"Oh God, even my belly button is getting older." "Damned mice." "Hello, Mama." "Go away, ghosts!" "The night is over." "Can I have one, too?" "47, 48... 49..." "I'm counting my years..." "To Max, I was always the 30-year old he had fallen in love with" "When he died, my being 30 died with him." "Here, kitty!" "Come here!" "Come here!" "How can you be so sweet?" "Poor, sick kitty!" "Good morning, Iannis." " Good morning." "Would you like some coffee?" " No." "Please help me." "It's all right." "Please have a seat here." "I'll let you know when it's over." "No way." "Ah, here you are." "That's my father." "My father Leon was born in Thessaloniki in 1910." "He moved to England in 1938." "Jacobo, my grandfather, patriarch of the family, and founder of "Kastelano  Sons"" "an export company for oil and dried fruits." "His wife Anna, my grandmother, was murdered in Auschwitz." "Anna Levi, my father's lover during his youth." "They met in 1930 in a sanatorium in Davos." "And this is my mother." "Malena." "She has the name of a Tango." "Her Galician parents went into exile to England." "She married my father there in 1944." "My uncle Marco, my father's brother." "And finally my love, my man, my companion, my everything," "Max." "Go away!" "What are you doing?" "We're working." "Anna!" "Zoi!" "Come here!" "Hello, Zoi!" "Oh well." "How about an Ouzo?" " And some snacks?" "With saganáki and fried zucchini." "Come on." "Sit down!" "Okay." "Listen!" "Come, Maria!" "Sit down with us." "You know, the people here who are as old as I am, don't climb in the mountains like me." "I just turned 85." "Of course, I still drink my glass of wine every evening." "And I cook with good olive oil." "We'll surely have a long summer this year." "They say that when the sea is calm like this, the summer will be long." "You're right." "The sea tells us if there will be lots of fish, and if it will rain or snow." "My departed husband always listened to his bones." "And my sister listened to her back pains." "Sometimes she walked as crooked as an old tree." "And we knew it was going to rain." "But it hasn't rained." "I don't mean now." "I'm talking about years ago." "Oh, Lord." "Time goes by, and we don't even notice." "Anna, I shouldn't say this, but a man is missing in this house." "It's like a woman's face." "You can tell immediately if she has a man or not." "Maria, do you know why my father and my uncle left grandmother behind, alone?" "Oh, Anna." "Those were hard times." "Look what I found." "I can't read any more, dear." "My eyes are bad." "These papers say that my father and my uncle tried to save grandmother." "But they couldn't." "Good evening." "We have to go now." "Come on, Mama." "We're going." "Ladies, I will accompany you." "Come, Mrs. Maria!" " Thank you." "I'm coming." "What are you doing?" "Good morning." " Good morning!" "...my dear woman..." "Thank you." "Who was that?" " The foreigner." "Good morning." " Good morning, Mrs. Anna." "Hello, Anna." " Hello, Dimitra." "Good night, Nikola." " Good night." "Cheers." " Cheers." "I am Greece." "My grandmother, Anna." "To my youngster in love." "Your Anna." "Garlic is pure medicine." "Mr. Kastelano?" " Yes." "Hello." "Please come with me, I'll show you to your room." "Here it is." "You'll see, you will feel better soon." "Thank you." "What are you doing?" " I took a photograph of you." "Why do you speak Greek so well?" "It's an easy language." "Anyone can learn it." "Really?" " Sure, if you're Greek." "Have you been in the sanatorium long?" " Want to take a walk?" "What's your name?" " Anna." "Just Anna." "In Davos, only first names are important." "Good, then I'm Leon." "Not like that!" "Do something." "Yes." "Let's drink to our acquaintance." " With tea?" "Not with tea." "I don't like it anyway." " What don't you like." "The rules, the rituals." "So, tell me about yourself." "I'm an orphan." "My parents died in an accident, and not even my inheritance can make me healthy again." "No, thank you." "It's forbidden." "There, you see?" "You can't exist without rules." "I'll have one after all." "Do you like it?" " Smoking?" "Taking photographs." " Very much." "Capturing one moment, one movement which lasts only a fraction of a second." "I thought you were photographing me because you liked me." "Pretty conceited." "I've photographed cows as well." "Ah, cows!" "Would you like to continue?" " Let's go to my room." "Your room?" "Why not outside?" "Because I want to photograph you naked." "Are you afraid?" " Me afraid?" "No." "Why should I?" "Good." "Can we begin?" "Sure." "Then take off you clothes and lie down on the bed." "Are you ready?" " Just a minute." "Whenever you want." "Please take off everything." "I'm not going to hurt you." "Take off your clothes first." "Do you dance waltz, Miss Levi?" "Only if we're alone, Mr. Kastelano." "It's beautiful." " You're beautiful." "My daughter, my lovely," "don't throw yourself into perdition:" "Better a bad husband" "than a youngster in love." "A youngster in love, my mother, is like an apple and a good lemon." "My mother always sang that song." " Mine too." "You have a fever." "Come." "I'll massage your feet." "They're freezing." "I don't like Davos." "I don't mind the Swiss at all." "They are so orderly and correct." "Leon?" "When I die,..." " Don't talk such nonsense!" "...I don't want to be buried here." "Don't talk nonsense, I said!" "Take me to your island, where the sun shines." "Wherever you are, the sun shines." "That sounds like a dime-store novel." "When you die, I'm going with you, because without you, my life has no meaning." "No, Leon, you must go on living, you must carry on the seed of our love." "I'm afraid." "Cough, please." "Take a deep breath." "Good morning." "I didn't think you were coming alone." " I'm not alone." "So you've brought her along after all?" " Dead." "She's dead." "Who did you bring?" " Her coffin." "What?" "You've brought the corpse of..." " Anna." "Her name was Anna, just like you, mother." "Why did you bring her?" "I'm going to bury her here." "I promised her that." "And her family?" " She didn't have any, I wrote you that." "Where do you want to bury her?" " You know where." "Then you must have been married." "Was she Jewish, at least?" "Be quiet, Marco!" " Our ancestors shouldn't have to share their resting place with a stranger." " Do you want a certificate of conduct?" "She's dead." "She'll behave herself just fine." "Good." "Only God knows all the rest." "That's enough" "No." "Not now." "Max!" "Thank you." "Many thanks." "Come here, Grandma." "Here, please." " Thank you." "Sit down, grandma!" "Sit down!" "Sit down!" "How are you, grandma?" " Fine, thank God." "It doesn't make any sense." "It does make sense." "Shah, you murderer!" "Shah, you murderer!" "What is this pretty woman doing in my arms?" "I see that." ""Age-old waters rise rejuvenated around your hips, child!" "Kings who guard you bow down before your divinity."" "Goethe?" "Rilke?" "Mörike." "More." "No." "Yes." ""She sank because she blossomed so proud and strong!" "The dead oak tree stands up to the storm, but the healthy one falls to the ground with a blow because the storm reaches into her crown."" "Zoi!" "Welcome, Anna!" "Hello, Maria!" "When is the happy day, child?" "Mama, please stop it!" "Hello Max, welcome!" "Come in!" " Hello!" "Good day!" " Welcome!" "A nice couple." "Really nice." "They fit together well." "Good morning, grandmother." " Good morning." "Anna, for you!" "What's wrong, my love?" "Nice, isn't it?" "Sure, he was a good guy." "I waited for you at the entrance, Ms. Kastelano." "I thought... as a souvenir." "__In memory of our friend Max.__" "Hello, Carlos." " Hello, how are you?" "Fine." "Good evening." "How are you?" " Fine." "Very good!" "Very good!" "Thank you, Carlos." "Did you like it?" "Yes." "Where are you from?" "A youngster gave it to me... who fell in love with me..." "A youngster gave it to me... who fell in love with me..." "Hello, beautiful lady!" "Malena sings the Tango like no other." "And into each verse, she puts her whole heart." "Wait!" "Come in!" "The view is wonderful." "Here you are!" "I have some work for you." "Please, come in!" "Look at this, Marie-Louise!" " Beautiful!" "Do you like it?" "Mama!" "What are you doing here?" "Won't you give me a hug?" "I couldn't wait for you to come visit." "I had to see you now." "I'm so happy that you've come, mother." "Yes, sure." "I don't know how to say it." "I felt guilty for not coming to the funeral." "Don't." "Everything went fine." "Max was with me." "Papa always had style." "Even in death." "Yes." "And I always felt guilty." "Felt guilty for breaking the rules." "The rules that society thinks are normal." "The most normal rule of all is to try to find happiness." "You're a good daughter, Anna." "Mama, why don't you come to the island with us in the summer?" "What would I do there?" "You could be with us." "With Max and I." "No, Anna." "That house belongs to the Kastelanos." "It never was my home." "My home is in Galicia." "Why don't you two come to me?" "We will." "How is Max?" " Fine." "He's in New York." "He always says that his suitcase is his home." "That will change with time." "You travel too much as well." "Yes..." "Maybe that's why you love each other so much." "The less you see each other, the fresher your love stays." "You know, trees and plants help you get your thoughts in order." "Everything takes time and needs a certain type of care." "Nature is pure logic." "Were you only unhappy with Papa?" "No." "Leon was correct." "He was correct in the way he lived his life." "And I was happy in a correct sort of way." "But that wasn't enough." "Not for me, anyway." " Did he cheat on you?" "No, that wasn't the problem." "But everything had to be the way he wanted it." "You know, his obsession with order, his habits, his memories." "There was no room for me." "No, he didn't cheat on me." "Now Leon is dead." "And soon, you'll be burying me as well." "But I hope it will be at home." "Don't say things like that, mother." "I think it's going to rain any minute." " How about that!" "I didn't know Berlin was like Galicia:" "always raining." "Your father never loved me." "He was in love with a memory." "It's hard to replace a memory." "Let's go!" "Forward!" "No!" "Forbidden!" "Anna, how are you?" "Fine." "Me too." "Thank God." "How are you, Anna?" "Hello, Zoi!" "Sit down, relax" "They're living in a different world." "I have to leave." "The cicades are gone."