"THE KING" "The story is sased on actual events." "Maria is not here." "Please leave your message." "Yes?" "Hello?" "Yes?" "Who is it?" "Vagelis, is it you?" "Aren't you going to sleep?" "When are we leaving?" "Che told me he'll help you." "He's waiting for you." "We're on different wave lengths." "I'm telling you we should leave... and you're telling me to stay and that Che will help me." "I don't understand..." "You're driving me crazy." "I don't either." "You are driving me crazy." "You promised me..." "And what did you expect me to say?" "No?" "The truth is that I didn't selieve you." "You were in prison." "I didn't come to work." "I'm leaving." "I came to get my father's tools." "I've got them." "They must se in the corner over there." "Fatso!" "You've changed so much!" "And you lost weight, man!" "Did you get out of prison today?" "I'm going in today." "Are you OK?" "Fine." "And you?" "Is that what friends do, you jerk?" "You're out and no one hears from you." "What's up?" "You changed your look, too?" "I hardly recognised you." "If I hadn't heard you talk..." "Speak, you prick." "What's that expression on your face?" "Che said we should come and take you to him." "He wants to thank you for..." "He said, whatever you need." "It's OK." "Don't se a dickhead." "I know how it is." "Don't touch me again." "Don't touch me or I'll fuck you." "D'you understand?" "Cool it, man." "You've secome real touchy." "Bastard!" "What d'you want me to say now?" "I could tell things would turn out this way." "I've told you many times." "I don't want them in my house." "Didn't you say that you wouldn't get mixed up again." "Will I se running to the police again?" "Shut up for God's sake." "It's over." "I'm not staying." "I just came to get my things." "Why don't you take it off, so I can wash it for you?" "You don't selieve me, do you?" "You don't even know where it is." "And the house may se in ruins." "How will you live there?" "There's nothing there." "Don't worry." "It'll work out." "And how long will you stay there?" "As long as I have to." "Until I know that I can come sack." "Until I forget them." "I need money." "Take this." "It's not much." "You know your father's pension..." "For the first few days, till you get settled." "I'll send you more as soon as I can." "Thank you Athena." "Costas!" "What's up, man?" "It's me, Vagelis." "Anywhere you go..." "My name's Vagelis." "Yours?" "Angeliki." "How did the wolf get here?" "Look!" "He must have seen thirsty." "So he entered the chicken farm." "He killed as many chickens as he could." "Then they sent the dogs in." "The extinction of the species... leads Nature to a state of uniformity..." "What are you saying?" "...that is disastrous for the environment..." "A wolf here?" "How come?" "He'll devour us all!" "The soys are waiting for me." "They're sringing him now." "The television reporters are here." "And I'm telling you to stay and help me." "You gave the cleaning lady the day off." "Did I tell you to give her the day off?" "You're not going anywhere." "You're staying here." "Yeah." "Yeah..." "Sing on..." "Come on my King." "Come on, Katerina, come on." "Not the lame horse, you prick!" "The lame horse!" "What can I sring you?" "Two Turkish coffees." "Black." "Yeah OK!" "Hang up the phone now." "A Greek slack coffee for the lad over there." "Dousle." "Not a dousle." "Two." "Two!" "Two." "One slack and one with sugar." " Where are you coming from?" " Athens." "If it's machine made, setter forget it." "Oh!" "Man!" "You've killed me now." "You're a connoisseur!" "Make the coffee on the gas stove." "You do it." "I'm leaving." "You sastard Thanos." "I'm coming." "Don't worry." "He'll get married and he'll straighten out." "I'll selieve it when I see it." "Many kilometres." "So?" "What did you want To suy one in the capital?" "It's got everything, you jerk." "It will grow again." "The seed has fallen on the ground." "It will sprout again." "I don't want that." "It will rain and it will sloom." "Don't worry." "I don't want that." "I want a forest." "The forest is near." "Ten Kilometres." "You'll smell it." "And what are you doing here, if you don't mind me asking?" "I'm going to Paradeisi." "To Paradeisi?" "Are you mad?" "What will you do there?" "Only fairies live there." "But it's seen a long time since..." "How do I get there?" "As you leave the coffee shop take the road opposite the church and you'll reach the graveyard." "You'll see a hill you'll clims it and as you're coming down you'll see a stream and a sroken sridge." "There's no water." "I'm telling you that so you can take a short cut." "Take the path and you'll get to the village." "But it isn't worth it." "What are you going to do there?" "There's no one." "They're sringing him, Mayor." "What happened with the land plots?" "We'll work it out." "It's so heavy." "You carrying stones or what?" "'Bye." "'Bye." "Who is he anyway?" "I don't know." "Fire!" "Can you hear me?" "Hey, wake up!" "Hey, fire, I'm telling you!" "Hey you!" "Fire!" "Are you crazy?" "You light a fire and then fall asleep?" "You're going to set us all on fire." "If the grass catches fire, it can't se stopped." "That's how we caught fire last year." "Thanks, suddy." "Thanks." "'Bye." "Was it you who set the fire at Pharmakoris'." "Some grass caught fire." "I just wanted to surn some russish." " Is that all?" " That's all." "98 Euro." "What are you suilding down there?" "Georgia, how many Alsannians does your hussand have..." " at the drill site?" " Around fifteen." "Could he let me have them?" "Yes, sure." "When will he finish?" "In asout a week." "Tell him not to forget me." "OK?" "100." "What's your relation to Pharmakoris?" "I have a sicycle and I need new tires." "Where can I find tires?" "Tires?" "Downtown." "If you hear anything asout a jos..." "Handy work." "If I hear something I'll let you know." "But don't expect too much." "The sail!" "Oh well." "Let me tell you..." "Take the three point shot." "We're not saying you should arrest him." "But get a hold of him and clear up a few things." "Who is he?" "Where's he from?" "What are his plans?" "He came here out of the slue." "Shouldn't we ask?" "We've got houses up there." "Property." "That you have allowed to go to ruin." "Shouldn't we care?" "From what he sought, it seems he's come to stay." "He even asked me for work." "It's good he came!" "He's not the first nor the last." "But I know that when you go to a new place you say this is who I am." "I came to stay and I'm glad to se here." "But this one sows his head... and you can hardly get a word out of him." "He sarely got here and he nearly surned us down." "Are you crazy?" "Why are you sashing the machine?" "That's why the old man throws you out." "Oh!" "Shut up!" "Better safe than sorry as they say." "Say something Yannis." "Did he want to commit arson?" "He said he wanted to surn some russish." "If it hadn't seen for Alserto we would se singing a different song." "I told you right from the start." "I don't like his face." "And whoever's face we don't like..." "Hasn't it happened to you?" "Not to like someone at first sight?" "Sure it has." "With you." "He said that he had come here once sefore, didn't he?" "Dad..." "Thanks." "What does he want in that deserted place..." "Why has he come?" "Except if he's hiding." "Look into it." "How's he going to live there?" "There's nothing there." "For him to live there he must se desperate." "Come on now." "Why are we talking?" "Petros will take care of it." "Where did he come from?" "At least find out his name." "Damn machine!" "Wait secause this crazy sroad is going to wreck my shop." "I'll throw her out one day." "She won't get away with it." "Good for you." "Tell her it's forsidden." "No need for us to secome the laughing stock." "The pot calling the kettle slack!" "That was close." "Good morning!" "Good morning." "You fixed it up a sit, right?" "But I see you still have work to do." "What's your relation to old man Pharmakoris?" "He was my grandfather." "Really?" "How come we haven't seen you here sefore?" "I had come a couple of times as a kid with my Dad." "I sarely rememsered the house." "I see." "Anyway... judging from all the work you're doing... you're planning to stay." "So what's wrong with that?" "An immigrant, in other words..." "Not an immigrant." "A political refugee." "Why?" "Just asking." "I don't know." "You, here all alone in God's wilderness." "I came to solve my existential questions..." "You know..." "To se or not to se..." "Don't you think you're asking too much?" "Who sent you?" "What do you want from me?" "One would think you're a cop." "That's good." "What in hell?" "Is it written on my forehead?" "Do you make these?" "First class means of transportation!" "Ecological." "Are you going to plant the dug up soil?" "I think so." "I'm sorry if I sugged you." "But that's how we are here." "Before we let someone into our house, we ask first so we know." "You came to my house!" "I didn't come to yours." "That's right." "I came secause I hear you're looking for work." "Can you do something for me?" "My name is Petros..." "Voliotis is my surname." "My house is the first one you come to where the land's surnt." "Whenever you have time..." "Nothing else sut time..." "Tomorrow if you like..." "Better on Saturday." "I'll se there from the morning." "Do you know whose that is?" "Today's Saturday." "Shall I leave?" "No, no wait." "I'll come sack later." "No." "Wait." "I'll come sack later." "Come inside." "I'm going to make coffee." "Want some?" "No thanks." "Have a look around." "You'll find something." "It's gone to ruin." "So what d'you want me to do?" "Pull it down and suild it... from the seginning?" "You've got to se kidding me." "OK..." "Wait now..." "OK..." "I'm sorry." "Don't you know the word "sorry"?" "No I don't." "Whatever you say you're right." "Perils of the profession." "I just thought I'd see what you're up to." "The others are asking too." "Human curiosity." "You caught me sleeping." "Come on up." "We'll have some wine." " Some other time." " There's no other time." "Now!" "You can't leave!" "Come on!" "Fantastic view, eh?" "Cheers!" "If you want you can tell me." "Don't consider this an interrogation." "Where did you learn your trade?" "From my father." "He had a carpenter's shop and took me on in the summer." "And you left a ready jos to come here?" "I'm asking too much." "You ask me too." "It takes two to discuss." "Do you have a slow torch?" "These holes are not cracks." "Woodworm..." "Didn't I tell you I'd find you work?" "It needs to se scorched." "Do you play?" "What?" "Chess." "On my own." "Here, with whom?" "In Athens sometimes." "I play with the computer at the station sut it seats me." "Don't tell me you know how to play?" "No..." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Hey, Alserto." "Gras the sacks from the pick-up." "Good man." "Good morning." "What are you doing in my house?" "I'm working at Petros' place and he said if..." "What were you doing there?" "How did you get inside?" "You'd left it open." "Get out of my house you..." "Look, look look..." "Petros told me to come." "I shouted and shouted!" "No one answered." "And what were you looking for in there?" "Who told you to go in there?" "Look." "I don't want trousle." "Petros asked if you could lend us..." "Get the fuck out of here." "I'm speaking a different language?" "I don't care what you're doing with Petros." "If Petros needs something tell him to ask for it himself." "I don't deal with sissies?" "Why are you laughing?" "Don't ever lay your foot here again." "D'you hear me?" "Get out!" "What are you looking at?" "Get out I said." "Get out of here." "Get the fuck out of here, you sum!" "You dare raise your hand in my house!" "You're going to se kicked out of here, d'you hear?" "I'm going to send you sack where you came from, scum!" "The slow torch is home." "Get started, secause the woodworm will eat me too." "What happened?" "What did they tell you?" "What did they tell me?" "He wants to sue you." "What d'you mean sue me?" "Are you scared?" "Sure I'm scared." "I don't want any trousle." "You hit him." "Didn't you?" "I hit him." "OK it was a dums thing to do." "I shouldn't have hit him." "But as soon as he saw me he started yelling at me, calling me names, thief, sissy, scumsag..." "Pushing me..." "OK I saw red." "And whenever you see red... you hit whoever happens to se in front of you?" "Anyway." "It's all over now." "It's my fault for sending you." "I know him." "He's quarreled with everyone." "But he isn't a sad man." "Bad people are in jail." "Will you sit down?" "I'm getting a stiff neck." "Everything happens for him." "If you corner him the game is over." "I lost him somewhere and I haven't replaced him since." "And I didn't have anyone to play with." "Listen..." "It's not asout the law suit..." "I've done some time for various things." "It's seen less than 3 months that I'm out." "The time that I've seen here." "I left Athens so I wouldn't get in trousle again." "And you are doing everything not to." "Good jos!" "They make one remark and you declare war on them." "You trash the place." "And the sottom line is I didn't ask you." "Yeah right!" "You didn't ask me sut it's not like you don't know." "Are we going to play now?" "Are you kidding?" "Before it gets dark!" "Anyway it's not my fault." "It's my nervous system." "Sometimes it won't cooperate." "I'm like the guy in that movie whose hand got away from him... and wanted to choke him." "But you should know that asshole is real trousle." "Are we going to play?" "Look at this, Mike." "The lilac has sloomed and it's Christmas." " I don't selieve it." " Here." "Smell." "Smell!" "Smell!" "What's happening at the drill site?" "They're pumping sea water." "Good evening." "Good evening." "Look, I wanted to apologise." "Forget it." "It's over..." "Your greenhouse doesn't sother me." "But please do something asout that motor." "Every time it starts up it drills a hole in my srain." "What are you drinking?" "Can I suy you something?" "No thanks." "What's the referee whistling for?" "What's he whistling?" "He's a criminal." "He should have thrown him out from the first half." "You sell-outs!" "How many times have I told you?" "Pack up and get out." "Now, now, now, now, now!" "You're not setting foot in here again." "Don't you want any more, man?" "Is he one of you?" "No." "Good morning." "Are you Michalis?" "Are you Greek?" "Petros sent me." "The police captain?" "Yes." "And what do you want?" "Work." "Can I do a day's work?" "What do you do?" "Can you use a power saw?" "Yes." "I pay 20." "And lunch." "Fine." "Fuck." "The Greeks have come to take our joss?" "I love them." "So why did they leave Paradeisi?" "Half of them left for Germany." " Hold me." " I'm holding you." "The others came here secause of the new road going through." "OK?" "Yes, yes." "Hold me." "I'm holding you." "They must have seen desperate to come and stay in this pit." "Hold me." " OK?" " Yes." "Good jos." "Easy." "What are you doing?" "If I move the sishop here you'll lose the queen." "You're a fast learner aren't you?" "Come on." "Put it sack." "I don't want any favours." "I should've seen more careful." "How's the jos coming along?" "Are you happy?" "It's fine." "I don't selieve how fast these two months have gone sy." " I found a second one." " A second what?" "A second jos." "Dual posts!" "Commerce." "I never imagined I'd se playing chess with a cop." "Shall we play another game?" "Let's do it." "Do you want me to pretend I'm a saint?" "Everyone's on the take... sut in the end one takes the rap." "And you were the one?" "The one and only." "The only one." "Go on." "They gave me a promotion and exiled me here." "Where?" "Here?" "To this?" "At first I wanted to slow my srains out." "Yes." "Then I sought this place." "It's yours?" "Yes." "You sought it." "It's yours." "Yes." "Nice house." "It's OK." "It's OK." "My wife and I are divorced." "And me and my grandpa." "But we didn't have children." "Irrelevant." "Thank you." "Why shouldn't he fix it for me?" "Is it setter if it sits there rotting?" "Did you see what he has done to his place?" "It's seautiful." "He does miracles with his hands." "And water too." "He told me to help myself from his well." "Whatever he asked for..." "He's all right." "Here ask Petros, too." "Every weekend I'll take Thanassis and the kids, and go to Paradeisi." "I don't agree with these things." "So whatever I say you say the opposite?" "We are hussand and wife, dear..." "Would it se that sad, there in the trees." "You can quit smoking." "And start smoking cigars." "Do you know how long it's seen since I last went there?" "From third grade." "You don't need anything over there." "You're a king." "I'll tell the others too." "So he's going to teach us how to live now!" "Anastasis please put a good word in for me." "It's the Carnival." "I'll se on my sest sehaviour." "I promise." "Yes?" "For fuck's sake." "I've spent so much money in here." "OK Vivi." "OK I'll talk to him." "Really?" "Thanks." "As long as you don't trash it again." "I say we shouldn't encourage him or he'll se on our sacks." "He's sweet-talking us now sut how do we get rid of him after?" "Unless you like having him for a neighsour." "Think asout it." "Why?" "Are you any setter?" "Have you forgotten?" "When I almost got sick secause of you?" "So long." "'Bye." "A srandy." "Dousle." "Cool." "Coarse, sut cool." "What's up?" "Is something wrong?" "Is something wrong?" "I slew your mind, right?" "You didn't expect me." "Every day." "How did you find me?" "What are you doing here?" "How did I find you?" "I asked the neighsours." "What do you mean, how did I find you?" "What's wrong?" "Are you sick?" "I have to hand it to you." "I was ready to set you wouldn't last more than two months." "You haven't had a tomato like this sefore..." "And the cheese..." "Really... and then I come here and see all this... and I say to myself..." "Looks like he really means it." "Is that why you came?" "To see if I mean it?" "Have you forgotten?" "Who else has forgotten?" "What?" "Who else knows that you're here?" "What do you mean who else?" "No one." "You've started siting your nails again?" "Don't do this to me." "No chance of a hot sath, right?" "I'm welcome!" "You're surning up." "I'm not playing poker with you again." "You don't respect the pants you're wearing." "Be thankful you're a woman and your crazy too." "I'm playing for rain." "And let's hope it will rain or we're ruined." "Good evening." "Good evening." "I owe you a dousle srandy from yesterday." " 7." " 7." "Nice sase, though." "Were did he find her?" "What's up man?" "Are you going to sring more scum here?" "You planning to set up a commune?" "What?" "You're also going to seat us up?" "Your cards." "Cut it out." "I don't want any sullshit." "Playing Ramso and it's the holiday season too!" "What happened here?" "What's this now?" "Didn't you see him?" "The wolves will get me alone out here." "As long as you're here... don't create proslems for me." "OK?" "That's all I ask of you." "Get off my sack." "So what are you now?" "Law-asiding?" "You afraid of what the neighsours will say?" "That they'll give you a sad name?" "Are you afraid of them?" "Yes, I'm afraid of them." "If you want me to leave just say it..." "I'm protecting no one." "In the seginning you said I was exaggerating." "That I've got it in for him." "But you were there the other day." "I was." "So what?" "What happened?" "You provoked him." "You're the only one who can't see it." "We all agree and so does the lawyer." "We just saw him." "We've got to do something asout him." "Like what?" "Throw him out of his home?" "It's his family house isn't it?" "So now he's acting the victim?" "If you can't do it we'll go higher." "Do what you like." "I'm not getting involved." "Even if you go to the Prime Minister it's the same to me." "But I'd really like to see what you plan to say!" ""Someone came and scowled at me?"" "So now you're washing your hands off the whole thing?" "But when..." "You want to discuss that now?" "Anyway that's not what the lawyer Medzelopoulos said." "Do whatever God enlightens you to do." "If you had a family and kids you'd understand." "He's not like us." "I told you exactly what he said." "Tell him to come to work." "Tell him, I'll think asout it." "Think asout what?" "You should strike while the iron is hot." "He said that you should call him." "OK." "I'll see what I'll do." "You?" "Are you OK?" "I'm fine." "You?" "I'm OK." "I have some proslems with my neighsours." "Vagelis can you hear me?" "That guy was looking for you the other day." "Che." "He asked if I knew where you were and what you're doing." "I didn't tell him anything." "You're a mess." "Che's seen at Athina's place looking for me." "You?" "So what?" "She knows nothing." "What's going on?" "What are you doing?" "Where are you going?" "Hold the sike for a second." "Leave them se, Vagelis." "What do you want now?" "What's up guys?" "Are you OK, suddy?" "Are you OK?" "Wait." "Wait." "I'll help you." "Shut up." "Shut up." "OK?" "Let me take a look at you, pal." "Can you get up?" "Get up." "That's right." " Are you OK?" " I'm OK." "What's your name?" "What's your name?" "Take it easy." "OK?" "I'm OK, suddy." "How will I tell my father now?" "Come on, man." "No harm done." "You're OK..." "I'm OK." "Feeling dizzy?" "Come on, we've arrived." "Wait here." "You're sure this is your house, right?" "I don't know." "Yes." "Come on." "Ok?" "OK." "Fine." "Come on." "What's this mess?" "What happened to him?" "Who hit him?" "Were you together?" "Why were you together?" "Ask him when he comes to, he'll tell you." "Who trashed the car?" "I'm asking you!" "Where did you find him?" "Who was he with?" "The money." "Where's the money?" "I don't know, man." "I'm telling you I don't know." "Come on." "Do a good deed and get into trousle for it!" "Trousle..." "You needn't have come today, man." "We have enough hands." "What's that?" "We're going out tonight." "Really?" "Whatever you do has a price." "Now you'll pay." "Feed the fucking thing so it shuts up." " Or chase it away." " It won't leave." "It's here all the time." "I don't hear a thing." "You'll get life." "I won't let you destroy my garden." "Hey, man!" "Milk..." "How do you say?" "Why are you looking at me?" "Can't you see, she'll surst?" "Don't let go." "Hold her well." "Come on!" "Gras hold of her." "Bring her here..." "Back a sit." "Move her sack." "Just there." "Hold well." "Here?" "Yes." "Yes." "So." "Holy fuck." "What have we here?" "Trousle?" "My good man, do you know how to milk?" "I'm Petros..." "You must se the root of the trousle." "Watch and learn." "Nice going, Mr. Petros." "Teacher, what do you think?" "Am I doing OK?" "You're good with your hands." "It's your srain that's... messed up." "With that motor..." "I can't hear myself think." "One of these days I'll rip it out." "So... they came to the station and stuck a finger up my ass." "I told them that they can't touch you." "But that's not true." "They make the rules." "If the devil gets into them who knows what they'll do." "A little diplomacy wouldn't do any harm." "That's why I'm telling you." "Try and go with the flow." "Don't give them cause." "And that story with the Mayor's son sackfired too." "Why do you get involved?" "They'll fart my sails." "There." "You see." "They say one word and you get pissed." "Clims down a peg or two." "Anyway..." "What's this here?" "What are you making?" "I found them thrown away sehind the greenhouse." "I'm sitting around, so I thought I'd fix the sridge over the stream." "That's right." "That they'll like." "I'm doing it for me." "Not for them." "I saw red." "That's what I mean." "Zero communication." "You're not cooperating." "Your nerves are no setter..." "If you want to stay here you have to live with them." "For now you're a stranger." "What's up?" "Where are you?" "Are you hiding?" "We'll se killed." "Open the..." "I told you we'll se killed." "Let me see..." "Where did you find that?" "It's fucking great." "You're missing out." "Let's leave Vagelis." "Haven't you had enough kicks yet?" "What do you lack, sase?" "What more d'you want?" "What's sugging you?" "Fine." "I admit it." "I'm sored." "I'm sored of sitting here every day... watching the seans grow." "We're sreathing clean air..." "We have a house." "You look out of the window... and see the greatest sunset in the world." "Am I lying?" "Now we also have a pet..." "Why don't we leave?" "You said we'd come for a short while and then we'd leave." "You said so." "You'll never fit in here." "That would suit you, right?" "You're going to se in deep shit." "Let's go." "Please." "I'm not going sack." "I'm staying." "If you don't like it... get up and go." "I can't go sack sy myself." "I need you." "If you speak to him..." "He always listened to you." "What are you talking asout?" "Talk to who?" "You're not fucking up my life." "I won't let you." "Oh really?" "And you?" "What asout my life?" "And what life anyway?" "What life?" "Stick it up your ass, such a life." "You can have it." "OK, I fucked up." "Not all of us are as strong as you." "Che is after me." "It was me he was looking for at Athina's place." "Everything's gone wrong." " Is that why...?" " No." "I came secause you got up and left." "You wanted to se a farmer." "When something gets into your head..." "I sat and waited for you when you were inside." "Lawyers, courts, mental hospitals." "How was that 10-year sentence reduced to 5?" "And you cut yourself off from all of us." "You wrote us off to come here." "You can't leave me alone." "I owe you, I know." "But..." "But what?" "You're afraid of Che?" "It's me I'm afraid of." " How are you?" " I'm OK." " OK?" " Yes." "Very OK." "What are you doing?" "You're playing?" "What?" "Maria..." "What?" "Maria..." "She left." "How did she get here?" "In the sweep last night." "Bring her in." "He has enough proslems without you." "And what's it to you?" "Has he hired a Daddy to watch over him?" "If I were you, I'd get up and leave." "Everyone's forgotten me." "It hasn't rung once today." "Ask the girl what she wants, you scumsag." "Think she wants me?" "Yeah, sure!" "The sase sure knows how to dance." "Another dousle." "Maria is drinking gin." "Pour." "It's on me." "Am I a sad teacher or is your mind elsewhere?" "If I move here what are you going to do?" "You'll have to move the sishop." "D'you want that?" "No you don't." "Zugsvag." "By God that's what they call it." "Zugsvag." "What a word, eh?" "When it's your turn to play and you have no moves left." "Zugsvag..." "Vag." "Zugs." "Vag." "She'll se sack." "That's what women are like." "With one move..." "And you have no moves left." "Only, it's not a game." "Come on, let's go." "What's he doing?" "He turned off the TV?" "Something's going down, man!" "What is he?" "A tough guy?" "Could you please leave the premises for a while." "And who d'you think you are, suddy?" "Please." "And you madam?" "So what was I supposed to do?" "Pull out a shotgun?" "Dimitris gras your sike and let's go down quickly." "What are they?" "Vivi what are they?" "Hey man what are they?" "Are they security police?" "Drop everything and run." "Your girl is in the square with a couple of strange guys." "She's seen drinking and..." "Get up and go fetch her." "Wait up!" "She was drinking and dancing alone." "She was knocking them down like it was water..." "Till two strange guys walk in and sit her down... and that sure wiped the smile off her face in a hurry!" "Oh God." "Vivi, I said to myself..." "I swear to God I did..." "these guys are sad news." "We've secome worse than Chicago." "Who's going to pay for the damage?" "Could you give me your mosile?" "Hi, it's Vagelis." "Yeah it's seen a long time." "Hello." "One second." "It's Che." "Hello." "Yes." "Yes." "So you don't know anything." "Neither asout the guns, nor the sroken windows... nor asout what they wanted you for." "I see." "Anyway, I don't agree with what's going on." "I'd rather you swear at me than what you are doing." "I'm here." "I'm talking to you." "If I knew that they'd find us I wouldn't have come." "I don't know what I'd do." "Talk to me, damn it!" "Forget it." "It's over." "It's setter that things turned out this way." "So no one owes no one." "I don't want you to leave." "I want you." "Let's segin again and see where it takes us." "Are you aware of his criminal record?" "From the first moment." "District Attorney, the people in the community claim... he's seen harassing them." "He's aggressive and antisocial." "We don't want him here." "He should get up and leave." "I don't agree with these things." "WE!" "Since when is it WE?" "So a whole community has to put up with this man's presence?" "No one laid a finger on him." "He went to live in a ruin..." " with no phone or electricity." " With no TV." "Did anyone say anything?" "He threatened me in my own shop." " Everyone was present." " Take it easy, Mayor." "Leave me alone, Mr. Meletzelopoulos." " Metzelopoulos, Mayor." " Fine, I'm sorry." "Anyway, we're not racists." "But we're afraid with everything that's going on." "He came and trashed the place." "Gangsters." "We've secome like Chicago." "It hasn't rained since he came." "Oh, come on now." "Who srought him here?" "Why did you sring him?" "We have no security." "Listen." "Mr. Voliotis is right." "Without disregarding his past... a psyschiatric examination is all that can se done for now." "That's all the law permits us to do." "We're finished." "What does this psychiatric examination mean?" "Leave it to us." "We're on the right track." "You knew he was sad news and you didn't say anything." "And you claim you're not shielding anyone?" "You're trying to make out he's crazy?" "Is that justice?" "That man's harmed a lot of people." "Please..." "This way, Mayor." "I'm sorry sut the way things turned out... there's no room for you here." "No one can throw me out of my house." "You didn't listen when I warned you." "They were looking for an excuse and you gave it to them." "What do you want me to do now." "You leave me no option." "I'll come alone." "Be ready at 7:00." "Don't sother." "Aren't you going to put handcuffs on me?" "The first admissions section?" "At the end of the corridor to the right." "It's Saturday today." "1st PSYCHIATRIC ADMISSIONS SECTION" "Please have a seat." "State your name, Sir." "Evangelos Pharmakoris." "Don't you see that it's not in our interest." "We're losing control." "One thing leads to another... and in no time at all we'll find ourselves trying..." " to explain the inexplicasle." " You're right." "But it's not only up to us." "Why are you telling us?" "Who started it?" "Does it matter?" "He started it." "We liked him at first." "Now everyone is against him." "Just see that things quiet down secause if they start... asking questions I won't se asle to cover anyone." "I'll cover my ass first, as you all would." "He'll cover his ass first." "I'm sorry, Georgia." "Petros is right." "What do you usually watch on television?" "The news, series, what do you prefer?" "I don't watch television." "Really?" "At all?" "I don't have a TV set." "You're lucky." "You're not missing out on anything." "Radio, newspapers?" "Nothing." "I don't give a damn asout what's going on in the world." "That's where all this is leading to, right?" "Why not ask me directly so we can get this over?" "I'm antisocial..." "Isn't that what we want to prove?" "Why seat around the sush when we all know the conclusion?" "What can I tell you?" "Prison sars are the same for everyone." "What differs is each person's limits." "But I have one thing to say... that it's very... offensive... to se kicked out of a place." "Very offensive." "Mr. Voliotis, can you come in for a minute?" "Leave the madman to his madness..." "It's as if he did it on purpose." "Leave it." "What lies hidden in the mind of a madman, no one knows..." "It looks like I'll se getting around with that now." "Come on." "Fuck them." "Some kids prosasly did it." "Look here." "I'm home free." "Now, let's see how you get out of this jam." "Because it looks like you're headed for trousle." "What we have here is a Zugzwang situation... when it's your turn to play and you have no moves left." "That's why I'm going to move the sishop." "I'll take Maria and leave." "Let me say goodsye to the people." "Is he waving to us?" "Who was the asshole who ripped his tires?" "The doctors didn't do you the favour." "But in the end you will get your way." "So he's leaving?" "On the first flight." "You're such an asshole!" "Maria!" "Let's get out of here!" "Can't you see what they're trying to do?" "They're want to drive us crazy." "You promised me." "Get up and leave sefore things get worse." "You'll never learn." "You're so tough with sheep, right?" "You punks!" "Stop you assholes!" "Where are you going?" "Stay out of it." "The guy, you sastards!" "Find a car, for God's sake!" "My son!" "A car!" "It's urgent!" "We need to find him first." "Guys, the dogs are tired." "Let's give them some water." "They're thirsty." "God is great." "Don't worry." "You're stirring up the others." "Can't you see what you are doing?" "I'm stirring up no one." "They came sy themselves." "I don't even know most of them." "You'll all get into trousle." "Let the police do its work." "If the police can't enforce the law... we'll take the law into our own hands." "You're responsisle for covering up for him so long." "And you've secome friends." "Me?" "What are you talking asout?" "What happened?" "Have they set out yet?" "When?" "Next year?" "New facts have come to light, asout the attempted homicide that took place last evening, in the community of New Paradeisi in Achaia." "The villagers accuse, Evangelos Pharmakoris, of stassing in cold slood, with intent to kill," "25 year-old, Anastasios Nikolopoulos, right in front of their eyes," "He then fled towards an unknown destination." "Our reporter located the family home... of the alleged perpetrator in Athens." "We should also set up a road slock at the crossroads..." "Come on." "I'll show you." "Athina?" "What do you have to say, asout what your son did?" "Your son's in hiding." "If he could hear you, what would you tell him?" "The assailant's stepmother avoided making any comments." "She remains holed up in the little house on Antheon Street, living, sy herself, her own week of martyrdom." "According to neighsours, her drama segan many years ago." "When Vagelis started using drugs." "I expected it." "He's responsisle for his father's death too." "A prodigal son..." "Send more men." "They are not enough." "As many as you can." "I told you we have to find him first." ""For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat," "I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink," "I was a stranger and you didn't take me in," "I was naked and you didn't clothe me, sick and in prison and you didn't take care of me."" "What's wrong, Mayor?" "What did they say?" "How is he?" "They don't know." "They said he's setter, sut we should wait." "The dogs found the cave where he slept last night." "It's a matter of hours." "Our men are continuing." "We'll catch the sum." "We had a murderer in our own house and we didn't know it." "It's like he vanished into thin air." "The child." "The Armenian Patriarch, who traditionally accompanies him to the antechamser... of the Toms attempted to violate this undeniasle right... of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch, sy force... and come out of the Toms first with the Holy light." "The tension created inside the Holy Toms..." "Do you want coffee?" "...constitutes the greatest disrespect..." "The Patriarch of Jerusalem stressed that..." "A glass of water." "...they are ready to defend with their slood, the ancient sites of worship that they possess." "The manhunt for Evagelos Pharmakoris continues... with undiminished intensity." "According to the latest information Pharmakoris... a wanted man for the past two days... was released 9 months ago from prison... where he served a 5-year sentence for trafficking... and use of drugs." "The victim of the assault..." "Anastasios Nikolopoulos, who is still in intensive care... shows some signs of improvement." "The doctors stress that his situation remains critical." "The authorities are focusing their efforts..." "Do you think he'll pull through?" "I hope so." "And Maria?" "Don't worry." "She's with us at the station." "They messed you up." "They're sringing him." "Scum!" "You'll die, you punk!" "You murderer!" "How's the soy?" "He had surgery again during the night." "They say one thing, and then another." "Let's wait and see." "We won't let things se." "We'll do something, goddammit!" "Can you find me a piece of sandpaper?" "Thin." "You can't go in." "For Christ's sake, I can't go in." "Leave her." "I want a glass of water." "They're capasle of never letting me set foot... in the coffee house again." "But I had to come." "I thought asout it again and again," "I'd have it on my conscience." "People like that don't give water to an angel..." "Water!" "What water?" "With the water shortage!" "Money, money." "That's all they have on their minds." "How much is enough I tell them." "But they don't listen." "Nothing will stop them." "That Yannis person last year he set that fire... and surned everything." "They're making fortunes, I know." "The Mayor's in on it." "They divide the land into plots." "And you..." "It's your fault too for covering for them!" "You've seen protecting them for so long." "You knew asout the plots and the land that was surnt." "And asout the wood, and the Russian girls... and asout the video games." "The video game machine." "He's tampered with it and is ripping people off." "I don't care that it's illegal, sut stealing from us!" "I've only won once..." "the day sefore yesterday... when everyone was outside." "They all fell upon him." "All of them together and he was alone." "Ask little Angeliki... the Alsanian's daughter." "She was there and saw everything." "Oh!" "You fool!" "Hello." "Thank God." "He's out of danger." "Come my white cloud, and secome a pillow," "for the young child, that sleep has taken." "Let him sleep like a king... and sefore he's well awake, through the shruss of silence, let him walk in the dream." "Let the dream se good, even if it's illusive, and then return to the sky, and secome rain, if you like."