Fugitive Pieces

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00:00:53 I did not witness the most
00:00:58 My deepest story must
00:01:02 from behind a wall...
00:01:04 from underground.
00:01:15 Hey, open the door.
00:01:17 Open up!
00:02:16 The second legato...
00:02:18 should be slower.
00:02:36 We have to hurry,
00:02:40 - Come on.
00:02:42 Under there.
00:02:45 Go, go!
00:02:48 This isn't a joke, Jakob, listen.
00:02:53 Long before you run out,
00:02:56 Don't open the door to anyone.
00:03:00 Wait for us.
00:03:03 - Yes, I promise.
00:03:11 Stay where you are!
00:03:15 Check over there!
00:03:21 - Please don't...
00:03:25 Shut up! Shut up!
00:03:35 You're coming with us.
00:06:25 You'll get us killed.
00:06:27 You understand?
00:06:28 You should have thought of that.
00:06:32 Damn it!
00:06:39 Stop!
00:06:44 Where are you going?
00:06:45 He works at an archeological dig,
00:06:48 - You come from Krakow?
00:06:50 It may be typhus.
00:06:54 Passport.
00:06:57 - Athanassios Roussos. Greece.
00:07:02 What's the matter with you?
00:07:05 A infection...
00:07:07 - much bleeding, hospital across border.
00:07:10 Drive on!
00:07:42 By:
00:07:45 BEARING FALSE WITNESS:
00:07:51 Jake... can you get me a towel?
00:08:02 Here you go.
00:08:16 I've been thinking about paper.
00:08:20 Paper or china?
00:08:23 China or paper?
00:08:27 - I think it's paper.
00:08:29 First year anniversary.
00:08:32 - That's next week.
00:08:34 I think we should celebrate.
00:08:38 Why wait?
00:08:47 Hmmm.
00:09:02 Are you all right?
00:09:05 Yeah.
00:09:08 Maybe we should just get ready.
00:09:12 Okay.
00:09:28 You ready to go?
00:09:30 This woman at Birkenau...
00:09:31 she kept an image of
00:09:33 cut from a photo, underneath
00:09:39 She could've been killed at any moment.
00:09:42 Incredible.
00:09:43 Yeah.
00:09:47 That a person would die
00:09:52 You don't wanna come, do you?
00:09:54 Everyone will miss you.
00:09:55 They're starting to think
00:09:58 You can't work on
00:09:59 You'll drive yourself mad.
00:10:04 Actually, I’ve finished it.
00:10:07 Why didn't you say anything?
00:10:14 It's great, Jake.
00:10:15 You can move on now.
00:10:17 Start your own book,
00:10:19 - We could take that trip.
00:10:22 To the island.
00:10:24 Yeah. I...
00:10:27 Maybe.
00:10:28 Oh, Jake.
00:10:29 Come on. They'll be waiting for us.
00:10:31 - We can share the good news.
00:10:34 I'm not up for it.
00:10:37 - You go.
00:10:40 - maybe I could just stay here.
00:10:44 Go alone.
00:10:46 Say hello to everyone.
00:10:48 Okay.
00:10:56 It's great, Jake.
00:10:58 A new beginning.
00:11:18 Hey...
00:11:21 We're here.
00:11:45 My son...
00:11:48 There it is...
00:11:51 Home.
00:12:18 What am I going to do with you?
00:13:57 When we were married...
00:13:59 I hoped that if I let Alex in...
00:14:01 if I let in a finger of light...
00:14:04 it would flood the clearing.
00:14:07 And at first, this is
00:14:10 Mingus, Mendelssohn,
00:14:13 Mantovani.
00:14:15 - That's an odd selection.
00:14:18 Ha...
00:14:22 Crash course?
00:14:25 Huh, yeah...
00:14:38 I really don't know
00:14:40 My sister used to play.
00:14:41 - Did she?
00:14:42 - What?
00:14:44 - Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann.
00:14:47 - Yeah.
00:14:50 No... No, she's...
00:14:55 Do you know about the
00:14:58 No.
00:14:59 Ah... W.E.A... The Workers
00:15:02 The union...
00:15:05 It's all amateur stuff, really...
00:15:08 Who do you hang out with?
00:15:12 Uh... I don't really
00:15:14 - No?
00:15:17 A few.
00:15:18 Well, I could probably
00:15:20 more discriminating myself.
00:15:31 Oh!
00:15:33 Oh, look at those.
00:15:34 Those are perfect.
00:15:36 You need a pair of galoshes.
00:15:37 No, I need those...
00:15:39 They'll look brilliant
00:15:52 Hee... haw!
00:16:00 What?
00:16:02 - You're so...
00:16:03 You're so...
00:16:04 - You're so serious.
00:16:07 No, don't be sorry.
00:16:10 Okay, I’m not sorry.
00:17:37 I brought you back your books.
00:17:39 - Hi, Ben.
00:17:42 I really liked "the stranger"...
00:17:44 "seven days in may"...
00:17:47 I don't know... I'm not really
00:17:50 You're a little early, Ben.
00:17:52 Uh... I don't know.
00:17:54 Ben?
00:18:04 Oh, there you are.
00:18:06 Leave Jacob alone... he probably
00:18:10 - That's all right.
00:18:13 How about I bring you a
00:18:15 Okay.
00:18:19 You've always spoiled him.
00:18:22 Oh... Hello.
00:18:25 Oh, this is Alex...
00:18:27 and this is Joseph.
00:18:29 - Joseph, um...
00:18:31 - he... he lives down the hall.
00:18:34 I've known Jakob
00:18:37 Really?
00:18:38 Oh yes... yes,
00:18:41 so quiet, so polite.
00:18:44 You're embarrassing me, Joseph.
00:18:46 Oh, well...
00:18:48 I'll, uh... I'll leave
00:18:52 Bye... huh.
00:18:58 - What are you doing?
00:19:14 So, you've lived in
00:19:17 Yeah.
00:19:19 I've never lived anywhere
00:19:22 Well, it's comfortable.
00:19:27 Hmm.
00:19:30 Mmm, what's that?
00:19:31 You're not too big
00:19:35 Oh...
00:19:38 Jacob and I came
00:19:40 That wasn't a date...
00:19:41 Date or not, I thought you'd had taken him
00:19:44 Or some god...
00:19:47 Or to some very worthy, but also
00:19:51 of the Labor Progressive Party.
00:19:54 And now you're making
00:19:56 Well, we know you come
00:19:58 Oh!
00:20:13 Hey!
00:20:14 Thank you.
00:20:17 - Hey, where's mine?
00:20:21 They liked you.
00:20:22 Hey, hey...
00:20:25 Uh'huh?
00:20:29 I have a yellow dog?
00:20:32 Is that what I said?
00:20:33 That lady in the
00:20:36 Oh, I...
00:20:40 I think we should get married.
00:20:43 - What?
00:20:46 for you to ask.
00:20:48 I'm just saying,
00:20:50 pretty inevitable.
00:20:54 You think so?
00:20:56 Yeah, I do... I think
00:21:02 Mmm.
00:21:09 Alex never understands...
00:21:12 thinks that she's doing me good...
00:21:14 snatching me from the jaws
00:21:18 But each time a memory
00:21:22 it takes more of me with it.
00:21:25 Everything is wrong.
00:21:27 The bedroom,
00:21:33 How will Bella
00:21:36 Beside this strange woman...
00:21:39 speaking this language...
00:21:41 eating strange food,
00:21:50 - Hello.
00:21:53 - Poppy seed.
00:21:54 Elaine, you're a goddess.
00:21:56 - Give me your coat.
00:21:59 Alex... they're here.
00:22:04 - How are the children?
00:22:05 As long as someone else
00:22:08 - Hi.
00:22:09 - Hello.
00:22:12 - Hi.
00:22:13 How are you?
00:22:15 Aha!
00:22:17 - Poppy seed.
00:22:22 Be right back.
00:22:34 So, Maurice, how's the museum?
00:22:36 Oh, you know,
00:22:39 It's not a very glamorous...
00:22:41 Not that much to say.
00:22:43 Well, never mind...
00:22:44 I get more than enough
00:22:53 - Alex?
00:22:54 Maybe I could give you
00:22:56 Sure.
00:23:09 And there was this Czech woman,
00:23:11 - Mm-hmm.
00:23:14 people she barely even knew.
00:23:15 Seven of them, for the entire war...
00:23:20 - At the end of the war...
00:23:21 was the first time her husband
00:23:23 You'd think
00:23:25 Sure.
00:23:26 He beat her so badly,
00:23:28 Jake, maybe you should
00:23:32 - No, this is okay.
00:23:34 If you're not married to him...
00:23:36 you're not obligated to listen
00:23:38 - Alex, really, it's...
00:23:40 it makes your brain explode...
00:23:43 - with these details...
00:23:45 It's obscene.
00:23:53 What's going on?
00:24:00 No. No!
00:24:03 "The moment I’d
00:24:05 crawling through
00:24:07 vanishes under a bulb.
00:24:09 as Alex again barges in...
00:24:11 with her shameless vitality".
00:24:14 Do you have any idea what
00:24:18 I can't take this anymore.
00:24:24 This is what you
00:24:26 Then you can...
00:24:28 sit in the dark forever.
00:24:30 Every trace of me
00:24:32 my clothes which you
00:24:35 and my job which
00:24:37 and my friends whose names
00:24:44 You're ungrateful, Jake.
00:24:46 - Alex.
00:25:01 Right.
00:25:11 I tried to bury images...
00:25:15 to cover them up
00:25:18 with attempts at love.
00:25:21 By day, I entered the world...
00:25:24 but at night, my mother,
00:25:30 simply rose, shook the earth
00:25:34 and waited.
00:25:38 To live with ghosts
00:27:08 I know only fragments
00:27:12 Salt, olives...
00:27:15 vine leaves, sea foam...
00:27:20 a life spanning two
00:27:24 Elena.
00:27:26 Were there words
00:27:28 Did they imagine children?
00:27:33 When a man dies...
00:27:36 his secrets bond like crystals.
00:27:53 There is no one here.
00:27:55 You can come out.
00:28:03 You need some fresh air, Jakob.
00:28:07 Come out.
00:28:13 One day you have to come out.
00:28:37 At least we have this.
00:28:57 Your gums are bleeding.
00:29:00 I'll soak some bread
00:29:06 Eat... eat.
00:29:20 And this?
00:29:22 Who is this?
00:29:24 Your father.
00:29:26 That's right.
00:29:28 Your Greek is still
00:29:43 Hmm?
00:29:48 Oh, Nicolas...
00:29:52 my brother.
00:29:56 I haven't seen this photograph
00:30:01 He died at age of 18...
00:30:04 in a traffic accident.
00:30:07 Hmm.
00:30:09 Sometimes people die
00:30:12 not just during wartime.
00:30:27 Come here.
00:30:29 No one will see you.
00:30:30 We're too high up.
00:30:34 My grandparents
00:30:36 on the island of Hydra,
00:30:40 Once when Nikos was a boy...
00:30:42 he folded a paper airplane...
00:30:45 and sent it over the edge.
00:30:52 It landed in the hat
00:30:54 in a cafe near by the dock.
00:30:57 On the wings of the airplane...
00:30:59 my brother had
00:31:01 begging to be saved
00:31:04 And he described where
00:31:09 Then... the police
00:31:14 and Nikos laughed
00:31:17 while my father...
00:31:20 chased him yelling,
00:32:09 It's all right!
00:32:14 I'm here.
00:32:19 Don't be scared.
00:32:22 Don't be scared.
00:32:38 - Good morning, Athos.
00:32:44 Where did you get these fish?
00:32:47 My nephew has a boat,
00:32:52 You know...
00:32:54 they made us take in a German officer.
00:33:01 He steals from us.
00:33:03 Everyday he takes something.
00:33:05 Knives, forks, needle and thread.
00:33:08 He brings home potatoes,
00:33:11 just for himself.
00:33:14 He forces me to serve him,
00:33:21 Are you sure you can spare these?
00:33:24 If we don't look after each other,
00:33:33 I almost forgot.
00:33:35 I don't know if they'll fit.
00:33:37 They grow fast at his age.
00:33:40 Actually, he's hardly growing at all.
00:33:48 What is it?
00:33:49 It's just...
00:33:51 I don't know how to handle him.
00:33:54 He's not like other children.
00:33:56 He's different.
00:34:00 Don't say that.
00:34:03 He's a normal child.
00:34:05 He's just experienced things
00:34:13 Maybe we can find a family
00:34:17 You've already done so much.
00:34:23 A few days after we left Poland,
00:34:27 the archeologioal site
00:34:30 was destroyed by the Nazis.
00:34:32 They burned everything,
00:34:34 then shot five of my colleagues
00:34:37 They others were sent to a camp.
00:34:41 If it wasn't for Jakob
00:34:46 We saved each other.
00:35:43 You are very good looking.
00:35:45 All the girls will want
00:35:51 You understand what I'm saying, hmm?
00:35:57 You learn fast.
00:36:00 You're smart.
00:36:02 You're like a sponge.
00:36:10 Did Athos tell you he was married?
00:36:19 Hmm?
00:36:25 Her name was Eleni.
00:36:30 They were together only five years
00:36:34 He never told me.
00:36:37 Hmm... hm.
00:36:42 I'm only telling you Jakob...
00:36:45 so you know that Athos
00:36:49 He's strong in many ways,
00:36:53 but sometimes you might need
00:36:58 Hmm?
00:37:00 You understand?
00:39:14 GROUNDWORK
00:39:26 Damned war!
00:39:28 Not even a decent cup of coffee.
00:39:39 Beethoven counted out
00:39:43 for each cup of coffee.
00:39:45 Noodles and cheese...
00:39:47 or potatoes and fish...
00:39:49 were his favourite meals.
00:39:51 And he only drank spring water...
00:39:53 or beer.
00:39:54 That's enough of that.
00:39:56 Come here, little one.
00:40:18 To hell!
00:40:27 It's okay, it's Mrs. Serenou.
00:40:35 Something wrong?
00:40:39 I'm sorry...
00:40:41 I hate to ask.
00:40:46 She's married to a Jew.
00:40:48 They'd be grateful
00:40:56 The Gestapo ordered the mayor...
00:40:58 to write down the name
00:41:01 The mayor took the list
00:41:06 Burn it.
00:41:07 I'm sorry, it's not much.
00:41:10 Please don't apologize.
00:41:13 Almost everyone managed to escape.
00:41:15 The Jewish ghetto is empty.
00:41:19 This morning,
00:41:23 were rounded up at gunpoint...
00:41:26 then herded onto a truck
00:41:31 What happened to them?
00:41:33 Can he understand us?
00:41:35 Maybe we shouldn't...
00:41:38 He's already heard so much.
00:42:34 I'm sorry to ask you this, but...
00:42:38 we left some things
00:42:41 It's to dangerous for us to go back.
00:42:46 Of course... I'll do it.
00:42:54 Thank you.
00:43:02 Be careful.
00:43:16 I have to go into town.
00:43:27 Why?
00:43:29 Hey... don't worry.
00:43:32 I'll be all right.
00:44:04 We know that many of the Jews have
00:44:09 The Germans know...
00:44:11 that many Jews have escaped
00:44:14 and we know that a lot of you
00:44:18 also helping them to hide
00:44:21 They know that many of you
00:44:25 or hiding them.
00:44:27 Everybody has to stay in the square,
00:44:33 right now everyone's a suspect, until
00:44:38 As suspects,
00:44:40 This has gone to far.
00:44:42 Do you think, I'll stand here
00:44:46 - Stop! Stop!
00:44:51 Stop! Don't walk away!
00:44:55 - Stop!
00:45:26 Come here.
00:45:37 Can you read this?
00:45:43 It belongs to loannis and Allegra.
00:45:55 Talk to me, Jakob.
00:45:58 Talk to me.
00:46:07 Jakob.
00:46:10 Jakob! Jakob.
00:46:13 Stop, Jakob!
00:46:15 Stop! Stop!
00:46:17 Stop! Jakob!
00:46:51 Oh...
00:46:53 You are back.
00:47:25 It's over.
00:47:38 Come outside.
00:47:47 It's safe now.
00:48:03 This is a letter,
00:48:06 It's invitation
00:48:12 See the stamp?
00:48:15 Mountain...
00:48:17 Snow...
00:48:19 When?
00:48:21 As soon... huh, as I get a visa.
00:48:28 Jakob.
00:48:29 Jakob!
00:48:32 Jakob!
00:48:36 Jakob. Ja...
00:48:39 Jakob, what's the matter?
00:48:41 You're going to leave me!
00:48:47 Dummy!
00:48:48 We're going to Canada together!
00:49:02 You're putting on some weight,
00:49:10 That the dead may drink.
00:49:14 That the dead
00:49:19 For your parents.
00:49:22 For Bella.
00:49:26 For all who have no one
00:49:31 And for Eleni.
00:49:35 How do you know about Eleni?
00:49:39 Tell me.
00:49:44 Jakob...
00:49:47 it may not mean
00:49:51 but you must try to be buried...
00:49:53 in ground that
00:50:27 I long for the loss of memory.
00:50:31 Though I have tried
00:50:33 and Bella from my sleep...
00:50:35 this will amounts to nothing...
00:50:37 for my mind betrays me
00:50:41 I've crossed an ocean and
00:50:44 yet I can feel Bella’s
00:50:49 my father's hand on my head...
00:50:52 and suddenly I’m afraid...
00:50:54 and turn around
00:51:17 How are your parents?
00:51:19 Ben:
00:51:21 - How are you?
00:51:24 - I start university next Year.
00:51:28 - I'm dating someone.
00:51:31 - Is she here?
00:51:33 Oh.
00:51:36 What's her name?
00:51:38 - Naomi.
00:51:39 An excellent name.
00:51:43 - Do you know what it means?
00:51:46 In Hebrew, it means
00:52:07 I didn't expect you to be here.
00:52:12 Do you still think it's true, that I...
00:52:13 wanted to change you?
00:52:17 I mean, it's in the book,
00:52:21 Alex, if it hadn't been for you...
00:52:22 I never would've
00:52:24 I would never have...
00:52:27 I don't know if that's true.
00:52:30 Well, I...
00:52:35 So what now?
00:52:38 I'm going to teach here
00:52:41 when I’m not on the island.
00:52:43 - Are you seeing anybody?
00:52:47 - You?
00:52:49 He's a musician.
00:52:54 Aren't you lonely?
00:52:59 Yeah. Same old Jake.
00:53:04 You've written
00:53:08 You should be proud.
00:53:44 From Mr. Taylor,
00:53:48 It's invitation... to party.
00:53:50 Look how popular we are already.
00:54:01 Yiddish-speaking neighbours.
00:54:05 How do you like that?
00:54:26 Electricity.
00:54:33 Running water.
00:54:36 It's like living in hotel.
00:55:34 I was looking forward to snow...
00:55:36 but there is hardly any at all.
00:55:39 You're like a lot...
00:55:40 you've got a fascination with the cold.
00:55:42 Well, a few winters here,
00:55:47 Excuse me.
00:55:52 I hope you're having a good time.
00:55:54 I'm sorry there aren't
00:55:56 Thank you, it's very nice.
00:55:59 Oh, wait...
00:56:10 I know you're not...
00:56:11 I mean...
00:56:15 well, everyone should be able
00:56:19 Right?
00:56:23 Thank you... you're much too kind.
00:56:32 Oh! I almost forgot.
00:56:37 Jakob...
00:56:39 why don't you pose with Athos?
00:56:41 Oh. Hmm.
00:56:44 Come.
00:56:46 Good.
00:56:48 Smile.
00:57:02 Oh, thanks, Jakob.
00:57:05 Too much champagne.
00:57:09 I'll feel better in the morning.
00:57:15 Mmm!
00:57:17 Ah, excellent.
00:57:19 I taught you well.
00:57:22 You didn't open your present.
00:57:25 What do you think it is?
00:57:27 Refrigerator?
00:57:29 Locomotive?
00:57:30 A frog?
00:57:32 Open it.
00:57:50 Put it on.
00:58:00 Ah... looks good on you.
00:58:02 What is it?
00:58:07 My god.
00:58:09 Stay where you are.
00:58:11 Oh... careful.
00:58:27 Now what?
00:58:32 I'm... um, I’m sorry to bother you.
00:58:34 - Everything all right?
00:58:36 This crazy storm.
00:58:39 Do you want to come in?
00:58:40 Ohh, no, no, no, no.
00:58:43 I was wondering if...
00:58:47 Of course... take this one.
00:58:50 - I'll bring you some more.
00:58:53 I'm, uh, sorry to bother you.
00:58:55 It's... it's...
00:58:57 it's my husband... he...
00:58:58 What is it?
00:59:00 Oh, he doesn't
00:59:03 I shouldn't leave
00:59:06 Uh'hm.
00:59:09 Do you need matches too?
00:59:14 You speak Yiddish?
00:59:25 Are you afraid?
00:59:35 It's just a little rain.
00:59:41 At least the gas stove works.
00:59:48 Lemon or milk?
00:59:51 Lemon.
00:59:53 Like all the greeners.
00:59:59 Shall we take them their tea?
01:00:03 Sure.
01:00:04 No.
01:00:05 Let them wait.
01:00:10 My mother always said,
01:00:15 And the kitchen...
01:00:17 the kitchen is the heart.
01:00:20 It's true, isn't it?
01:00:30 You'll come visit again soon?
01:00:36 It's so nice
01:00:51 So, this book you're writing.
01:00:55 "Bearing False Witness".
01:00:56 But it's not really a book yet.
01:00:58 Just a lot of notes, ideas.
01:01:01 Who knows if I ever finish it.
01:01:04 And, uh, it's about what
01:01:07 Well, uh, it's about
01:01:11 It starts, uh, with
01:01:15 where I met Jakob.
01:01:16 10 years ago,
01:01:19 and people started
01:01:22 But then the Nazis came
01:01:25 As far as they were concerned...
01:01:27 there couldn't possibly
01:01:29 that they didn't create.
01:01:31 So they destroyed the evidence.
01:01:36 It's a good thing you're doing.
01:01:38 Already, people say the
01:01:41 never happened.
01:01:44 You'd think they'd at
01:01:47 until we're all dead.
01:01:52 The mitzvah that you did...
01:01:54 for that boy...
01:01:56 it's a blessed thing.
01:01:58 Did you know...
01:02:00 that Joseph was
01:02:05 - Huh.
01:02:08 A very good conductor.
01:02:10 Oh, not that good.
01:02:13 And he's a very good
01:02:16 Parents pay me...
01:02:18 and children resent me.
01:02:20 Is that good teaching?
01:02:22 Don't listen to him.
01:02:24 - Thank you.
01:02:26 she was a singer.
01:02:28 Not bad either.
01:02:31 Now I sell dry goods
01:02:34 I'm the singing dry goods lady.
01:02:40 Things change.
01:02:43 My sister played the piano.
01:02:46 Really?
01:02:48 Was she good?
01:03:02 Some more sugar.
01:04:02 You eat so slowly...
01:04:04 like an aristocrat.
01:04:17 I think about her too.
01:04:21 You think she's dead.
01:04:23 I don't know, Jakob.
01:04:26 Maybe it's better to hope.
01:04:37 Listen...
01:04:40 building up inside me, I write.
01:04:44 You have also
01:04:47 So...
01:04:50 you will write too.
01:04:54 Write what?
01:04:56 What you must.
01:04:58 There is an old saying:
01:05:00 "The great mystery of
01:05:03 but that it floats".
01:05:04 Understand?
01:05:06 No.
01:05:08 There is a good and
01:05:11 You can choose to see
01:05:15 or what saves it.
01:05:37 "There is earth that
01:05:40 rain that never leaves your bones".
01:05:43 "At night, memory roams your skin".
01:05:47 "While you sleep,
01:05:51 "You wake in the bog...
01:05:52 burning with the smell of earth"
01:05:57 "Nothing releases you...
01:05:59 not death in the dream, not waking".
01:06:04 "This is how one becomes
01:06:08 a word, a place...
01:06:10 a photo of a mountain of shoes".
01:06:14 "By love that closes its
01:06:20 Jakob, it's beautiful.
01:06:23 Beautiful.
01:06:32 Ohh, damn you.
01:06:36 Look at us, huh?
01:06:38 Uh?... Ah'hah.
01:06:41 The two bachelors
01:06:52 Another cup?
01:06:55 No, thanks.
01:06:57 Okay.
01:06:59 Then I’m going to do
01:07:06 Ben, it's getting late.
01:07:09 Your parents will
01:07:16 I know you're not asleep.
01:07:20 Come on, Ben.
01:07:27 Come on, time for bed.
01:07:42 Ah, there you are.
01:07:45 Did he fall asleep?
01:07:47 Come on, now, time for bed.
01:07:51 Don't make me go.
01:08:00 Ben.
01:08:01 Come on, Ben.
01:08:05 Come on.
01:08:07 Okay... go on.
01:08:09 Good night.
01:08:14 You always know, Jakob.
01:08:15 If he ever gives you any trouble...
01:08:17 you just send him back, huh?
01:08:18 - He can overstay his welcome.
01:08:21 - Good night.
01:08:40 You should rest.
01:08:42 to work night after night
01:08:46 There is an old Greek saying.
01:08:49 "Light your candle
01:08:53 You have a saying
01:08:55 Yes...
01:08:56 I do.
01:11:25 That was a beautiful ceremony.
01:11:28 So many people.
01:11:30 Yeah.
01:11:34 You know, when you first came here...
01:11:38 you were what... 11?
01:11:40 - Mmm-hmm.
01:11:50 Hey! What's this?
01:11:56 An apple.
01:11:57 Is an apple food?
01:11:59 Why do you throw it away?
01:12:00 I don't want the other half.
01:12:03 Can you imagine?
01:12:08 Take it.
01:12:18 I said take it!
01:12:20 During the war...
01:12:21 everything had value,
01:12:23 A button, a pencil, a spoon!
01:12:26 Not to mention the things
01:12:27 A good pair of shoes.
01:12:30 Hot water, a scrap of food.
01:12:33 Isn't that right, Jakob?
01:12:37 Now my own son
01:12:39 Joseph.
01:12:43 Well, if my only son doesn't even
01:12:46 why did we even survive?
01:12:58 I'm sorry.
01:13:31 Why don't you play something?
01:14:20 I know I have
01:14:22 This letter is in regards
01:14:26 First name Bella...
01:14:29 Biskupin, Poland, 1942.
01:14:33 Age fifteen.
01:14:43 I'm seeking
01:14:45 regarding her possible
01:14:47 Please post the following
01:14:50 I know the records
01:14:51 I know I have written
01:14:53 Check your list,
01:14:55 possible variations of spelling.
01:14:57 First name Bella,
01:14:59 Age fifteen.
01:16:21 Jakob...
01:16:23 I want to tell you something.
01:16:31 Hello?
01:16:32 Jakob?
01:16:33 It's Ben, how are you?
01:16:34 Oh, hi, Ben. Uh, I’m fine.
01:16:36 - I'm just sleeping.
01:16:39 How are things in Hydra?
01:16:43 Good... how's Naomi?
01:16:45 - She's fine.
01:16:48 How's he, since...
01:16:51 He's okay.
01:16:53 Well, I’ll be seeing him soon.
01:16:54 I'll be back for class,
01:16:58 - That soon?
01:17:00 Okay, hang on.
01:17:03 - Jakob!
01:17:04 Good to hear your voice.
01:17:05 Well, say you'll come to dinner.
01:17:07 Oh yes, of course,
01:17:10 Great.
01:17:29 Finally!
01:17:30 How was your trip?
01:17:33 Oh, you remembered my olive oil.
01:17:34 How could I forget?
01:17:40 Hi!
01:17:42 Welcome back.
01:17:45 Listen, there's this woman
01:17:47 She's a curator, very smart.
01:17:50 Oh, no!
01:17:52 All right, then.
01:17:53 "All right", what?
01:17:55 Invite her over sometime.
01:17:57 Uh'hu...
01:17:59 Well, actually, she already did.
01:18:07 Jakob... Michaela.
01:18:35 Naomi’s had us on her
01:18:37 When I was doing the Russians...
01:18:39 all we ever ate was
01:18:41 Then it was the Latin Americans.
01:18:42 Empanadas, rice, beans.
01:18:45 And now it's Sweden.
01:18:46 And every other day,
01:18:48 That's not true!
01:18:49 And... what's wrong
01:18:52 You know, when I was small...
01:18:53 I was obsessed with salt.
01:18:55 I think it started because
01:18:57 and everywhere,
01:18:59 City of salt.
01:19:01 Road of salt.
01:19:04 And in the Sahara, there were
01:19:07 I used to imagine caravans...
01:19:10 weighed down with
01:19:14 I'm talking too much.
01:19:18 So, Naomi.
01:19:20 - How's your project?
01:19:23 I... Collect songs and lullabies
01:19:26 Become a kind of a mania with me.
01:19:30 A song for every occasion...
01:19:33 By now I can match a song
01:19:35 - What about Jak...
01:19:39 What about Jakob?
01:19:40 - What about Michaela?
01:19:42 No, I don't...
01:19:44 Try, try. Um...
01:19:46 Well, for you, I... I would
01:19:50 Hmm...
01:19:52 "The peat bog soldiers".
01:19:58 Peat bog.
01:20:01 You're very good.
01:20:04 Do you know the song?
01:20:05 Oh, yeah.
01:20:08 - It's... well, it's...
01:20:10 it was written by
01:20:14 And they weren't allowed to
01:20:17 while they were working...
01:20:18 so they wrote something that
01:20:21 but...
01:20:22 Well, really,
01:20:24 Sing it.
01:20:27 Uh...
01:20:31 "Wherever the eye may wonder...
01:20:36 heath and bog everywhere".
01:20:40 "Birdsongs brings no solace...
01:20:46 and trees stand bare".
01:20:54 Very good.
01:20:56 So, you still live in Greece.
01:20:59 Back and forth.
01:21:00 I write there, teach here.
01:21:05 How long have
01:21:07 Well, to tell you the truth,
01:21:10 I've only been at
01:21:13 How long have you known each other?
01:21:16 Well, I’ve known Ben
01:21:17 I was there when he was born.
01:21:19 His parents lived in the
01:21:23 Ben was very premature.
01:21:25 And when his mother
01:21:27 His father came running
01:21:30 And Athos, my godfather,
01:21:33 so I called the ambulance and...
01:21:35 anyway, I ended up being at the
01:21:38 When they brought him
01:21:41 He weighed less
01:21:44 So small.
01:21:46 In this almost
01:21:50 He was like a spirit.
01:21:55 Not even a person.
01:21:58 No bigger than my hand.
01:22:51 Take off your coat.
01:22:53 I'll make some tea.
01:23:10 Oh, this is...
01:23:11 From my mother's
01:23:13 She's Russian, he's Spanish.
01:23:16 Fabulous arguments,
01:23:19 And they used to go on for hours.
01:23:21 What stamina.
01:23:24 Hmm.
01:23:29 Hmm.
01:23:31 What?
01:23:34 Lemon.
01:23:36 Why? You... you want milk?
01:23:38 No.
01:24:31 Even the horror of the past...
01:24:33 you try to reinvent it
01:24:36 Like my grandmother.
01:24:38 Yeah, sort of.
01:24:41 Not always so amusingly.
01:24:45 Take specific moments and...
01:24:47 your mind fills in the gaps.
01:24:51 I've spent years
01:24:53 Bella's route from the house.
01:24:57 Where did she die?
01:24:59 In the street?
01:25:04 In the barracks?
01:25:05 You try to reconstruct...
01:25:08 visualize every possible scenario.
01:25:12 I used to dream that
01:25:18 I haven't dreamt
01:25:24 I also used to wonder...
01:25:25 what might have
01:25:29 Waited in the house
01:25:35 Maybe she came back.
01:25:47 There's a poem by Akhmatova.
01:25:51 "You are many years late...
01:25:55 how happy I am io see you".
01:26:35 Joseph?
01:26:45 Joseph?
01:26:52 We shouldn't tell the rabbi...
01:26:54 or they won't let him
01:26:58 At least he waited
01:27:01 I still can't believe
01:27:03 after everything
01:27:07 Your father suffered a lot, Ben.
01:27:08 He didn't suffer.
01:27:10 He was impenetrable.
01:27:14 Can I ask you something?
01:27:21 I don't understand how you could
01:27:23 and still be so generous,
01:27:26 Still write the things you do.
01:27:29 I used to think that
01:27:31 I could understand
01:27:33 But it's like you're
01:27:38 Well, I don't think so.
01:27:42 Your father told me not long ago...
01:27:45 that he still would dream...
01:27:47 about his mother and father.
01:27:50 The smallest things.
01:27:52 The detail of his
01:27:55 his father's shoes,
01:27:58 And that when he woke up
01:28:00 old as he was...
01:28:03 he was still crying.
01:28:44 Jakob...
01:28:45 I want to tell you something.
01:28:48 The mistery of wood is not
01:28:51 but that it floats.
01:29:02 Go, Jakob.
01:29:30 After years of
01:29:34 I now fear that I am only haunting...
01:29:37 my parents and Bella with my calling,
01:29:40 Startling them awake in their black beds.
01:29:47 All the years I’ve felt
01:29:51 filled with her loneliness...
01:29:53 I have misunderstood
01:29:59 Like other ghosts,
01:30:02 not for me to join her...
01:30:06 but so that when I'm close enough...
01:30:09 she can push me back
01:30:56 Whoa!
01:31:00 Ah!
01:31:29 Mmm.
01:31:32 Garlic.
01:31:33 And, uh...
01:31:38 Basil.
01:31:49 Mmm. Sweat.
01:31:55 Honey.
01:31:59 Mm, oh, coconut oil.
01:32:05 Salt.
01:34:08 Read it.
01:34:14 You sure?
01:34:44 "I did not witness the
01:34:48 My deepest story must
01:34:52 from behind a wall,
01:34:56 from the corner of a small
01:35:01 that juts like a bone
01:35:05 While I hid in the radiant
01:35:10 thousands suffocated
01:35:14 While I hid in
01:35:17 thousands were stuffed
01:35:20 stables, pigsties.
01:35:24 While I was learning
01:35:27 learning geology
01:35:29 Jews were filling the corners
01:35:33 I didn't know that while I
01:35:37 a Jew could be purchased
01:35:41 for sugar, cigarettes.
01:35:47 What do our bodies make us believe?
01:35:50 That we're never ourselves,
01:35:55 Now I’m not afraid when
01:35:58 Night after night it is
01:36:01 There is room at last for
01:36:06 As Michaela approaches,
01:36:10 feeling for the first time a future...
01:36:14 my words, my life,
01:36:18 after decades of hiding in my skin.
01:36:21 "Here is a woman who will
01:36:26 bring my body to belief".
01:37:09 We're gonna be late.
01:37:12 Coming.
01:37:18 Your Heart's desire is she's
01:37:48 "Each morning I write
01:37:51 for Bella and Athos
01:37:56 for Joseph and Sara, for...
01:37:59 Ben and Naomi, for Michaela.
01:38:02 Michaela.
01:38:05 I can describe what
01:38:07 or how her hair grows
01:38:10 But more, I know
01:38:16 I know her memories.
01:38:21 I pray that soon my wife will
01:38:26 I pray and press my head against
01:38:35 Child I long for, child I dream...
01:38:43 if we conceive you,
01:38:47 your mother and me,
01:38:50 And one day, when
01:38:53 I pray you'll let us return.
01:38:56 That through an open window,
01:39:00 the sea air of our
01:39:04 I pray that one day...
01:39:06 in a room lit only by night snow...
01:39:08 you will suddenly
01:39:10 is your parents' love
01:39:16 My son, my daughter...
01:39:21 Bella.
01:39:23 Bela.
01:39:25 If we conceive you...
01:39:27 know that once
01:39:31 I was so afraid...
01:39:32 my blood pounded in my chest...
01:39:34 and I knew my heartstrings
01:39:38 I saved myself without thinking.
01:39:41 I grasped the two
01:39:44 and replaced my heartbeat
01:39:48 Bella.
01:39:52 Now I see that I must