"'If Lost Look Back To Where You Came From' African Proverb" "The Autobus By RMC" "Get going, you idiot!" "They scorn it but they don't know its true value" "Move on, move on" "In 1943, it was one of a kind" "Your father bought it" "Its chassis was made in England" "Its design in Italy" "And its engine made in Germany" "Good as gold" "Runs 1 70 km/h with 30 passengers" "Come on, move!" "You need to pee on the wound to heal it" "You're joking, right?" "Water will do the job" "This is pure juice" "This will get it going forever" "This isn't going to work pal It broke down" "Do you have any more of your brilliant ideas, you and your friend?" "Push, will you, just push!" "Easy guys, this isn't going to work!" "That's it, I'll get off and help" "You step out, and just watch how it rolls" "It's only stopped because you're so thick" "The show is a few hours away and here we are, with a battery full of piss!" "Never loose faith, son!" "jeez, where's the state?" "Don't worry kids This bus is going to change your lives" "Alia!" "Three Weeks Earlier" "Where do you think you're going?" "This wreck still works?" "It's not a wreck." "It's a piece of art" "What's your name?" "I'm looking for the cafeteria..." "Hungry I suppose?" "How about a shawarma sandwish?" "Go on, out!" "You said you're looking for the cafeteria?" "Follow me!" "There's nothing left..." "You won't find what you're looking for in the cafeteria" "Let me make you some coffee" "It has just been grinded, Kamal Maffousse!" "I've known you since you were this high" "You didn't recognize me Must be my new look" "You look so much like your father may he rest in peace" "Mr. Nabil, a real gentleman" "Come here give me a hug!" " It's Vola's fault" " No, it's Arze's fault" "You're the one who fell!" "Whoever's fault it was, it was a disaster!" " Good morning" " Good morning" "I have a package for Mr. Nabil Maffousse" "Dad!" "A gift for you!" " From who?" " From..." "From me!" "You know I am the only one to care for you" "I thought you were practicing so you wouldn't get embarrassed all over again!" "But you're responsible too" "I told you yesterday the stage was slippery" "So why is it that the kids didn't fall?" "On stage everyone!" "Let's show Mr. Boss here who we were, who we are now and who we'll always be" "Number one!" "What a great example for future generations!" "I'm counting on you Alia" "Don't worry!" "It's you I'm dancing for" "You are making fun?" "I promise I will show you" "Stretch more Khalil" " I'm all stiff" " You need some greasing" "And you, you have a doctor's note saying you can't warm up?" "Do you have to be such a pain in the ass?" "He can't be any other way" "Kamal, darling, I'm here to make you famous" "Not to sweat on your 1 and 2 and 3" "The interview is supposed to be with the whole group, or just with you?" "Honey, when there's icing on the cake you don't look at the rest, no?" "Now, take close ups on the faces" "We all know that all you've done is a bit of dubbing." "So get started will you!" "So." "That was the opening of a tights store in the Armenian neighbourhood" "Look, this is my teddy Can't sleep without him!" "And this is my first music video It was a big hit" "I was the big hit!" "Where's your cameraman?" "Why isn't he filming us?" "Your time's up!" "Excuse me miss" "But if it's our troupe (get lost!" ")" "you're interested in this album is probably much better" "These damn stilettos, they break my back!" "How am I supposed to dance like this?" "Why don't you wear tennis shoes like everyone else!" "Flatties?" "Right, that should be a real cock-teaser!" "You're not filming are you?" "Guys!" "Don't you see it's our last chance?" "It's easy for you to preach" "You have no idea what you're talking about" "Did you hear?" "I think it's our turn" "Alia" "Don't worry!" "It's you I'm dancing for" " My name is Arzé" " Pleasure" "I, too, used to dance with them but now, there's only room for the skinny!" "awful, huh?" "Even my boobs dropped!" "Look, this was when we just started out" "That's when we got our first prize" " Who's this?" " The one handing the prize?" "That's Nabil Mafousse, Kamal's father God rest his soul" "It's true, he was always strict with us But we loved him" "He didn't know much about dancing But he was a genius, a real pioneer" "You know, our school wasn't just any school" "It was an idea" "He wanted a school without any social gender or religious differences" "Look here" "NATIONAL DABKEH FESTIVAL OF ANjAR" "Who are these people?" "The Utopia College of Aley?" "Is this a joke?" "It is the name of our old school, mister..." "Oh the dropouts' school, right?" "If you please, many are waiting their turn" "May we know the reason?" "This isn't a dabkeh You have no right to call this a dabkeh" "This is a mix of sufi, eastern, western" "It is imported from I don't where" "You sir, are using the glory of your past to make it glittery" "Is that enough of an explanation?" "No, it isn't" "How arrogant!" "You disregard your identity and you don't even care!" "There is a limit to this cultural invasion!" "No Lebanese speaks arabic anymore" "And our girls are all blonde!" "And you sir, you dare attack our last cultural heritage" "The dabkeh?" "Lebanese, does this word mean anything to you?" " Stop it!" " Get out, before I call security" "It's all my fault, I knew I shouldn't come" "Let's go Kamal" "Let's go!" " I hate you Kamal, I hate you!" " Let it out honey" "Use my padding as a punching ball if it makes you feel better" "He was right!" "This ducks' dance of yours is no dabkeh!" "We've been through this enough already This is a contemporary dabkeh, a modern one!" "Modern!" "Fusion, world!" "Hummus, soy sauce, tabbuleh!" " Whatever, but it certainly isn't dabkeh!" " Honey, it's your stomach that's gone global!" "Maybe my stomach is a dump But not my ears!" "I don't mean to intrude But I have to tell you, you were great!" "Auntie?" "!" "My darling, you were 100% magnificent!" "just splendid" "See!" "Great or not, I'm not buying this" "I have a question for you sir" "Who do you think you are to tell me how I am supposed to think?" "Your tie, where is it from?" "Italy, or Taiwan?" "Or did you get it from your so-called heritage Mr. Barakat?" "In what supermarket can we get some of this heritage?" "The dabkeh, sir, is alive, just like us it breathes, evolves, adapts" "You're still hanging on to a bygone Lebanon And there's no turning back" "The road is blocked" "So why this longing for something that's been ravaged and killed?" "How can it work out?" "Each within a private struggle" "Locked in lies Hidden, secluded" "Even love falls apart" "Too scared to open up Too scared to move on" "How can it work out?" "This man worries Wakes from sleep in a sweat:" "He knows the past can't Be forgotten or laid to rest" "Locked in lies Hidden, secluded" "This man won't take chances Except through his dancing" "And here my friend It's doomed to end" "Locked in lies Hidden, secluded" "Between two take-aways This man's life is fading away" "He's gonna get white hair And his daddy still won't care" "Locked in lies Hidden, secluded" "Here's Vola, Sweet Vola..." "Why did you stop?" "I don't feel it" "Maybe I can raise the pitch higher" "No." "It was good" "Are you sure?" "Yes" "Take it again, but please, don't stop" "Locked in lies Hidden, secluded" "That's it" "What?" "You got the the right tone" "Alia, can you take it again, same level?" "Ok Let me drink first" "What's funny, is that I've been working on this music for 15 years" "And it's only now that I found your voice for it" "Maybe if you clean up this place a bit it will Help you tie all the loose ends you left hanging" "The only thing missing was your voice" "So I'm your muse now, Mr. Mafousse?" "Shall we go on?" "If you don't want to continue, just say so" "Are we back to the same old story?" "We've been practicing for two months now We're all exhausted" "All we're asking for is one week to take a break" "Is that too much to ask from the boss?" "You want a week?" "You got it" "Here's Vola, sweet Vola:" "Reaching for love" "Playing her life as if on screen Trying to fulfill her dreams" "Weaving endless illusions To hide her deceptions" "Here's Vola, sweet Vola:" "Reaching for love" "Hi sweetie How are you?" "So, how long before your Mrs. calls her pet back home?" "45 minutes maximum" "You know what?" "I've had it with your timing shit" "A woman like me you have to appreciate her" "How many times did I tell you I don't want to see his face" "It's my father, and this is his place" "I take it you haven't changed the locks either" "Afraid your best friend might catch us?" "It's high time you turned the page" "You don't even ask me how it went?" "What happened?" "What kills me most is that there won't be anymore rehearsals" "It's over" "Oh, the dabkeh!" "Don't tell me you were planning to stay with these idiots" "Come now, sit here darling" "Pack your stuff and leave" "Because I'm not in the mood" "Not today, not tomorrow, not the day after just get the fuck out" "Locked in lies Hidden, secluded" "Nothing improves:" "We're tired of being broke" "Sick of this legacy That makes our lives a joke" "All for illusions of past glories just for once let's sing out And through us let there be joy" "For once let's sing out And through us, let there be joy" "I thought I could get out of this rotten prison" "When my father sent me to study abroad" "I thought I was free" "After two years, I thought I could tell him" "I came here for one week just to do that and then leave again" "At the time, I was doing fine" "I had a three-year contract with a big German danse company" "But as soon as I got here" "The war broke out in the South It was really ugly" "The German embassy wouldn't renew my visa" "I showed them my med school papers They rejected me four times!" "I tried France, no way!" "England, don't even think about it!" "And the US, they didn't even look at my passport!" "Omar The name itself is a crime" "Whatever brought you back here, Kamal?" "Everyone here wants to go away, and you You come back rubbing salt on old wounds" "Don't worry It will be fine" "You don't realize what you're asking What's it to you?" "If it works, all the better for you, but if it doesn't, you just go back to your country" " You got the citizenship, right?" " Yes" "Lucky you!" "What about the others?" "How are you planning on winning them over?" "I have a surprise for them" "This is the CD" "I might use it for my story" "You know, my grandma's name is Isabelle" "Really!" "I used to get such beatings from her!" "I like beating men too" "Would you like to come in?" "No thanks Maybe another time" "As you wish" "She got invited to this TV show" "And you know her, the minute she hears the word TV she goes all nuts" "So she goes to the doctor and gets her lips stuffed with silicone" " Stuffed with what?" " Silicone" " No way!" " just imagine what she looked like after!" "That's why she cancelled the show!" "She said she had a running fever" "Well done, she's always lying anyway" " Well, well look who's finally here" " How are you auntie Haifa?" "How are you?" "Your cousins called." "We are all going together to pay our condolences for your great-uncle" "Tomorrow at five I told them ok" "Unless you have other plans?" "No, mum, don't worry I don't have plans anymore" "Good night" "How old is Alia now?" "30, 31" "Kamal, Kamal" "This was the first time we saw each other in 15 years" "As if he had never left" "She looks innocent" "You think so?" "Isabelle, where's your story?" "Hello boss..." "I haven't finished it yet..." "I'm working on it the way you told me to" "Don't forget to show it to me before it goes on air" "Yes, sure" "That's his girlfriend, right?" "Besides Omar and you, all the others quit" "Why did you stay?" "Why?" "Well first of all, Alia hasn't decided yet" "And second, I like his music and he's my friend!" "That's it?" "There's no other reason?" " When I become a star, you'll find out" " Meaning?" "Meaning, you make us famous with your story and then you'll see" "What if there's no story?" "Then it will remain a secret" "This 100% Lebanese company was excluded from the Anjar festival this year" "Blasted for prejudicing Lebanon's cultural heritage" "Molly!" "Molly!" "I am on TV!" "Of course, madam is a madam!" "They don't seem to think you're a disaster!" "I want to live with my time not in a bygone past!" "Bygone past?" "Man, you're way off!" "Once more, this year we did our best to respect our traditional values" "We believe that there can be no evolution without roots" "Alia, Alia, come see your sweetheart on TV!" "Mum!" "Mum!" "You're on TV!" "It's the Lebanese public that should decide whether our dance is popular or not" "Not a senile jury" "Thank God we have TV to tell us What's going on in your life" "It's true I'm not all that young anymore but this dabkeh is just amazing!" "In fact, I invited them to dance here in Baalbeck" "What, what, Baalbeck?" "He's gone mad!" "I have to call them" "Hello" "Hello" "The dancers haven't given up." "And like the Phoenix, they have dusted off the ashes" "And decided to go on a tour across the Lebanese regions" "Arze, it's for you!" "So they want to show Mr. Mahfouz Barakat That they can go to the people" "Instead of the people coming to them!" "It will be an itinerant festival the troupe will be dancing" "In Rachaya, Baalbeck and even junieh" "That's history" "Come on, dinner's ready" "He's playing it smart all right" "What's this, can it be right?" "He's either bold or just thick" "He's a pusher, he's real slick" "No, no, no, no If he thinks he can go on" "Doing things that can't be done" "Television, Television I have my name to protect" "This is something I can't accept" "No, I can't." "He's making fun of me" "This tune, I can't hear no more" "It's eating you to the core" "You keep singing it to me" "The world is changing, can't you see" "Stop sighing for these lost wars" "And this dabkeh that's grown sore" "This tune, I can't hear no more" "It's eating you to the core" "This tune, I can't hear no more It's eating you to the core" "No, no, no, no" "Since the end of this damn war You don't see your way no more" "There is more than the dabkeh That's worth living for, I say" "There is more than the dabkeh That's worth living for, I say" "I can't" "Don't want to" "There's nothing you'd like more You can't hide it anymore" "Even your daughter is dancing To Trance, hip hop and Samba" "Even your daughter is dancing To Trance, hip hop and Samba" "Tomorrow you'll stop your sorrow Your friend's word you'll follow" "Lend an ear and take a cue Take it slow and think it through" "You'll come back tell me that you'll come back" "You know why Kamal wants us to meet here?" "To make us feel guilty!" "Stop it, school memories are much harder on him" "We really fucked this place up!" "Look..." "You remember that silly game we used to play?" " What was it called again?" " Dodge ball" "Oh yes, dodge ball" "I also remember when I was on the other side of the mountain, on the mortar" "And I was ordered to fire" "I totally screwed my childhood!" "Did you see the cafeteria?" "1 7 years of war, and not one bullet!" "Not even a scratch!" "Number 1!" "That's the one I used to take" "This bus is blessed by the heavens" "Nothing happened to it during the war" "Mister Na..m says we can do whatever we want with it." "Is that right?" "The bus belongs to the school meaning to your father." "So?" "So now this thing is supposed to take us to Baalbek, the land of the dabkeh?" "They're going to grind us to bits and throw us to the lions!" "Why did you come then?" "Katia doesn't agree, and she is not here" "What's your problem?" "If you really want to know I don't agree either" "But I'm here for your father's sake For the pledge we made to him" "Dancing at a wedding, that's all we needed!" " The television will be there" " TV?" "Oh my!" "Isabelle, the reporter, will be doing a 2-minute report on us every day for the evening news" "It's thanks to you, you know" "I told you!" "Icing on the cake!" "So what story did you make up for Isabelle to get on prime time?" "The hurt, misunderstood artist or the uprooted martyr?" "I said I know how to make pretty girls dance" "And our beauty queen here is she still running?" "No it can't" "But if you fill her up she'll take you to the Indies!" "What are you planning to do if Katia doesn't show up?" " Can we dance without her?" " Toufic, I have the solution" "Stop worrying!" "I don't believe this!" "Oh you better believe it!" "She's right." "Plump dancers spice up the show" "Even Bill T. jones had overweight dancers in his New York City show" "This is Arab City, honey, not New York City!" "There is no way that Arze is going to dance" " Why not?" " A bit of practice..." "And she'll blow us away!" "Well?" "THE ANjAR FESTIVAL" " THE AUTHENTIC RECAPTURED " "Alia!" " Mum, I'm not going to school!" " Home-cooked food is healthier" "Good morning Mrs..." "Morning Sir..." "Oh my Lord!" "What is this?" "Dad, this is Kamal Kamal Maffousse" "We were together in school, remember?" "Kamal yes, yes, of course Do you still live in France?" "I'm back now" "I'm warning you Kamal if anything happens to her" "Don't worry." "Alia is like a sister to me" "Thanks." "One brother is a handful already" "Dad, don't worry, I'll be back soon" "I know she can be a pain" "Don't worry about me." "Have fun" "I thought she was over him" "My mum actually thinks I'm in the mountains nursing an old woman" "You had the guts to tell them!" "Mine thinks I'm on a set with Omar Sharif" "I'm dying to see their face when they see me on TV playing the wedding entertainer" "Bye bye Grandiose culture" "Bye bye Crude and rotten, Bye bye" "All around pictures of chicken Platters of food deep-frozen" "Bye bye Bye bye" "Bye bye Brand babes, so sexy" "'Tabbuleh in cans" " Falafel-makers' Paradise, as far as the eye can see" "We're out of here, you and me" "Thought these smiles were for me Bye bye" "Highways of national unity You peoples free and selfish" "Highways of national unity You peoples free and selfish" "Bye bye, bye bye!" "RASHAYA" " MOUNT HERMON" "Off Anjar is an alternative festival that takes place across the country" "So with Anjar, it's out and with Rashaya, it's in?" "In short, it means that we'll be dancing here in Rashaya" "And we need the keys to grandfather's house to spend the night" "Dance huh?" "And you're going to dance!" "And you mister, are you dancing as well?" " No, but..." " Well, good for you!" "I wish Omar wouldn't dance either!" "35.000 US$ to send him to Germany to become a doctor" "Please dad, not this story again 35.000 US$, in those days we had to take a loan!" "Once he would get his diploma, we thought he would pay it back double, triple even" "Dad, please!" "Go on, pour him a third cup Kamal is family!" "Thanks" "So you want the keys to your grandfather's house?" "Yes" "So you can wiggle?" "So we can dance" "Go find yourself a hotel will you!" "Go!" "This is your grandfather's house?" "What a shame!" " Don't worry" " This is the last time I set foot in this house" "We had agreed to share all the expenses!" "Don't complicate things." "I don't want to!" "What's going on?" "Omar's father doesn't want to take us in" "And Omar here is playing Great Gatsby" "If we can't stay at my grandfather's house I'm going to pay for the hotel!" "It's my money, and I'm free to do what I want with it!" " Why are you insisting?" " You're in my village!" "And these are our traditions!" "Don't embarrass me any more than I already am!" "What are you watching?" "I'm just zapping" "I'm scared about tomorrow" "I didn't know you were so popular!" "The whole town and their mother are here!" "You really think they're here for me?" "It's the Diva they're here for!" "No, no, no!" "I've said this a million times, this only comes at the second musical phrase!" "It's set, everyone's here!" "Even reporters" "But not his highness of course" "Omar, I told you he was coming" "So, how many dances are we allowed?" "Only one!" "After all, we're only appetizers for the great Diva" "Put the electro version!" "I thought you said it wouldn't work with the mentality over here" "I didn't want to, because of my father But since he isn't here" "Put it on, I like it better" "Kamal, we're on" "OK, I'm coming" "This is the second time!" "Baalbeck would really be the end!" "Toufic, enough already" "You were very good!" "Not one wrong step!" "Particularly you Omar, you were excellent!" "Omar, you know they are a bit conservative here, but that doesn't mean they didn't like us!" "My father didn't want me to dance Neither did my mum" "But I did" "I struggled, but for what?" "Nothing" "What have I achieved?" "Zilch" "I need them!" "They're my family!" "At least, you stood up for your choices" "You, get off my back!" "What is it to you?" "If it doesn't work you just return to your country" "My country?" "My country is here!" "I am Lebanese, just like you" "It's this country that is estranged, not me!" "They're here!" "They're here!" "Welcome!" "You came from so far, just for us!" "We won't let you leave with empty stomachs" "Please feel at home Welcome, welcome" "I have only these flowers to offer you" "You're very generous." "Thank you!" "Kamal!" "The jar is heavy, but the scent isn't" "Why don't you give these to the pretty girls" "For me?" "Are you sure?" "Welcome to Rashaya" "We're glad you're here, because we always enjoy shows like these" "Well, well!" "Look who's here!" "Welcome!" "I won't bother you" "Sprinkle some of your glory on me!" "Oh I see." "You get prickly seeing so many men around me" "Not at all." "I love crowds too" "I can't help it." "They're fans" "Sure!" "Considering that you're so prudish" "You don't like it?" "Sure I do" "But I like it alone without the traffic" "It's all a matter of fate" "Maybe if we had stayed together" "I'd be cooking and scrubbing right now" "It wouldn't have worked out anyway" "With the war and the roads to your house blocked" "Oh stop it will you!" "You were afraid of marrying a Christian girl that's all" "Oops!" "I forgot We're not supposed to mention this..." "What about your family?" "They treated me like some low-life!" "Don't get mad darling" "You made your decision" "Come on, smile and let my splendor shine upon you!" "Toufic!" "Why did we stop here?" "Get a grip darling!" "Loosen up!" "Go ahead, he's waiting!" "Can you believe it, he went mad?" "Saying that no one understood the dance" "Omar, come on, he came to see you" "You should be grateful" "I've been dancing for ten years and he never even tried to see me" "He went too far!" "Maybe he went too far but at least, he's still alive" "Go hug him while you still can" "You should have said that you became a dance doctor!" "Was it you singing?" "Yes, why?" "What were you singing?" "A lullaby my grandma used to sing to me" "I don't know It just sounded familiar" "It felt strange, as if it were calling me" "But I didn't expect it to be you" "Kamal" "You're knocking at my door in the middle of the night to talk to me about lullabies?" "What do you want?" "Nothing..." "You want to come in?" "No." "Tomorrow is a hard day You should rest" "As you wish" "Good night" "Good night" "Dad wants to check how I'm sleeping?" "On my belly!" "Mum, go baby him for a change!" "Yes mum, I told you Omar Sharif but I could've said anything" "Because you don't care anyway!" "Yes, mum, I hear you." "Everything's all right Are you taking your medicine?" "Take care, I love you" "All we need now is another embarrassment in Baalbeck!" "Don't worry" "This ain't really anything It's a mix of everything" "This ain't really anything It's a mix of everything" "It's a mix you old fool" "This is hummus, that is fast food" "It's a mix you old fool" "This is hummus, that is fast food" "This is dabkeh, ain't it neat Dabkeh on a techno beat" "This is dabkeh, ain't it neat Dabkeh on a techno beat" "We don't have to do this" "THE 'OFF' ANjAR FESTIVAL THE AUTHENTIC (RECAPTURED ) 'MODERNIZED'" "BAALBECK" "This itinerant festival is a first in Lebanon" "Its success can be attributed to Kamal Maffousse" "A composer and choreographer" "One of the brilliant minds that lives in exile" "Who decided to leave France and return to serve his country" "It's a bit over the top, no?" "I'm not doing this for your pretty face It's a special request from the boss" "You see this van you're in?" "My boss only uses it for the hot news" "Meaning?" "!" "Your group is certainly not hot news At most, you make a good cultural report" "But he still gave me the van" "Looks like he likes you!" "Watch this!" "The dabkeh used to have its own heyday" "In Baalbeck, Baakline and all those festivals" "Now the dabkeh has almost disappeared just like our tradition..." "The show was very nice." "It's new to us" "I really liked the Dabkeh, it was really nice" "Do you feel how tense I am?" "Did you enjoy it?" "I loved the edit!" "During our tour, we came across this billboard for the Anjar festival" " Look guys, check out the pasha on TV!" " 'We asked Mr BARAKAT what he thinks...'" "These billboards are an insult to our festival and we cannot remain silent..." "This case does not end here" "We shall sue these criminals!" "Your friend, my boss, must be very happy" "Girls, the groom says he can only give you two bedrooms" "You need to share" "No way" "Obviously." "Stars like you don't share rooms" "All the better, that will spare us the symphony of your snoring..." "Ms. Bach!" "..." "Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome" "Tonight, we have prepared a surprise for our newly weds" "Who are sitting here, without a clue!" "This is going to be an exceptional evening!" "We want to sing..." "Dance and clap" "And we want to love each other" "Oh God, everyone knows me here!" "There's no way I'm going in!" "What did you think pussy cat?" "You're just a cabaret dancer now, nothing more" "If you're afraid, pray, like me" "Pray!" "Whom to?" "Your God or mine?" "Everyone prays for his own God that way we'll have them all on our side!" "Enough already Toufic!" "We were all brought up with the same principles" "There shouldn't be any of this between us" "Fuck your school values" "Politics in this country They feed it to us in the bottle at birth!" "Will you stop your bullshit now We need to focus on the dancing" "Please welcome Toufic and his fellow dancers" "DIGI DABKEH!" "I swear, I can't This is Baalbeck guys!" "You're already in too deep!" "If I were you, I would just dash right in" "What if they actually like the dance?" "And you're not with us What would your friends say then?" "No balls!" "Come on!" "Louder, Louder!" "All right, but let us first start with the regular Dabkeh" "At least to show them that I'm a real dabkeh dancer" "If it makes you feel better" "If it weren't for your father, Kamal" "Oh jesus, Mary!" "Help us God!" "Oh Lord!" "What an ass!" "You are one bastard!" "Viva Travolta!" "The King of Dabkeh!" "Viva Travolta!" "The King of Dabkeh!" "You were incredible!" "Why did you do that?" "Didn't I do well?" "No" "What are you waiting for to carry me sweetpie?" "I talked to my boss." "I told him it was great!" "He wants to add a minute to the report" "See?" "She's saying it was great" "I would like to thank all those who are here today for this great party" "May God bless you!" "If you enjoyed the dabkeh so much" "I suggest we open our dabkeh club that has been closed since the war" "And if our dear Toufic agrees" "We would like him to run it" "Thank you, thank you!" "This offer couldn't have come at a better time Because I'm looking for a job anyway!" "But I need to make one thing clear" "I hate techno music" "And all these noises they call music" "It is the real dabkeh that I like..." "The dabkeh of the young man standing there!" "If you want me to repeat this mascarade you just saw..." "Then I'm sorry, but I cannot accept the offer" "But if you want the real dabkeh..." "A school of authentic dabkeh that comes from the heart and soul" "Then I'm your man!" "We want dabkeh!" "We want dabkeh!" "..." " I missed you so" " So did I" "I would have liked to offer you more..." "Thank you." "It's very nice!" "I'm the one to thank you!" "I was so afraid my wedding would be dull" "I love hip-hop" "I can see that" "And your husband, he likes the same things?" "I have no idea." "We don't talk much when we're together" "I think I intimidate him" "How long have you known each other?" "Not long..." "But he's a good person" "Sorry Toufic, I can't" "Why?" "Is there something wrong?" "I can't do this to your wife" "My wife?" "You know her?" "All my life I dreamt of being her!" "It's as if I knew her in a way" "Are you playing around with me?" "Toufic..." "If we sleep together..." "You'll be like all the others" "You'll leave your wife and daughter" "And you'll become like a toy in my hands" "Then I'll dump you like an old shoe" "I don't want to do this to your daughter" "I don't want her to be hurt like I was when I was a kid" "Because of a bitch" "And you, how many children do you have?" "Let me find the husband first!" "But, how old are you?" "A little over 30" "There haven't been any suitors?" "No, there have been many" "But I guess I..." "I just waited too long for prince charming" "Will you wait for me?" "Don't worry, I'm here" "It feels so good!" "Did you sleep well?" "Not a wink." "You?" "Same here." "The beds are expired!" "I can't resist the smell of butter in the morning" "Oh, you're so kind!" "I'm not so sure you deserve this" "So, who's the best dancer?" "You are!" "The best dancer of all!" " And who's the most generous of us all?" " You are!" " What are you doing?" " What do you mean?" "You are stuffing yourselves while I prepare a knefeh for you!" "Come on guys, let's eat!" "Hand me a plate" "Hand me the syrup" "What are you doing?" "What about morning practice?" "Why don't you relax for a change?" "join us!" "You're going to need five days to be able to dance after this" "Come on." "Come sit next to me" "And enjoy this knefeh" "How come we're still taking orders from you?" "If you think you can stop dancing just because you got a couple of claps yesterday, you're wrong" "We need to make Mr. Barakat be sorry for what he said" "Is there something wrong?" "Bless your soul!" "Are you ever wrong?" "Come on Kamal!" "How could we Let heaven slip away" "The Knefeh: a gift from God So relax and do as we say" "Won't you quit shaking your head You're not eating cheese and bread" "It's a blessed meal you're eating Like a secret passion or lust" "What's hidden, you need to feel You can't touch it, it's unreal" "The Knefeh: a gift from God Relax my friend, and do as we say" "Eat up!" "Rule number 1:" "Dabkeh dancers must form a circle" "Dabkeh should be hand in hand The first one in line meets the last" "Here, there is no first nor last" "What does this mean?" "They are just jumping" "This is no Dabkeh!" "We invented this legacy!" "Today we're here in your town Dancing dabkeh all around" "Your town, your pride, your mark, your land So don't trade in" "Coz you got it all here Here, come see what you have" "Coz this sure is the place to be So won't you please quit being down just see what's going all around" "Come here see what you've got" "Ain't no secrets, ain't no Anjar Ain't no fuss" "If you want We have no problem if you go" "Now throw your tie far from here" "Get focused and ready Keen and intense" "For the party At the Utopia College of Aley" "A big group will be dancing the dabkeh A group that has style" "Strange a bit, but real cool At the college of Aley" "You men are lucky!" "This country is blessed by God!" "Blessed by God and ruined by its people!" "Ruined by its people?" "We are its people You and me" "What's this about dancing at the school?" "Are we back to the same old story?" "Our heritage is under threat!" "Don't live in caves See my belly, see" "Don't live in caves See my belly, see" "Watch how it sways Come dance with me" "Vola's in town Move closer, move" "Better than on screen A quick dance to go" "Better than on screen A quick dance to go" "Don't live in caves See my belly, see" "Don't live in caves See my belly, see" "Did you know about the show at the school?" "No more than you!" "Did it come to you just like that like a revelation?" "Mr Mahfouz is starting to feel the itch" "And we have to make him eat his heart out" "By taking us back to the cafeteria" "And hitting on the sensitive nerve!" "That's blackmail, Kamal" "We need to come full circle" "Listen Kamal!" "I dance to forget my pain" "I can't keep reopening the wound" "Stop playing with your nightmares, Kamal!" "Don't you see that it is hard on us too?" "We haven't forgotten either" "No one can forget!" "The thing is we just gave in End of story" "Oh Oh!" "there's trouble" "Move over!" " Good morning" " Move over I said!" "Stop the car on the right" "Prepare your camera" "Your story doesn't make any sense" "A bus from 1943 and you want me" "To believe that it's in order?" "Please..." "Not once did I pay the license tag late" "Even when the bombs were pouring down!" "It says here that it's blue!" "But this is a blue touch!" "Have you found anything?" "Nothing so far, sir" "Captain..." "My name is Khalil Daoud I have this letter from the Minister..." "Pursue the search!" "Come on..." "Throw the bags!" "I'm telling you boss they are all being held at the checkpoint" " Get yourself arrested" " Arrested, me and the cameraman!" "?" "Of course, film everything, everything you hear" "And try to be on your worst behavior" "But you realize that if they get arrested..." "I don't need to hear your explanations!" "just listen to what I'm telling you" "And do exactly as I say" "If they arrest one of your clowns I can't do anything" "But if they arrest a member of my team" "I can bring hell down on them!" "There's nothing sir No spray cans, no paint bombs" "It's for you, Captain" "Go ahead." "You have nothing to lose!" "Hello, yes?" "Yes sir" "Yes sir" "One minute and we'll be free!" "Yes..." "But Colonel Assaad told me..." "Yes sir" "I am so grateful!" "You still don't know the real value of Isabelle Morcos!" "Yes Sir" "As you say, sir" "What a country!" "Our savior Isabelle!" "Stop here please" "I'm leaving before I start hating you" "Alia!" "I said, go!" "This girl:" "Trapped in her worries" "Wakes from a dream" "To find her past constantly reset" "She must move on" "But can't let go" "She must move on" "But can't let go" "Where do you come from my friend, where?" "Where are you heading, where?" "My heart betrayed, I drift away" "The face I loved, erased" "Where do you come from my friend, where?" "Where are you heading, where?" "My hair is now long But your voice is weak" "My heart is in pain And won't heal" "Where do you come from my friend, where?" "Where are you heading, where?" "Can you learn to let go Of the weighted past?" "Learn to love after the pain?" "I can't find my path I've strayed too far" "Longing for the past, lost to time" "The image I had of you was so strong" "Now it fades and your voice has gone" "jUNIEH" "That is all that is left of our beautiful sand beaches" "That is all that is left" "What do you want to do Kamal?" "We can't dance without Alia" "Vola will replace her" "No way!" "There is no way I can replace her" "I'm already out of place!" "Without Alia You can't do anything" "Katia left, and now Alia There's no troupe anymore" "What are you saying?" "You want to cancel?" "OK, Go say this to Khalil's uncle who opened the place just for us" "Go say this to his folks" "All of junieh is here to see him dance!" "Our relatives have seen us dance and that's what counts" "You know I can do it" "You know what that means?" "Anyway I've always wanted them to know" "Now I'm giving them a chance to applaud" "I am sure it will be all right" "WELCOME TO THE "OFF" TROUPE:" "THE DIGI DABKEH" "You deserve every clap you got" "It's all thanks to you" "I've got great news for you" "The jury's president Mahfouz Barakat finally..." "Agreed to let you participate in the contest" "Anjar is opening its doors to the DIGI Dabkeh!" " My boss just told me" " Really?" "!" "Finally!" "Come over here Tell me, your boss, can't we meet him?" "I'm sorry, I don't get it" "What made Mr. Barakat change his mind?" "Kamal, it's all about money between Barakat and my boss" "Our network always had an exclusive to broadcast the Anjar festival" "But these days Mr. Barakat set the price too high" "So let's say your tour was a way of putting some heat on him" "So we were just an excuse to get a better rate?" "What's it to you?" "What matters is that we're finally going to dance" "Why don't you go get Alia instead of asking stupid questions!" "No, I'm glad, but if I get this right You were playing us from the very beginning?" "Don't be so dramatic!" "It's business, that's all" "They had to fill up the grid and they did" "And you don't give a damn about our dabkeh!" "No my dear, I won't accept it!" "What do you mean?" "Kamal, I really don't understand you I thought you would be happy" "Wouldn't you rather be in Anjar aired on TV and seen by the entire country..." "Than dance in ruins before a couple of people?" "You're right." "But we would rather dance in ruins infront of a couple of people as you say" "This is ridiculous!" "You don't get it, do you?" "The off is more important than the in" "It's better to be out than in" "The greatest revolutions happened from outside." "Nothing happened from inside" "What revolutions are you talking about?" "Even if you're right" "We have no choice but to go on, together" "Listen Kamal Mafousse, Vola Andraos is dancing at the Anjar festival" "Whether you like it or not And anyone who loves me, will follow me!" "I don't understand you anymore Kamal" "Kamal, what are you doing?" "You get what you want and you check out?" "Congratulations" "You played us perfectly!" "I tried warning you Kamal" "But you were..." "Too self-absorbed to listen" "Well anyway, thanks, really" "That's all you have to say to me?" "You too, you want to go with them?" "Where shall I take you?" "I thought you were asleep" "No" "Where are we going?" "You said drive, so I did" "Here you go, I'll stop" "What have I done?" "All I wanted was to bring them back together around the same tune" "A music, that would help us bury all the dead things in us" "It turns out I am unable to bury anything!" "And here I am" "Like a fool, being driven in a bus" "I wish I were outside all this" "I wish I could go far, but where to?" "Out far, it is void, there is nothing" "Nothing" "This bus was nothing before you returned" "But nothing is everything" "What would have happened to it If we had left it?" "Nothing A blank page" "Nothing is everything!" "You knew my father well" "What would he have done in my place?" "You should ask yourself that question!" "Go on Kamal" "The cafeteria is right there" "Go in, ask him" "You are making fun?" "I promise I will show you!" "There's no way to know in a country like this" "It is all of us and yet non of us was in it" "They even handed weapons to children" "They didn't want anyone to understand" "They abolished thinking" "So, do you want that coffee or not?" "Yes" "Come" "If I come back" "It'll be for you" "Yes..." "What, you came to see if I'm singing" "Or if I'm dancing..." "for you?" "Or did you come to say good night?" "I'm not dancing and I'm not singing" "Neither have I been sleeping" "Kamal" "You come and go and you're still in the same place" "We all tried helping you get over your father's death, but you're not willing to" "Alia, I understand" "But, I can't take seeing you" "Sad and hurt anymore" "And I keep missing you" "This is a music I've been working on lately" "It's not techno, nor dabkeh" "It's a Lebanese mix!" "He won't stop, will he!" "It's a five" "Not a 6 and not a 4" "It's a new beat that we did" "1, 2, 3, 4 and 5" "Do that again, will you?" "Unbelievable!" "He doesn't limp when he dances!" "You can dance!" "Maybe if he does, he'll quit harassing us!" "Not in your wildest dreams!" "Seriously Kamal, show us again" "CNBS Presents" "The National Dabkeh Festival Of Anjar" "We live in an era driven by a race for evolution" "Arrogance and vanity are the prevailing traits" "The new generation will tread the same path we took:" "Everything they feel passionate about today" "Will be discarded by the next generation" "Objects of our own desire could well become objects of disgust" "So what is the solution?" "Thank you" "To hell with television!"