"Subtitles downloaded from Podnapisi.NET" "Northern Iraq, April 2003." "Three weeks after Saddam's fall." "Grandma, a truck!" "There's a truck!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Grandma, you scared him." "Grandma?" "Grandma, is it a long way?" "Grandma." "Grandma!" "Fine." "I'm going home!" "Don't talk to me!" "What is this?" "Where did you come from?" "Cant you hear me?" "Get out of the way!" " Hello, Sir." "Get out of the way!" "Peace be with you!" "What peace?" "What's this crazy woman doing?" "She's not crazy, she's my grandmother!" "Get her out of my way!" " She won't!" " What do you want?" "Take us with you." " Where are you going?" " Nasiriyah." " Nasiriyah?" "Both of you?" " Yes, both of us." "Nasiriyah is 600 miles from here!" "Why don't you walk?" "OK... 500 dinars to take you to Baghdad." "What?" "Are you crazy?" " Get off then!" "50 dinars, that's it!" "Why are you cheating us?" " Thief!" "Enough or I'll beat you." "Grandma, don't give him money!" " Your grandma's nice." "No, no, no!" "It's full here!" "Get in the back!" "Your grandma's really nice." "This woman pays good money." "Cheat!" "OK, OK... call me what you want, I've got the money now." "Cheat!" "SON OF BABYLON" "Enough!" "Enough!" "Enough, my brain's about to explode!" "Stop that whistling!" "It's my father's flute!" "I don't care!" "Play something good, like Michael Jackson!" " Who?" " Michael Jackson!" "Who's that?" "The Mayor of your town?" "No, he isn't the Mayor of my town." "He's the Mayor of America!" " What?" " America, America!" "I don't care, I'm playing my dad's flute." "Do whatever, just don't blow my brains out!" "Dad!" "Dad, where are you?" "The echo in this tunnel sounds better than this flute!" "Dad!" "What are you doing?" "You're wasting your time!" "Damn!" "I can't fix it!" "You want a smoke?" "Where is your mother?" "She's dead." "Your father too?" "He's in Nasiriyah, we're going to see him." "He's a brave man, he saved his friends life." "A brave man?" "Alright!" "Grandma promised to take me to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon." " What?" "The Gardens of Babylon?" " The Hanging Gardens of Babylon!" " What gardens?" " Didn't you study history at school?" "Wherever you want to go, I don't care." "Babylon, Hanging Gardens or wherever." "I need the toilet, I'm going to call Saddam." "What?" "Hello?" "How are you doing Mr. Saddam?" "Damn you, you loser." " Grandma, come!" "He's calling Saddam!" " What you did to us will happen to you." "Screw your mother, you son of a bitch!" "Saddam is a bastard and the Americans are pigs!" "What's this?" "Hello, America!" "What are you wearing?" "What?" "What?" "I said not to touch your father's jacket!" "Hello, Mister?" "Mister?" "I'll be a soldier like Dad." "Your dad was forced, he wanted to be a musician!" "Son of a bitch!" "Hold you already, you'll go to school and become a doctor or an engineer!" "We have to spend the night here." "Alright!" "I'm sure American dogs live better than us." "Aren't you ashamed to bring this child to such a dangerous place?" "I've waited 12 years for this day." "He needs his father." "You shouldn't have, it's too dangerous." "What choice do I have?" "I have nobody!" "He needs to see his father." "How do you know he's alive and not in one of Saddam's mass graves?" "What God are you talking about?" "Why do you need your son if your have faith?" "Why not pray for these poor people to get out of this miserable situation?" "God is unquestionable, it is the fault of men." "You have no right to question God." "I haven't seen my daughter in two years." "She married a man I didn't approve of." "I keep praying to God. "God!" "God!"" "Yet I haven't seen her." "It's been so long, I keep waiting." "Why isn't she back yet?" "When we lose a child a part of us dies." "Maybe." "Anyway, it's getting late." "You and the boy, sleep in the car." "I'll sleep outside." "Tomorrow, we'll see what your God has planned." "Come on." "Oh Kurdistan, oh Kurdistan." "You are my homeland." "There is no place like it on Earth." "Why do you hurt us?" "Why do you hurt the Kurds in Iraq?" "Thousands of Arabs have suffered." "Oh, and many more people." "Oh, many poor people...." "Orphans, Anfal's victims and the helpless." "Oh my God, oh my God." "Grandma?" "Grandma, what's Anfal?" "Don't you know about Anfal?" "Anfal was when Saddam the tyrant wanted to destroy Iraq." "He started in Kurdistan then went down South, killing both Kurds and Arabs." "He destroyed every single house and village on his way and he killed everyone: children, families and elderly people." "This is Anfal, do you understand?" "WELCOME TO BAGHDAD" "Do what you want, you own the world." "While we stay down here and suffer." "Here it is, Alawi Bus Station." "Get out here, but you better hurry up!" "Madam, wait!" "Madam!" "Excuse me, wait!" "Here, this is yours." "Please take it." "I hope you find your son." "Goodbye." "Come here." "Son, take this." "Look after your grandma, beware of dogs and wolves." " Goodbye." " Goodbye!" "Goodbye Uncle!" "Grandma, there's no bus!" "Can you see that man near the cart?" "Why can't you speak Arabic?" "Why?" "Why?" "Learn Arabic!" "What did he say?" "He said my Arabic is good." "Ahmed!" "He said there's no bus to Nasiriyah but we should wait over there." "Cigarettes!" "Cigarettes!" "Grandma, I'm hungry." "Read it again?" "I've read it 100 times for you!" "I'm sick of reading it again and again!" ""In the name of God." "My name is Yousef Ali." "I was with your son Ibrahim in the Kuwait war in 1991." "Our unit was attacked by the American and coalition forces." "I wanted to write earlier." "I'm sorry to say that your son Ibrahim was arrested by the Baathist party." "They took him to prison, to... to Nasiriyah prison."" "Give me my money!" "Fair is fair!" "Give me my money!" "It's only 50 dinars!" "I'm not begging!" "Give me my money!" "Five cigarettes for 250 dinars!" "War is on, but I stay open!" "Come on!" "Nasiriyah!" "Nasiriyah!" "Nasiriyah!" "Nasiriyah Prison!" "Where's Ahmed?" "Where is he?" "Excuse me?" "Have you seen my grandson?" "Sony, I don't speak Kurdish." "My son?" " What's wrong?" "Did you see a small boy with big eyes?" "For God's sake, have you seen him?" " Don't you want money?" " No, I'm no beggar!" "I don't understand!" " Please." "I'm looking for my little boy." " Sorry, we don't speak Kurdish." " Help me." " We don't understand." "Has anyone seen my little boy?" "He's gone!" "Ahmed, my son!" "What's happened to him?" "Five cigarettes for 250 dinars!" "Here are five cigarettes." "What are you doing?" "I said 100 times not to leave me!" "Qasim, don't worry, it's my grandma!" "Take the cigarettes!" " Qasim, Jasim?" "What's this about?" " You said that I should help people!" "Thank you." "Take the bag." "Stop!" "There are no more seats." "Grandma!" "Grandma!" "Grandma, come back!" "Don't be afraid!" "Grandma, don't leave me!" " Start collecting the bus fare!" " Driver, do something about that boy." "What's wrong with him?" " Driver, stop!" "Sit down, stop screaming!" "Stop!" "Open the door!" "Mister, his grandma's here!" "Ahmed, your grandma's here!" "An old woman's running after the bus and he's asked you to stop!" "What old woman?" "I could have killed you!" "Grandma, don't leave me again." "Thank God!" "I don't speak Kurdish." "Is this midget with you?" " No, I'm not with her." " Get off then!" "Get on!" "We're in a hurry!" "How could you take him away from me?" "See you later, Qasim!" "Ahmed!" "Come back to Baghdad!" "You know when people hurt us, we have to learn how to forgive them." "Your dad will be proud of you for looking after me." "I'll tell him how you were stuck with your bottom out of the window!" "You tool" "I'll tell him how you ran after the bus like a headless chicken screaming." ""Ahmed!" "Ahmed!"" "NASIRIYAH 40 km" "The road is blocked." "Everyone go to sleep, it's safe." "Ahmed, darling, why don't you sleep?" "Grandma, I'm scared." "What are you scared of, my son?" "I'm scared of dying." "No, we won't die, my dear." "We will live forever." "Grandma, no one lives forever." "Let me tell you a story." "Once upon a time..." "There was an old prophet who God loved very much." "He asked God for a gift." "God blessed him with a son who he adored." "One day, God ordered for the prophet to sacrifice his son." "He told him: "Son, I need to sacrifice you in the name of God"." "The son replied:" ""Father, blindfold me"." ""This way, you won't see my eyes."" "He blindfolded his son and put the knife to his neck." "When all of a sudden, a ram descended from Heaven and a voice whispered to the prophet." ""Slaughter the ram, not your son."" "Mister, I'm going to the toilet!" " What?" " I'm going to call Saddam!" "I'm too busy for Saddam now, I have my own problems." "Mr. Hasan, pass me a spanner, please." "THE HOUSE OF PROPHET IBRAHIM" "Grandma!" "Grandma!" "Ibrahim!" "Ibrahim!" "Your father?" "Not Dad, Prophet Ibrahim!" "Alright, alright." "Here we are, get off now." " Take us to the prison!" "How?" "I've run out of gas!" "Ahmed, let's go." "I'm not going to Nasiriyah, it's too dangerous." "Hurry up, get off the coach!" "Where is the Nasiriyah prison?" "What Nasiriyah?" "I don't understand you, get off?" "Ahmed, Ahmed." " You're hurting me, I'm sleepy." " Wake up!" "We need to get to the prison, everybody left." "How am I supposed to know the way?" "People talked about it on the bus, lets follow them!" "Fine, I'll lead." "You follow me." "Over there!" "Dirty Baathist dog!" "Ahmed." "Ahmed, don't be scared." "Don't go too far." "Where are we?" " Grandma, I think we're lost." " No, were not." "Grandma..." "I don't like this place." "I'm scared and hungry." " Why are you scared?" " I'm really scared, Grandma." "Darling, don't be scared." "Can you see that high building over there?" "Go to the top, you'll see where people are going." "Then, I'll follow you." " No, I'm scared." " Darling, don't be scared and go." "Police?" "Police?" "Hello!" "Is anybody there?" "Grandma!" "Grandma I can see them!" "They're going in that direction." "Ahmed." "Can't you see?" "They're over there!" "Ahmed." "Grandma, the prison is over there That's where everyone is going!" "I don't want your dad to see you dirty like this." "Grandma, the water is too cold." "Are they nice?" " Yes, Grandma." " They suit you." "Grandma, you're lovely." "What?" "Grandma, please!" "Come on, let's go inside." "If you're looking for missing relatives, go to the information desk." "Your beautiful face is buried under the sands." "My heart is bleeding for you, my boy." "Your beautiful face is buried under the sands." "Eid has come and my king's no longer here." "He is buried under the sands." "Eid has come, I lost my king." "Grandma, come on." " Hello, Sir." " Hello." "We're looking for my father, Ibrahim." " Ibrahim what?" " Ibrahim Khalil Sharhoh." "Check on your list for Ibrahim Khalil Sharhoh." " Ibrahim isn't on the list." " Please check again." "What is he saying?" "A new mass grave has been found." "Maybe you should try there." "No, you're lying!" "You're a liar!" " What is he saying?" " You also lied!" "What is he saying?" "Ahmed!" "Dad!" "Dad, where are you?" "I haven't seen you in 12 years!" "Where are you?" "Dad!" "Dad, where are you?" "Dad, where are you?" "Ibrahim, where are you, my son?" "My son, come here!" "Ibrahim, my son, your wife waited for you." "Ibrahim, my son, were you here?" "Your son has grown up!" "Your dad was here." "Baghdad, Baghdad!" "Sit down here." "Are you alright?" " Madam, are you alright?" " Yes." "Do you understand me?" "Can you speak Arabic?" "You can?" "Good." "Can you play the flute?" "It's a nice flute." "It's my dad's." "My grandma says that if I play well like my dad, I'll become a musician." "Is your dad a musician?" "I'll give you an orange." "Oranges are good when you travel." "Where are these oranges?" "Here's one" "Good, I have some left." "Take it." "One for you and one for your grandma." "Playing the flute is your hobby, isn't it?" "Watch me, watch me." "I'll show you." "You want me to show you again?" "Watch..." "I mean, show me." "I can't make them, its too windy." " You have to get off." " Try to fix it." "It's a long way to Baghdad." "The coach is broken." "The driver said it was broken." " Come on, guys, make your own way." " Where do we go now?" "Madam, the coach is broken." "We have to get off." "Come on, Madam." "Come on, come on." "Come on, hurry up!" "What?" " Give us our money back What are you talking about?" "You cheated us." "You didn't take us to Baghdad." "Is money all you care about?" " Give it back!" "Fair is fair!" "Oh my God!" "For two people, my grandma and me." "You only care about money." "Here you go." "Actually, it's for three." "My Lord." "Give us our money back!" "WELCOME TO BABYLON" "I like wearing my father's army jacket." "I want to become a soldier." " Really?" " Yes!" "No, why do you want to be a soldier?" " I'm strong." " But I'm stronger." "Come, let's run like soldiers." "I'll show you how they run in the army." "One, two, three, one, two, three..." "You have a lovely boy." "I'm worried, he wants to be a soldier." "When he grows up, he'll forget about it." "Where did you learn how to speak Kurdish?" "I was 18." "The Baathists took me to the North and forced me to work." "What kind of work?" "What kind of work?" "I was forced." "I had to attack villages." "I killed." "I killed women." " You were part of the Anfal!" " No." "Believe me, I was forced." "I had been in the Republican Guard for two months." "If I had run, they'd have killed me." "You should have died, you're a murderer!" "Murderer!" "Don't speak!" "Get away from us!" "Getaway, now!" "Don't speak!" " You killed many of my relatives!" " Please, understand..." "You're a murderer!" "Leave us now!" "You're as bad as Saddam!" "Enough!" "Stop!" "Get away, you murderer!" " Grandma..." " Ibrahim, where are you?" "Come and help me, my son!" "Murderer!" "Fine." "Get away, murderer!" " How do you know?" " He's a murderer!" "I'll help you." "Ibrahim." "Where's Ahmed?" "Ahmed!" "Where did he go?" "From here, you tum it off." "Grandma, what do you want?" "Come here!" "What's wrong, Grandma?" "Musa's a nice man." "Why do you want him to leave?" "Um-Ibrahim?" "I can't leave you out here alone." "I've heard there's a prisoner at the mosque near here." "I said." "I heard there's a prisoner at the mosque." "Musa, tell my grandma..." "Ahmed!" "Come here." "Grandma, you remember when we were on the coach?" "You told me when people hurt us, we still need to forgive them." "Walk in front of me." "Fine." " Hello, Sheikh." " Hello." " How are you?" " All good." "It's nice to have you here." " How are you?" " She's asking how you are." " Sheikh." "I need your help." " First, come in." "Thank you, but we're in a hurry." "She's from the North." "Her son's been missing since 1991." "Yesterday, I heard that a prisoner was brought here" "She'd like to check, maybe it's her son." " Who told you about him?" " Some good people." "I'm sure you understand." "Musa, this man is not for show." "He's ill and disfigured." " He's almost dead." " Yes, I know, but still..." "We hope it might be her son." "Ahmed, what is he saying?" "Um-Ibrahim, there's a man inside but he is disfigured." "You can't see him." "Sheikh, please!" "You know what children mean to their mothers." " I've been searching for 12 years." " She's begging you." "I came a very long way." "I went from Baghdad to Nasiriyah, then to Hilla." "I pray to God to find him here." "May God help!" "May God bless you." "Do you know what a mother feels?" "I have suffered so long, I've counted the months and years." "Please, I beg you!" "No, don't." " She just wants to see him." " Please, don't." "We really need your help, she's alone." "Follow me." "Darling, stay here." "I'm going to see if it's your father or not." " But he's my father too!" " Um-Ibrahim, it's fine." "I'll stay here." "Come with me." "Peace be with you." "Come in, Madam." "Madam, come in." "Ahmed?" "Why don't you play your flute?" "What do you think about teaching me how to play?" "I can play, of course, but you're a little better." "Just a little?" "I won't teach you then." "You're the master, of course!" "I thought you could teach me here, next to Nimrod's ruins where it's quiet." "What do you think?" "OK, your first lesson is to stand up." " Stand up?" " Yes, respect your teacher." "Of course." "I'm standing." "You're too tall, I need to stand up too." "Second lesson, straighten your back." "Like this?" "OK, done." "Your mouth." " My mouth too?" " Yes." "It's OK, Grandma." "Let's go home." "Sorry for bothering you." "No, don't mention it." "Where are you going?" "I don't know, maybe to the coach station." "There are mass graves, why don't you try there?" "Musa, we're going home." "I'll take them to the station, then we'll see." " Goodbye." " God bless you." "Musa?" " Where are the Hanging Gardens?" " Near here." " What do they look like?" " Like stacked up platforms." "There were no pumps to take the water up." "They took it up themselves and it would come down." "Do you know the story behind them?" "Once upon a time, a king married a queen." "She came from mountains and greenlands." "She got bored of the desert, so do you know what the king did?" "He built the Hanging Gardens because he loved her so much." "It's true." "If we have time, I'll take you there." "Grandma promised to take me too." "If we get near them, I'll take you." "Who are they?" "Pull over." "What's this?" "These are bodies from mass graves that have just been found." "Victims from 1991." "Grandma?" "Grandma, what's wrong?" "We have to take him back home with us." "What do you mean?" "We're not going home anymore?" "Ahmed, stay here." "Don't go near the graves." "Razzak, look after him!" "Tell me, how can I help my grandma?" "She's sick." "I don't know what to do." "Can you play the flute?" "Can you?" " Ibrahim Khalil Sharhoh." " He's not here." "I heard there was another mass grave in Mahaweel." " He's not here?" " No." " Are you sure?" " Sure." " Thank you." " God help you." " His name is Ibrahim Khalil Sharhoh." " He's not here." "You keep saying that he's not here without letting me ask." "Sit down there." "See what's happened to us." "I don't understand, what are you saying?" "We were only married for a year when they took him away." "Ahmed grew up without his father." "He left Fattima, she's 12 now." "Everyday she asks about her father." "I've been looking in prisons, now I'm looking among the graves." "Yet, I still can't find him." "Hello." "Here's some water." " Excuse me?" " Yes?" "I don't speak Kurdish but I can feel her pain and sadness." " You spoke to her?" " Yes." "She lost her son." "Um-Ibrahim." "Come on, let's go." " I'll help her." " Thank you." "God bless you." "Grandma, don't cry." "I'll help you look for Dad." "That's her grandson, Ahmed." "Um-Fattima, it's OK, we have a ride." "You can go, don't worry." "Thank you." "Razzak is waiting for us." "Come, Razzak is waiting for us." "Stop." "Ahmed, what's wrong?" "Musa..." "I will go with my grandma." " Yes, let's go." " No, Musa." "Please, understand." "I need to take my grandma, alone." "Why?" "You can't come with us, you need to go home." "Ahmed, why?" "Musa, my dear." "My son was forced to join the army." "This is what happened to him." "Thank you very much." "I forgive you." "Um-Ibrahim, I want to stay and help you." "Musa, my dear, you've done so much for us." "I forgive you." "Ahmed." "God bless you." "Stay close to your grandma." "If you have any problems, go back to the Mosque." "Goodbye, Musa." "Goodbye, Musa." "Ahmed!" "I'll take you to Babylon." "I'll show you the Hanging Gardens." "Oh, injured brother, oh, injured brother." "Wake up so that I may treat your wounds." "Babylon and Aur miss you." "Even birds cry for you." "Oh mother, we look for our lost loved ones." "Oh, our lost loved ones." "We sleep and stay near Babylon." "We sleep and stay." "Losing our sons is like losing our souls." "We only want him to walk with the other boys." "They put their jackets over their shoulders." "Grandma..." "I don't want to be a soldier." "I want to become a musician, like Dad." "Grandma?" "Grandma?" "Grandma, I'm going to ask that man." "Ibrahim!" "My son, where are you?" "He's not here." "Most bodies have no ID." "There's no equipment to identify them." "New mass graves were found." "You should check there." "One minute." "Oh my son." "Oh my son, I miss you." "I looked everywhere for you." "The man said that he's not here." "They found another mass grave, we should go there." "Grandma, please." "Please, Grandma..." "Grandma, look at this." "His name is Omar." "Grandma!" "Grandma, this one's called Salem." "Grandma!" "Grandma, this one is called Jawad!" "Grandma, this one isn't clear." "It has no name on it." "Oh my Lord." "Grandma, stop crying please." "Please, Grandma..." "I've had enough!" "Grandma, please!" "Stop it, I beg you." "Ibrahim, my dear son." "Stop it." "Let's go, please." "Ibrahim." "What is it, Grandma?" "I'm not Ibrahim." "I remember when he was a baby." "When he was a baby..." "Um-Fattima, what's this?" "The remains of Babylon." "Grandma!" "Grandma, don't leave me alone!" "Grandma, we are in Babylon!"