is the man you think.
00:07:11 " I am your Jakob, as you say.
00:07:16 " Older than the man you once knew,
00:07:21 "my little American girl from Cleveland."
00:07:38 CHRISTOPHER:
00:07:41 She's from a place called Cleveland.
00:07:45 - And does the American have a name?
00:07:51 How do you do, Melanie?
00:07:56 Well, too many places to mention.
00:07:59 I hope we both live one week more,
00:08:00 so you can teach me
00:08:28 DAVID: That woman is not supposed to be
00:08:35 Okay. Jesus, be careful! This is an antique.
00:08:40 Now lift it up, can you?
00:08:42 What's the matter,
00:08:45 - Is that high enough?
00:08:48 Thank you.
00:08:51 You're doing great. Yeah.
00:08:57 There, there!
00:09:01 (DAVID SIGHS)
00:09:03 - You okay?
00:09:06 We can take a break. We're not in a hurry.
00:09:10 No. No, that's good here.
00:09:14 Mom loves the spot over there.
00:09:17 She thought it would make it feel more like
00:09:21 (CHUCKLES)
00:09:23 All right.
00:09:28 - How long is he going to stay?
00:09:32 It's typical. She hasn't seen the man
00:09:35 they exchange a couple of letters,
00:09:41 I mean, he could have, God knows,
00:09:45 not to mention his mental condition.
00:09:47 He sounded fine in the letters.
00:09:50 Thirty-five years in the Gulag,
00:09:53 It'll be good for her, Dad.
00:09:55 - Dr. Levin said...
00:09:59 Dr. Levin and his good intentions.
00:10:16 Jakob?
00:10:20 Jakob.
00:10:22 Melanie.
00:10:23 (MELANIE LAUGHS)
00:10:24 MELANIE: Oh, my gosh, you are a giant.
00:10:26 I wasn't sure if I just made that up or,
00:10:30 Oh, my. What happened to your hand?
00:10:32 Oh, long ago.
00:10:34 (STAMMERING)
00:10:36 It's nothing. Punishment for stealing food.
00:10:38 - Does it frighten you?
00:10:42 (JAKOB CHUCKLING)
00:10:46 Jakob.
00:10:50 It's been so long.
00:10:59 Yes. I brought you a present.
00:11:05 Christopher?
00:11:10 Melanie.
00:11:14 Hello, Melanie.
00:11:18 I would have recognized you anywhere.
00:11:20 - What are you doing here?
00:11:26 Poet of the Gulag, had been freed.
00:11:30 I contacted him in Paris.
00:11:32 I decided to come with him,
00:11:37 I hope I'm not unwelcome.
00:11:40 I don't know what to say.
00:11:44 Your hair is, it's redder than I remember.
00:11:48 Well, you look different, too.
00:11:53 - It suits you.
00:11:55 Chit-chat later. Come on.
00:12:06 - BENJAMIN: How is it now?
00:12:12 Ah!
00:12:13 Triumph.
00:12:18 Shit.
00:12:20 (DAVID CHUCKLES)
00:12:24 Masterly done.
00:12:26 (CAR HORN HONKING)
00:12:30 Just in time.
00:12:37 - Who the hell's that?
00:12:43 Looks like your mother picked up a stray.
00:12:57 Here, let me help you, come.
00:13:01 Mr. Bronski.
00:13:03 Jakob, please.
00:13:05 No, don't worry, don't worry.
00:13:08 David Winters. Welcome.
00:13:10 Thank you.
00:13:11 MELANIE:
00:13:15 Well, well. The legendary Christopher Lewis.
00:13:18 I was beginning to think you were just
00:13:23 I hope I'm not intruding.
00:13:26 - Of course not. You're most welcome.
00:13:29 Oh, and this is Benjamin. Our son.
00:13:32 - Welcome.
00:13:34 - Nice to meet you, Benjamin.
00:13:37 - You live in a paradise.
00:13:42 Damn place is falling about our ears.
00:13:46 Interesting looking beasts.
00:13:49 - Do you milk them?
00:13:54 We just fatten them up
00:13:59 Maybe we could put Christopher
00:14:03 It's a good idea.
00:14:06 I'll just settle you in. Is this all you brought?
00:14:09 Yes. I'm afraid I can't stay.
00:14:12 I just can't believe that you're all here.
00:14:17 - I never thought I'd see you again.
00:14:20 Finished!
00:14:23 Ah, my son. Timmy.
00:14:24 JAKOB: Oh...
00:14:26 And what exactly did you finish, Timmy?
00:14:29 The carrots, I peeled them all.
00:14:32 So you're the man in charge of food, huh?
00:14:35 So we're saved.
00:14:38 Well, shall we?
00:14:45 - Here, Mom, let me take this.
00:14:54 - Are they the Russians?
00:15:00 - Would you like to see the lake?
00:15:42 - Do you think he knows how to swim?
00:15:56 - Where are your parents?
00:15:59 they were gone and then I was taken here.
00:16:08 What about your parents?
00:16:19 You see?
00:16:22 It's magic.
00:16:25 You are now officially
00:16:30 Ah.
00:16:31 Chosen for what, you ask?
00:16:36 An interesting question.
00:16:45 His father was always running
00:16:51 Trying to find a reason why they were there.
00:16:57 " Why him? Why us, why all these people?
00:17:05 One morning, he was gone.
00:17:09 No explanation.
00:17:14 Christopher just sat there in a corner,
00:17:20 Wouldn't move, wouldn't talk.
00:17:23 I forced him to eat and to follow me around.
00:17:29 And then one day, you arrived
00:17:33 and his eyes lit up again.
00:17:40 He just needed to come here, you see.
00:17:47 And you turned into a beautiful woman.
00:17:51 - No.
00:17:55 Inside, too. You are very brave
00:18:01 Inside?
00:18:05 Do you think they did something to us?
00:18:12 Oh, yes.
00:18:19 Bathroom's in there, and more blankets in
00:18:26 A trifle rustic, I'm afraid.
00:18:29 Makes a bit of a difference,
00:18:32 No, no, it's really...
00:18:35 - Actually, I live in Paris.
00:18:41 So, what do you do?
00:18:45 - I'm an entomologist.
00:18:48 - Insects.
00:18:52 - Wasps.
00:18:56 You'll find lots of yellow jackets
00:19:00 So why Paris?
00:19:03 After everything that happened,
00:19:05 to be as far away as possible.
00:19:07 That's a good question. My work, mostly.
00:19:12 I did go back to Drancy once.
00:19:18 It's...
00:19:20 It's a housing estate now.
00:19:24 children playing soccer.
00:19:27 Guess people have to live somewhere.
00:19:30 You've put it all behind you now, then.
00:19:35 - What do you mean?
00:19:37 no black pit of depression,
00:19:41 I admire that. Move on, that's the trick.
00:19:44 So they say. So what about you?
00:19:48 Melanie tells me that you're
00:19:52 I was. A history professor.
00:19:56 They made me retire last year.
00:19:59 Take it all the way
00:20:02 - Why?
00:20:06 So how do you find her?
00:20:14 She seems
00:20:17 unchanged to me.
00:20:19 Really? She did have a difficult time.
00:20:21 She must've told you on the way down.
00:20:26 She didn't say anything about that.
00:20:30 I'd better let her tell you,
00:20:33 Anyway, it's good to have you here.
00:20:36 I suppose you're like a long-lost brother.
00:20:41 Her only family really, you and Jakob.
00:20:46 Does she ever talk about Drancy?
00:20:49 No. Not to me. Not that I haven't asked.
00:20:52 But, no, she won't talk about it. Not really.
00:20:57 Maybe she can't.
00:21:00 And I understand that.
00:21:03 - Well, if you need anything, just shout.
00:21:13 (SIGHS)
00:22:01 (SPEAKING FRENCH)
00:22:07 (SPEAKING FRENCH)
00:22:10 - I'm Irish.
00:22:18 - What's your name?
00:22:21 - Christopher.
00:22:26 I'm not a Jew. I'm here by mistake.
00:22:30 (VEHICLE APPROACHING)
00:22:34 Quick, come!
00:22:43 Here. This is your room.
00:22:47 (EXCLAIMS)
00:22:49 Is that from the garden?
00:22:50 Yes, yes, I picked this
00:22:54 - and then over here, look, you've got...
00:22:56 Thank you. Some pajamas
00:22:59 and your toothbrush and
00:23:01 Well, I have my things, you know.
00:23:02 I know, but you can't have much
00:23:04 and I thought maybe when you're rested,
00:23:06 not now but when you're rested,
00:23:08 and I'll get you some proper clothes,
00:23:12 - Shorts?
00:23:14 And here, look, this is where you can work.
00:23:16 Look, you can sit right here
00:23:21 - Oh, Melanie, I do not write anymore.
00:23:26 It was an experiment, you know.
00:23:30 They gave me drugs,
00:23:34 It was like a river flowing out of me.
00:23:40 But then...
00:23:42 Ah...
00:23:44 (STAMMERING)
00:23:45 They gave me electroshocks.
00:23:48 And, after it, I found it hard to concentrate.
00:23:53 The words just dried up,
00:23:58 So I am a...
00:24:02 What is the word? I'm a fraud. You know.
00:24:09 Well, maybe the words will
00:24:33 This is for you. Open it.
00:24:41 Look there, in front.
00:24:45 " For Melanie, a light in the darkness."
00:24:51 Thank you.
00:25:00 Now I think I will rest.
00:25:12 Thank you.
00:25:14 - Here.
00:25:18 You must not spoil me.
00:25:21 I'm just so happy that you're here.
00:25:25 Yeah.
00:25:31 And this is your home now, you know.
00:25:34 Thank you.
00:25:38 Because I've never seen a man so nervous.
00:25:43 and talking until my ears were hurting.
00:25:50 Rest well.
00:26:06 JAKOB: Here,
00:26:10 you keep this notebook from now, okay?
00:26:14 We need names, height, weight,
00:26:21 all ages, yeah?
00:26:25 Because we are witnesses.
00:26:29 Someday people will want to know
00:26:34 And we must be able to tell them.
00:26:41 Come, take it.
00:26:45 Good.
00:26:47 Now to work, huh?
00:26:49 Christopher, you take care of her, yeah?
00:26:54 - Yes, Jakob.
00:27:05 MELANIE: (READING)
00:27:09 " Four buses arrived at 11:15 this morning.
00:27:15 - "Two hundred and thirty-four adults."
00:27:21 "Fifty-two children."
00:28:42 MELANIE: Hey. Have you called that
00:28:47 - Yes.
00:28:49 Everything's fine. She says hi.
00:28:52 And when is she coming?
00:28:54 Soon.
00:28:57 Soon, soon, soon. You have been saying
00:29:03 You know, I was talking to Jakob,
00:29:06 But I'm going to take him into town
00:29:11 So I was thinking, maybe when you get
00:29:14 bring up that great big dresser that's down
00:29:17 you know, and he could use that.
00:29:20 - Did you take your pill this morning?
00:29:25 - Mom?
00:29:27 - Mom?
00:29:29 TIMMY: You should take your pill.
00:29:30 " You should take your pill."
00:29:37 How's your father doing with all this,
00:29:40 Why don't you ask him?
00:29:43 - He's apprehensive. What do you expect?
00:29:48 About Jakob, his health,
00:29:52 And about you,
00:29:55 and whether you're up to it
00:29:58 MELANIE: Hey, do you think I'm crazy?
00:30:02 That was so honest.
00:30:04 That is so honest I'm going to have
00:30:07 - TIMMY: No!
00:30:10 - No!
00:30:12 (MELANIE LAUGHING EVILLY)
00:30:14 Come here.
00:30:15 I'm gonna get you this time.
00:30:17 BENJAMIN: I gotta go into town
00:30:20 (TIMMY LAUGHING)
00:30:21 I could do that. Let me do it.
00:30:27 And I'll ask Christopher if he wants to go,
00:30:31 Don't you think that's a good idea?
00:30:34 Hmm?
00:30:36 Stop worrying. I'll be fine.
00:30:39 (KNOCKING AT DOOR)
00:30:40 Yeah?
00:30:42 Hey. I'm gonna go into town and pick up
00:30:48 No, no.
00:30:49 (DAVID CHUCKLES)
00:30:50 Oh, all these great minds,
00:30:53 - still fighting, still arguing.
00:30:56 Now in this case, Jacob struggles
00:31:02 Biblical scholars all have
00:31:05 I mean, most see this one
00:31:08 not a real event at all.
00:31:11 You see, in his prophetic dream, Jacob sees
00:31:18 but it is such a clear and tangible vision
00:31:22 that when Jacob wakes up,
00:31:26 the blow inflicted on his body by the angel.
00:31:32 You all right with all of this?
00:31:36 Yeah.
00:31:39 So you're going to stop being grumpy then?
00:31:41 - No. Yeah.
00:31:43 and maybe be a little more sociable?
00:31:46 You're not suggesting that I tap dance
00:31:49 someone says something wonderful
00:31:51 - Careful.
00:31:54 Actually, I would love to see you tap dance.
00:32:19 Hello?
00:32:23 Um...
00:32:24 Come in.
00:32:33 - Hi.
00:32:34 - Everything okay?
00:32:37 Cows giving you any trouble?
00:32:39 (BOTH LAUGH)
00:32:40 Look, I'm going to go into the village
00:32:43 I thought maybe you'd wanna take a ride?
00:32:45 - That would be wonderful, thank you.
00:32:48 I can't believe that...
00:32:51 I'm not a farmer,
00:32:56 I should probably
00:32:58 since he had a heart attack in the spring,
00:33:01 and he's not supposed to do too much,
00:33:04 And I'm always afraid I'm gonna find him,
00:33:09 alone out in front of
00:33:11 He's going to be 70 next month.
00:33:15 But it sounds like
00:33:18 Oh, we do, we do, it's, you know, we're two
00:33:22 We wouldn't know what to do
00:33:25 So you're happy? Together?
00:33:31 Can we go see the frogs now?
00:33:34 - MELANIE: Frogs?
00:33:36 - You told him you would?
00:33:40 Why don't you ask your grandfather,
00:33:42 into town and get some stuff for dinner.
00:33:44 (TIMMY SIGHS LOUDLY)
00:33:46 (MELANIE SIGHS MOCKINGLY)
00:33:50 - I can't believe you have a grandson.
00:34:11 If you are about to request a visitation
00:34:18 the moment is not good.
00:34:32 So how's your sex life?
00:34:36 Well, that's fairly blunt.
00:34:39 Well, there's no point
00:34:44 Well, most of my friends are wasps...
00:34:47 - What?
00:34:49 How did that happen? That is so
00:34:52 I bet you've dated lots of girls.
00:34:57 Yeah. Once.
00:35:00 Really. Well, what happened?
00:35:04 She, um... She married someone else.
00:36:28 (TRUCK ACCELERATING)
00:36:30 What are you doing?
00:36:33 (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
00:36:55 - Hold on.
00:36:57 (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
00:37:29 (LAUGHING)
00:37:53 - Hello, Christopher.
00:38:58 (CLANGING)
00:39:03 DAVID: Goddamn son of a bitch,
00:39:16 - Did you have a good rest?
00:39:24 I envy you, you know.
00:39:26 Oh?
00:39:29 - Yes, all this.
00:39:38 - I understand Melanie was your student.
00:39:44 No, I envy you living out your life
00:39:53 No?
00:39:55 Oh, yes, yes, of course.
00:40:02 Sorry to disappoint you.
00:40:05 No, no, don't be sorry.
00:40:20 JAKOB: Hello, Juliet.
00:40:48 Let's get something special for Jakob.
00:40:51 - Do you think he drinks?
00:40:54 - But you know what he would like?
00:40:56 - Cheeseburgers.
00:40:58 - Yup. And chocolate pudding.
00:41:00 I know he'd like that.
00:41:02 MELANIE: And we have to get asparagus.
00:41:06 - Why, if it isn't Melanie Winters!
00:41:10 - I'm just great.
00:41:13 I didn't know you were out.
00:41:15 Yes, I escaped.
00:41:19 - You look just fabulous.
00:41:22 JANE: Who's your friend?
00:41:25 Right. Sorry.
00:41:28 And this is Christopher.
00:41:34 - Christopher Lewis. Nice to meet you.
00:41:39 So what do you think
00:41:42 - It's very nice.
00:41:46 But it's home.
00:41:47 (MELANIE CHUCKLES SARCASTICALLY)
00:41:49 Great seeing you. Very nice to meet you.
00:41:52 - You, too.
00:41:54 Sure. Bitch.
00:41:58 - At camp?
00:42:01 I mean, we met at Drancy.
00:42:03 I mean, nobody knows.
00:42:06 but a little transit camp outside of Paris,
00:42:10 We're second-rate survivors.
00:42:14 I say I was at Drancy with Melanie.
00:42:18 Huh.
00:42:19 Well, it works when you say it.
00:42:40 - This is stupid.
00:42:43 Because you're not supposed
00:42:46 That's not why eggs were invented.
00:43:40 (GUN FIRES)
00:43:45 Son of a bitch!
00:43:48 Are you all right?
00:43:50 - That wasn't loaded.
00:43:56 No need to worry.
00:43:58 Oh?
00:44:01 I never held one of these before.
00:44:05 - Wasn't this the gun that won the wild west?
00:44:13 I'll just take that. Thank you. Put it away.
00:44:19 I used to hunt with the
00:44:25 Really? He trusted you with a gun?
00:44:29 Oh, yes. I was his tame Jew.
00:44:35 I see.
00:45:02 That lady back there, Jane.
00:45:04 What did she mean when she said she didn't
00:45:10 She loved your cute little accent.
00:45:14 David said that you'd been...
00:45:17 That you'd had a troubled time.
00:45:20 Seemed to think you might tell me about it.
00:45:26 There's a comfy little clinic
00:45:29 when I'm having a breakdown.
00:45:32 What kind of breakdown?
00:45:35 How many different kinds
00:45:55 I'm sorry.
00:46:00 It's okay.
00:46:06 - Are you all right?
00:46:22 She's okay. I think I should drive.
00:46:40 (DOOR CLOSES)
00:46:42 - Thought I heard a shot.
00:46:45 No wonder they stuck him in a loony bin!
00:46:48 - Jakob?
00:46:52 He found my rifle
00:46:54 and was taking potshots in the barn.
00:46:57 - Dad, calm down.
00:46:59 We'll all be dead by morning,
00:47:03 I don't care who the hell he is.
00:47:07 I know, I know. I'll be accused
00:47:11 but that's the way it's got to be.
00:47:13 He's in his room.
00:47:15 Being a victim of some terrible apocalyptic
00:47:22 Doesn't work that way.
00:47:25 I know that's the crazy equation that's been
00:47:30 but it's a crazy equation, nonetheless.
00:47:38 Thanks.
00:47:43 Ben, he's got death written all over him.
00:47:49 - Oh, come on, Dad.
00:47:56 Oh, wonderful. Apart from everything else
00:48:02 I tried, can't force it down her throat.
00:48:14 Excuse me,
00:48:16 but, tell me, are these shoes for running?
00:48:21 Yeah, well, kind of.
00:48:23 Oh, good. Very good because...
00:48:27 (PAPER CRUMPLING)
00:48:30 This is the foot of a young boy in Moscow,
00:48:36 While I was waiting for my visa,
00:48:39 send him some shoes just for running.
00:48:43 Tell me, where can I buy shoes like that?
00:48:47 Pretty much any shoe store.
00:48:48 I can go with you to get some if you like.
00:48:50 - Yes, thank you very much.
00:49:10 (MELANIE PANTING)
00:49:24 It's okay. It's okay.
00:49:27 Breathe slowly.
00:49:31 In and out.
00:49:33 That's it. That's it.
00:49:39 (BREATHING SLOWS)
00:49:42 Why did you come?
00:49:46 I came for Jakob.
00:49:52 - I owed him that.
00:49:59 I came to see you.
00:50:04 (BREATHLESSLY) I wasn't exactly...
00:50:08 - I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Melanie...
00:50:13 You know, come here,
00:50:15 after all this time and I would just...
00:50:19 - I'm sorry, I didn't... I just didn't...
00:50:26 And David said
00:50:29 He knew how messed up I was,
00:50:32 - that he still wanted to take care of me.
00:50:36 No, I... I was already married
00:50:40 Do you understand?
00:50:43 It was... It was just too late. It was just,
00:50:50 - I could have loved you.
00:50:53 I mean, don't you know how hard it was
00:50:56 after all this time? Don't you know, without
00:50:59 to get my life together? Don't you know?
00:51:02 (SOBBING)
00:51:14 Don't you know that?
00:51:20 I want to go home... I want to go home.
00:52:06 (MAN SPEAKING FRENCH)
00:52:08 (WOMAN SPEAKING FRENCH)
00:52:09 Melanie. Melanie Lansing.
00:52:12 - WOMAN: Nationality?
00:52:15 You must be handed
00:52:20 CHRISTOPHER: Christopher Lewis.
00:52:22 - And what is your nationality, Christopher?
00:52:27 WOMAN: You're free now.
00:52:28 - We're from the Red Cross.
00:52:31 - CHRISTOPHER: What?
00:52:34 No! No! No, but, I don't want... No!
00:52:37 - Christopher!
00:52:38 - Christopher!
00:52:40 Don't let go! I'm not losing you!
00:52:42 (BOTH CRYING)
00:52:44 - Don't touch her! Melanie!
00:52:47 (MAN SHOUTING)
00:52:49 CHRISTOPHER: Melanie!
00:52:54 - Christopher!
00:53:01 - Christopher...
00:53:06 MAN: We are the Red Cross.
00:53:52 DAVID: You're on a farm here. You gotta get
00:54:01 - Hey, what's the matter with him?
00:54:06 Did you have an argument?
00:54:12 What's going on?
00:54:15 CHRISTOPHER: Jakob?
00:54:19 Jakob!
00:54:37 You are a baker as well.
00:54:40 BENJAMIN: I'm trying to.
00:54:56 She writes letters.
00:55:00 of all the political victims of oppression.
00:55:04 Numbers...
00:55:14 You're in there somewhere.
00:55:20 Let's see...
00:55:31 There's a picture of you.
00:55:47 First time I saw this picture I thought...
00:55:56 (KNOCKING AT DOOR)
00:55:58 - Come in.
00:56:02 - Can't it wait?
00:56:09 I found him in the barn this afternoon
00:56:15 Of course he's not stable! Look at his life!
00:56:18 Melanie, I know what he means to you,
00:56:23 to look after a crazy old man.
00:56:25 I'm not asking you to do anything,
00:56:27 - I'll look after him.
00:56:30 (DAVID'S MUFFLED VOICE)
00:56:33 DAVID: Old and painful memories.
00:56:38 You're not serious.
00:56:42 a Russian work camp,
00:56:44 Now you're telling him that he has to go
00:56:46 because he might stir up painful memories?
00:56:51 I owe him my life!
00:56:53 He's not going anywhere. He's now part
00:57:06 Do you love me?
00:57:09 What do you think? Of course I do.
00:57:12 Then why don't you ever say it?
00:57:28 Please, Melanie. No, no, no. Don't do that.
00:57:40 (VERY QUIETLY) I love you.
00:57:45 Okay?
00:57:58 JAKOB: How old were you
00:58:01 BENJAMIN: I was 11.
00:58:04 Came back from school...
00:58:07 My mother had left the book on the table.
00:58:14 Found this picture.
00:58:17 My mother had never mentioned anything
00:58:21 Nothing, not a word. I got scared.
00:58:27 All these people.
00:58:34 Their faces.
00:58:38 Their eyes.
00:58:42 I ran away.
00:58:45 Later my father found me hiding in the barn.
00:58:50 He took me back to his study
00:58:52 and told me that one day my mother
00:58:57 and sent to this place called Drancy.
00:59:01 He gave me the whole Drancy lecture.
00:59:05 How it was set up by the French,
00:59:10 in getting rid of the Jews.
00:59:13 Jews like us, he said.
00:59:18 Last stop before the death camps.
00:59:25 Didn't seem real to me. I was a child.
00:59:32 He wasn't really talking to me,
00:59:38 He told me about her parents.
00:59:44 They were deported, never to be seen again.
00:59:48 The only thing I could think of
00:59:56 Did you ever ask her to tell you?
01:00:00 No, we keep on living as if
01:00:06 But I don't.
01:00:28 CHRISTOPHER:
01:00:34 Okay. See how beautiful he is.
01:00:37 Okay. Do you want to put him...
01:00:41 - TIMMY: Okay.
01:00:48 He's crawling out yours.
01:00:54 Are you okay?
01:00:57 Yeah. Yeah. I'm okay.
01:01:01 - Where are they gone?
01:01:04 Okay, be careful with the nest. That's it.
01:01:08 Hello?
01:01:17 Melanie?
01:02:33 I was thinking I should leave in the morning.
01:02:41 If that's what you want.
01:02:46 I think it would be better for you.
01:03:16 MELANIE: (READING)
01:03:18 " I will say, 'Not yet'
01:03:21 - " I have counted the perfect miracle
01:03:24 - " Of ten fingers and ten toes
01:03:26 - " On a newborn baby
01:03:30 JAKOB: "And drunk the love
01:03:34 " Until my own eyes wept
01:03:39 "And yet I've seen that baby
01:03:48 " And seen a thousand more fade into smoke
01:03:57 " While choirs sang"
01:04:03 (STAMMERS)
01:04:06 " While choirs sang"
01:04:12 " And flowers grew."
01:04:18 Yes.
01:04:20 " And flowers grew."
01:04:24 " And if you ask me, Do you believe in God?
01:04:30 " Forgive me if I answer,
01:04:55 TIMMY: Dinner's ready!
01:05:06 Are you talking to yourself?
01:05:09 No, I am talking to Juliet.
01:05:14 - Cows can't talk.
01:05:20 Is that why you stay here all the time?
01:05:24 I suppose.
01:05:26 My grandfather says
01:05:32 Well, he might be right, you know.
01:05:37 My grandmother was in jail
01:05:40 That's why we have to be nice to her.
01:05:43 Yeah, but then you have to be
01:05:46 Okay. Dinner's ready.
01:05:54 Thank you.
01:05:56 - You're welcome.
01:06:11 TIMMY: Dinner's ready!
01:06:15 Coming.
01:06:47 DAVID: Cheers.
01:06:51 - Good Scotch.
01:06:54 My doctor... My bloody doctor
01:06:59 keeps me on a strict regime.
01:07:01 But since we're celebrating,
01:07:08 Dad.
01:07:10 What doesn't kill you
01:07:14 Down the hatch!
01:07:17 Have a drink, for Christ's sake. Lighten up.
01:07:22 Now, what shall we drink to?
01:07:28 I know. To Melanie.
01:07:33 Melanie.
01:07:37 - Dinner's ready.
01:07:42 Thank you very much! What's this?
01:07:47 Oh no, no, no! Where is it? Where is it?
01:07:54 You'll never get my button! No, no, no!
01:07:58 So, Jakob.
01:08:04 - It's a long story. Not very interesting.
01:08:13 I killed a man.
01:08:19 A prison guard.
01:08:22 They were taking the women prisoners out
01:08:29 I expected they would kill me,
01:08:32 The judge said
01:08:36 and instead they gave me drugs,
01:08:42 And other things.
01:08:47 - It's amazing you survived.
01:08:55 BENJAMIN: Mom!
01:09:08 (DAVID EXCLAIMS)
01:09:11 Finally. We were about to start without you.
01:09:17 Thank you.
01:09:22 I'm so lucky to be at a table
01:09:31 To Jakob.
01:09:35 - To Jakob.
01:09:38 - To Jakob.
01:09:44 And to the miracle that brought you to us.
01:09:52 Bon appétit.
01:09:54 - Thank you.
01:09:55 - Looks wonderful.
01:09:59 (LAUGHS)
01:10:00 Timmy.
01:10:03 You know, I can never eat asparagus
01:10:06 Oh? Me? Why?
01:10:10 Well, in this camp
01:10:14 And even if there wasn't any food, Jakob...
01:10:16 Jakob would sit us all down nicely
01:10:19 an imaginary waiter in a fine restaurant,
01:10:22 - With the little pretend napkin...
01:10:26 And he would announce the items
01:10:28 " Tonight we have Sole Meunière,
01:10:33 - " and asparagus."
01:10:36 It was an anti-starvation therapy.
01:10:40 Yes, the famous death camp humor.
01:10:46 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
01:10:48 - I told you it was going to rain.
01:10:54 Jakob, I have a surprise for you.
01:11:05 Go ahead. Open it.
01:11:10 Help him, Christopher.
01:11:24 It's the book that you gave me
01:11:30 I gave you a book?
01:11:33 It's the book that you gave me
01:11:40 I gave you a book?
01:11:45 Here, look.
01:11:49 I'll show you. It's... Okay, here it is.
01:11:54 " September 16, 1943, raining again.
01:11:57 " 512 arrived this morning.
01:11:59 " 247 men, 116 women,
01:12:02 " 48 children,
01:12:06 " 467 left by train at 8:00 in the morning... "
01:12:11 You see? " Write it all down."
01:12:13 " Be a witness because someday someone
01:12:17 and I did. You see,
01:12:21 all the ages, everything.
01:12:23 I mean, even after they took you away.
01:12:25 Look, I kept doing it. See, after you left?
01:12:28 I didn't forget. You see, you have
01:12:33 I remember.
01:12:36 I can't believe that... I don't know...
01:12:39 I don't know how
01:12:42 (JAKOB STAMMERING)
01:12:44 My memory...
01:12:46 Since the electroshocks,
01:12:47 many, many things are lost, you know.
01:12:53 DAVID: Melanie, he doesn't remember.
01:12:57 Or else, perhaps he just wants to forget.
01:13:01 - Forget?
01:13:05 Forgetting isn't such a bad thing, you know.
01:13:07 No, you must remember and
01:13:12 Or else it won't count for anything,
01:13:15 again and again, and again. That's what you
01:13:20 I mean, I'm right, am I not? Christopher?
01:13:24 I mean, if not, then, well then why?
01:13:30 Why are we alive? Why us?
01:13:34 TIMMY: I'm not really hungry.
01:13:44 Yes, sweetheart, I'll take you up. Come on.
01:14:03 Sweet dreams. Take good care of him,
01:14:12 And we'll have asparagus for breakfast.
01:14:16 Okay.
01:14:24 You have no idea what it is to be with her.
01:14:30 She's... She's...
01:14:34 Obsessed.
01:14:36 Everything that happens, happens to her.
01:14:40 Melanie feels the pain of the world
01:14:44 - Dad.
01:14:47 six million Jews living upstairs in the attic.
01:14:52 Along with the victims of Pol Pot,
01:14:58 They're all there in the attic.
01:15:02 Next to her, suffering from a migraine
01:15:09 And it's true.
01:15:12 How can anyone pretend to be in
01:15:23 I guess that's my story. The story of a man
01:15:29 because the pain his wife endured
01:15:35 You are an indirect victim
01:15:41 Yes, maybe. But what about us?
01:15:46 Your husband, your son? Your family?
01:15:52 Do we have to be tortured
01:16:21 Ben, that looks beautiful.
01:16:24 Thank you.
01:16:26 - Look, I'll help you bring stuff down, okay?
01:16:34 Look, honey, I'm sorry.
01:16:36 Your father and I, it's okay.
01:16:44 What do you mean?
01:16:48 It's always been my life.
01:17:01 I'm sorry. It's not the time for this.
01:17:06 - Where are you going?
01:17:10 I need to be with some strangers.
01:17:15 Don't wait too long, it's gonna get cold.
01:17:21 - It's okay, Mom.
01:17:23 I love you.
01:19:13 Too many numbers, too many details.
01:19:23 Too many smiles, too many eyes,
01:19:31 I was wrong.
01:19:35 You were a child.
01:19:38 I should not have said, " Remember."
01:19:44 I should have said, " Live."
01:20:08 Melanie?
01:20:18 Melanie?
01:20:26 Melanie, I just want you to know that...
01:20:31 That I'm there too.
01:20:41 That was the day my life stopped.
01:20:48 Could you believe it?
01:20:51 I still miss it.
01:20:55 Not the... Not the inhumanity
01:21:02 Just the sheer joy of being alive.
01:21:08 With you.
01:21:17 I never got a chance to say it.
01:21:27 I should never have let you go.
01:21:32 I was a kid.
01:21:39 Do you still remember us sometimes?
01:21:50 Always.
01:21:54 MELANIE: I'm afraid. Are we going to
01:22:25 Don't be afraid. We'll die together.
01:23:40 (MELANIE LAUGHING)
01:23:48 (MELANIE LAUGHING)
01:24:29 (SIGHS)
01:24:36 (GROANS)
01:25:05 I can't sleep.
01:25:16 Sit.
01:25:26 I'm afraid
01:25:29 if I close my eyes,
01:25:33 I'm afraid I won't wake up.
01:25:37 Well, eat.
01:25:52 If you don't want to die, you have to eat.
01:25:58 It's the only solution.
01:26:28 Better? No?
01:26:30 Ah.
01:26:33 A beer.
01:26:44 Oh, uh...
01:26:46 You twist it.
01:27:23 It's good. Some kind of spice?
01:27:30 - Yeah, I think it's nutmeg.
01:29:28 CHRISTOPHER:
01:29:32 The day you bribed the guards.
01:29:39 A pack of Lucky Strikes?
01:29:41 To take our names off the list
01:29:49 I never got the chance
01:29:55 Two packs of Lucky Strikes.
01:30:01 It was a good bargain.
01:30:05 I was happy, you know. I am happy.
01:30:13 - You sacrificed your life for ours.
01:30:25 Thank you, Jakob.
01:30:55 DAVID: Morning.
01:31:43 MELANIE:
01:31:45 - DAVID: Which one?
01:31:47 DAVID: (LAUGHING)
01:31:49 MELANIE: Oh, yes, we do, it's fabulous.
01:31:51 I love when you say that.
01:31:52 TIMMY: Yeah, tell us your theory.
01:31:53 MELANIE: Yeah, come on,
01:31:55 Yeah, tell us your theory.
01:31:57 Well, it's not just my theory,
01:32:02 Cervantes calls his hero Don Quixote
01:32:06 Well, La Mancha is a region in Spain,
01:32:08 but mancha also means stain,
01:32:11 and the theory is
01:32:14 that the Neo-Christians were marked
01:32:18 And if you look very closely,
01:32:20 you'll see that the book is full of little clues
01:32:26 that indicate that something
01:32:29 I mean, it's fascinating! Really!
01:32:32 - Good morning.
01:32:34 DAVID: Good morning.
01:32:40 Well, you just missed David's theory
01:33:25 Goodbye, Melanie.
01:33:28 Goodbye, Christopher.
01:33:31 Can we go see the frogs now?
01:33:43 Oh! Ah!
01:33:46 Magic.
01:33:53 No, I'll keep it till the next time.
01:34:09 (CAR STARTING)
01:34:21 JAKOB:Come,