"In the name of God the compassionate the merciful." "Luscinia (HEZAR DASTAN) by Ali Hatami" "Jamshid Mashayekhi" "Ezzatollah Entezami" "Davood Rashidi" "Ali Nasirian" "Mohammad Ali Keshavarz" "Jafar Vaali" "Hossein Gil" "Zahra Hatami" "Shahla Mirbakhtiar" "Jamshid Layegh" "Esmail Mehrabi" "Parviz Pourhosseini" "Mohammad Moti" "Ataollah Zahed" "Hooshang Beheshti" "Late Mohammad Taghi Kahnamoui" "Late Kheirollah Tafreshi-azad" "Late Esmail Mohammadi" "Jahangir Forouhar" "Roghieh Chehreh-azad" "Minoo Abrishami" "Mehdi Vadadian" "Afsar Asadi" "Mansour Valamagham" "Manouchehr Azari" "Reza Abdi" "Farhang Mehrparvar" "Soroush Khalili" "Nematollah Gorji" "Saeed Amir-soleimani" "Mohammad Varshoee" "Jahangir Almasi" "Asghar Hemmat" "Hossein Hatami" "Esfandiar Mavandadi" "Edited by:" "Abbas Ganjavi, Ali Hatami" "Audio and video editor:" "Hassan Hassan-doust" "Sound and mix:" "Roubik Mansouri" "Music by:" "Morteza Hannaneh" "Directors of photography:" "Mehrdad Fakhimi, Maziar Parto" "Production manager:" "Mohammad Mehdi Dadgou" "Distributed by:" "Channel 1 of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting 1978-1987" "Written and directed by:" "Ali Hatami" "Previously on Luscinia..." "Census day." "A robbery takes place under" "Master's order to find the stolen piece of jewelry." "The six-fingered inspector goes on a new mission to imprison... and torture old Khoshnevis." "The disappointed soldiers get homeless." "The clergy and his assistant support the shelterless army." "The inspector changes his physical tortures to mental ones in order to... make Khoshnevis confess." "Khoshnevis makes a confession about who he was and what he did in the past." "Was he really a calligrapher or a rifleman?" "He also tells how he met Abolfath, one of the founders of the punishment council." "Parts seven and eight." "Get away." "Eat it." "They eat more than humans." "Drink it." "Hey!" "Hey!" "You are a lucky man Kablaee." "You don't need to wash your dishes as long as Shabun is here." "I can even lick your other dishes like a cat if you want me to." "Hope you go on a pilgrim's journey to Mecca." "It will not happen as long as" "I have such customers." "Saving Reza's presence, they are all skinflint." "I hope your business if always flourishing." "We have to spend money like water anyway." "Sheep food is all the more welcome in wintertime." "I'm a hanger-on and I'm grateful." "And Reza always pays on the nail." "They are the ones who pick and steal from every table." "They are never satisfied with leftovers like me." "You keep eating sheep food here and tolerate Kablaee's sarcastic remarks?" "So let me get down to business and have a bite with them." "Enough licking other's dishes like a dog." "Let me taste some greasy meat like these spongers once." "Let's eat." "Kablaee's broth!" " They bring the meat and you, the bones." " Don't touch that!" "Good job you gave him a chance boss." "Such a crackbrain!" "Kablaee, bring us some more meat." "A little water." "Thanks fellow." "Make some delicious broth." "Tasty and appetizing." " Here you go." " Thank you." "They never get a chance to taste the meat we hunt." "At least let them enjoy that broth." "The gun is loaded." "Here you go." "Look Abolqasem!" "It looks like medicine." "What is this?" " The cost of living is staggering Reza." " Is it me who has to pay for it?" "It is nothing unfortunate I hope." "Shabun, the bone collector!" "More power to your elbow." " What have you done to your donkey?" " It broke its leg." " Kill it and stop the pain." " It will cost you." "I have no money." "I will give you salt." "You can keep the horseshoe as well." "Deal." "[singing]" "So you both are getting rid of each other." "The poor animal did not even make a sound." "Your donkey is dead now." "I is not like a human being." "It will not be judged in the afterlife." "Good job!" "Now you will no longer be troubled by a donkey." "You are free as a bird." "You work alone and spend your money on yourself." "You can even choose to stay in the stable or another place." "You no longer have to waste your money on an animal." "Of course only if you are not an idiot." "Who could it be at this time of night?" "Let's go." "We have to climb the wall and jumped down in the alley before they break the door." "Who is it?" "This is nobody well-known." "It is neither a police officer nor a tippler." "I have a master who is Moayer al-Doleh." "I am here to see Reza." "What happened suddenly?" "What went wrong?" "A dead mouse feels no cold." "Let him in." "He's not a stranger." "He is lucky." "I was just about to teach him a lesson." "Enter from the kitchen door in the Bathroom Alley." "I have brought you Ash-Reshteh." "We made it after my wife's niece went on a journey." "She must be greatly missed." "My master ate a couple of bowls of it and liked it very much." "Then he called the cook and asked her to prepare another bowl." "The prince said in his guests' presence:" ""Reza is missed here." "He loves Ash Reshteh."" "Then he told me to bring you some." "Of course it is a mere nothing." "I guess Reza and the prince are just about to send each other silk handkerchiefs." "The prince has been paying too much attention to him." "I made a mistake Esmail." "Hankies are not lucky when it comes to friendship." "They cause separation." "It seems that chains and watches are luckier." "Or maybe gold coins and liras." "Prince's fools!" "Moayer al-Doleh is his favorite man and Reza, his handsome toy." "Some luck, boss!" "Some people are just born under a lucky star." "Musa, they have no shame." "You go home." "Yes, go home and take the handsome toy's message to the favorite guy." ""Thank you so much." "Why did you take the trouble?"" "We have never seen such things." "Nobody likes us." "Do not get offended Musa." "That is what they always do." "They have no shame." "They have no idea what a gift is." "I was waiting for you." "This is a passage way." "My words need to be deeply considered." "Let's go to my place then." " It is late." " You are always in a hurry." "Life is short." "We don't have much time." "So that is why I always say:" "Seize the moment." "Nice trick." "I hid the sugar under my skin and take it home." "The police officer could never find it." "I shall carry it in my veins." "Reza!" "How can anyone enjoy himself while fathers go home so late... that their children fall asleep and do not ask for food?" "There are authorities out there." "It is the king who should care for his people." "His people?" "What hypocrite are you talking about?" "That effeminate man?" "These are honorable people... more respectable than those wicked friends of yours." "They are just oppressed." "The nation who believes that contentment is a virtue, suffers from starvation every year." "So what are the responsibilities of the parliament and the ministry of justice?" "One person is born a master and the other a servant." "What kind of justice is that?" "This fake constitutional system better be dismantled." "I lost both my father and brother over it though." " We have fair and honorable men as well." " They are all devils in disguise." " You totally disappointed me." " Don't lose hope." "I have heard a few generous men have made a community called..." ""punishment council" in this city which aims at eliminating traitors." "This is the only solution when the society is not ready for a national uprising." "Hunter!" "Until when shall you hunt partridges and stags?" "Hunt something precious." "I am impressed by your words Abolfath." "I wish you could talk about love like that as well." " Like the story of Romeo and Juliet?" " Romeo was a fearless man." "He faced every ordeal and sacrificed himself for his love." "Love is all your beloved gives you," "Your sweet beloved." "Thank you." "Move." "Move." "Is my book ready master?" "I came late so you would have enough time to fix it well." "Here you are." "Thank you." "Looks better than ever." "Good job Abolfath." "So you're a tradesman." "Not really." "I'm just a simple bookbinder." "You came to me, made me restless and left?" "I was minding my own business." "I quit my job." "And I have no beloved." "Shall I get ready to leave this town?" "You can find a beloved but not a new hometown." "You were supposed to take me hunting." "You spoke of a precious prey." "But you vanished from the face of the earth." "You made me thirsty and did not quench my thirst?" "You set me thinking and turned me adrift." "Reza was busy having fun with his friends, enjoying his life." "We will meet." "Tomorrow afternoon in front of the bakery." "I cannot wait." "Watch the bones." "Do not add too much salt to it." "Easy!" "Pass me the water please." "Thanks to God." " Goodbye everyone." " Goodbye." "Godspeed." "What happened to my broth?" "I am His Majesty's messenger." "If you are Reza, the prince's hunter..." " That is me." " You are a lucky man." "You have build up quite a reputation with the help of Mr. Moayer al-Doleh and his... collection of stuffed hunted animals." "They say Mr. Moayer al-Doleh spends time with a professional hunter." "Great compliment." "In fact I have a flair for hunting." "I can say I have a lucky touch when it comes to hunting." "Let me be honest with you." "Master of the hunt would like to meet the real hunter in the hunting ground." "The real hunter is Mr." "I only take care of his guns and hand them to him during hunting time." "He chases the prey and shoots it all by himself." "Master of the hunt has summoned you while he has never met you... which is a wise decision." "He would like to meet you by the end of the week." "He will have a talk with you so you will start working for the king." "Send your master my special regards and tell him I am not lucky enough to meet him." "Reza has lived with ordinary people." "Royal hunting and its formalities are too much for him." "Moyer al-Doleh has given me full powers as I can neither be a master nor a servant." "There was enough bread for people till yesterday." "What is going on?" " Are you too here for bread Musa?" " I have come to see what is going on." "Break the wood." "Unblock the way." "My Master." "Why don't you sell bread to people?" "People want bread." "They are hungry." "The granary has stopped sending us flour." "The granary in the city is empty." "Gathering in front of the bakery will not do people any good." "We are not able to bake bread without flour." "Baker!" "You are the provider of bread not the seller of it." "It will take courage to provide bread during years of famine." "Anybody can bake bread with flour, water and fire." " Give people bread, as much as they want." " Yes Master." "Of course these people shall not take more than they need." "God gives everyone his daily bread." "Today's flour just arrived." "Sell your bread honestly today and keep the same amount you spend everyday." "Give the rest to the workers." "Everything all right?" "How are you doing?" "Fine Reza." "Give me two skewers of roasted liver." "I want it to be juicy." "They're bringing flour for the bakers." "People usually have a craving for roasted liver when they cannot even have bread." "Why did you get above yourself suddenly?" "What's gotten into you?" "Stupid big guy" "Hanger-on!" "Cut it out." "Jerk!" "Don't you eat the flowerpot." "Out of my way!" "There the stupid jerk comes." "I will teach you a lesson." "Stop it." "You are breaking the bed." "Damn you!" "If this house is the bakery and this midnight, the afternoon... and we are Reza and Abolfath, one of us is undoubtedly out of his mind." "Friends break their words but only under reasonable excuses." "Do not treat me like this." "Be nice to me." "Say something." "This will suffice;" "It was not advisable." "That is all." "You come to me whenever you wish and stand me up if it is advisable." "It is unlike Reza to deal with that." "Real men do not lose their patience easily." "Stop being so emotional Reza." "The water of river may not be as pleasant as the bathhouse water." "Nobody expects a coward to be courageous." "People will keep dying out there unless there will be a change." "In front of the bakery, you witnessed that there was no bread for people... who could not even afford to buy bread." "What is this chaos over bread?" "It is everybody's right to have his stomach filled with bread." "And to think it is bread and nothing else." "Not during wartime but in a peaceful and quiet country." "God bless you." "You did not let me get a wink of sleep." "You made me restless and impatient." "Now you are going home to your family?" "Then I will be left with your empty place and unsaid words." " This is tough Abolfath." " Keep fighting my friend." "It is good for you." "Be a die-hard." "Keep struggle till you find yourself." "We will meet tomorrow." "Before noontime in the teahouse." " We shall meet like always?" " You do not have to wait for me." "Abolfath, you cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs." "Let me be." "I would rather be useless than hear your sarcastic remarks." " Can you not be a little nicer?" " Not until I'm in high spirits." "I will do anything when this nation celebrates." "For now, we are tough guys and tough guys cannot be softhearted." "Have your food when it is ready." "Do not wait for me." "I have to go back to the shop." "I will wait for you so we eat together." " I prefer to take my food." " You are a fussy man." "You think the dishes in the bazaar are not clean." "Take it easy." " Nobody tends to spread his disease." " Maybe I don't want to spread mine." "Here is the tailor's wage, Reza." "This is too much." "If it was about a wedding, it'd be enough both for buying a tuxedo... and holding the ceremony itself." " The rest will be a gift to the bride." "But the job is not done yet." "I do not even know what it is." "Yes you do." "Well, people don't take servants to weddings unless for labor work." "Well, these are neither servant clothes nor wedding garments." " Perhaps I refuse to do it." " You will not." " Perhaps I do not have what it takes." " Of course you do." "Maybe this is not enough." " You are not doing this for money." " I keep this as advance money then." "Call it a gift." "Wait up for this is about something fortunate." "I owe this place a pack of candles." "I'd forgot as I never pass by this neighborhood." "Your company just helped me keep my vow." "You do not have faith in these things, do you?" "You said you love God's creatures with no love for God Himself." "I am a bookbinder." "The books people usually bring me for repair... are mostly Qurans and Mafatih al-Jinans." "They have influence on me." "Sometimes I fix the books of" "Hafiz And Sa'di as well." "And Rumi, the pioneer of romance." "The one and only Rumi." "In any case, you're mostly a cover maker rather than a bookbinder." "You are more familiar with leather than paper." "All right wise man." "Why don't you clarify it for me?" "There's a place for candles under the stone-trough." "You light the candles for me." "But do not spend the prince's money." "For the reason that I do not trust it." "Hope you enjoyed the bath." "Please let me hold your stuff for you." "Thank you." "Here you are." "Wait." "Here is your bundle." "You look great." "Very nice." " You look handsome." " What a dandy man!" "You look pretty groovy boss." "What's wrong with Reza?" "He's not in the mood." "He is just so down in the dumps." "If I didn't know him," "I would say he is in love." "Love is blind." "He must have come up against a stone wall." "Reza, please get up." "Let me sweep under your feet." "I have been here for long." "And I owe you too much." "Don't say that." "You have enough credit with us." "I will get in the mood soon, go hunting and settle accounts with you." "Take a bath and you will feel fresh." "The masseur will change your mood." "Do you know anyone who can ease my heartache?" "Drink." "It's better to drink from the hunter's hand rather than the slaughterer's." "Drink." "The slaughterer ends its life and the hunter catches it." "Are you the prince's messenger or Reza's friend?" "I have been sent by the prince." "He tends to go hunting." "He has dressed his servants with new garments and knotted hats." "He has been sitting on a parti-colored horse waiting to show everyone the new gun... sent from Belgium to him as a gift by his son." "He asked me with a smile to come to the teahouse and take you to him." "He has ordered his servants to pack the necessary things so they could set off... when you arrive there." "The prince, his horses and servants and everybody else are ready." "The army is waiting for the commander-in-chief." "No Musa." "Reza is nothing more than a hunting equipment." "Something like a new gun or a nimble horse." "Of course the prince thinks of hunting as a pleasure but you, as a job." "I have decided to start a business." "I don't want to work for others." "Being servant will get me nowhere." "You are too old for being an apprentice and too unskilled for being an master." "Do not lose hope." "Reza is a lucky man." "You will not earn more than the amount of your wage." "Wage of hunters are like the easy money musicians make." "You don't work hard for it." "It is like a snow coin which melts under the sun." "You can only spend it at night." "It is like you cannot buy food with it and take it home." "You could use the money either on smoking or drinking." " A decent girl seldom leaves home." " I am not in high spirits." "I feel useless and good for nothing." "It's like I have wasted my entire life." "You can share your feelings on the way." "Let us go." "The prince is expecting you." "Musa!" "When I entered my master's house," "I was a little boy who couldn't even reach the saddle." "You raised me up like a father." "You know me better than I know myself." "Ask the prince to leave me alone." "I am restless." "I will tell him you are unwell so I will not be lying." "Masters would prefer to dismiss their ill servants." "And remember, those who start learning in their 40s, will master things in graves." "Hi." "I can see you have come full-handed." "." "Very funny!" " You are the funny guy here not me." "You must be coming from a watermelon ground." "Come here Kavous." "Sit down guys." "Congratulations bone-collector." "You are in new clothes." "He looks handsome." "You shouldn't call him "bone collector" anymore." "Call him Mr. Shabun." "You are in new clothes too." "To tell you the truth, these black garments have been bought by my new master." "He says black is the color of night." "He has made a community of generous people for murdering oppressors." "He has made a group of men for punishing traitors including me." "You are talking too much." "Shut up or I will have to shut your damn mouth for you." "You need to keep your mouth shut as well." "I can see you are swollen with pride." "You have become too big for your boots." "Don't get above yourself." "You have no weapon but bones and rubbish." "Do not expect me to fall for the appearances." "Next time you will get yourself killed." "Bloodshed!" "What did you do?" "I hope the injured groom learned not to reveal his secrets before the bride's family." "So Shabun belongs to your community as well." "I can see you have been dealing with hooligans." "They are hired for particular purposes for a short time." "They do not know the ins and outs of our job." "They will be paid off at the right time." "You are not honest with anyone." "You even make me suspect my own shadow." "I'm from Lorestan." "I cannot get along with you people." "I will go back to Moayer al-Doleh's hunting ground tomorrow." "Your job has officially started tonight." "This is the death sentence of Esmail Khan, the chief of granary." "Time, place and the way of execution." "Everything has been mentioned here." "Burn the latter after reading the instructions." "I barely get to sleep every night." "But tonight that I am supposed to stay awake, I am heavy-eyed." "A desire to drink." "Excessive thirst." "Tonight, I shall do with the drinking fountain water and candle light." "You have become a butterfly Reza." "Shoot!" "Hypocrites!" "He must have encroached upon somebody's right or this wouldn't happen." "How do you know?" "The shooter will surely pay for this." "They say the snake-charmer will finally be killed by his own snakes." "There is no reason for concern." "That is what the physician said." "Thanks to God that Esmail Khan is still breathing." "His silver cigarette box saved him from this unsuccessful assassination." "In fact I am delivering this speech to the shooters who are somewhere around... the crime scene gleaning information." "As a matter of fact, the bullet has pierced... the outer wall of the cigarette box and deflected to the abdomen from the heart." "Consequently, it has caused a minor injury." "Esmail Kan is alive but not able to speak." "Disperse." "Out of the area." "In the current situation," "Esmail Khan's assassination is an unfinished business." "It is finished." "I shoot Esmail Khan down." "He is dead." "The criminal investigation department says he's alive." "It is a trick." "Don't fall for it." "It's a deception." "I have a plan for reaching" "Esmail Khan's corpse." "A way to send you in that house to finish him." "But if he is alive, we have to find" "The job is already done." "Reza never misses a target." "A work ill done must be twice done." "It is better to be on the safe side."