"Dedicated to Gadi Danzig" "Ruthie Productions Ltd." "Presents" "A David Tor production" "A film by Yitzhak Tzefel Yeshurun" ""Green Fields"" "with Sharon HaCohen Amit Lior" "Lia Dolitzkiya Shmuel Shilo" "Shmuel Edelman Ruth Charlap" "Directed by Itzhak Zepel Yeshurun" "How do I tell the story?" "Where do I begin?" "It's summer now." "It all began with my father's visit to Israel." "My name is Rami." "I did my basic training in the Territories, in the winter of 1988." "Cold, mud, the Intifada all around us, arrests, stone-throwing." "Our parents were invited to our basic training graduation ceremony." "My father, who had left Israel 8 years ago, decided to come." "I received special leave to meet him at the airport." "Don't be nervous." "Everything will be all right." "Are you nervous?" " No way." "Yes." "My father came with his second wife, an American named Kathy." "I met her in New York during the summer of my sophomore year." "My father worked all day while Kathy and I toured the city." "She was nice." "That's my father." " What?" "They looked like happy tourists." "I thought of my mother who preferred to miss the ceremony than see them." "My new girlfriend, Dana, accompanied me to the airport." "I told her how I was angry with my father and how we weren't in touch." "I didn't want him there and now I know it would have been better if he had never come." "Dana helped me through the long conversations" "I had with them on the phone from the base." "She said, "Your father can't hurt you any more after such a long time."" "Rami!" "Wow!" "I can't believe it!" "How are you?" "Give me a hug." "Come say hello to Kathy." "Hello." "Look at you." "I can't believe it!" "Hello." "Who are you?" " Dana." " Yes?" "Look at you!" " What a riot!" "Look at you!" "How you've grown!" "Hello." "I can't hear anything." "Hello." "Mom, hi." "Yes, it's Shmulik." "It's your mother, your mother, your mother." "We arrived 15 minutes ago." "Yes." "I'm calling from the airport." "You feel all right?" "Not too tired?" "You can rest when you get home." "I've prepared food, everything." "Was it a long flight?" "Never mind." "Yes." "Your father?" "All right." "He's not feeling too well." "He's resting now." "So you feel all right?" "Yes." "You're happy to be home." "So are we." "Yes, it's about time." "Wonderful." "So everything's all right?" "Give it to me." "Hello, Shmuel?" "It's Dad, yes." "So you're finally here." "That's right." "It's about time." "Kathy handled the car rental." "She's Jewish, from Berkeley, lived on Kibbutz Manara for 2 years." "The strained meeting between my father and me worried her." "We're not going there." "We'll go to a hotel." " What happened?" "I don't know." "We'll go tomorrow morning." "But Shmulik, they're expecting us." " We'll go tomorrow." "Fine, we'll go to a hotel." "We'll go to a hotel." "I remember that uncomfortable ride." "Dad told a bad joke and then talked about his business in the States, a supermarket for auto parts, his idea." "I kept quiet." "I sat in the back with Dana and she caressed my hand." "She didn't really like my dad, the Israeli who made it big in America." "Who will help me?" " Just a second, I'II..." "This is yours." "And what do we have here?" "Dad insisted." "He didn't give up." "To break the ice, he invited Dana and me to stay at the hotel." "Not a bad idea." "Why don't you stay and take a room with us?" "Next to us." "Think about it." "I'll be back in a minute." "I decided to make an effort and be nice, too." "Do you want to?" " I don't know." "What do you care?" "We'll be going through a checkpoint, stones..." "It'll be okay." " It makes me feel uncomfortable." "Come on, kids." "I'm paying." "Kathy told me that Dad couldn't fall asleep." "He was agitated." "He showed signs of having an anxiety attack like he did when things were difficult in New York." "After our meeting, he knew seeing his father would be just as awkward." "I can't sleep." " What's wrong?" "My father wouldn't talk to me." " That can't be true." "I'm telling you he didn't want to talk to me." " That's not so." "I feel... complete." "I feel alive." "Dana and I stayed up, too." "It was our first night together but we didn't really sleep together." "She talked a lot about herself." "She gestured and blushed." "I listened to her and was happy." "What are you looking at?" " I'm not looking." " Yes you are." "Enough already." "Come to bed." "Enough already." "Will you sit there all night?" "Tomorrow is a new day." "I'm closing the window." "All the warm air is escaping." "The window's hard to close." "What?" "What did I say?" " Windows." "It hurts to think our son has left for good." " Why do you say that?" "For good?" "Why is everything so final with you?" "Leave me alone." "Take the heater into the bedroom." " I am." "Come on." " Soon." "Don't sit here until the morning." " In a minute." "We left early the next morning." "Dad drove without talking." "At the entrance of the moshav he said, "Nothing's changed,"" "but the yard where he had played as a child was neglected now." "This was Kathy's first visit to my grandparents." "And Dana..." "Dana was animated." "We were in love." "She looked around and said excitedly, "It's so nice."" "It's so nice." "You're so lucky!" "Can I help?" "Thank you." "Take this." "Come inside." "Rami." " Hello." "This is Dana." " Nice to meet you." " A pleasure." "This is Kathy." " Hello." "Now let's say 'hello' properly." "Kiss already, stop acting like little children." "After so many years, the family was together again." "It was difficult to communicate and we were embarrassed." "Grandpa, who ignored Dad's existence after he left the country, softened a little after meeting with him but kept his distance." "He went to work in the yard." "Grandma did all that she could to win Dad back, but didn't always succeed." "Eat up." " I don't believe it." " It's good to be home, isn't it?" "Where's Grandpa?" " He's in the yard, fixing something." "Sit down, I'm going to see him." "Now eat." " You expect me to eat all this?" "Go on, eat." "So this is your girlfriend?" "Hello." "Hello." "Hello." "Where are you from?" " Tel Aviv." " No, your parents." "From Egypt." "Believe it or not." " It's not that faraway." "It's a big country, magnificent country." "A lot of culture." "Did you see the exhibition at the museum of gold, jewelry and statues?" "I didn't make it but I read about it in the paper, I think." "You're such a pest." "Rami." "Grandma, if you don't hurry, we'll be late for the ceremony." "You're right." " Go get ready." " It's a very important ceremony." "The end of his training horse." " Course." " Right, course, course." "They invite the families and everyone." "I'll go get dressed." "Perhaps the story really begins here, at Jerusalem's central bus station." "We missed our bus and waited in the car for the next one." "I was jumpy and was afraid I'd be late for the ceremony." "My wonderful family sits there, waiting for me to arrange things, as if we were on a picnic... but we weren't." "They don't really know what is going on in the Territories." "They continued to live their lives on the moshav and in New York." "We couldn't predict what would happen, we had no way of knowing." "It's the worst bus line in the country." " Stop running around." "Don't interfere." " She isn't." " No?" "Sure she is." "Sir, it wasn't her." "She's the one who said it." "You're telling me?" "You're going to give me advice?" "It wouldn't hurt you to listen." "It's not so bad." "You're also giving me advice like the gentiles?" "I don't need their help." "Now he says you're a gentile." "You should know, some gentiles are better than Jews." "I can do just fine without gentiles." "When they shoot you it won't be as a gentile." "You should be ashamed of yourself." "A young girl, laughing like that." "Are you all right, Dad?" "How much longer do you plan on staying abroad?" "Abroad?" " You know what I mean." "Dad, I thought we'd come here and enjoy ourselves." "All of us, Kathy, everyone." "We'd have a good time." "It's been so long." "Come back home to Israel." " Meir, stop that now." "How much more money do you think you'll earn there?" "A lot." "Hurry, I found us a ride to the army base." "Come on." "Do me a favor." "He's my friend." " I can't, I can't." "It'll be a tight squeeze, but we'll manage." " How?" " In the back." "Do me a favor." "My whole family is here." " I want to help, but how can I?" "Bring them, I'll take responsibility." "Your responsibility?" "What are you talking about?" "I could still have stopped the ride to the ceremony." "Instead of stopping it, I locked my family in a delivery van with no windows, no way out." "At Berkeley..." " That's what I mean." "If I study... the universities here." "What's wrong?" " I can't feel my leg." "Sit down for a minute." " Leave me alone." "Do something." "I'm not leaving you." "Grandpa, listen, 3 of us are armed soldiers, we couldn't be safer." "Let's wait for another vehicle and go together." "Convoys in Israel?" " We really found ourselves a die-hard settler." "My family locked itself in the metal box, cut off from the world." "Dana smiled and thought it was the start of a wonderful adventure." "I was worried." "I knew they would leave the van and step into another world." "Ma'am, put that down please." " It's all right." "I can hold it." "Oh shit, really." "Grandma, this isn't a frying pan." "Dad!" " Take it." "Sit down, Dad." "Sit!" " Forget it." "Something's wrong." " Take your hand away." "Shmulik, tell them to stop." "Put your hand down." "Shmulik, stop them." "Stop the van." "Stop touching." "Stop!" "Are you crazy?" "My leg!" "What's wrong?" "What happened?" " One more word and you're out." "Keep your voices down." "Meir showed the first signs of a stroke on the country roads." "Grandma believed they would disappear." "She had been so looking forward to the family get-together she didn't dare cancel it." "Tzuri was angry and stopped the van." "The cartons of bread overturned and we fell one on top of another." "I thought there was a problem." "Careful, you're stepping on bread." "Dad, is everything all right?" "Careful, you're stepping on the bread." " Why did you stop like that?" "We stopped in the village to clean up the van." "Our loud voices echoed throughout the quiet village under curfew." "Shmulik." " Yes, Dad." "Sit down, I want to talk to you." "Rami, come here." "Come on..." "Come here." "You know what, why don't you leave us alone?" "You're such a stubborn mule!" " What are you talking about?" "Come sit down." "Shmulik, have you heard of Scitex, Alscint?" " Elscint." "Elscint, the Israel Aircraft Industries, top companies, state-of-the-art." "They're worth a lot of money." " Exactly what I wanted to tell you." "That's why I thought you should get involved." "With your head and money..." "I want to go abroad, travel, see the world." "What else?" " I don't know." "Fine, stay there." "Live off the fat of the land." "Leave him alone." "He has the right to live wherever he wants." "He has no right." "Does he have the right to destroy a family?" "Does he have the right to leave his son on his own, in the army?" "It's a father's job to look after his son." "Meir, Meir... - and not leave it for an old couple to do." "It's your job, Shmulik." "It's your job to take care of your son." "Shmulik, don't listen to him." " Why do you have to make me mad?" "Let him talk." " I gave him a practical, logical suggestion." "Shmulik, you're my son." "It hurts me." "You see what's happening to Rami." "Stop that now." " I won't stop." " Stop!" "Kathy." " What?" " Where's Kathy?" "What happened?" "Where's Kathy." " Whoa, the gun." " Hold it!" "Don't load it." "Where is she?" "Where's Kathy?" "Where were you?" " I went..." " Where were you?" "I was looking for you." "What's wrong?" " Where did you disappear to?" "There's a curfew here." "Come on." " What's the matter with you?" "My father keeps yelling at me." "What's the matter with you?" " Poor guy." "I suddenly had a vision of my father, many years ago, in our Tel Aviv home, on the balcony, in uniform, smiling." "I think it was during the War of Attrition." "Maybe I'm remembering a photo." "I was two years old at the time." "Don't disappear on me." "Please, don't disappear on me." " Shmulik..." "Compared to the amount of traffic here, there are hardly any incidents." "Trust me, it's hardly worth mentioning." "What?" " A sergeant drove through here last week and 2 Arab kids threw a cement block on him from a rooftop." "Wow, that's scary." "Are you angry?" " No." " From before?" "What's wrong with you?" "Idiot!" "He's ruining the shock absorbers." "Don't worry about the shock absorbers." "What happened?" " Let's go back to Jerusalem." " What?" "You're so stubborn." " The boy has to get to the ceremony." "Oh, oh." "Prepare yourselves back there." "Hold on." "Don't stop." "Reverse out." " Rami, get out and take care of it." "Rami's a soldier, isn't he?" " Meir, don't start running the war." "We have to drive on." "We can't stop in places like this." "Everybody calm down." "Everything's all right." "I'm here." "Where did he go?" "Hey!" "Clear the stones!" "Clear them away." "Come over here." "Shmulik, open the door." "Open the door!" "Rami, let's go outside and see what's going on." "You boy, come over here." "Do you have a driver's license?" " Call them back." "I can't." "Do you have a driver's license?" "Rami, I'm talking to you." "Mom, nothing happened." "We'll go in a minute." "We have to get someone to clear the rocks away." "Where are you going?" "This is no place for a girl." "Congratulations." " Who here has a driver's license?" "Sil vouz plait, madame." "Meir, do you want to get out?" " Wait, wait." "I'm not very good." " Don't worry." "Get in." "What's your name?" "Dana." "What's this thingamajig?" " You know what a steering wheel is?" "Wait, what's this?" " Never mind." "Here's the clutch, the brakes." "What's this thing?" " The choke." "Never mind." " Get your hands off me." "There's something wrong with my leg." " Forget about your leg now." "Rami, where's your gun?" "Rami, where's your gun?" "Dad, please." "Why did we stop?" "I'll be late." "I'm screwed." "Mom, Dad, sit in the car." "Don't walk around here." " Get everyone, let's go." "Why did he sit me here?" " Do you want me to take your place?" "No, go away." "More." "Over there, to there." "No here, move a little bit more." "What is that?" " They got an Arab to clear the rocks away." "Come on." "Faster." "Bend down." "Good." "Good." "Do some work." "For the first time my grandparents saw how the army cleared roads." "It was a first for Kathy too, a graduate of Berkeley University." "As a child of the 60's, she knew of demonstrations for equality." "She couldn't bear this sight." "She suddenly lost it." "Dad was at a loss, just as he had been before divorcing my mom." "Grandma would also mediate between him and Grandpa when they fought." "Dad would run off, back down, until he went off to America, a lonely, miserable man." "It's hard, I know." "You'll manage." "You'll get over it, like all of us." "Pick that rock up." "Come on." "I tried, but I couldn't think of anything good to say." "Here, let me take the gun." "Come on, come on." "Go talk to Kathy, Dad." "Rami, don't you believe me when I say it is hard for me," "that I came here... just for you?" "You're the reason I came." "I don't expect you to love me, or to even understand." "But I'm asking you to understand." "I'm asking you to." "I love you." "I love you." "Let's tie him up." "Get out of here, kid." "Go!" "Get out of here." "Go away." "Get out of here." "What's this?" "What's wrong with you, Meir?" " Where's the gear?" "What's wrong?" " There's something wrong with the van." "The van is fine." "I use it every day." "It's fine." "Show some feeling." "Okay?" "With feeling." "I don't feel well, I don' know." " What's wrong?" " We have to go." "We have to do something." "Dad doesn't feel well." "You're draining the battery, you fool." "Rami, come over here." "Let's go." "Listen, I don't have a lot of time." " Come on, let's get going." "Don't tell me, "come on." I have work to do." " Go over there." "What's wrong?" "Rami, it will be all right." "We'll get there on time." "We're leaving in a minute." " You asshole, you threw the rocks." "Let them throw rocks at him." "Tie him up, tighter, his other hand too." "They're tying him up." "I'm talking to you." "Are we going?" " Where's... that other soldier?" "I'll go get him." "The battery's dead." "Misha, come on." "Come on, we're going." "Careful." "Misha, come on already." "Misha!" "Misha!" "Misha!" " Let me go." "Let me go." "What's happening?" "Everyone, start..." "Enough already." "Sit down." " I don't feel right." "Over here." "But you're not pushing." "So, what's happening?" "What's going on?" " Get him off, I can't see anything." "A little more." "A little harder." "Second, put it into second." "You'll break something." "Stop!" "Stop!" " Oh my God." "Dana, stop it!" "Get off, get off." "I'm really sorry..." "Where'd he go?" "Get out of the way." "The gear box is shot." "No gears." "You're an idiot." " I'm sorry." " Don't touch her." "You idiot!" " I'm sorry." "I said I'm sorry." "Grandpa..." " The two of you are a pair of idiots!" "Grandpa, are you okay?" " Move, already." " Are you all right?" "Do you feel okay?" "Did you hurt yourself?" "Shut up, already!" "Don't do that to me!" "Would you look at that?" "He managed to come out of it alive." "Look at what you've done!" "You almost killed him too!" "I can't believe it." "It's impossible to kill them." "Which way is out?" " I don't know." " What are you doing here?" "Hey!" "Watch it!" "Are you trying to run us over?" "Damn it." "Can't you see we're trying to stop you?" "We have to do something to make her stop crying." "Get some water." "Here's the ambulance." " You see?" "Enough!" "I don't want to hear anymore about being ill." "I feel fine." "You call this an ambulance?" "I'll show you!" " Meir, be careful." "Ow!" "I got hit in the leg." " Where?" "What happened?" " What have you done?" "Open the door." " No, I can't." "Let me explain something to you." "I can't..." " Open the door!" "This is an army vehicle and they're civilians." "I can't open the door." "Don't give me grief." " I'm talking to you!" "I'm telling you, I can't take civilians." "Open the door already!" "Don't lie to me!" " But I can't..." "I told you, it's an army vehicle." " Don't give me that." "You're civilians, you're not connected to the army." "Go away before I shoot!" " Get away from here!" "I just took 4 bodies to the base." "I can't take you." "It's really disgusting." "Dad, wait a minute, okay?" "Mom, I'm going to get them." "What happened?" "Oh, that's the way." "Come sit down." " What is this?" "How do you feel, Meir?" " Fine." " See how fast the ambulance came?" "What's wrong with my mouth?" "It feels crooked." "Listen." "That doesn't sound good." "You see?" "Your speech is better now too." "Don't worry." "Everything'll be all right." "Stop!" "What are you doing?" "Stop shooting!" " Stop that!" "Here, just a second." " What's wrong?" "Dad?" "It's people like him who are ruining our relations with the local Arabs." "What's going on over there?" "Stupid!" " Forget it." "You're pretty hotheaded yourself, son." "You finally learned how to shout." "You don't know me." " Oh, yes I do." "It's too bad you don't know me, Dad." "Mom, come on, we're going." " We can't leave any food behind." "Okay, fine." "Come on." "An image from the past." "They were talking in the middle of a neighborhood, not a ghost town." "Palestinians lived their lives in their homes, under curfew." "Dad and Grandma refused to understand." "To them, the children in kaffiyas were nameless." "As usual, Dad and Grandma lived in a world of their own." "Dad's not well again, Shmulik." "What do we do?" " It'll be okay." "I don't envy you either." " Me?" "About what?" "You have to decide whether or not to stay in Israel." "I remember Kathy standing by the van and crying." "Not about the Arab who was almost killed but about her husband and her marriage dissolving before her eyes." "And another image," "Dad and Grandma continue to sit in the empty street, the children had disappeared." "Like a picture frozen in time." "Misha, the soldier, returns and... which eventually forces them to be a part of it" "You're endangering all of us." "Don't be a fool." "This isn't a game." "You're the one who's being stupid." "Come on, we have to go." "Are you crazy?" " Stop it already." "Are you crazy?" " Drop it." "Hurry up, Grandma." "Let's go." "Get your hands off me!" " Enough!" "Dana, help Grandpa." "There's blood here." " Give me your hand." "Go get the gun." " I have to bring it to you?" "You asshole!" "Lie down, Meir." "It's better you didn't see." "Get out of here, you asshole." "Enough!" "Calm down." "Enough, I said." "See to your family." "Sit up." "Don't move!" "You took the gun, huh?" "Answer me." "Answer me!" "I was overcome with exhaustion, didn't want to think about anything." "I suddenly saw my father in me." "It frightened me." "He wanted to be a hero." "That's the only thing they understand." "I'll kill you." " Did that excite you?" " I'll kill you." "Calm down, you bleeding heart liberal." "You and your bleeding heart boyfriend." "The two of you cry while we take action." "Arabs don't cry like that." "Kathy, get inside." "Come on, already." "Are you getting in?" " Mind your head." "I'm not staying here." "Hey, stop!" " Wait!" " Stop!" " Not everyone is here." "Wait!" "What's the matter with you?" "Stop." " Can't, they'll kill me at the base." "Stop!" " Wait!" "Stop!" " Wait!" "Stop now!" "Dana!" " Stop!" "Dana!" " I did, I did." "I'm warning you, stop the vehicle." " I did." "Don't go yet." "Wait." "There's another two guys back there." "Okay, I'm not going anywhere." "Stop." "Do you hear me?" "I told you to stop." "I'll never pick you up again, no way, no matter where I see you, even if you're in the middle of the desert." "No way." " Shut up!" "I'm done!" " Stay where you are, don't get out." "Mom, stay there" "Shmulik, what about the other guys?" " The soldiers were behind me." "Shmulik..." " Just a minute." "Rami, are you okay?" "To them I was a little boy who had fallen down and was crying." "Only Dad came over." "For the first time, perhaps for a moment, we were close." "Shmulik, hurry, get back here." "Hurry, Shmulik." "This isn't the right way." "You're driving through the fields." "Never mind the fields, let's just get out of here." "Rami, come sit over here." "I'm fine, Dad." " Of course, you are." "We can't do anything else." " It's okay." "I'm staying in Israel, Dad." "Did someone stay behind to take care of that boy?" "Listen to what Shmulik is telling you." "The boy that Rami beat up." "The three guys who were with us before stayed behind." "We can't go back now, Dad." "It'll be okay." "They're armed, they'll be fine." "They know what to do." "They'll kill them." " They're armed." "They'll be fine." "They know what to do." "They're soldiers." "Dad, move over a bit." "There's blood here." "Careful you don't get dirty." "You'll stay in Israel?" " I have to think about it." "Who asked her?" "When will you listen?" " I heard, I heard." "Rami, we have to go back." "There's no way out from here." "Go back where?" "To the stones?" " Look at this mess." " Make a right." "Why did you stop." "Stand still a second." "Why did you turn the engine off?" "Do me a favor!" "I'm in trouble." "The springs are shot." "The whole car is ruined because of you." "Not another picnic!" " It'll be okay." "Where are you going, Devora?" " You'll be okay on your own." "Devora, don't go." " You'll be fine." "With your son." "It's about time" "Devora!" "It's so nice here!" " Come here." " What's wrong with you?" "Where did your mother go?" " Dad, I'm here with you." "I looked for a way out of the quarry, to get away from the village." "Determination and a strong sense of responsibility replaced my shock." "I wanted to forget what I had done." "I wanted to save my family." "When I fell, I noticed the cyclamens blossoming around me." "The nightmare seemed to be over." "We were in natural surroundings, not a living soul in sight, maybe we were safe." "In my opinion, you are the prettiest and smartest one here." "I want to tell you, this guy here, maybe he's your boyfriend," "I have nothing to do with him." "He hit me, he embarrassed me." "What is this place?" "Why did we stop here?" "We're in the mountains, outdoors." "Don't worry about what's going on." "In the quarry, so Grandma told me a few months later, she thought of her parent who left Russia in 1905 and came to Israel." "Your mother worries me." " There's no need to worry, Dad." "Devora!" "Devora!" "I don't know why." "We worked so hard all those years." "For what?" "I don't know." "You're a very strong woman." " I had no choice." "You won't have an easy life either." "I'm very confused." "I wasn't surprised to see the Arabs on the hilltop." "During a curfew, the wanted ones always escape to the hills." "They could be armed." "I felt relieved." "The actions were justified by the danger." "The hilltop dominated the quarry entrance." "We were surrounded." "There was no way out." "We had to leave the ambulance immediately for higher ground." "We were now at war." "Let's go." " What's wrong?" " We have to move." "They're cutting us off." "Where's Grandma?" " She and Kathy went on ahead." "Come on." "Why don't we go in the ambulance?" " Because there's no path." "Dad, go to Kathy." "Go, go." "Come with me, Grandpa." "Come on, Grandpa." "The Arabs are also on the path we came from." "What's wrong?" " Start going up that way." "I'll explain later." "Go." "Let go!" "I can manage on my own." " Faster, there's no time." "Rami, where did you say?" " Over there." " Give me your gun." "Hurry, hurry." "Come on, Grandpa." " Give me your hand." "I'm fine!" "Dana, get down." "Lower." "Sit down." "Rest for a couple of minutes." "Where's Dad?" "What are you shooting for?" "Are you crazy?" " What do you mean?" "Can't you see there are Arabs over there?" "Get down!" " They're 300 meters away." "What are you doing?" "First of all, stop shouting." " I swear, you're crazy." "What are you shooting at?" " Don't you see the gang over there?" "You want me to get Grandma and we'll throw cookies at them?" "What do you suggest?" "Grandma and Grandpa are here." "First of all, I want you to stop shouting at me." "Why do you think you know everything?" "You come here in your fancy suits from the States, you think you're in the Wild West or in Chicago." "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "You're not a soldier." "We all saw what you did today to the Arab." "Give me the gun." " Leave it." " Give it to me." "You're a civilian." "Give me the gun." "It's my gun." "Get your hands of me." " It's my gun." " Don't hit me." "Don't hit me!" "You have no right to touch me, do you understand?" "You lost that right." "Get away from me." "Give me my gun, Dad." " Stop shouting." "I'll shout all I want." "Give me my gun." " Calm down." " It's mine, okay?" " Stop!" "I'll give it to you but calm down." "Do you hear that idiot?" "Do you know what the Military Police is?" "Do you know what problems I'll have on base?" "I'm going." "I don't want to be here." "Leave me alone, I'm out of here." "Wait, wait..." " I don't want any trouble." "I'm in enough of a mess." "Listen a minute." " I have nothing to do with this bunch of idiots." "Shooting, yelling, there'll be an investigation, I'm in trouble." "I'm up to my neck in trouble." "Shit!" "Let me explain it to you, there will be an investigation..." "You have no right to raise your hand to me." " Calm down." " Go away." "I got along without you until now, I'll continue to get along." "I don't want you here." "Today, it hurts me to remember that argument." "Had I reacted differently, then, perhaps," "Dad would have behaved differently too, later on." "Go back to America." "If there's an investigation, I'll spill my guts, I'll say..." "Don't laugh." "I'm being serious." "I don't understand what I'm doing here." "I was on the road." "Suddenly I find myself in the hills." "Give me your gun, please." " No, do me a favor, don't get me into trouble." " Come on, give me your gun." "No way." "I don't give my gun to anyone." "I don't give it to anyone." "You see?" "Then I'll be in trouble." "I'm sorry, Dad." "I don't know what came over me." "It's like what happened before, with the Arab." "I don't know what happened to me." "Head to the path with Grandma and Grandpa." "It's dangerous over there." "I wanted to apologize, make it up to him, but I couldn't find the words." "Now, at least, the danger was real." "I hoped my actions would be justified." "I don't want to hear anymore." "Take her, talk to her." "I'll go wherever you tell me to." "Enough." "I've had it with you." "I remembered there was a path on the other side of the ridge which leads to the army base." "Before we left, I had to explain myself to Dana and get back into her good graces." "I didn't know that Shlomo had climbed up the hill and saw the Arabs burning the deserted ambulance." "Hey!" "The ambulance!" "They burned my ambulance!" "Now we really had to continue on foot." "We have to go." "Whenever there's a curfew, the hills are swarming with wanted Arabs hiding from the army." "Okay." "What happened to your leg?" " I got hurt back there." "It'll pass." "I don't know what's happening to me." "It was awful the way you beat up that Arab." "It was just... horrifying." " I know, you're right." "Let's go." "Come on." "Grandma..." " Rami, you were wrong to take us this way." "Grandpa can't walk, I can't walk..." " Rami, go help..." " It was a mistake." "Grandma, we're almost there." "Dad, continue along the path, okay?" "Grandpa?" " Go back." "It's okay." "Kathy, take him to the other side." "Come sit down." "Dad, go help Grandpa." "My leg is killing me." "Let me help you, Dad." "Give me your hand." "Come back to Israel." " What?" " Come back home to Israel." "I told you I was staying here." " Come home to Israel." "I told you I would stay, don't you believe me?" "He told you in the ambulance, remember?" "I told you today, in the ambulance, that I was staying in Israel." "Come home to Israel." " You don't believe me" "Okay." "Fine." "Wait a minute." "Dad, what's going on?" "What's with him?" "Shmulik, what happened?" "Nothing happened." "He doesn't remember anything." "I don't know what's happening to him." "Grandma, don't." "It'll just hold us up." "Mom, he doesn't believe me." "What's wrong, Meir?" "Where are you?" "Rest for a minute, everything's fine." "I'll be right back." "Tell him you're coming back to Israel." " No, he doesn't believe me." "Shmuel, it's the only thing that can help him." "Don't you understand?" "He's not well." "I won't tell him." "He doesn't believe me." "Look, Dad's sick." " He's sick so that you can wait on him hand and foot, that's why he's sick." "You should be ashamed of yourself." "Do something." "Shmulik, I didn't tell you this earlier but he's had a stroke before and I recognize the signs." "It can happen again." "I'm begging you." "It's the one thing that can help him." "Now you listen to me." "I'm not saying anything to him." "You're an only son, you owe this to him." "It'll do him good." "What kind of son are you?" " This kind." "I won't say anything to him." "I'm not staying in Israel." "I lied." "I only said it to make him feel better." "I lied to him." "That's all." "You're all I want, Kathy." "I only want you." "I won't give you up." "I love you, Kathy." "I love..." " No!" "Kathy pushed Dad away." "I had hurt him too." "And Grandpa had never come to terms with his son leaving home." "My father was torn between his deep need to be a good Israeli and his desire to save his marriage." "I'm sorry." "Is there a psychological explanation for what Dad was about to do, become different and free me of any responsibility?" "You're going home?" "I'm going to jail." "Come on, Cossack, let's go." "Go in this direction." "Dad, take his leg." "Push from behind." "He can't stand." "Once again the family closed ranks." "It was our last chance for hope and grace." "We had to save Grandpa, whose condition had deteriorated." "And we all pulled together." "I remember one last moment of sanity and then it all fell apart." "Meir!" "In the top drawer in the closet there's a document, a file with 3 apartments." "It has to be returned." " Don't worry." "I'll take you to the bank on Sunday." "Don't talk." "It's not good for you." "Take a deep breath." "Don't worry." "Don't worry and tell Mom not to worry." "Which Mom?" " Mom, tell her not to worry." "He says not to worry about the document." " Forget it." "Something from the bank?" "In Petach Tikva?" " I said forget it." "What document?" " No, he's mixed up." "That was 50 years ago." "It's good you're coming back to Israel." "He'll get better." "You'll see." "You'll get better, like the last time." "Oh, mother." " You're a good boy." "I'm a bad boy." "Stop it." "I know exactly what I am." "Grandpa, sh-h-h-h." "We waited on the hilltop, sitting on boulders for close to an hour." "The ceremony was forgotten." "Grandpa's condition stabilized a bit." "Then, I still thought it would work out, that we could go on living with what had happened, avoiding the slippery slope's point of no return." "The first car we saw didn't stop." "We remained standing on the hill, disappointed." "Dad took another step towards the point of no return." "He swore to himself that he would stop the next car that came along even if it meant using a gun." "Another car will come along." " I would have shot at it." "Another car will come, it'll be okay." " What'll be okay?" "Nothing's okay." "Mom, Mom..." "What are you doing here?" "We have to do something, Shmulik." "People have to know we're here, they have to see us." "Your father's not doing well." "We'll do what we can." " We have to do something." "We can't just sit there." "Go, go take care of Grandpa." "Go take care of Grandpa." "Dad and I will stay here and do something." "Go back there." "You can't do anything here, it's a waste of time." "Go back to Grandpa." "We're stuck here." " You and me?" "It makes no difference, I still have 3 more years to serve." "Don't waste your breath." "I'm not a criminal just because I live in America." "It's not my fault Grandpa is sick." "Were you really lying about staying in Israel?" "I'm not apologizing for anything I did." "I'm not apologizing." "I don't remember if I told you, but he can't be moved." "I remember." "Go back, we'll call you when a car comes." "You're not arguing, are you?" " No, we're not arguing." "Don't start." " Go, Mom, I'll call you." "Do you want to go back to them?" " Whatever you say." "Come on." " Give me a hand." "My friend, Yigal, went into the army 6 months before me," "He told me what was going on." "I didn't believe him." " What?" "He used to be this real quiet guy, he's a real animal now." "I don't want to be here." "I want to go to the States with you." "I'm not going." " But you said you were." "I want to get away from here for a few years." "I'm not going." " Why not?" "When I say I want to go, you're not going?" "That's how it is." "No reason." "I'm not going." " Shit." "Leave that alone now." " What's wrong?" " You'll get dirty." "Leave it." "I'll never know what went through my father's head during those long moments of waiting, before our lives changed forever." "What voice did he hear when he let himself kill?" "Over there!" "Over there!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Turn the engine off." "Rami, come here a minute." "We're taking the vehicle, otherwise Grandpa will die here." "Did you hear what I said?" " You take the gun." "What difference does it make?" "Stop!" "What's the problem?" " Shut up." " What do you mean, shut up?" "Listen to me." "What happened here?" " Sit still." "Don't get up." "Sit still!" " Listen to me for a minute." " I said don't get up." "Here's my identity card." " Shut up." "I don't want your identity card." "Sit down and be quiet." " Don't push me." "Stop pushing me." " Get over there." " I'm an Israeli." "Get over there." " Don't push me." " You, too." "Why do you have to push?" " Get over there and shut up." "Listen, calm down, calm down." "Check things out first." "Are you an Israeli?" " Yes." " Let me see your identity card." "Put it down." "Go over to the tree." " Dad." " Which tree?" " Over there." "I have a different haircut now." " Get over there." "It's him." "It's his." "We work together in construction, in Petach Tikva." "What are you doing, Dad?" "What are you smiling at?" " I feel like it." "Are you settlers?" "Shut up." "Look at the document." "Step back." "Step back." "Are you also an Israeli?" "No, he is." " Then shut up and let him talk." "Shlomo, come here." " What are you doing?" "Get over here." "Rami, look at the picture, tell me if it's him." "It's always in my pocket." "It got ruined in the wash." "I'm telling you this is a waste of time." "I don't know." "I can't tell." "I'm going to check on Grandpa." "Wait here." "What, you're giving out orders?" "Now you're in charge, too?" "Don't start making trouble, come on." "This is a forged document." "I'm confiscating it." "What do you mean?" "What right do you have to take my identity card?" "Move back!" "Move back!" "Why are you here?" "There's a curfew, isn't there?" "This isn't right, pal." " Don't call me pal." "I'm not your pal." "Where did you even here that expression? "Pal"." "Move back!" "Look at this piece of piping." "What is this?" "Move back." "We work in construction." "We're going to pick up laborers." "It's our boss's jeep." "Listen, we need laborers" " First of all, move back." "We have to pour cement tomorrow." " Move back, do me a favor." "Talk to me from over there." "Are you finished talking?" "No, I'm not." "We need a few laborers and we have to go..." "Okay, I get it." "Now just move back." "Shlomo, can you drive a jeep?" " Sure, didn't you see I had an ambulance?" "Do me a favor, start the engine." "Guys, if you don't want any trouble stop talking in Arabic, okay?" "Start it, start it." "What are you doing here?" " No, he... he..." " Get away!" "What are you doing?" "This vehicle is confiscated." "What gives you the right to take it?" "Get over there, I'm telling you." "What do you mean?" "Give me the keys." "Get over there!" "Go!" "Go!" "Get over there!" "Get over there!" "Go!" "Sir, really, I'm not lying." "That's his identity card." "You know you're committing a crime." "Listen up, both of you." " Are we in the jungle?" "Listen to me, the two of you." "I have someone there... - a crime." "Now shut up..." " But it's a crime." " Okay, I heard you, now shut up." "Shut your mouth." "I have an injured person back there." " Animals, in the jungle." "I have an injured person back there." "I have to take him to the hospital." "I'm taking your jeep." "Shlomo, come here." "No, you started it, you finish." "Keep me out of it." "Shlomo, come here." "Come here!" "I swear, if you don't do what I say, I'll shoot you in the head." "My father is lying there, injured." "Now get over here." "Move!" "You get over here, too." "Move!" "Go up the hill and guard them." "Go!" "Go, before I put a bullet through your head." "Move!" "From afar, I looked at my father alone, by the side of the road." "We had abandoned him, left him carrying the responsibility." "He must have said to himself, "They hate me, but I'll look after them." "I'll save them." "I can never stop thinking about it." "Day after day, I say to myself," ""Maybe, if I had shown more compassion, things would have been different."" "Rami, take the gun." " I don't need it." "Come on, take it." "I refused to take the gun, I didn't want to be responsible." "I told myself I wouldn't fight my father." "There was still time to intervene." "Instead of taking my gun back, I decided on revenge to prove that I was clearly better than him." "Mom, I got a vehicle." "I have to take Dad down to the road." "He can't be moved." "I told you." "We need an ambulance." "We don't have an ambulance here." "We have to get him to the hospital." "He wants Rami." "Rami, come here, he wants you." "What did you say, Grandma?" " He wants to talk to you." "Treasure." " He says there's a treasure." "Speak up, Grandpa." "I can't hear you." "Treasure, buried in the ground." "He says it's buried in the ground." "Maybe it's true, maybe there really is a treasure." "What treasure?" "Stop it." "Enough." "We have to take him to the road." "Deep in the ground." "He says it's buried in the ground." "Maybe it's true." "Maybe we just don't know." " Rami." "Maybe during the time of the Turks he buried a treasure in the ground." "Mom, did you ever hear anything about a treasure?" "Shame on you." "Enough about a treasure." "Rami, it was under the Western Wall." "Right, let's take him." " This really makes me feel uncomfortable..." "Come on, Grandpa." "We were ourselves again." "We all shared a deep emotion." "We must save Grandpa." "I forgot about the Arabs on the hill." "For a moment, once again, I was happy to be part of the family." "Listen, guys." "I'm with you." "I saw what happened." "I know it's not right." "I also..." "look, I'm a soldier." "Where are you from?" " I'm from here, that's my village." "I'll come with you when you go to make a complaint." "Take my name and identity number." "But right now, do me a favor and sit quietly." "He's not normal." "What do you mean?" " He's crazy." "Yes, he yells the whole time." " He's crazy, his father's crazy and even his son hit me." "Kathy, higher." "Wait, let's sit him up." "Slow down." "Wait." "Meir, this was a mistake." "Wait for the ambulance to come." "Rest a bit." "Give him some air." "Let him breathe." "Give him some air." "Dad, stop." "Please, open your eyes." "Stop, please." "Sit down!" " Okay, okay." " Sit down, I said." "Dad, wait!" "Sit!" " Dad!" " Lie down." "Get up and get out of here." "Get up and go." " Dad, you're making a mistake." "Give me back my gun, Dad." "This will end badly." "Stop." "Go over there." "Don't come near me." "Go over there." "Dad, this isn't right." " Over there!" " Why are you doing this?" "To the right." " Dad, you're making a mistake, give me my gun." "I'm a bad son?" "Go tell Grandma that I'm a bad son." "Go!" "Okay, stay here." "Don't do anything." "Sit down!" "Sit down!" " Soldier!" "Get up!" "Soldier!" " Sit down!" "Now sit down and be quiet." "Let me think." "Sit still." "Let me think." "What's the matter?" "He's crazy." " Who?" "Dad?" "He's going to kill someone." " I don't believe it." "Go tell him to come here." "Tell him to come." "Grandma, I tried talking to him." "It's impossible to talk to him." "But we need him." "We're waiting for an ambulance." "I'm telling you, he could kill someone." "He's gone crazy." "Take the jeep, take the guy's address and return it to him and I'll go home." "What are you talking about?" "Don't lie to me." "You're lying." "You said you were from Israel." "Liar." "I'll take a taxi." " He'll sleep at my house." "You're a liar." "You're lying." "Where's Rami?" "My father is lying there." "He's lying there." "Don't worry." "We'll straighten things out." "Dad, come over here." "Come here, I want to talk to you." "Sit still." "What do you want?" " Listen to me." "Legally speaking, this is a kidnapping." "Do you understand?" "You're not a soldier." "You're not even allowed to carry a weapon." "Listen, what are you talking about?" "There are two guys here." "If I let them go, they'll get their friends from the nearby villages, there'll be a massacre, Rami." "There won't be any massacre." "Let them go." "I won't let them go." "Do I have to tell you what happened in the Etzion Bloc?" "35 people were killed because one person was released." "The Etzion Bloc?" "What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about the fact that you almost beat someone to death today, that's what I'm talking about." "Stop driving me crazy, Rami." "What's the connection?" "Why are you always lying?" "You lied to Grandpa, too." "Why do you always lie to us?" "Rami, stop driving me crazy." "Enough!" "You're a cheat!" "You're always lying." "Sit down!" "Stop!" "Why should he?" "He's an Israeli, that's his ID card and you know it." "Why do you always lie?" "Dad, let's go, Grandpa is in the jeep." "Let's go." "Leave them alone." "Dad, Dad, he's in the jeep, let's go." "What do you want from them?" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Stop!" "I won't stop." " Get over there now." " No." " Get over there." "Dad." " Be quiet." " Dad, Grandpa's in the jeep." "Dad!" " I said, sit down over there." " Dad!" " The two of you, sit down." "Dad." "You asshole, look what you've done." "It's nothing, it's nothing." "Look what your father did to me." "Look what your father did to me." "Sit down." " Okay." " I said sit down." " I'm sitting." "When the army comes, I'll tell them what I saw." "Sit down." " I'm sitting." " I said sit down." "I am sitting but I'll tell the army what I saw." "Stay there." "Sit down." "Sit down." "Sit down." "Here's the situation." "The Arabs are staying here with me." "Rami will also stay, with one of the guns." "Grandpa will stay with us until an ambulance comes." "Shlomo, take the women with you in the jeep and go get help." "Where's Rami?" "What happened there?" "What was that gunshot up there?" " I shot the Arab, okay?" "Someone else want to be responsible for this?" "No problem." "Anyone?" "Good." "Shlomo, get in the jeep." "Did you really shoot the Arab?" " Shlomo, please get in the jeep." "I can't believe it." "He's crazy." "Come, Dana." "Get into the jeep." " Just a minute." "You have to go." " Where's Rami?" "What did he do?" "Nothing." "I..." "I fired." "I killed him." "Come, get inside." "Take good care of him, okay?" "Rami, too." "You're a good boy, Shmulik." "We know you've had some hard times, but you overcame them." "You'll get over this too." "Move over." "Get in." " Drive." "But where are we going?" " Go, until you get there." "The jeep left." "I remained on the mountain." "Dad and Grandpa remained on the road." "Grandma freed Dad from all guilt, Grandpa was a shadow of himself." "Is everything all right?" " They went to get help." "And your studies are going okay?" "Everything's fine, Dad." "Your studies, they're..." "I am the murderer, a real accomplice." "I saw, I heard, I was there." "I didn't intervene, I didn't stop it." "I could have stopped it." "It's too late now." "This is where my story ends." "Tahir was on his way to his village." "We were afraid to remain on the open road." "We decided to move Grandpa to the nearest rock shelter." "I, Amit Lior, the actor who played Rami, thought about the movie." "I asked myself, did the Grandpa we were dragging represent an entire dying generation, deaf and blind to the cries?" "As a soldier I might have beaten and shot when it was possible not to shoot and kill." "If I were to tell my Grandfather, he would refuse to believe it." "Give me a kiss, here, on my cheek." "A sweet kiss." "I'll say I killed him." "You're not a soldier, you'll get in trouble." "I'll manage." "I'll think of something." "It's better I take the blame." "That's good, that's good." "The role of Tahir was played by Milad Matar." "The director said to him, when you get close to the camera, stop, and look directly at it." "Look at it 3 times." "We stood in the back, the crew and the director." "The camera shot Milad from the one angle it had." "All the camera can do is show us things." "If we want to know what Milad thought, we will have to let him talk, something he didn't do here." "I asked the director who is Rami?" "He said Rami didn't recognize the spot on the slippery slope where murder follows." "The director, "No, I said that you, Amit, didn't understand that things are happening here and that there's no going back."" "And I replied, "the same can be said of you."" "This movie was made possible with the assistance of the Yigal Efrati Israeli Fund for the Promotion of Quality Films." "English:" "Penny Rabinovitch Subtitles:" "Elrom Studios"