"A MAN LOST" "BEIRUT - 1985" "NORTHERN SYRIA 20 YEARS LATER ..." "Come!" "What are you doing?" "Why are not you working?" "That's not how it's done." "Start with the roots." "Quick, quick!" " Where was this guy?" " At the train station in Damascus." "Where are you from?" "Where were you born?" "Are you a spy?" "You bastard!" "Dog." "Stop!" "Stop!" "Grab your passport and come with me." "What are you doing there?" "Arrest this guy!" "You two!" "Stand there!" "Come on, move!" "3 hours I've been waiting." "Let me go." "I did nothing." "No problem, Mr. Thomas." "Welcome to Jordan." "You can go." "We have granted a visa." "Thank you." " Please." " And the movie?" "No." "Go to window number 8." "Thank you." " And him?" " We are still resolving." "Thank you, sir." " Go to Amman?" " Yes." " Enter." " How much?" "$ 140." "Get up ..." "Get up!" "Cigarette?" "Do you speak English?" "And French, you speak French?" "Do you always follow women to the bathroom?" "Do you use women's restroom?" "You know what I'm talking about?" "You are Jordanian?" "Jordan?" "Syria?" "They arrested you because you followed that woman." "Did you know?" "No." "So you understand French." "You know what they did to her?" "You're going to Amman?" "You know the city?" "I do not know." "Hey, Fouad!" " Good evening." " Good evening." "Do you have vacancies?" " Yes" " For two nights?" "Single room, for two people, two nights." "No, sir." "For that price, it is impossible." "So ..." "One night, just one." " No, sir." " A double room for one night." "Are you a photographer?" " Journalist?" " Something like that." "I am a photographer, not journalist." "I travel and write a journal, you know?" " I am also traveling." " Oh yeah?" "Where you going?" "Everywhere." " I do not know." " Do not you know?" "Where did you learn French?" "Do not you know?" "What happened to your arm?" "Nothing." "You know the city well?" "Do you know any bars with women?" "No." "Excuse me?" "Do you know any bar open around here ... where we can find girls?" "No, sir." " Do not you think she's beautiful?" " Yes." " Are you Jordanian?" " No, Moroccan." "Good evening." "It is not possible." "No, sir." "Go away." "Why?" "Listen, brother." "Explain to your friend this is a respectable hotel... and prostitutes are not accepted here." "Please leave now." "He does not want us here." "We need to leave." "Can you wait here?" "Hold your hair." "Come here." "Come ..." "Move back." "Stop." "Hello?" "Yes, dear." "It's okay." "Go, do not care about me." "You can make love to her, if you want." "Go!" "Don't move." "No..." "What is this?" "Keep taking pictures now!" "Thank you." "Son of a bitch ..." "What did they do?" "Are you okay, honey?" "Are you okay?" "Everywhere is the same." "It's the same shit." "And you, my beautiful, leave me alone." "Whiskey?" "Police!" "Open the door." "So what you have to tell us, sir?" "Nothing special, I am a photographer." "I take pictures ..." "It's personal." "Nothing to do with politics." "You sleep with a man in your room." "Do you give money to this man?" "No, he works for me." "He is my assistant, my translator." " And you do things with him?" " No." "Tell me how you do it?" "I do nothing." "The room has space for two." "And he's gone." "I do not need it anymore." "Why?" "What did he say?" "We know that you sleep with him." "You walk down the street with women and that is not good." "This is not like in Europe." "In our country it is man and woman ... not man with man and woman." "Goodbye!" "Cheers!" "Call Souad." " Hello?" " Hello." " Okay, Souad?" " Yes" " Please wait." " Right." "For me?" " Is everything okay, honey?" " French ..." "French?" "Oh, a Frenchman?" "Want sex?" "Come here, baby." "You want to touch me?" "Very good ..." "I love you, baby." "Stop, stop!" "You want money?" "Want to work?" "$ 30 per week ... to accompany me and be my translator." "Okay." "Why not put your stuff in the closet?" "No, okay." "Do you know why they beat me?" "Was it the girl or the money?" "Now at least I can track you." "Hold me ..." "Kiss me ..." "Your friend has gone." "He said you'd know where to meet him." "What happened?" "You forgot?" "He photographed us." "And you spoke of a woman." "You said that she had abandoned you." "What did I say?" "Tell me what I said." "I'm telling you." "You said you were suffering, as we all suffer." "And you repeated: "Hold me!" "Hug me!" "Hold me! "" "No!" "Do not leave me here!" "Open it!" "Let me in!" "Bastard!" "All right?" "Can you drive?" "We are not far from Iraq, right?" " Have you been?" " No." " Have you lived in a country at war?" " No." "Do you have children?" "Are you married?" "Were you born here?" "I have a daughter." "I lived with a woman I loved." "But that life was not enough and I had to go." "I wanted something else." "One day a friend mentioned an Arab poet who said ..." ""My love is shared by several women." You know him?" "I identify with that thought." "Good morning." "What do you want to eat?" " Chicken?" " Perfect." " Chicken." " With hummus and salad?" "Hello" "He is a photographer." "What can I show him here?" "Where is he from?" "He is a foreigner." "French." "A photographer." " Archaeologist?" " No." "He photographs women." "At night... in the bars..." "Did you hear what he said?" " He thinks he is in France." " What is he saying?" "Look, brother, we do not have any of that here." " What did he say?" " Take this guy to another place." " Let him return to France!" " What did he say?" "What did he say?" " He spoke to me?" " Yes" "He did not like you." "No, he did not." "What did you say to them?" "He did not like." "Let him go to hell!" " You don't want to have sex with him?" " No." "The thing is ..." "I want you to seduce my friend that is always with me, Fouad." "And talk about his life." "Then you tell me what he said, all he said." "Everything." "She wants to know why." "That's not your problem." "Just want to know what it says." "In detail." "She has a few days to do it." "I'll pay both for the service." "Lastly, her service." "Got it?" "I just want to help." "I do not want anything from you." "I know, I know ..." "Thank you." "She wants to know how?" "Well, fuck him." "Take, $70 for her and $30 for you." "Got a light?" " You know this guy?" " No." " But he is following us." " How do you know?" "So?" "Clearly he knows you." "We have met Always at the bar." "We drink, I ask questions, but he never opens up." "But last night, she said he was not there." "And doesn't know where he was." "He has a memory problem." "By his accent, by way of talking ..." "I know that he is not Jordanian or Palestinian." " He may be Lebanese." " What else?" "He spoke of things he remembers." "Memories of war ..." "Then he spoke of a woman ... as a distant image." "Must be his wife." "Cheers!" "The Arabs!" "Whiskey!" "For you, my friend!" "In Beirut!" "Looks like it came from Beirut." "There you have the sea, right?" "Do you fish?" "You must be a good fisherman with patience you have." "What about women in Beirut are they beautiful?" "Beirut women are beautiful?" "Can you call your friend, Souad?" "Call Souad." " Hello?" " Hello, Souad?" "Yes?" "Hello?" " Hello?" "Yes .." " Hi, French!" "No no, not me." "I have a friend here." "I'll give you to my friend." "It's for you." "Take it ..." " Hello?" " Speak!" "What is your name?" "What is your name?" "Do you want my pussy?" "Are you excited?" "Are you excited?" "Want to touch me?" "What?" "What's wrong?" "What's wrong?" "What is your problem?" "Are you afraid?" "Are you afraid of women?" "Is that it?" "You is inhibited?" "Ah, you're in love, Do you have a girlfriend?" "Are you in love in Beirut?" "Do you have a girlfriend?" " Who said that?" " I know everything." "Bitch?" "The Moroccan?" " Everyone knows your secrets." " Not true." "It's not true." "Yes it's true." "It's true!" "Okay ..." "He's crazy." "I killed my wife." " What?" " I killed my wife." " That was it." " What?" "Fouad!" "Take this, my beautiful, it's for you." "Take it." "Sorry, I must go." "You have stolen much more than that!" "And your friend?" "Are you still going to steal more?" " What did you say?" " That you're a son of a bitch!" "A thief!" "Goodbye..." "Excuse me?" "Taxi?" "Beirut?" "Over there on that street." "Thank you." "Good morning." "Thomas Kore." "Souray Khouri." "Please come in." "They are dead, you have to accept it." "Entered another world, travel among the dead." "My husband also disappeared 15 years ago." "I hope to see him show up here one fine morning," "The missing ... must have some reason to stay where they are." "They will never return." "No Fouad Saleh." "There are others of the same family." "Habib Saleh ..." "Hassan Saleh ..." "Wahlid Saleh ..." "What do you call this man?" "Wahlid." "Wahlid Saleh." "And when did he disappeared?" "In 1985." "He was 27." "He disappeared at the border post Barber, in the western part of Beirut." "Can you give me the address of his family?" "No, I do not have that kind of information." " He was married, right?" " I've said too much." " Is she dead?" " No!" "His wife is alive?" "Forget that I've shown these files." "I made an exception because you came recommended by a friend of mine ... but let it go." "Can you not you give me a clue?" "A name?" "Hello sorry to bother you again." "I went to the address you gave me and have not found anyone." "Can you give me the phone number of his wife?" "I know it's difficult for you, but I have to talk to her." "Okay, thanks." "And what is it?" "Actually, I lied to you." "I'm not a journalist, I am a photographer." "Really?" "I travel, I know many people." "At night, almost always." "A few months ago, I lost a friend." "One day, he left and never returned." "This gave me the idea to write a book ... about a man who disappeared." "He left no clues ... and nobody is looking for him." "Then I landed in Lebanon suddenly ... and wanted to meet people who lived the same story." "I think I know your husband." "Thomas, the Red Cross has found a man who looks like my husband." "They think he is." "He was on a bus and had an accident in Jordan." "He is in a hospital there." " What do I do?" " You need to go there." " Do not know if I should." " I'm going with you." "Ma'am?" "Are you sure that this man is your husband?" "It is." "Your wife is here." "Come in." "Where have you been so long?" "Where were you?" "I forgot ..." "I was traveling." "You've changed a lot." "My God, how much you've changed!" "You do not look the same." "What happened?" "I've forgotten." "But not forgotten you stabbed me, right?" "You left me there to die." "And when I recovered, I could not hate you." "I did everything to find you." "When you disappeared, you I looked everywhere." "I paid military, begged and cried in front of strangers." "Until one day ..." "I stop looking." "Times have changed." "The Red Cross will let you go to your parents." "I'm not coming back." "Finally, you will get revenge." "Come closer." "Come on." "He's eating, but has trouble sleeping at night." "Looks very good." "And he's smoking!" "I get scared sometimes." "No, his wife did not appear." "I do not want that bitch here!" "Never!" "It has not been easy." "I'm happy with the return of my son ... but it's hard, it's hard." "Going out?" "Yes, leaves." "His nephews are always around with him after school." "Why do you ignore me?" "What have you got against me?" "What did they say?" ""Do not talk to your mother!"" ""Do not talk to your mother!"" "Where were you all these years?" "What have you been doing?" "You never wrote, never called, I never got your news." "Where were you?" "This is how you treat your mother?" " Hello?" " Hello?" "Can I talk to Fouad, please?" "Who?" "Fouad Saleh." "Your relative who had gone and came back." "He does not live here anymore." "Please do not call anymore." "Hello?"