" Is it good?" " Who'll swap?" "Not me." " Me neither." " I'll swap." " For?" " Your sweater." "Meet my father." "Seyed Jawad Tabib-Ghafari." "Seyed means we descend from the Prophet." "He was proud of that." "My mother." "She knows thousands of poems, without schooling." "She learned to write at 67 and died at 68." "She was religious but never forced us to be." "She said..." "Do your best, children, I'll sort things outwith God." "There were 12 of us." "Even without half of those kids, it's still a big family." "We had Muhammad," "Mahmoud," "Soraya," "Parvin, Hedayat," "Enayat," "Fatima," "Faflde," "Monire, Mojde," "Aziz, who loved school so much, he always left last..." "I mustn't steal the other children's clothes." "And this is me, Hibatollah." "With 12 children, every meal becomes a war." "This is the smile of a strategist with a plan." "I was thinking," ""From here, I can reach the dish." "My little sisters eat less, so I have a chance of getting their leftovers."" "Just for rice." "Hibat, get that." "My uncle managed our fortune." "He loved poker, unfortunately." "Impossible, that's ten times now!" "You're useless." "We lived in Dezfoul, a village of 10,000 in south Iran, a country of 33 million." "I didn't learn that from my schoolteacher." "Nasser asked..." "Sir, where's Belgium?" "Belgium?" "It's near..." "It's between..." "Between here and here." "I wanted to be a lawyer." "Luckily, I was a good student." "Good, Hibat." "Bravo, Hibat." "Great, Hibat." "Hibat Tabib." "Accepted." "200 places for 11,000 applicants." "I was in the 200." "I discovered politics at university." "As I grew older, I saw the injustice caused by the Shah of Iran." "The people hungered for freedom." " They cried..." " We're hungry!" " He said..." " Don't give a shit." " Thirsted for equality." " We're thirsty!" "Don't give a shit." " Wanted fraternity." " We want it!" "Nearly gave a shit." "I did give a shit." "Why a revolution?" "To shame the family, father, mother, all of us?" "Imagine what it's like for Dad." "You choose:" "politics or family." "My family" "The people of Iran." "Let's go, Aziz." "Yeah, let's go." "My sweater, Aziz!" "The inevitable finally occurred." "Propaganda!" "Arrest them!" "We both got a 10-year stretch." "How long now, Nasser?" "How long have we been here?" "Chokri and me, 7 years now." "You and Aziz, 2 months less." " Life is crazy." " Why?" " When did we meet?" " As kids." " Ages ago." " Yes." "We're from the same village, with the same politics, both arrested and now in the same cell." "Crazy..." "You arrived 2 months earlier." "So?" "You chose your mattress." "Not again?" "Hold on, I don't blame you." "First guy here takes the first mattress." "But maybe you'd like..." "Spit it out." "To swap beds." "No one swaps beds here." "Exactly." "Let's be the pioneers of a new era where people..." "First, your lawyer talk won't fool me." "Second, my mattress sucks like yours." "How do you know mine sucks?" "You tried it and chose the best." " We're in jail." " Fink." "We're in jail." "Everything sucks." "Clothes, food, cell, everything!" " It's jail." " Hibat!" "Visitor." "Your brother, Muhammad." "My visits suck too." "How are you?" "What do you want?" "To see you both." "No, really." "I've been promoted." "I have contacts." "I can get you out." "Apologize for insulting the Shah." " You don't get it." "Haven't you hurt our family enough?" "Aziz is in jail." "Enayat and Faride too." "Thanks to you," "Mom has 4 kids in jail." "She has 7 left." "8, there are 12 of us." "No." "There are 11 of us." "Let's go back, Aziz." "Yeah, let's go back." "Ask Aziz." "He sat there opposite me..." ""I work for the government now." "I can get you out if you apologize."" "You're no traitor." "Hold on, want to see a real traitor?" " Look over there." " Cyrus?" "Yes." "Why's he being freed?" "He did 2 years of 10." "He'll be a cop within days." "Guys who join the enemy should die." "Or have their clothes stolen." "You have a problem with clothes." "We were 12!" "Behzad!" "Your dad's calling you." "Cut it out, guys." "He's the one stealing the pistachios!" "Come on, it can't be him." "He has plenty when we don't." "Behzad!" "These men are Communists." "They're scum." "He means you, Chokri." "Frequent Muslims or you'll become scum too." "Thanks." "He comes over here and talks about cleanliness with that beard!" "They're sick." "That's Rafsanjani, one of our chiefs." "Your chiefs." "We're not Islamists." "The beardie?" "He's new." "He arrived last week." "Last week?" "His beard looks like it's been locked up for years." "That beard was on the streets?" "It arrived this morning." "Separate sentences." "They just reunited." "Gather together!" " What?" " Gather in the yard." "Come on!" "Today is a special day." "It's the birthday of your ruler, the Shah of Iran." "In his generosity, his Majesty offers you a cake." "And you will eat it in honor of your king." "Saw." "Reza." "Nader." "Ali." "I'm not celebrating his birthday." "No one wants to, but we have no choice." "At least we get some cake." "Behzad." "Abass." "Bijan.." "Fuck, it's good!" "Chokri." "Hibat." "Hibat!" "He's calling you." " What's going on?" " Fuck..." "Eat." "Eat!" "Eat." "Take him away." "Hamid." "Farid." "Let people know what's going on." "We've been trying for 7 years." "The only phones are in the guards' office." "And it's locked." "Meaning they have the keys." "We need to steal one." "I'm no thief." "Are you kidding?" "You're always stealing." "Only clothes." "It's a childhood trauma." "I'm no thief." "Just a key." " I'm no thief!" " Ok." "He's no thief." "Got that?" "Calm down." "They carry the keys in purses." "If you steal a purse, technically... it's not theft." "It's not clothing." " It's an accessory." " It's trendy." " Very trendy." " And classy." "The male accessory." "The ideal one." " It's classy." " It'd suit him." "It'd really suit you." "No purse?" "No." "He doesn't have a purse." "I won't do it." "Hide it." "Not too sleepy?" "Are you ok?" "Why didn't you eat it?" "I'm allergic to yeast." "It's no game." "They'll kill you." "If they do, promise me something." "Tell me." "Anything" "The guy who replaces me..." "Yes." "Swap your bed." "They're gonna kill you." "Refusing the cake insults the Shah." "Eat it and live." " Nasser was right." "I spent months in solitary." "Anyone there?" "Inheritance." "Filiation." "I talked to preserve my memory." "Let's start with filiation." "If you have any questions, go ahead." "Chokri?" "Manocher." "I can't hear you." "There's a huge crowd!" "Go on." "You'll be out soon." "Listen, Chokri." "Listen!" "Death to the Shah!" "Majesty, is it true the opposition is growing?" "You're misinformed." "Everyone loves me." "The people are demonstrating." "Only a handful." "How many?" "Just..." "Several million people shouting," "I quote, "Death to the Shah."" "You're naive." "They have tapes." "Tapes?" "If just one person demonstrates, but has a tape-player, with a tape that has crowd noises recorded on it, you have the impression of a crowd, when the person is alone." "It's the volume..." "Tapes?" "Is he serious?" "We'll see who has tapes." "Death to the Shah!" "We're not tapes!" "Death to the Shah!" "We're not tapes!" "We want clothes!" "Why clothes?" "Aziz's orders!" "Death to the Shah!" "We're not tapes!" "We want clothes!" "How come a prisoner is defended in the French press?" "How did they get this photo?" "Your prisoners have a means of communication." "Jean-Paul Sartre published it." "Sartre." "A French philosopher." "The international community is abandoning us." "They're ruining my reputation." "One gets published, another refuses a cake..." "I've tried everything." "Let me execute them as an example." "No, that's impossible." "The people are angry." "The opposition is in jail." "If you eliminate them, there'll be a revolution." "Use their relatives." "When my mind faltered, my body resisted." "He's fainted again." "Still nothing?" "Why be so obstinate?" ""A prisoner refuses to eat the Shah's cake."" "Still nothing?" "So offer him... a ministry, a house, money..." " He doesn't want that." " What then?" " What scares you most." "A shark?" "A democracy." "What?" "A free democracy." "Oh, come on..." "Have him killed." "The people back him." "If he dies, there'll be a revolution." "The people want political prisoners freed." "Burn the prison." "Make it look like an accident." "No one will believe it." "And the people would never forgive you." "So what do I do?" "Release them." "In small groups." "Give them what they want to end the marches." "The gate." "The revolution had begun." "Majesty, we must leave." "The Shah was gone." "His supporters took our place." "And we eagerly awaited the one who embodied our hopes:" "Khomeini." "Khomeini..." "I don't trust Khomeini." "Your wife trusts no one." "Don't be negative, Maryam." "He represents us and opposes the Shah." "And he's a Seyed." "But is he a democrat?" "No, he said, "The Islamic State is incompatible with dictatorship because the foundation of Islam is democracy."" "Our revolution is neither nationalistic, nor democratic." "The people have risen up for Islam and we shall export our model throughout the world." "We had replaced a dictator with an even worse one." "Aziz, steal clothes, but don't steal my pieces." "Just don't." "And the others." "It's a calm, discreet neighborhood." "People work all day." "We'll be left alone." "This is it." " Good, huh?" " Excellent." "How much?" "Not a lot." "Don't worry, my father won't want much rent." " I said we were friends." " Aren't we?" "I don't know him." "Fereshteh, meet Hibat." "The comrade who refused the Shah's cake." "What for?" "It was too dry." "My dad doesn't know we're into politics." "I said you were a lawyer." "But I am a lawyer." " You've never practiced." " I was in jail." "See, you've never practiced." "How was your lawyer?" "He was on their side, so I defended myself." "So you lost your only case." "The trial was rigged." "I got 10 years." "You must have been useless." "See you." "But..." "Bye." "She's nice, huh?" "She's perfect." " I'll marry her." " Meet her parents first." "So you want to marry my daughter?" "Using that accent to scare him?" "Not at all, I'm just trying..." "You want her hand?" "Yes." "Isn't it a bit rushed?" "What's your problem?" "You want to upset her?" " Or rule my life?" " To sell her?" "Then take my kids?" "That's no good, dear." "To make them feel guilty, keep it realistic." "So..." "You want to marry my daughter?" "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir." "It would be an honor." "Yes, sir." "It would be an honor for she is the sweetest and most wonderful person" "I have ever met." "And?" "And I'll never thank her enough for casting out of my life... suffering," "SO [TOW and free will." "If you're mad enough to bear her, it's fine by us." "A lawyer?" "Yes, I am." "A lawyer..." "A fine trade." "Weird." "Whenever I call your firm, you're never in." " Leave him be." " He works a lot!" "You'll watch him like some Islamist?" "There!" "That's good!" "Listen, if you stay out of politics, it's fine by me." "Don't put my daughter in danger." " Your in-laws?" " They're ok." "He thinks you're a lawyer?" "What is this?" "I am a lawyer." "You never practiced." "I was in jail, with you." "And him too." "Behzad." "He's part of the government." "The pistachio thief too." "I don't believe it." "The new prison warden." "Beardie?" "Beardie's running the prison?" "Depressing." "Hello!" "How are you?" "It's our daughter's wedding tonight." "Wonderful." "Do we know the boy?" "No." "He's not a local." "He's a lawyer." "He's very discreet." "A fine boy." "We'll give him a surprise." "We're planning..." "A bachelor party?" "A funeral." "Wanted" "Hurry!" "Hurry..." "I am hurrying!" "We have to disguise him." "There." "Was the beard necessary?" "No, it wasn't." "So the funeral's off?" "Turn it down." " It's a wedding!" " They'll arrest us." "Everything ok?" "Couldn't be better." "I love you." "I saw your portrait..." " What portrait?" " On the market wall." "I don't have a beard." "My dad added it." "He knows." "He didn't say." "He's fond of you." "But he's scared." "Tomorrow, it'll be worse." "Bearing your name will link our destinies." "Sorry about all that." "Thank you for all that." "What?" "What's wrong?" "No..." "That's terrible." "No more music." "The party's over then." "Too bad." "The following year was very tough." "For protection, each of us knew just one comrades address." "Lateness was bad news." " When's the rendezvous?" " At 1." " And?" " It's two minutes after." "We're leaving." "We didn't know who to trust." "Some friends were enemies." "Trust me." "I just want to help you." "Some enemies were friends." "Carrying cyanide, we moved house often that year." "25 times?" "30?" "No ties." "No indispensable belongings." "They arrested Chokri." "We had no time to mourn." "We had to think of the survivors." "We expected a lot from Ghassemlou, head of the Kurdish resistance." "It was time you met." "We want to see Khomeini go too." "I'm very glad to meet you too." "But I have bad news." "Can't Hibat drive you to the hospital?" "He's at work." "Give me a break!" "I know he's wanted." " So why ask?" " If I know, I can protect you!" "No, Dad." "If you know, I can't protect you." "Aziz, put the bag in the car." "She needs things for her and the baby." "Manocher, get the bed and clean this place." "Iraj, tell Hibat his wife's gone into labor." "He doesn't know." "And buy me flowers." "Buy you flowers?" "Why?" "Because you love me." "Come on, move it!" "Shit." "We can't get in." "We'll try another hospital." "No, a colleague's helping me give birth." "I'll only be safe here." "I don't believe it..." "How did it happen so fast?" "Meningitis is like that, lightning fast." "Why didn't he say?" "Most people don't know." "They think it's an ordinary headache." "Chosen my grandson's name?" " We're mourning." " So?" "Even if we're mourning, he needs a name." "Manocher." "His name's Manocher." "Too long." "Nouchi." "Hibat, I have good and bad news." "The bad first." "It's getting too dangerous here." "We'll fight from abroad." "And the good news?" "There is none." "It's all bad actually." "Sounds worse." "Saying good and bad..." " Evens it out." " Yes." "You think we should flee Iran?" ""We" means Hibat, Aziz and me." "You haven't done time." "As if he'd leave without me." "When do we go?" "It's for the party, the struggle." "You'd go without me?" "It's only temporary." "I don't want to go either." "You'd go without me?" "You're right." "I won't go without her, Nasser." "In that case, leave the baby with your folks until things improve." " Suits me." " Shut up." "You'd leave without your son?" "It's too dangerous." "He'll join us later." "Once he's old enough to know we abandoned him?" "Listen up, Hibatollah Tabib-Ghafari." "You know my voice?" "You know this tone?" "Yes." "So, yes, it's dangerous to take him but what do I always say?" " You say..." " What do I say?" " You say..." " What do I say?" "Fear" "Fear" "Feat"" "...won't make you safe." "She says that." "And?" "It's..." "I don't know." "It's better... to be to..." "Tolerant?" "Together." "Better together in hell than alone in heaven." "Sorry." "He comes too." "He refused to eat the Shah's cake?" "Yes." "Why?" "He's scared of her." "I'm sorry." "She scares us all more than the Shah did." "Nouchi." "Nouchi." "Baby?" "Nouchi." "All right..." "I'll put you down." "We have to leave!" "It's full of Islamists." "Hold on..." "You can't move each time we see a beard." "This is Iran, not Finland." " It's a country of beards." " Want us to get killed?" "They won't look for us here." "That's a good thing." "Who is stupid enough to hide among the people looking for them?" "Good question." "Who is stupid enough?" "Your dad." "It's not that stupid." "Your husband too." "Two days later..." "Goodbye." "Yes, see you soon." "Assholes." "Just look at these assholes..." "What's this?" "It looks bad." "What's this?" "All our compromising documents were in Nouchi's pants." "No one searches a baby." "Bravo, Nouchi!" "January 1st." "Fereshteh is 23 today." "My gift to her is our escape across the mountains." "He's asleep?" "Yes, the valium's working." "Good." "No, it's really dangerous." " It's dangerous if he wakes." " What if he doesn't?" "I'm a nurse, he'll wake." "Don't worry." " Are you ready?" " Yes." "Fereshteh, please." "Let go." " I'm letting go." " No." " I am." " No, you're not." "Turn your hands." "Just turn them." " I'm not holding him." " I can't take him." "Look at my hands." " I'm not holding him." " Look at your elbows." "You're resisting." "That's gravity." "We're in the mountains." " It'll all go well." " Yes..." "Look at me." "It'll all go well." "It'll all go well." "It'll all go well." "It'll all go well, right?" "Are you ok?" "Nouchi?" "He's in the car." "He's sleeping." "I said it'd go well." "Let's hurry." "It's another two days to Istanbul." "I'll be right back." "Are you okay?" "What are you doing?" "I'm taking photos." "I'd just left Iran for the first time." "See you again soon." "I've never been back." "We have to go." " The horse too?" " Three days of it." "Istanbul, Turkey" "Thank you." "Are you sure?" "It's risky." "Maybe their phone's tapped." "Excuse me." "Do you have a phone?" "Who was it?" "Your daughter." "And..." "They're alive." "After a year as illegals in Turkey, we asked for asylum in France, the home of Human Rights and the Revolution." "Nouchi..." "First stop:" "Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis." "It's really ugly." "We'd return home once the Islamists were ousted, but for now we had to survive here." "We started from scratch." "New country, new language, new life." "Our place before we moved in." "And our place after." "We couldn't afford furniture, but a traditional home needs rugs." "We had 3 plates, 3 glasses, 3 forks, 3 knives, 3 spoons, next to nothing." "The struggle continued." "Out with the beardies!" "French was tough." "At first, we heard..." "We learned to understand." "He needs a transplant." "Isn't it risky at his age?" "Trust us, we must give him that orgasm." "The struggle continued." "We had to work." "Work hard." "Work really hard." "We're rich!" "No, sweetheart, it's for Iran." "We're not rich!" "...see how they run" "They all ran after the farmer's wife" "Who cut off their tails" "With a carving knife" "Did you ever see" "Such a thing in your life" "As three blind mice!" "Bravo!" "Let's give him a big hand." "Now you, Manocher." "Your favorite song." "Now comrades come rally" "And the last fight let us face" "The Internationale" "Unites the human race!" "Good." "Let's all clap." "Give him a big hand." ""A complaint..." ""on an international level, filed by a state..."" "No capital." ""...filed by a state, for damage endured by an individual..."" "Maybe I should use "person"." " Which one?" " "Person"." "No, use "individual"." ""...by an individual who holds both nationality of the suing state and of the sued state..."" "Spot the subtlety there?" " Great." " It's good." "I like it." ""...is inadmissible unless the concerned party..."" "Why am I writing your thesis?" "We can't afford to get a computer." "And you write badly." "After being in jail and getting tortured, you write badly." "You wrote badly before." "I saw your lawyer's letters." "See, I was a lawyer!" "After these sleepless nights, you'd better pass." "It's a 2-year course." "I won't last two years." "Pass this year." " It takes 2." " This year!" "Hibat!" "You passed..." "You passed!" "L 90'!" "my diploma!" "No, we got your diploma." " We got it." " We got my diploma." "But the struggle continued." "Out with the Islamists!" "Mullahs and beardies too, the same goes for you!" "Dictators, oppressors, you're all..." " Fuckers!" " "Fuckers" doesn't rhyme." " What was that?" "My son's alone!" "Calm down!" "Calm down, then we'll talk." "Our son's alone out there!" "Don't drive off!" "Our son's out there!" "Let go of me!" "He's out there!" "We'll lose him!" "Please, calm down." "Calm down." "Calm down!" "He's all alone!" "We've found him." "We've found him." "Calm down." "Calm down, please." "We've found him." "Let go of me!" "He was all alone." "Dad, it's me." "How are you?" "Sorry, wrong number." "It's your daughter." "I don't have a daughter." "We're in France." "We can talk over the phone now." "I keep forgetting!" "My diploma..." "How are you?" "Tell him I passed." "Did you get the photos of Nouchi?" "They must be lost in the mail." "My diploma." "Hibat passed his law exam." "Really?" "So he's a lawyer now." "That's good." "I knew he would be one day." "I have to tell you we're staying in France." "It was temporary at first but..." "But with Nouchi... the struggle, it's..." "It's not easy." "We're far away." " We feel as if..." " No." "Listen carefully." "Do what you have to do." "Live your lives." "Everyone will understand." "Be happy" "Thank you, Dad." "Thank you." "They won't be back." "Then we met Jeannette, incredibly kind, a little deaf, ok, very deaf, who saw potential in two immigrants." "How are you?" "I'm not thirsty." "I work with a group called" ""Women in the Projects"." "No, "Women in the Projects"." "I want you to work on health awareness." " As an ex-nurse?" " No, as an ex-nurse." "I'll give it a try, but only one week." "She stayed six months." "After that, she took over and she's still there now." "Hibat, you interest me too." "We need to set up a group that isn't just for women." "And we did it." "We worked with the community, which got me noticed and, a few years later..." "Hibat!" "Hi." " Daniel." "How are you?" " Fine." "Daniel Bioton." "My wife, my son." "The mayor of Pierrefitte." "The next town." "You shop in Stains?" "I'm incognito here." "Excuse me..." "Yes, it's me." "Could you let me by?" "Modesty." "I'm glad I ran into you." "I'm opening a social center in a neighborhood where I have few fans." "Voters." "Admirers." "Supporters." "Worshipers." "I need someone with legal training." "He's a lawyer." "And experience in social work." "Interested?" " Well..." " Is it paid?" "You were a volunteer?" " Yes." " No." " I was." " Let me negotiate." "Yes, he was a volunteer, that's right." "But as a temp." "Mostly part-time." "So with a salary, of course." "With basic pay at..." " I wasn't paid!" " You don't know that." "I never had a pay slip!" "So you can't know." "This is a news flash." "Ayatollah Khomeini is dead." "At the imam's place of residence, a huge crowd has gathered to pray." "With Khomeini dead, we had a chance of ending the regime." "Iran was calling us to rebuild and resist..." "So, do I hire you?" "But our life would be here from now on." "Welcome to Pierrefitte North." "Burglaries, vandalism, drug trafficking." "30% of the apartments empty." "No one wants to live here." "Good night, Mum." "Kissed your mum?" "Yes." "Your real mum." "She adopted you." " It's a joke, sweetheart!" " It's not funny." "You ruin it by telling him too soon." "It could have been funny." "I don't like upsetting him." "You're improving, but it's still too soon." "All right, teacher." "How was your day?" "I don't get it." "At home, it's five wives." "Polygamy is illegal here." "It's one wife." "Madam Fereshteh, I'll let my daughter go on the trip with you." "But you have to make sure she returns a virgin." "I'm so ashamed." "I'm a bit worried." "Because of my daughter." "She's nearly 16." "With no boyfriend." "I know what boys are like." "They buzz around like flies." "I'll make an effort, you make one too." "Make it four." "Not a single boyfriend." "Three!" "And leave it at that." "Will she kill herself?" "No buzzing with my daughter." "I said I was ashamed?" "Can I say it again?" "I'm ashamed." "A good day." "All the same..." " Four wives." " In your dreams." "I nearly cut myself..." " Hello." " Hello, Hibat." "Someone smashed a window." "No one knows who did it, as usual." "Those guys..." "We could ask them." "Bad idea." "Especially the middle one." "Elyess, he's dangerous." "He first did time at 15." "He's been in and out since." "Hello." "I'm Hibat, the center's manager." " And?" "We want to know how you feel about the broken window." "Who gives a shit?" "Who gives a shit?" "Who gives a shit who did it?" "Accusing us?" "Not at all." "It's weird." "It's your center too." "Why don't you care?" "Nothing is ours here." "We just got out of jail, ok." "If we go back, it'll be for more than beating you up." "How long?" " How long in jail?" " 6 months." "Joker." "Hibat was tortured more than 7 years in an Iranian jail." "No football, no TV." "You clown." "Once again, no one's accusing you." "But this is your center." "More than 7 years?" "Goodbye." "Stone by stone, step by step, we worked to save the neighborhood." "A new guy" "Why was Hibat jailed?" "He fought." "He said no to the Shah's cake." "He wasted a shark for refusing a cake!" "Adama became a key figure locally." "The school often used him to contact parents." "Now then, Mrs. Diara." "All his teachers, even the sports teacher, say that Salimou is, I quote," ""like a house plant." "His use has not yet been discovered."" "His absences shatter all records." "Our software doesn't recognize him." "When we enter his name, it tells us he doesn't exist." "He says I'm a budding plant." "I've shattered all records for grades." "The software can't believe it." "Liar!" "A liar and a bad student!" "It's not true!" " Part them." " Wait a while." "Let's go, guys." "Where?" " To see Hibat." " A meeting with the cops." " Seriously?" " Yeah." "Those bastards?" "We'll tell them they're bastards." "Come on." "Ok, stay there, man." "We're Blacks and Arabs, that's why." "We don't judge your appearance or origin, but your acts." "Why keep checking us?" "Not true." "We check everyone, but you're not there to see it." "Why handcuff us before asking for our ID?" "You'd run." "An innocent doesn't run." "If you handcuff us, you see us as guilty!" "Guilty isn't innocent in your eyes" "Why do you stone us?" "Why change the subject?" "They hate each other." "But they're talking." "Beautiful, Maimouna!" " Like the colors?" " Yes." "Why?" " It's for you." " Really?" "Thank you." "I'm touched." "How can you let your husband have several wives and say nothing?" "It's tradition." "Tradition?" "If mine brings another wife home, I'll spit in his food." "That'll stop him!" "Our men don't have mistresses, but several wives." "Good point." "She's right, Rachida." "But it's risky, hygiene-wise." " STDs" " Text messages?" "Those are SMSs." " That's candy." " mms." "Martine?" "Could you turn the light off?" "Having multiple partners without protection is dangerous for everyone." "Don't call on God with each slide." "It's biology." "God save us from biology!" "Understand her." "Because of you, she has seen more nude women in 10 minutes than in her whole life." "Your husband lives with four wives, you're used to it." "Fereshteh, does the man decide the child's sex?" " Not at all." " No way, we'd have died out if he did." "He doesn't decide the sex, he determines it." "With X chromosomes, women can only give birth to daughters." "Man has both X and Y." "If his sperm contains X, it'll be a girl." "If it's Y, it'll be a boy." "So if we can't have boys, it's not our fault." "Of course not." " All right, back to sewing?" " That's ok." "I was sewing too." "I tried to weave ties." "That guy's pretty cool." "Way cool." "He'll help with my résumé." "He's kind." " He's good." " I heard this tune..." "Heavy stuff." "The guy remixed an Edith Piaf song." "You know "Come to my door"?" ""Milord"." " My door." " What?" "My door." "The chick tells a guy to come to her door so she can bang him." "You're nuts." "Edith Piaf sang porn songs?" " Jerk." " Jerk yourself." ""My door"..." "Your résumé?" "I forgot all about it." "The AFPA needs it." " What?" " A training program." "Someone's missing." "Yeah, Elyess." " He's in his village." " On vacation." "He goes there a lot?" "He goes, he comes back..." "He goes." "He comes back." "Give him this message:" "It's not too late." "For what?" "He'll understand." "Our comrades had followed us." "The mountains, Turkey and asylum." "Iraj and Maryam were in France, Nasser in Sweden and Aziz in Germany." "That's where they shot him." " When did you get here?" " Just now." "What happened?" "A party meeting at his restaurant." "I thought he had a clothing store?" "He kept stealing the stock." "He made nothing." "He stole his own stock?" "Two hooded men killed everyone except Aziz." "Since he was serving, he wasn't hit in the head or heart, but in the legs and belly." "I have to see him." "What's up?" "I have good news and bad news." "I know that trick." "It's all bad." "No, it's true." "First the good." "You're alive to hear the bad." "You lost a kidney." "There's a bullet in you." "You'll set off alarms." "Life won't change." "You can carry on as before." "Stealing your stock!" "When do you leave?" "This evening." "Guess who's coming to dinner tomorrow." "1st clue." " Back in the day, we said..." " Ghassemlou." "Fantastic!" "Why..." "My friends..." "Thanks for coming." "He asked why I dressed like a chef." "He did?" "Can you do a magic trick?" "Give me a coin." "He loves magic." "See this coin?" "I put it in this hand..." "It slowly descends..." " Incredible." " Good trick or bad?" "You shouldn't have." "Beautiful..." "Won't you stay?" "People are expecting me." "Ok." "Thank you." "The Kurdish independence leader," "Abdul Raman Ghassemlou, killed in Vienna." "He was meeting three members of his party when gunmen burst in and shot them at point-blank range." "The shooting occurred during a meeting between two Kurdish groups." "Ghassemlou, leader of the Iranian Kurds, opposed the Iranian government to obtain independence." "I can't." "You're not serious." "I did all I could to get your subsidy but I can't renovate the neighborhood." "What?" " I have no choice." " Not true!" "I can't do anything." "You don't want to." "Hibat, give me your hat." "What hat?" "You can't, you don't have a hat." "I don't have the money." "I'm sorry." "That's ok." "Here." "Thanks, Daniel." "When he sees this..." "Even the foosball..." "Hibat, fuck your mother" "Even the foosball, huh?" "Nice and comfortable?" "Try to pick her up, Abdel." "Perfect timing!" "Think it's funny?" "Hide your grin, it's not funny." "This is your center." "All this is yours." "We'll shut down." "No more center." "No more résumés." "No more outings." "No more projects." "No more workshops, nothing!" "Manage on your own." "Want to come to Fontainebleau tomorrow?" "No thanks." "The center shut down a month ago." "It'll do you good." "We'll look at paintings, sculptures..." "Roof beams..." "Grass..." "Come on." " I'll get on board." " Ok." "Come on, girls!" "Hurry it up." "Got your sandwiches?" "No one mentioned sandwiches." "I said to bring a packed lunch." "A packed lunch, not a sandwich." "What else can you bring?" "We brought this." " I said I was ashamed?" " Yes." "Welcome to my life." "Everywhere!" "I'm shocked." "There." "He's in briefs." "Beautiful, isn't it?" "Sorry, I'm miles away." "It's ok." "It'll pass." "I'll resign." "Hi, it's your wife." "Aminata." "Not her." " Neither." " You're a drag!" "You're sure?" "Yes." "You're hesitating." "You hate abandoning people." "Mom!" "Come out of there!" "Rachida, get up!" "Fereshteh, I'm tired." "It's the queen's bed!" "She has great taste." "Rachida, want my seat?" "Maimouna, that's Napoleon's chair." "That was the answer." "To revive the neighborhood, we had to swap places." "The only work I've been able to find is at nights." "So, please, make less noise so I can get some sleep." "You make more noise with your music!" " Shut your mouth." " Be polite." "That's all bullshit." "You date his sister and stir up trouble." "Hey, she's not your sister!" "It's not his business!" "My son has to show respect at school" " We agree." " I insist on it." "But he gets blamed." " Your zouk music..." " Try dancing to it." "That's not the problem." "It's better than Arab music." "You don't dance at midnight." "He lets his kids hang out... 10,000 of them everywhere." "They won't let us live our lives." "We're not doing any harm." "Quite simply, I'm sick of it." "Waste him, man!" "If they carry on, how will they manage?" "They'll be parents too one day." "Who's going to replace us?" "Them, right?" "If they start like this, how will they end up?" " Next!" " Go ahead." "Great." "Awesome." "Next!" "No illegality" "My life is reality" "That sucks." "What're you doing?" "I'm waiting in line." "What a load of losers." "Let's split." "What's the line for?" "Hash." "It's free today." "How's your uncle?" "Your sister?" "Your mom?" "The baby?" "The other baby?" "This stuff must be really good." "Anyone here?" "Shit!" "It's bustin' my fuckin' balls!" "Shit!" "Think about it." "More than 7 years." "I'd need to go wild to get that much." "His wife makes shark cake." "Bullshit." "He wasted a shark." "To make a cake!" "So that's why..." "They eat shark in China, not in Iran." "Where's Iran?" "In Asia." "In Asia, where the Chinese live!" "All right!" "I had a call from your son's teacher." "The class trip is going well, but he fought." "He never fights." "His roommate wouldn't swap beds." "I hope he wasted the kid." "I hate these people who won't swap beds." "Cut it out!" "By the way, he's changed his name too." " He's Kheiron now." " What?" "A stage name or nickname or something." "He rejects the name we gave him?" "I'll disinherit him." "You own nothing." "I'll get rich just to disinherit him." "Good idea." "Give me a minute?" "How's it going?" "It's not too late?" "Our story began in Iran and will end in France." "We have our definition of integration." "We have our story, you have yours." "We'll write a new one together." " With the kids..." " Getting acquainted?" "Is she really deaf?" "Is he really dumb?" "I like all these stands." " He's cute." "What's his name?" " Cinnamon." "I'd eat you if I could." "Can I hold him?" "I'm going to eat you up." "Nice necklace!" "Is it Aztec?" "No, but thanks." "It suits you." "Don't buzz around my girl." "I saw him buzzing!" "What the fuck?" "People bust their asses cleaning up your shit." "They're not fucking idiots." "Don't give me that look." "Get outta here!" "When I arrived here, someone said, "Nothing is ours here."" "But it was theirs." "They just had to take it." "And a few years later..." "Hibat?" "Why didn't you water the plants?" " I'm getting the Legion of Honor." " And the plants?" "I need to call Nouchi." "Am I disturbing you?" "I'm calling to say I'm getting the Legion of Honor." "I just got the letter." "Thank you." "On..." "July 12th." "No..." "He's performing in Montreal." "In that case, we'll postpone it." "No way." "It has to be all three of us." "ALL THREE OF US" "In 2006, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine became Europe's first mediation town." "Hibat is now a European expert in mediation and education." "He still lives in the Paris suburbs." "After graduating top of her class in Social and Urban Development," "Fereshteh became a municipal executive in Stains." "Aziz has retired." "He lives between Tehran and Dusseldorf and has finally settled his problem with clothes." "Nasser is a political analyst on Iranian issues." "He still lives in Sweden." "Fereshteh's parents have settled in France." "Maryam and lraj live in France." "He has his own company and she is a doctor." "Behzad was imprisoned in 2009 for contesting Ahmadinejad's election as president." "He was freed five years later." "Daniel Bioton died at the age of 64." "At 27 years, he is still Pierrefitte's longest-serving mayor." "He was modest and, according to his wishes, no school or street bears his name." "Adama died of a heart attack in 2001." "During urban renovation in the neighborhood, his fresco was destroyed." "A collective recovered the pieces to put the work back together." "Hibat hired Abdel at the center as a sports coach." "He stayed there 5 years." "Mamadou still lives in the neighborhood." "Luckily for everyone, he has given up rap." "Elyess returned to prison for the ninth and last time." "A job offer signed by Hibat got him out early." "He is now an assistant director in a social center in the Paris suburbs and the father of three children." "Subtitles:" "Ian Burley, a.s.i.f." "Subtitling:" "Eclair Media"