1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,074 Subtitles downloaded from Podnapisi.NET 2 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,396 3 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,911 4 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:11,150 5 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,677 6 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:17,590 Ah! 7 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:23,396 8 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,192 9 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,799 10 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:32,469 11 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,230 12 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,670 - Jews aren't keen on dogs. 13 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,279 Dogs bite you or chase you. 14 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,268 Jews have been barked at for so long, they prefer cats. 15 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,268 Well, at least that's what my master says. 16 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:29,595 My master, 17 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,439 is Rabbi Sfar. I don't have a name. 18 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:35,837 Throughout Algiers, I'm known as the rabbi's cat. 19 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,314 20 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:38,350 - Mmm 21 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:42,509 Zlabya! 22 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,392 - Zlabya is my mistress. 23 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:45,350 - Daughter! 24 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,233 - Her name is like a honeyed pastry. 25 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,156 26 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,273 - As a girl, she'd always come running to greet me! 27 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,756 28 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:57,995 Zlabya! 29 00:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,030 - Zlabya, 30 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,468 I love you! 31 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:02,671 Zlabya, I love you! 32 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,074 - What's it saying? 33 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,556 - She wanted him to say, "Knidelette I love you". 34 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,910 - My name's too sophisticated. 35 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,192 It's hard for a bird to say. You see, Rabbi? 36 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,277 Zlabya is more common. 37 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,756 - Even boys don't say, "Knidelette, I love you" 38 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,475 - Oh, yeah? And are they queuing up at your door? 39 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,433 - Without Dad, there'd be a riot to see me. 40 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,438 - What's this talk in a rabbi's house? 41 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,837 - I mean, I'm lucky Dad watches over me. 42 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,268 43 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:34,674 - And my cat. 44 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,075 45 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:38,713 - Knidelette, don't you have chores? 46 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:39,670 - No. 47 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,952 - That's a polite way of saying, "Leave us in peace". 48 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,355 - Ok, I get it. 49 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:46,709 - See you tomorrow. 50 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,751 - That's right. See you tomorrow. 51 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,476 - I love you, Zlabya! I love you! 52 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:52,430 53 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,471 - You dear little cat. 54 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,750 That parrot annoys you, doesn't he? 55 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,394 - You love that cat more than your dad! 56 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,195 In a fire, who would you prefer to save: 57 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,197 the cat or your old father? 58 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,198 - Dad! Stop the emotional blackmail. 59 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:09,549 Mmm 60 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,910 - Do your piano practice. - Yes, Dad. 61 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,634 - Make sure I can hear. 62 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:16,239 - Yes, Daddy dear. 63 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,194 - Zlabya! 64 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:19,833 I love you, Zlabya. 65 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,076 - What a pain in the neck! 66 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:23,190 67 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,118 68 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,278 69 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:38,589 70 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:41,958 71 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,632 72 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:07,316 73 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:09,989 74 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:17,470 75 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:19,999 76 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:21,838 - Zlabya! Zlabya. 77 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,314 Zlabya. 78 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:24,555 Zlabya. 79 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,318 Zlabya. 80 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:28,750 81 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,517 82 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,469 - My parrot! 83 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:35,556 Did you just eat my parrot? 84 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:36,431 - No. 85 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:37,834 - What? - Wasn't me. 86 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,234 - So where is it? 87 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:40,111 - Humph! 88 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:42,275 - Dad, what's wrong? 89 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,517 - I must be tired. I heard the cat speak! 90 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,472 - You work too hard. 91 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,398 - I didn't eat the parrot. 92 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,591 - What did he say? - A lie! 93 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,313 He kills, he lies, 94 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,272 this animal's the Sheitan. 95 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,550 - Dad, the cat can talk! 96 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,955 - Spare me the song and dance. 97 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,151 - My cat! It's a miracle! 98 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,079 - Keep away, this animal may be dangerous. 99 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:08,875 - I've always served you. Why be wary of me now I can talk? 100 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,355 - Because your first words are a lie! 101 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,835 - I didn't eat it! I wasn't hungry. 102 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,157 - You Cain! You're lying to cover up a murder! 103 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,271 - You can't condemn a cat for eating a bird. 104 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,755 Will you put him in prison? 105 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,109 106 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,278 - "Deeply alarmed by Julien's appearance, 107 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,837 "Madame de Renal soon fell prey to merciless dread. 108 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,349 "My God, being happy, 109 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,835 "being loved, is this all it is?" 110 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,075 - What's that? 111 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,191 - Stendhal. - "Scarlet and Black". 112 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:40,435 - The cat's reading? 113 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,074 Since when can you read? 114 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,033 - I learnt with your daughter. But before I only mewed. 115 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,196 - "Scarlet and Black", is it a political book? 116 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,277 The cat gave you this propaganda? 117 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:51,196 - What propaganda? 118 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,194 - No, master, it's a love story. 119 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,039 - Even better... Give me that. 120 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,949 I forbid you to see this cat without me around! 121 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,479 - But he's my cat! 122 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,274 - At your age, watch who you spend time with. 123 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,232 I forbid you to spend time 124 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:08,429 with just anyone. 125 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,435 - The rabbi's scared I'll give his daughter 126 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:14,993 bad ideas. 127 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,873 So he keeps me with him. I'm bored! 128 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,310 - What's this? - The Talmud. 129 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:23,396 - lnteresting? 130 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,795 - It explains how to be a good Jew. 131 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,468 For example: "lying is very bad." 132 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,353 - Should I feel concerned? - Why not? 133 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,516 - I'm just a cat. 134 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,836 I don't know if I'm Jewish or not. 135 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,430 - You are, like your masters! - I'm not circumcised! 136 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,870 - Ah... We don't circumcise cats. 137 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:43,752 - No bar mitzvah. 138 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:45,871 - You have to be over 13 for that. 139 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,232 - I'm 7. That's 49 in cat years. I'm almost your age! 140 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,716 If I'm a Jewish cat, I have to do my bar mitzvah! 141 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,835 Why do we need to see your rabbi? 142 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,712 - Because you're driving me mad! 143 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,753 The problem you've raised is obsessing me. 144 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:08,872 - Argh! 145 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:09,751 But... 146 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:11,992 - Don't leave me here. 147 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,189 He beats his students. 148 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:14,719 - Shut up. 149 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,559 - No, no, no! 150 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,915 I don't care if he talks. He's not doing his bar mitzvah! 151 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,235 - May I ask why? 152 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,192 - Bar mitzvahs aren't for cats. 153 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,313 - Master of my master, how do humans and cats differ? 154 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,590 - God made man in his image. 155 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,997 - In that case, can you show me an image of God? 156 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,076 - lmpossible. 157 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,111 God is a word. 158 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:43,030 - So if man is like God because he can talk, I'm like man. 159 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,196 - No, your words are bad 160 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,470 gained through a deed of death. 161 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:49,352 - I didn't eat the parrot. 162 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:50,913 - You're a liar too? 163 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,395 - Words let you say anything. 164 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,273 Even untruths. It's wonderful. Try it. 165 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,198 - Want my advice, Abraham? 166 00:09:58,400 --> 00:09:59,549 Drown your cat! 167 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,274 - You think so? But I'm fond of him. 168 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:03,754 And he hates water. 169 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,077 - Who are you, who wants to kill me? 170 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,352 I am the Lord your God, disguised as a cat 171 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:11,629 to test you. 172 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,674 I am God and I am displeased with your conduct! 173 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:16,551 You have been as hard on me 174 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,435 as some Christians are on Jews! 175 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:22,310 - Lord God! 176 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,272 Forgive me for I have sinned. 177 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:25,833 I'm guilty. 178 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,873 - You are guilty but I was kidding. I'm a cat. Get up! 179 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,069 - Blasphemer! 180 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,475 You lie? You usurp God's name? 181 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:33,795 We should drown you! 182 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:34,955 - Oh... 183 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,755 - I want to do my barmitzvah. I want to convert to Judaism 184 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:39,710 - Why? 185 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,879 - If I'm a good Jew, the rabbi will let me see his daughter. 186 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:45,911 I can't live without her, 187 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,314 because she brings me joy, 188 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,080 and love is beautiful. 189 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:51,351 - No. 190 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:52,310 No! 191 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:53,236 No! 192 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,149 Your reasons for converting to Judaism are bad ones. 193 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,635 Your love of God isn't sincere. 194 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:01,876 - I never mentioned my love of God. 195 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:02,717 196 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,030 To become Jewish, 197 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:07,832 you must fear God, 198 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,793 seek out his protection and cherish Him. 199 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,831 A Jew must see God's presence 200 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,519 in all things. 201 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,153 Thinking of God 202 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,078 brings sunlight to the greyest day. 203 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,872 The love of God 204 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,389 must be almost carnal. 205 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,238 - Oh, la la, la la. 206 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,349 - Loving God is important. 207 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:29,835 We are always in His arms. 208 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,190 He is strong and we're content. 209 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,709 When he takes care... 210 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:35,830 - Yes. 211 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,838 I feel exactly the same way about my mistress. 212 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:39,790 - Animal! 213 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,036 You walk around on four legs! 214 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,869 You can't attain God's love! You only know ignoble love. 215 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,640 - Blasphemy! My mistress is real. 216 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,068 - Only God is real! 217 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,999 - God is a comforting invention. 218 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,431 You're all alone, ancient, and your parents are dead. 219 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,474 I'll never be alone because I'll die before my mistress. 220 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:01,999 - Be gone! 221 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,357 - Angry with me? - Bad animal. 222 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:09,711 - I want to see how the truth feels. 223 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,310 - You lie when you shouldn't and use the truth to hurt. 224 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,158 - I hurt too now I speak. 225 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,112 My mistress used to cuddle me. 226 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,355 Oh, Zlabya... 227 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,674 I'd do anything to see her again. 228 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:24,869 229 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,071 - Shut up, I can tell you're faking it. 230 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:28,838 231 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,474 - You can never return to Eden. 232 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:35,950 - We must find another rabbi 233 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,993 who'll let me do my bar mitzvah. 234 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,351 - You fool, no sane rabbi will agree to teach a cat. 235 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:46,393 - So lets look for a mad rabbi. 236 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,989 - I don't know one. - You then. 237 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,829 - It's a huge responsibility. I don't want to. 238 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,119 - Your daughter could teach me. 239 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,515 Ok, forget it. 240 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,516 The rabbi's daughter weeps for her cat. 241 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:04,994 Her lovely cat. 242 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,350 - My cat, I want my cat. 243 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:09,391 - My mistress! 244 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,511 My mistress! 245 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:12,630 - All right. 246 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,751 You win. I'll teach him about Judaism. 247 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:15,870 248 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,355 But, for pity's sake, stop crying. 249 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,758 - But, Dad, I'm crying for joy now. 250 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,318 - So my master sat me down 251 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,193 for my first lesson in Judaism. 252 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,914 - Here's how the world began. 253 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:36,193 The Lord God created the world in seven days, 5,700 years ago. 254 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:37,116 - I'm not stupid. 255 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,275 - It's true. 256 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,916 - That's absurd! Carbon dating has proved 257 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,634 that the world is billions of years old. 258 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,196 - Maybe Noah's flood made the planet seem 259 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:49,992 older than it is. 260 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,794 - Even a kitten wouldn't fall for that! 261 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,479 - My master told me so. 262 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,079 - Your wise master! 263 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,955 - Perhaps the years only make sense if men count them. 264 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,072 Maybe the first calendar is 5,700 years old. 265 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:04,759 - Excellent explanation. 266 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,633 - Now let's talk about Adam and Eve, 267 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,956 father and mother of us all. 268 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,628 - Adam and Eve are a symbol! 269 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,559 - Non, they're real! - What's real are 270 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,115 prehistoric men. - Pretentious. 271 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:18,911 - What? 272 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,476 - Giving things a scientific name makes you understand? 273 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,840 - This morning, my master had some mail. 274 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,510 He had his breakfast before opening it. 275 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,676 - What are these letters? 276 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:38,233 - Eh? 277 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,396 -One's from Paris. 278 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:42,752 - Nothing to worry your little head about. 279 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,474 - He puts them in his pocket to read later. 280 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,955 I think he's enjoying this. 281 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:48,797 282 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:51,514 - You come with me. 283 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,872 284 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:09,990 - Excuse me, 285 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,839 I'm afraid we don't serve Arabs or Jews. 286 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:13,631 - Oh? 287 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,512 It doesn't say that anywhere. 288 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:16,357 - Get lost. 289 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:17,950 290 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:20,710 - Come on, master. 291 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,198 You were about to beat him up. 292 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:33,238 - The fountain's good. 293 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,749 Everyone is free to use it. 294 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,635 And there's water, the best drink that God provides. 295 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,638 - I'd prefer a fountain with milk. 296 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,149 Time to open the mail? 297 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:50,632 - What did the letters say? 298 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,559 - I love knowing things that you don't. 299 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:55,352 - Tell me. - For a fish. 300 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:57,955 - Now tell me! 301 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,958 - Now tickle me under the chin, mistress. 302 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,229 - I'll slap you! 303 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,317 Tell me! - Ok. 304 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,830 The letter from Paris is about a test. 305 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:08,950 - A medical test? 306 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,628 - No, a French language test. 307 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:12,670 - That's all? 308 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:14,677 - The other is more interesting. 309 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,519 Cousin Malka is coming to stay. 310 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,472 - Lion Malka? 311 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:20,954 - Zlabya! 312 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,708 - Yes, Dad? - Lend me some books in French. 313 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,797 - Books? What for? 314 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,595 - To do dictation. So I can become our official rabbi. 315 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:31,949 - You already are! 316 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,276 - No, I am an ordinary rabbi. 317 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,711 - What's it to do with the French? Why a dictation test? 318 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:39,592 - To see if I'm qualified. 319 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,394 You expect them to pick just anyone? 320 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,113 - It's insulting for you. 321 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,471 - What do you know? Give me some books. 322 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,880 Stop looking at me like an idiot! 323 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,548 Help out. Dictate to me. 324 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:56,875 - "Daphnis and Alcimadur". 325 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,593 - What's that? - The title. 326 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,358 - The title of a fable? 327 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:01,879 - Yes. - Pick another. 328 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,308 - Fine. "The Candle". 329 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,476 - That's all? 330 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,238 Another fable, quick! 331 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:08,953 - "Jupiter and the Passenger". 332 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,628 "How peril would enrich the gods..." 333 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,068 - "The gods"? - Oui. 334 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,713 - No, that's no good. 335 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,595 Find me a monotheistic fable with normal animals 336 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:20,392 whose names we know. 337 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,160 - "The Cat, the Weasel and the Little Rabbit"? 338 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:24,031 - I can find one with kosher animals. 339 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,629 - You prefer kosher animals? 340 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,195 - Argh! Shut up and read. 341 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,879 - Shut up or read? - Read! 342 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,149 - Ok. 343 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:35,033 "From a young rabbit's dwelling, Lady Weasel..." 344 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,229 - Slow down. 345 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:37,948 Slow down. 346 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,515 - Lion Malka is coming! 347 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:42,199 He'll sleep at our house! 348 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,038 - Can we see him? 349 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,037 - Yes, he'll do shows around the city 350 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,435 and read at the synagogue. 351 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,995 - But can we come here to see him? 352 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,077 - No, he'll be resting here. 353 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,874 - I'd make a good wife for him. 354 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,311 - You fool! Lion Malka won't be interested in you. 355 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,636 He only loves desert women. 356 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,159 357 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,356 - "The Raven, ashamed..." 358 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:16,115 "A-sssh-amed and embarra-ssss-ed... 359 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:17,719 360 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,353 - Why are you hissing? 361 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,835 - "swore too late this was the last time." 362 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:22,995 - Ho, ho! 363 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,237 - "the lasssst time." 364 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:27,831 - There. 365 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,029 I've finished. 366 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,598 - Master, you'll never manage it without me. 367 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,631 - What? I don't write that badly. 368 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,637 - The handwriting is good 369 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,638 but spelling is what matters most. 370 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:43,115 - I've had an idea. 371 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:44,070 Let's pray. 372 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:48,273 - Fine, but I'm going to come along and do the dictation for you. 373 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,438 - How dare you? That's totally dishonest! 374 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,996 - Master, we needn't respect the laws of the mad. 375 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,875 As a rabbi, you pray in Hebrew for Arab-speaking Jews, 376 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,152 and these madmen want you to write in French! 377 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:03,873 You'll fail without me. 378 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,432 379 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,631 Lets sleep now, master. Hurry. 380 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,156 Before I could speak, I used to have simple dreams. 381 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:19,430 In them, I'd chase tiny animals. 382 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,915 Bigger animals would chase me and I'd run to get away. 383 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:23,189 I'd find refuge 384 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,597 in my mistress' loving arms. 385 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,870 Those were a cat's dreams. 386 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,473 Now I can talk, I only have nightmares. 387 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:33,749 388 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,713 I dream my mistress is sick and can't be cured. 389 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,876 I dream she vanishes, 390 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,594 and they tell me she's away. 391 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,314 I tell everyone she's away, 392 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,317 but thinking of me and will buy me a present. 393 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,513 One day, the rabbi, sick of hearing me say this, 394 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,917 sits me on his knee and tells me the truth. 395 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,751 She is dead. Yes. 396 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,951 Now I can speak, 397 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,754 I often dream my mistress is dead, 398 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,315 and that the rabbi only has me. 399 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,636 Then he rejects religion, 400 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,479 renounces his master, dismisses his disciples. 401 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:13,150 Even though I don't believe, I have to pretend I do 402 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:14,918 to cheer him up. 403 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:16,075 Come on, master... 404 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,353 Come on, master! 405 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,592 Look, God is everywhere. 406 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,074 Even if you can't see Him. 407 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,350 - I know those lines by heart. 408 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,790 - I tell him I want to do my bar mitzvah 409 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,356 to motivate him and make him feel responsible. 410 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,199 - Enough of all this! 411 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,595 Why do you want to be human 412 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,473 when I'd like to be a cat? 413 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,994 - In this dream, we both become cats. 414 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,031 We roam the streets at night. 415 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,356 We root through the butcher's refuse 416 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,516 where meat isn't kosher. 417 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:49,948 Female cats mew at us, 418 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,232 I grab one by the neck to show him how. 419 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,590 My master won't do it. Not like that. 420 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,268 He's still too human, or too old. 421 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,153 We go to see my mistress. 422 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:02,998 She isn't at her piano. 423 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,191 She isn't in her kitchen. 424 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,196 She isn't reading. 425 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,072 She's in her grave. 426 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,430 And we can't go there. 427 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:17,392 - Ah! 428 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,272 - A nightmare, master? 429 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,797 Maybe I had the same one. 430 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:26,029 - My cat, 431 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,750 I preferred it when you didn't speak. 432 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,188 - So did I. 433 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,229 The test is held in a school. 434 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,032 My master expected to see other rabbis, but no. 435 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,310 There are no other rabbis. 436 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,875 We're the only ones there. 437 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:56,950 Open up! 438 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:58,832 Hey! Open up! 439 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,635 - "And, in the morning, 440 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,239 "the baker..." 441 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:08,998 - He crossed that out! 442 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,191 You're going to fail, master! 443 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,040 Why can I read and write if I can't help? 444 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,515 I speak for a reason after all! 445 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,278 What can I do? 446 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,074 God can't help you now. Or maybe... 447 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,153 Barouch Ata Adonai! 448 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:28,633 - Sacrilege! - What? 449 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,479 - Don't utter that word! It's God's name. 450 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,671 We only say it to work miracles. 451 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:35,757 - I only thought it. 452 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,599 - It's a magic word, only used for prayers. 453 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,075 - I don't care. I'll say it anyway. 454 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:41,871 Adonai. 455 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:44,992 Now's the time to call God. 456 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,076 Adonai. 457 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,909 My master who loves you and your books is failing his test! 458 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:52,680 Adonai, Adonai, Adonai, miaou. 459 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,108 Miaou, miaou. 460 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:54,957 Miaou. 461 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,478 Miaou! - "... hard at work..." 462 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:58,510 - Miaou. 463 00:22:58,720 --> 00:22:59,914 - "Hard at work..." 464 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:01,189 - "Last night..." 465 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,311 - "Last... Night..." 466 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:05,678 - "The baker..." 467 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,108 468 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:13,596 - Miaou. 469 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,756 - How'd it go? 470 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,552 - Mia-ou. Miaou. 471 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,910 - Speak. No one can hear you. - Miaou! 472 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:21,917 Miaou? Miaou. - Oh... 473 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,068 Dad! 474 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,475 The cat can't talk anymore! 475 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,352 - You talk to him? 476 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,755 - No! No, but... he mews. 477 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,029 - Let him mew. 478 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,390 - Didn't it go well? 479 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,637 - I don't know. I did my best but it's hopeless. 480 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,319 I've had it. 481 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,190 482 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:44,628 483 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,510 - My master isn't well. 484 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,030 Nothing interests him now, not even the things 485 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,309 that made him laugh. 486 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,239 For instance, the goats that climb that acacia trees. 487 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,873 He used to say: 488 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,550 "Look, a goat tree. The ripe fruit will fall." 489 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,116 But he doesn't notice them now. 490 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:14,189 491 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:18,910 - Mr Sfar! 492 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:19,916 Mail! 493 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,399 - The test results, maybe. 494 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,036 - From Paris. Must be important! 495 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,192 - Yes, that's it. 496 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,356 - Nothing can spoil this day. Cousin Malka arrives today. 497 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,039 - Ah! Cousin Malka! 498 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,198 He's coming here? - No, I'm going to meet him. 499 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,994 - Where? - At the Cafe Carbodel. 500 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,030 - Are you sure? 501 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,198 - He's mad! He'll get beaten up! 502 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:46,799 503 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:52,957 He's singing to himself. 504 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,389 Master, maybe we shouldn't... 505 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:58,794 No, master. 506 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,390 We can go to the fountain. That's just as good a place to meet. 507 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,158 Hey? Master? 508 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:05,870 Hey. 509 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:07,196 Master. 510 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:09,471 Hey. 511 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,592 But then, 512 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,233 all of a sudden, Cousin Malka appears 513 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,635 with his lion! 514 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,559 Tell them they can't sit here. 515 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,275 516 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,316 - Yes, sir? - Cousin Malka! 517 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:28,839 518 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:29,950 Cousin Malka. 519 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,957 520 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:33,829 You're so handsome! 521 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,600 God bless you! - Can you tell? 522 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:37,676 - What? 523 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,155 - My moustache. I dyed it. 524 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:41,679 - Not at all! 525 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,235 You look 20. 526 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,149 I swear on my life, cousin, time has no effect on you. 527 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:50,794 - Flatterer. - You're handsome anyway. 528 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:51,910 529 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,590 - I greet the old lion, he understands me. 530 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,837 I can still talk to animals. 531 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,713 Shalom, old chap. - Shalom, kid. 532 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,433 533 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,556 - Don't damage anything. 534 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,036 - And take your boots off for the tiles. 535 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:12,275 536 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,196 537 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,393 - Don't worry, he won't bite. 538 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:17,950 - Malka! 539 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,718 540 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:21,239 - Lion Malka... 541 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,393 Good evening, Mr Malka. 542 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,036 My name's Knidelette, and I'm Zlabya's best friend. 543 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:31,719 - My respects. 544 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,239 - Delighted. 545 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,791 - What's this crate? 546 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,592 - Books from Russia. 547 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:38,869 - Ah, that's true. 548 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,799 The Communists destroy prayer books so we house them here. 549 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,560 - It's a good deed! You should be pleased. 550 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:45,636 - Yes, yes. 551 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:47,993 - I can't tip you. 552 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,636 - It's silly worrying about that letter. You should contact them. 553 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,319 - It's alright, my daughter. 554 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,317 It'll get here soon enough. 555 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:56,669 556 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,399 - Share it! 557 00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,271 558 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,674 They are good. 559 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,552 Delicious sweetmeats, my girl! 560 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,432 - I made them. 561 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,756 - Using my mother's recipe. 562 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,157 - Malka, go to see Dad, he's out of sorts. 563 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,635 - You're right, I'll go now. 564 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:14,639 - You're mean! 565 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,513 Is he sick or did you want to get Malka away from me? 566 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,110 - Malka has only ever loved the same woman. 567 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,116 - Really? 568 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,356 She must be ancient then. 569 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:25,549 - Age doesn't matter. 570 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,035 - You're so naive, Zlabya! 571 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,516 - The rabbi tells Malka about the disastrous test. 572 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,794 - As kids, we'd talk for hours before falling asleep. 573 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,356 And you always had wine stole from aunt Rifka 574 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,470 under the bed. 575 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,190 576 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:47,799 I knew it! 577 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:49,509 - Malka. - What? 578 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,676 - I'm going away for a few days 579 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,029 to think. 580 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,593 - Don't mess up. 581 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,109 - I'll visit Messaoud Sfar's tomb. 582 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,959 He always advises me well. I'll return soon. 583 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,355 - Hey, cousin! 584 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,910 What if I kill the postman? 585 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,474 Sometimes, killng one person can sort everything out. 586 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,318 That way, no letter. 587 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,312 - Thank you, but no. 588 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,512 Simply guard the house for me. 589 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,872 - Messaoud Sfar was the rabbi's ancestor. 590 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,196 A doctor and a saint. 591 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,154 My master visits his tomb every year and this time I'm going too. 592 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:27,679 - Salam aleikoum! 593 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,711 - Shalom aleichem! 594 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,070 595 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,432 - Hi-han! Salam aleikoum. 596 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:37,868 - Aleikoum salam. 597 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,355 What's your master's name? - Poor fool! 598 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,312 He's sheikh Mohammed Sfar. 599 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,750 - Hold on... an arab called Sfar? 600 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,236 - You ass! Sfar means "yellow" in Arabic. 601 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,637 Like a coppersmith's flowers of sulphur. 602 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,910 We're off to the tomb of Messaoud Sfar, our ancestor. 603 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,029 - So are we! 604 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,232 - Messaoud Sfar was a great sufi, a saint. 605 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,398 - Rubbish! Messaoud Sfar was a rabbi. 606 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:03,749 - Take that back! 607 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,951 608 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,317 - The animals seem tired. 609 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,988 - Yes, let's rest. 610 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,192 -Adios, mi amor... 611 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:20,913 612 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:22,758 613 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,109 614 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,638 615 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,558 - He's a strange donkey. 616 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,070 He can read my music and sing in three languages. 617 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:33,235 - Incredible. 618 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,079 - No, it's a problem. He sings off key. 619 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,919 Even with the gift of speech, a donkey is a donkey. 620 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,156 - Do we educate everyone? 621 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,920 - Yes. Even donkeys. But without illusions. 622 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:44,836 - You know what? 623 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,952 We should live like hermits in a cave 624 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,071 with my books and your songs. 625 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,589 - No, Allah would not be pleased. 626 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:56,429 We'd be like Jonah, preferring things to people. 627 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,712 - So? Can't we say we've served others? 628 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,514 We are old and want peace. 629 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:03,470 - No. 630 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,352 - Believe me, brother, 631 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,757 I don't want to go home. 632 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,793 - Why not? - I was a rabbi 30 years. 633 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,878 Then, by mail, without a word of comfort, 634 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,914 they write from Paris to say I'm the rabbi of nothing. 635 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:20,712 - Show me the letter. 636 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,558 - Go ahead, open it. 637 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,876 - You can read unopened letters? 638 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,115 - That one I can. 639 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,676 - You thought God had abandoned you. 640 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,235 And that's a big mistake. Listen. 641 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:33,350 "Dear Rabbi, 642 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,836 "we inform you that you obtained a mark of 643 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,18 "10.5 in the dictation." 644 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:39,071 - Oh! 645 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,555 - You did a dictation? - Read, brother! 646 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,638 - "10.5 means you have the required level." 647 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,796 "The Consistory is proud of you 648 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,276 "and hopes other rabbis will follow your lead, 649 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,948 "rather than reject French like asses." 650 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,434 - It says that? 651 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,835 - No, I added the "asses". 652 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,598 - So I'm still a rabbi! 653 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,394 Let me give you a hug! 654 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,273 Let's pray! - Mind my glasses! 655 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,275 - So they prayed, 656 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,711 one facing Jersusalem, the other Mecca. They danced, they sang, 657 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,434 they laughed, drunker than if they'd drunk. 658 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,074 Amidst this euphoria, I felt 659 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,750 it'd be nice to get the power of speech back. 660 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,076 But nothing. 661 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:20,996 662 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:22,519 663 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,312 664 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,354 He doesn't complete his pilgrimage 665 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,632 but hurries back to Algiers to tell people the good news. 666 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,310 - My daughter, my cousin, great news! 667 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:39,953 668 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,276 - Put your back into it! Open the crate! 669 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,557 Just the man. Lend a hand. 670 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,558 - What are you doing? - Inspecting your books. 671 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,159 - They're prayer books! 672 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:51,713 - Russian ones. - So? 673 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,638 - Do you know Russian Jews? 674 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:55,273 - They're Jews. 675 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:56,799 - We'll see about that. 676 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,434 - We can put the books in our synagogue. 677 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,029 They'll look pretty alongside ours. 678 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,708 - Not until I take a look! - Master, 679 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,319 what do you fear? 680 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,112 - I'm just defending myself. 681 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:09,355 - Against what? 682 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,516 - Haven't you heard of Communism? 683 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,119 Open it up! 684 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:15,709 685 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:17,957 686 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:18,910 - A corpse! 687 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:19,791 - A Russian corpse! 688 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:20,877 689 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,155 690 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:24,999 - Do we prey? 691 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,350 - Do you speak Ashkenazi? 692 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,630 - Hey may not even be Jewish! 693 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,751 - He's alive, you hear? 694 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:33,757 This guy is alive! 695 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,439 A-l-ive. Alive. 696 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:36,675 697 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,359 - Shut up, will you? 698 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:39,754 - I'll get other rabbis! 699 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,757 - Bring some Cinzano too! 700 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,393 701 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,672 - In no time, the room was like a Sanhedrin. 702 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,917 10 rabbis, a circumciser, 10 students and onlookers. 703 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:51,678 A hen. 704 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,630 Confusion in numbers. 705 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,274 Fear of the police, of everything. 706 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,869 - We need to know if the dead man has a foreskin 707 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,436 to decide on the right burial ritual. 708 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,710 Bless the heavens I'm here. 709 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,559 My diagnosis 710 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,159 is worth an official rabbi's certificate. 711 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,477 - What if he's Christian? You call a priest? 712 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,875 They'll call it a ritual murder! 713 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,548 - We could do the Christian ritual. 714 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:20,910 - You know how to do a Catholic burial? 715 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:22,473 - I know some Latin. 716 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,910 - You'll say the Kaddish in Latin? 717 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,715 - Maybe he's Jewish! The crate was full of Talmuds. 718 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,673 - How does that help? Jewish or not, he's Russian! 719 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,872 Do Jews there bury their dead like us? 720 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,593 - Of course, master. 721 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,951 - Taking dictation in French makes you a genius! 722 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,390 Close it up, 723 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,238 and ship him back to Russia. 724 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,749 - We have to take the books out first. 725 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:47,756 726 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,109 - May God curse 727 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,196 he who leaves a man unburied! 728 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,709 729 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:53,511 730 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,836 It's like finding Moses in his basket 731 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,429 and putting him back on the Nile! 732 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,359 - We'll send him back where he comes from. 733 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,074 - Out of the question. - They all agree 734 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:05,918 - Yes! 735 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:07,155 736 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,874 He's not even dead. I'll show you! 737 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:12,510 - Oh! 738 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:14,073 739 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:15,270 - Oh! 740 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,909 - One of the undead! Shut him up in his crate! 741 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:25,271 742 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:26,595 743 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,032 (In Russian) 744 00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:36,793 - They can't understand him, just like me. 745 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:40,715 - Miaou. Miaou. 746 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:41,591 Miaou! 747 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,158 They don't know how to listen. 748 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,476 - Doesn't anyone speak Russian here? 749 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,240 - I understand you. - A talking cat! 750 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,637 - No human has listened to me in ages! 751 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:54,989 No one understands me. 752 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,476 - That's a pity. You can't be my interpreter then? 753 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,319 - No, but we can talk. That can help. 754 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,670 - These people, this house. 755 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:04,995 Is this Algeria? 756 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,509 - Yes, this is Algiers. In Algeria. 757 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:08,675 - That's good. 758 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,714 759 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:12,035 760 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:13,275 761 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,830 - Give him air! - He's not well. 762 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:17,951 - The Russian's not well. 763 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:19,513 - I just said that. - Out with you! 764 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:20,630 765 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,271 - We will sit in the yard. 766 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,512 How's our survivor? 767 00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:29,712 I have an idea how we can communicate. 768 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,876 We'll use the prayers. 769 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,073 Hey, Michel Strogoff! 770 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,589 Do you understand these prayers? 771 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,673 - Mode... oni... 772 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:39,756 - Lefaneha. 773 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:40,790 - Lefaneho. 774 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,150 - Terrible pronunciation! 775 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:44,395 Shalom aleichem. 776 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:45,510 - Shalom oleichem. 777 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:47,597 - Oh, la la, la la! 778 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,270 - You understand? - He uses O's for A's in the prayers. 779 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:52,833 - Try talking in Hebrew. 780 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,110 - No one speaks Hebrew, daughter. 781 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,709 Ladino and Castilian are languages. 782 00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,592 Hebrew is just for prayers. 783 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:01,630 784 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,591 - Zlabya! Do your chores. 785 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,234 Get inside, the boy needs air. 786 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,908 Are you hypnotised, or what? Go inside! 787 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:10,791 788 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,228 - What's his problem? 789 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,398 - He needs my help! Can I refuse to help a fugitive? 790 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,478 - What fugitive? 791 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,513 Think he was stupid enough to flee his country in a crate? 792 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:23,358 - So he was playing hide and seek? 793 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,275 - What are you doing? You're not smart, huh? 794 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,391 To fill your pockets with paints instead of sandwiches. 795 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,989 - Dad! 796 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,111 Take him seriously. 797 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,039 Look... It seems to be moving. 798 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,550 799 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:46,878 - That's it, he's mad. 800 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,799 He left Russia to lose himself in Africa. 801 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:50,830 - Da, da! 802 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,758 - Vastenov. Vastenov. 803 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:53,790 - Vastenov? 804 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,558 That's a Russia name. 805 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,672 A Russian living in Algiers? - Da! Da! 806 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,199 Vastenov! 807 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,231 - A Russian? In Algiers? Ha, ha! 808 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,273 A needle in a haystack! 809 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,119 - Go on, Dad! You know people, 810 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:09,719 you'll find him. 811 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,559 - Zlabya thinks I know everyone... 812 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,399 Surely someone here can help me. 813 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,750 - Try the Russian church. 814 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:18,995 Miaou, miaou. 815 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,713 - Stop mewing, will you! 816 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,514 Let's try the Russian church. 817 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,392 - What a brilliant idea. 818 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:31,949 - Father? 819 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,114 - Come in, come in. 820 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:35,992 - I'm Rabbi Sfar, 821 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,589 from the synagogue near the harbour. 822 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,472 Sorry to bother you, 823 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,752 but I need someone who speaks Russian. 824 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,518 - But I'm Catholic. 825 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:47,199 - In an Orthodox church? 826 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,710 - The place was abandoned so my diocese sent me here. 827 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,593 - So you don't know any Russians? 828 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,313 - I do know one. 829 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,511 But he prays without me. 830 00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:00,678 He's a rather extravagant fellow, Mr Vastenov. 831 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:01,790 Mr Vastenov. 832 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,309 - Are you joking? 833 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,317 - Not at all. - How can I find him? 834 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:07,157 - He's here. 835 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:08,236 - Here? - Look. 836 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,795 He arrives every day in a fancy car, 837 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,831 accompanied by a beautiful woman. 838 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,271 He must be depraved to pray an hour a day! 839 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,436 - Ah! God! 840 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,153 You'll never see me in church again! 841 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,108 You let Tsar die! 842 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,276 I will not come back! 843 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:31,711 - It's good to berate the Lord, my son. 844 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,717 It shows you believe in Him. 845 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:34,875 - Ah! 846 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,038 - You look retired. - Retired? 847 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,073 I have sexual activity! 848 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:42,110 Night and day! 849 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,272 I run, swim... 850 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,755 - I'm sure you do. 851 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,270 This is Rabbi Sfar. He wishes to meet you. 852 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:54,473 - I never refuse to drink with new friends! 853 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:55,999 854 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:00,918 - Urchins, rabbi? - Thank you. 855 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:02,030 I'm not allowed them. 856 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:03,715 857 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:06,351 - Delicious. 858 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,069 - And the murder? 859 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:09,349 - Pardon me? 860 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,596 - You never killed someone? 861 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,268 - My son. - You neither? 862 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,118 What I miss most 863 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,958 since exile 864 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,037 is murder! 865 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,274 I'm very bored. 866 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,198 Luckily, there's 867 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:24,991 love. 868 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:26,189 869 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,239 - The love of God? 870 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:29,998 871 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,714 I love my late wife. 872 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:36,312 I love my daughter, my cat and the Torah. 873 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,352 - I love alcohol, women, my car, tobacco, 874 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:41,675 and literature! 875 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,108 - That's for 876 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:44,275 the young. 877 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,631 You act young to avoid looking at your life. 878 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,355 The time given to us is like a stone thrown in the air. 879 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,028 It always falls back down. 880 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:56,231 - Hrmmm... explain. 881 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,113 - When I drive a car, I watch the road. 882 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:00,799 883 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,513 - That's sad! 884 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:03,917 Oh! 885 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:05,556 Let's drink. 886 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:16,235 - Get out of here! 887 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,029 Idol worshippers! 888 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:21,075 - Whoa, whoa! What's going on? 889 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,193 - The undead fellow has decided to paint your daughter! 890 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:26,196 - So? 891 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:27,230 - "So"? 892 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:29,556 The second commandment forbids it! 893 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,672 "You shall have no other God but me. 894 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,711 "You shall make no carved image..." 895 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:35,750 - I know it. 896 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:39,793 It's a nice painting. 897 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,752 Surely we can let them carry on. 898 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:42,676 - Right... 899 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,633 He'll be sleeping with her next! 900 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,751 - Enough! Rabbi, I respect you, 901 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,155 but this is my house. 902 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:51,270 Go home. 903 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,233 - Abraham, you let a child order me around? 904 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,554 I demand you burn that painting, 905 00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,990 and punish your daughter harshly! 906 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,599 - Yes, women must obey! 907 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,279 - Get out, you old wreck! 908 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,471 And take your student too! 909 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:09,673 Find a fiancee instead of hanging out with an old man. 910 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,758 He's sweating! He can't look me in the eye! 911 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,313 Get out of my house. 912 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,351 913 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,516 - Who's that? - A Russian. 914 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:19,869 - You collect them! 915 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,640 - What's so funny? My daughter shaming me? 916 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,910 - Yes, she's wonderful! 917 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,032 I've never seen a Jew angry before. 918 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:30,629 In Russia, always with head lowered. 919 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,115 Your daughter would scare Cossacks! 920 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:34,389 921 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,719 You're a fine specimen of Jew. 922 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:39,432 - Oh! 923 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,312 - Just watch her from afar. 924 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,159 Translate the Russian and stay away from her. 925 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:45,190 - He's Vastenov? 926 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,196 You found him? - Vastenov! 927 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,073 - Let's go somewhere where we men can talk. 928 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:52,315 - And my portrait? 929 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:53,714 930 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,310 - So why's this Russian in Algiers? 931 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:01,555 - He's a Jew. 932 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:03,193 - We noticed. 933 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:04,913 - For us, in Russia, 934 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,236 a Jew is not a Russian. 935 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:08,759 It stays a Jew. 936 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:10,388 - What's the difference? 937 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,033 - It changes everything. 938 00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:14,879 A Russian, you challenge to a duel. 939 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:16,991 A Jew, you burn. 940 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:18,997 A Russian, you seduce his wife. 941 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,475 A Jew, you take. - Even since 942 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:22,795 the revolution? 943 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,149 944 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,590 - You have a sense of humour! I like it! 945 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:27,835 - Can you ask him 946 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,076 what he wants? 947 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,191 (In Russian) 948 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,115 What did he say? 949 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:42,912 - He has to go to Ethiopia. 950 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:44,872 - Tell them I'm not mad. 951 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:49,232 - He's a madman who doesn't know geography. 952 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:53,433 - In Ethiopia live descendants of Queen of Sheba and King of Solomon. 953 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:57,997 - He says: "Some negroes there are Jews too." 954 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,270 - A Zionist! He wants to found a Jewish land! 955 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,278 - I want to paint that vast country. - A land without people, 956 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:04,993 for a people without land! 957 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:09,159 The Jewish Agency sent him. We must help. Let's go to Ethiopia! 958 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,271 Just imagine: African Jews! 959 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:12,993 - We're African Jews, my son. 960 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:14,838 - I mean Black Africa. 961 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,873 - Black Jews? It's a sin to say that, my son. 962 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:19,752 - Abraham! You're a racist! 963 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,838 - I'm just saying no one ever saw a black Jew. 964 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:24,999 - I'm not shocked. 965 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,839 - He says its natural for him. 966 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,110 -Perhaps in Russia. 967 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,515 But in Africa, we are the Jews. 968 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:34,153 - Bravo! Well said. 969 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,432 - He asks how you know 970 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,551 that Moses was white. 971 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,469 - He's right. What proves our ancestors had fair skin? 972 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:48,559 - Blacks have slavery, Jews have pogroms. 973 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,433 It's a lot to bear. No one could ever deal with both! 974 00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:53,312 - I have proof for what I say. 975 00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,239 - Colour photos of Moses? 976 00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,955 - Better: A Russian Communist Party report. 977 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:04,119 It wants to exile the Jews without creating an uproar in Europe. 978 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:05,230 - A fine plan! 979 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,193 - They found black Jews in Ethiopia. 980 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,392 The Falasha. But something else interested them there. 981 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:15,593 I didn't just bring paints with me. 982 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:16,437 983 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,996 "... found a territory in Ethiopia the size of a country 984 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:21,918 "where the inhabitants 985 00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,510 "speak Aramaic and practice strict Judaism." 986 00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:28,109 An authentic document, that's for sure. 987 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:29,070 - Incredible! 988 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:32,631 - I can finance the whole expedition! 989 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:34,319 - You'll see giraffes as well? 990 00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:37,432 - With me, you have an excellent guide. 991 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,712 I could draw a map of brothels in Africa. 992 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:42,558 I know many. 993 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,354 - One second more, and I'll go to hell. 994 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:47,039 Isaac! Abraham! Come along! 995 00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:49,879 - I'm not seeking adventure. I'm just listening. 996 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,274 - Don't worry. 997 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,313 We shall travel very comfortably. 998 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,511 Even an old man can come. 999 00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:57,709 - What old man? 1000 00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:01,879 - Come, or I'll pour lead in your ears to drown out the voice of temptation! 1001 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,150 - Mr Vastenov, why did your compatriot, and my fellow Jew, 1002 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,397 have your name on him? Why you? 1003 00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:11,070 - Because I alone possess something 1004 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:15,239 that can allow a Jewish painter to cross Africa. 1005 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:17,909 1006 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:24,994 Voila! 1007 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:29,028 - A 1925 Citroen half-track! 1008 00:46:29,240 --> 00:46:30,832 What a beauty! 1009 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:34,155 1010 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:36,710 May I? 1011 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:37,796 1012 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:40,390 1013 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:44,908 1014 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:47,677 1015 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:49,233 1016 00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:52,432 Let me see to her. 1017 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,710 In a week, she'll be as good as new. 1018 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:56,797 If you want, I can drive her. 1019 00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:01,994 1020 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:08,870 - Dad! 1021 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:10,796 Papa! 1022 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,195 - Lion Malka will stay here. He'll watch over you. 1023 00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:14,719 Everything will be fine. 1024 00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:17,229 You don't want to stay with him? 1025 00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,431 - Father, I'm fond of Malka. 1026 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:21,790 But I could have come too. 1027 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,514 This voyage is an initiation! 1028 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:26,278 An incredible opportunity! 1029 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,710 It's not fair only you should go. 1030 00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:30,399 - That's the way life is. 1031 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,477 Malka, pass me the salt, will you? 1032 00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:37,588 - What are you painting on my Citroen? 1033 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:38,471 1034 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:40,477 - The symbol of Jerusalem. 1035 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,432 It will bring us luck. 1036 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:45,074 - lmpossible! If you do that, 1037 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,396 we'll be taken for Jews! 1038 00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:49,678 - And so? 1039 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:51,154 - Get rid of it! 1040 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:52,190 - No. 1041 00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:53,436 I insist. 1042 00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:57,519 - Enough. I only set off under the Russian flag. 1043 00:47:57,720 --> 00:47:58,596 1044 00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:02,156 Here's what we'll do, we'll blend the two flags. 1045 00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:04,673 - Good idea, cat. 1046 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:09,518 - You're leaving me too? 1047 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:12,234 1048 00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:16,516 Don't be sad, mistress, I'll be back soon. 1049 00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:20,315 - Do you miss Rabbi Sfar? 1050 00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:21,270 - Oh, no. 1051 00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:24,836 He must be home celebrating with his family by now. 1052 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,076 We'll see him next year. 1053 00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,919 Now, make the most of the silence. 1054 00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,190 - Yes, but it's so lonely... 1055 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:36,154 - No wonder you don't understand music, my loyal donkey. 1056 00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:39,158 You never respect the moments of silence. 1057 00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:41,754 - What's all that 1058 00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:43,393 dust over there? 1059 00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:45,238 1060 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:01,549 - Cousin! 1061 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,478 Don't we look good? 1062 00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:06,355 - Abraham! 1063 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:08,551 What's that ridiculous flag? 1064 00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,512 - It's the Russian Empire! 1065 00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:12,039 - And Jerusalem! 1066 00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:14,276 - Coming to invade Africa with us? 1067 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:15,959 - What's going on here? 1068 00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:16,876 - Listen, 1069 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:18,718 we're off on a crazy adventure. 1070 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,753 Don't worry, the madman's paying. 1071 00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:22,915 - Ah... 1072 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,674 - We need you anyhow. You can't refuse. 1073 00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:30,589 - Crossing Africa to find Jerusalem? Preposterous! 1074 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,268 But if I can learn some new songs, I'll come. 1075 00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:36,313 - We're driving a genuine Citroen half-track! 1076 00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:40,274 She did the Croisiere Noire with Audouin-Dubreuil. 1077 00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:42,471 - Let's hope she's ready to take to the road again. 1078 00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:46,389 - Look at this marvel! How much fuel does the tank contain? 1079 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:47,589 Go on, say it! 1080 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:48,949 180 Litres. 1081 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:50,149 Can you believe it? 1082 00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:51,952 - Very nice. 1083 00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:54,993 But why not take a ship to get to Ethiopia? 1084 00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:58,112 - No. We're prefer our truck. 1085 00:49:58,320 --> 00:49:59,912 1086 00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:10,159 - The painter is happy. 1087 00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,999 The Star of David shines on the flag. 1088 00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:16,158 We let him buy art materials too. 1089 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,749 He paints countless landscapes. 1090 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,758 This is the desert. What can you paint here? 1091 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,359 - The colour. 1092 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:26,233 - It's all blue. That's dull. 1093 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:28,749 - I can use other colours too. 1094 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,394 And I can swap the dune's calm lines 1095 00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:32,919 for something else. 1096 00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,793 - Why come here to reinvent everything? 1097 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:39,117 You could have done exactly the same in Russia. 1098 00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:41,436 - No. Not exactly. 1099 00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:44,757 - I prefer looking at nature than your daubs. 1100 00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:47,952 - Me too, that's why I observe closely, 1101 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:49,434 before I begin. 1102 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:51,517 I work with real things. 1103 00:50:51,720 --> 00:50:54,393 - What does it feel like when you paint? 1104 00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:57,239 - Like you, when you devour your prey. 1105 00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,192 It was prettier running free, 1106 00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:01,277 but you can't help it. 1107 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:03,357 You sink your teeth into it. 1108 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:07,155 - Ah, I understand. I think I saw a mouse. 1109 00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:13,431 1110 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:17,673 - See... That belt operates the engine. 1111 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:18,710 - And that? 1112 00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:20,273 - This? 1113 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,272 This is the radiator. 1114 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:26,515 - Tell the rabbi his cat's not well. 1115 00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:27,436 - Huh? 1116 00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:31,519 The painter says this is a cat that talks. 1117 00:51:31,720 --> 00:51:32,914 - How does he know? 1118 00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:36,032 - He claims that ever since he got to Algeria, 1119 00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:38,435 the animal never stopped talking. 1120 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:40,358 - He used to talk to me once. 1121 00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:42,994 Maybe he's chosen a new master. 1122 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:44,952 - Not praying for your cat? 1123 00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:47,435 - When my wide died, I prayed and the Almighty did nothing. 1124 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:49,119 He won't lift a finger for a cat. 1125 00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,675 1126 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:52,995 - Enough! 1127 00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:54,879 It's just a cat. 1128 00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:56,593 Bury it, and... 1129 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,358 - No! - He's important. 1130 00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:01,120 - You can't replace it like an old truck. 1131 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:03,959 For us, cats and donkeys are important. 1132 00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,276 - Because they last a long time. 1133 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,789 How can we treat scorpion stings? 1134 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:10,274 1135 00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:14,029 - I know the chief of a tribe near the Tanezrouft. 1136 00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:16,390 Their camp isn't far away. 1137 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,636 Their marabout works wonders. 1138 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:19,750 - A friend? 1139 00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:22,076 - No, but I think he respects me. 1140 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:26,635 1141 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:34,039 Be careful while we're among them! 1142 00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:36,595 They're very easily offended. 1143 00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:39,234 - What particular topic of conversation 1144 00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:40,998 must we avoid? 1145 00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,476 - Don't talk about religion. They're fanatics! 1146 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,159 - You're lucky my prince respects Sheikh Sfar. 1147 00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,113 I'd never soil my hands with a cat. 1148 00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,356 - He doesn't even have a name... 1149 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:01,709 - He'll live. 1150 00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:03,273 - My heartfelt thanks, marabout. 1151 00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:04,833 What's your name? 1152 00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:06,473 - Professor Suleyman. 1153 00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:08,671 - If you like, I'll call him Suleyman. 1154 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,475 - That would be an insult! It's a prophet's name. 1155 00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:15,831 Giving an animal that sacred name would be tactless. 1156 00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:16,870 - Forgive me. 1157 00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:19,750 He'll remain nameless then. 1158 00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:21,632 But I'll pray for you often. 1159 00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:23,114 - Are you Jewish? - Yes. 1160 00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:25,356 - Your prayers won't go far then. 1161 00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:27,752 - Thank you for the cat, then. 1162 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:32,513 - My old master... 1163 00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:33,914 - But... 1164 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:36,588 - We're back with the madmen? 1165 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:37,949 - You're talking again? 1166 00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:39,434 Oh! God be praised! 1167 00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:43,030 I don't know why you stopped nor why you've started again. 1168 00:53:43,240 --> 00:53:44,229 1169 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,954 - I never stopped, you just didn't listen. 1170 00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:49,151 - No, all you did was mew. 1171 00:53:49,360 --> 00:53:51,794 - I have a lot to tell you. 1172 00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:55,470 - These people are touchy. Don't say too much. 1173 00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:57,238 - Damn you! What are you doing? 1174 00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:01,149 - Calm down, brother. He's painting your prince, 1175 00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:03,476 to thank him for your hospitality. 1176 00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:04,829 (In Russian) 1177 00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:08,955 - Every Muslim knows that the Koran forbids 1178 00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,628 representation of the human image! 1179 00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:14,070 - I know the Koran better than you! 1180 00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:15,110 - Liar! 1181 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:17,436 - You call me a liar before your prince? 1182 00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:19,437 Here's a copy of the Koran. 1183 00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:21,039 Find a single line 1184 00:54:21,240 --> 00:54:23,800 forbidding my friend to paint your prince. 1185 00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:26,709 - Friend asks 1186 00:54:26,920 --> 00:54:29,275 if he must stop painting. 1187 00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:32,438 - No. Our tradition is wary of statues 1188 00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,278 that may lead to idolatry. 1189 00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:37,790 An outline in a frame has no shadow. It is less harmful. 1190 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:42,198 My descendants will be happy to see what I looked like. 1191 00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:46,233 - No need to tell us 1192 00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:49,557 not to talk religion! Ha ha! 1193 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:51,796 - I know. I was wrong. 1194 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,150 But I'm touchy too. 1195 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,316 For 75 years I've roamed this world, 1196 00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:59,318 hailing my prophet five times a day. 1197 00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:02,830 I can't stand being lectured to by some irate child. 1198 00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:04,837 Our God isn't full of hate. 1199 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,554 He loves science and the arts. 1200 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,991 He's never happier than when His children are at peace. 1201 00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:15,318 It's a pity he lets so many fools speak in His name. 1202 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:19,908 - My benefactor, come to the banquet. 1203 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,873 I'll give the prince his portrait. 1204 00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:24,798 I'm bound to need a translator. 1205 00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:25,955 - Ha, ha! 1206 00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:29,348 I'll load my revolver then. 1207 00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:31,516 It's the language of the future. 1208 00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:33,438 Everyone understands! 1209 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:34,629 Bang! Bang! 1210 00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:35,955 1211 00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:38,549 - You try to play the merciless old soldier. 1212 00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:41,194 But, in fact, you're respectful. 1213 00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:43,789 - Watch what you're saying, 1214 00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:45,069 painter! 1215 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:46,872 I don't respect anyone. 1216 00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:49,230 I say screw the lot of you! 1217 00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:51,874 Jews, Arabs, Reds... 1218 00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:54,150 friendship between nations. 1219 00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:54,951 Oh! 1220 00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:56,556 All crap! 1221 00:55:56,760 --> 00:55:59,638 Long live friendship between men! 1222 00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:01,273 - Voila. 1223 00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:03,436 We must go and eat now. 1224 00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:04,914 1225 00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:09,757 - Ah, my portrait. 1226 00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:12,031 1227 00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:14,150 - My friend. 1228 00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:15,270 Thank you again. 1229 00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:18,313 Without you, my cat would be dead. He's talking again too. 1230 00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:19,839 - Yes, thank you. 1231 00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:23,191 - Shhh! They're not all my friends. 1232 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,198 If they hear you, they'll think we're sorcerers 1233 00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:28,118 and behead us on the spot. 1234 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:29,435 - Miaouw. 1235 00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:30,755 - That's better. 1236 00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:33,069 1237 00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:34,670 1238 00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:40,989 I'm pleased. 1239 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:42,748 Now, let's eat. 1240 00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:45,396 1241 00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:52,597 - Still thinking about your pretty painter? 1242 00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:56,588 - You fools. I'm worried about Dad. 1243 00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:59,234 It's dangerous and he's frail. 1244 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:02,238 - Is that any way to talk about your father? 1245 00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:04,112 You father's strong and brave. 1246 00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:06,834 He knows Africa inside out. 1247 00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:07,677 - Where did he learn? 1248 00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:08,869 - At the Talmud Torah, 1249 00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:11,355 when we were kids, with his rabbi. 1250 00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:12,675 - Should I feel better? 1251 00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:16,236 - Have you read the Bible? Where is Moses' story set? 1252 00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:17,668 In Eskimoland? 1253 00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:20,030 The Bible's set in Africa. 1254 00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:23,118 A man who knows the Torah has nothing to fear. 1255 00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:25,117 - Wasn't it in the Middle East? 1256 00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:28,357 - You know better than me? Go on, speak. 1257 00:57:28,560 --> 00:57:30,039 - Sorry, Mr Malka. 1258 00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:31,878 - This is Africa. 1259 00:57:32,080 --> 00:57:33,832 This is the land of Israel. 1260 00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,070 Your father's following this path. 1261 00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:40,271 He's close to Jerusalem. 1262 00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:41,515 - Where is he now? 1263 00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:43,119 - Your father's here. 1264 00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:44,150 - Is he well? 1265 00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:46,590 - He's with a tribe of people 1266 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,950 who are very fond of Jews. 1267 00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:57,953 - Your women? 1268 00:57:58,160 --> 00:57:59,559 Where are they? 1269 00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:00,749 Where have you put 1270 00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,793 the desert maidens with heavy breasts? 1271 00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:04,989 1272 00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:08,351 - It's wise to leave certain jewels in their case. 1273 00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:10,755 - They have to finish leftovers 1274 00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:12,871 after we leave the table? 1275 00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:14,593 - Shut up now, Vastenov. 1276 00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:16,552 - Forgive him, he's a hothead. 1277 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:18,318 Don't take him seriously. 1278 00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:21,398 - I'm the hothead? 1279 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:23,556 - Prince, this is intolerable. 1280 00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:25,512 He's insulting us at our table. 1281 00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:29,315 - This old man's shameful state shows the harm drink can do. 1282 00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:34,193 - Even drunk, we can still behead him. 1283 00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:36,630 - Yes, you're right. 1284 00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:40,230 - Want to play that game? - I'm not scared of you! 1285 00:58:40,440 --> 00:58:41,668 - I love to die. 1286 00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:43,074 - I love death more than you. 1287 00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:44,918 - Ah, no, no. 1288 00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:45,757 1289 00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:49,230 - Wait! Kill each other after the meal. 1290 00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:52,989 For now, let's talk calmly to see if it's necessary. 1291 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,270 - You're right, Jew. 1292 00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:57,550 Let's discuss our religions. 1293 00:58:57,760 --> 00:58:59,239 - Not over dinner. 1294 00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:01,749 - Tell us about Islam and Judaism. 1295 00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:03,029 - What can I say? 1296 00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:05,478 Islam is very good... 1297 00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:07,318 And Judaism too. 1298 00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:10,876 They're good religions and very similar. 1299 00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:13,435 For example, Jewish and Arab pastries are the same. 1300 00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:16,598 - Don't you think Islam is better? 1301 00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:18,791 - Yes, no doubt. 1302 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,675 - Why not convert to our faith, in that case? 1303 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:26,717 - The Koran says we must respect the children of Abraham. 1304 00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:28,717 - You love Jews more than you love your brothers! 1305 00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:33,118 - Your Jew recognises Mohammed's law 1306 00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:36,437 or my sword will deal with him. 1307 00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:38,959 - That's uncalled for. 1308 00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:44,079 I'll keep my religion because I know the prayers in Hebrew 1309 00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:46,874 and I'm too old to learn new ones. 1310 00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:49,036 But my religion isn't better. 1311 00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:50,514 - Good answer, Jew! 1312 00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:51,948 1313 00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:54,469 Now listen well. 1314 00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:56,557 Which of these three prophets 1315 00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:59,752 have the longest beard? 1316 01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:01,230 Moses, 1317 01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:03,079 Jesus or Mohammed? 1318 01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:04,713 - I'll silence you! 1319 01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:05,511 - Try it! 1320 01:00:09,120 --> 01:00:11,509 - Bow down to a soldier of God!. 1321 01:00:12,560 --> 01:00:15,518 Each slain infidel brings me closer to God! 1322 01:00:15,720 --> 01:00:18,757 - I've killed more men than you. God loves me! 1323 01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:20,552 - God guides my hand. 1324 01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:23,513 If I die fighting, I'll go to paradise! 1325 01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:25,153 - God lied to you. 1326 01:00:25,560 --> 01:00:26,470 We don't go... 1327 01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:27,590 anywhere! 1328 01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:32,832 - It was an equitable duel. 1329 01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:36,350 On the field of honour, the matter is closed. 1330 01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:41,557 However, you have deprived my army of a key soldier. 1331 01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:42,954 You owe me a life. 1332 01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:46,869 Leave your painter here and I'll let you go unharmed. 1333 01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:49,514 - These men don't belong to me. 1334 01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:53,508 - Then the only gift you can offer is your wretched life. 1335 01:00:53,720 --> 01:00:55,597 - My life belongs to the Tsar! 1336 01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:05,397 - Perhaps two deaths suffice for one evening? 1337 01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:09,798 You'd show wisdom in allowing us to continue unhindered. 1338 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:10,671 - True. 1339 01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:13,553 But we must have desert first. 1340 01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:16,069 Then we'll drink tea. 1341 01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:19,909 You may leave in peace first thing tomorrow morning. 1342 01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:29,109 1343 01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:48,318 - We were allowed to take Vastenov's body with us. 1344 01:01:48,520 --> 01:01:49,475 We buried him 1345 01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:52,672 near the ancestor of my rabbi and the musician. 1346 01:01:52,880 --> 01:01:53,995 If like me, 1347 01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:56,509 he had kept silent, he'd still be here. 1348 01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:57,436 - I am proud of my cat. 1349 01:01:57,640 --> 01:02:00,200 Before, he used to talk willy-nilly. 1350 01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:03,119 I was afraid he'd get involved in the dispute. 1351 01:02:03,320 --> 01:02:05,276 But he said nothing. That's good, my cat. 1352 01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:07,516 - It doesn't mean I did nothing. 1353 01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:10,154 I sneaked into the prince's tent 1354 01:02:10,360 --> 01:02:12,316 and clawed his portrait. 1355 01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:15,114 - What a good cat! 1356 01:02:15,320 --> 01:02:16,309 - No, master. 1357 01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:18,750 I'm loving but I'm not kind. 1358 01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:19,631 - That's good. 1359 01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:23,717 1360 01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:27,469 - At this point, my rabbi will discover Blacks. 1361 01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:29,272 And I'll discover 1362 01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:31,914 he's no smarter than others. 1363 01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:34,759 - When we reach Oubangui, watch out 1364 01:02:34,960 --> 01:02:37,713 for the Ban-Da. They're cannibals. 1365 01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:40,229 They call white men "yum-yum". 1366 01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:42,556 - The rubbish you talk! 1367 01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:45,513 I didn't learn about Africa from books. 1368 01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:47,073 Put that thing away! 1369 01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:48,998 - What? This is scientific. 1370 01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,714 It's the Citroen explorer's log. 1371 01:02:51,920 --> 01:02:53,478 1372 01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:00,997 - You're not looking at anything. 1373 01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:04,829 You'll never make this journey again. Look! 1374 01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:08,350 - I'm looking, but the book's educating me too. 1375 01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:11,120 - If your Citroen lot had written that about Jews, 1376 01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:13,595 you'd say they did not understand. 1377 01:03:13,800 --> 01:03:17,634 When you see new things, look and don't speak right away. 1378 01:03:17,840 --> 01:03:21,355 - You think you're smarter than Andre Citroen. 1379 01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:23,757 He doesn't realise that 1380 01:03:23,960 --> 01:03:26,235 1381 01:03:26,440 --> 01:03:27,555 without a guide, 1382 01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:31,275 I feel like I'm in the ocean without a lifebelt. 1383 01:03:31,480 --> 01:03:32,435 - The sheikh's right. 1384 01:03:32,640 --> 01:03:34,631 You could look in silence. 1385 01:03:34,840 --> 01:03:37,149 - And not comment on what I see? 1386 01:03:37,360 --> 01:03:38,793 I've never done that. 1387 01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:41,798 - Not very French. - Not very Jewish. 1388 01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:42,750 1389 01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:44,871 - Can you scratch me here? 1390 01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:47,279 1391 01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:54,951 1392 01:04:03,160 --> 01:04:05,628 While the sheikh swaps songs, 1393 01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:09,037 my master clings to familiar things. 1394 01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:11,959 He starts making remarks. 1395 01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:14,913 - Hey! I play the darbuka too. 1396 01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:17,996 You use the back of the hand? 1397 01:04:18,200 --> 01:04:19,792 I use the flat of it. 1398 01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:23,276 - The tiny details show the extent 1399 01:04:23,480 --> 01:04:25,994 of what you don't know. 1400 01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,191 Mohamed! Listen! 1401 01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:29,992 I play like a Tuareg! 1402 01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:31,394 Go to sleep! 1403 01:04:32,880 --> 01:04:34,598 I'm tired. 1404 01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:36,995 I'll read the Citroen guide another time. 1405 01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:43,038 1406 01:04:58,760 --> 01:04:59,909 1407 01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:15,074 1408 01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:16,909 1409 01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:27,550 1410 01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:29,629 1411 01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:31,389 1412 01:05:32,120 --> 01:05:33,075 1413 01:05:34,280 --> 01:05:37,033 - In the Belgian Congo, we meet a young reporter. 1414 01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:40,198 - I didn't know they had Israelites in Black Africa. 1415 01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:42,197 - And his dog is stupid. 1416 01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:44,789 - Boss, you no claw me, ok? 1417 01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:47,911 - He thinks we're idiots. 1418 01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:51,192 - You see? This is the paper I write in. 1419 01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:53,709 I don't actually write, of course. 1420 01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:57,117 We use an invention called printing. 1421 01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:00,039 Can you decipher Western script? 1422 01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:01,070 - He talks, 1423 01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:02,633 but never listens. 1424 01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:06,435 - I'm busy washing, see. I wash once a day. 1425 01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:09,154 It keeps me healthy, free of lice... 1426 01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:12,113 Washing isn't a game, it's healthy. 1427 01:06:12,320 --> 01:06:13,673 Goodbye, my friends! 1428 01:06:13,880 --> 01:06:16,758 Remember, I'm in the paper every week! Ciao! 1429 01:06:25,480 --> 01:06:28,677 - Things are complicated in white men's towns. 1430 01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:32,111 These adventures set a high price 1431 01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:34,038 on bread and board. 1432 01:06:34,240 --> 01:06:36,037 - Not coming to sleep, Abraham? 1433 01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:37,639 - No, cousin. 1434 01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:39,353 I'm watching the truck. 1435 01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:43,674 This is scary! 1436 01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:45,996 - But we're having fun. 1437 01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:46,871 - Yes. 1438 01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:50,550 - The painter and I prefer the night's dangers. 1439 01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:54,878 We look at everything in every town, missing nothing. 1440 01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:56,513 1441 01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:03,358 The painter looks so much, he falls in love. 1442 01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:07,235 A real Russian, he does nothing by halves. 1443 01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:10,671 - Cat, tell him to stop staring, I can't work. 1444 01:07:10,880 --> 01:07:13,519 - He says he can't stop. 1445 01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:15,472 He wants to draw you. It's his job. 1446 01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:18,399 - Ask if he does this to all the girls. 1447 01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:20,079 (In Russian) 1448 01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:22,558 - He asks what time you finish. 1449 01:07:31,120 --> 01:07:32,633 - Translate for me. 1450 01:07:32,840 --> 01:07:33,670 1451 01:07:34,760 --> 01:07:36,352 1452 01:07:37,560 --> 01:07:40,836 Listen carefully, cat. Tell him that I'm not like that. 1453 01:07:42,280 --> 01:07:43,269 1454 01:07:44,400 --> 01:07:47,392 - Translate this, but with the same emotion. 1455 01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:50,232 1456 01:07:57,160 --> 01:07:59,515 - I'm a painter too. Get her to pose nude. 1457 01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:01,995 These women are goddesses. 1458 01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:04,839 I'll give you a tip for drawing blacks. 1459 01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:10,189 The Negro's specificity lies in the curve of the face. 1460 01:08:10,400 --> 01:08:11,628 You understand? 1461 01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:13,876 (In Russian) 1462 01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:17,913 - A foreigner? Never mind. 1463 01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:20,472 Here are the basics. 1464 01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:23,319 There's no sense in drawing 1465 01:08:23,520 --> 01:08:26,193 if you don't possess the rudiments of anatomy. 1466 01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:27,797 1467 01:08:28,760 --> 01:08:29,590 Savage! 1468 01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:32,712 - Tell him not to get into such a state. 1469 01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:37,594 I've heard worse than that. 1470 01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:38,994 (In Russian) 1471 01:08:40,960 --> 01:08:43,952 - In his country, they do similar drawings of Jews. 1472 01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:45,912 - We were made to meet. 1473 01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:47,678 - Tell her I'll take her to the land 1474 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:50,348 where the Blacks and Jews come from. 1475 01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:53,028 Tell her there's no racism there. 1476 01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:55,879 - You really want me to translate that? 1477 01:08:57,720 --> 01:08:59,119 - Wake up, you adventurer! 1478 01:08:59,320 --> 01:09:00,753 Time to go! 1479 01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:02,476 1480 01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:05,240 He needs to sleep. 1481 01:09:05,440 --> 01:09:08,637 He's in love with me. I'm coming to his Jerusalem. 1482 01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:11,434 I think I love him too. 1483 01:09:15,240 --> 01:09:16,992 - He's not coming? 1484 01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:19,634 - He's in love. He wants us to take a waitress along. 1485 01:09:19,840 --> 01:09:20,511 - Ah! 1486 01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:23,996 If she accepts, God is great, and that's good news. 1487 01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:25,235 - Why? 1488 01:09:25,440 --> 01:09:28,557 - I couldn't keep drinking your coffee all the way 1489 01:09:28,760 --> 01:09:30,079 to Ethiopia. 1490 01:09:30,280 --> 01:09:32,430 - I'm insulted. My daughter likes me coffee. 1491 01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:34,517 - She's a good girl. 1492 01:09:35,160 --> 01:09:37,435 - How do you know the waitress' coffee is better than mine? 1493 01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:42,832 - I dreamt of your father. 1494 01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:45,793 You know, my dreams are always true. 1495 01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:47,115 - How is he, Malka? 1496 01:09:47,320 --> 01:09:48,992 - He's well, thank God. 1497 01:09:49,200 --> 01:09:51,156 But he's been in danger. 1498 01:09:51,360 --> 01:09:52,918 I saw your father on a battlefield. 1499 01:09:53,120 --> 01:09:55,918 Tribes of black men were clashing. 1500 01:09:58,440 --> 01:09:59,475 But all of a sudden, 1501 01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:02,513 Rabbi Sfar held up the Tables of the Law 1502 01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:05,757 and all the fighters put down their weapons. 1503 01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:07,871 - Really? - Certainly. 1504 01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:11,959 He said: 'Stop fighting. You must shake hands." 1505 01:10:12,160 --> 01:10:15,118 They're all friends now, God be praised. 1506 01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:17,675 - You're kind, trying to reassure me. 1507 01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:21,111 - I don't know why he had to go so far away. 1508 01:10:21,320 --> 01:10:24,312 He even took my cat. - Listen, my girl. 1509 01:10:24,520 --> 01:10:26,238 Your father is old, that's true. 1510 01:10:26,440 --> 01:10:30,319 This journey may well be his last great adventure. 1511 01:10:30,520 --> 01:10:33,717 So it's good to let him go. 1512 01:10:34,240 --> 01:10:35,229 1513 01:10:37,640 --> 01:10:39,710 - The journey lasts months. 1514 01:10:39,920 --> 01:10:42,480 No one complains. The old laugh at everything. 1515 01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:44,671 Even our mechanical problems. 1516 01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:47,348 When they see animals, they become pompous. 1517 01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:50,677 They thank God for the richness of Creation. 1518 01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:54,475 They're like two little boys discovering the world. 1519 01:10:54,680 --> 01:10:56,989 1520 01:10:57,200 --> 01:10:59,509 As for the lovers, they get acquainted. 1521 01:10:59,720 --> 01:11:03,633 Thanks to his African, my Russian is learning French. 1522 01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:04,511 1523 01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:06,275 (In French) You... 1524 01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:07,674 ... love me? 1525 01:11:08,760 --> 01:11:09,795 Not laugh! 1526 01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:12,150 Hard for me speak French! 1527 01:11:12,360 --> 01:11:15,511 - I laughed because other white people speak to me like that. 1528 01:11:15,720 --> 01:11:17,836 But you can't help it! 1529 01:11:23,360 --> 01:11:26,158 - She black so you won't marry us? 1530 01:11:26,360 --> 01:11:28,430 - We have no laws forbidding Blacks. 1531 01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:31,279 But I need two Jews for a Jewish wedding! 1532 01:11:31,480 --> 01:11:34,392 - A non-Jewish wedding then. - I'm not authorised to do that. 1533 01:11:34,600 --> 01:11:37,797 - I can take the same god as him. 1534 01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:39,797 - Yes, but its complicated. You can't decide on a whim. 1535 01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:43,310 You study for years to become Jewish. 1536 01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:46,159 - My village full Jews who never study. 1537 01:11:46,360 --> 01:11:49,557 - If Jewish people are ignorant, that's God's fault. 1538 01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:51,478 - But if I convert 1539 01:11:51,680 --> 01:11:54,831 someone who doesn't know the 613 laws, I'm the guilty one. 1540 01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:57,110 - You guilty then! Fine! 1541 01:11:57,320 --> 01:11:58,389 Hurry! I want to marry her. 1542 01:11:59,280 --> 01:11:59,996 - All right. 1543 01:12:01,080 --> 01:12:04,356 The greatest Jewish wise man was Hillel. 1544 01:12:04,560 --> 01:12:07,393 He summed up our laws in one line: 1545 01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:09,716 "Love your neighbour as yourself." 1546 01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:12,070 - Who's my neighbour? - I am. 1547 01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:14,157 - I love you! 1548 01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:18,750 - Mazel Tov! 1549 01:12:21,160 --> 01:12:23,674 - What must God think of a rabbi like me? 1550 01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:27,111 - Maybe he sees you as someone raising the level. 1551 01:12:27,320 --> 01:12:30,437 - Perhaps. You never know what to think with God. 1552 01:12:30,640 --> 01:12:33,791 - It's enough to tell yourself God is a decent guy. 1553 01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:34,876 - Yeah. 1554 01:12:36,440 --> 01:12:39,955 - You're lucky to get him, my mistress liked him too. 1555 01:12:44,480 --> 01:12:47,233 To sum things up: On this expedition we have 1556 01:12:47,440 --> 01:12:48,589 two kids, 1557 01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:52,509 a cat, a donkey, two lovers and soon a baby. 1558 01:12:52,720 --> 01:12:54,278 It's Noah's Ark. 1559 01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:00,837 In Asmara, we meet Eritrean Jews. 1560 01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:04,032 They talk about the Falasha, Jews since the dawn of time. 1561 01:13:04,240 --> 01:13:07,118 But no one has heard of the city called Jerusalem. 1562 01:13:07,320 --> 01:13:10,869 - Tell this fool his Jerusalem doesn't exist. 1563 01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:12,559 (In Russian) 1564 01:13:12,760 --> 01:13:14,751 - He says you have no faith. 1565 01:13:14,960 --> 01:13:16,518 - A communist tells me that? 1566 01:13:16,720 --> 01:13:20,349 - They don't know it because the region is inaccessible. 1567 01:13:20,560 --> 01:13:21,788 Tell them I'm sure. 1568 01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,150 - That's supposed to reassure us? 1569 01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:30,198 - There are beasts in the water! 1570 01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:32,231 I'm sure there are! 1571 01:13:32,440 --> 01:13:35,796 I'm sure there are beasts in the water! 1572 01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:37,558 - Cut it out! 1573 01:13:37,760 --> 01:13:38,670 1574 01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:40,917 1575 01:13:46,520 --> 01:13:50,354 - Bless you, Lord, for allowing us crocodile meat. 1576 01:13:50,560 --> 01:13:54,439 And give us strength. We can't go on. 1577 01:13:54,640 --> 01:13:56,073 - Amen. 1578 01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:02,718 - The track is so rough, we abandon the truck. 1579 01:14:02,920 --> 01:14:04,353 Even the donkey gives up. 1580 01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:09,793 - Remember where I am. 1581 01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:11,479 Don't abandon me! 1582 01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:12,510 - I promise. 1583 01:14:16,440 --> 01:14:18,829 Even the two Sfars can't go on. 1584 01:14:19,040 --> 01:14:21,235 - You should give up, my friend. 1585 01:14:21,440 --> 01:14:24,352 - No, it's my dream. - And you, with your baby? 1586 01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:26,994 - I go where my love goes. 1587 01:14:28,720 --> 01:14:29,596 - Wait! 1588 01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:31,153 I'll accompany you. 1589 01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:35,473 Watch your step! 1590 01:14:35,880 --> 01:14:39,031 - All the Jews and Blacks come from this city. 1591 01:14:41,040 --> 01:14:43,554 Maybe Adam and Eve too. 1592 01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:47,719 Maybe Adam and Eve are still alive, 1593 01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:49,911 thanks to their very balanced diet. 1594 01:14:52,920 --> 01:14:54,876 Look. We're here! - Woah! 1595 01:14:55,080 --> 01:14:56,877 What a view! 1596 01:14:57,600 --> 01:14:59,113 This is it! 1597 01:14:59,320 --> 01:15:01,276 - The city of our origins. 1598 01:15:01,480 --> 01:15:03,152 - Fantastic! 1599 01:15:03,360 --> 01:15:05,590 - They lived in peace for 2,000 years. 1600 01:15:05,800 --> 01:15:07,677 Far from racism, from hatred! 1601 01:15:07,880 --> 01:15:08,869 1602 01:15:09,080 --> 01:15:11,913 It's magnificent! 1603 01:15:12,120 --> 01:15:14,350 - Our home at last! 1604 01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:15,754 We'll be loved here. 1605 01:15:16,360 --> 01:15:17,156 1606 01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:18,429 (Unknown language) 1607 01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:22,071 - It's not visiting time. 1608 01:15:22,280 --> 01:15:25,909 - They don't know who we are. We're in your tribe! 1609 01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:27,838 Don't kill us. 1610 01:15:28,040 --> 01:15:28,711 1611 01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:32,433 - They're big. 1612 01:15:32,640 --> 01:15:33,959 1613 01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:38,959 - They don't seem very friendly. - They don't know us yet. 1614 01:15:39,160 --> 01:15:41,993 Language barrier. - I understand. 1615 01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:43,952 They're telling you to get lost. 1616 01:15:44,160 --> 01:15:45,912 - Misunderstanding! 1617 01:15:46,120 --> 01:15:48,680 Explain: we're Jewish like them. 1618 01:15:48,880 --> 01:15:52,270 - We all have the same religion... 1619 01:15:56,360 --> 01:15:56,997 - See? 1620 01:15:57,200 --> 01:15:58,553 They're adopting us. 1621 01:15:59,280 --> 01:16:00,508 (Unknown language) 1622 01:16:00,720 --> 01:16:02,472 Ah... what did they say? 1623 01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:06,036 - l can translate, but you won't like it. 1624 01:16:06,240 --> 01:16:07,309 They say 1625 01:16:07,520 --> 01:16:10,512 they never saw a pink Jew like you. 1626 01:16:10,720 --> 01:16:11,596 1627 01:16:11,800 --> 01:16:14,075 - I'll draw you. 1628 01:16:14,280 --> 01:16:16,748 A portrait of each one of you. 1629 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:20,754 - It's so pretty. 1630 01:16:20,960 --> 01:16:23,997 Hello sir, very pretty. 1631 01:16:24,200 --> 01:16:27,590 What a big bathroom! 1632 01:16:27,800 --> 01:16:30,109 Hello! Having a nice soak? 1633 01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:33,198 Hello. Magnificent. 1634 01:16:33,400 --> 01:16:34,310 1635 01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:36,715 What's the matter? 1636 01:16:36,920 --> 01:16:38,717 What the... Ah! 1637 01:16:38,920 --> 01:16:39,716 1638 01:16:39,920 --> 01:16:40,955 1639 01:16:43,640 --> 01:16:44,834 1640 01:16:45,040 --> 01:16:46,678 No, please... 1641 01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:47,551 1642 01:16:47,760 --> 01:16:48,431 1643 01:16:51,960 --> 01:16:53,951 1644 01:16:54,160 --> 01:16:55,354 - You're annoying! 1645 01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:56,709 (Prayers in Hebrew) 1646 01:16:58,320 --> 01:16:59,469 What's that? 1647 01:17:02,360 --> 01:17:03,998 It's... it's... 1648 01:17:06,440 --> 01:17:07,873 But it's... 1649 01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:11,117 A bar mitzvah! 1650 01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:13,515 I want to do 1651 01:17:13,720 --> 01:17:15,233 my bar mitzvah too! 1652 01:17:17,240 --> 01:17:19,231 Hey, friends! 1653 01:17:19,440 --> 01:17:22,637 Afer he finishes, can I do mine too? 1654 01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:23,431 1655 01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:24,675 1656 01:17:24,880 --> 01:17:26,074 1657 01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:28,114 - There we go. 1658 01:17:29,200 --> 01:17:30,679 - I just wanted 1659 01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:32,916 to do my bar mitzvah. Help! 1660 01:17:33,120 --> 01:17:36,032 - A bit stylised, but drawn with love. 1661 01:17:36,240 --> 01:17:36,990 1662 01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:38,633 1663 01:17:39,600 --> 01:17:40,589 - No! 1664 01:17:41,560 --> 01:17:43,039 1665 01:17:44,800 --> 01:17:46,438 - Let's go, please? 1666 01:17:46,640 --> 01:17:48,153 - Cat, you help me. 1667 01:17:48,360 --> 01:17:50,669 Translate. - Not right now. 1668 01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:53,269 - There's a misunderstanding. 1669 01:17:53,480 --> 01:17:56,313 - He says you're an idol worshipper, stealing their faces. 1670 01:17:56,520 --> 01:17:58,238 - Who are they? 1671 01:17:58,440 --> 01:18:01,477 - They don't want me to do my bar mitzvah. 1672 01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:04,069 - Don't run away, cat. 1673 01:18:04,280 --> 01:18:05,952 Solve all problems 1674 01:18:06,160 --> 01:18:07,309 through dialogue. 1675 01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:13,797 1676 01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:33,353 - You're right. 1677 01:18:33,560 --> 01:18:34,913 Stay as you are. 1678 01:18:35,120 --> 01:18:38,078 Don't change your way of life. 1679 01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:41,955 You're just like the rest of mankind. 1680 01:18:42,840 --> 01:18:45,035 I prefer cats. 1681 01:18:45,520 --> 01:18:47,272 1682 01:18:47,480 --> 01:18:48,799 We set off again! 1683 01:18:50,240 --> 01:18:51,673 We find the Sfars. 1684 01:18:51,880 --> 01:18:53,996 We find the donkey. 1685 01:18:54,200 --> 01:18:56,316 We find the truck. 1686 01:18:56,520 --> 01:18:58,590 - You see, your city doesn't exist. 1687 01:18:59,480 --> 01:19:01,152 - We told you so. 1688 01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:05,799 - Husband... 1689 01:19:06,280 --> 01:19:08,555 Your story is funny. 1690 01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:12,679 - I always thought your city was a dumb idea. 1691 01:19:14,280 --> 01:19:15,793 - What do we tell the others? 1692 01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:17,956 Do we tell them it exists, or not? 1693 01:19:19,360 --> 01:19:21,351 - I think we must lie to them. 1694 01:19:21,560 --> 01:19:25,599 Talking about things as they are isn't my job. 1695 01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:28,311 - I'll go, if I'm in the way. 1696 01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:32,748 1697 01:19:36,800 --> 01:19:38,233 That's really swinging! 1698 01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:41,470 That's not Maalouf. 1699 01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:44,274 - I pinched a few ideas 1700 01:19:44,480 --> 01:19:47,119 from Django Reinhardt in Constantine. Want to sing with me? 1701 01:19:47,320 --> 01:19:49,914 - No, talking is already hard enough. 1702 01:19:50,120 --> 01:19:51,997 I'll learn to sing another time. 1703 01:19:53,080 --> 01:19:55,071 Writing to Zlabya, master? 1704 01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:57,271 - Yes. - Have you mentioned me? 1705 01:19:57,480 --> 01:19:58,959 - You're very curious. 1706 01:19:59,160 --> 01:20:00,957 - Have you said I'm talking again? 1707 01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:03,913 - I say you've travelled and learned a lot 1708 01:20:04,120 --> 01:20:06,076 and that you have become a good cat. 1709 01:20:06,280 --> 01:20:09,238 - Please tell her we'll be home soon. 1710 01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:11,749 Tell her I love her with all my heart. 1711 01:20:11,960 --> 01:20:15,509 that I dream of nestling against her breast... 1712 01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:18,757 - Are you telling me how to write to my daughter? 1713 01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:21,155 Get out of here! 1714 01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:27,033 - Oh, Eternal God of Abraham, allow me to return to Zlabya. 1715 01:20:27,240 --> 01:20:30,118 Ask her to care for me and love me as always. 1716 01:20:30,320 --> 01:20:32,880 God of heaven and earth, carry me to her arms. 1717 01:20:33,080 --> 01:20:36,152 Keep her happy with me for ever and ever. 1718 01:20:40,160 --> 01:20:43,550 May she never marry or have children! Amen. 1719 01:20:53,160 --> 01:20:54,957 1720 01:20:55,160 --> 01:20:56,991 O Eternal 1721 01:20:59,640 --> 01:21:01,039 God of Abraham 1722 01:21:03,680 --> 01:21:05,591 Allow me to return 1723 01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:07,953 to my mistress 1724 01:21:09,800 --> 01:21:12,189 Make her to love me 1725 01:21:12,400 --> 01:21:13,389 Always 1726 01:21:15,320 --> 01:21:17,276 God of Heaven and 1727 01:21:17,480 --> 01:21:18,959 Earth. 1728 01:21:22,080 --> 01:21:25,390 Make her care for me 1729 01:21:28,440 --> 01:21:30,032 Carry me 1730 01:21:30,520 --> 01:21:31,635 To her heart 1731 01:21:32,280 --> 01:21:33,872 To her arms. 1732 01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:36,760 May she never marry 1733 01:21:36,760 --> 01:21:38,876 May she never marry 1734 01:21:39,080 --> 01:21:41,036 May she never have children 1735 01:21:41,240 --> 01:21:42,798 May she never marry 1736 01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:44,911 May she never have children 1737 01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:46,678 May she never marry 1738 01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:48,791 May she never have children 1739 01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:52,436 1740 01:22:15,960 --> 01:22:17,871 1741 01:23:32,960 --> 01:23:36,635 1742 01:23:40,520 --> 01:23:44,149 1743 01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:48,110