"ENGLISH SUBS by Yavass, May 2014" "A film directed by Yariv Mordechai Mozer" "TEL AVIV, ISRAEL SUMMER 1989" ""Boaz Hi !" "It's noon......the plants...."" "SNAILS IN THE RAIN (=SHABLULIM Ba'GESHEM)" "To:" "Boaz Refaeli P.O.Box 1551, Tel Aviv" "Based on the book "Garden of the Dead Trees" by Yossi Avni Levy" "I'll go back to our first lesson, the metaphor of the Swiss prof. de Saussure" "Do you remember the chess game ?" "There's no difference between him who follows every single move of the game .and him who only comes to watch at a very critical moment" "It's the same thing with languages" "We can look at their rules and components at any given critical moment but we can also see how these rules change through time" "You're late shithead !" " My class was longer." " "My class was longer" !" "Tell your professor that you need to get to work on time" "What's this ?" ""Boaz Hi !" "Don't ask who I am and how I know you"" ""I think of you a lot"" ""I'm embarrassed to sit here, near my plants, and to write you a letter"" ""....but I don't have the courage to do anything more !"" "You wrote this, right ?" " Yeah, yeah ! "I think of you a lot" !" "Come on now !" "Hold this closet !" "Turn it !" "Don't push that much !" " Is it raining ?" " The last rain of the season" "Come on, move it !" "The last thing we need now is rain !" " Did you get a reply from Jerusalem ?" "Not yet" "Why are you all wet and sweaty ?" " It was raining earlier" " A rain ?" " Yes, the last rain of the season" "I was sure you'd get a reply today regarding your scholarship" "Hands off the cooking pot !" "What ?" "Don't !" "Not now !" "Hello ?" " Hi Noa !" "How are both doing ?" " Hi Ruth !" "We're fine." "How are you ?" "I wanted to talk to Boaz regarding his scholarship." "Is he at home ?" " Boaz ?" " Yes, is he home ?" "No, no." "He hasn't come back from the University yet." " And how are you Ruth ?" " Fine." "I just have a cold...." " Is he going to the children ?" "The children..... ?" "At karate" "Ah....the Judo...." "Judo, karate...what ever... !" "Please tell him to call me !" "I'll tell him that." "Bye-bye !" "You're cheeky !" "I'd like very much to be present when your mom finds out that.... ...her son works as a coolie, a furniture packer" "She'll drop dead on the spot !" "She's asked me how you got all these muscles" "And what did you tell her ?" "I told you that you teach Judo to kids" "That's enough." "Go take a shower." "I want you all to look at Arik." "When he started with us, he was like....ugh.." "Look now how much he's improved !" "Sucess through hard effort" "Arik go back to your place." "Thank you !" "If I weren't sweating, I'd kiss you." "Congratulations !" "Let's start !" "From the top !" "On your positions." "Upright body posture.....and smile !" "Six..." "Seven..." "Eight...." "Look at each other !" "At each other !" "You are beautiful !" "Full of pride !" "Turn around !" " Stop laughing at me !" " Sorry, I can't help it !" "I must take off these horrible shoes" "Nir change place with Yoni." "Boaz, wake up !" " Boaz !" "Boaz !" " What ?" "Hang on in there man." "We're in this together." "Smile !" "Smile !" " Don't fuck it up !" "Smile !" " Shut your mouths !" "Run !" "You're under fire !" "Come on Boaz !" "Do your best !" "I know that you're here !" "Your beard is stinging me" "I love you !" ""Hi Boaz !" "It's noon now and I'm sitting in my office at home..."" ""...in a while I'll water my plants..."" "".." "I grow a geranium near the kitchen window...."" ""I have a tradescantia (=spiderworts) and a huge plant named Yucca"" ""An exotic name with an Indian sound in it." "Don't you think ?" "Yucca !"" ""Most of the time I stay home"" ""And very rarely, I have the guts to do anything unusual"" ""But I shouldn't burden you with my embarrassing stories"" ""Here, surrounded by these walls, I live with my most beloved friend...."" ""...my loneliness"" ""My loneliness and I, we hold hands in the dark and watch the tele"" ""Time is our worst enemy Boaz." "It has no mercy !"" ""Some day you too will realize that"" ""...." "Or maybe not"" ""You'll soon leave from the post office"" ""You'll drive to the University with your car, a Subaru of 1981"" ""In the break, between classes, you'll have a coffee with applecake"" ""And you'll smile to all the girls"" ""Afterwards, you'll drive home, to your girlfriend, who loves you"" ""But me Boaz ?" "Who'll love me?"" ""At night, you hold her in your arms." "But who will hold me in his arms ?"" ""I've already written too much !" "I can't keep my secrets from you"" ""I think of you all the time !"" "In Egypt, at Tel-el-Amarna, on the banks of the Nile and in the winter of 1887 there were discovered clay tablets written in cuneiform Akkadian language" "The Akkadian was the international spoken language, the lingua franca for the Egyptian Empire of that time and for many Middle Eastern nations." "Something like english today" "Therefore, how can these letters sent from Canaan help us today ?" "How can they help us understand hebrew the language that we speak today ?" "Who will bring to light the secrets of the Amarna letters ?" " Professor Richlin ?" " Ah, Boaz !" "Have you received any reply about the scholarship ?" "That's why I wanted to talk to you" "I thought that maybe you could help me with this matter ?" "I make recommendations only." "You must be patient." "It always takes time." "We've no house in Jerusalem and I wanted to know if I should start looking for one" "Patience !" "It takes time !" " Coffee sir ?" " Yes" "Black, one sugar please." "Thank you prof." "Richlin" "Remember this song ?" ""There was a dream by the window"" "Noa, have you enrolled at the Haifa Polytechnic already ?" "(=the Technion)" "What Haifa and what Technion ?" "We're going to Jerusalem !" "Why study architecture in Haifa if she can do it in Jerusalem ?" "She should study to become a Chef, right ?" "A pastry Chef...." "How long are you together with Boaz ?" "Next week it'll be one year and three months." "And you two ?" " Want more coffee ?" " Four and a half years.... ...as of two days ago...." "Didn't you tell me that you would enrol at the Technion ?" "Yeah....but I don't know..." "Everything OK ?" "I'm just checking the material for my exam tomorrow" "Since when do you worry about exams and tests ?" "Hold me in your arms !" "Boaz, this car is falling apart !" "You said the same thing last time too !" "Boaz !" "I must confess something to you !" "I fuck your car on purpose 'cause I love seeing you around here often" "Oh boy, you fell for it !" "Loosen up man !" "Why so serious all of a sudden ?" "The University is ruining your brains" "Hezzi, finish up there and then take care of his car." "You can have it back in two days, OK ?" "How's the cake ?" "It's just a cake..." "When is Boaz coming home ?" "He's still at the University" "If he knew that you were coming....." "Do I need to call and tell you that I'm coming ?" "It's a wasted phonecall !" "Alright, I think I've waited long enough..." " I'm sorry !" " Don't be !" "It's not your fault." "Tell me Noa...do you two ever plan to get married ?" "I don't know" "I can only speak for myself" "Don't you ever talk about it ?" " Maybe it's too early ?" " How come "early" ?" "Tell him to call me, alright ?" "And water the geranium." "It's summer !" "I'll tell Boaz." "He waters the plants." "And you ?" "What do you do ?" "Ah...you cook....." "Anyway...." "I don't smoke" "Come on !" "Try it !" " I'll be late for class" " So what ?" "Me too !" "I'd rather be on time" "You asked for the "Introduction to Syntax of the Semitic Languages" ?" " Yes, thank you !" " You're welcome, Boaz" "How do you know my name ?" "I saw your student I.D. on the table" "Cut it out !" "Boaz enough already !" "Calm down, handsome !" "That's prof." "Richlin, my teacher at the University" "Mother !" "Why do you look horrified ?" "Did you tell us that you're coming?" " Why do I need to inform you ?" "I simply took the bus and got here." "Where are you going ?" "To the University" "I brought your favored cake and some honey from Yossi and Nitza's village." "We were there and they asked us to take them to Tel Aviv" "I don't know why people would want to visit Tel Aviv ?" "Mom, I'm in a hurry !" " I'm not holding you up !" " We also visited the village Nir David" " Did you forget something Boaz ?" " Ruth !" "What's this ?" "A cake ?" " Yeah, the one that Boaz likes !" "I just wanted to bring you some things and then I'll leave." "What's this smell in the house ?" "Ah....you're cooking again !" "Boaz, are you following me ?" "The noises in your car were from the carburettor" "You can pick it up tomorrow morning." "Boaz ?" "What do you want ?" "You didn't get your scholarship ?" "How come ?" "There's no letter yet" "Ah..." "You're so quite......" "Boaz, is there something bothering you ?" "No !" "Certainly not !" "Shit !" "I hate it when this happens !" "It doesn't matter." "They say it's good luck, right ?" "I have no idea !" "I don't believe in this nonsense" "What's there to believe ?" "Things are just like that" "Boaz ?" "Shall we take a bath together ?" "How long does it take for a letter to come here, from Jerusalem ?" "I'm sick of going every morning to the post office" "Do you want me to go there tomorrow morning ?" "No, it's OK." "It's on my way to the University" "Stop thinking about it now." "It's easy to say that." "You do realize that we must find a house there...?" "...and then move to Jerusalem ?" "There was a guy staring at me at the library today" "A thin guy...." "A young man...." "wearing a silk shirt" "Why do you think he was staring at you ?" "Because he was staring at me" "He had this strange look...." "Did you want to stare back at him ?" "Boaz....!" "Did you want to look at him too ?" "This has nothing to do with me !" "Are you alright ?" " Are you alright ?" " Yeah, I'm alright !" " I'm sorry.." " No, it's OK, it's alright !" "Nir go on man !" "Harder !" "Nir !" "Nir !" " Nir !" "Nir !" " Yoni !" "Come on Yoni !" "(Nir singing in hebrew a famous Greek love song of the 80's- "Your dark eyes" by Manolis Angelopoulos)" ""Your beautiful dark eyes" remind me of our dreams..."" ""...and of those beautiful, quite days..."" ""...your smiles and your tender looks"" ""....that I cannot get out of my mind..."" ""And when you look at me...."" ""...." "I think of sad days...."" "Take it." "I also changed four spare parts for extra safety." "OK ?" "A geranium plant ?" "Yes" "On hot days....." "I should water it in the evening, but I'm not here in the evening, so I water it in the morning" "I have no choice." "I also wet its leaves so that they remain cool" "Haven't you learned that in your village, Boaz ?" "It's important to water it in the evening, on hot days" ""My Boaz hi !" "You'll allow me to call you like that, won't you ?"" ""I feel that we already know each other long enough...."" ""A few weeks ago something very embarrassing happened to me"" ""I want to tell you about it." "Maybe, this way you will understand me better"" ""I was going to work with a friend, in his car and we were in central Tel Aviv"" ""On a sidewalk, there was a good looking soldier..... "" ""....waiting for the light to change..."" ""He had black hair and grey eyes"" ""My friend said suddenly...."" ""Look at this gorgeous girl !" "What a body !"" ""I said:" "Where ?" "Whom are you talking about ?"" ""Apparently there was a girl standing next to the young man..."" ""Do you realize that, my Boaz ?" "I simply had not seen her !"" ""She just didn't exist for me !"" ""I lowered my head in shame." "My life is contemptible, my Boaz"" ""My life is not fair"" ""Yesterday is was my birthday"" ""I invited some friends for coffee and cake"" ""But I didn't tell them why I invited them"" ""I sat there, in my house, next to the big plant..."" ""And I let myself be carried away by the pointless, light chit-chat of my friends"" ""I thought...how nice it'd be if you too were there"" ""I don't know why...." "but this picture....."" ""You sitting in my white armchair, just the two of us in the room"" ""Your bright, watery eyes looking at me intensely"" ""This picture makes me very emotional"" "(Boaz !" "Coming to eat ?" ")" ""I can hardly stop myself from touching...."" ""...your beautiful face, your hair, your arms...."" ""I think of your girlfriend, who surely enjoys your arms"" ""And I feel a deep pain from my groins to my throat"" ""This afternoon I went for a walk, trying to put my feelings in order"" ""Suddenly, I saw you on a bus"" ""I think it was bus line 25"" ""You were sitting by the bus window, oblivious, care-free"" ""I'm scared to say this out loud, but I know...."" ""....that I'm deeply in love with you!"" "Don't you like the food ?" "How come ?" "I like it !" " What's going on with you ?" " What ?" "Boaz ?" "Õïu shouldn't get mad at me....." "I'm not your mother" "I can't believe that this is happening to me !" "Ori has dumped me." "He simply left me." "He's going to Thailand, alone" "He's going scubadiving with just a rucksack and a bandana on this head" "Milk...." "Croutons for soup...." "To run away like that !" "Without a warning....." "Do you know how long they were together ?" "How should I know that ?" "How long are we together ?" "Since the first time that I saw you at Dr. Kupperschmidt's" "Do you want something else ?" "Leave it." "I'll go to do the shopping" "I do feel sorry for her, but it's also her fault....some how" " Her fault ?" " She should had realized it" "He woke up one morning, bought a plane ticket and left....." "I'm sorry to disturb you." "Have you finished with the book ?" " No, I still need it" " I meant Plato's "Symposium"" "Ah...that's not mine...." "I thought your were majoring in Classical Studies...." " No, Semitic languages" " Ah...right !" "Anyway, I recommend you to read the "Symposium"" "Thanks, I've read it already" "Wisdom is one of the most beautiful things and Eros is in love with beautiful things" "Hence, Eros is a philosopher, a lover of Wisdom (=Symposium, passage 204b)" "I've taken a supplementary course on Greek philosophy" "Good for you !" "(=Plato's "Symposium" is the supreme philosophical work on male-male Love)" "I refute the claim that the Amorite and Ugaritic languages..... ....belong to the Canaan branch" "That's my Thesis and..... ...I prove that by comparing the two languages and their history" "If you've read my article, you've seen the references ...and how I support and prove my arguments." "By the way, I want to quote my colleague, Prof. Shlomo Izrael whose research is relevant to this subject. and if I may say, he also supports the same theory" "I ask you to please read this article for next class." "Professor Richlin ?" "Professor Richlin ?" "Regarding a reply for my scholarship...." "Professor Richlin ?" "Faculty of Architecture" " Exams Technion" " Haifa" "Boaz !" "Yes Commander !" " What are you doing here ?" "I'm on my way to my guard post Commander" "Give me 20 push ups !" "Boaz....." "I have my eye on you !" "Get lost !" "Go !" "Go !" "Stay a little bit with me" "You're late" "Do you want a choco bar ?" "No thanks." "I don't eat this late" "She was cute that one, right ?" "Yeah....." "It's OK !" "I like peeping too some times" "Boaz dear !" "You know that you're a handsome man ?" "How do you mean ?" "Hasn't anybody ever told you that you're handsome ?" "Yeah...." "I suppose" "Your eyes...they're like a young girl's...." "Nir what are you talking about ?" "We're in the same unit." "Can't I tell you what I feel in my heart ?" "Of course you can" " Come closer to me !" " Why ?" "Come closer !" "What are you afraid of ?" "What ?" "What did I do ?" "Why are you angry ?" "Nothing." "I'm just tired." "Enjoy your guard duty !" "OK, let's see who's present here." " I want my package !" " I need the notices that we sent you" "How am I supposed to know which is your notice ?" " Hold him for a minute" " I need the second notice...." "I have no idea what notice...." "It's already been two weeks Madame !" " I want to speak to your boss !" " Itzik !" " Madame please calm down !" " I need my package now !" "TUCHMAN Foundation for Languages" " I was here first !" " Yes..." ""My dear Boaz, my handsome man Hi !"" ""It's wonderful to be able to toy with words like "my dear"" ""It amazes me how easily the typewriter writes these two words....."" ""....simply together, one next to the other..."" ""But where are you ?" "I'm sitting in my office right now"" ""The door is locked"" ""I have in front of me a cake in a box that...."" ""..." "I bought this morning on my way here"" ""I'll cut a slice for me and a slice for you"" ""Yes..." "I know that I'm losing my mind"" ""Last night I couldn't stand the pain anymore"" ""I wore my sunglasses and went to that place"" ""You can imagine where I was"" ""Many lonely and hungry men were there....."" ""....going back and forth like butterflies amongst the trees"" ""I've promised to myself many times that even in my worst days..."" "".." "I would never return to this horrible place"" ""I followed eagerly all those men, amongst the dead trees..."" ""...wearing my sunglasses, despite the darkness..."" ""A young man, dressed plainly, started following me like a dog in heat"" ""He went behind the bushes and with his hand made me a signal to kneel...."" ""He pulled his trousers down and grabbed me firmly from my scruff"" ""I simply closed my eyes and thought of you, my Boaz"" ""As if your body was going in and out of my mouth"" ""When he came, he gave me a mean look and asked for money to go home"" ""Gimme money for my taxi fare !"" ""Then I fell on the ground and vomited"" ""I was full of disgust and despair"" ""I returned home, sank in my bathtub and I couldn't stop crying...."" ""And then I realized that I couldn't go on like this anymore"" ""I can't go on torturing myself day and night...."" ""...without knowing if at least you read my letters, if you think of me at all ?"" ""....or if you want me to keep on writing to you ?" ""Listen carefully my Boaz"" ""This letter will reach you on Thursday"" ""At exactly 10pm on Thursday, I'll be waiting hidden....."" ""and I'll be watching the windows of your apartment"" "Drink your coffee." "It'll get cold" ""If you want me to continue writing to you..."" ""....turn on and off your kitchen light three times, one after the other"" ""Don't forget !"" ""Three times at exactly 10pm !"" ""Then I'll be the happiest man on Earth and my life will have new meaning"" ""If you don't do that...."" ""...." "I'll understand you and never bother you again.....!"" ""...and this will be my last letter to you"" "You do realize that you won't get any more mail in this POBox ?" "I understand...." "Somebody is waiting for you, in your office" " For me ?" " Yeah" "How can I help you ?" "My name is Noa" "Noa....surname ?" "Boaz'es girlfriend !" "I found these in his desk drawers" "I know that you've written them !" "I have no idea what you're talking about" "Obviously you didn't notice that I was on bus 25 a few days ago" "Boaz told me: "That's prof." "Richlin my teacher at the University"" "I paid attention and I saw you looking at him" "That was the look of a man in love" "But I kept quiet until I read your last letter" "Noa sit down !" "You asked him to turn on and off the lights three times tonight" "I beg of you to leave Boaz alone !" "I have no idea what he's going through..." "I didn't even enrol myself at the Technion in Haifa for his sake...." "I got a reply from Jerusalem...." "Congratulations !" "Happy ?" "We'd go out tonight to celebrate" "I'd rather stay home" "Are you sure ?" "That was delicious, right ?" " Excellent !" "It really tasted good" " I'll make coffee" " Finally, you got your reply !" " Yeah...." ""THE END" (=in serbian)" "Is there any left-overs to nibble ?" " Sure, I'll prepare a plate...." "No, leave it !" "I'll do it myself...." "Is everything OK ?" "Look at the lower shelf of the refrigerator" " What's wrong ?" "Where are going ?" " I'm suffocating here." "I need fresh air !" "Do you want me to come with you ?" "No !" "There's no air here !" "Don't you get it ?" "I'm suffocating !" "Sorry !" "Are you crazy ?" "Go fuck yourself, maniac !" "I'll use your perfume" "My noney....." "Call me again..." " What happened ?" " Prof. Richlin resigned..." "No one knows why." "People say he sounded very ill" "Well, shall we leave now ?" "What is this ?" "In memory of Amos Gutman 1954-1993 (Israeli film director)" "ENGLISH SUBS by Yavass, May 2014"