"Dedicated to Zehava Toyzer bless her soul" "2nd of May, 1930." "2 stars brighten the sky." "Slowly the distance between them will shorten and Venus will touch Jupiter" "The hour is 1am." "the hoe in Allenby's clock will knock once." "In dr." "Freud's hospital a new baby was born," "a nervous baby, Aminadav Susetz (rocking horse)" "A movie by Yaky Yosha:" "Susetz" "Shmuel Kraus as Aminadav Susetz" "A face from a close distance, a camera draws away, an isolated trumpet has blown, boiling clouds, accurate settings, a sunset in the sky's strips." "the face looks different, a disappointed expression, and the light will fade and vanish." "a carousel in a park goes round and round, all the rocking horses are running in circles" "Man, make an effort, the end of the road is near, a man till the end of the track, flow with the riddle, make a movie out of it, don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "a camera from the back in a restrained movement comes near you now." "Look straight at her, that's good, and quietly yea, you really made it." "Man, make an effort, the end of the road is near, a man till the end of the track, flow with the riddle, make a movie out of it, don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "Man, make an effort, till the end, the end of the line, hey Susetz, it's to be or not to be, that's your road. yes, you've tried to do it differently" "and you've heard destiny's laughter yea, you've heard destiny's laughter whistle something..." "Ami..." "Aminadav..." "Where's Mira and the girl?" "I came by myself, mom" "Who's that?" "Where's dad?" "I also came by myself." "Why is it that all the mishaps must happen to our son?" "There was no painter in history whose paintings were burnt, and furthermore, a week before the exhibition." "If you'd knew how much father hoped you'll succeed at last, that you'll give him some satisfaction..." "Why didn't he come?" "We're going to him." "Look what a nice road they paved for us, Ami." "The old road's much nicer." "Why father hasn't come?" "That's a modern road, you know. 3 lanes at each direction." "My sister..." "Mickey Rosenblum..." "Dad receives here wonderful treatment." "After all, Herman established this place, and the young fella who was his deputy runs now all this bussines and he takes wonderful care of dad." "Get into dad's room, I'll go get dr." "Gonen." "Ami, don't forget to kiss dad, dad loves you, he missed you very much." "Wow, so big..." "I didn't think you're so tall." "Where's your wife and the girl?" "Your mom showed us their picture, what a cute girl, your little one, she's really sweet." "your father didn't feel so good so I left him in the ward, but your father is the cutest in the ward." "I'll run to get some optalgin." "Your mom promised us one of your paintings for the ward, is it true?" "Hello, dad." "Dad, it's me, Ami." "What did he say?" "merr licht." "Yes, merr licht... he meant to say he's very happy you came here with me." "Happy?" "what the hell..." "Yes, merr licht..." "Yes, he keeps repeating those words, but each time he means a totally different thing, right?" "My Nafatali..." "Mr Susetz, I'm dr." "Gonen." "I was Dr. Neider's deputy until he passed away." ""Susetz frames"" "How much do you charge?" "390 Liras." "I'll pay, mom." "No, no..." "I can still allow myself to pay for a taxi." "Here you are." "Thanks a lot." "No, I'll get down by myself." "Now." "That's dad's car." "You can use it as long as he's in hospital." "Be careful, I cleaned the carpet." "Everything remained the same." "We live in modesty, we don't even have a posibbility to do some repairs, we save every penny." "We haven't won the lottery, what can we do?" "After all, we have a son who hasn't decided yet how he'll secure his little girl's future." "I prepared dad's room for the both of you." "If Naomy would've been here, she'd sleep in your room." "I thought you'd like to make father happy, that he'll see at least once his granddaughter," "and you came on your own, you've left the wife and the granddaughter there, on their own." "I've prepared a gala meal for all of you," "I've made your favourite soup for you, with kneidlach, and then you come by yourself." "You've left there your wife and daughter all by themselves..." "Come, come with me." "70 Liras." "Well, go to her." "That's ok?" "Alright." "Go, go get pubic louse, you motherfucker." "What's up?" "Come, honey." "How much?" "70 in the backyard." "How come 70?" "Here, inside, lying down." "She charges 40." "Ok, go to her." "Sir, don't stand here, don't go to this woman." "I'm fed up with you!" "Fed up!" "Get away from this woman, she's immoral." "Go, go home, sir, go." "Son of a bitch, you drove away the client, motherfucker!" "Get away, nutcase!" "What do you want from him?" "He's only sitting." "But it's no allowed to sit here without ordering." "He will order." "What will you order?" "I'm penniless and can't afford luxuries." "It's ok, it's on me, what do you want?" "Ice cofee in a big glass. -ice cofee in a big glass." "Who'll pay?" "I'll pay." "With a glass straw." "With a glass straw (imitating his speech disorder)." "And a glass of soda." "And a glass of soda." "It's possible to have also a cake?" "It's possible to have also a cake." "Chocolate cake with cream." "Chocolate cake with cream." "Who's paying?" "I'm paying." "And a cherry." "Cherry?" "yes, that's my weakness." "Just today I counted 32." "I counted 524 since the 1st of January, and that's a very small percentage of what's happening here." "First of all, I count only between 10-12 am and 4-6 pm." "Furthermore, I only count between Bograshov and Allenby, it's a very small section." "Look at the beach, look, come on." "You see?" "the beach is full of hiding places for fornication." "Now you imagine how many intercourses there are between Ridding and Jaffa 24 hours a day?" "Ah?" "no." "I don't either, I'm afraid to calculate." "I've been doing this research for 7 years and I can tell you only one thing:" "The amount of intercourses on the beach in Tel Aviv goes up and up." "Just last year, for example, the amount of intercourses has risen in 24%, can you imagine that?" "24%, almost as high as the inflation and no one gets up and says enough." "Here you are." "What's that?" "You need a cherry?" "No, on the cake." "16 liras." "Thanks a lot." "That's good." "Look at that, so much noise." "That's F15." "Intercourses..." "You want some?" "No." "Pass me this." "Look, all those intercourses..." "Ansberg, you caught a sucker to pay your breakfast, ah?" "Love has died, that's what happened here." "Throughout the city not one conscientious man has risen to take it out of the mire," "Do you understand me, Susetz?" "Are we aquaintances from some place?" "You can call me Ansberg if you want to." "Nice to meet you." "Aminadav." "I know." "Every item for 8 liras!" "Do you remember that time when you stole apples from Ketzele's hut?" "At first, I also thought you stole, like all the rest, only later I realized you're conscientious." "Conscientious?" "what's that?" "Ami, someone gives back apples someone else stole, he gets caught while returning it and he keeps silent and dosen't inform on the thieves." "That's conscientious, got it?" "And let me tell you that when David was caught and the whole thing was revealed," "I hid in the teachers' toilets and heard teacher Hedva saying explicitly: "Aminadav will be conscientious", get it?" "I used to pass by your father's store and ask about you" "Did he know you?" "I told him I'm Nahum, god bless his soul." "He didn't even remember that Nahum died in the war." "He used to speak about you with love and compassion." "What did he say?" "He wanted you to take pictures, pictures of others, that you won't be an artist, that you won't go looking for kingship and find only mares." "Wonderful man, your dad, a civilized man, a man who knows what's a frame (also:" "limits)." ""Susetz frames"" "It used to be owned by Naftali Susezt, the expert." "He even used to make frames for Dizengoff's museum, god bless his soul." "Today it belongs to his son, Aminodov or something of the sort..." "An artist, what do you know..." "Aminadav?" "Yes, I also thought it's an unusual name, but what can you do?" "In the yellow pages there's someona named potz (pejorative targeted at German immigrants)" "I wanted to buy the store, but his mother keeps it for him, she claims he'll return soon from America." "Well, now we're waiting for his return." ""where has love gone?" "cinema Eden"" "I also used to call your mother and ask about you." "I told her I'm Yoav." "Do you remember Yoav who used to bury cats in the sand?" "Today he's spokesman for the health ministry or something of the sort." "Your mom was proud of you and said you're a succesful painter, an artist, that you're going to have an exhibition in New York, but I knew it couldn't be." "What, Aminadav would forget about here?" "I knew you'll come back, and you returned just at the right moment." "Yes..." "And then it turned out he hires the place for girls at night and allow people to come in." "Listen, I'll finish my research, sum up the statistics and we'll publish together a booklet." "You'll write the preface," "Explain to them that love has vanished from Tel Aviv and that you've come to raise it from the ashes." "Below you'll sign just one word: conscientious." "Ansberg. -what?" "Do me a favour." "Yes?" "Forget about it." "I'm not conscientious and not a good boy who returned apples someone else stole." "I'm a thief." "That's not true." "It is." "I stole all my wife's savings to come here." "I don't know how she makes ends meet and from where she gets the money to feed my child." "She probably understands it was important that you'll get back here." "I didn't return here, but run away from there in terrible panic." "I lived 10 years in the us," "I painted and painted, soiled many canvases in America." "The main thing is that you got here and now we can bring back love together." "I haven't come back to bring back love," "I came back home, to rest." "Do you see this house?" "I was born here, and what have they made out of it?" "A bank." "A bank, that's my point." "Now they need a conscientious man that'll come..." "Ansberg..." "Leave me alone, go to the beach and continue counting fucks," "Intercourses." "Intercourses (ridiculing his speech disorder)" "Get in, gentlemen, the newsreel is over," "The movie will start in 2 minutes, it'll be a shame to miss the opening." "Haim Topol (known actor), come to the screening room please." "Haim Topol, come to the screening room please." "Are you sure they'll let you make a movie?" "Why would they let you make a movie?" "He'll let me do it." "Are you sure?" "Come." "Dear sir, subject: the movie:"the big crossing of Arik"." "Honorable sir, unfortunately I have to inform yoy that the sum of 750000 dollars upon which we agreed..." "Do not enter, just a moment." "Which we agreed..." "No... wow." "Ami!" "Ami Susetz!" "How come you're here?" "I came." "You loonie..." "I introduce you to a friend, Ami Susetz." "We've been together in the palmah, we've roamed this shitty country like maniacs." "Go, don't transfer any calls, sit down,sit." "What a surprise." "Sir, what can I do for you?" "yes?" "He's alright, he's with me, Ansberg." "He's doing a research, statistics, the beach, who's shagging whom..." "Enough." "Sit down, Susetz, sit down." "Mate, it's been so long since I last saw you." "Where have you rolled all these years?" "i haven't seen you for 7 years." "7, 8 years, right?" "about 7. -7..." "You painted in N.Y?" "What have you done there?" "you fucked?" "I've heard something happened with your paintings." "They were burnt." "What exactly happened there?" "Matches." "You and your matches, naughty..." "Tell me, what's with Roni Goodman, the one with the lover?" "She fixed herself with a millionaire." "A good catch,ah?" "Ami, you look great, unbelievable." "What are your plans?" "What do you intend to do?" "Make a movie." "Again?" "A movie." "Look, I just made a big movie, a huge flick with American backing," ""the crossing of Arik", about the crossing of the canal of course." "That's a huge thing, we're talking about millions of dollars," "That's an oscar, with this I'll get an oscar by hook or by crook, mate," "I'll blow up the world with it." "That's what I call a movie, that's cinema!" "Do you have an idea what are the sums we're talking about?" "If I'll get an oscar with this flick, do you know how many dollars there are to be made?" "What for do you need that?" "You're a painter, take a paper and pencil," "You need a fortune to make movies." "Avi," "You'll help me to make the movie." "Will you put that in its place?" "It's ok, he's with me." "His name is Ansberg, he's doing a research on love in Tel Aviv, statistics, lots of statistics." "I understand, Ami." "Ok, I'll help you." "I'll give you a cameraman, I've got a good one." "I'll give you an editor." "She's a bit strange, but you'll get along with her." "I urge you, don't forget that a movie entails lots of money, lots..." "Do you know how many papers and pencils one can buy with a budget of one movie?" "Lots and lots..." ""Davar, Israeli laborers paper"" "A little higher on the left part." "More, a little bit more..." "No, take it a little bit down." "A little bit down." "That's it, good, leave it like that." "So how do you want it?" "Look, I'm not..." "It will appear at the beginning of the film, This thing here..." "Is it possible to have some quiet here, sir?" "I'm making a musical," "I can't tolerate disturbances, thanks a lot. (that's the director)" "Get me a light." "How do you want it?" "You see the newspaper, "Davar", d'you see it here?" "Israeli laborers paper." "That's very important to me," "I want..." "I don't know how to say it, but it has to have a bit of soul," "It has to have some soul." "I don't know how to say it because I'm not..." "What did you say your name was?" "For you, for the time being, Susetz." "Look, Susetz, Arik told me to work with you, so I work with you." "But before that, I'd like to clarify a few things here." "Apart from that, the guys here are working on a musical, so we'd better hurry." "I'm a technician, Susetz." "Leave the atmosphere and soul to those who write in the papers," "You got it?" "you mean..." "Cinema is drudgery." "So how do you want it?" "I want it with my hand. if you can..." "Susetz, you're not a director." "I know I'm not a director, but I'm trying." "Every man has opportunities," "I don't know what's going to happen, maybe something will come out of it." ""carnival in Tel Aviv" "no faith in women" a sound film spoken and sung in German the crowd will see and hear Al Jolson in the heartbreaking tragedy "the crazy singer"" ""tender for construction of a municipal slaughterhouse"" "Efraim, you don't have trousers and I don't have shoes, only Beduins all around." "Titina, listen up," "Our home is Palestine, we'll be pioneers here." "Efraim, we're only two," "Between the sand and the sky, the cactus and the thorns." "Titina, be strong, get over it," "Take an example from Zina, Dizengoff's wife." "Efraim, there's a ship on the water," "Take me right away to Jaffa, to the beach." "Efraim and Titina live in Palestine," "A porcelain bath and all the comforts." "Efrain and Titina have set themselves up in the meanwhile," "The money flows like water, health's the main thing." "What a city..." "They've built a city, blocked the sea, filled it with hotels," "Brothels owners from Frankfurt have bought all the seaside and built there all their shitty hotels," "That millionaire bought Dizengoff center, they've cut down the grove, the Eucalyptus trees, they've strangled and finished you off and "it'll be ok"" "Great, live like that..." "They've made you a mouse?" "Then be a mouse." "Why not?" "Why not?" "Sure thing... fuckin' hell, I'm telling you..." "That's madness." "I get into a cab, order a taxi," "42 years a man lives in this country, everything's fine, and he won't let you pay with a check." "Cab drivers and cops are the same thing." "What a stench." "Dusgusting, the stench." "Tell him to stop smoking, do me a favor." "Enough, cut it out." "In my face?" "is it not enough in the city?" "Also here?" "Hey..." "Susetz!" "My god!" "Aminadav?" "When did you come?" "You don't recognize, eh?" "You smile, but it's just a pretense." "C'mon Susetz, you don't recognize me, ah?" "My god..." "At Ketzele's..." "In the cabin..." "Apples..." "Rina." "Wow..." "Susetz, you didn't recognize me or what?" "Have I changed?" "Everybody changes." "Nino..." "Nino, do you know Susetz?" "This is Susetz." "Hi, Nino." "Hey there, Dani." "Hey, what's up?" "what's going on?" "Hi, Rina." "What's up?" "Great." "What's up?" "I've heard the song on the radio, it's awsome." "Yea?" "yes." "Good." "Well?" "Pay attention." "You're going to conquer the world?" "Dani's got a hit in the charts, she likes them like that." "You know, bohemians." "She pursues him." "What are we comapared to him?" "Dani, what's up with you?" "You've become a star?" "Come on, take me home, will ya?" "Ler me go home." "What's up with you?" "Here's your Sus (horse)." "What horse?" "I'm cold and I wanna go home." "Dani!" "Lay off me!" "i'm trying to be nice to you, fuck it!" "fuck you," "I'm asking to take me home." "Dani, take me..." "Rina..." "So, Rina?" "You've seen it." "You've all gone, right?" "I was gone." "Everyone has gone to a different place." "Where's Yoram?" "Where's David?" "Where's..." "Everyone found his own Tzipi..." "That's the way it is." "I'm also not the same Sus I used to be." "Actually you look quite good." "You also look fine." "We can go to the hut." "The hut?" "I think the hut's already been burnt." "Did you go to the hut?" "Where?" "To the hut." "It's almost morning." "Listen, it's actually morning already." "Just some cars..." "You know what?" "I'll take you to a nicer place." "Do you rememeber Ansberg?" "Ansberg." "Hey, Ansberg." "I'll take you to the rabbinate and make you husband and wife." "He'll be your husband, try him for a week or two, and then come to me and tell me whether I was right or not." "He's not even looking at me." "He'll look at you and do whatever you want..." "Ansberg." "Have you gone mad?" "cut the crap." "He's cute." "Enough." "You'll go to the rabbinate and I'll get you a dovecote," "You two look like a couple." "Now..." "Do you remember her?" "I do." "Alright." "Do you remember me?" "I do." "I don't remember you." "I remember you." "Where from do you remember me?" "cut it out, enough." "Who won't remember you?" "I beseech you, I'm an honest man." "I'll wait for you tomorrow early in the day, in the afternoon..." "Good night." "He's really cute." "I'm going now to check your statistics..." "You haven't exagerated, you know?" "He's a real cutie." "Well?" "Ans remembers?" "Ansberg, why are you so sad?" "No reason." "It's because of Rina." "What's Rina got to do with it?" "What's Rina to me?" "It's just a pity to waste time on nonsense, that's all." "Why nonsense?" "Listen, we'll publish your booklet, don't worry." "Ami, that booklet is a very small part of what I'm doing." "I still haven't told you everything." "What haven't you told me yet?" "We could have done great things together, but you're busy and don't have time." "You're making a movie, you're making art, right?" "Look, I want to make a movie." "We'll first shoot my film and then publish your booklet, alright?" "Do you know how to make a movie at all?" "Do you know much about movies?" "No, I don't know much, ok?" "Just a moment, listen." "I don't know much and I want to make a movie" "And you already talk like my dad and you nag like him" "So because you nag me like my dad," "You'll play my dad when I'll shoot the film because you're just like my dad tight now and I want to make a movie." "And you want me to be your father in the film?" "That I'll play him?" "That I'll also make art?" "That's out of the question." "Listen." "You're out of your wits." "Listen, I just want you to do a small thing for me now, ok?" "Say "ya"." "Enough with those jokes, really." "Ya, here you are, I've said it." "Say "ya"." "Ya." "Say "nein". "Nein"." "I don't..." "Just another "nein", ok?" "Nein, ok, nein." "Ya." "Ya." "Nein." "Nein." "Ziche." "Ziche." "Good." "If I'll make the movie, that's the kind of things you'll do in it, alright?" "I don't have patience for nonsense, Ami, I'm serious." "You wanna come with me and to publish together a booklet?" "If you don't want, say it now and that's it, we've never met." "Listen, listen here for a moment, Ansberg." "I know who yoiu are." "They think you're nuts and I know you're sane and I'll go with you all the way, but let's make the movie first, ok?" "You know how to make a movie?" "No." "Do you have the money to make a movie?" "No." "But you want to make a movie." "Yes." "I'll help you make the movie." "Ok, then give me a kiss here for a start." "That I'll give you a kiss?" "I'll do the movie with you." "You'll help me?" "I'll help you, but take into account it's a temporary thing." "ok, just whenever I'll tell you to say "ya... say "ya"." "Ya." ""Nein"." "Nein." "zicha." "To be such a "yekke" (German jew)?" "You're making fun." "You'll be my dad, you'll see, ok?" "And after the film will be good, and believe me it will be, I'll make you a booklet." "What's your favorite color?" "what color?" "Azure, because it's pure." "ok, you'll have azure." "Real azure." "A good azure." "ok?" "ok." "Adler will do anything for the teacher," "Not up to half of the kingdom, but all of it." "I'm willing to sell my children for the teacher." "All that you see, all I've got, I owe it to him." "You know that I was in prison, but you don't know why." "I'll tell you." "I sold a lot in Rishon Le Zion to someone," "3 Dunams of agrarian land, 2400 Liras." "I've told the buyer that in one year they'll start the parceling process." "We even made plans with an architect." "But... the lot was not mine," "So I was in prison, but not a long time, 4 months." "There I met the teacher." "He opened up my eyes." "He told me:"Adler, you're a clever guy," "Why would you sell lots when everyone's doing speculations?" "No, really, why would Yadlin do it and you won't?" "I don't know, I just got here." "Just now?" "Bless the lord." "I buy, sell, exchange, bonds, dollars, foreign currencies..." "Everything, everyting, and all that thanks to the teacher." "Ok, so you want money for the movie?" "Why precisely a movie?" "Today it's food, food deals." "Well, you kow what?" "You know better than me." "What do you want?" "Dollars?" "Marks?" "Liras." "You want Liras?" "Liras, money." "If that's what the teacher says..." "There's a talk about a vast devaluation after the elections." "In general, the situation, security wise, politically..." "Everyone's tense, I'm also tense." "I have a son, my elder, he's a parachutist." "Every war, he has to be the 1st in the front, like his mother." "He'll return." "I wish." "It'll be alright." "My dad works as a carpenter and also with cars and his name is Avram and he works in..." "Now listen, kids, silence." "There's an "uncle" from the television who wants to tell you a story, ok?" "Be quiet." "Thanks, thanks." "Do you know I was in this kindergarten as well as a kid?" "But everything was different here." "I played in the yard and wanted to be on my own," "I didn't want to be with my mom or with my dad, so I built me a house." "I started building it but couldn't build the roof because I was small so I asked my father to come abd help me." "Dad came and built the roof and mom came and helped me to put the small table and bed inside and I had everything in the house and I was alone." "suddenly dad came and knocked on the door and said:"I want to get in"." "I told him: "that's my home, dad." "I want to be alone"" "and he said: "I helped you, let me in"," "So I let him in, and then mom came along, knocked on the door and said she wanted to get in as well and I said: "mom, I wanna be alone"." "don't be late, come at 7." "I let my mom in as well." "alright." "Get here on time, not as always." "Be careful on the road when you walk. -ok." "Bye, Nahum." "What?" "Nahum..." "Enough, Nahum." "It's ok, Varda." "Enough, Nahum." "Varda..." "Varda." "Varda." "Yes, Nahum." "Yes, Nahum." "Good, Nahum." "Yes..." "Yes, Nahum." "One moment." "I asked not to bend your elbows," "You should use more of your lower body mussles, close to your butt." "Get ready, start." "One, two..." "Yes, Nahum... yes." "yes... yes..." "Yes, Nahum." "Nahum..." "No." "Yes!" "Yes, Nahum." "Great, Nahum." "Na..." "Nahum!" "Husbands don't know how to love." "In the morning they wake up with a yawn and run to work in tyhe office, and in the evening they return nervous and unload on the kids all they gathered during the day." "then they sit in the balcony with undershirt, read the newspaper, watch some tv, eat omelette with salad, and go out for a drink." "Twice a month they climb on the wife and shove it like donation to a fund." "I love them differently, treat them gently," "I get in gently." "They call me Nahum, you've heard, didn't you?" "You've heard they call me Nahum, right?" "They don't even open their eyes." "If they open them, they don't see, and if the see, they keep quiet and say nothing, not a word." "Through me they love their husbands, and I'm compelled to sleep with them and smell all the stench of mouths after night sleep." "What are you laughing?" "Sorry." "What are you laughing at?" "Sorry." "You're accustomed to womem who brush their teeth especially for you." "No woman brushed hers especially for me." "That's how you wanna reintroduce love to women?" "With how many you'll do that?" "5, 6.7?" "67 up till now." "What 67?" "If you want me to be accurate, 66, the 67th is not to be counted." "Why?" "Never mind, let's drop the subject." "What happened?" "I got into the daughter's bed by mistake, it could happem to anyone, no?" "And?" "She screamed." "And?" "I was in prison for 9 months." "The judge treated mt nicely and pitied me." "What does he care?" "He takes no sides." "He goes to work at 8:20 when the most tired women sleep." "So you were in prison for 9 months?" "Actually it was a terrific time for me, I taught mathematics and had wonderful pupils." "That was before the big ones were locked in and made a mess of it all." "ok, we were at numver 68." "What do you expect, Ami?" "I'm by myself." "Together we would get large output, we would have broken records." "You, with your potential..." "Ansberg, you're so elegant, honey." "What are you doing to me?" "cut in the middle?" "How do you feel?" "Alright." "You're playing my mom." "My mom was pretty. you're smaller-sized here, but never mind," "It's ok, it's ok." "Just let loose all this hair." "Rina, you're Gonen's wife." "Ah?" "Cheers, but we're working, so get up now and go to him, ok?" "Gonen, Rina will be your wife, ok?" "You're so nice." "It's a brawl and..." "Ansberg, you're my dad so don't change your expression when we start filming." "Give me a slight smile if you can so we'll... ok?" "so come sit. sit." "Ok, you're sitting." "Let me look at you for a moment." "Go there." "Sit for a moment, sit." "I'm ready to shoot." "And you go by fast." "You're ready to shoot?" "I'm ready." "So start with..." "You know what?" "do whatever you like." "Whatever I like?" "How can I know what you want?" "You want me to tell you where to start?" "Start with Rina." "Go down to Rina, my mom, Gonen's wife." "One moment, how come to put me down?" "You see her well?" "Now I'll say action and all of you'll do what we said, ok?" "1,2,3,4,5, action" "Why did you stop?" "It enough for me." "What's happenned?" "That's a shame, Naftali." "It reminded me of those good times when we played together in the university." "We had a such a good time together, right?" "It was very nice, naftali. you never played for me." "I haven't been there." "What do you mean?" "It dosen't matter. -it does matter, and a lot, Naftali." "Palestine, but here in Heidelberg we're the foundation of culture even if this clown, Hitler, has another opinion, but you've always given up." "Yes." "Well, you're probably tired, you've just got here today." "You'd better go upstairs and have some rest." "Tomorrow we'll go see a new wonder, a cinematograph which talks by itself, with the jazz singer whose name..." "Al Jolson." "Yes, Al Jolson." "Al Jolson." "It was a nice evening, Naftali." "Your friends are nice." "Are you asleep?" "do you think they're happy here" "Yes, very much." "There's smoke." "There's no smoke at all, Rivka, try to sleep." "Naftali." "What?" "Don't you smell a fire?" "There's no fire and no smoke at all." "Listen to this wonderful silence." "I'm afraid, Naftali." "There's nothing to be afraid of, Rivka." "Herman is considered a good doctor," "He's succesful here in Heidelberg." "It's true there's inflation here, but they don't blame the jews." "They even have a jewish minister... and Einstein." "Naftali, I'm afraid." "Ami, I want to tell yoo something." "Dad wanted all of it to be like this," "I didn't care that much." "I didn't even know how to cook when we got married." "Dad taught me, but I managed just a bit." "He also played the violin till you were born." "Herman told me once that dad was an excellent violinist." "You were always angry with me, why did we sleep in different bedrooms?" "You thought it was because of me, but dad decided on that, so as things will stay in order." "Goethe's books were in his bed more than me..." "I waited and waited," "But once..." "Life slipped throgh my fingers." "I know, Ami, I'm no longer a kid." "Now I have only dad, I take care only of him." "I don't know who could take care if something happens to me," "If I'll die." "If you'd be a married man with a home in which you sleep" "I could ask for more, but..." "Ami, you musr promise me you won't forsake dad." "As long as he's in Gedera, visit him twice weekly." "Ok, where had we been?" "in Heidelberg." "Be careful there, go slowly with him." "Naftaly took his young wife to Germany, to show her to his friends." "Be careful, go slowly with him, there's a descent." "Dr. Herman Neidler was pleased of course, they tried to play but to no avail,Naftaly couldn't open up." "Then they returned to Palestine and I was born 9 months later." "Herman got here after 2 years," "Good Germans hinted him to get away as long as it's possible." "He created here in Gedera a small hospital that meanwhile has become big." "Naftaly used to visit him once in a whaile, you know they rambled, argued, as usual, philosophy..." "Herman actually liked Palestine, but said people here are too noisy" "Naftaly agreed with him on that matter." "Yes, Herman, I musr agree with you on this matter." "Inhale to your lungs, Naftaly." "This perfumed air is enough to raise the sick from their beds." "We should have opened here a cafe" "Like the one in Wilhelm strasse, do you remember, Herman?" "a grand wooden balcony, round tables with white tablecloth." "Here people will talk quietly, it will be forbidden to raise your voice." "At 5pm we will play Scubert's "die forelle"" "and Mozart's oboe quintet." "Every evening, till the sunset." "Mamuchka." "What, you're shooting?" "Cut." "Take him inside." "That's good." "Get him inside." "Shoot." "Just a moment." "Record him." "Film him." "Record him!" "What are you doing?" "He should be moved inside." "Film him." "Tell him to stop." "I tell you to shoot." "You're hurting him, what's the matter with you?" "shoot, shoot." "Shoot him!" "Gonen, tell him..." "Shoot!" "What are you doing to him?" "He's sick." "Shoot!" "That's your father." "What's wrong with you?" "Shoot, shoot." "Don't interfere, don't worry." "Shoot, more, don't stop." "Don't stop." "That's your father." "Shoot!" "Dad!" "Shoot, shoot..." "You're a piece of shit." "You forced me to shoot a dying man." "What, couldn't you hire an actor?" "Couldn't you hire an actor?" "Everyone hires actors." "When we finished the shooting yesterday, I went up to his room." "He sat there and looked at me." "He looked at me and waited for me to take him outside." "He thought I'm going to film him, you get it?" "He sat there and said "mein sohn"." "That's what he said." "I don't remember my dad." "No one ever told me "mein sohn" (my son)." "Hello." "What are you doing here?" "everyone's asleep now." "You don't fo out?" "No." "I just got fucked up, I have a shift tonight." "You want coffee?" "No." "But I want." "Nurse." "Nurse." "I knew you came for me." "Sure." "Remember, dad, that when I got wounded they thought it's only a matter of time?" "Do you remember?" "And suddenly everything worked out and I'm here." "You already gave up, but I fooled you." "You wanted me to renovate pictures and instead of taking frames, I took paintings and became a painter." "You were an excellent violinist and you gave it up." "Herman told me you were a prodigy," "A musician with a future, unlike myself." "You smashed your fucking violin." "It was not a renunciation of surrender, giving it up was a victory for you." "You moved on to making frames, you've put everything in frames." "You wanted to put me also inside a frame, no?" "I can smash much more than one violin, dad, but why?" "why?" "Why didn't you give me the strength to believe I could play?" "Meir licht." "Arik's here" "He looked for you all day long." "Can I make a phone call?" "Go ahead." "Connect me with communications." "Here you are, 18." "Hello?" "I want to call New York." "I know there's a war going on." "Hey, one moment, what are you saying there won't be a war?" "Everyone knows there'll be a war and you're saying no?" "I have to be there." "What?" "Mike?" "Tiny Mike was my soldier, what's this crap you're saying?" "Why he's getting my job?" "I don't wanna here a word!" "You know damn well there'll be a war, everyone's drafted," "Where is everybody?" "They all went to a picnic?" "I don't have one worker in the factory, what's this crap you're saying?" "Who's this Mike who's taking my place?" "Once there's a war, I go there and not another word, is that clear?" "I ran out of stock." "What do you want from me?" "Go to Dany, your cameraman, what do you want from me?" "I'm fed up with your movie, it's already cost me 180000 Liras." "I have an American coproduction and they won't let me have the premiere here because they say there'll be a war here." "They say: do your war and then we'll have a premiere." "Why do you come to me with your shitty flick?" "Do me a favor." "With all due respect to friendship, lay off me, I can't deal with it." "You're running off again?" "I'm fed up with hearing this bullshit for 20 years about me running off." "I didn't run off and no one proved that!" "What's more, everyone fucks up in life, you also run away." "Where have you been for the last 10 years?" "Running around in this country like us, having it hard?" "No, you've been in n.y. so don't fuckin' talk about running away, is that clear?" "Arik, I got out then and of course now I'll manage to do it now." "Then you also got away with a tank to get reinforcement while we ate shit, do you remember?" "And another tiny thing," "Thank you very much, I really thank you." "Yiddish talk" "Hello, Naftali." "I've heard you're about to become a father sson." "Greetings." "You want a boy or a girl?" "I want him/her to be a human being." "Oh, I'm glad you came, I'm glad you came." "How do you feel?" "I had some pains before, but now it's ok, now it's better." "So we can wait some more." "Well, alright." "Maybe even so we'll go to fet advice from a doctor?" "Alright." "ok." ""Freud, hospital for parturients"" "Has Rivka already give birth?" "No, not yet." "You would probably have a very cute baby." "You didn't go the movies?" "Everyone did." "I got conned, I have a night shift." "Well, then I'll be..." "Great." "Do you want a boy or a girl?" "I don't care." "Naftali, can I congratulate you already?" "He's taking his time." "Those taking their time live longer." "You could enter and watch in the meantime." "Naftali, a real movie, a movie that talks by itself." "Hello, Mr Abrabanel." "Get in quick please, the movie's about to start." "Excuse us, we're late." "Quickly please." "Kids!" "Go home." "Listen, naftali:" "I've been in the evevning at Khomski's," "Drinking tea with sugar." "The scent of spring was in the air, and thought to myself whether Naftali's child will be born on the 1st day a talking picture is shown." "It's a sign that he'll be very talkative and bring honour to his nation." "I wondered what will be his name, Asael, Amiel... and then suddenly..." "Why not Aminadav?" "Nice name, I'll tell Rivka." "Call him Aminadav." "And as a short name call him Ami." "Yes, it's a really nice name." "A woman will call him Ami (my nation) in a moment of passion and will not know she's asking for her nation." "So we're in accordance, right?" "Aminadav." "I already spot the head." "Push." "Good, here it comes, push a little more." "Good." "Push." "Enough, stop that." "That's it?" "Breathe." "That's it..." "Push, push." "Good!" "More!" "Now you can breathe." "I can already spot the head." "Push." "Good, here it comes." "Push some more, good." "Good, breathe again, breathe." "Good, you're doing it good." "Here it comes, here it comes, it comes out, great, push!" "Great, great..." "What a boy you have, what a cutie." "Congratulations." "Naftali..." "We have a son." "Here he is, congratulations, very good." "what will you call him?" "Aminadav." "Aminadav?" "Amimodov..." "What a nice name." "My Ami... ok, that's enough for me." "How's the flick?" "Fantastic." "Guys, we have a hit." "Susetz!" "come, I want you to meet him." "Guys, we have a hit, a hit!" "Come to me, you nice thing..." "The film is outstanding." "We got an oscar!" "Oscar with lots of shekels and dollars." "Outstanding." "I discovered him, I did." "We were together in the war." "I congratulate you." "It'll be an honour for me to screen the movie at my place." "First in new York, First in New York, buddy." "Outstanding, outstanding." "Outstanding, very good, you're very talented." "outstanding, an excellent film, wonderful." "You're coming now with me, we'll go with this flick to New York, and we'll return triumphantly, the best Isreali movie of all time!" "It will get an oscar for this country!" "We're the first ones and you're the greatest director and I've "made" you." "Already in the Palmach I told him: "stop painting, make movies"." "For years he painted in N.Y. and burned all his paintings like an asshole and look what a film director you are!" "Ingmar Bergman's nothing compared to you." "Come to me, I'm crazy about you" "Ansberg." "Who?" "Where is he?" "Who's Ansberg?" "I need him." "who?" "Ansberg." "There's any Ansberg here?" "A face from a close distance, a camera draws away an isolated trumpet has blown, boiling clouds, accurate settings, a sunset in the sky's strips." "the face looks different, a disappointed expression," "Don't stand here. -enough, I had enough of you!" "Go, Go!" "Don't stand here!" "go!" "son of a bitch!" "Go!" "all the rocking horses are running in circles" "Man, make an effort, the end of the road is near a man till the end of the track, flow with the riddle, make a movie out of it, don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "A camera from the back in a restrained movement comes near you now." "Look straight at her, that's good, and quietly yea, you really made it." "Man, make an effort, the end of the road is near, a man till the end of the track, flow with the riddle, make a movie out of it, don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "On the face an expression of pain, and withouta sound" "It seems the image's frozen, the tear vanishes, and now, little by little, smile." "Man, make an effort, till the end, the end of the line, hey Susetz, it's to be or not to be," "that's your road. yes, you've tried to do it differently and you've heard destiny's laughter yea, you've heard destiny's laughter" "Man, make an effort, the end of the road is near a man till the end of the track, flow with the riddle, make a movie out of it, don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "don't be afraid, you haven't been left out of it," "Man, make an effort, till the end, the end of the line, hey Susetz, it's to be or not to be, that's your road. yes, you've tried to do it differently" "and you've heard destiny's laughter yea, you've heard destiny's laughter. whistle something..." "This translation was made by Gabi for smz and KG. dedicated warmly to poenir!"