"Well done, Tsakos!" "You got us a great post." "Beware, they are eagles!" "Get up!" "They're coming!" "They're coming." "Shoot!" " Who's crying this time?" " Thomas." "What is it, Thomas?" "What's wrong with him, Soulis?" "He's crying for mother." " Give him to me." " Let me tell them a few words." "Listen Soulis and Thomas..." "You're still too young and might not understand what I'll say... but you must put it in your head that your mother is gone." "She died and we buried her." "She was kind and God wanted her by His side." "Now we sold the land and we're going to grandfather's land... to Laga with the waters." "And we'll forget about her." "Put the money down and go." "The gendarmes will be after you." "We all risked our lives to get this money." "You'll get your share when I'm better." "I'll meet you in Vlachokalives." "You're loosing blood." "You'll be dead before you know it." "If I die, you'll never find out where I hid the money." "So see that I live..." "Leave!" "Where are you going?" "There's a river around here, I'll go fill the water-bags." "Drop your weapon!" "I told you to drop your weapon!" "Your hands!" " Where's the money?" " What money?" " Where did you hide the money?" " You have the wrong person." " You killed someone, it smells." " It's not mine." " The horse?" " That either." "Are you crazy?" "I'm not the one you're looking for." "I have no idea!" "Get out, that's enough." "What's up?" "They're bringing him." "Wait..." "Have some water." "My hand are tied." "Thank you." " What are you doing here?" " I went for water." "Go home." "I don't want you to see." "Do as you're told!" "You take the horses." "Get in line!" "Move it!" "Men!" "Attention!" "Verdict: 116 of the 5th of March." "The Criminal Court of Tripolis convicts to death..." "Efstathion Karatasos, son of Haralambos... for armed robbery and murder." "Murder is an especially hideous crime." " Do you have anything to say?" " I'm innocent." "That concerns the court that convicted you." "Anything else?" "Do what you have to do as fast as you can." "Before anything happens I want you to hear this man out." "I am Manolis Moshoutis, brother of the man you murdered and robbed." " I didn't kill or rob anyone." " You can't bring him back." "Tell me where you hid the money." "You won't be needing it." "Get out of my sight!" "All this time I'm telling you I'm innocent." "I killed no one, I'm not a robber." "I don't know where your money is." "Leave me alone and let's get this over with." "Men!" "Attention!" "Prepare to shoot!" "Aim!" "Stop!" "You shouldn't have come." "Pigi, take the children and leave." "From now on you'll be both a mother and a father to them." "Make them good men." "Go now." "Do as I tell you." "Shall we get this over with?" "Men!" "Attention!" "Prepare to shoot!" "Aim!" " Stop!" " What is it, Manolis?" " What is it?" " An order to delay the execution." "Why didn't you say so?" "Did we have to go through all these?" "I thought that he might talk in front of the guns." " You were wrong to do so." " I did what I had to do." "He butchered my brother and has hidden my whole fortune!" "You think he's scared?" "You leave." "Men!" "Dismissed!" " Just a moment..." " What is it, Tsakos?" "Nothing..." "Three months now I couldn't get a word out of him." "Too bad..." "I was preparing a commutation of your sentence." " Three whole years..." " Is it my fault he's not talking?" "I was nice to him, I let him smoke, I acted like a friend..." "What else did you want me to do?" "Wait!" "You gave me your word." "You have to get me out." "Two years now I do as you tell me." "I chased after robbers..." "I guided the gendarmes night and day..." "I told you all I heard in the cells!" "I became a snitch!" "A while ago I dug that hole!" "You're Stathis Karatasos?" "We came here for you." "We want to talk." "Who are you?" "My name is Tsamis." "I'm a robber from the day I was born." "The slim one is Thanassis Tsoskas... he likes blood." "This is Stamos Tsaros." "He insulted a squire and got his tongue cut." "Then he cornered his wife in a stable and left for the mountains." "The little one is Raiko Veles, he's a robber... but he's too sensitive and can't live on the mountains." " You said you wanted to talk." " Listen, pal... we're friends of the robber you killed to steal his money." " I killed no robber." " Come on now..." "He was an animal and you were right to kill him." "Tell us where you hid the money and we'll let you go." "We'll give you a share." "This way you'll escape prison too." "I know nothing about the money." "I swear." "Don't swear, if you say so I believe you." "Talk!" "Where's the money?" " Talk!" " The gendarmes!" " What are you waiting for?" " If he's dead, we loose the money." "You want it all for yourself and it will do you no good." "I hear you have a beautiful down in Laga." "You want her to pay for it?" "Listen to me, you animal!" "You all listen to me!" "I have no idea!" "Even if it were true, my sister has nothing to do with this." "She's still a child." "If you touch a hair of her head, nothing will be able to hold me!" " Did you hear me?" " We heard you..." "Very soon you'll hear news from us too." "And then you'll talk, whether you like it or not." " Eat." " I'm not hungry." " You have something against me?" " Leave me alone, Tsakos." "It's a pity..." "For you..." "You know what I'd do if I were in your shoes?" "I'd give half the money to lawyers to save my head." "You're wasting your time, I have not hidden any money." "But if I had, I wouldn't say it to you." "Why?" "You can smell a corpse from a mile..." "You can't be trusted." " You'd sell out your own mother." " Stop it." " Hear me out!" " Shut up!" "You're a snitch and an undertaker of your fellow-prisoners!" "Open!" "Break it up!" "Break it up, you dogs!" "Whoever does this again, I'll cut his legs off!" "You go with the guard." " I'm not going." " Who asked you?" "Move!" "Upstairs." "Who is it?" "My boss told me you need him for a chore." "I heard you were a carpenter before they brought you here." "What do you want?" "A board in the roof is broke." "The warden said to fix it." "Like this?" " Take them off." " The sergeant has the keys." "Go bring them, I'll guard him." "Go, I said..." " Sit." " That's alright." " Married?" " My wife died." " What are you in here?" " I'm marrying the warden." " He said you're only his maid." " Did he tell it to you?" "He tells everyone." "Has he promised to marry you?" " How many years ago?" " Enough." "You're a beautiful woman and you'll go to waste." " You have a kind heart." " How do you know?" "Three months now you show me compassion." "On the way to my execution you gave me water to drink." "You were there by chance?" "Tell me... did that board really break?" "They told me you were a carpenter and I got a ladder..." "Forgive me, I couldn't do otherwise." "Stop or I'll shoot!" "Karatasos escaped." "I swore to bring him back dead or alive." "I send people to his village to wait for him." "The sergeant will go alone in the mountains to look for him." "But the sergeant is not from here, he doesn't know our land." "I want one of you to go with him who knows the land well... and can follow tracks." "Is there anyone who does?" " Can I ask something?" " Speak..." "I was born in the mountains and I know of tracks." " What will I gain?" " You'll be released." "You've said that again when I trapped the robbers for you." "The robbers got away and we never found the money." " See that you don't escape." " No need to worry about that." "If I escape now I'll never find any peace." "I want to get it over with the authorities once and for all." "Will you go or not?" "Karatasos is as strong as a bull and as quick as an eagle." "The sooner we get started the better." " Do you see something?" " Don't rush." "You're mother kept you inside her for nine months." "I bet he's going to Aspra Homata." " What's here?" " The doorway to Klisoura." "Let's go quickly before he gets through." " Do you see anything?" " Look down there." "What do you think will happen?" "I got your rabbit out!" "Now you think what you'll do with it." "Watch it, he's got a gun!" "I hear he knows how to aim." "Shoot him!" "Wherever he goes, we'll get him." "He's on foot and we're on a horse." "Do you want to know something?" " He might be thinking the same." " What do you mean?" "We'll see in a while." "He's heading to the lower passage of the gorge." "If he gets there first, we lost him forever." " Why?" "Where is he going?" " Come and see." "Be quick now while the tracks are still fresh." "Where are you going?" "Wait!" "Tsakos!" "Don't move around, you'll drown!" "Grab onto this!" "Grab it!" " Where were you running to?" " Keep your hands down!" "Where were you going?" "I followed him and got stuck in the mud." " He got what he wanted!" " What?" "He wants us to leave the horses and follow him on foot." "The passages in the swamp are difficult to cross." " Take the horse and you're dead." " He must be around here." "We'll see about that." " Why are you sending them away?" " So Stathis won't get one." "Follow me and step where I step." "The gun..." "It's a trap for wolves." "This is Stathis' work." "Take it out." "Stathis..." "He wants to burn us alive." "We must draw away from the reed." "What happened?" "Karatasos placed traps for wolves." " Take him to the doctor." " Aren't you coming?" "What are you doing there?" "I'll go finish his job." "Tell them that I'm bringing Karatasos back dead or alive." "Don't shout!" " I heard you were in jail." " I escaped and they're after me." " Is anyone in the inn?" " No, come quickly." " Eat..." " It was enough." "I'll take the rest with me." "Thank you." " You've helped me again." " I thought you had forgotten." "You can't forget such things." "I was 17..." "Poor and orphaned..." "You and your father for 5 years were like family to me." "I was something more than a family member to you..." "Remember?" " Then you married someone else." " Fate decides such things." " Did you have children?" " Two." "That's why I escaped." " They are in Laga with my sister." " And their mother?" "She died." "We're together again..." "The two of us." "Like back then..." " How did you get here?" " This is it." "One of us must be spared." "God made you leave your gun." "Don't shoot!" "I swear I'll stop coming after you." " Let me go." " You don't let a snake go." " They hit them on the head." " Don't!" "You might be an eagle but I'm a fox." "I swore that I'd take you back dead or alive." "I had seen you and I left my gun on the rock on purpose." "It was loaded..." "No bullets, just with the gunpowder." "Whose is this?" "Eat..." "We have a long way to go tomorrow." " Why are you looking at me?" " They'll kill me." " I didn't do that robbery." " I'm not the one who judged you." "You're judging me now." "My life is in your hands." "Over at Laga my grandfather has a shack, my sister is there." "The robbers caught me yesterday." "They told me that if I didn't give them the money... she'll have to pay for it." "She's a 20 year old girl." "Stop staring at me and go to sleep." " Tomorrow you'll be dead tired." " You're an animal, Tsakos." "You talk, you think and you walk on two legs... you look like a man but you are not one." " What does "man" mean?" " You are crazy." "I'm the son of the man under that cross." "He'd cut trees and we carried them to the river." "In winter we were snowbound in here." "We were hungry." "One morning he went out to find us something to eat." "He came across a pack of wolves." "They were hungry too." "You mother?" "I never met her." "How old were you when your father died?" " Eleven." " And you lived here?" " Where else?" " How did you survive?" "I hunted small animals and large animals hunted me." "The woods were filled with chestnut trees and oak trees." "There were blackberries and roots." "When I'd hear a voice, I'd go out and see a shepherd." "He'd take one look at me and leave." "People..." "I spent all my years in the woods and the mountain." "I can't take prison." "Tomorrow I'll take you back and they'll live me alone." "How are you?" "I'm dizzy and my arm feels like it's from wood." "Have some milk, I found it in a fold." "It'll do you good." "Why are you looking at me like that?" " Why didn't you let me die?" " Is that what you would have done?" "I'd never put poison in my mouth." " You must be crazy." " I'm not crazy." "I'm just a man..." "Hold on me." "Why don't you leave me here?" "I'm a burden." "You're running a fever, if it gets worst and you're alone you'll die." "Where are we going?" "I have to get to my shack as soon as possible." "Soulis!" "Thomakos!" "You're getting all dirty again?" "Who are you?" "What are you asking for?" "We're poor." "If you want bread, we don't have any." "Just water and hay for the horses." "We didn't come for bread or for water." "We're close friends of your brother." "Of Stathis?" "He owes us money and we came to get a guaranty." " Why are you like that?" " Don't come close to me." "Open the door!" "It's coming from the shack." "Are you alright?" "Let me go!" "Calm down!" " Come here and stop talking." " Let me go!" "Stay still!" "Get out!" " Let me go!" " Get the rope." "Hold her hands." "Soulis..." "Thomas..." "Tell me what happened?" "Don't be scared... we're here now." " They took Pigi." " When?" "Now." " How many were they?" " Four." " Where did they head?" " There." " Are you leaving?" " I have to." " I must bring back Pigi." " And we'll stay here alone?" "What are you planning to do?" "Go back to prison empty-handed." "Why don't you stay here with the children?" " To do what?" " Take care of them until I come." " See they don't die of hunger." " What will I gain?" "What did I gain for saving your life?" " You're a man." " Time for you to become one." " No need for that." " What do you ask for?" "If you come back alive... let me tie you up and take you back." "Listen to me well, I'll go to the mountains to bring Pigi back." "For as long as I'm gone, your uncle Tsakos will be here." "He is kind and you listen to everything he says." "We'll meet here and things will happen as you wish... if I come alive." " What's up?" " We're thirsty." "Drink." "Is that what you will do?" "Follow me like dogs?" " Did you drink?" " No." " It's dirty." " You washed your face in it." " What do you want now?" " We're hungry." " Is there anything to eat?" " There's flour." " And we'll eat flour?" " Pigi baked it." "That's what I need now." "To wear an apron and start making bread." "I've never done that, you might as well forget it." "We'll need water too." "And now?" "We'll have just bread?" " Pigi made beans too." " Where does she keep them?" " We ate them." " So what are you going to eat now?" "Where are you going, uncle Tsakos?" "Wait here, I'll be back." "You've been stealing from us for a whole month now." " Me?" " Shut up!" "If I catch you around here, you're dead!" "What are you doing here?" "Drink." "What do you think of the palace?" "Lay it down." "What are you waiting for?" "First you'll get out." " I'll scream." " Scream as much as you please." "Scream like a bull being slaughtered." "Only the ruins and the wild animals will hear you." "Silly!" "And you acted like you didn't want this." "What is it?" "The door." "You have the guts to kill?" "My brother took me with him when he hunted for wolves." "Don't be stupid and shoot, the others will tear you to pieces." "If you behave wisely nothing will happen to you." "Drop your bullets." "The bullets!" "Leave it!" "And the gun..." "Turn around." "Thanassis!" "Raiko!" "Raiko!" "Shoot, Raiko!" "Why didn't you shoot?" "Now that she's gone, how are we going to get the money?" "I've told you that you're soft, you're not for the mountains." "I'm not soft, I am a man and I refuse to shoot at women." "Don't be scared, I won't spare another bullet... until your spirit leaves your body..." "I want you to count the crows that will come for you." "Let's go!" "Hello, old-man!" "Did you see a girl on a horse heading to the villages?" "I saw a girl heading to the lake." "To the lake?" "What's wrong with you?" " Why is he crying?" " He's scared." " Of what?" " Of thunderbolts." "And when there are thunderbolts you stay up all night?" " We sleep with Pigi." " Why don't you sleep now?" "She used to tell us stories." "I don't know stories." "I was never told one." "Come here." "Come here, I said." "Feel better now?" "You're not scared of thunderbolts, right?" "Close your eyes then and sleep." "Alright..." "Once upon a time... there was a forest... a large forest, with plenty of tall trees... and darkness... and the rays of light would come through the branches like knives!" "In the heart of the forest stood an elm-tree... whose top touched the sky." "That elm-tree had a hollow that was dark and warm... and in there... a small deer found shelter." "The forest was large and full of wild animals." "The deer loved them." "It thought they were its family." "Children of the forest." "But every time it approached them they send it away... or they attacked it screaming!" "Then the deer knew that the animals weren't his family... and it grew up all alone... chasing it's shadow on the fields... or playing with itself with the waters of the spring." " Who are you?" " A friend of your brother." " I don't know you." " We met in prison." " I helped him escape." " Where is he now?" "He's looking for you in the mountain." "What are you doing here?" "Playing nanny to your nephews." "Don't shoot." " You'll be out of bullets soon." " What do you want me to do?" "Give me the gun." "Give it to me!" " Are you badly hurt?" " She hit me on the shoulder." "The bitch will pay for it!" "She's not shooting, a man is." " Did you see him?" " I saw his bullets." "Hey, you!" "Aren't you ashamed to shoot at a woman?" "Robbers have skim, they are not cravens." "Who are you we have to answer to?" "Get out and show your face." " We want to talk to you." " Don't go, they're animals." "Come out and don't be scared, you can trust us." "Put your guns down and stand up!" "All three of you!" "Wait, don't trust them." "Take them close to you." "Pal, want to know something?" "You are good." " I thought you were her brother." " I'm a friend of his." " Is it worth dying for friendship?" " Sometimes it is." "It's stupid!" "That's what I used to say." "We're three and you're one, if you stay you'll die." "And what do you want me to do?" "Leave a girl and two babies in the hands of animals?" "See what you are?" "I'm nice to you and you call me names." "I'll tell you one last time, leave before it's too late." "Pal..." "I'm waiting for an answer." "Since you want my answer, here it is." "Leave the girl and go, or else I'll stay and God be with you." " Are you in pain?" " It's nothing." "Silence, it's nothing." "Take the lambskin of." " What is it?" " I'm in pain, damn him!" "You hit him too and now you're even." "Go to the horse and bring tobacco." " Am I hurting you?" " Not at all." "You're risking your life and you don't even know my name." " Pigi..." " The children told you?" "I heard it when your brother was going for execution." "That's when I first saw you." "But now you seem... very different." " Meaning?" " You're even more beautiful." "And you're courageous." " What's your name?" " Tsakos." " From the city?" " From the mountain." " Do you have a family?" " I never had one." "Let them..." "Give me the tobacco." "Not this hand." "If they find out that I was hit on my right hand... they'll try to come in." "Where did you learn how to fight?" "I was in the Macedonian Corpses for three years." "You lost a lot of blood and you need to rest." "Give me the gun, I'll keep watch." "Those out there are jackals!" "If we are loose for a minute they'll kill us like dogs." "You were up all night, sleep for a while." " Where did he go?" " He left." " You shouldn't have come out!" " I was scared." "I woke up and didn't find you, I thought you had left." "Calm down, I didn't leave and I never will." "You are a kind man, Tsakos." "I don't know if you know it, if anyone ever told you... but you are a kind man, the kindest I've ever seen." "Say that again." "You are a kind man." "Watch it!" "Let's go." "I have an idea." "The stable is full of hay... and the shack is of wood." "Like it?" " You shoot to keep him there." " Wait until we reach the well." "He came out carrying hay." "They set fire, they'll burn us alive!" "Stop it!" "What are we going to do?" "When I open the door, take the children and run!" " And go where?" " Wherever!" " And you?" " Do as I say and don't stop." "Don't turn your head back not even for a moment." "Watch it!" "Watch for your life." "I'm asking you as a favour." "Go to the furnace so we'll have him in the middle." "You're two against one!" "Whoever is a real man, stand up and fight me straight!" " Did you hear me?" " I'm coming, Tsamis!" "Get up!" "Leave the child alone!" "We'll fight against each other." "I knew it from the first minute that you're stupid." "We'll you be able to fight in such a mess?" " I'll try..." " You were hit on your left hand?" " I was lucky." " I can see that." "I was good while hurt." "It's your turn to try now." "Farewell..." "But go far away, so I won't know you anymore." "You're a child, you can change." "Your life is before you." "Wait!" " What are you doing?" " What's wrong?" " Someone must say a prayer." " For the robbers?" "Aren't they Christians?" ""Our Father, who are in Heaven"." "Our Father, who are in Heaven..." "Hallowed be thy name." "Thy kingdom come." " Thy will be done..." " On earth as it is in Heaven." "Give us this day our daily bread." "And forgive us our trespasses." "As we forgive them that trespass against us." " And lead us not..." " And lead us not into temptation." "But deliver us from evil." "Amen." "I'll go get the horses." "Stathis!" "Where are you going?" " Why did you prepare the horses?" " I'm leaving with Tsakos." " Where will you go?" " Back to prison." "Are you crazy?" "Do you want to get killed?" "Tsakos is a man of the authorities." "I must let him take me back." "I gave him my word." "He is obliged to do it." "You build the shack again and take care of the children." "Wait!" "Don't get on it, you don't have to." " What do you mean?" " I'm going alone." "What will you tell them?" "That you drowned in the swamp so they'll leave you alone." " And what will you do?" " What everyone does." " I'll go to jail until my release." " In jail?" " Stathis said you have authority." " He lied to cover for me." "I have no authority, I'm an animal." "I share the same cell with your brother and I'm a snitch." "A prisoner who went after another prisoner... so he could get released sooner." "You were wrong." "I'm not even worth of you spitting at me." "You almost lost your life." "Now you're leaving alone." " You do too much for us." " You did even more for me." "I spent my whole life being on my own." "You two and the children... taught me that no man is completely alone." "I thank you." "If you want... one day... whenever you want... whenever they release you..." "come here..." "I'll wait for you." "I'll wait my whole life." "Come again..." "We'll build our shack and keep a place for you." "I'll be back since you want it." "You'll wait three winters and three summers..." "It'll be spring, right when the fields will be turning green..."