"MODERN FILM PRESENTS" "The Cursed House" "Starring:" "Kamel Chennaoui, Majda el-Khatib, Samir Sabri, Meriam Fakher-Eddine" "Children!" "My children!" "My children!" "Follow me, Hurry up!" "Hurry up." "Hurry, Hurry." "Keys, I forgot the keys." "Wait here... what's wrong with you Mediha." "Sherif... take me anywhere." "Some awkward thing took place in the house that I wanna tell you about." "Ah!" "What was that?" "Sherif!" "Sherif!" "Wait here..." "Sherif..." "Sherif... climb down." "There is nothing, Mediha it's just a pipe a broken pipe which making that noise." "The little girl is driving me crazy, Saleh." "Calm down, Fethya, she's just a little girl." "If her mother is incapable of making her behave I'll make her behave." "We should mind our own business." "It's none of our business Fethia." "Is it?" "Is it our daughter?" "She's driving me crazy" "I'll cut her head off with this sickle." "My children!" "Ghada, where is the girl who just went in?" "What girl?" "Mom?" "No one came in here." "Welcome, my lady nice to have you back in your house the old woman who has been just with you where did she go?" "There were no women with me no, she was with you the woman who said 'I'll cut her head off with the sickle' where did she go?" "Exuse me my lady, I've came alone there is no one else except me." "Saleh, is that your name?" "Yes, my lady." "And her name was Fethia?" "Isn't that right?" "There's no Fethia here." " Except..." " Except who?" "Except who, Saleh?" "Except, Fethia, my wife" "God forgives her, she died twenty-five years ago." "Died?" "Impossible." "It's impossible." "Sherif!" "Why are you so late?" "Sorry, it was an emergency!" "Anything happened?" "I'm scared, sherif!" "Very scared..." "Scared of what?" "I don't know..." "Mediha, I'm very tired..." "I must go to sleep." "Come on..." "Come on, my dear..." "Ah, God help me." "It's been a long day..." "Do you know what would happen if this central power plant got burned?" "It would have been a disaster!" "Do you know what would have had happened if that power plant was destroyed?" "First, the damages would cost more than one billion pounds." "Sherif, I want to tell you of what happened today, I'm very scared." "Mediha, I'm tired..." "And I have work tomorrow morning" "I'm overwhelmed..." "And can't stand on my feet." "Everything will be okay tomorrow, you can't tell me anything you want don't wake me up, no matter it happens!" "Mediha..." "Mediha..." "Mediha..." "Mediha!" "Come Mediha!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mediha!" "Mediha!" "Mediha!" "Come Mediha!" "Come!" "Mediha!" "Mediha!" "A human hand coming out of the ground!" "Buried here." "Buried here A human hand buried right here." "A dead hand!" "What hand Mediha?" "It's the hand of an old puppet hold it yourself" "I don't what's happening to me I'm going crazy!" " I'm going crazy!" " It's okay, it's okay." "Ah!" "Naughty 'touti'!" "Has your time come?" "Is it your time to die?" "Mom, is 'touti' going to wake up again?" "Or stay dead forever?" "We all going to wake in the afterlife my dear so that we can go to paradise." "What will paradise look like, mommy?" "Beautiful!" "Very beautiful!" "It will have every sweet thing in life." "Birds, beautiful flowers." "Beautiful puppets..." "And good people, doing no evil." "Is it necessary to die so we can go to paradise?" "Yes, my dear, yes." "We must die, you and I so we can go to heaven." "Oh, my dear." "My sweetie!" "I think she's suffering from a nervous break down but how can I take her to psychic clinic?" "I'm afraid, she misunderstands me and you know how people around here will talk about it they have no idea about psychological treatments." "You must have heard of Dr.Salah Mahmoud?" "No, I have no idea about him." "He's a master, has published a lot of works on psychology got his Doctorate degree from Sorbonne university specialised in psychology." "Does he live here?" "In our neighbourhood?" "Yes, for writing and research." "Do you know him personally?" "You may say so, not too much you know, these guys are little weird anyway, you must meet him he would help you for sure." "In the name of God!" "No one except her sees these apparitions." "And these symptoms didn't appear before coming here?" "Yes, Doctor." "Listen, Sherif..." "I can't promise you she'll recover because I'm retired from work but I can promise you I will make a diagnosis and find the problem." "Because your wife's case has attracted my attention" "I'm very grateful, doctor." "Let's make an appointment for the madam." "Tomorrow, then." "Hello, Madam Mediha Sorry I'm late" "I heard from Mr. Sherif..." "A biefing of of what you're suffering from." "And I'd love of course to hear from you." "You're more capable of describing your own problem and sensations." "Tell me exactly what do you feel?" "It's not a feeling, Doctor" "I'm seeing a murder in front of me." "A murder?" " Murder of who?" " Me." "I'm the one who is being murdered, I'm calling for myself." "It was Horrible." "And who's the murderer?" "Have you seen him?" "Do you remember what he looks like?" "No I haven't seen him." "Who do you think would want to kill you?" "No one wants to kill me." "How?" "Every victim has a killer has enemies..." "I have no enemies." "Then, who might benefit from your death?" "No one." "Just be honest with me." "Are there any problems between you and Sherif?" "No, of course not." "Do you trust in him?" "I mean, do you trust that he has not had an affair with another woman?" "No, never of course." "Your relations..." "I mean your private relations, as a wife and husband" "I'm a doctor, Madam Mediha and this is an important question." "Your pivate relations." "Is it a normal relationship?" "Yes." " Did you marry out of love?" " Yes." "And you still love each other Like the first day you met?" "That's all I can say there is nothing in my life except, Sherif my husband and my children." "Have you seen anything else?" "A little girl." "A weird girl, from another world" "I'm very afraid of her" "I feel, she wants to get in, and harm my children." "A ghost girl." "From the first day I moved in" "I've had the feeling ghosts are haunting me" "I've seen dead people..." "A girl chasing me." "A half-buried hand." "Myself being killed." "And the car, I can't control it." "Everything around me is crumbling." "Horrible tremors, a house." "The cursed house I live in!" "Listen to me, Madam Mediha." "There's no such thing as ghosts it's work of our imagination" "repressed urges for violence appear as hallucinations but we can corporate, you and I." "So that you may overcome this we will dig together, through the past and find the cause of this and try to live in the present... with hope." "What I'm seeing is not a fantasy, doctor" "I agree with you I agree of course that all you see from your point of view is real but from our point of view..." "It's all imagination." "Believe me Mediha..." "Trust me because I'm your doctor," "Open your heart, stay close to me and I'll help you" "I won't let you down this is a promise." "Mediha" "I'm very worried about the girls." "Afraid that these tensions .." "May effect them." "Sherif, it's out of my control..." "I can't help it" " I know." "But Rania and Ghada have no fault here." "What if we take to their uncle?" "No, I can't let go of my children." "What's happening is beyond my control" "I can't help it we will control our selves and handle it." "But the children must not be affected." "You're right, Sherif" "I'll try..." "Believe me, I'll try hard" "I'm sure you will." "Daddy." "Happy birthday to you!" "Happy birthday, Sherif." "Happy birthday, Daddy." "Cheers girls, sing happy birthday." "Hello Dr. Salah." "Huh?" "OK" "I'll tell her." "The children, too?" "Right away." "OK, Dr salah." "Right away." "Surprise children!" "Tomorrow we'll spend the whole day together!" "Huh, why are you still awake?" "I'm very scared, Mom." "My mother!" "Mother!" "Get away from me!" "Get away from me!" "Four." "Four, three." "Three." "Two." "Two." "One, one." "She'll be asleep until morning." "Dr. Salah I want to understand exactly her case." "Hallucinations." "What does this mean?" "What it means is that there are cases of random hallucinations." "Verbal hallucinations." "The patient babbles nonsense." "And then there are aural hallucinations." "Strange voices that the patient alone hears someone talking to them." "The third type are visual hallucinations which is what Mediha suffers from." "These are the most severe, visual delusions, seeing strange things," "They have a severe effect on the nervous system." "For example you find a patient opening door or window surprised by a wall an illusory wall or while he's walking, he discovers a deep well in front of him so he resists, resists falling in." "Unbelievable!" "The last place on Earth" "I imagined you would live in, or even visit." "This is the exact house." "What do you mean by this, uncle?" "For twenty-seven years I've hid the story." "Until a short time ago" "I thought that the truth was lost." "Truth?" "What truth?" "Here we lived with my brother Mehmoud." "His wife Souad, and daughter Mediha." "She was very young and they had neverending troubles betweeen them." "They lived a miserable and sad life." "But the last thing we expected Is that he would kill his wife." "What?" "Killed her?" "Unbelievable." "He killed Souad right here." "My brother Mehmoud was charged with her murder he denied it and no one believed him everything was against him he was convicted of her murder, and declared insane he was sent to a clinic." "He defended himself, but no one believed him." "He felt isolated, and committed suicide." "What about Mediha?" "Mediha was very young then." "I was given custody of her." "The public was fascinated by the crime All the newspapers were talking about it" "I was worried about her future" "I decided to hide it forever." "So that you would know nothing of the past." "But after all these years" "I've come back to the same place?" "And live in blood." "Mediha, we can't escape one's fate." "You were three, but now one is left" "I should save you that explains why I haven't seen photo of my parents" "I always carry their photo with me just today, the moment has come to show it to you." "Why did you cut this photo?" "You" "I was afraid if you saw yourself and recognized your parents." "You would ask me about them" "I kept the other part" "I'll send it to you." "They were three..." "Two drowned in blood." "One girl remained." "Me" "I can't believe what I've heard!" "This is strange very strange." "That's enough honey." "Enough, Mediha." "Honey, the past is not important." "Mediha, we can't repair something that took place twenty-seven years ago." "Please honey, forget everything you've heard." "Please, sweetheart." "Let's go honey." "Let's go." "In general." "This information is for your own good." "We can conclude that all what you've imagined is the result of the repressed violent energy inside of you." "Briefly, this case is." "The result of the murder of your mother by your father" " But doctor, my father didn't kill my mother" "I'm deeply sure of what I'm saying the murderer that I see is not my father and I have an inner feeling that." "This feeling is wrong there is no doubt that it was your father who killed Souad." "Understand?" "Do you understand me, Mediha?" "I'm very worried about you and about your nervous health you should take control of yourself, before you regret it." "You're headed in the wrong direction." "Dr Salah..." "I've never told you my mother's name." "How did you know?" "Know it?" "And how I'm supposed to know it?" "You've just said, "that you're father is who killed Souad"." "Me?" "I never said that." "It's definitely yu who misheard it." "Me?" "I misheard it?" "Maybe!" "I'm doubting Dr.Salah." "Doubting him, what does that mean?" "How did he know that my mother was named Souad?" "So what is his interest in all of this?" "I'm not sure." "Honey..." "All these troubles we're going through..." "Did it happen before we met Dr. Salah and the man agreed to treat you only after I insisted?" " We'll let him go, then?" " Sherif?" "Why are you talking to me like that?" "Because you start talking nonsense." "No, no Sherif" "I'm talking about something I've really felt." "You don't want to help me?" "I'll help myself, then!" "OK." "OK, Mediha." "We'll see how all of this is going to end." "Hello, it's me" "I'm calling you from Dr. Salah." "Nothing honey, just checking in on you no, I'll go to work later" "don't worry, If I come back late call me if you needed anything take care of yourself" "good bye" "I need you to have a look at this" "this file will clear up for you lot of things on Mediha's case compressed information repressed violent energies." "We don't want to run after an illusion and Mediha is seeing nothing but an illusion." "One question, doctor." "What made you keep this file for this long?" "Part of my job, is to file such criminal cases there are more similar files in my archive that I studied and pursued" "when Mediha told me of the circumstances of her incident this file just popped into my mind." "Do you mean..." "That you were here, when the crime took place?" "You'll be surprised, that at that time" "I was in Sorbonne, carying my studies" "I studied this case through the archive" "I want to conclude that..." "Mediha is in a severe state and we should all take part in her treatment" "I tried everything." "In your opinion what else should I do?" "There is one important thing!" "That you strongly reject the delusions and hallucination that are taking control of her." "Never agree with or accept anything she says." "Of the existence of hidden power that controles her if this feeling persists for her" "it would be her end." "Mediha must believe in the truth that her father killed her mother and all that she's seeing." "Is a reflection of her psychological status" "you understand, Sherif?" "Come here Rania." "Come here Rania." "Come here Rania, come here Rania." "Come here Rania." "Come here Rania." "Come here Rania." "My child!" "Rania, my child.." "My sweetheart." "Mommy!" "My sweetie, my little girl." " My child!" " What's wrong mom?" " What's wrong?" " Listen, my girl." "You have nothing to do with that girl she's going to harm you there is no girl other than Ghanda!" "No, here she is" "God help me I want know if that is real or not if I'm crazy or not this is unfair!" "What's happening is unfair" "why are you taking me to this place?" "I want you to listen to me carefully." "What do you want to say?" " I don't want my girls to get involved in this." "What do you mean?" "That I'm crazy?" "I mean that I left you to handle it on you own" "I considered everythong you said until this moment." "But that's it!" "Enough!" "No more!" "Mediha, Dr. Salah wasn't in Egypt during the crime." "Huh, I see then." "Dr Salah is talking to me now." "Do you understand?" "Dr. Salah." "Not Sherif, not my husband that I know" "I asked him myself, and made sure." "Mediha." "You're going to listen to me carefully." "You're going back to treatment with Dr Salah getting you girls away from those delusions and heresies you made us live in" "I'm fed up I've had enough!" "Are you going to listen to me or." "Or what Sherif?" "Or for sake of my girls you'll lose me forever." "Do you accept this, Madam Mediha?" "What is the news, doctor?" "Better." "She's better now." "If she continues this new treatment." "She will rapidly regain her health but, there is an important medicine, I will grab it from pharmacy before it close let me get it myself." "No, no, stay with Mediha." "No, just give me the prescription" "I prefer to get it myself." "Beacause it's a composite medication." "Let me go with you then for company." "No stay here Mediha, stay and rest we won't be long." "Mediha!" "Mediha!" "This is crazy man's work" "I've endured you so long but not until this." "No, no" "I should have had you hospitalized." "You're a threat to yourself and others." "You must make her understand." "Wait Sherif!" "Sherif!" "Don't be scared." "It's okay I'm on your side" "I'm on your side." "Listen Sherif." "Mediha must immediately be hospitalzied." "She's become a threat to herself and others" "I'm Doctor, and I know my work very well." "No!" "I've seen it myself." "Mediha has done nothing, Dr. Salah" "I've seen it." "You've seen it, too." "See?" "Do you believe me?" "I was not lying." "See, have you seen them?" "Have you seen them Sherif?" "Seen them?" "Yes, sweetie, yes" "I've seen them." "I believe you, sweetie" "I believe every single word you've said" "I feel a cold air in the room and strange smells I don't recognize strong quakes feeling the place is closing on me" "and I always see, a little girl." "She looks very weird." "Not from our world." "Are her clothes from any specific time?" "No, they're contemporary" "I assume, Sherif hasn't seen anything with you?" "I've never believed in such stories" "I've always deemed they were heresies." "Until I saw it for myself." "And maybe because of that" "I brought Mediha to this place." "Anyway, we're not making things up these problems have their scientific explanations" "I wish you could help us we will take a risk, and hold a seance at your place." "This requires help from a medium with a high capacity for sensitivity." "No one is better than Madame Yvonne." "Okay then, I'll wait for you." "As soon as possible Ma'am." "Welcome Doctor." "Please have a seat" "I'm sorry to come unannounced." "Is Sherif out?" "Sherif went out, and may be home late." "Do you want coffee?" "No thanks Mediha." "In fact, I want to talk with you." "About what doctor?" "I felt that I needed to talk to you" "I couldn't resist it" "I've come" "I need you.." "Need you Souad." "Souad." "My sweet love." "These bitter years, I've passed without you" "I was deprived from you for so long." "Through these long years you never left my mind." "Forgive me." "Forgive me Souad." "Mommy I've finished my homework." "Mommy, I'm talking to you." "Why isn't she answering me?" "Mommy is fine, sweetheart." "Please, would you get a cup of water?" "Right away, uncle." "Mediha" "I think." "Sherif is going to be late" "I must go then, excuse me." "Shush, I don't want any disturbances." "There's very powerful activity in this house." "Our seance will begin at noon." "This is Dr. Salah Mahmoud!" "Oh, I haven't seen him for ages!" "Hello." "Hello Dr. Salah" "I was going to call you." "In introduce to you Dr. Marwan." "Hello." "Nice to meet you Dr. Marwan." "Dr Sherif Mansour" " Hi" "I think you don't recall me." "Sherif Mansour, we were mates in Sorbonne." "Nice to see you, I've actually noticed the university bus outside the house." "We're performing a pratical exercise here in the house And we're waiting for the medium" "I oppose such practices" "I've warned Sherif several times before." "Madam Mediha is my patient and she's suffering from a visual hallucination." "Given her health, I can't allow it." "N!" "I insist on holding this seance!" "I want to know what's happening to me." "Madame Yvonne." "We want you to contact the spirit haunting Mediha." "We want to know what they want, their goal." "Are you ready?" "The activity is powerful." "The activity is very powerful." "Connect the circle." "Connect the circle." "No contact." "They escaped." "They escaped." "They escaped." "Escaped" "I was sure." "This is a useless experiment." "It only serves to frustrate the patient evenmore." "This was unnecessary." "No!" "The seance must continue!" "Until I know the truth!" "I'm sorry Madame." "We cannot risk the life of our medium." "It's over." "Please." "Please Madam Yvonne." "Please." "Please don't end it." "If it's done, my life is over." "My children will consider me crazy." "Please help me" "I'm sure they will appear." "Sure, they will appear." "Don't be afraid." "It's okay I want to help you." "We all want to help you." "OK." "Listen, I'll start the seance again." "Thank you, I'm very thankful." "There is a message." "Write it down." "Ask them what they want." "Ask them who they want." "Danger" " Danger to whom?" " Danger!" " To whom?" " To whom?" " To whom?" "End the sitting." "End the sitting." "End it" " Who's in danger?" " Who's in danger?" " End it." "End the sitting." "End the sitting." "Forgive me Mediha." "Forgive me for not believing you" "I'm really puzzeled." "The medium said... there's still danger." "Who's in danger?" "Forget it honey." "We're going to forget all about it" "I forbid you to think about it." "Yes, but..." "No, after these couple days of work." "Yeah..." "I'll take you and the children to Alexandria." "The Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh." "Fish, food, good sleep, and relaxation." "These two days you'll be home late?" "I have work to do." "Goodbye mommy." "Any news?" "Not yet." "A low frequency wave has just appeared" "I'll try to make it clear." "Dr. Selim." "Very surprising." "Dr. Salah was in contact with the spirit." "You were right about your suspicions." "Dr. Marwan." "Please, call Sherif and Mediha immediately." "They are in danger." "Mediha is not responding." "Sherif's office is busy." "Is that you?" "How did you get in?" "I need you Souad I need you." "Souad?" "I'm not Souad, doctor" "I was sure you'd come back" "I've been waiting for you." "For so many long years." "Every single day was torture for me" "I lived in regret." "Regret for what I've done to you" "I waited for you." "Waited so much I told you I'm not Souad!" "I'm Mediha!" "Mediha!" "Thank God you came back." "Back to your beloved sweetheart." "It's time." "To live in my hands." "Take your hand off me!" "Out!" "Get out!" "Out!" "I don't want harm you you're my sweetheart" "my long gone sweetheart" "I love you" "I love you Souad." "Come here." "Come into my arms." "You've been taken away from me" "I'm phone calling Sherif!" "He'll stop you." "Souad don't let me make the same mistake again." "You!" "It's you who killed Souad." "My mother, you're the one who made me lose my father." " You!" " No..." "I didn't kill anybody" "I don't..." "I don't want kill anybody" "I don't want to kill" "I was defending my self." "Defending my self." "My life depends on you" "I can't see you with another" "I love you I love you Souad." "And if anyone gets in my way" "I'll eliminate him." "Even if I have to kill once, twice, or even three times!" "Why?" "Why?" "I didn't do anything to you to deserve your devastating my life." "Why did you turn my life upside down?" "Why are you torturing me?" "You're sick." "Sick!" " You're sick!" " Stop it!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "You're not a doctor, you're crazy." "Dangerous and crazy I'll tell Sherif." "And I'll tell the people!" "I'll prove to them you're a killer." "Who killed my mother and father." "You're a killer." "Eh?" "What are you saying Dr. Selim?" "Dr Salah..." "Mediha is alone, she's in danger." "Dr. Selim." "Call the police and follow me to the house." "Fast!" "Mediha!" "Mediha!" "Mediha!" "Souad!" "Wait Souad!" "Souad!" "Souad!" "Don't leave me alone!" "Mediha!" "Mediha!" "Hang on, I'm coming." "Happy birthday to you." "Thank you." "Come on kids." "Happy birthday to you!" "Happy birthday to Mediha!" "Happy birthday to Mediha!" "Happy birthday sweetie!" "Cheers!" "Happy birthday darling." "Thank you honey." "Move closer to uncle." "Let's take a photo." "Cheese!" "Smile" " Here it is." "Come here Sherif, cut the cake"