"Gamal El-Leithy Fi lms Presents:" "The Novel of the Eminent Author Naguib Mahfouz" "Chitchat On The Ni le" "Starring:" "Ahmed Ramzy" "Magda El-Khateeb" "Mervat Amin" "Emad Hamdi" "Adel Adham" "Screenplay:" "Mamdouh El-Leithy" "Directed by:" "Hussein Kamal" "A fashion show!" "A blend of costumes." "Why do they dress I ike this?" "I bel ieve they have a point here." "Why should a woman look nice for her husband alone?" "They are always together and she is bored!" "so!" "she puts on make-up and goes out." "But how can they afford such clothes?" "Surely!" "they have plenty of money." "But how do they get it?" "Are they thieves or embezzlers..." "or...?" "Oh!" "I see!" "They get big salaries!" "and don't know how to spend the money." "So!" "they spend thriftlessly." "Look!" "How come this man enjoys al l this beauty alone?" "!" "He mustn't be selfish and let others share it w ith him!" "Sure!" "he is a gal lant man!" " Good evening!" " Good evening to you!" " Is boss Abou Serie there?" " Look for him down there." "Boss!" " Good evening!" " Hel lo and welcome!" "Yesterday's stuff wasn't good." "Everything is adulterated now." "Take this dope!" "it's special." "Don't smel I it!" "I've blended it myself!" "Private Sector qual ity!" " Go bring the narghi le." " You got it." "Government men start paving a road then dig in it again!" "after it is O.K. they make a mess out of it again!" "Once for electricity pipes and once for water pipes!" "Again for telephone cables and then!" "for sewage." "Oh!" "How funny things are going!" "Why not do the whole job once and for al l!" "isn't there a planning committee?" "One could be mistaken!" "but the planning committee never makes mistakes!" "I see!" "Since the committee meets a lot and plans a lot!" "they have to dig a lot!" "He is very wel l-dressed!" "Always mention God!" "Good morning!" "Where've you been?" "You're late 2 hours dai ly!" "Did you revise these papers?" "Signatures are missing!" "Speak up!" "Speak up!" "Why aren't these documents stamped?" "Wake up!" "man!" "Write the delayed report and give it to the general manager." "Yes!" "sir." "A report... regarding... what was publ ished... in Al-Ahram newspaper... about the unavai labi I ity of hospital medicines..." "A mal icious press campaign." "We have written a report to answer back." "The authorities must be sure that medicines and beds are avai lable and plenty!" "and that we are fol low ing the Charter and its principles." "The report is ready!" "sir." "I'l I send it to you to submit it to the undersecretary." "Goodbye!" "sir." "Two days to write this report?" "!" "Give it to me!" "Is this the report?" "!" "Yes!" "sir." "Sure you've written it yourself?" "Yes!" "sir!" "it's not my first one." "You've written it whi le being high." "I've always written al l reports." "It differs here!" "you used an empty pen!" "You've written it whi le being stoned!" "Try to defend yourself at the inquiry!" " We're at work!" "not a dope den!" " Alright!" "sir." "What's wrong w ith the report?" "Am I high?" "!" "I write al l reports whi le I'm high!" "It seems that General Manager is plastered!" "Since the medicines and beds are avai lable!" "why do we write such reports?" "The government says medicines are avai lable!" "where are they?" "In pharmacies?" "!" "Good." "Instead of reports!" "we'd better ask at pharmacies!" "Officials care only about reports!" "Al l fear bearing the responsibi I ity and write reports." "What is the value of al l these reports?" "There must be a certain point behind them!" "Yes!" "As long as we need lots of blank papers for these reports!" "paper factories w i l l have work to do." "On becoming numerous!" "we burn the reports!" "then match factories w i l l have work to do!" "On burning the reports!" "I it matches may burn our clothes!" "thus!" "cloth factories w i l l have work to do!" "They strive for self-sufficiency!" "How wonderful!" "Good evening!" "Mr Ragab." "This is excel lent stuff." "Thank you very much!" "sir." " Aren't you Mr Aniss Zaki?" " It's me." "How are you?" "Don't you remember me?" "I'm Ragab El-Adi." "Yes." "Hel lo!" "Mr Ragab." "Come tel l me about your news!" "man." " How things are going w ith you?" " Fine." " Where are you working?" " At the Ministry of Health." "I haven't seen you for 02 years!" "since I left Munira area." " Are you married!" "Aniss?" " No." " With whom do you I ive?" " I I ive alone." "You must come w ith me to the Kingdom!" " What Kingdom?" " It's another world." "Come w ith me!" "my friend." " Come on." " No need." "I'm going back by bus." " Come!" "we'l I hang out together." " I'm not ready!" "not wel l-dressed." "Don't worry!" "we are al l friends." "Come in!" "Aniss." "(Fighting Resumed on the Front)" "(Heavy Arti I lery Bombing For 7 Hours)" "Welcome!" "sir." " Is everything ready!" "Abdou?" " Yes!" "sir!" "coal!" "tobacco!" "the narghi le and the thing you know." "Alright." "Take this." " At your service!" "sir." " Please come in!" "Mr Aniss." "Oh!" "God!" "Please!" "forgive me!" "This is just a smal l hash piece!" "it is no big sin!" "Please!" "come in!" "Aniss." "Come in." "Come on in!" "Aniss." "Come on." "This is Mr Aniss Zaki." "Our neighbor in Munira in days of hardship!" "He used to give us private lessons in Arabic and history." "He was matchless at that time." "Let me introduce the Emperor of this empire of weed the revered Mr Aly Essayed!" "He can nai I you by one of his articles!" "or can make you rise up in the world!" "Welcome!" "to the I ight and del ight of my eyes!" "Very good evening." "He is high now!" "Here is Ra the First!" "Field Marshal of the Kingdom!" "Ra the First and the Last!" "He is Mr Khaled Azzouz!" "the famous novel ist." "He is i l lustrious!" "real ly." "Nice meeting you!" "And this is the Minister of Law of the Kingdom!" "Prince Mustafa Rashed." "A big lawyer who works in several firms and organizations." "Because of his ambition!" "we appointed him a Minister of Legislation in our Kingdom!" "Nice seeing you!" "Come on in." "Welcome!" " Good evening!" " Hi!" "Good evening to you al l." " Evening!" " Sit." " Things are ready!" "as ordered." " Thank you!" "Abdou." "Easy!" "We need weed for the whole night." "Don't worry." " We I ike to come here for some drags." " Be at your ease." " What a beautiful night!" " A great night!" " Nice evening!" "Emperor!" " Same to you!" "pal!" "Read tomorrow's paper!" "I've praised you in my article a fab review about your new movie." " Thanks!" "my dear!" " You're welcome!" "Have you seen the movie?" "How come that the Emperor of press and criticism watches an Arabic movie?" "How did you criticize it!" "then?" "!" "It's just one story that has been made into a zi I I ion movies!" "and w i l l be made in another zi I I ion!" "The girl fal ls in love w ith the smart guy and they agree on marriage." "At the wedding!" "she discovers he's her bro by suckl ing." "Then!" "two minutes before the end!" "a good old bearded man appears to testify that he's not her bro!" "then get married." "And so..." "Here ends the story!" "Bad writers sel l trivial stories to the Cinema Organization and take its money!" "whi le they only bought 1 of my stories!" " Only one!" " They buy it for a grand." " Shame on them!" " Only a grand?" "!" " I have a score to settle w ith it." " Who's it?" "Why don't you wake up?" "!" " Good evening!" " A wonderful evening!" "Why don't you try it!" "Aniss?" "Have a drag." "Don't be afraid!" "it doesn't bite!" "Come on!" "Aniss!" "inhale from the mouth and exhale from the nose!" "just I ike a cig." "He might get the smoke out of his ears." "Oh!" "my God!" "How lovely!" " Give me more!" "my friend!" "How nice!" " The coal is burning wel l." "Add more hash." "We'l I stay here ti l l dawn!" " Emperor!" "he's super!" "eh?" " Right!" "You're an great smoker!" "Excel lent!" "he's my discovery!" " He's a center forward player!" " How nice!" "O sleepless nights!" "How wonderful!" "No need for singing!" "Ragab!" "the dope is finished." "I'm Ragab!" "haven't I told you!" "dear!" "that I'm Ragab!" " Are you real ly Ragab?" " I'm Ragab." "He's Ragab and the dope is finished." "Did you get us a smal l quantity?" "No hash!" "we'd better go home." "We go home and no article!" "Oh!" "please!" "Don't do that." "Bring hash or there'l I be no article!" "Where from!" "sir?" "Do I plant it in the garden?" "!" " You plant tomatoes and cress!" " A waste of time!" "Bring us some hash." "The dealer has gone home!" "he's a self-made man!" " I see!" " God!" "forgive me!" "The hashish dealer is a self-made man!" "This is real ly nice to hear!" "Your Highness..." " May I?" " Oh!" "my dear friend!" "let me kiss your hand!" "This is great!" "You're far more resourceful than us!" "Aniss." "I real ly l ike you!" " Oh!" "you!" " One moment!" "Go make movies and I'l I write about you!" " How nice!" " Yes!" "indeed!" "You're a movie star!" " Quiet!" " What?" "On behalf of the owner of the Kingdom!" "his Highness!" "the Field Marshal and me!" "I!" "hereby!" "offer my gratitude for this great supply!" "which you have offered us at a crucial time!" " in this Kingdom!" " Wel l-said!" "The Emperor now has the floor." "He's to be appointed the Minister of Drugs in the Kingdom." " I agree." " And I agree!" "too." " Drugs Minister!" " Here's the chair." " The drugs Minister!" " Hai l him!" "Please!" "have a seat." " Carry him high!" " Carry him high!" "Long I ive the Minister of Drugs!" "Long I ive the Minister of Drugs!" "Long I ive the Minister of Drugs." "Long I ive the Minister of Drugs!" "You bring us pleasure!" "You are our hash suppl ier!" "You're our savior!" "You're our savior!" "You bring us pleasure!" "You help us get high!" "You are our hash suppl ier!" "Long I ive the Minister of Drugs!" "Long I ive the Minister of Drugs!" "Long I ive the Minister of Drugs!" "Long I ive the Minister of Drugs!" "You are our savior!" "You bring us pleasure!" "At long last!" "the Minister of Drugs has assumed his seat... and according to the law of our Kingdom!" "he is the right man in the right place!" " And a narghi le for each junky!" " How wonderful!" "You hash suppl ier!" "You're our lord and master!" " I bel ieve we al l agree to this." " True." "Starting tomorrow!" "you'l I I ive in the Kingdom!" "Aniss." "Yes." " Wi I I you love me forever?" " Yes!" "dear." " Come on!" "let's go." " Let's stay for a whi le." " Let's go." " No." "It's safer here!" "we could be seen outside!" " We'l I go to the Kingdom." " Which Kingdom?" "My Kingdom!" "my dear friends only go there." "Should we leave now?" "After a whi le!" " Who's this?" " He's the chief guard!" " Good evening!" "Abdou." " Good evening!" "sir." "Good evening!" "chief guard!" "I w ish I met her thirty years ago!" "O God!" "forgive me!" " Is this your Kingdom?" " Yes." "Come in." "No!" "I'm scared!" " Scared of what?" " My man could see me!" " What?" " My man may see me." "Come in!" "dear." "There are strangers!" "Fear nothing!" "these are ministers of the Kingdom!" " And they have a cabinet meeting?" " A fun cabinet!" "You're a naughty boy!" " Welcome!" "pudding!" " What?" "Cal l me pudding?" "!" " As sweet as pudding!" " Yeah?" "!" "We need your place!" "Minister of Drugs." "Move!" "Aniss." "Good evening!" "Minister of Drugs!" "This is how ministers should be!" " This is dearest Sanneya." " Sanneya is as sweet as pudding!" "Why insist on cal l ing me pudding?" "Because I I ike pudding so much." "The famous critic Mr Aly Essayed." " Are you Mr Aly Essayed?" " Yes." "I I ike your column very much." "I read it everyday!" "for it is very nice and cute!" "Yes!" "this is how it starts... first!" "you I ike the column!" "and then!" "the writer of the column!" "and then..." " And then?" " You get intimate w ith him!" "You are naughty!" "too." "Ragab!" "Ragab!" "Watch your friend!" "Watch me!" "Ragab!" " What'd Scheherazade drink?" " Same as Shahriyar." "Some fine hash!" "Aniss." "I don't wanna try that weed." "My man was a junky!" "I made him quit." "Are you married!" "baby?" "!" " More or less." " What do you mean?" " I'l I ask for divorce." " No!" "no!" "no!" "Why should you ask for divorce?" "He is fool ing around w ith the housemaid." "How can he leave the lovely pudding for a salty dish?" "!" "No account for taste." " Here you are." " Thank you." " Cheers!" "my love." " Cheers." "Cheers." "I've shooting at the studio." "I'l I be back in an hour." " I'd rather leave." " No!" "stay." "You can stay w ith us." " Goodbye!" "pal." " Goodbye." "He'l I come soon." "This is I ife's el ixir." "Let me try it!" "maybe it would help me forget!" "Forget it al l!" "care about nothing." " Have you forgot it al l?" "!" " Not yet." "Pul I over here." "Hope he has not arrived!" "Get a divorce and get it over w ith." "In the right time." " Good night!" " Same to you!" "pudding!" "Sanneya!" "Yes?" "Where have you been!" "Sanneya?" "Tel I me!" "where is my rival?" "!" "How cruel!" "She left you and went home!" "Come on!" "woman!" "She is only a maid!" "Yes!" "a maid." "But I saw you patting her cheek." "Anyway!" "I was visiting my friend Samiha." "I wasn't fool ing around I ike you!" "You're a cheat!" "but I'm a chaste woman!" "Sanneya!" "Sanneya!" "Sanneya!" "Sanneya!" "Sanneya!" "Sanneya's husband is cheating on her!" "but she is not a cheat!" "Why isn't she a cheat?" "Why?" "!" "I got the picture!" "Because she only cheated on him!" "after he had cheated on her." "Weird!" "Come over here." "Where are you taking me?" "I'l I show you around the houseboat." "I fear to get motion sickness." "Are you sure?" "O.K.!" "show me around." "Wi I I Ragab be late?" "He'l I be late for good!" "He's a cheat!" "Yes!" "he is!" "He is just I ike my husband." "Yes!" "I ike your husband!" "Develop them quickly!" "please." "You deserve this article." "She's a very beautiful woman!" "Now!" "I isten to what I've written." "What ever happened to the Cinema Organization?" "!" "Why doesn't Ragab El-Adi act in its movies!" "though he is a wel l-l iked jeune premier?" "Why is not his fee increased to 5 grand... since he is the jeune premier." "This is nice!" "Ragab El-Adi has got potential as an actor!" "which should be made use of..." " Good morning!" "Mr Aly." " Good morning!" "The article is ready." " Don't you know Mr Ragab El-Adi?" " Hel lo." "Miss Samara!" "our work mate." " Hel lo!" " Hel lo!" " Seen his last movie?" " Yes!" "but in fact I didn't I ike it." "Why is that?" "The script and the dialogue are incoherent." "The movie on the whole is not that good." " Excuse me." " Go ahead." " I'l I be in the printing room." " You can leave now." "Excuse me." "What an queer fish!" "Why so?" "She is new here and handles matters too seriously." "If she comes once to the houseboat!" "she'l I change!" " Right?" " Yes." "Not going to show me around?" "This is exactly what I'm doing now!" "And here dayl ight broke!" "and so!" "Scheherazade stopped talking." " Your Highness!" " My sweetheart!" " Evening!" " Good evening." "Strange!" "the country is in chaos." "You wait an hour to find a cab." "Why?" "Don't you have a car?" "!" "A car!" "I can't afford it." "If I go on missions abroad and take travel al lowance!" "I'l I get one." "Even the company car bears the sign reading "Publ ic Sector"." "God help those who take the bus!" "Pudding!" "do you take the bus!" "too?" "How lucky are those who take the bus w ith you!" "Yes!" "Buses and tram must be no more!" "car import must be al lowed!" "then!" "al l w i l l have cars." "Viva the sole great social ist!" "Ministers!" "social ism means that every citizen should own a posh!" "big car!" "Wel l-said!" "We need some more coal!" "Aniss." "Can you lend me fifteen pounds?" " Lend you?" " I need to buy something." " Alright." " Thank you." "What do you know?" "!" "You are here!" "We arrived a whi le ago!" "when you started show ing her around!" "Miss Lei la is a translator at a petroleum company." "Meet Mrs Sanneya." "Nice to meet you!" "Miss!" "Mr Aly Essayed!" "Khaled Azzouz!" "Mr Mustafa Rashed." "Be seated." "Welcome!" "Please!" "have a seat." " Oh!" "no!" " Sit here." " Take a drag!" " I don't smoke such things." "Try it once." " What is it?" " This is hashish!" "my dear!" "Excuse me!" "I've work." " I'l I come along." " Stay." "I'l I come back soon." "He'l I come back soon." "He won't be long." "What about that journal ist!" "is she sti l I a snob?" "One day!" "she'l I come round." "Wait!" " You devi I!" " Come on!" "Tel I you what..." " You've a nice blouse." " Thanks." "The shoes and the earring!" "too." "You're elegant on the whole." "Thank you." "Actual ly!" "al l my clothes are imported." " From where do you buy them!" "dear?" " Shawarbi St." "My clothes costs L.E. 06 only!" "the shoes cost L.E. 51 ." " Yes." " I swear!" "the earrings cost L.E. 7." "How much is your salary!" "dear?" " Seventeen pounds!" " Only?" "!" "They are barely sufficient!" "In fact!" "I don't I ive on my salary." " I see." "You have another income." " Exactly." "What!" "dear?" "Daddy's estate?" "!" " Want to fool me!" "broad?" "!" " Stop it!" "We'd better focus here." "Let's do I ike Arabic movies!" "put sedatives in your glass!" "then..." "Then!" "what?" "And then!" "Sanneya's virtue w i l l be history!" "Oh!" "my dear!" "Let's have some fresh air." " It's alright." " Come on!" "dear." "Excuse me!" "Miss Liar!" "Don't worry." " Mr Khaled." " Yes?" " Why did you ki l l Aida?" " Aida!" " Who's she?" "!" " Aida Shokry." " Who is Aida Shokry?" " The heroine of your last novel." "I see." "I ki l led her because... she hated men." "This would make women afraid of hating men!" " Of course." " Of course?" "!" " Wi I I I see you tomorrow?" " I'm afraid Ragab would know." "Such trivial matters don't upset him." " Good night!" " See you!" " Good evening!" "Mother." " Evening!" " Evening!" "Hamada." " Hel lo." "What did Samira do in the al imony case today?" "It's been postponed for two months!" "dear." " I need to talk to you!" "Mother." " Yes." "Take this money and buy meat and ghee... buy Hamada trousers!" "and get sis a bus subscription." " Where did you get this?" " Overtime money!" "Mom." " Do you take that much per day?" " Yes." "The government is real ly good!" "Long I ive the government!" "She buys a dress!" "shoes and earrings for L.E. 08?" "She can't be the only one!" "al l women want to imitate her." "They al l want to buy from Shawarbi Street." "What w i l l they do?" "Do I ike her?" "!" "Instead of letting women imitate her!" "importing clothes must stop!" "Instead of writing reports about medicine shortages!" "we import them." "We're ready for shooting." "I'l I wear make-up." "If I don't get my check!" "I won't shoot." "We'l I have it ready." " What is left?" " The show and dances." "Playback music." " Is the playback ready?" " Yes." "I need your help!" "my dear Hassanein." "I want it to be the hit of the season!" "in color." " Sure thing." " Please!" "Fi lm distributors want movies in color." "I'l I make you a movie to suit the Cannes Festival." "No!" "Leave that for new movie vogues." "I want to please the audience!" " Lights!" " Ready." " The dresses?" " I got you 2 bags ful l of them." "I want dresses that catch the eye to please the audience." " She knows my style." " O.K." " Are these any good?" " What is this?" "I said more colors!" "Get moving." " Samir." " Yes!" "sir." " Ready?" " Ready!" "sir." " Action!" " God bless you!" " Rol l'em!" " Start!" ""Pamper Me More"." "First take." "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "I swear not to bathe!" "unless you get me a lace dress..." "I swear not to bathe!" "unless you get me a lace dress... to wear it and strut around!" "Then!" "I'l I sing for you!" "my beloved!" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "I swear not to bathe or sleep!" "unless you cover the floor w ith marble ti les." "I swear not to bathe or sleep!" "unless you cover the floor w ith marble ti les!" "and bui ld me pigeon coop on the roof!" "Then!" "I'l I sing for you!" "my beloved!" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "I swear not to bathe!" "unless my love buys me a transistor." "I swear not to bathe!" "unless my love buys me a transistor!" "to help us spend happy nights!" "Then!" "I'l I sing for you!" "my beloved!" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "I swear not to bathe!" "unless my beloved proposes to me..." "I swear not to bathe!" "unless my beloved proposes to me... and throws a very big wedding party!" "Then!" "I'l I sing for you!" "my beloved!" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" ""Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!"" "The washbasin has cal led out on me saying:" "Come and bathe!" "sweet girl!" "Come and bathe!" "Come and bathe!" "Come and bathe!" " Mohsen!" " Yes!" "it's me." "At last!" "I could see you behind father's back." "Oh!" "my dear father!" "Oh!" "my dear friend!" "This is exactly what I want!" "Let's finish cos I've a date." "Right away!" "The next shot quickly!" "Mr Ragab wants to go home." "Come on!" "we're in a hurry." "Hassan!" "Come here." "Quickly." "Mr Ragab!" "there are fans who w ish to see you." "I've told you I don't...!" " Let them come in." " O.K. sir." " Mr Ragab!" "how do you do?" " Hel lo." "I've always wanted to see you." " Sign my autograph?" " Sure." " It seems to be a wonderful movie!" " Thanks a lot." "Thanks." " Please!" "sit down." " Thank you." " I I ike al l your roles." " Thank you." " What do you do?" " We are students of phi losophy." "How nice!" "this is great!" "In fact!" "I I ike acting!" "but they don't." "What are my roles that you admire the most?" "Your part in "Yes!" "Yes!" "My Darl ing"!" ""The Three Fools" and "I love you!" "Ducky."" " Mr Ragab." " Yes?" "What does "The washbasin has cal led" stand for?" "It stands for... wel l!" "you see... it stands for the water being cut off at high floors!" "Good arts tackle people's problems!" " Mr Ragab." " Yes?" "Can you teach me how to act?" " Yes." "I can." " Thanks." " Mr Ragab!" "we're ready." " I'l I be back in a minute." "Lights on!" "You got a beautiful vi l la!" "Do al l actors have beautiful houses?" "When you become a famous actress!" "you'l I have a more beautiful mansion." "Oh!" "This is the new issue." "I love this magazine!" " Read what in it?" " "Actor Secrets"! "The Detective!"" "and "Ms M. Diary"!" "it's great!" "This is real ly nice!" "Who is that one?" "!" "Oh!" "Is it you!" " Seen me on stage in Othel lo?" " No!" "I haven't." "Right!" "Let me teach you the first lesson in acting!" "Can I cal l my mother because I'm quite late?" "Oh!" "yes!" "Where's the telephone?" "!" "The telephone?" "!" "Here it is!" " Let's look for it together." " Yeah sure!" "Let's do it." "Here it is." "Yes!" "Mother." "I'm at my friend's Salwa." "She insisted on coming to her place to study." "Bel leve me!" "Mother." "In half an hour!" "she'l I help me get the lesson!" "then!" "be back!" "Do you need anything!" "Mother?" "!" "Bye!" "mother." " Cheers." " Do I have to?" "An actress must drink." " Cheers!" " Cheers!" "Go ahead!" "and drink it!" "Come on." "The first acting lesson is the kiss." "Look at me." "Come closer." "Closer." "Hug me." "Hug me!" "Are you ready?" "Come on." "This is enough for today!" "I'm late." "Tomorrow is off the Prophet's Emigration Day." "I'l I ring to set a date." "It's a must." "You must take the second lesson!" " Goodbye for now." " Goodbye." "Many happy returns!" "Mr Aniss." "The same to you!" "Abdou." "Abdou!" "what do you know about the Prophet's Emigration Day?" "This was the day when the Prophet fled from the infedels." "It seems that he migrated to Medina!" "and the infidels came here!" "As for luck!" "you are very lucky indeed!" "You'l I fal l in love w ith a tal l!" "great!" "and handsome artist." " And modest?" " Yes!" "very modest!" "indeed." " Why?" "!" " Never mind." " No." " Why?" "!" "So!" "fool ing me?" "!" "Is this show ing me around?" " Ragab has already done that!" " No." "He tricked and duped me and proved to be a cheat!" "too!" "I w i l l never cheat on you." " Is this your houseboat?" " No!" "it is my Kingdom." " Many happy returns!" "sir!" " Same to you!" "Abdou." "Come on!" "dear." "The girl is too young." "God!" "Forgive us!" "Welcome among us!" "Hel lo and welcome!" " Happy returns!" " Same to you." "This is Sanaa!" "a student of phi losophy!" "Arts Col lege." " She is!" "also!" "my new disciple!" " Bravo!" ""Make love!" "Not War!"" "Are you going to teach her how to act or how to smoke hash?" "Why not laughing?" "Mingle!" "Don't you I ike having fun?" " Are you shy?" " No." "On the contrary!" "Sanaa is broad-minded!" "knows that artists should mingle!" "right?" " Of course." " This is what we cal l "Technology"!" "What w i l l you do now?" "We'l I make technology!" " Hi!" "Aniss!" " Great!" "Isn't it unlawful to smoke hash on such a rel igious occasion?" " Being a lawyer!" "I say "No"." " Yes." " I say it clear." " Say more!" "Law forbids drinking and smoking hash on this rel igious occasion... but not "Technology"!" " Right you are." " Wel l-said!" "It seems that the legislator was a junky I ike us!" "I want to ask you something but I'm shy." "Why are you shy?" "I need twenty pounds as a loan." "At your disposal!" " Think I stopped smoking?" " Give me some." "I have always I ived alone." "Oh!" "yeah!" " Did you I ike the houseboat!" "dear?" " Not bad." "What do you think?" "The best way to celebrate this day is by leaving and going for a ride!" " I agree." " No objection!" "I don't mind." " You'l I have al l the hash!" " No." "Our lord should accompany us." " Yes!" " We won't leave him." "Take him!" " Aniss!" " Come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Aniss!" "come on!" "let's have fun!" "Let's have fun." "Come on." " Let's go." " Yes!" "move." "I won't drink tea!" "I'l I smoke the narghi le!" "I won't drink tea!" "I'l I smoke the narghi le!" " I won't drink tea!" " I'l I smoke the narghi le!" "I won't drink tea!" "I'l I smoke the narghi le!" " Moments to behold history!" " Yes." " Ladies!" "and gentlemen!" " Yes." "We are before a Pharaonic cemetery." "Let's pray for mercy for our ancestors who brought us to I ife!" "Let's pray!" " Let's go through hel l and suffer!" " And become high!" " Who are those people?" " I don't know." "Let's find out." "Let's go and see." " Let's do it." " Come on." "Let's go Ragab." " Wait for me!" "guys!" " Run!" "Ragab!" "Wait here!" "Raise your voice!" "woman!" "and repeat after me" "Abu Khodair!" "birds make nests on trees!" "Birds make nests on trees!" "I want a boy!" "A boy!" "O power of men!" "Lower your voice!" "woman!" "and mention your w ish!" "A boy!" "I want a boy." "A boy!" "I want a boy!" "Get back!" "take the pot behind you left shoulder!" "and do as I have told you." "A boy!" "What are these people doing?" "Fatma is steri le and she's here for the pharaoh's blessings!" "Wi I I the pharaoh help her have kids?" "!" "Take her to my doc!" "he's very good." "Lady!" "we inherited such traditions from the pharaohs." "They were simple people!" "who only had chi ldren and bui lt pyramids!" "This pharaoh is very smal l!" "let's go to that one over there." "Come on!" "Here we go." "Look how big it is?" "!" "Come this way." "Let's cl imb it!" "Ragab!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "guys!" "cl imb it!" "Up!" "up!" "I'l I fal l." " Help me up." " Come." " Give me a hand." " Up you go." "Hold on." "Give me a kiss!" "Grandfather!" "Oh!" "my!" "He is w inking at me!" "Frankly speaking!" "he's cute!" "Let's smoke hash to intoxicate Gramps!" "This is how fun should be!" "He's already high!" "that's why he's been sleeping for 0003 years!" "Look at him!" "he is high!" "You mean he's dead!" " I w ish I could I ike him!" " Me!" "too!" "He smoked!" "got plastered!" "laughed del iriously!" "then!" "laid on his back!" "He must have had very good weed!" "pal!" "This is for sure." "See how sleepy he is!" "He must have been a junky I ike us!" " Why doesn't history mention this?" " Wel l!" "history is!" "also!" "high!" "Hadn't it been high!" "it wouldn't have al lowed people I ike us to mock it!" "Let's go search for the rest of his fami ly!" "Let's do it." "Yes!" "let's go!" "pals!" "Be careful!" "Ragab!" "Watch out!" "Wait here!" "wait!" "Oh!" "God!" "What a disaster!" " We'd better go!" " Let's see!" "maybe she's hurt!" " Go!" "Ragab!" " They've gathered." "Shal I I go?" " No!" "no!" " Go!" "Ragab!" "It's alright!" "guys." "The ride has ended up sadly!" "Come on!" "cheer up!" "Fix the coal!" "Aniss." "I am a nervous wreck!" "It was her fault!" "peasants never look around in the streets!" "Oh!" "please!" "She is not the first one to die..." " many people die for no reason" " Right you are!" "Khaled." "People die in wars!" "plagues or disasters!" "this is I ife!" "It seems that she was very poor and helpless." " She is rel ieved of it al l now!" " She is lucky!" "She died as a martyr and she'l I go to Paradise." "Does this mean that she owes you a lot now?" "!" "Of course." "The government should teach peasants about traffic rules!" "thus!" "they must pay her fami ly a pension!" "I think we should forget this." " Right." " Absolutely right." "Give me some weed!" "Aniss." "Welcome!" "everybody!" "The Prophet migrated to spread Islam!" "what about you!" "folks?" "!" " We had an accident." " What?" "!" " We went to the graveyards!" "Abdou." " Why!" "lady?" "!" "To visit your ancestors!" "This is very funny!" " Prepare us some food!" "Abdou." " Alright!" "sir." "Do you know why the peasant died?" " Why?" " Because she wasn't high!" "Give me hash!" "or something bad would happen to me!" "Yes!" "give me some." "They're mean!" "They had to save her!" "instead of leaving her bleed to death." " Was she an old woman?" " No!" "only eighteen years old." "They feared the scandal." "People say the car was ful l of men and women." "How unfortunate!" "Give me some hashish!" "our lord!" "Aren't you afraid of the pol ice?" "We are not afraid of cops!" "the army!" "the British or even the Americans!" "Having suffered excessive fear!" "we fear nothing now!" "The government is busy w ith economic development!" "and setting up a social ist society!" "it won't bother w ith us." "Take a joint." "Take it." "Why does it look so pecul iar?" "If you w ish to act!" "you should try everything." "Everything!" "We have tried even w ithout acting!" "Come on!" "dear!" "let's take the lesson!" " Think I'm going to be an actress?" " We w i l l know now." "Come closer to me." "Now!" "kiss me... yes!" "before everybody." "Don't be shy." "Shyness is the enemy of acting." "You're real ly naughty!" "Ragab!" "He'l I receive a medal on Science Day!" "Oh!" "poor me!" "Why didn't you give me some lessons first?" "!" "Hey!" "Listen to me!" "everybody!" "Those who loved died!" "those who hated died!" "and the honorable ones died!" "too!" "Those who stole and embezzled died." "Those who rose up in the world died!" "and those who were downtrodden have!" "also!" "died!" "We w i l l al l die one day!" "To hel l w ith death!" "Viva I ife!" "Viva I ife!" "This is fun." "This is not a pecul iarity on our part!" "but it is much love for l ife and fear of death!" "so let us l ive and viva I ife!" "Gentlemen!" "we must congratulate ourselves on this unparal leled eternal moment!" "Sanaa!" "accept my deepest respect and admiration!" "from now on!" "Gentlemen!" "there is an air raid!" "Turn off the I ights!" "Hey!" "everyone!" "Turn off the I ights!" "You up there!" "Turn off the I ights!" " Turn off the I ights!" " An air raid!" "Hey!" "Turn off the I ights!" "Gentlemen!" "there is an air raid!" "What happened?" "Isn't the war over yet?" "!" "Those people are a drag!" "they've the whole day!" "why should they make the air raid now?" "!" "Let's tease them!" "We must tease them!" "Turn off the I ights!" "Turn off the I ights!" " Turn off the I ights!" " Turn off the narghi le!" "Know that these raid are of a great use?" "!" "Now!" "I isten!" "don't seduce me in the darkness!" " you know I'm sti I I green!" " Real ly?" "!" "If you love me!" "don't do that." "I'm sti I I..." "Is it so?" "!" "Never mind!" "you'l I grow up one day." "Surely!" "these are fake raids just to have I ights turned off!" "and in this case!" "people start to have much fun!" "That's it!" "When the I ights are out!" "everyone does what they w ish!" "some love!" "others take bribes!" "and some embezzle!" "War is made to encourage love!" "whi le peace is against it!" "and the benefits of people!" ""Ragab El-Adi in a new one of his cheap movies!" "adding to the deterioration of Egyptian cinema."" "Sorry to write so about him!" "especial ly that he's your pal!" "but the publ ic benefit is more important." "Being my friend is not the issue!" "but I think you're too harsh." "I bel ieve this is the least I can write about cheap movies presented to people as good art." "You may not publ ish it." "As for me!" "I would publ ish it as is." "But bear in mind that your opinion w i l l not affect his status as a big artist." "The point is that people who know Ragab wel l!" "including me!" "won't bel ieve you." "They might even lose confidence in your future writings." "How is that?" "!" "Based on my I ife experiences I don't judge by appearances." "You were rather rash." "What do you know about Ragab?" "When you wrote about prisons and street beggars!" "you stayed in prisons and orphanages to mingle w ith them." "This was the reason behind your success." "I am not fol low ing here!" "sir." "Had Ragab El-Adi been worthless as you pictured him!" "I wouldn't have befriended him." "Not only me!" "al l his friends are big!" "dignified people." "Is Khaled Azzouz worthless?" "What about Mustafa Rashed the famous lawyer?" "We al l hang out in that houseboat." "I invited you to join us there!" "get to know Ragab and judge him!" "then!" "you can write what you w ish." "Do you want me to come to the houseboat?" "!" "See?" "!" "You look taken aback!" "Samara Bahgat is a serious journal ist!" "and has faith in herself!" "I'm not taken aback!" "Mr Aly." " Then!" "come to the houseboat." " I'm coming tonight." "We'l I be honored to have you around." " Hel lo!" " Welcome!" "We're honored to have you here." "Please." "Peace and blessings be upon you!" "Peace and blessings be upon you!" "I have seen nothing!" "O God!" "forgive me!" "This is my col league the journal ist Samara Bahgat." "Let me introduce you to our cl ique." "Mr Ragab El-Adi." "Hel lo!" "welcome." "Sanaa!" "a promising actress." "Good evening!" "Mr Mustafa Rashed!" "the famous lawyer." " Hel lo!" " He's s phi losopher!" "too!" "I'm honored." "Meet Mrs Sanneya... not the one in the TV ad!" "who leaves water running from the tap!" "She's a good w ife and never forgets her pas!" "Nice to meet you!" "Miss Lei la Zeidan!" "a translator!" "who fluently speaks many languages." " She is a real working girl." " Hel lo!" "And this is Mr Khaled Azzouz!" "he is wel l-known." " Of course." " Nice to meet you!" "Please!" "come in." "Please!" "sit down." " Haven't introduced this gentleman." " Oh!" "This is Aniss Zaki." "You can say he is our lord and Minister of Drugs here!" "He is the consultant to the high committee of coal and tobacco!" "I see him in the streets talking to himself." "Oh!" "yes!" "maybe he's had too much hash!" "Aniss!" "Aniss!" "Miss Samara Bahgat says hel lo." "Never mind!" "he is high!" "Lucky him!" "he is in another world of his own!" "His eyes..." "look inwards!" "Tel I me!" "what do you see!" "Mr Aniss?" "I see everything naked and upside down!" "I w ish I could be the same!" "Aly!" "Sti I I not pleased w ith my last movie?" "I told you!" "Mr Ragab!" "an old story!" "not related to our society." "On the contrary!" "it's excel lent!" "and drama needn't be a reflection of the society." "I I ike the movie." " Learnt drama where?" " Faculty of Arts." "Seems you go to the Faculty of Agriculture!" "What is this?" "!" "She'l I spol I our mood!" " Would you I ike to try some?" " No." "May I?" "Have a lovely evening!" " Whisky?" " No!" "thank you." "In the beginning!" "we were al l timid I ike you!" "It's not about being timid!" "what do you I ike about weed?" "Your question should be "Why don't some people I ike it?"" "Why don't you talk at al l?" "He who works doesn't talk!" "If he talks!" "he'l I wake up!" "he prefers being high!" " Is he never sober?" " Maybe for two hours in daytime." " What do you do when sober?" " I ask myself why I'm I iving!" "And what is your reply?" "I get high before having a reply!" "You are good at inhal ing smoke!" "Excuse me!" "I w i l l leave." "Quite early to leave!" "you've already sobered us up!" " Stay!" "we'l I have a nice evening." " It's alright." "I'l I come again." " She'l I come once again!" " May it end wel l!" "Thanks for this nice evening." " Take you home?" " No." "It is quite late." " Excuse me!" "I won't be late." " I'l I come w ith you." " Why don't you stay?" " Sorry!" "I don't want to be late." " As you I ike." "Let's go." " Thanks." " We're honored to have you here." " Thanks." " We hope to see you again!" " I'l I try." "Try to come once to the studio!" "I have shooting tomorrow." "O.K. I'm coming tomorrow!" "too." "Sorry!" "I'm busy tomorrow." " Please!" "after you." " Thank you." " Does Mr Aniss have a job?" " At the Ministry of Health." "How can he work whi le being high?" "He's I ike many others who just get paid each month!" " Morning!" "Mr Fathy." " Morning!" "I want to ask you about a reportage I w ish to make." " Sit down." " Thank you." "What is it about?" "About junkies who get high to escape their dai ly problems." "Frustration makes them forsake real ity via hash." "Do you know such people?" "!" "I met a group of them by chance." "I w ish to I ive this experience." "This would be a scoop!" "if you succeeded in this attempt." " Thanks." " Not at al l." "How come Sanneya is w ith Aly!" "Lai la w ith Khaled and Sanaa w ith Ragab!" "doing what they want and no one dares to ask?" "!" "Why is that?" "Why?" "!" "Cos the ladies are from good fami I ies and the men are top dogs!" "no need for scandals!" "But if it were a street girl!" "the vice squad would bust her." "Isn't she doing the same?" "!" "Or is the law only appl ied on the poor?" "!" "It seems that the law has gone crazy!" "Hashish is i l legal whi le l iquor is not!" "why?" "Can anyone tel l me why?" "They are both intoxicating... they are both prohibited by God... besides!" "both are harmful to health." "Hashish is expensive and I iquor is even more!" "Why is the law biased to I iquor?" "The law al lows I iquor because of the taxes paid!" "so!" "why not al low hash and pay taxes!" "too?" "!" " Mr Aniss!" "Good afternoon." " Good afternoon." " Off to the houseboat?" " Yes." " Do you mind if I walk w ith you?" " Not at al l." "Why are you si lent?" "Tel I me!" "whi le walking alone in the street!" "do you I ike to whistle!" "hum some tune?" "Not even talk to yourself?" "!" " I'm not crazy to talk to myself." " I don't mean so." " I mean thinking in a loud voice." " Sometimes." " What do you think about?" " Things I disl ike." " Like what?" " Everything around me." " Let's sit there." " No need!" "let's walk on." "Please!" "come." "See what he would I ike to drink." " Nothing." " You must have something." "Lemonade!" "please." "Don't you I ike beverages?" "What I I ike... is not offered here!" "Been a hashish addict for long?" " Somehow." " Why?" "Why do you drink lemonade?" "It doesn't make one lose his senses." "Here is the problem." "If one I ives w ith his senses intact in our age!" "dies of anger!" "We better go to the houseboat." "Answer me!" "if one loses his senses!" "doesn't he real ize a thing?" "Don't you care about our current events?" "Let's go!" "please!" "Why were you never married!" "Mr Aniss?" "Let's go!" "please!" "Where do you buy the dope?" "At the free shop!" "w ith hard currency!" "It's a problem that must be raised by the press as dealers use us!" "Dope must be distributed at cooperative outlets!" "To make the Ministry of Suppl ies and pol ice at the service of people!" "But then!" "dope w i l l be hard to find!" "for it'l I be given in secret to employees' relatives!" "The press is not being real istic." " How?" " You picture things wonderful ly... there's no bribery!" "no favoritism!" "no abuse of power." "These are defects in al l societies!" "why do you deny them?" "Why not depict such problems in your novels?" "This is none of my business." "I try to be on the safe side!" "He is only kidding!" "Al l writers write about social ism!" "each wants a big salary!" "a vi l la and a car." "They are hypocrites!" "Cared to know such writers?" "Why should I care?" "I have already stopped reading!" " We're not used to talking seriously." " It is obvious." "When w i l l the M.E. crisis be solved?" "When the papers publ ish so." " But how w i l l it be solved?" " Ask the people!" "Aren't you of the people?" "No!" "we are plastered junkies!" "The solution to the M.E. crisis is in Aniss' hand." "He should take a narghi le to the White House!" "perhaps the Americans would become high and think straight!" "See?" "They're always kidding." " Evening!" " Hel lo." "My problem arrived!" "I'l I solve it!" " Meaning?" " You are my problem." " Why are you late?" " We were at the dressmaker's." " She'd lead you astray!" " I'd do that to a whole country!" " I love you." " I'm so late!" "I have to leave." "Why so early?" "Who's going to sober us up today?" " I'l I drive you." " No." " I'm coming!" " You stay." "I'l I be back soon." " Please." " Thanks." " Why did you bring her?" " What?" " She spol led the mood!" " She's a bit serious." "Seriousness could be contagious!" "Give her some drags!" "or Pudding w i l l be serious!" " Please!" "do!" " This is a disinfectant!" "Cheers!" "Yes!" "the next house!" "please." " I'm very thankful." " One moment!" "please!" " Please." " Thank you." " Good night!" " Good night!" "You gave our evening a different taste." "You mean a bad one." "No." "I I lked your criticism of my fi lm!" "the remarks were accurate." "Not upset?" "It's positive criticism that helps one does his best!" "So!" "I w ish to see you outside the houseboat." "They kid al l the time." "I w ish to see you out to understand me better." " What about dinner tomorrow?" " I'm not sure." "If I can!" "I'l I cal l you." " Good night!" " Good night!" "I'l I wait by the telephone from now." "Mother!" " Good evening!" " Evening!" " Any cal ls?" " A guy is here." " Who?" " Your brother!" "How wonderful!" "Where is he?" "!" "Mohamed!" "Mohamed..." "Thank God!" " Welcome back!" " Thanks." " Arrived early?" " No." " How long w i l l you stay?" " A short leave!" "six hours only!" " Only?" "!" " Yes!" "only." "I won't keep you." "Go out for some fresh air." "Go out?" "!" "What shal l I see there!" "Samara?" "!" "I already saw it al l." "It's better to stay w ith you." "Come on!" "have a seat." "Cairo is real ly lovely!" "especial ly El-Haram and Kasr El-Ni I Streets!" "I saw crowds at nightclubs!" "lots of whisky and fluorescent dancer posters!" " Not many are into this." " When w i l l they wake up?" "I've seen guys in the streets!" "wearing tight pants w ith long hair and gold chains." "As for women!" "they have greatly changed... each leave!" "I see that their dresses are 01 cm shorter!" "I wonder about my next leave!" "Life in countries at war times should go on." "But not this way!" "some people have fun!" "dance and grow long hair!" "whi le others die!" "is this how I ife goes on?" "No." "But don't get upset." "Sti I I!" "they are a minority." "I'l I get artists to visit the front." "Not only artists and authors!" "al l people should see what we're doing!" "On seeing us!" "every father and mother may raise their chi ldren properly." "Mother!" " Mother!" " What is it?" " I'm going to Salwa's." " Don't be late." " O.K. Goodbye." " Goodbye." " How much they are!" "Mother?" " L.E 00 7!" "dear." "That means we need L.E. 003 to have a grand." "L.E. 006 for a flat in Zamalek district." "And L.E. 004 for a smal l car to drive you in." "Zamalek!" "my dear?" "!" "The people I iving there are no better than us." "Do you sti I I have to go to work at night!" " to make it a grand!" "dear?" "!" " No!" "not a grand!" "I've changed my mind." "L.E 0003!" "mother." "Next year!" "we'l I I ive by the Ni le." "Take care whi le coming late at night." "Don't worry!" "I come in the company's car." "Goodbye!" "dear." "Sanneya!" " What do you want?" " Where are you going?" " Since when do you ask?" " We'l I go together to the cinema." "No!" "darl ing!" "you don't go out w ith respected ladies!" "Look for a maid to accompany you!" "don't forget to sit in the last row!" "If you go out!" "I'l I divorce you!" "I forgot to tel l you that the landlord asked for the rent we've not paid." "How many months rent do you owe him?" "!" "Not months!" "the rent for three years!" "He kept si lent for three years?" "!" "Yes." " I w i l l pay that." " Thank you." " Why don't we get married?" " Aren't you already married?" " A man can marry nine women." " Nine!" ""...marry women of your choice!" "two or three!" "or four..."" "No!" "baby." "I must be the only woman in your l ife." "Is that so?" "!" " It's better to stay this way." " Right." "Studio Misr!" "can I speak to Mr Ragab El-Adi?" "He didn't come at al l?" "!" "Thank you." "Upset cos I took you from the houseboat?" "On the contrary!" "I prefer to spend my time in serious discussions and reading!" "Whose works have you read?" "Many writers." "Acting trivial movies doesn't mean that I don't read a lot." "I have read books by Mol ie-re!" "Shakespeare!" "Brecht!" "Shaw!" "Ibsen... also!" "Arthur Mi l ler!" "Oscar Wi lde and many other novel ists." " Strange!" " Why is it strange?" "That you do drugs." "I am not an addict!" "it's only for fun." "I also know that you are a womanizer." "No!" "actors!" "special ly bachelors!" "suffer from rumors." " What about Sanaa?" " She is a kid and w ishes to act." "I didn't want her to fal l in bad hands!" "so!" "she became my prote~ge~e!" "I w ish you could come to my house and see my book col lection." "No!" "thanks." "I have no bad intentions." " Good night!" " Goodbye." " How beautiful is Sanneya!" " Good night." "Mrs Sanneya left the tap dripping water!" "Mrs Sanneya left the tap dripping water!" "Mrs Sanneya left the tap dripping water!" "Do you think he's going to come?" "Shal I I wait for him?" "Mr Aniss!" "we both have something in common... it is lonel iness." "A stoned man doesn't feel lonely!" "he I ives in a world of his own." "Walk me home!" "Mr Aniss." "I'm too weak to walk!" "You can go to Abdou!" "he always walks people left alone home." "Welcome!" "I'm here to discuss an important issue w ith you." " At your service." " Ragab." "What's wrong w ith him?" "Know we've been in love for 5 years?" "We're almost engaged." "I see." " I didn't know that." " Now!" "you know." "Does it have anything to do w ith me?" "!" "I think so." "You come to the houseboat for his sake!" "right?" "No... not for his sake!" "I hope you don't come for him!" " Where is Mr Ragab?" " He is playing pool." "I missed you so." "I couldn't wait to see you at the houseboat." "Now!" "I know why you're cross w ith me." "I'm no more a kid!" "I've grown up!" "I won't upset you anymore." "I'l I never upset you anymore." "You don't know how much I love you." "I w ish I could spend my I ife w ith you!" "Aren't we going to be married!" "honey?" "!" "Are we going to get married!" "baby?" " Welcome!" " Welcome!" "A very artistic evening!" "Oh!" "You!" "Come and have a drink w ith us." " You came again!" " I've just arrived." " Nice to see you!" " Thanks." "Good evening!" "Sanaa." "Come on!" "Ragab!" "let her try it." "Teach her how to inhale!" "This is I ife's el ixir!" "dear!" " No!" "thank you." " Oh?" " It's alright." "Don't push her." " O.K." "Have you been doing drugs for long?" "Want to know exactly?" "For twenty five years!" "Since you were young?" "!" "Don't let our appearances mislead you." "We were revolutionists back then!" "participated in demonstrations!" "got jai led!" "and went back into pol itics." " We were very enthusiastic." " So!" "what happened?" "After the Revolution!" "we felt that our role was over." "Meanwhi le!" "no one asked us to participate in anything." "You are wrong!" "enthusiasm must always be there." "It's our country!" "we must hasten to serve it." "Enough!" "Play the ideal istic and eloquent?" "!" " Shut up!" " I know your plans!" "I told you to leave him alone!" "Do you hear me?" "!" "You are insolent!" " What is this?" "!" " Ragab!" "what's this?" "!" " Come on!" "man!" " This can't be!" " Abdou!" "Abdou!" " Yes!" "sir." " Walk her home." "We don't need kids!" " Go now!" "It's alright!" "go home now!" "Sanaa." "She is just a kid!" "man!" "Excuse me." " She ruined things!" " A ki l ljoy!" " She's j inxed us!" " Let's avoid her!" "Quarrel w ith a kid I ike her?" "!" "Miss Samara!" "please!" "stay for a whi le." "I'm awful ly sorry!" "Samara." "This can happen in the best of houseboats!" "Let's sit here." "Pudding!" " Alright." " Please." " I'm sorry." " Don't worry!" "it's nothing." "What can I do?" "!" "I was kind to her as a protege~e!" "but she caused me problems." "She's felt that I care for another girl!" "who's captured my heart and mind." "But regretful ly!" "it seems that she doesn't love me back." "Aniss Zaki... half crazy!" "half dead... he managed to evade his real ity." "His secret I ies in his head." "He is as quiet and nice as a comfy empty chair!" "Why?" "!" "Ragab El-Adi... handsome!" "attractive!" "dark!" "and has total control over women." "His main outlet is sex." "It seems that the narghi le doesn't affect him much." "He's the most composed of them." "He is the only hope for saving them from this darkness of dope." "Aly Essayed is a critic!" "who evaluates works based on material istic benefits." "A big bastard?" "!" "Why?" "!" "Sanneya Kamel!" "a divorcee!" "looking for reasons for cheating on her husband!" "why?" "!" "Mustafa Rashed!" "seems cultured but is real ly superficial!" "he is useless and has no positive attitude in I ife!" "why?" "!" "Khaled Azzouz!" "it's hard to say whether his being an atheist led him to decadence!" "or that decadence led him to his being an atheist." "Lei la Zeidan!" "the big I ie of civi l ization!" "one of the fake people you'd meet a lot!" "in Kasr El-Ni I street!" "in a nightclub!" "and even at work!" "why?" "!" "Sanaa!" "the lost generation!" "no culture or good upbringing!" "why?" "!" "Good night." "See you tomorrow." "Tomorrow!" "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Half crazy!" "half dead." "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Half crazy!" "half dead." "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Half crazy!" "half dead." "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Half crazy!" "half dead." "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Half crazy!" "half dead." "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Half crazy!" "half dead!" "Mr Aniss!" "have you seen my notebook?" "It seems that I forgot it in the office." "Good night!" "Mr Anis!" "Come in." " Where are we?" " Just come in." "Tel I me!" "whom w i l l I be w ith?" "We're a group of men and women who I ike to have fun!" "come." "Peace and blessings be upon you!" "Things are getting too decadent!" "Come in!" "don't be shy." " Hi!" "Raouf!" " Hi!" "Ragab!" " How are you?" " Nice to see you." "Raouf w i l l teach me how to act." " Excel lent." "Welcome!" " Hel lo." "What if I get Sydney Poitier to teach me how to act?" "!" " Shal I I get him?" "!" " Go ahead." " And ask him to pay your rent." " You si l ly!" " Shal I I get you a drink?" " Come w ith me." "Let us have some drags!" "my lord!" "Smoke a narghi le?" " Hel lo!" "Raouf." " Hi!" "Mr Aly." " Nice!" "What a change!" " It is the age of technology!" " Hel lo!" " Why didn't you come?" "You made me worried about you." "I decided not to come after what happened." "You shouldn't worry about her!" "She's found someone else to teach her acting!" "Please!" "I need to see you tonight." "If you don't come!" "I'l I be cross." "Don't let me down." "I'l I be waiting." "Bye!" "Show him around!" "instead of checking the records." " Why are you so shy?" " I'm not." "Teach him how to act freely!" "Sanaa." "Raouf!" " Aly!" " Pudding!" " Darl ing!" " My beloved!" " Hel lo!" " Good evening!" " Thanks for coming." " We missed you." "She I ikes to pretend being indifferent." "I was getting ready as I'm leaving tomorrow." " Where to?" "!" " To the front!" "w ith a group of artists." "I w ish you'd come along!" "The bus w i l l leave tomorrow at 9 a.m." "You go to the front and leave me here w ith my Pudding!" "If you'l I be on TV!" "I'l I come!" "I've a nice dress for this occasion." "They'l I shoot our soldiers!" "not dresses!" "How funny!" " I want you!" "babe." " Same here!" " I'l I come w ith you." " Are you serious?" "!" "None of us deserves to visit the front!" "Look here!" "he can talk!" "Tel I us why so!" "our lord?" "Speak your mind!" "He is handsome!" "attractive!" "dark!" "and has total control over women!" " He's!" "also!" "our only hope." " How nice!" "Tel I us more!" "What a lovely night!" "We'l I have a lot of fun tonight!" "Tel I us more." "Seem cultured but real ly superficial!" "useless!" "w ith no positive attitude." "Exactly!" "Our lord is insulting us!" "guys!" "Come on!" "man!" "today's weed must be extra good!" "It's my turn to be insulted!" " You're a big bastard!" " How nice!" " You write wel l when bribed only!" " Me?" "Ask Samara!" "we work together and she knows al l about me." "You only try to find a reason to cheat on your man!" "This is unfair!" "sir!" "You are no good!" "because you are a decadent atheist!" " You are fake!" " Stop it!" "The I ie of civi l ization!" " Come!" "my I ie!" " Oh!" "darl ing!" "You are lost!" "no culture or good upbringing!" "So!" "tel l us!" "what about you!" "our lord?" "Tel I us!" "what about you?" " Do you want to know what about me?" " Yes." "I'm..." "I'm nothing..." "I'm half crazy... half dead!" " I'm..." " What?" " I'm a chair!" " He is a hashish crucible!" " He's a hashish crucible!" " I'm a chair!" "He's a hashish crucible!" " What's wrong w ith you!" "Samara?" " I feel dizzy." "I must go now!" " I'm a chair!" " He is a hashish crucible!" "I'm a chair!" "Shal I we leave now?" "Wait a whi le." " Miss Samara!" " Mr Aniss!" "We are even now!" "Come w ith us." "You can get down now." "Please!" "Go on!" "Come w ith us!" "Mr Aniss." "What happened here?" "!" "Where is everybody?" "!" "Where did they go?" "!" "Where did they go?" "!" "Where is everybody?" "!" "Where did they go?" "!" "Where did they go?" "This is horrible!" "This is horrible!" "This is horrible!" "Where is everybody?" "!" "Where did they go?" "!" " Wait." " Where did they go?" "!" "Where have you been the whole day!" "Mr Aniss!" "?" "!" "Where have I been?" "!" "You should ask! "Where have we been?" "!"" "This is horrible... horrible!" "This is horrible!" "Why don't you talk?" "Anything wrong w ith you?" "That peasant died!" "she was about nineteen years old." "What are you talking about?" " Our car hit her in the Saqqara road." " Saqqara!" "We ki l led her!" " What do you mean by "We"?" " We!" "the stoned cl ique." "Those who never sober up!" "So!" "you were behind that accident?" "!" "You?" "!" "Yes!" "we!" "the stoned group!" " This is real ly good!" " Dance!" " How nice!" " Shake it!" " Shake it!" "Yes!" " This is good!" "Wel l-done!" "This is how dancing should be!" "naughty girl!" "When devi ls arrive!" "angels stop dancing!" "The ki l ljoy has arrived!" "Why does she look so stern?" "!" "Hel lo!" "nice to see you here!" "Sorry!" "Samara!" "I couldn't make it cos I overslept." "Come on!" "What is wrong?" "!" "What's wrong w ith you?" "!" "Go fix us some hash!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "What are you talking about?" "!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "We must turn ourselves in!" " What is this!" "insolent?" "!" "Go out!" " Hold it!" "Ragab!" "Aniss is right." "You have done a horrible crime!" "How could you keep si lent and not confess?" "!" "Wake up!" "How could you sleep a w ink and go on I ike that?" "!" "How can you have a clear conscience?" "How did you forget that easi ly?" "!" "How can you be that high?" "!" "Wake up!" "The peasant would've died of hunger!" "we made her a martyr!" "Stop that decadence!" "Are you here to judge us?" "!" "Wake up!" "Miss Cultured!" "You haven't experienced any fun or joy yet!" "or maybe you are playing the chaste." "Would you have turned yourself in!" "and let papers say you were w ith men?" "This would have been a big scandal!" "You weren't w ith us!" "you can't understand." "My first impression was correct." "Decadence made you ki l l and keep si lent!" "get addicted to drugs and stop reading the newspapers you've abandoned your values and become indifferent in al l respects!" "Think we would've been jai led had we turned ourselves in?" "In court!" "I'd have proven she was mistaken!" "and even asked for car repair costs!" "Actual ly!" "we let go of our rights!" "We cut it short to avoid the fuss." "Is this your concept of law!" "cut it short this way?" "!" "The laws of the this society are as good as dead!" "Samara!" "We had preceded it and set our own laws." "Later on!" "the whole world w i l l adopt these laws the free!" "open-minded world... not that in chains!" "Does the new freedom in this society al low Sanneya to cheat on her man?" "!" "A student neglects her col lege for hash?" "!" "An employee uses her charms to make money?" "!" "And men do nothing for their society!" "but using narghi le as an escapade from al l?" "!" "Had you been responsible for 8 kids!" "you wouldn't have said this!" "This is no excuse!" "but if we consider this a rule!" "then!" "it is a l icense for al l to be decadent!" "There's sti I I a bright side and good manners!" "Ms Big Employee!" "Samara!" "come w ith me." "Death and heroism in the front have impressed you." "But it's total ly different here." "I want you to be more objective." "Let's review the whole story." "I was driving and the group was w ith me!" "I hit the girl." "Of course!" "I didn't intend to ki l l her!" "this does not make me a criminal." "A lot of people are run over everyday under buses and trams!" "does this mean those drivers are criminals?" "This is just fate!" "Let's imagine what'd have happened had I stopped?" "Her fami ly would've ki l led us al l." "By driving off!" "I prevented these people from becoming criminals." "Got it?" "!" " You could've helped her." " We couldn't have been of much use." "Why not cal led an ambulance?" "!" "Her fami ly should've done that!" "it was their mistake not to do so." "Maybe an ambulance had been cal led but got late negl igence." "Had the ambulance been on time!" "tried to save her!" "and couldn't!" "then this would've been her fate." "You know!" "Samara!" "what you've said is quite hard on us because of those accusations!" "that!" "I think!" "are quite rash!" "sti I I!" "I've found out that you're a great person!" "now!" "I even admire and respect you more!" "You are a bright girl!" "you discuss things rational ly." "Wel l-done!" "Samara!" "Wel l-done!" "Your being quiet means you're convinced w ith our way!" "Threw your notebook and became I ike us?" "!" "Smoke hash!" "too?" "!" "Where is know ledge?" "Get a grip!" "Samara." "Don't smoke our hash!" " Aniss!" " No to hash!" " Come on!" "Ragab!" " Get lost!" "He's an old man!" "don't do this!" "Throw him out!" "Abdou!" "Out!" "Come on!" "Mr Aniss!" "Everything but ki l l ing!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "Hey!" "people!" "we must wake up!" "Hey!" "people!" "we must wake up!" "Surely!" "he'l I come back because of this!" "Maybe he'l I get hash!" "A junky w i l l never change." "He'l I regret it and be back together w ith Samara." "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "The peasant died!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "Hey!" "people!" "Hey!" "people!" "wake up!" "Don't smoke hashish!" "Don't you ever smoke it!" "Hey!" "people!" "wake up!" "We must turn ourselves in!" "Hey!" "people!" "wake up!" "The peasant died!" "we are the ki l lers!" "We're the stoned cl ique!" "People!" "wake up!" "Hey!" "people!" "We must wake up!" "We must wake up!" "We must wake up!" "The End"