"Sorry we are late." "How are you today?" "You look better." "So much trouble fixing this appointment..." "The secretary said there should be not delay if we are on time." "I hope we will not be delayed in traffic." "We will be on time, but you'll be late." "You'll have to excuse me" "They are waiting for me." "Eveyone has been caught several times in such traffic jams, for which no driver blames himself." "Meanwhile, no one remembers the hopeless pedestrians, who are in no way responsible for traffic congestion." "Music!" "They are still working on it." "The baby does not realize that there is no room for his pram." "And the mother's lot in the middle of so many smoke- emitting vehicles is nothing but poisonous fumes." "Is the length of the narration Ok?" "Muslc!" "Oh, oh, oh... is this real smoke?" "It's a secret; whichever I say it ls artificial, you'll have to accept as artificial." "Telephone call for Mr. Modabber." "It must be Kian, my wife." "Oh..." "Her mom is ill." "Shall we stop the film?" "Just two words." "Hello!" "Did you have to walt long?" "Really?" "Hold on a minute." "The only way to save our living space is to cut down on the number of private vehicles, which expanding the public transport system." "Each private automobile squeezes out a dozen pedestrians;" "and as it waits for the congestion to ease," "It keeps emitting dangerous chemical effluents into the air." "Hello!" "Go on." "I'm listening." "Section four." "This is an image of the future predicated for the industrial world when people will have to wear safety helmets and makes in order to walk along city streets." "What?" "You were saying something." "Hello... hello" "We can't run the film a second time." "We finished at five." "Who's ill after all?" "Your mom or your dad?" "Please spell the name of the medicine which you cannot find." "The main scene." "Too late!" "Who will accompany whom home?" "I'll give you a ring when you get back home." "We should make a film on how not to mix one's work with one's private life." "It has been already done a hundred times." "Then it must not have been done will enough." "Was it a bad news?" "You missed several scenes." "They say they cannot run the film again." "Shall we continue on the editing table?" "We should have done that from the beginning." "Ok, you may stop." "What are you looking for?" "A certain medicine." "The scene speaks for itself." "No narration requested." "Ok?" "Then just music." "This smoke is too artificial." "Really?" "It's the only real one." "Section five." "The idle running of engines, the deafening cacophony of sounds, the continuous vibrations of thousands engines, not only gradually poison a whole city, they create a vey strong nervous tension..." "I felt dizzy." "The narration sounds too serious" "It lacks feeling." "Ok." "So what?" "Why not get the professional people to deal with the technical stuffs?" "Such as a doctor who is working on pollution, or the head of the toxicology ward." "Interviews?" "Done a hundred times." "With some narration interspersed, you can out from one to the other." "I would prefer the indirect approach too." "Ok, we can ty it." "We have the means." "Then this will put the film on the shelf for a while." "Off we go!" "We will look at it from this new angle tomorrow." "t We will need a cameraman a sound recordist and first of all, a production manager." "Whlch way are you going?" "Dear fellow" "then you will give me a buzz?" "You'll be here tomorrow?" "Tlll tomorrow then." "Ok." "We were not supposed to do that." "Stop it." "Take it easy." "Yes." "It's as usual." "What do you want to do?" "Hello!" "How many times did it?" "You make us crazy." "Shit..." "How much?" "Till' then?" "Hello!" "Hello!" "It is not tolerable." "Do you know how much does lt cost now?" "Calm down now." "The taxi is here." "Yes?" "Kian." "Hello!" "Where are you?" "You were not expecting my call, were you?" "Why yes." "You said you would call." "Are your parents still there?" "They've just left." "Why?" "Is there something wrong?" "Perhaps there ls, but I don't know what." "Am I not being secretive?" "No I'm not." "I am looking for a red Paykan." "Do you know anyone who owns one?" "A red Paykan?" "Does it sound strange?" "Why should a red Paykan sound strange?" "What are you driving at?" "Come on Modabber!" "Explain yourself." "The magnifying glass that I use for lip - reading of film - frames," "I can't find it." "Have I left it at home?" "My God, the milk is boiling over!" "Bye, you will be home soon?" "You are sulking." "You are far cy from your happy and smiling self." "Shall we go to the cinema?" "No." "Shall we go out for dinner?" "No." "Aren't you going to tell me what is the matter with you?" " I will." "You are sulking." "When did you get home?" "Just now." "So quietly!" "Should I have announced myself?" "The medicine that you were looking for." "For your dad or mom, whichever." "I love them equally, one as much as the other." "Your dad!" "But it is not an acute case, is it?" "It should be contained after a period of treatment." "There are worse things that cannot be cured with treatment." "Sit down." "I didn't know you had a khaki manteau." "A what?" "A khaki manteau." "I have nothing in khaki." "Really?" "Why don't you help yourself to some food?" "I am not hungy." "You mean the disease is fatal?" "Whose disease?" "Whose indeed!" "Are you ill?" "Don't be late." "Is it bad?" "Come on." "Did you tidy up wardrobe?" "How come my things were scattered all over?" "Now I am sure you don't have a khaki manteau." "Why is this so important?" "You would look vey nice in one." "How can you say that before seeing me ty one on?" "Is there anyone who has?" "Who has what?" "Llfe in such matchbox dwellings should be vey boring." "Don't you get bored sometimes?" "Perhaps you need some amusement." "There are plenty of books." "How about today?" "I may deliver the medicine." "Ouite a trip!" "If you had your own car, what color would you prefer it to be?" "Why should the color of the car matter?" "Do I bore you?" "What's the matter with you?" " me?" "With me?" "Is your headache better?" "Wouldn't you want it to be red?" "How about selling our Jalopy and buying a red Paykan instead?" "What difference would that make?" "Oh, yes..." "Then the difference is in who sits behind the wheel!" "What are you tying to say?" "I don't get it." "Since when?" "No, I will not say anything now." "Not for the time being." "When did it all start?" "When did it all start?" "When?" "When did it all start?" "I thlnk..." "I thlnk it started on the day when I went to visit my friend where she works." "I was looking for a job, which they said was available." "But I was frightened by the sound of a baby cying." "A baby?" "It was calling me." "Just like some place you have seen in a dream, then you realize that it has a real place and has existed all along." "A bad memoy?" "Memoy?" "A bad memoy?" "Good morning." "This is Kian Modabber." "I was supposed to ring at this hour," "I want to ask if there was any message for me." "Hold on a second" "I'll have to ask." "Oho!" "What are you doing here?" "Llsten Vejdanl, what would you do if you saw something that you could not believe?" "I would ty to see it a second time." "That's exactly what I did last night." "I came back and looked at your film a second time." "Our film?" "What do you mean?" "Please sit down and concentrate." "What do you see?" "What should I see?" "Who's she?" "I don't know?" "She's my wife, and this man is someone I don't know." "Oh..." "You have seen my wife." "Just once." "I didn't have a clear memoy of her." "But now that you mention it, yes." "It's her all right." "I was feeling a sort of anxiety in her," "She had become vey quiet and reticent, even reclusive." "I thought this was because of her mother's or her father's illness." "But... now..." "What can I say?" "Have you talked to her?" "When I looked at her, I was no longer sure." "That's why I came back here today." "But I am sure now." "I'm sory I had not noticed her." "Perhaps you can help me find out what's going on." "t Please let me know the location, the time and the date of this shot." "How can I find out these information?" "Well, these are all included in the scrlpt-girl's notes." "Please come here and look at the film." "It made me crazy." "Before we can see the car's number, plate you cut to a traffic light." "The original footage must be longer." "I'll have them find the beginning and the end of the shot." "Hello!" "What's going here?" "We're going to view something on the screen, Rahmati." "And we must find some material in the unused portions of the footage." "What on earth?" "I'll go on to the cafeteria so that you may work in peace." "I'll let you know." " I am waiting" "So sory for this trouble." "Don't mention it." "What has happened?" "Don't ask, Rahmatl." "Please go through these notes." "I need the particulars of this shot;" "Also any discarded portions, the beginning and the end." "Well Modabber here is the exact location of'the shooting, the date of the day and hour." "Evemhing is here." "What did you tell him?" " I told him this was in connection with a stolen car." "But I don't think he believed me." "Don't you think you are over - reacting?" "Perhaps it will be nothing important." "By the way, I also found this." "It has been taken at the same location." "I have a question Modabber." "Have you thought of the consequences of your action?" "If you are proven right, or wrong?" "Here you are." "Do you have a moment to talk, Kian?" "There is no milk on the stove?" "Then think well before you answer the question I'm going to put to you." "Can you tell me where you were 52 days ago around 10 in the morning?" "I don't get you." "Please say again." "52, 52 days ago..." "That would be exactly the?" "th of October at 10 in the morning." "You must remember." "And if you don't, you must have been something between Karim - khan and Zartosht street." "What was I doing there?" "That is exactly the question." "What business do I have in such a place?" "Has anyone seen me?" "A vey reliable witness." "Oh my God, 52 days ago, on the?" "th of October at 10 in the morning, where I was?" "52 days ago..." "October?" "at 10... where was I?" "t No, no, I was not there then what?" "Hello, good morning miss, I am a patient of doctor, Kian Modabber." "16 to 19." "These are the doctor's office hours." "Visiting time is 9 to 12 and 16 to 19." "This tape recorder will wait 15 seconds for your message." "I wanted to ask the doctor if the pill he has prescribed for me has some side effects, such as depression or amnesia?" "These are the doctor's office hours." "Visiting time is 9 to 12 and 16 to 19." "This tape recorder will wait 15 seconds for your message." "Hooray!" "I found it." "Good work!" "Has you put the pieces together?" " I thought I should let you know first." "Rewind it to the beginning." "The magnifying glass please!" "Stop right here." "22..." "I am not sure whether it is a 2 or 3." "It must be viewed on the big screen." "This is yourJob Rahmatl." "Please splice the parts together and make a loop." "The date matches the notes of the scrlpt-girl." "It's a '76 model." "Are you sure?" "Manufactured towards the end of the year." "A standard Paykan." "Crimson, Ruby." "You are a real expert." "The number plate!" "The M in the number indicates that it was registered towards the end of the year." "Hey, what's the matter?" "I wish she was here herself." "You may ask her to come, but then the matter will be no longer confidential." "I have a feeling eveybody knows already." "Who's the lady?" "Contain your curiosity, Rahmati, our friend is in a tight spot." "She's not home." "You're an expert in lip - reading." "What are they saying?" "I tried to find out." "But the wind - shield makes it vey difficult." "If you want to check something in the Trafflc Department, I have a friend there." "Really?" "In fact he ls some kind of relative." "You may stop now." "If we give them the particulars, they will say who the owner is?" "It will take about 24 hours." "Not for a close relative." "If you go there in person?" "Hello, operator." "The archives of the Trafflc Department should be same sight." "If you like, we can go there together." "Standard Paykan, late '76 model." "Crimson." "Registration number:" "M 22444 Tehran." "According to the notarized copy of sales papers the car belongs to Mr. Homayun Hagh-negar." "But I am not authorized to give his address," "Instead of governmental offices." "We have found a fat wallet with a lot of cash in it." "Then how are we going to return the money to proprietor?" "Is it an act of charity?" "Here is the address and telephon number." "But he might sell his car recently." "You can also tell him that his car tax is overdue." "Hello!" "Hello!" "Hello!" "Yes, a gift, for good - neighborly relations." "I suppose you know your neighbors." "More or less." "The people opposites, those with the red Paykan?" "Are you also interested in antiques?" "Depends on the price." "Secondhand goods and antiques are vey good business these days." "Rlch people do this Job more than others." "Then they must be doing well." "Your package." "Serlously speaking, are they reputable people?" "Excuse me." "What do you take me for?" "Our neighbors trust us." "I only told you what I have seen with my own eyes." "No one can know that how the others are spiritually." "I am not responsible for anything." "If you do not require the manteau..." "No, no, that's Ok." "Forget it." "Here you are." "Hello, slr!" "My name is VeJdanl." "I'm calling from TV." "Yes, what can I do for you?" "We're making a documentay on antiques, and wondered if we could draw on your expertise." "So kind of you." "But there are more knowledgeable people." "What did you have in mind?" "Oh, such things as how one determines if an object is fake or genuine, how old it ls, and lf lt has been restored." "And possibly to shoot some footage in your workshop." "I really don't know how I can be of any assistance." "Whould it not be better if we discuss the matter in my office tomorrow?" "Certalnly, if only you give your address and your phone number." "What did you say your name was?" "VeJdani." "It was a pleasure." "Good night." "Oh..." "You've Just come back, where from?" "From..." "Pharmacy." "You take tranquilizers?" "Yes." "Who's calling?" "Sometimes I thlnk I 'm somebody else." "Sometimes I thlnk I am not me." "Nobody gives an answer." "One has to file a formal request." "The answer they give you is not reliable." "Why are old records burned?" "Who was it?" "No one." "Wrong number." "But you spoke with someone." "My old schoolmates have found one another." "They're going to have a reunion." "They also want me to attend." "Why don't you?" "Should I?" "Perhaps I will, yes." "Then what was wrong?" "The fact that I was born." "t Come here" "and ty this on." "What is it?" "Oh..." "Are you surprised?" "Is it for me?" "So nice of you." "I thought it would please you." "Now, let me look you" "Yes, no mistake." "What?" "I had made no mistake." "Supper?" "Can't." "Isn't there something you want to tell me?" "I asked you a question on the phone." "Have you got the answer?" "What about?" "52 days ago, on the?" "th of October, at 10 in the morning, somewhere between Zartosht and Karim - khan street." "Something happened there?" "You were there." "Oh yes, you said so before." "I have thought about it." "Well?" "I don't remember anything." "The red Paykan?" "Not a thing." "But this is not something that you forget." "People always remember important things." "Important things?" "What kind of pills do you take?" "They give me relief." "What is it that bothers you?" "My head aches." "From thunder and lightning." "A dog barks inside my head." "I don't know when this has started but my God, what has put you into this misey?" "Who?" "I don't know what you are talking about." "It hurts my eyes." "I want to change my Job." "I want to deal in antiques." "I want to change my Job." "What do you say?" "Do you like antiques?" "I have never owned any." "I don't know." "Don't sleep Kian." "I have to talk to you." "Kian!" "Kian!" "Kian!" "What..." "There was no news about you." "We are acting on your advice; we are going around shooting interviews." "What have you up to?" "You will be surprised" "If I tell you that I have had an idea for making a documentay on the antique business." "Does this appeal to you?" "Why, yes; but how did you get this idea?" "Well, this is one group we had forgotten." "It should be an interesting line of business." "Yes, at least it is novel for us." "I have obtained a tentative agreement from a party at this end." "Leave the rest to us, Ok?" "If we don't meet in the next few days, you have my number." "Yes, I'll leave a message." "I have warmed the milk." "I'm leaving now." "I won't phone, so as not to disturb you." "Mr. Hagh-negar?" "Please state your business." "I have an appointment with Mr. Hagh-negar." "To buy or to sell?" "Nelther, I'm Just curious." "Impossible." "The master has an appointment with television." "He has given strict orders not to be disturbed." "Well, I am the man from TV." "So!" "Who did you say?" "Please tell him VeJdanl." "Master." "A gentleman's here by the name of VeJdanl." "God knows if he is telling the truth." "He says he is from TV." "What should I do with him?" "Down." "Wich way?" "You'll find it." "Excuse me." "Please." "Take a look." "I'll be back soon." "All right." "You must to be Mr. VeJdanl." "Yes?" "Pleased to meet you." "I've been sent by Mr. VeJdanl." "You are?" "My name is Modabber." "Pleased to meet you anyway." "Does my name ring a bell?" "Ah, yes, I must have seen you on TV screen once or twice." "Hardly ever." "We work mostly behind the scene." "I was told you were interested in antiques, and how one can determine their age and genuineness." "Cigarette?" "Usually we do not smoke here." "Ah, yes, it may start a fire." "It has happened once, and we do not want it to happen again." "It would be a great pity if the fruit of so much taste and talent was destroyed." "Please excuse me." "Well..." "You wonder how so many objects have found their way to our county." "From Safavle times onwards, European kings have sent many precious gifts to Iranian courts." "Likewise European warehouses are not devoid of our objects." "Besldes, we are an old nation with its tradition and histoy." "Several generations of travelers have bought back the best items they could find." "How can you tell a fake object from a real one?" "With my eyes shut." "We know the histoy of evey object and the number of items it has changed hands." "This shield was made for Shah Ismail; it has changed hands 17 times." "This Ottoman musket was captured by the Iranians in the battle of Chaldoran." "This clock was presented to Naser - ed - din Shah by Oueen Vlctorla." "People were beheaded with this at the time of Nader Shah." "Really?" "What do you think?" "Some people believe this ls a graveyard of memories." "Others consider it a historical archive." "Oh..." "I'll be back." "Is this place suitable for your purpose?" "Oh, yes, it is." "What have you found?" "No, that is not too old. 15 years maximum." "The price, what would be the price?" "No, price can be set on it." "It is not for sale." "In fact, this belongs to my wife." "Where were you?" "I said where were you?" "Now I understand." "The pills I bought you yesterday are still here." "The bottle has been opened and some pills taken." "You didn't accompany your parents to the doctor." "They accompanied you." "You are the patient, you!" "I contacted your doctor." "He confirmed this and said you suffer from anxiety." "What's your anxiety from?" "What are you hiding from me?" "Tell me, I can take it." "Perhaps this is all my fault." "I neglected you and you withdrew from me." "What happened to you?" "Don't bother yourself." "If something has happened, I want to know about it." "Well, never mind." "From now on I'll ty to be home mo're often." "It's because of this damned Job that does not night or day." "Come on, let's go for a drive together to watch autumn leaves falling." "Don't you like it?" "This street is called Zartosht." "We are reaching the intersection of Karlm khan." "Why should a shop - owner resort to a hundred excuses to refrain from selling a picture." "The answer must be here." "I want to know if you find anything of special interest here." "The cinema which is always showing a mediocre film?" "The dress shops?" "The restaurant where one can meet a friend?" "Or the expensive hotel where a room with a double bed costs a great fortune?" "Which one is it?" "Whlch one that I can not guess?" "Do you have a rendezvous somewhere here?" "Why did we have to come to this congested place?" "For a drive!" "How do I look?" "Were your eyes uncomfortable?" "They are now, ever since I have put these on." "Why have you?" "To please you." "I hate dark glasses." "Where are we going?" "What about here?" "Does it look familiar?" "Where are we?" "I want to buy you some flowers." "Ugh!" "All my money went for the purchase of the glasses." "Who asked for flowers?" "Hello operator, Modabber here." "Your servant." "Like wise." "Whould you get me the number now?" "My phone book is all mixed up." "Would you ask them where they are first?" "Thank you." "By all means." "Yes?" "Now, what business have you with an orphanage?" "How is that?" "The number you gave is an orphanage." "Shall I put you through?" "An orphanage?" "Hey, Hey..." "No, thanks." "Then it must be the other number." "I told you that all numbers are all mixed up." "No harm done!" "An orphanage!" "Yes?" "Your number." "It is the archive of the Publlc Records Offlce." "Where?" "Record Office." "I don't get it." "Where?" "Where they file all the birth and death certificates." "At your service during all the prescribed hours." "Each person, in the course of his or her life has been given a puzzle to solve," "In which someone is shown ln the middle of a maze and you are asked to find the way out." "Come on Kian, answer the phone!" "Your servant." "So sory, it's me again." "Your command?" "Thank you." "I cannot get through to our house." "I get constantly a busy signal." "Wlll you ty it?" "With pleasure." "Anything else?" "You are a real pal." "Your servant." "May all nuisances callers go to hell!" "I want to speak with Mr. Hagh - negar." "Who's calling please?" " I came to your place from TV yesterday." "Then when are you coming over to shoot?" "Isn't the master in?" "I wanted to fix a time with him." "Wlth whom are you going to fix the time?" "The master should be here." "Then what you mean is that the master is not in." "The master had a more important engagement." "Now when are you coming to shoot?" "Yes?" "Excuse me madam." "I called the office of Mr. Hagh-negar, but he was not in." "I am calling from TV." "My husband has told me about lt." "You are Mr..." "Modabber." "Do you know where I may find him?" "He may be anywhere." "He may have gone on a house call." "A house call?" "To appraise the objects that are going to be auctioned." "Is it important?" "I don't know how to put it." "I saw a female portrait in the shop yesterday." "It appears that I need your Ok in order to purchase it." "I want to give it to my wife on her birthday." "Yes, he told me that someone was interested and we laughed a bit." "But you cannot buy it." "Why not, is it vey expensive?" "No. in fact it is not worth anything, except for me." "It is a part of our personal belongings." "It was taken to the workshop to be reframed and it has stayed there." "It is not the work of any well - known artist." "It is my own work." "Ah!" "Begging your pardon." "Mr. Hagh - negar should be congratulated for collecting the best of evemhing." "Was there anything else?" "This phone call was really meant to warn Mr. Hagh-negar that we shall be imposing on his hospitality" "We are going to film the interview in your house." "Has he agreed to this?" "Well, implicitly." "We shall drop in early in the evening, so as not to disturb his daily routine." "I'll certainly tell him." "Then until tomorrow, Mrs. Hagh-negar." "Hello operator." "No luck?" "Why is your house busy all the time?" "Hol on, and I'll let you hear for yourself." "Oh, then this is the word!" "Yes, that's it." "Your house." "Are you well?" "The phone was busy all through the day." "My old schoolmates." "They were calling about the reunion." "Your schoolmates?" "Did you find your magnifying glass?" "Yes, why?" "Where were you last week, that is on November 22nd at eleven in the morning?" "I?" "And with whom?" "That's more important." "Why?" "I don't remember." "Then why should I remember where I was 52 days ago?" "A riddle!" "But I now remember." "On that day, at 10 in the morning, I was sitting by myself where you are sitting now." "I was alone." "I am not complaining, and don't look at me like that." "That word was auction." "The man tells the woman the auction has started." "We are going to be late for the auction." "Have you ever take part in an auction of valuable objects?" "Have you ever used your maiden name?" "What does that mean?" "Once you were looking for a Job." "I got bored." " I say go to this reunion." "People find different ways to amuse themselves." "I have a friend called Hagh - negar." "Hls wife does painting." "If you get bored doing nothing in the house, why don't you find a Job somewhere, for instance in an orphanage?" "What happened?" "What happened?" "Did I say something wrong?" "A friend of mine works in the orphanage." "Yesterday, once again I went to visit her." "Well?" "You should not have torn that page." "The number was that of the Publlc Records Offlce." "My friend said that their archive was in good order." "Then there is something wrong with you." "A husband and wife should have nothing to hide from one another." "Do you believe in that?" "Then we agree that both should speak the truth." "What's wrong with you?" "I thlnk you are hiding something." "Let me put in this way." "Besldes me is there anybody else I'n your life?" "What nonsense!" "We agreed to speak the truth, right?" "Is there anybody else in your life?" "I don't understand." "Why?" "It is vey simple." "Is there anybody else or isn't there?" "Well, there is my father." "Apart from him!" "My parents." "No, no." "Someone I don't know." "I feel there's somebody between us." "Between us?" "Someone that you are hiding from me." "Oh, I apologize." "I was not hiding anyway." "I was going to tell you." "But, just now, I am still confused." "No, wait." "Don't say anything." "Think first." "Then there is really someone?" "Well, yes." "A baby, our baby." "A baby?" "They say so." "The doctor, the test." "They all say a baby is on the way, coming from afar." "Oh, the news did not make me happy either." "But I am happy." "Vey!" "Only I was not expecting it at this moment." "A baby's coming." "Nobody is expecting it." "Nobody's happy for its arrival." "And the baby doesn't know." "I must think." "Why aren't stray taken to the pound?" "I am under observation." "From all sides." "There is no escape." "You said a glass cabin?" "Those white uniforms!" "Such as ours?" "You don't want to place the baby in an orphanage." "Do you?" "You are afraid of darkness." "I can get used to the light." "Go to sleep." "Have no fear." "I'm here." "Were you looking for something among the photographs?" "What will you do if you find out that I am not who you think I am?" "Tell me evemhing." "Who are you?" "Are you the person that I thlnk you are?" "No, I was not being inquisitive." "I was worried for you." "I was not keeping watch on you." "For sometime now I have been thinking of buying something." "I was to know your opinion." "Excuse me." "Please" "Hello, Mr. Modabber." "I've received your message." "It's tonight." "Isn't it?" "Yes." "Early in the evening." "My wife forgot to tell you that we have a small celebration of our own tonight." "Really?" "No problem." "Your coming in a way will be the icing on top of the cake." "We are a small crew:" "a sound recorder, a cameraman a lighting technician and the director." "I hope it will be worth the trouble." "What I mean is that you will not be disappointed in my knowledge of antiques." "Excuse me." "Yes." "Would it not have been better to shoot the interview here?" "No amount of explanation can replace the objects themselves." "Of course" "The main scene will be here." "But we would require additional equipments." "Tonight we shall discuss the matter with the director and fix a time with you." "The helmet of Uzun Hassan." "The stirrups of Sultan Mahmud." "The seal of Chengiz Khan." "The past histoy of whole world is here." "Please, excuse me." "What is it?" "Ok, Ok." "Please forget evemhing." "Where are your pills?" "Home?" "What can I do for you?" "I am the interviewer with the film crew from TV." "You are Mr..." "How is it possible?" "I beg your pardon?" "Modabber." "Yes." "It seems that I have known you for years." "We spoke on the phone yesterday, about the painting that you wanted to buy for your wife's birthday." "Oh, you are finally here Mr. Modabber." "Is anything wrong?" "I am amused by your place." "Yes, the atmosphere is vey different from the antique warehouse." "Would that matter?" "By no means." "The contrast may even help." "Where are the others?" "I got in touch with them a short while ago." "They are on their way." "May I make a telephone call?" " Go ahead." "Do feel at home." "Hello, Kian." "I'm going to ask you a favor." "Yes." "I am all right." "Please, jump into a taxi and come to the address I'm going to give you, nothing is wrong." "You should know the address." "It is where I bought you some flowers the other night." "The house opposite the flower-shop." "Number 14." "You'll find a red Paykan parked outside." "No, they don't have a dog." "Please come immediately." "What is going on?" "Has something happened?" "Please do not ask." "I don't know yet, but I felt something important is about to happen." "I thlnk we are entitled to an explanation." "You look younger in this portrait." "It was painted 2 years ago." "Vida?" "That's my wife's name." "Oh, yes." "She's the best restorer of antique pottey and old paintings." "Hello!" "Hello!" "We are the film crew." "Please do come in." "Hello, Modabber." "My colleagues." "Mr..." "Hagh-negar." "Come in please." "Welcome." "Which one of you is Mr. Vejdani?" "We have already spoken at the phone." "We have?" "It's possible." "Are you well?" "Good." "This is Mrs. Hagh - negar." "My colleagues." "Pleased to meet you." "Likewise." "Be calm." "I don't know if I can." "I have never been in front of a TV camera before." "Where are the questions?" "Tea?" "Coffee?" "Soft drink anyone?" "No, no." "Please don't bother." "But that's minimum hospitality." "A glass of water please." "Mrs. Hagh-negar." "You'll have to excuse my audacity." "You have a khaki manteau." "May I ask you to put it on?" "I don't get it." "How do you know what kind of a manteau my wife has in her wardrobe?" "I apologized first." "How shall I put it?" "Please forgive me." "It's all because of her." "My wife suffers from a curious disease." "She wants to know why she doesn't have any photos with her parents as a baby, before she was 5." "She's scared of dogs barking and she's afraid of darkness." "We are testing." "With your permission." "I apologized first." "How shall I put it?" "Please forgive me." "It's all because of her." "My wife suffers from a curious disease" "She wants to know why she doesn't have any photos with her parents as a baby, before she was 5." "She's scared of dogs barking and she's afraid of darkness." "Is the intensity of light uniform all over?" "This way." "What an amazing business." "Your voice madam, and your voice, sir." "I wish someone would tell me what's going on." "Anyway, it doesn't concern me." "But I don't understand what's happening." "Neither do I." "We were supposed to talk about antiques." "Isn't that right?" "I wish someone would tell me what's going on." "Anyway, it doesn't concern me." "But I don't understand what's happening." "Nelther do I." "Nor I." "Well, what are we waiting for?" "Please allow your wife to open the door." "Is it the house of Mr..." "Kian." "Kian." "Now I know the meaning of orphanage, the meaning of Publlc Records Offlce." "Then the old man and woman are not her real parents." "I..." "When I was a child, in very early childhood, I had a sister." "Later whenever I asked about her I was told she was away on some tilp." "Mother!" "Father was dead, and there was no bread." "No..." "No..." "All my life I felt I had taken someone else's place." "All my life." "All right now, Vida." "It was not your fault." "I've not taken anyone else's place." "I had a place of my own." "Didn't I?" "One too many..." "One too many..." "I could have been in her place." "Why?" "Why?" "Mother labored all her life to bring me up, but she yearned for the child she had lost." "Why did she have to choose between her children?" "There was really no choice." "Do you see, Kian?" "Winter is already here." "It's cold." "Shall we go Kian?" "We are going to call on the man and woman who adopted you from orphanage." "Father and mother." "Something I haven't had for years." "Why are you leaving so soon." "This is your own house." "We have much to talk about." "Yes, of course." "But not now." "Perhaps some other time." "Your address... you didn't say where we should send the painting." "Happy birthday Kian." "I had all but forgotten." "The end"