"A Michal Bat Adam film" ""The Lover"" "Yoram Gaon" "Michal Bat Adam" "Roberto Pollack" "Screenplay by:" "Michal Bat Adam, Tzvika Kretzner Based on a book by A.B. Yehosua" "Producers:" "Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus" "Directed by Michal Bat-Adam It's closed sir, it's closed." "Didn't I tell you that it's closed?" "Everyone is going home, come back tomorrow." "What are you waiting for, take it away." "I told you that it is closed." "Everyone is going home." "So what are you waiting for?" "Take it away." "What's wrong with it?" "It's nothing, just a bolt." "When did you last drive it?" " 12 years ago." "When?" " They told me that you have spare parts." "Forwhat?" "Fora Morris from the 50's - '47." "Excuse me sir, do you think this is a museum?" "Why do you want to get it fixed?" "Are you selling it?" "I can't, it's not mine." " Not yours?" "No but it's only a matterof hours" " What is only a matterof hours?" "It will be mine." "I'll inherit it." "Right, so let me tell you something, if you want it to be like new, push it into that corner and come back in a week's time." "If not, leave it here and we'll get rid of it." "Help him, Hamid." "Is it serious?" "An overhaul." "Are you coming to bed?" " I haven't finished yet." "Daffy," "Daffy, go to bed." "Daffy" "Good night." " Goodnight, Dad" "Goodnight Mom" " Goodnight Daffy." "Did you put the things away?" " Yes" "Did you pick up the crumbs?" " No." "Done?" " I still have five exercise books to check, are you done?" "I'll finish in the morning." "Don't you have a lesson first period tomorrow?" "Yes I'm teaching, I have to get up at 6 a.m." "Don't you think that you are overdoing it at school lately?" "Why do you think I'm exaggerating?" "You have meetings, committees, classes, exams." "I hardly see you at all lately." "I am not concerned about myself but what about Daffy?" "Does she seem like a child who has been neglected by her mother?" "She seems like a child who would rathersee her mother more often." "I suggest that you stop worrying about the child." "What about your PhD?" "I understand that you are giving up on it" "So, can't I be yourwife without a PhD?" "I thought it was important to you." " It is really important to me." "I haven't started to translate any of the new material I received." "What material?" "It's an article in Spanish about Jews who worked for Queen Isabella." "You don't have to do it if you don't feel like it." "What makes you think that I don't want to do it?" "I feel that you are doing it for me." "It's like new, isn't it?" "Look, a rubber ring is missing." "It's not missing..." " Really Mr. Adam, resurrection of the dead." "I told you, you need to be at school." "Here's his bill." " Give it to him." "I don't understand." " What don't you understand?" "It costs 4,000 lirot." "I'm sorry, I didn't think that it would be such a large sum." "I don't have that much money." "So why'd you bring the car in to be fixed if you didn't have the money?" "I thought it only needed a bolt." " It didn't, it cost 4,000 lirot." "But I don't have the money." " So borrow it." "I don't have anyone to borrow the money from." "So look forsomeone, maybe family, from anyone" "I don't have anyone" " From friends." "I don't have anyone." "I can give you an IOU and as soon as I get the money..." "Give me the car keys, the carstays here." "If you don't bring me the money within a month, we sell it." "You can't sell it" " Why not?" "The car is like new." "It doesn't belong to him." "It's almost mine, it's only a matterof hours." "The doctors themselves don't know..." " What is this guy talking about?" "The car is missing a screw?" "You're missing a screw." "My grandmother." "It's only hunger, I haven't eaten fortwo days." "I don't have any money left." "It's a comedy." "I have forgotten how hot it is here." "Where were you?" " In Argentina." "Are you back forgood or just on holiday?" "I'm here a short while, to inherit something from my grandmother." "That screw, is that all you inherited?" "No, she left me a house, I mean an apartment and furniture" "But there is a problem." "With the apartment?" " No with my grandmother." "What is the problem?" " She isn't dead yet." "She's been unconscious fortwo weeks, she's hardly breathing, but she's still alive." "She's a strong woman." "Maybe she will get better." "No, she should die at any moment, it's a matterof hours." "This is ourdaughter, Daffy." "Let me shake your hand." "I'm Gabriel, pleased to meet you." "Gabriel will help Mom with her Spanish translations." "Oh, do you own the Morris." "No, not yet, but in a few hours time I will." "And when you finished studying at university?" "No I didn't finish, I dropped out fora few years." "Were you busy doing something else?" " Yes I was in an institution." "What kind of institution?" " A mental hospital." "But that was a long time ago." "What a screw?" "Naim?" "Naim come here." "Naim, I need you to run an errand for me." "So what, you don't want school, huh?" "I want to but my Dad won't let me." "Why won't he let you?" "Both my brothers are studying, my fatherdoesn't want a third son who doesn't work." " Ah." "Look, this is the key to my house, house my black wallet from the house." "I forgot it on the small cupboard at the entrance to the house." "Okay?" " Okay." "Be quick, it's urgent." " Okay." "Excuse me Mr. Adam sent me, I'm from the garage." "Yourfathersaid... he gave me a key to bring him the bag that he forgot." "Don't worry, I'm not a thief" " Okay." "He asked me to bring the bag he forgot." "Wait a minute." "Do you want something to drink?" "To drink?" "No thank you." "Yes, I'd like some water please." "Thanks forthe water." ""I brought herto the river because I believe she is still a young girl" ""But she already has a husband" ""It was the eve of the Santiago festival" ""And it was as if they set me a trap" ""The night lights faded," ""The night crickets lit up"" ""The butterfly came close to the edge I touched hersleeping breasts" ""They suddenly opened up to me like the branches of a flowering jasmine"" "This is what I have already written." "I see that you have already done a lot of work." "This is what I have to translate." "This hasn't been published here yet." "I want this to be part of my PhD." ""At the last moment the Jews took a few belongings with them"" "These are documents about the Jews who were found lately." "They hid their identities, found key jobs and tormented otherJews." "I am talking so much that you can't read." "It doesn't matter, I enjoy listening to you." "Isn't he leaving?" "Tell me Dad, are you really going to employ him?" "I don't know, it depends on what Mom says." "If Mom has the last word then he gets the job forgood." "Well?" " He seems all right to me." "He already started to translate some of the work." " Good." ""The Jews became more disappointed as the days went by."" "Disappointment" "Say the sentence for me again." ""The Jews became more disappointed as the days went by."" "Desperate." " No, not exactly." "Disappointment." "Yes disappointment is the right word." "The Jews became more and more disappointed as the days went by?" "Is that right?" ""Disappointed..." no that's no good." "What is no good?" "The fact that the Jews were disappointed?" "It became more disappointing from day to day." "What's the time?" " Quarterto six." "What were you dreaming about?" "Why, did I say something?" " Yes." "What did I say?" "Something unclear." "What a strange dream I had." "I was in class when suddenly The headmasterwalked in." "It wasn't Swartz but someone else, someone that I didn't recognize." "And he says to me "How dare you stand naked in front of the class?" "I look and see that I don't have any clothes on." "When I wanted to leave the classroom, there was no door." "And then what happened?" " That's it." "How is the work progressing?" " Fine" "Will he be here coming here today?" " Who?" "Yes" "Tell me, have you written down the hours that he works?" " No" "No, because that way we'll owe him money." "We have to return his carto him." " Already?" "What else did you dream about?" "I can't remember, why do you ask?" "I thought you said something like, "My love, my love."" "Wow, what a lovely haircut" " Isn't it nice?" " Very nice" "We didn't know if you wanted us to wait for you before we ate, you didn't leave a note." "What do you think?" " Oh, nice." "Very nice." " Mom, this is great." "What it it?" " I bought you something at the hairdresser." "Thank you, it's great." "Come and have something to eat." " I'm not hungry." "Come on, won't you have anything to eat?" " Maybe I will." "Let me take off my shoes first." "Do you really like it?" " It also keeps all your hair in place." "I mean the hairdo." "Yes its pretty." "It is very pretty." "Hello, no he hasn't come in yet." "Shalom." "There was a call, I said that you hadn't come in yet." "All right, all right." "Come to the water, Tali." "Mom?" "Mom?" "Mom?" " What's wrong, Daffy?" "Mom, what's wrong." " Nothing, I'm working." "So open the door." "Just a minute, I need to finish something." "What happened, Daffy?" " I thought that something had happened to you." "What could happen to me?" "Why did you come back so early?" "I got fed up, I began to get bored at the beach." "Why don't you lie down fora bit." "The vacation will soon be over and you are always running a round." "Are you going to a movie today as well?" "Maybe, I'm not sure." "Come on, lie down and rest." "Why aren't you eating?" "I bought you the cheese that you like." "Here, this is for you." " Thank you." "Look what I found, Lorca." "It belonged to my grandfather." ""We passed raspberry bushes" ""and marsh reeds" ""And I dug potholes in the sand"" ""From undera bunch of curls" ""I removed my cravat" ""She took off herdress" ""I am armed with a gun" ""And she has tied me to herwith smiles"" "Now it's yourturn." "What?" "So take it off." "Just the thought of you naked under yourshirt." "I promise not to do anything to you." "Your panties as well." "Please." "You said that you wouldn't do anything to me." "Ljust want to touch you." "What are you doing?" "I am returning the Morris to him." "It's parked underthe house, tell him to come and get it." "Also give him this money." "He mustn't think That we took advantage of him." "Here is Daffy's father, tell him that she's getting dressed." "What about Daffy?" " She's getting dressed, should I call her?" "No, I'll wait for her." "Are you coming with us?" " Yes." "Can I wait in the car?" " Yes." "What's wrong?" "What's wrong?" "Dad!" ""And here is the news from Jerusalem..." ""Shalom and may you be inscribed in the book of life."" ""It is three o'clock"" ""The army spokesman reports that around 2 p.m."" ""Egyptian and Syrian forces launched an attack" ""on Sinai and the Golan Heights" ""Ourforces are retaliating against the aggressors."" "What's happening, what's happening?" ""Because of Syrian planes flying overthe Golan Heights," ""air raid sirens are heard all overthe country." ""This is not an exercise!"" "What's happening?" ""Fleshpots, Fleshpots (army password)..." ""Fleshpots"" ""The government has stated that in view of the latest news," ""an order has been issued to mobilize some of the reservists" ""and the ministers have been authorized to issue" ""the necessary emergency orders." ""Astate of emergency has been declared," ""and the Ministerof transport has asked that people" ""who don't need to travel, refrain from driving and keep off streets."" ""Cairo radio stopped broadcasting at two p.m."" "I understand that your brother is in the army, but why are you worried?" "It will all be over in a few days time." ""Israeli forces attacked the Egyptians" ""in the Zaafrana and Suchna nearthe Suez Canal."" ""Radio Cairo announced that Israeli forces" ""launched an attack at 1.30 p.m. Local time."" ""Fighter planes participated in the attack and some..."" "There is no bomb shelter at grandma's house." "I can't talk to you at the moment, I'll call later, bye." ""Cairo radio said that Egyptian forces" ""made contact with the invaders."" ""Damascus radio announced that Israel launched an attack" ""on Syria at the same time."" ""All policemen from the Jerusalem region" ""who have not as yet been notified" ""must report immediately in uniform to Jerusalem regional headquarters." ""We will now continue broadcasting." ""We will broadcast important announcements" ""every fifteen minutes as necessary."" ""We are broadcasting from Jerusalem on channels Aand B" ""It is three fifteen." ""At about three o'clock the army spokesman announced" ""that the Egyptians and Syrians attacked Sinai and the Golan."" "Do you want to drink something?" ""Ourforces have taken action against the aggressors."" "Why don't you ask me?" " Daffy!" ""It was announced that at noon Israel opened up..."" "It's all right, nothing is wrong." "I'll bring a cloth." "Hello?" " Hello?" "Yes, yes, Erlich." "Oh, you were also called up." "To the civil guard?" "Yes and..." "Oh, Herzel as well?" "I hope that the Arabs won't surprise us tomorrow and decide to stay home." "So Erlich what can I say?" "Look after yourself and... come back safely." "See you." "Everyone is being called up." "What about you?" ""Citizens of Israel, today around 2 p." "M," ""the Egyptian and Syrian armies started an attack on..."" "Ours ortheirs?" " Ours." "Take this." "Maybe you have a fever?" "Do you want to drink something too, Daffy?" " No." "Why aren't you asleep?" " I'm hot." "What happened?" " Someone might come in." "Hold me." "Hold me tight." ""The United Nations has announced that the UN army observers reported that this afternoon that Egyptian troops crossed the Suez Canal today at five points."" "What's happening, are we moving forward?" "I think that you should go there." " Where to?" "Go to the army To find out what's with you." "You might have problems leaving the country." "Why look fortrouble." "Do you think that I am needed there?" "You ought to show up so that from their point of view you're okay." "All you have to do is sign some papers, that's all." "They won't send you to the front." "You have nothing to worry about." "Maybe in a few days time." "Tomorrow." "Not tomorrow, today!" "This warcould suddenly be over." "And then it will really be too late." "Why are you looking fortrouble?" "Why don't you enlist?" " I have already done my share." "In the Warof Independence I lost a kidney." "Get up and get dressed." "Do you have any money on you?" " Yes." "Are you sure?" " Yes." "If they let you off today, will you come straight back here?" "If you don't come back, give us a call." "Wait just a minute." "Take two phone tokens, maybe you'll need them." ""I am standing in the southern zone nearthe point" ""where casualties are being picked up." ""Last night there was heavy fighting but neitherside was victorious."" ""The commanding officer said that during the Six Day War" ""the same unit captured this zone." ""The soldiers fought like lions then, as they are now." ""We estimate that the enemy will surrenderwithin hours."" ""The battle continues and the air force keeps bringing in casualties," ""landing here constantly." ""The casualties are taken to hospitals" ""in the centerof the country, after receiving emergency treatment." ""This is Erez Arnon speaking from the southern combat zone."" "Hello?" "Yes." " Who is this?" " Who" "Who is this?" "Let me" " No, no, no wrong number." "Who was on the phone?" " Wrong number" "It seems they mobilized him afterall." "Maybe he can still get here." "At this hour?" " Maybe he went straight home." "Do you have his number?" " I think I wrote it down somewhere." "So call him." "Let's open the books where we last left off." "I think that we stopped at the chapteron the new settlements." "Just a moment." "She's just fine." "Why shouldn't she?" " You're always complaining about her." "Not as a teacher." "Students, the school lost one of its dearest people." "Hanan Sela, the gym teacher was killed on the Golan Heights." "Look at your mother." "Maybe you should go to her?" "Assia?" "Assia?" "You slept in yourclothes, put on pajamas." "Did you have a bad dream?" "What did you dream?" "You need to get some sleep, Assia, put on a nightgown." "You always tell Daffy if you have a bad dream, it's a good sign, right?" "Come to bed, I'm also going to sleep." "I love you." "Come to bed." "Hello." " Hello." "Gabriel Arditi, what is his army address?" "I don't know." "You don't know his army address?" " No." "I don't know his identification numberor his army address." "Are you sure that they enlisted him?" " I am positive." "Gabriel, What did you say his name was?" " Arditi." "How close are you two?" " He's my friend." "Only a friend?" " What do you mean "only", he's a friend." "I am sorry, I can't do anything to help." "We can only speak to family members." "Make way." "Make way." "Wait here on the chair." ""Yes, they have arrived." ""The plane with the first prisoners who were held in Egypt has just landed." ""It's hard to explain the excitement felt here at the airport."" ""Oureyes are dry from crying" ""And our voices are mute" ""What else can we ask for, what else?" ""We've asked foralmost everything" ""Let the rain fall at the right time" ""And may we have flowers in the spring"" ""And let him come home once again..."" "Yesterday you told me that you don't want to." ""We don't need any more than that."" " So what do you think?" "How is that possible?" ""The pain is like a thousand scars,"" " Daffy, won't leave the phone alone?" ""We hide a sigh deep inside"" " Seriously." "Daffy, get away from the phone!" " "Oureyes are dry from crying,"" ""Tell us that we have stood up to the test."" "You and Osnat?" "Daffy" " What's wrong with you?" "Get away from the phone maybe someone wants to call." "He won't phone, don't you understand?" "He won't phone!" "It will be impossible to breathe here soon." "Excuse me, lady, do you live here?" " Yes." "Who are you looking for?" " For Mrs. Ardirti, do you know who she is?" "Yes she is my neighbor." "We live opposite each other." "She's not at home." " Where is she?" "At the hospital." "Do you have her key perhaps?" "Could you let me in to her house can I go through her porch?" "Why do you need to get in?" "Who are you?" "I am Gabriel's friend." "Gabriel left." " Where did he go?" "He went overseas." "Look lady, I want to know if he took his belongings with him." "Could you allow me to enter his house through your porch?" "Please." "I can't let you get in anywhere without the old lady's permission." "Naim?" "Come here." " Did it inflate?" "What?" "I need you to work tonight." "Is it okay if you don't go back to the village tonight?" " Of course." "Do you know how to climb?" " Yes, I can climb, but what kind of work is this?" "You'll see, it won't be difficult." "Does it have to do with something criminal?" " God forbid." "Here take some money, go buy yourself pajamas and a toothbrush." "I don't need pajamas, I'll sleep in the car." "No you won't, you'll sleep in my house" "In your house?" "Come to my house at 4 and..." "Nobody need know, do you understand?" "Why shouldn't I understand, because I'm an Arab?" "Daffy." "Daffy, come here." "He been in there fora long time maybe something happened to him?" "Nothing happened to him" "Naim?" "Naim?" " What." "Is everything all right?" " Yes." "Come on, let's climb up, open the window and jump inside." "Don't turn on the lights, just open the front door, okay?" "If someone comes, I'll whistle then you run away" "What will you whistle?" "Asong, what song do you know - "Jerusalem of gold"?" " Okay." "You don't have to be afraid, nobody's there." "The house belongs to a friend who went to war, and I need to get some of his papers, understand?" "Is he dead?" "Maybe he's dead and maybe he's alive, I don't know, come on." "Come on, come on." "It was locked from the inside" " Are you sure?" "I am sure, I opened it." "Maybe yourfriend came back." "If you're looking forgold, you can leave." "Who's there?" "Excuse me Mrs. Arditi, you lost consciousness." "I already regained it, who are you?" "What are you looking for in my house in the middle of the night?" "You are Gabriel's grandmother, correct?" "I am sorry, Mrs. Arditi, I can explain everything." "I am Gabriel's friend and I am looking for him." "I heard that he was in the country," " He is still here." "So where is he?" "That is what I want to find out." "I'm looking fortraces, that's why I'm here." "There are traces." "He left clothes here and his socks." "Does that help?" "Yes, anything can help." "If nothing God forbid happened to him in the war, then he's simply scared, he's hiding." "We need to look for him at night." " Why at night?" "When he was small, he used to roam around at night and sleep during the day." "When he grew up he used to steal the keys to my Morris, and travel all night." "I don't know to this day where he went." "He neversaid anything." "I could tell from the gas gauge." "Have you looked for him at his uncle's house in Jerusalem?" "You should get up, It's almost noon." "Isn't yourfather here?" "No he went out with my mother, they're looking forsomeone." "Are they looking for his friend?" " Which friend?" "The one we looked forthe night we found the old lady instead." "Yes, he's not a friend" " Not a friend?" "No, my mother's lover." "What?" "I was just making a joke, it's not true." "Do you have bus fare?" " Yes" "Do you know where the bus stop is?" " Yes." "Actually, no." "Would you like me to come with you to the bus stop?" " Lf you like." "Hi Daffy, how are you?" "Hello, I'd like you to meet Naim?" " I'm Ami." " I'm Danny." "Where are you going?" "Do you know the way from here?" "Yes." "Daffy?" "The newspaper." "Where's Daffy?" "She went with her Mom to buy a shirt, I'm waiting for her." "What's time is it?" " It's almost 6 o'clock." "Won't they be worried about you at home?" "My Mom doesn't worry about me, she doesn't care where I am." "What about your Dad?" "He went to Germany when I was four." "He hasn't been back since." "Would you like to eat ordrink something?" "No thanks." "Why are you going?" "Sit down." "So you want to wait for her?" " Do I have anything else to do?" "Please help yourselves." " Thank you." "This is the guy that I was telling you about." "I know him, he's the Arab who came in through the window." "From now on, come in through the door?" "His name is Naim." "He'll help me look for Gabriel at night." "He can help you during the day if you need him." "He's a good guy, you'll see." "I know all about them, when they are small, they behave themselves." "When they grow up they become terrorists." "When someone needs to be towed away, I'll come to pick you up, bye." "See you, Mrs. Arditi." "I hope you find him alive." "We'll find him alive, Mrs Arditi." "We mustn't lose hope." "Now to the bathroom." "I don't want to." "Why do I have to have a bath every time I visit a Jewish home?" "When ourancestor Abraham had visitors do you know what the first thing that he did to them was?" "He washed theirfeet." "Sorry but I don't know the bible." "What do you know?" "Bialik." "Bialik in Arabic?" " Bialik in Hebrew." ""May the heavens have mercy on me if God is in you and he has direction" ""And I didn't find it, let them pray for me"" "What does he want me to do now?" "Give me a hand and help me get up." ""There were many participants at the convention 'which received international news coverage by the media."" ""Once again, as has been heard in the past," ""the purpose of every Arab is to destroy every Jew."" "Why do they say that?" "Do I want to destroy you?" "We will see." "Hello?" "Yes, this the tow service." "One moment." "Okay." "So I'll be on my way, thanks forthe coffee." "Go to sleep." " I'm coming with you." "You can't come with me" " I can't sleep anyway." "But you have school tomorrow, you can't come with me." "I'm coming with you." "Just a minute, what about Naim?" " I've already phoned him." "Tell me, what did they say about the driver?" "Lady, please don't get in theirway." "Daffy?" "He neverwitnessed an accident." "That's enough, please leave." "Daffy?" "Daffy, we'll be there soon." "Daffy." "What are you doing here?" "I'm waiting forsomeone." " Forwhom?" "Where do you want to go, home?" "No" "Then where?" " Wherever you want to take me." "It's dangerous." "Aren't you asleep?" " I waited up for you." "Yes but I told you that I would be back late." "Yes, but not so late." "Where were you?" " Tel Aviv." "Wearing those clothes?" " I had to get a part urgently." "But why did you come back so late?" "Because I saw a carthat looked just like the Morris and I went after it." "And?" " It wasn't him." "And the car?" "Now you should be at school." "We can't see each otherany more." "I don't know what to say but this is crazy." "Don't even think about it." "Whatever happened, shouldn't have happened." "I know, but I was weak." "You have to forget what happened." "You have to forget me." "Daffy?" "Dad, what's wrong?" "Are you sick?" "No I'm not sick, just tired." "Have you been crying?" " No I fought with the math teacher." "Again?" "Shwartz threatened to kick me out of school." "Tell me Dad, that car yesterday, with the little boy." "Do they know what happened?" "I don't know." "I've decided to stop towing." " Because of me?" "No, because of everything, I can't go on." "Have you given up on him?" " Almost." "And what about Mom?" "She'll also eventually give up." "I didn't think that you can go on like this." "Shwartz is talking about kicking you out." "You have to stop going on these trips with Dad at night." "You won't be able to complete the yearthis way." "Enough, no more trips at night." "Thank God you've decided to finally stop." "Dad decided." "He told the towing company that he wants to stop working." "Acountry:" "Java." " Japan." "Jerusalem." " Jakarta." "Jaguar." " A living creature?" "Jackal." "Something that grows?" " Jasmine." "Something inanimate?" "We have to go on looking for him." "I know." "Were you waiting for me?" "I told you that you didn't have to wait for me." "I went to the movies, it was a lovely story." "I stayed and watched it again." "This man works on a ship and his wife stays at home." "All of a sudden, this man appears, she falls madly in love with him." "Are you alive ordead?" "I've never been in an accident." "I can't understand, I can't understand, everything was all right." "Suddenly a small carwith black lights appeared opposite me," "I pulled to the right and hit a tree." "What happened to the othercar?" " Nothing, just a small dent." "They were religious people with long side burns" "Jerusalemites, Natura Karta, anti-Zionists, damn them." "This fell out of theircar." "Morris from 1947." "This is just a piece of tin and you can tell how old it is?" "Daffy, where have you been all day long?" "I'm waiting for you, I need to go to Jerusalem." "Dad is there, he found a piece of the Morris." "Can you fix yourself something to eat?" "I have to run." "Say goodbye to me Daffy, otherwise I'll feel terrible." "So why do you have to go to Jerusalem?" "Don't you understand?" "Bye, Daffy." "Sir, do you need anything?" "I found a piece of the Morris on the road." "I want to return it to the owner." "Do you know him?" "No I don't." " No?" "Thank you very much." "They wanted to kill me." "24 hours later I was in the desert." "They gave me a bazooka." "They simply wanted to kill me." "I passed out in the army canteen in Rafiah." "I went to the Sinai with the Morris." "Can you believe it?" "You really did a good job." "At Refidim there was shelling and they kept telling me to do something else." "Keep an eye on yourgun, crawl underthe half-track, write down the number of the cannon." "I then drove a jeep full of soldiers, boys." "We stood four hours in battle dress and watched mushrooms of smoke." "Suddenly I heard this singing." "There were three people wearing black, with sideburns and beards, jumping up and down clapping their hands." "They were giving out skullcaps prayer books, prayershawls and food." "Afterthey left, I found a black coat on one of the rocks, that someone probably lost, so I took it." "When they came back, I gave it to one of them in exchange for hats." "Then I knew what I had to do." "I hid somewhere and went on." "How are you?" "Cosine two alpha equals..." "Cosine, alpha squared minus..." " Daffy" "What happened?" "Tell me." " I don't know, let's talk later." "Not now." "Daffy, I see that you know the material so well that you can chat while I'm explaining the material, right?" "Maybe you'd like to come up to the board to finish the equation for us?" "I don't know how to do it." " Try." "But I don't know how to do it." " Dafna, please come to the board." "Daffy, the cosine sentence." "Osnat, if you say anotherword, you'll be asked to leave the room." "So now what would you like to say Miss Dafna?" "What a pity you didn't get killed instead of the sports teacher." "Get out." "Get out!" "It's me, I thought that nobody was home." "Are you ill?" " No." "Did Dad send you to fetch something?" " Yes, no..." "I'm looking for him." "He's not at the garage." "I know, he's in Jerusalem." "I wanted to tell him something important." " So tell me." "The old lady is dying, and I quit." "What are you quitting?" " The old lady, I can't take care of herany more." "Sit down fora while." "Is school already over?" " Only for me, they threw me out." "They threw you out?" "I was rude to one of the teachers." "Just a minute." "Leave him alone!" "He came to tell us that the old lady is dying" "Adam!" "Leave him alone." "Daffy, you are staying here." "Leave him alone, let him go." "I told you to stay here." "You push me?" "What kind of fatherare you?" "Sit down." "Help me." "Is there a sheet anywhere?" "Bring yourstuff and come with me." "Where are you taking me?" " Wherever I want." "But where to?" "I can also leave you overthe border." "Why beyond the border?" "I want to go to my family." "I trusted you." "Is this what I get in return?" "What did I do?" "Did I steal?" "Did I kill anyone, what did I do?" "You broke into my house and took my daughter." "She told me to stay." "She wanted me to stay." "I didn't do anything by force." "Has this been going on fora long time, you and Daffy?" "From today." "Did you sleep with her?" " I don't know." "It's not important." "Get out." "Don't you dare come back." "Naim, come here." "Take this, it's forschool." "What are you doing here?" " I was waiting for you." "I was beginning to worry." "What about Daffy?" " It's all right, she needs to be left alone a while." "What about him?" " Okay." "What's he doing?" " He's left." "When will he be back?" " He won't be back." "I told him that it would be better if he left." "Are you sure?" "Yes." ""The Lover"" "Subtitle production:" "Elrom Studios."