"A Film by Arik Kaplun" "Y A N A'S F R I E N D S" "Evelyn Kaplun" " Nir Levi" "Moscu Alcalay" " Dalia Friedland" "Vladimir Friedman Lena Sahanova" "Shmil Ben-Ari" " Lucy Dubinchek" ""This is an international force of 690,000 soldiers" ""that is now united against the Iraqi aggressor..." "The international force..." "It's all between Iraq and the... "" "That Sadam Hussain..." "I want to tell you something." "is against the Western world." "It's over between us." "I'm seeing someone else." "So what?" "I'm also seeing someone." "It's serious this time." "And in spite of the crises, the flow of immigrants continues." "Today 1000 immigrants from the CIS arrived, 120 from Ethiopia..." "So why'd you come?" "I want all the videos and photos you took of me." "Really?" "!" "Really!" ""The Jewish Agency will continue the influx of new immigrants to Israel at all costs." "Our reporter was at Ben Gurion Airport..." "Stop it!" "Stop!" "Come in." "This is Eli." "These are your new roommates." "Enough with the camera." "No one's impressed anymore." "What do you mean by roommates?" "You can't show the flat without my permission." "They've already seen it." "When?" "When you weren't here." "You can't bring in new tenants without my approval!" "And another couple." "Besides, I'm allergic to dogs!" "You're allergic to every person I bring." "You scare off all the tenants with your shit." "Well, you'd better warn them..." "I'm a complicated guy." "I work nights." "All kinds of strange people come here." "Give me back my tapes!" "Orly!" "One year's rent, in advance." "Thank you." "When will you bring the rest of your things?" "This is it." "Don't worry about that." "Ask her about a phone." "Is there a phone?" "Yes, give me a hand." "Here's the phone." "Dishes for the kitchen..." "Blankets..." "they need airing out." "Stay away from the attic." "I keep my things in there." "This is all my furniture, so take care of it." "I'll come by in another month" "Every month I come to check the bills." "If you pay on time, we won't have any problems." "Good-bye." "Where do you plug it in?" "Give it to me!" "Give me the phone." "I need to call a taxi..." "Give me the phone!" "I'm going to be late..." "I'm telling you, I'll be late..." "Up there, 2nd floor." "Second floor?" "!" "We agreed to only unload the truck." "That's no way to do business!" "200 Shekels!" "Others wanted 150!" "Then go find them." "What will I do?" "Move your own junk!" "What junk?" "!" "Alik!" "Stop him!" "What are we going to do?" "Start working!" "Careful!" "You're scratching it!" "I can't take it anymore..." "You're tired?" "Yes!" "Help me bring him in." "No, let him watch the stuff and get some air." "But it's hot out here, Alik." "Then you bring him in." "Are you going to stand there all day?" "Pick up the chairs." "Fine." "Mama!" "What war?" "Nothing will happen here." "This is a fun-loving country." "Mama, I have a plane to catch." "Have someone meet me." "I've got the money." "Immigrant benefits." "What?" "I'll put her on." "Vera Samoilovna." "How are you?" "I am fine." "No we have a roommate." "Fimka will explain..." "I'm sending something for my mother..." "Will you give it to her?" "You know she doesn't like Fimka." "Thank you." "Good-bye." "Here's $600." "That should keep you for a while." "What's wrong?" "We don't need money..." "You'll see... soon we'll be rich." "It's autumn now in Moscow." "Remember?" "I remember..." "I've got to go." "Don't take a taxi at night!" "And call me." "If the bank calls tell them we never got their letters." "Better yet, don't answer the phone." "And if you call?" "Do you have the number?" "What number?" "Here." "I'll get it for you" "It's like a tomb here." "There's no room to move..." "Be careful." "Hi." "We're your new neighbours." "Nice to meet you." "What an SOB... a woman hauling a couch," "Won't move his ass to help..." "Fimka, you forgot the coffee!" "What coffee?" "For my mother!" "So give it to me!" "OK, bye." "Bye." "Be good." "It's starting to rain" "Let's bring grandpa in." "Is everything else inside?" "Yes." "Come on..." "What are you staring at?" "Let's go..." ""Allegro Music School"" "What's up?" "What's up?" "You don't like we here?" "Why shouldn't I?" "I want to invite you and your friend for coffee." "Where is he?" "Not boyfriend." "Husband." "What's the difference?" "He's not here." "He... airplane..." "Moscow." "I'm leaving too." "On a plane." "In two months." "The apartment?" "The apartment and Israel." "Why?" "Just like that..." "I'm going to America to study." "Film school." "Is this yours?" "Yes." "Want to see it?" "You like it?" "It's a circumcision." "I film all kinds of family events." "Weddings, circumcisions..." "This is my job." "You've never seen?" ".." "Your husband isn't...?" "They don't do that in Russia?" "Oops!" "Sorry about that..." "Well..." "Hello?" "Can I speak with Yanna?" "It's for you." "How's your roommate?" "Wait a second." "Thanks for the coffee." "Where are you?" "At my mother's." "How are you doing?" "They keep calling from the bank." "What do they want?" "They want us to come at once." "Then go see them yourself." "And?" ".." "Tell them I'm going to be delayed." "What's all this?" "You said you'd be back in two weeks." "It's gonna take time to see some profit." "When did you decide to stay?" "I can't talk now." "Something wrong?" "But it's not mine!" "I swear!" "Get your hands off!" " I told them, but they don't believe me" "That's my stuff!" "It was!" "It's being repossessed." "But I didn't get any warning!" "Lady, let us by." "No?" "And the letters from the bank?" "What letters?" "I didn't get anything." "Excuse me." "Of course not!" "You move every other day." "What?" "I've been living here for 2 years." "I don't have time for games." "Leave off." "What's with you?" "Do you have the cash?" "Do you have the cash?" "What cash?" "Twenty thousand." "Eli, I'll explain." "This has nothing to do with you." "It's the loan we took." "Come on." "Sign here." "This is all we took." "Costs included." "I'm not signing anything." "What's wrong with you?" "!" "Here!" "Calm down!" "That's my living." "it's my work." "I need to use that tonight." "Please, let me have it." "Eli, I'll pay you back." "I have some saved already." "Who's she to you?" "Nothing!" "Nobody!" "She's just my roommate!" "Roommate?" "Then why the double bed?" "Are you nuts?" "She's married!" "Do you have a separate lease?" "Yes." "Then get it." "We'll see." "Go." "Don't worry." "She'll guard your equipment." "What does it matter?" "Saddam's going to blow us up anyway..." "Borrow the money." "Don't you know someone to borrow from?" "I have nobody." "Give him back the things." "They really are his." "He's really just a roommate." "He'll show us the contract and we'll see." "Look, it says I've been in the apartment since '89." "Here's my name." "Do you have a copy?" "No." "I'll make a copy and mail you the original." "Unload his stuff." "All of it?" "All of it." "See, it all worked out." "You're welcome." "Listen..." "Did I ask you over for dinner?" "Why are you following me?" "Me?" "!" "Who needs you?" "What do you want?" "What do YOU want?" "What do you want?" "I Live here!" "Where?" "First floor." "That window there!" "So do I. There, where the balcony is." "Then go home!" "You go home!" "How could you?" "!" "You said you'd take him for a walk!" "That's why he came here?" "What was he dreaming about?" "Look how grandpa is eating..." "Yes..." "Two thousand a week!" "No, he dreamed you'd clean toilets in hotels," "And I'd wash dishes in restaurants." "That was his dream?" "Come here..." "That's how we'd take care of him and the baby?" "That was his dream?" "And diapers?" "Food for the baby?" "You can't even breast feed him!" "Is that my fault!" "What's this gibberish?" "Hey, what's with you?" "We'll save up... buy a VCR." "I'll spell it out one last time, so even you can understand:" "He deserves all the money." ""Heil to the conquering hero. " Let the people thank him for making the world safe, from the likes of him." "Calm down." "Stop it..." "It'll be OK." "See?" "He's sitting in the sun, happy... helping his grandson." "Let's wave hello to Grandpa." "Grandpa." "Paganini is here..." "He's going to bug us about moving grandpa again." "Come on, let's go around the shops." "David!" "Hey!" "What about me?" "Nice, nice..." "Very nice..." "Very nice?" "He gets money and I get "very nice"?" "Daddy, let's go home." "What's wrong with you?" "Let's go." "I made us dinner." "Daddy, you're drunk" "Go." "I'll be right there." "Go!" "Beat it." "The show is over." "So, General?" "That's it." "I asked you nicely..." "You didn't listen." "Blame yourself!" "Damn it!" "Shake, shake!" "They'll give you more money!" ""I love..." ""Rina..." "Hello" "Hello, is Eli there?" "He no here." "He busy." "Hello?" "Hello?" ""Guests arrive... "" ""Beautiful bride... "" ""Big wedding... "" "Hi." "Hi." "Tough language, Hebrew, huh?" "Difficult." "A big wedding?" "Big." "I'm having a big wedding tonight, too." "A big one." "Not mine." "I'm just filming." "Want to come?" "It'll be fun." "Lots of music, lots of people." "No, I can't." "I have to study." "And telephone..." "Bye." "Bye." "Too bad..." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "Eli!" "Coming!" "Hello..." "Fima?" "Yes." "Why haven't you called?" "I can't hear!" "Speak louder!" "Fimka, can you hear me?" "Fimka!" "Hello!" "Hello." "Can I speak to Fima?" "He's not home." "But he just answered." "No, Yanuchka, it must have been a wrong number" "Yana, can you hear me?" "So, are you coming with me?" "Big wedding..." "I can't." "I'm waiting for telephone." "He's not home, Yanuchka." "I know it's you." "He's not home." "Really." "Can you hear me?" "I hear, Vera." "How are you feeling?" "I'm fine." "And you?" "Everything's fine." "How can it be fine?" "I should have told you sooner." "Don't wait for him." "He's not coming back." ""Not coming back"?" "He started a business." "Brought some money with him." "That's the money they gave us to live on." "Start thinking of yourself." "You're in your third month." "I heard that's expensive there." "What's expensive?" "Abortions." "How will you manage with a baby?" "Yanuchka, say something." "Who told you "IT'S" expensive?" "Fimka." ""Comforting and happy," ""Give me a hand, comforting and peaceful." ""Give me a hand, and wait for me, my love," ""When I am here alone... "" "Better?" "229458, please leave a message after the beep." "Hello!" "Eli!" "Eli..." "Are you there?" "Pick up the phone!" "I know you're there." "I'll be right back." "O." "K., I just wanted to tell..." "Eli?" "Eli?" "What?" "No, no, I can't talk right now." "I can't talk now." "I'll talk to you later." "Not now." "O. K., you can take the suitcase to check-in." "You need to buy a ticket for the dog, and get him a cage" "She has to fly in cargo." "Why?" "Sorry, those are the rules." "Dogs go with the cargo." "She's too big to travel with the passengers." "But..." "But when I came to Israel, she sat with me." "I guess she was smaller then." "Now she must go cargo." "For now she can't get on with the passengers." "She has to go with the cargo." "But I have no money to buy her a ticket." "Sorry, ma'am," "You can talk to the supervisor." "I can't let the dog on." "Look at her, she's so small." "it must be authorized." "Sorry." "Go ahead." "Go to the supervisor, Yossi." "Tell him I sent you." "O. K.?" "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Have a nice trip." "Thank you." "Where's your bank release?" "Release?" "The one that says you have no debts." "I have a plane now..." "So what, you still need the release." "Here's my ticket... here..." "Listen, immigrants who are here less than a year need this release." "You can't leave without it." "But here's a ticket." "Here!" "I don't need the ticket." "I need the release." "Excuse me." "Please move aside." "You're holding up the line." "Move aside, miss." "You're holding up the line." "Stop, lady!" "Stop!" "Stop her!" "is that any way to behave?" "What doesn't the country do for you?" "What don't they give you?" "And all you do is steal and run away." "And paralyze the airport for 2 hours." "She has nothing on her." "No money." "Nothing of value." "Why didn't you get a release?" "They wouldn't give me." "Why?" "I co-signed a loan for my husband." "And where is he?" "in Russia." "Do you have anyone who could vouch for you?" "For your release form?" "I don't understand." "it's like a guarantee that you'll come to the station when called." "Hello." "Yes." "Yes, I know her." "She's my roommate." "What do I need my I. D. for?" "Tea or coffee?" "Tea." "Something to drink?" "No, thank you." "Cutie... cute dog..." "Where do I sign?" "I." "D. please." "What month are you in?" "Third." "I want to thank you." "Do you think I can get my money back for the ticket?" "You're lucky, the police let you go." "Our competition..." "He's no match for us." "An amateur." "No contest." "Let's not quarrel." "Why quarrel..?" "Killing you would be too kind!" "Who cares where a beggar sits." "Move, would'ya?" "Who is a beggar?" "Beggar?" "!" "He's a war hero!" "A beggar... but a hero!" "And you, what you've done to him?" "I was here first!" "I'm a professional, I need to be near the music school." "When the teachers hear me they'll throw some money," "And maybe they'll offer me a job." "Professional?" "Professional!" "You're a piece of dog shit!" "I'm a musician!" "I taught in a school!" "Who'd let you near a school?" "Filthy drunk!" "Look at yourself!" "Maybe we should move on?" "What?" "!" "Get lost!" "I'll show you who's a "beggar"!" "I'll show you who's "dog shit"!" "You'll be the one to move!" "it's better to buy swimsuits in Eilat." "It's cheaper there." "Wait, maybe we won't even go." "There's no one to care for Grandpa." ""Wanted:" "Woman to care for invalid. "" "Alik, what's going on there?" "Maybe they're arresting grandpa." "What for?" "!" "Maybe for begging." "The kid grabbed the accordion, the accordion fell." "That's all I saw." "I went back to the kiosk." "Go figure." "This country gives him everything..." "Money... food... everything..." "I go to the store for a second" "And he runs to the corner to beg." "Money..." "Are you the one the accordion player beat up?" "Do you know where he lives?" "What don't you understand?" "Open your mouth!" "Wide open." "Open your mouth!" "What don't you understand?" "Not so strong, gently now." "Sing "Belcanto"!" "Yes?" "is this Rosa?" "Who's this?" "Rosa, it's Yanna." "Who?" "Yana." "I live in your apartment." "I want to talk to you." "I'm sorry, but I'm really on my way out." "I'm sorry." "I should have called, but I want to leave the apartment." "What do you mean?" "Wait there." "I'll be right down." "I told you, you have to give two months notice." "I don't have two months." "I owe the bank money." "What money?" "What we got for the apartment." "The loan." "I need a release." "O. K., so pay them back." "I can't." "My husband has the money." "When your husband gets back, tell him to call me." "I don't understand what you're talking about." "He's not coming back." "I need a release so I can go." "To your husband?" "Yes." "Now I see." "That's the scam." "You run away with the money they give you to live on." "Do you think I'm going to help you do that?" "You don't understand." "I just need..." "I have a problem there..." "What problem?" "With my husband." "All of a sudden you have a problem with your husband?" "Good." "I'm sorry I'm angry." "But, let's think together how to get my money back." "You need money, go to work." "I can't work." "Why not?" "I don't have to explain." "Of course not!" "You deserve everything." "I came here alone, without a husband, with a baby." "You understand?" "No, I don't understand." "I came here with a baby and no husband." "I did it all alone, no one helped." "I raised him alone, gave him everything." "At you age he thought how to give and not to take." "So maybe I should ask him for the money." "What?" "Why drag your son into this?" "Drag?" "Drag!" "I'm dragging my son in?" "Hey, there." "Hi." "Can you lend me money?" "How much?" "Eleven hundred." "How much?" "1,100 shekels." "Leave the check open?" "What?" "Who's the check for?" "Thanks." "I'll pay you back soon." "Dr. A. Green, M. D. Gynecologist  Surgeon" "C'mon." "I'll take you home." "No need." "I can go alone." "Thank you... for the help at the airport, and now with the money." "I know you are good, but I don't need it now." "Don't follow me, O. K.?" "Do you have money for a taxi?" "No need." "I'll walk." "You can't!" "It's bad for you to walk now!" "Where are you going?" "Home." "You're walking the wrong way." "Eli, leave me alone!" "I know where my home is." "I know very well, it's not there..." "Understand?" "And don't look at me like that!" ""And when he got to the county I was amazed by the idea" ""of the 'Traman Mechanical Musician', called 'Tramanvox'."" "You're in the way!" ""You play it by placing the hands near the antenna" ""causing a varying electrical flux" ""according to the hand movements. "" "Understand?" "No." "Manpower Office:" "Jobs For Immigrants" "Wanted:" "Woman to care for invalid" "What's all this, sweetie?" "Don't you understand that your phone will be disconnected!" "Why don't you pay your bills?" "I checked." "There are a lot of calls to Russia." "Eli shouldn't have to pay for it." "Don't worry." "I'll pay it all." "Don't worry." "I'll pay it all." "By tomorrow morning." "And why don't you water the plants!" "What?" "She came for the rent and saw the bills." "I'll pay you back too." "What?" "Did I say something?" "Did I ask you for any money?" "If you didn't ask, you will." "Why are you talking to me like that?" "You've been treating me like your enemy for a month now." "T'hell with the money!" "Save it for the asshole whose baby you aborted." "Are you here to see us?" "To you..." "Yes." "I'm Edik." "I don't shake hands in the doorway (superstition)." "the number of volunteers to the Iraqi army is already more than..." "What exactly do you want?" "Me?" "You." "I'm here about the ad." "Why are you shouting?" "Nobody's shouting." "Just say so..." "What's the pay?" "Three shekels per hour." "But the ad clearly said:" ""Women only"." "3 shekels? "Women only?" Ah?" "To drag him downstairs twice a day?" "Huh?" "You need a woman?" "Huh?" "To take him to crap and pee?" "A woman's gonna do that, too?" "Then look for a woman..." ""The Woman Hunt"" "I'm here about the ad." "The job's been taken, baby." "Hello, Yana, answer the phone," "I know you're home, pick it up." "It's urgent!" "We have to talk." ""YANA"" "Call me..." "Call me..." "Please call..." "Please..." "Please..." "Why don't you call, you bastard!" "Can I come in?" "I didn't know you do it like this, sneaking around other's things." "Yana, gimme back the tapes!" "It's not just your life!" "It's mine too!" "Eli?" "Eli?" ""Isaac, my love." ""Our Pashka is getting older" ""and you don't even know he exists." ""He's already 5 years old." ""He reminds me of you more every year." ""Yesterday I saw him chewing a wild flower." "Just like you!" ""He put the petals between his lips" ""and rolls them about in his mouth." ""My love, it's so hard for me without you." ""knowing that I'll not see you again, forever... "" ""Dear Mrs. Polanski, We deeply regret to inform you" ""that we have no information of the whereabouts of I. Turbin." ""We therefore suggest you address the Russian authorities for further..." "What's written here?" "Latrun and Jenin Taken" "Not there." "Here." "Where?" "Here." "Sergeant Pavel Turbin, MIA..." "What's MIA?" "Disappeared, missing in action... in battle against the Jordanian Legion, Jerusalem, on June 6, 1967," "Sergeant Pavel Turbin, his mother's only son, came here at age three" "Who is it?" "Rosa's son." "Rosa, sorry I was so rude to you last time." "I already have part of the money." "I can't stay here anymore." "I wasn't insulted." "You're not going to get the money anyway." "Rosa, I'm not asking you to forgive me because of the money." "Why can't you understand me." "I... we were cleaning up." "I found your letters." "What letters?" "They fell out of the cabinet." "You snooped in my things?" "Yes." "I'm giving you back your money." "Wait downstairs with your things!" "Ladies and gentlemen, first, for those who didn't hear our first announcement in Russian," "I repeat:" "Last night, the American army, together with the British and Saudi armies" ""began military actions against Iraq," ""They bombed and destroyed missile bases" ""which posed a threat to Israel... "" "Why so many things?" "I understand, it's for the child." "Why so many bathing suits?" "Who's going to look at you?" "Everybody." "Great idea!" "Genius!" "But listen..." "Soon everyone will be sick" "Soon everyone will be sick of your abracadabra." "So, before it's too late, what you and "Grandpa" take in we'll split fifty-fifty." "Sure, you deserve all that..." "It will be more fun to look at than this guy suffering here." "And what a guy!" ""Give me money to get back to Russia. "" "Shame on you." "You should be ashamed." "You're stealing his food from him." "You... you'll live..." "Isaac..." "That's Isaac Turbin, isn't it?" "He's just "grandpa" to me." "Do you recognize me?" "Do you remember?" "Rain, everything soaking wet..." "You whispered in my ear:" ""Come to me now," ""there may be no tomorrow"." "Lady, either give some money or go." "I was so shy..." "I hadn't bathed in three weeks, and your soldiers were sleeping nearby." "And you laughed:" ""What if I die tomorrow?"" "Remember?" "I didn't care, because I loved you." "I wanted to have your child so badly." "Remember?" "You were my grandfather's lover?" "What do you want now?" "You didn't understand me, I was a nurse in his battalion." "I was interested in him, but he didn't pay attention to me." "Wait!" "We're coming!" "Then one day he noticed me." "We were in love..." "Very interesting, but we're going to Eilat." "Our taxi's waiting." "We have to go." "Did you bear him a "love child"?" "A son..." "Wait a minute!" "What son are you talking about?" "!" "What son?" "What do you want?" "I want to be with him." "We have someone to be with him." "You can't do this to me!" "I don't want anything from you!" "I'll take him to my flat." "Where?" "I'll prove it to you." "I have photos and letters, not far from here." "Wait for me." "I'm not interested in who he slept with." "He never mentioned you or your bastard son." "Who did you bring in here?" "So what if you read her letters?" "You can go to her, tell her everything." "Where will you go now?" "Where?" "You're just being stubborn!" "Where are the letters?" "Rosa." "Rosa, you've thrown a man out on the street." "Have a heart." "It's our duty to help immigrants." "There should be some photos here." "I'll return your money." "I haven't been to the bank yet." "What did she say?" "They left." "Let me in." "They'll be back in a week." "Here are the photos." "Let me in." "You can show them the photos when they return." "Let me in!" "Look..." "Let me in!" "And now the weather:" "Frost in some areas, but no rain." "Not now." "Up to my room." "Get up!" "No, not now." "Leave it!" "The cover." "The cover!" "VIPER." "VIPER." "I assume that means, we should be entering our sealed rooms." ""We have an announcement:" "Due to a missile attack on Israel" ""Emergency sirens have been sounded." ""All residents of Israel must put on gas masks" ""and close themselves off in their sealed rooms." ""Do not go to the bomb shelters." ""in order to prepare the defence kit, take the following steps:" ""attach the filter to the mask, adjust the straps," ""and then tighten the straps" ""so the mask fits securely on your face." ""When everyone has entered the room... "" ""A missile hit..." "It wasn't a direct hit..." ""it landed in a populated area, between two buildings." ""Good morning." "After a long night, in which seven were wounded" ""seven missiles that hit"..." "Hi, it's Alik." "Everything Ok?" "How can it be O. K.?" "!" "How can it be O. K. when bombs are falling here?" "!" "Wait..." "Come back right now!" "Wait a moment." "Why are you so jumpy?" "We hired you for a week!" "A week!" "That was before the war!" "What?" "Before the war!" "You got money in advance!" "What money?" "!" "You paid in advance?" "Wait!" "Pick up the phone!" "Grandpa is your responsibility!" "Understand?" "!" "Your money is on the table!" "By evening, I'm out of here!" "Screwed again..." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Sleep well?" "Yes, I slept well." "I slept well, too." "but I woke up early." "Let's go out for breakfast, get some coffee..." "You think they're open?" "Yeah" "The radio said seven Scuds fell and nobody got hurt." "So what do you say?" "I have to walk zutchka." "I..." "I already walked her." "What?" "Why are you smiling?" "It's funny, you walked her." "You were sleeping so deep, I didn't want to wake you." "I was thinking about making a few calls to Russia." "My mother must be worried, so I'll make those calls." "Then maybe later..." "Later, maybe..." "No tape in my room either..." "Where you going?" "To the neighbours" "Do you have any masking tape?" "No..." "None." "I told you." "There's none anywhere." "Hey, baby!" "I know you!" "You applied for the job here." "Come in." "They left money." "It must be for you." "I'll explain everything later." "You know..." "I just remembered how my husband left me." "I got married after Pashka..." "I couldn't be alone anymore..." "He was a good man, from Ukraine." "He loved me." "You know, Isaac... something always bothered me," "I could never understand what..." "Later on I understood." "He didn't smell like you." "One day he found my letters to you and left." "Without a word." "Just left." "How I missed you..." ""Missed - shmissed... "" "Then why did you flirt with everyone?" ""All residents must put on gas masks." "We know the drill." "Go into your sealed rooms." "Don't run, walk calmly." "Once you enter the sealed room, place a wet cloth at the bottom of the door" "and seal the door frame with masking tape." "Hello Yanka?" "Are you home?" "Better you're not home, so I can talk without you hanging up." "I know things are hard for you, the bank must be on your back, and the bombs are falling." "Things aren't rosy here either." "They kill you here for a dollar." "Anyway, I'm in deep trouble." "I was mean to you, too." "Even my mother's not speaking to me." "But we'll speak when I get there." "OK?" "You call that "a vacation"?" "Tomorrow I'll go to all immigration office and kiss their asses!" "Things will be different in America." "This has gone too far!" "Should we call the police?" "Who let you in?" "Where's Edik?" "!" "Go on out!" "Let her get dressed!" "Where are we heading?" "Out for a walk." "Listen!" "He spoke to me." "Did he sing you too?" "He recognized me during the alert." "Aren't you ashamed?" "!" "You're not a child." "He's been paralyzed, for years!" "Shame on you." "It happened when the sirens sounded." "Things like this happen." "Anything can happen in this country." "How much do we owe for two days?" "Nothing." "Alik!" "She's taking him!" "What?" "I won't let him beg!" "You can have my pension..." "my apartment." "A flat and a pension in your country is worthless, blah blah..." "Hot air... is that how you say it in your language?" "One lousy bomb and kaput!" "Get out!" "Mila!" "How can you do this?" "Look at her..." "Standing guard." "The hell with her." "Alik, maybe he really..." "What?" "Speak." "Sing!" "Shut up, you idiot!" "You know what?" "Imagine this..." "Our war hero sitting on 5th Ave." "and right here, a sign that says:" ""Disabled W. W. II vet," ""thrown out of Israel," ""need money to get back to Russia"" "It's so degrading!" "You don't like it?" "I can't do this anymore!" "How can we humiliate him like that!" "That's the problem?" "Humiliation?" "We're humiliating him?" "I can't take it anymore." "What's this?" "And this?" "And this?" "You live off of him too!" "Have you forgotten?" ""I want the one with the lace... "" "You're living off him, and you dare to tell me..." "Who the hell needs you in America?" "Who's waiting for you there?" "We'll have nothing there!" "No future." "Nothing." "No language." "No work." "At least here we have what we need." "Don't you think I feel sorry for him?" "Of course I do." "I remember, when your parents rejected me." "Grandpa was the one who said:" ""I like that young man"" "And something, that I never told you:" ""If they're in love, let them marry. "" "We're going to be really busy." "Pick him up in the morning, and bring him back at night." "Take him wherever you want, just not too far." "There's still a war" "This key is for the top lock, this one for the bottom." "Before the war started, we made a lot of money with him." "Sure, how much?" "Forget it." "Some other time." "Perhaps I can sit with him at night." "Maybe he'll..." "I told you." "Come in the morning." "And if he starts talking..." "We'll write it all down." ""65-61 to Maccabi Tel Aviv." ""It's Chen Lipin leading the attack of Maccabi T. A."" "Yes!" "The Army Spokesman announces:" "Due to a missile attack on Israel a general alert has been sounded." "All residents must immediately don gas masks and enter sealed rooms." "The Spokesman has now informed us, the alert has been canceled." "The alert has been cancelled." "The coast is clear." "The alert is off." "And here, we have the confirmation," "The alert is off." "You can leave the sealed rooms, and remove the gas masks." "It's all clear." "I think we can go back to Split, right?" "O. K., great." "is Yana home?" "She's sleeping." "Here's the money she paid for the year, less the three months." "Tell her there's no rush." "She can leave when she wants." "What's the matter?" "Do you know what you're going to do?" "When?" "If Rosa gives you the money, will you go back to Russia?" "I don't know." "There's nothing left for me there." "And here?" "I want to tell you something..." "That Rosa returned my money?" ""Tel Aviv, as all of us, returns to normal life. "" "Have you been here long?" "Since last night." "I stood outside, by the door..." "I heard you talking..." "What's the matter?" "Nothing." "How's mother?" "She's fine." "Can we talk at home?" "Please?" "How are you doing here?" "Fine." "No morning sickness?" "No..." "No morning sickness." "I'll walk you out." "You know..." "The whole time we lived here all that idiotic work, all the humiliation, it was all your fault." "I had to run away to Moscow." "And there, without you, I felt great!" "Understand?" "That's it." "You got the chance to be with him." "Right?" "We're leaving now." "Got our visas." "Bye-bye Israel..." "What?" "!" "Bye-bye?" "We'll all be better off there." "The wars here will never end." "And our son, he'd be drafted." "A soldier." "And grandpa, he'll be a hero anywhere." "in America too, but in dollars!" "Don't be angry with us." "I told you we should have just snuck away." "Did you put sugar in?" "Yeah..." "So, good night." "G'night." "What now?" "What?" "Nothing." ""... and so, the Army Spokesman announces, the alert is cancelled," ""65-61 that's Chen Lipin leading the attack for Maccabi T. A."" "Don't answer it." "Don't worry." "I'm sorry, I woke you up." "Something happen?" "They're taking him away." "Why aren't you sleeping?" "Maybe he'll be better off here." "I'm sure we'll manage in America." "You'll think of something, You always do." "Look at how much she loves him." "Just like you love me." "We'll talk in the morning." "Come to me..." "Need some help?" "Stop!" "Stop, you thieves!" "Careful!" "To the car!" "There's no time for the car." "No, no... towards the beach!" "I said stop!" "Rosa!" "Stop!" "Rosa!" "We're giving him to you!" "I knew it!" "That faker!" ""Yanna's Friends"" "in Memory of Yosef zicherman" "English:" "Madeleine Ali David Aharon Cohen"