1 00:00:06,390 --> 00:00:09,460 resync from nvmy 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:17,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 3 00:02:29,460 --> 00:02:30,420 Ah! 4 00:03:30,490 --> 00:03:34,050 - Jews aren't keen on dogs. 5 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,710 Dogs bite you or chase you. 6 00:03:35,910 --> 00:03:39,880 Jews have been barked at for so long, they prefer cats. 7 00:03:40,070 --> 00:03:44,050 Well, at least that's what my master says. 8 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,420 My master, 9 00:03:45,620 --> 00:03:48,380 is Rabbi Sfar. I don't have a name. 10 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:51,920 Throughout Algiers, I'm known as the rabbi's cat. 11 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:54,550 - Mmm 12 00:03:57,750 --> 00:03:58,880 Zlabya! 13 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:00,830 - Zlabya is my mistress. 14 00:04:01,030 --> 00:04:01,840 - Daughter! 15 00:04:02,030 --> 00:04:04,840 - Her name is like a honeyed pastry. 16 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,080 - As a girl, she'd always come running to greet me! 17 00:04:13,910 --> 00:04:15,010 Zlabya! 18 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,090 - Zlabya, 19 00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:17,590 I love you! 20 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:19,880 Zlabya, I love you! 21 00:04:20,070 --> 00:04:21,340 - What's it saying? 22 00:04:21,530 --> 00:04:24,960 - She wanted him to say, "Knidelette I love you". 23 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,420 - My name's too sophisticated. 24 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:30,830 It's hard for a bird to say. You see, Rabbi? 25 00:04:31,030 --> 00:04:33,000 Zlabya is more common. 26 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,630 - Even boys don't say, "Knidelette, I love you" 27 00:04:36,830 --> 00:04:40,500 - Oh, yeah? And are they queuing up at your door? 28 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:43,590 - Without Dad, there'd be a riot to see me. 29 00:04:43,790 --> 00:04:46,720 - What's this talk in a rabbi's house? 30 00:04:46,910 --> 00:04:50,250 - I mean, I'm lucky Dad watches over me. 31 00:04:51,950 --> 00:04:53,210 - And my cat. 32 00:04:55,910 --> 00:04:57,420 - Knidelette, don't you have chores? 33 00:04:57,620 --> 00:04:58,430 - No. 34 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:01,840 - That's a polite way of saying, "Leave us in peace". 35 00:05:02,030 --> 00:05:04,340 - Ok, I get it. 36 00:05:04,540 --> 00:05:05,760 - See you tomorrow. 37 00:05:05,950 --> 00:05:07,880 - That's right. See you tomorrow. 38 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:10,710 - I love you, Zlabya! I love you! 39 00:05:11,910 --> 00:05:13,840 - You dear little cat. 40 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,210 That parrot annoys you, doesn't he? 41 00:05:16,410 --> 00:05:18,960 - You love that cat more than your dad! 42 00:05:19,170 --> 00:05:22,920 In a fire, who would you prefer to save: 43 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,010 the cat or your old father? 44 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,130 - Dad! Stop the emotional blackmail. 45 00:05:28,330 --> 00:05:29,540 Mmm 46 00:05:29,750 --> 00:05:32,000 - Do your piano practice. - Yes, Dad. 47 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,840 - Make sure I can hear. 48 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,510 - Yes, Daddy dear. 49 00:05:37,290 --> 00:05:38,550 - Zlabya! 50 00:05:38,750 --> 00:05:40,250 I love you, Zlabya. 51 00:05:40,450 --> 00:05:42,590 - What a pain in the neck! 52 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:44,840 - Zlabya! Zlabya. 53 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,380 Zlabya. 54 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:47,670 Zlabya. 55 00:06:47,870 --> 00:06:49,500 Zlabya. 56 00:06:56,790 --> 00:06:58,010 - My parrot! 57 00:06:58,210 --> 00:06:59,120 Did you just eat my parrot? 58 00:06:59,330 --> 00:07:00,040 - No. 59 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,500 - What? - Wasn't me. 60 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:02,960 - So where is it? 61 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:03,880 - Humph! 62 00:07:04,950 --> 00:07:06,130 - Dad, what's wrong? 63 00:07:06,330 --> 00:07:09,500 - I must be tired. I heard the cat speak! 64 00:07:09,710 --> 00:07:11,540 - You work too hard. 65 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:13,550 - I didn't eat the parrot. 66 00:07:13,740 --> 00:07:15,840 - What did he say? - A lie! 67 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,630 He kills, he lies, 68 00:07:17,830 --> 00:07:19,670 this animal's the Sheitan. 69 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,040 - Dad, the cat can talk! 70 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,550 - Spare me the song and dance. 71 00:07:24,750 --> 00:07:26,840 - My cat! It's a miracle! 72 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,880 - Keep away, this animal may be dangerous. 73 00:07:30,070 --> 00:07:33,840 - I've always served you. Why be wary of me now I can talk? 74 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,420 - Because your first words are a lie! 75 00:07:36,620 --> 00:07:39,010 - I didn't eat it! I wasn't hungry. 76 00:07:39,210 --> 00:07:42,460 - You Cain! You're lying to cover up a murder! 77 00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:44,670 - You can't condemn a cat for eating a bird. 78 00:07:44,870 --> 00:07:47,260 Will you put him in prison? 79 00:07:48,870 --> 00:07:51,960 - "Deeply alarmed by Julien's appearance, 80 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,720 "Madame de Renal soon fell prey to merciless dread. 81 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:59,330 "My God, being happy, 82 00:07:59,540 --> 00:08:01,920 "being loved, is this all it is?" 83 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,210 - What's that? 84 00:08:03,410 --> 00:08:05,420 - Stendhal. - "Scarlet and Black". 85 00:08:05,620 --> 00:08:06,720 - The cat's reading? 86 00:08:06,910 --> 00:08:09,460 Since when can you read? 87 00:08:09,660 --> 00:08:12,540 - I learnt with your daughter. But before I only mewed. 88 00:08:12,740 --> 00:08:14,800 - "Scarlet and Black", is it a political book? 89 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,970 The cat gave you this propaganda? 90 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:17,930 - What propaganda? 91 00:08:18,330 --> 00:08:21,040 - No, master, it's a love story. 92 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,000 - Even better... Give me that. 93 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,090 I forbid you to see this cat without me around! 94 00:08:28,290 --> 00:08:29,670 - But he's my cat! 95 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,590 - At your age, watch who you spend time with. 96 00:08:32,790 --> 00:08:34,630 I forbid you to spend time 97 00:08:34,830 --> 00:08:35,880 with just anyone. 98 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:41,090 - The rabbi's scared I'll give his daughter 99 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,710 bad ideas. 100 00:08:42,910 --> 00:08:45,710 So he keeps me with him. I'm bored! 101 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,330 - What's this? - The Talmud. 102 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:51,460 - lnteresting? 103 00:08:51,660 --> 00:08:53,960 - It explains how to be a good Jew. 104 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,760 For example: "lying is very bad." 105 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,750 - Should I feel concerned? - Why not? 106 00:08:59,950 --> 00:09:02,000 - I'm just a cat. 107 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,420 I don't know if I'm Jewish or not. 108 00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:08,180 - You are, like your masters! - I'm not circumcised! 109 00:09:08,370 --> 00:09:10,710 - Ah... We don't circumcise cats. 110 00:09:10,910 --> 00:09:12,670 - No bar mitzvah. 111 00:09:12,870 --> 00:09:14,880 - You have to be over 13 for that. 112 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,420 - I'm 7. That's 49 in cat years. I'm almost your age! 113 00:09:19,630 --> 00:09:23,050 If I'm a Jewish cat, I have to do my bar mitzvah! 114 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,380 Why do we need to see your rabbi? 115 00:09:28,580 --> 00:09:30,330 - Because you're driving me mad! 116 00:09:30,530 --> 00:09:33,500 The problem you've raised is obsessing me. 117 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:38,830 - Argh! 118 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:39,750 But... 119 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,090 - Don't leave me here. 120 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:43,340 He beats his students. 121 00:09:43,540 --> 00:09:44,920 - Shut up. 122 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:47,880 - No, no, no! 123 00:09:48,580 --> 00:09:52,420 I don't care if he talks. He's not doing his bar mitzvah! 124 00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:53,800 - May I ask why? 125 00:09:53,990 --> 00:09:55,840 - Bar mitzvahs aren't for cats. 126 00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:00,130 - Master of my master, how do humans and cats differ? 127 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,500 - God made man in his image. 128 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:06,050 - In that case, can you show me an image of God? 129 00:10:06,250 --> 00:10:07,170 - lmpossible. 130 00:10:07,370 --> 00:10:09,290 God is a word. 131 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:14,420 - So if man is like God because he can talk, I'm like man. 132 00:10:14,620 --> 00:10:16,670 - No, your words are bad 133 00:10:16,870 --> 00:10:19,040 gained through a deed of death. 134 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:21,000 - I didn't eat the parrot. 135 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,630 - You're a liar too? 136 00:10:22,830 --> 00:10:25,210 - Words let you say anything. 137 00:10:25,410 --> 00:10:28,220 Even untruths. It's wonderful. Try it. 138 00:10:28,420 --> 00:10:30,210 - Want my advice, Abraham? 139 00:10:30,410 --> 00:10:31,630 Drown your cat! 140 00:10:31,830 --> 00:10:34,460 - You think so? But I'm fond of him. 141 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:36,010 And he hates water. 142 00:10:36,210 --> 00:10:39,460 - Who are you, who wants to kill me? 143 00:10:39,660 --> 00:10:42,880 I am the Lord your God, disguised as a cat 144 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:44,210 to test you. 145 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:48,430 I am God and I am displeased with your conduct! 146 00:10:48,620 --> 00:10:49,330 You have been as hard on me 147 00:10:49,540 --> 00:10:53,380 as some Christians are on Jews! 148 00:10:54,370 --> 00:10:55,340 - Lord God! 149 00:10:55,540 --> 00:10:57,380 Forgive me for I have sinned. 150 00:10:57,580 --> 00:10:59,000 I'm guilty. 151 00:10:59,210 --> 00:11:02,170 - You are guilty but I was kidding. I'm a cat. Get up! 152 00:11:02,370 --> 00:11:03,420 - Blasphemer! 153 00:11:03,620 --> 00:11:05,920 You lie? You usurp God's name? 154 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,300 We should drown you! 155 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:08,510 - Oh... 156 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:12,460 - I want to do my barmitzvah. I want to convert to Judaism 157 00:11:12,660 --> 00:11:13,460 - Why? 158 00:11:13,660 --> 00:11:17,800 - If I'm a good Jew, the rabbi will let me see his daughter. 159 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,920 I can't live without her, 160 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:21,380 because she brings me joy, 161 00:11:21,580 --> 00:11:24,260 and love is beautiful. 162 00:11:24,950 --> 00:11:25,590 - No. 163 00:11:25,790 --> 00:11:26,590 No! 164 00:11:26,790 --> 00:11:27,550 No! 165 00:11:27,750 --> 00:11:31,630 Your reasons for converting to Judaism are bad ones. 166 00:11:31,830 --> 00:11:34,210 Your love of God isn't sincere. 167 00:11:34,410 --> 00:11:36,550 - I never mentioned my love of God. 168 00:11:38,710 --> 00:11:40,880 To become Jewish, 169 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:42,750 you must fear God, 170 00:11:42,950 --> 00:11:45,840 seek out his protection and cherish Him. 171 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,970 A Jew must see God's presence 172 00:11:48,170 --> 00:11:49,710 in all things. 173 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:51,420 Thinking of God 174 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:53,420 brings sunlight to the greyest day. 175 00:11:53,620 --> 00:11:55,300 The love of God 176 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:57,930 must be almost carnal. 177 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,830 - Oh, la la, la la. 178 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:03,090 - Loving God is important. 179 00:12:03,290 --> 00:12:05,670 We are always in His arms. 180 00:12:05,870 --> 00:12:08,130 He is strong and we're content. 181 00:12:08,330 --> 00:12:10,750 When he takes care... 182 00:12:10,950 --> 00:12:11,920 - Yes. 183 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,050 I feel exactly the same way about my mistress. 184 00:12:15,250 --> 00:12:16,050 - Animal! 185 00:12:16,250 --> 00:12:18,380 You walk around on four legs! 186 00:12:18,580 --> 00:12:22,380 You can't attain God's love! You only know ignoble love. 187 00:12:22,580 --> 00:12:25,260 - Blasphemy! My mistress is real. 188 00:12:25,450 --> 00:12:26,760 - Only God is real! 189 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,790 - God is a comforting invention. 190 00:12:29,990 --> 00:12:33,380 You're all alone, ancient, and your parents are dead. 191 00:12:33,580 --> 00:12:37,590 I'll never be alone because I'll die before my mistress. 192 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:39,170 - Be gone! 193 00:12:41,740 --> 00:12:43,710 - Angry with me? - Bad animal. 194 00:12:43,910 --> 00:12:47,220 - I want to see how the truth feels. 195 00:12:47,410 --> 00:12:50,960 - You lie when you shouldn't and use the truth to hurt. 196 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:52,880 - I hurt too now I speak. 197 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,920 My mistress used to cuddle me. 198 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,220 Oh, Zlabya... 199 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,750 I'd do anything to see her again. 200 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,300 - Shut up, I can tell you're faking it. 201 00:13:07,330 --> 00:13:09,880 - You can never return to Eden. 202 00:13:12,370 --> 00:13:14,550 - We must find another rabbi 203 00:13:14,750 --> 00:13:17,720 who'll let me do my bar mitzvah. 204 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,210 - You fool, no sane rabbi will agree to teach a cat. 205 00:13:23,910 --> 00:13:25,420 - So lets look for a mad rabbi. 206 00:13:25,620 --> 00:13:28,130 - I don't know one. - You then. 207 00:13:28,330 --> 00:13:32,130 - It's a huge responsibility. I don't want to. 208 00:13:32,790 --> 00:13:35,550 - Your daughter could teach me. 209 00:13:35,750 --> 00:13:38,050 Ok, forget it. 210 00:13:39,660 --> 00:13:43,250 The rabbi's daughter weeps for her cat. 211 00:13:43,450 --> 00:13:44,800 Her lovely cat. 212 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,260 - My cat, I want my cat. 213 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:49,380 - My mistress! 214 00:13:49,570 --> 00:13:51,590 My mistress! 215 00:13:51,780 --> 00:13:52,750 - All right. 216 00:13:52,950 --> 00:13:54,960 You win. I'll teach him about Judaism. 217 00:13:56,330 --> 00:13:58,710 But, for pity's sake, stop crying. 218 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,300 - But, Dad, I'm crying for joy now. 219 00:14:03,910 --> 00:14:07,010 - So my master sat me down 220 00:14:07,210 --> 00:14:10,000 for my first lesson in Judaism. 221 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,840 - Here's how the world began. 222 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:17,300 The Lord God created the world in seven days, 5,700 years ago. 223 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:18,260 - I'm not stupid. 224 00:14:18,460 --> 00:14:19,460 - It's true. 225 00:14:19,660 --> 00:14:23,250 - That's absurd! Carbon dating has proved 226 00:14:23,450 --> 00:14:26,090 that the world is billions of years old. 227 00:14:26,290 --> 00:14:29,790 - Maybe Noah's flood made the planet seem 228 00:14:29,990 --> 00:14:31,670 older than it is. 229 00:14:31,870 --> 00:14:34,590 - Even a kitten wouldn't fall for that! 230 00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:36,340 - My master told me so. 231 00:14:36,540 --> 00:14:38,010 - Your wise master! 232 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:42,040 - Perhaps the years only make sense if men count them. 233 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,300 Maybe the first calendar is 5,700 years old. 234 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:47,050 - Excellent explanation. 235 00:14:47,250 --> 00:14:50,040 - Now let's talk about Adam and Eve, 236 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,460 father and mother of us all. 237 00:14:52,660 --> 00:14:55,260 - Adam and Eve are a symbol! 238 00:14:55,450 --> 00:14:58,300 - Non, they're real! - What's real are 239 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:00,960 prehistoric men. - Pretentious. 240 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:01,790 - What? 241 00:15:01,990 --> 00:15:05,510 - Giving things a scientific name makes you understand? 242 00:15:11,530 --> 00:15:14,210 - This morning, my master had some mail. 243 00:15:14,410 --> 00:15:18,050 He had his breakfast before opening it. 244 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:20,290 - What are these letters? 245 00:15:20,490 --> 00:15:21,920 - Eh? 246 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,170 -One's from Paris. 247 00:15:24,870 --> 00:15:26,630 - Nothing to worry your little head about. 248 00:15:26,830 --> 00:15:29,460 - He puts them in his pocket to read later. 249 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:32,040 I think he's enjoying this. 250 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:35,760 - You come with me. 251 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:55,010 - Excuse me, 252 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,970 I'm afraid we don't serve Arabs or Jews. 253 00:15:58,170 --> 00:15:58,790 - Oh? 254 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,750 It doesn't say that anywhere. 255 00:16:00,950 --> 00:16:01,630 - Get lost. 256 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:06,170 - Come on, master. 257 00:16:09,910 --> 00:16:12,920 You were about to beat him up. 258 00:16:17,580 --> 00:16:19,210 - The fountain's good. 259 00:16:19,410 --> 00:16:21,840 Everyone is free to use it. 260 00:16:22,030 --> 00:16:25,880 And there's water, the best drink that God provides. 261 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,000 - I'd prefer a fountain with milk. 262 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,630 Time to open the mail? 263 00:16:35,660 --> 00:16:37,340 - What did the letters say? 264 00:16:37,540 --> 00:16:40,380 - I love knowing things that you don't. 265 00:16:40,570 --> 00:16:42,250 - Tell me. - For a fish. 266 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:44,960 - Now tell me! 267 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,090 - Now tickle me under the chin, mistress. 268 00:16:48,290 --> 00:16:49,420 - I'll slap you! 269 00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:51,590 Tell me! - Ok. 270 00:16:51,780 --> 00:16:55,260 The letter from Paris is about a test. 271 00:16:55,450 --> 00:16:56,420 - A medical test? 272 00:16:56,620 --> 00:16:59,210 - No, a French language test. 273 00:16:59,410 --> 00:17:00,290 - That's all? 274 00:17:00,490 --> 00:17:02,380 - The other is more interesting. 275 00:17:02,580 --> 00:17:05,340 Cousin Malka is coming to stay. 276 00:17:05,540 --> 00:17:07,380 - Lion Malka? 277 00:17:07,580 --> 00:17:08,920 - Zlabya! 278 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,840 - Yes, Dad? - Lend me some books in French. 279 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,010 - Books? What for? 280 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,960 - To do dictation. So I can become our official rabbi. 281 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:20,380 - You already are! 282 00:17:20,580 --> 00:17:22,800 - No, I am an ordinary rabbi. 283 00:17:22,990 --> 00:17:26,380 - What's it to do with the French? Why a dictation test? 284 00:17:26,580 --> 00:17:28,330 - To see if I'm qualified. 285 00:17:28,540 --> 00:17:31,250 You expect them to pick just anyone? 286 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:33,050 - It's insulting for you. 287 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,550 - What do you know? Give me some books. 288 00:17:39,490 --> 00:17:42,170 Stop looking at me like an idiot! 289 00:17:42,370 --> 00:17:44,960 Help out. Dictate to me. 290 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:46,340 - "Daphnis and Alcimadur". 291 00:17:46,540 --> 00:17:48,130 - What's that? - The title. 292 00:17:48,330 --> 00:17:49,960 - The title of a fable? 293 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:51,540 - Yes. - Pick another. 294 00:17:51,740 --> 00:17:53,050 - Fine. "The Candle". 295 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,300 - That's all? 296 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:57,130 Another fable, quick! 297 00:17:57,330 --> 00:17:58,920 - "Jupiter and the Passenger". 298 00:17:59,130 --> 00:18:01,710 "How peril would enrich the gods..." 299 00:18:01,910 --> 00:18:03,210 - "The gods"? - Oui. 300 00:18:03,410 --> 00:18:04,920 - No, that's no good. 301 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:08,960 Find me a monotheistic fable with normal animals 302 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:10,840 whose names we know. 303 00:18:11,030 --> 00:18:13,710 - "The Cat, the Weasel and the Little Rabbit"? 304 00:18:13,910 --> 00:18:14,630 - I can find one with kosher animals. 305 00:18:14,830 --> 00:18:17,340 - You prefer kosher animals? 306 00:18:17,540 --> 00:18:20,000 - Argh! Shut up and read. 307 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,750 - Shut up or read? - Read! 308 00:18:21,950 --> 00:18:23,090 - Ok. 309 00:18:23,290 --> 00:18:26,090 "From a young rabbit's dwelling, Lady Weasel..." 310 00:18:26,290 --> 00:18:27,340 - Slow down. 311 00:18:27,830 --> 00:18:29,130 Slow down. 312 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,790 - Lion Malka is coming! 313 00:18:31,990 --> 00:18:33,550 He'll sleep at our house! 314 00:18:33,740 --> 00:18:35,460 - Can we see him? 315 00:18:35,660 --> 00:18:37,550 - Yes, he'll do shows around the city 316 00:18:37,750 --> 00:18:40,040 and read at the synagogue. 317 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,710 - But can we come here to see him? 318 00:18:42,910 --> 00:18:44,880 - No, he'll be resting here. 319 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,800 - I'd make a good wife for him. 320 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,380 - You fool! Lion Malka won't be interested in you. 321 00:18:51,580 --> 00:18:53,800 He only loves desert women. 322 00:19:04,830 --> 00:19:07,050 - "The Raven, ashamed..." 323 00:19:07,790 --> 00:19:08,880 "A-sssh-amed and embarra-ssss-ed... 324 00:19:10,740 --> 00:19:12,250 - Why are you hissing? 325 00:19:12,450 --> 00:19:14,840 - "swore too late this was the last time." 326 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,050 - Ho, ho! 327 00:19:16,250 --> 00:19:19,420 - "the lasssst time." 328 00:19:20,450 --> 00:19:21,090 - There. 329 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,340 I've finished. 330 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,090 - Master, you'll never manage it without me. 331 00:19:27,290 --> 00:19:29,210 - What? I don't write that badly. 332 00:19:29,410 --> 00:19:31,290 - The handwriting is good 333 00:19:31,490 --> 00:19:34,420 but spelling is what matters most. 334 00:19:35,910 --> 00:19:37,010 - I've had an idea. 335 00:19:37,210 --> 00:19:38,010 Let's pray. 336 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:42,380 - Fine, but I'm going to come along and do the dictation for you. 337 00:19:42,580 --> 00:19:45,670 - How dare you? That's totally dishonest! 338 00:19:45,870 --> 00:19:49,380 - Master, we needn't respect the laws of the mad. 339 00:19:49,570 --> 00:19:53,420 As a rabbi, you pray in Hebrew for Arab-speaking Jews, 340 00:19:53,620 --> 00:19:56,840 and these madmen want you to write in French! 341 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,620 You'll fail without me. 342 00:20:01,490 --> 00:20:03,590 Lets sleep now, master. Hurry. 343 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,420 Before I could speak, I used to have simple dreams. 344 00:20:12,660 --> 00:20:14,840 In them, I'd chase tiny animals. 345 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,430 Bigger animals would chase me and I'd run to get away. 346 00:20:17,620 --> 00:20:18,750 I'd find refuge 347 00:20:18,950 --> 00:20:22,300 in my mistress' loving arms. 348 00:20:22,490 --> 00:20:24,670 Those were a cat's dreams. 349 00:20:25,620 --> 00:20:28,420 Now I can talk, I only have nightmares. 350 00:20:29,950 --> 00:20:32,840 I dream my mistress is sick and can't be cured. 351 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,090 I dream she vanishes, 352 00:20:35,290 --> 00:20:37,920 and they tell me she's away. 353 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:40,750 I tell everyone she's away, 354 00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:42,840 but thinking of me and will buy me a present. 355 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,220 One day, the rabbi, sick of hearing me say this, 356 00:20:47,420 --> 00:20:50,750 sits me on his knee and tells me the truth. 357 00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:53,710 She is dead. Yes. 358 00:20:53,910 --> 00:20:56,010 Now I can speak, 359 00:20:56,210 --> 00:20:58,920 I often dream my mistress is dead, 360 00:20:59,130 --> 00:21:01,590 and that the rabbi only has me. 361 00:21:01,780 --> 00:21:04,010 Then he rejects religion, 362 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,970 renounces his master, dismisses his disciples. 363 00:21:07,170 --> 00:21:10,790 Even though I don't believe, I have to pretend I do 364 00:21:10,990 --> 00:21:12,630 to cheer him up. 365 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:13,840 Come on, master... 366 00:21:14,790 --> 00:21:16,220 Come on, master! 367 00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:18,540 Look, God is everywhere. 368 00:21:18,750 --> 00:21:20,080 Even if you can't see Him. 369 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,460 - I know those lines by heart. 370 00:21:22,660 --> 00:21:25,010 - I tell him I want to do my bar mitzvah 371 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,710 to motivate him and make him feel responsible. 372 00:21:28,910 --> 00:21:31,670 - Enough of all this! 373 00:21:31,870 --> 00:21:34,170 Why do you want to be human 374 00:21:34,370 --> 00:21:37,180 when I'd like to be a cat? 375 00:21:38,210 --> 00:21:40,840 - In this dream, we both become cats. 376 00:21:41,030 --> 00:21:42,960 We roam the streets at night. 377 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,380 We root through the butcher's refuse 378 00:21:45,580 --> 00:21:47,630 where meat isn't kosher. 379 00:21:47,830 --> 00:21:49,130 Female cats mew at us, 380 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,550 I grab one by the neck to show him how. 381 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:55,010 My master won't do it. Not like that. 382 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,800 He's still too human, or too old. 383 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,790 We go to see my mistress. 384 00:22:00,990 --> 00:22:02,710 She isn't at her piano. 385 00:22:02,910 --> 00:22:05,010 She isn't in her kitchen. 386 00:22:05,910 --> 00:22:08,120 She isn't reading. 387 00:22:08,330 --> 00:22:10,080 She's in her grave. 388 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,550 And we can't go there. 389 00:22:17,250 --> 00:22:17,720 - Ah! 390 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,670 - A nightmare, master? 391 00:22:21,450 --> 00:22:23,340 Maybe I had the same one. 392 00:22:25,660 --> 00:22:26,720 - My cat, 393 00:22:27,370 --> 00:22:29,540 I preferred it when you didn't speak. 394 00:22:29,740 --> 00:22:31,040 - So did I. 395 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,370 The test is held in a school. 396 00:22:38,580 --> 00:22:40,250 My master expected to see other rabbis, but no. 397 00:22:40,450 --> 00:22:42,630 There are no other rabbis. 398 00:22:42,830 --> 00:22:45,300 We're the only ones there. 399 00:22:58,120 --> 00:22:58,920 Open up! 400 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:00,880 Hey! Open up! 401 00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:04,840 - "And, in the morning, 402 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,510 "the baker..." 403 00:23:09,820 --> 00:23:11,460 - He crossed that out! 404 00:23:11,660 --> 00:23:13,760 You're going to fail, master! 405 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:18,790 Why can I read and write if I can't help? 406 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,380 I speak for a reason after all! 407 00:23:21,580 --> 00:23:23,210 What can I do? 408 00:23:24,620 --> 00:23:27,180 God can't help you now. Or maybe... 409 00:23:27,830 --> 00:23:29,330 Barouch Ata Adonai! 410 00:23:30,330 --> 00:23:31,920 - Sacrilege! - What? 411 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,880 - Don't utter that word! It's God's name. 412 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,180 We only say it to work miracles. 413 00:23:37,370 --> 00:23:39,330 - I only thought it. 414 00:23:39,530 --> 00:23:42,300 - It's a magic word, only used for prayers. 415 00:23:42,490 --> 00:23:44,880 - I don't care. I'll say it anyway. 416 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:45,720 Adonai. 417 00:23:47,210 --> 00:23:48,960 Now's the time to call God. 418 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,080 Adonai. 419 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,090 My master who loves you and your books is failing his test! 420 00:23:54,290 --> 00:23:56,970 Adonai, Adonai, Adonai, miaou. 421 00:23:57,170 --> 00:23:58,460 Miaou, miaou. 422 00:23:58,670 --> 00:23:59,330 Miaou. 423 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,960 Miaou! - "... hard at work..." 424 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:03,050 - Miaou. 425 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,510 - "Hard at work..." 426 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:05,840 - "Last night..." 427 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,050 - "Last... Night..." 428 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,500 - "The baker..." 429 00:24:17,830 --> 00:24:18,750 - Miaou. 430 00:24:18,950 --> 00:24:21,000 - How'd it go? 431 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,880 - Mia-ou. Miaou. 432 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,340 - Speak. No one can hear you. - Miaou! 433 00:24:25,540 --> 00:24:27,430 Miaou? Miaou. - Oh... 434 00:24:30,450 --> 00:24:31,750 Dad! 435 00:24:31,950 --> 00:24:34,260 The cat can't talk anymore! 436 00:24:34,450 --> 00:24:36,220 - You talk to him? 437 00:24:36,410 --> 00:24:38,710 - No! No, but... he mews. 438 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:40,040 - Let him mew. 439 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,500 - Didn't it go well? 440 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:45,880 - I don't know. I did my best but it's hopeless. 441 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,630 I've had it. 442 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,340 - My master isn't well. 443 00:25:00,530 --> 00:25:04,010 Nothing interests him now, not even the things 444 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,340 that made him laugh. 445 00:25:05,540 --> 00:25:08,370 For instance, the goats that climb that acacia trees. 446 00:25:08,580 --> 00:25:10,090 He used to say: 447 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,920 "Look, a goat tree. The ripe fruit will fall." 448 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:17,630 But he doesn't notice them now. 449 00:25:25,910 --> 00:25:26,800 - Mr Sfar! 450 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:27,830 Mail! 451 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,460 - The test results, maybe. 452 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:35,260 - From Paris. Must be important! 453 00:25:35,830 --> 00:25:37,510 - Yes, that's it. 454 00:25:38,250 --> 00:25:41,840 - Nothing can spoil this day. Cousin Malka arrives today. 455 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,590 - Ah! Cousin Malka! 456 00:25:43,790 --> 00:25:46,880 He's coming here? - No, I'm going to meet him. 457 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,790 - Where? - At the Cafe Carbodel. 458 00:25:49,990 --> 00:25:50,880 - Are you sure? 459 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,170 - He's mad! He'll get beaten up! 460 00:26:00,370 --> 00:26:02,250 He's singing to himself. 461 00:26:04,370 --> 00:26:06,880 Master, maybe we shouldn't... 462 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,330 No, master. 463 00:26:08,540 --> 00:26:12,090 We can go to the fountain. That's just as good a place to meet. 464 00:26:12,290 --> 00:26:13,920 Hey? Master? 465 00:26:14,750 --> 00:26:15,720 Hey. 466 00:26:16,330 --> 00:26:17,090 Master. 467 00:26:18,750 --> 00:26:19,460 Hey. 468 00:26:20,530 --> 00:26:23,760 But then, 469 00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:25,470 all of a sudden, Cousin Malka appears 470 00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:27,960 with his lion! 471 00:26:28,170 --> 00:26:31,000 Tell them they can't sit here. 472 00:26:35,830 --> 00:26:38,040 - Yes, sir? - Cousin Malka! 473 00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:40,790 Cousin Malka. 474 00:26:43,790 --> 00:26:44,840 You're so handsome! 475 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,710 God bless you! - Can you tell? 476 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:48,830 - What? 477 00:26:49,030 --> 00:26:51,420 - My moustache. I dyed it. 478 00:26:51,620 --> 00:26:53,000 - Not at all! 479 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,670 You look 20. 480 00:26:55,870 --> 00:26:59,750 I swear on my life, cousin, time has no effect on you. 481 00:26:59,950 --> 00:27:02,500 - Flatterer. - You're handsome anyway. 482 00:27:05,330 --> 00:27:07,510 - I greet the old lion, he understands me. 483 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:10,880 I can still talk to animals. 484 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,880 Shalom, old chap. - Shalom, kid. 485 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,960 - Don't damage anything. 486 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,590 - And take your boots off for the tiles. 487 00:27:27,580 --> 00:27:29,170 - Don't worry, he won't bite. 488 00:27:29,820 --> 00:27:30,790 - Malka! 489 00:27:32,830 --> 00:27:34,210 - Lion Malka... 490 00:27:36,790 --> 00:27:39,580 Good evening, Mr Malka. 491 00:27:39,780 --> 00:27:43,380 My name's Knidelette, and I'm Zlabya's best friend. 492 00:27:43,580 --> 00:27:45,130 - My respects. 493 00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:46,720 - Delighted. 494 00:27:47,460 --> 00:27:49,380 - What's this crate? 495 00:27:49,570 --> 00:27:51,250 - Books from Russia. 496 00:27:51,450 --> 00:27:52,590 - Ah, that's true. 497 00:27:52,790 --> 00:27:55,630 The Communists destroy prayer books so we house them here. 498 00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:58,500 - It's a good deed! You should be pleased. 499 00:27:58,700 --> 00:27:59,630 - Yes, yes. 500 00:28:00,660 --> 00:28:02,090 - I can't tip you. 501 00:28:02,290 --> 00:28:05,880 - It's silly worrying about that letter. You should contact them. 502 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,620 - It's alright, my daughter. 503 00:28:07,830 --> 00:28:09,710 It'll get here soon enough. 504 00:28:11,530 --> 00:28:12,920 - Share it! 505 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:15,300 They are good. 506 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:17,260 Delicious sweetmeats, my girl! 507 00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:19,210 - I made them. 508 00:28:19,410 --> 00:28:21,630 - Using my mother's recipe. 509 00:28:21,830 --> 00:28:25,170 - Malka, go to see Dad, he's out of sorts. 510 00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:27,760 - You're right, I'll go now. 511 00:28:28,450 --> 00:28:29,830 - You're mean! 512 00:28:30,030 --> 00:28:32,840 Is he sick or did you want to get Malka away from me? 513 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,590 - Malka has only ever loved the same woman. 514 00:28:36,790 --> 00:28:37,620 - Really? 515 00:28:37,830 --> 00:28:39,960 She must be ancient then. 516 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,210 - Age doesn't matter. 517 00:28:41,410 --> 00:28:43,800 - You're so naive, Zlabya! 518 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,460 - The rabbi tells Malka about the disastrous test. 519 00:28:49,950 --> 00:28:53,960 - As kids, we'd talk for hours before falling asleep. 520 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,670 And you always had wine stole from aunt Rifka 521 00:28:57,870 --> 00:28:58,830 under the bed. 522 00:29:02,910 --> 00:29:04,380 I knew it! 523 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:06,170 - Malka. - What? 524 00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:08,420 - I'm going away for a few days 525 00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:09,840 to think. 526 00:29:10,030 --> 00:29:11,460 - Don't mess up. 527 00:29:11,660 --> 00:29:14,090 - I'll visit Messaoud Sfar's tomb. 528 00:29:14,290 --> 00:29:17,050 He always advises me well. I'll return soon. 529 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:18,500 - Hey, cousin! 530 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:21,170 What if I kill the postman? 531 00:29:21,910 --> 00:29:25,920 Sometimes, killng one person can sort everything out. 532 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:27,830 That way, no letter. 533 00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:29,920 - Thank you, but no. 534 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,260 Simply guard the house for me. 535 00:29:33,450 --> 00:29:37,790 - Messaoud Sfar was the rabbi's ancestor. 536 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,210 A doctor and a saint. 537 00:29:40,410 --> 00:29:44,340 My master visits his tomb every year and this time I'm going too. 538 00:29:44,540 --> 00:29:45,920 - Salam aleikoum! 539 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,040 - Shalom aleichem! 540 00:29:53,290 --> 00:29:55,050 - Hi-han! Salam aleikoum. 541 00:29:55,250 --> 00:29:56,550 - Aleikoum salam. 542 00:29:56,750 --> 00:29:59,130 What's your master's name? - Poor fool! 543 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,170 He's sheikh Mohammed Sfar. 544 00:30:01,370 --> 00:30:03,710 - Hold on... an arab called Sfar? 545 00:30:03,910 --> 00:30:07,340 - You ass! Sfar means "yellow" in Arabic. 546 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:10,880 Like a coppersmith's flowers of sulphur. 547 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,260 We're off to the tomb of Messaoud Sfar, our ancestor. 548 00:30:14,410 --> 00:30:15,470 - So are we! 549 00:30:15,660 --> 00:30:18,790 - Messaoud Sfar was a great sufi, a saint. 550 00:30:18,990 --> 00:30:22,090 - Rubbish! Messaoud Sfar was a rabbi. 551 00:30:22,290 --> 00:30:23,510 - Take that back! 552 00:30:31,580 --> 00:30:33,460 - The animals seem tired. 553 00:30:33,660 --> 00:30:36,260 - Yes, let's rest. 554 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:39,580 -Adios, mi amor... 555 00:30:47,540 --> 00:30:49,330 - He's a strange donkey. 556 00:30:49,530 --> 00:30:53,000 He can read my music and sing in three languages. 557 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,210 - Incredible. 558 00:30:54,410 --> 00:30:57,180 - No, it's a problem. He sings off key. 559 00:30:57,370 --> 00:31:00,130 Even with the gift of speech, a donkey is a donkey. 560 00:31:00,330 --> 00:31:02,460 - Do we educate everyone? 561 00:31:02,660 --> 00:31:05,340 - Yes. Even donkeys. But without illusions. 562 00:31:05,540 --> 00:31:06,300 - You know what? 563 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:09,540 We should live like hermits in a cave 564 00:31:09,740 --> 00:31:11,750 with my books and your songs. 565 00:31:11,950 --> 00:31:14,380 - No, Allah would not be pleased. 566 00:31:14,580 --> 00:31:18,380 We'd be like Jonah, preferring things to people. 567 00:31:18,570 --> 00:31:21,800 - So? Can't we say we've served others? 568 00:31:21,990 --> 00:31:24,720 We are old and want peace. 569 00:31:24,910 --> 00:31:25,720 - No. 570 00:31:25,910 --> 00:31:27,670 - Believe me, brother, 571 00:31:27,870 --> 00:31:31,210 I don't want to go home. 572 00:31:31,410 --> 00:31:34,380 - Why not? - I was a rabbi 30 years. 573 00:31:34,580 --> 00:31:37,580 Then, by mail, without a word of comfort, 574 00:31:37,790 --> 00:31:41,800 they write from Paris to say I'm the rabbi of nothing. 575 00:31:41,990 --> 00:31:43,670 - Show me the letter. 576 00:31:43,870 --> 00:31:45,590 - Go ahead, open it. 577 00:31:45,790 --> 00:31:48,000 - You can read unopened letters? 578 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:49,290 - That one I can. 579 00:31:49,490 --> 00:31:53,000 - You thought God had abandoned you. 580 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,670 And that's a big mistake. Listen. 581 00:31:55,870 --> 00:31:56,840 "Dear Rabbi, 582 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,460 "we inform you that you obtained a mark of 583 00:32:00,660 --> 00:32:01,840 "10.5 in the dictation." 584 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:02,800 - Oh! 585 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,380 - You did a dictation? - Read, brother! 586 00:32:05,580 --> 00:32:08,580 - "10.5 means you have the required level." 587 00:32:08,780 --> 00:32:10,840 "The Consistory is proud of you 588 00:32:11,030 --> 00:32:14,460 "and hopes other rabbis will follow your lead, 589 00:32:14,660 --> 00:32:17,260 "rather than reject French like asses." 590 00:32:17,460 --> 00:32:18,790 - It says that? 591 00:32:18,990 --> 00:32:21,290 - No, I added the "asses". 592 00:32:21,490 --> 00:32:23,130 - So I'm still a rabbi! 593 00:32:23,330 --> 00:32:26,050 Let me give you a hug! 594 00:32:26,250 --> 00:32:29,040 Let's pray! - Mind my glasses! 595 00:32:29,950 --> 00:32:31,130 - So they prayed, 596 00:32:31,330 --> 00:32:34,720 one facing Jersusalem, the other Mecca. They danced, they sang, 597 00:32:34,910 --> 00:32:37,550 they laughed, drunker than if they'd drunk. 598 00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:40,290 Amidst this euphoria, I felt 599 00:32:40,490 --> 00:32:44,130 it'd be nice to get the power of speech back. 600 00:32:44,580 --> 00:32:45,510 But nothing. 601 00:32:54,710 --> 00:32:57,260 He doesn't complete his pilgrimage 602 00:32:57,460 --> 00:33:00,670 but hurries back to Algiers to tell people the good news. 603 00:33:00,870 --> 00:33:04,510 - My daughter, my cousin, great news! 604 00:33:06,420 --> 00:33:08,630 - Put your back into it! Open the crate! 605 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,050 Just the man. Lend a hand. 606 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,170 - What are you doing? - Inspecting your books. 607 00:33:15,370 --> 00:33:16,840 - They're prayer books! 608 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,460 - Russian ones. - So? 609 00:33:18,660 --> 00:33:20,460 - Do you know Russian Jews? 610 00:33:20,660 --> 00:33:22,170 - They're Jews. 611 00:33:22,370 --> 00:33:23,760 - We'll see about that. 612 00:33:23,950 --> 00:33:26,510 - We can put the books in our synagogue. 613 00:33:26,710 --> 00:33:29,210 They'll look pretty alongside ours. 614 00:33:29,410 --> 00:33:32,000 - Not until I take a look! - Master, 615 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,670 what do you fear? 616 00:33:33,870 --> 00:33:35,550 - I'm just defending myself. 617 00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:36,840 - Against what? 618 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,080 - Haven't you heard of Communism? 619 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,750 Open it up! 620 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:46,800 - A corpse! 621 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:47,710 - A Russian corpse! 622 00:33:51,660 --> 00:33:53,130 - Do we prey? 623 00:33:53,330 --> 00:33:55,590 - Do you speak Ashkenazi? 624 00:33:55,790 --> 00:33:57,960 - Hey may not even be Jewish! 625 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,170 - He's alive, you hear? 626 00:34:00,370 --> 00:34:02,250 This guy is alive! 627 00:34:02,450 --> 00:34:04,010 A-l-ive. Alive. 628 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,050 - Shut up, will you? 629 00:34:07,250 --> 00:34:08,500 - I'll get other rabbis! 630 00:34:08,700 --> 00:34:10,590 - Bring some Cinzano too! 631 00:34:12,490 --> 00:34:15,720 - In no time, the room was like a Sanhedrin. 632 00:34:15,910 --> 00:34:19,080 10 rabbis, a circumciser, 10 students and onlookers. 633 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:20,920 A hen. 634 00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:24,010 Confusion in numbers. 635 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,760 Fear of the police, of everything. 636 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,460 - We need to know if the dead man has a foreskin 637 00:34:29,660 --> 00:34:33,170 to decide on the right burial ritual. 638 00:34:33,370 --> 00:34:35,550 Bless the heavens I'm here. 639 00:34:35,750 --> 00:34:38,500 My diagnosis 640 00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:40,170 is worth an official rabbi's certificate. 641 00:34:40,370 --> 00:34:43,630 - What if he's Christian? You call a priest? 642 00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:46,130 They'll call it a ritual murder! 643 00:34:46,330 --> 00:34:48,920 - We could do the Christian ritual. 644 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,380 - You know how to do a Catholic burial? 645 00:34:51,580 --> 00:34:53,010 - I know some Latin. 646 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,550 - You'll say the Kaddish in Latin? 647 00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:59,500 - Maybe he's Jewish! The crate was full of Talmuds. 648 00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:02,590 - How does that help? Jewish or not, he's Russian! 649 00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:05,920 Do Jews there bury their dead like us? 650 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:07,710 - Of course, master. 651 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,210 - Taking dictation in French makes you a genius! 652 00:35:11,410 --> 00:35:13,760 Close it up, 653 00:35:13,950 --> 00:35:15,670 and ship him back to Russia. 654 00:35:15,870 --> 00:35:18,290 - We have to take the books out first. 655 00:35:19,530 --> 00:35:20,750 - May God curse 656 00:35:20,950 --> 00:35:21,880 he who leaves a man unburied! 657 00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:27,750 It's like finding Moses in his basket 658 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,460 and putting him back on the Nile! 659 00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:33,510 - We'll send him back where he comes from. 660 00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:36,340 - Out of the question. - They all agree 661 00:35:36,540 --> 00:35:38,250 - Yes! 662 00:35:39,740 --> 00:35:42,380 He's not even dead. I'll show you! 663 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:45,130 - Oh! 664 00:35:47,210 --> 00:35:48,000 - Oh! 665 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:57,010 - One of the undead! Shut him up in his crate! 666 00:36:01,540 --> 00:36:03,380 (In Russian) 667 00:36:06,170 --> 00:36:10,420 - They can't understand him, just like me. 668 00:36:13,330 --> 00:36:14,510 - Miaou. Miaou. 669 00:36:14,710 --> 00:36:15,420 Miaou! 670 00:36:17,330 --> 00:36:19,130 They don't know how to listen. 671 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,550 - Doesn't anyone speak Russian here? 672 00:36:21,740 --> 00:36:24,420 - I understand you. - A talking cat! 673 00:36:24,620 --> 00:36:27,960 - No human has listened to me in ages! 674 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:29,380 No one understands me. 675 00:36:29,580 --> 00:36:33,010 - That's a pity. You can't be my interpreter then? 676 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,970 - No, but we can talk. That can help. 677 00:36:36,170 --> 00:36:38,420 - These people, this house. 678 00:36:38,620 --> 00:36:39,790 Is this Algeria? 679 00:36:39,990 --> 00:36:42,420 - Yes, this is Algiers. In Algeria. 680 00:36:42,620 --> 00:36:43,630 - That's good. 681 00:36:48,820 --> 00:36:51,090 - Give him air! - He's not well. 682 00:36:51,290 --> 00:36:53,300 - The Russian's not well. 683 00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:54,920 - I just said that. - Out with you! 684 00:36:56,750 --> 00:36:58,830 - We will sit in the yard. 685 00:37:00,370 --> 00:37:02,210 How's our survivor? 686 00:37:02,410 --> 00:37:05,550 I have an idea how we can communicate. 687 00:37:05,750 --> 00:37:07,790 We'll use the prayers. 688 00:37:08,490 --> 00:37:10,090 Hey, Michel Strogoff! 689 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,710 Do you understand these prayers? 690 00:37:13,290 --> 00:37:14,880 - Mode... oni... 691 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,010 - Lefaneha. 692 00:37:16,210 --> 00:37:17,080 - Lefaneho. 693 00:37:17,290 --> 00:37:19,540 - Terrible pronunciation! 694 00:37:19,740 --> 00:37:20,840 Shalom aleichem. 695 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:22,000 - Shalom oleichem. 696 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:24,170 - Oh, la la, la la! 697 00:37:24,370 --> 00:37:28,000 - You understand? - He uses O's for A's in the prayers. 698 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,630 - Try talking in Hebrew. 699 00:37:29,830 --> 00:37:32,000 - No one speaks Hebrew, daughter. 700 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,720 Ladino and Castilian are languages. 701 00:37:34,910 --> 00:37:36,680 Hebrew is just for prayers. 702 00:37:39,870 --> 00:37:41,880 - Zlabya! Do your chores. 703 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,630 Get inside, the boy needs air. 704 00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:47,420 Are you hypnotised, or what? Go inside! 705 00:37:48,530 --> 00:37:49,840 - What's his problem? 706 00:37:50,030 --> 00:37:53,130 - He needs my help! Can I refuse to help a fugitive? 707 00:37:53,330 --> 00:37:56,340 - What fugitive? 708 00:37:56,540 --> 00:37:59,500 Think he was stupid enough to flee his country in a crate? 709 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:01,420 - So he was playing hide and seek? 710 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:06,550 - What are you doing? You're not smart, huh? 711 00:38:06,750 --> 00:38:08,750 To fill your pockets with paints instead of sandwiches. 712 00:38:08,950 --> 00:38:11,460 - Dad! 713 00:38:11,660 --> 00:38:13,670 Take him seriously. 714 00:38:13,870 --> 00:38:16,720 Look... It seems to be moving. 715 00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:28,420 - That's it, he's mad. 716 00:39:28,620 --> 00:39:31,460 He left Russia to lose himself in Africa. 717 00:39:31,660 --> 00:39:32,550 - Da, da! 718 00:39:32,750 --> 00:39:34,550 - Vastenov. Vastenov. 719 00:39:34,750 --> 00:39:35,630 - Vastenov? 720 00:39:35,830 --> 00:39:37,460 That's a Russia name. 721 00:39:37,670 --> 00:39:40,710 A Russian living in Algiers? - Da! Da! 722 00:39:40,910 --> 00:39:42,300 Vastenov! 723 00:39:42,490 --> 00:39:44,420 - A Russian? In Algiers? Ha, ha! 724 00:39:44,620 --> 00:39:47,580 A needle in a haystack! 725 00:39:47,790 --> 00:39:50,540 - Go on, Dad! You know people, 726 00:39:50,740 --> 00:39:52,210 you'll find him. 727 00:39:52,410 --> 00:39:55,170 - Zlabya thinks I know everyone... 728 00:39:55,370 --> 00:39:58,130 Surely someone here can help me. 729 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,590 - Try the Russian church. 730 00:40:00,780 --> 00:40:01,880 Miaou, miaou. 731 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,670 - Stop mewing, will you! 732 00:40:03,870 --> 00:40:06,590 Let's try the Russian church. 733 00:40:06,790 --> 00:40:08,540 - What a brilliant idea. 734 00:40:14,330 --> 00:40:15,380 - Father? 735 00:40:16,290 --> 00:40:17,630 - Come in, come in. 736 00:40:17,820 --> 00:40:19,590 - I'm Rabbi Sfar, 737 00:40:19,780 --> 00:40:22,300 from the synagogue near the harbour. 738 00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:24,260 Sorry to bother you, 739 00:40:24,460 --> 00:40:27,670 but I need someone who speaks Russian. 740 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,500 - But I'm Catholic. 741 00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:31,250 - In an Orthodox church? 742 00:40:31,450 --> 00:40:34,920 - The place was abandoned so my diocese sent me here. 743 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,920 - So you don't know any Russians? 744 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:39,710 - I do know one. 745 00:40:39,910 --> 00:40:42,000 But he prays without me. 746 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,300 He's a rather extravagant fellow, Mr Vastenov. 747 00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:46,470 Mr Vastenov. 748 00:40:46,670 --> 00:40:49,080 - Are you joking? 749 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,170 - Not at all. - How can I find him? 750 00:40:51,370 --> 00:40:52,050 - He's here. 751 00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:53,170 - Here? - Look. 752 00:40:53,370 --> 00:40:55,840 He arrives every day in a fancy car, 753 00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:57,960 accompanied by a beautiful woman. 754 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,550 He must be depraved to pray an hour a day! 755 00:41:01,740 --> 00:41:03,800 - Ah! God! 756 00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:08,710 You'll never see me in church again! 757 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,800 You let Tsar die! 758 00:41:11,990 --> 00:41:14,050 I will not come back! 759 00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:17,630 - It's good to berate the Lord, my son. 760 00:41:17,820 --> 00:41:19,710 It shows you believe in Him. 761 00:41:19,910 --> 00:41:20,920 - Ah! 762 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,220 - You look retired. - Retired? 763 00:41:24,580 --> 00:41:27,370 I have sexual activity! 764 00:41:27,580 --> 00:41:28,460 Night and day! 765 00:41:29,030 --> 00:41:30,710 I run, swim... 766 00:41:30,910 --> 00:41:33,300 - I'm sure you do. 767 00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:36,960 This is Rabbi Sfar. He wishes to meet you. 768 00:41:37,170 --> 00:41:41,340 - I never refuse to drink with new friends! 769 00:41:46,250 --> 00:41:48,040 - Urchins, rabbi? - Thank you. 770 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:49,210 I'm not allowed them. 771 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:53,710 - Delicious. 772 00:41:54,290 --> 00:41:55,510 - And the murder? 773 00:41:55,710 --> 00:41:56,830 - Pardon me? 774 00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,170 - You never killed someone? 775 00:41:59,370 --> 00:42:01,960 - My son. - You neither? 776 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:03,880 What I miss most 777 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:05,800 since exile 778 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,960 is murder! 779 00:42:08,950 --> 00:42:10,290 I'm very bored. 780 00:42:10,490 --> 00:42:12,300 Luckily, there's 781 00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:13,130 love. 782 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,510 - The love of God? 783 00:42:18,530 --> 00:42:21,170 I love my late wife. 784 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:24,920 I love my daughter, my cat and the Torah. 785 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:29,130 - I love alcohol, women, my car, tobacco, 786 00:42:29,330 --> 00:42:30,500 and literature! 787 00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:32,000 - That's for 788 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,210 the young. 789 00:42:33,410 --> 00:42:36,710 You act young to avoid looking at your life. 790 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:40,590 The time given to us is like a stone thrown in the air. 791 00:42:40,790 --> 00:42:43,380 It always falls back down. 792 00:42:43,580 --> 00:42:45,670 - Hrmmm... explain. 793 00:42:45,870 --> 00:42:48,670 - When I drive a car, I watch the road. 794 00:42:50,620 --> 00:42:52,210 - That's sad! 795 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:53,670 Oh! 796 00:42:54,540 --> 00:42:55,380 Let's drink. 797 00:43:05,410 --> 00:43:06,510 - Get out of here! 798 00:43:07,250 --> 00:43:08,380 Idol worshippers! 799 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,550 - Whoa, whoa! What's going on? 800 00:43:11,740 --> 00:43:15,840 - The undead fellow has decided to paint your daughter! 801 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:16,870 - So? 802 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:17,960 - "So"? 803 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,380 The second commandment forbids it! 804 00:43:20,580 --> 00:43:23,630 "You shall have no other God but me. 805 00:43:23,830 --> 00:43:25,760 "You shall make no carved image..." 806 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:26,830 - I know it. 807 00:43:29,530 --> 00:43:31,050 It's a nice painting. 808 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:33,090 Surely we can let them carry on. 809 00:43:33,290 --> 00:43:34,050 - Right... 810 00:43:34,250 --> 00:43:37,120 He'll be sleeping with her next! 811 00:43:37,330 --> 00:43:39,340 - Enough! Rabbi, I respect you, 812 00:43:39,530 --> 00:43:41,840 but this is my house. 813 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:43,010 Go home. 814 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,090 - Abraham, you let a child order me around? 815 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,540 I demand you burn that painting, 816 00:43:49,740 --> 00:43:52,090 and punish your daughter harshly! 817 00:43:52,290 --> 00:43:53,760 - Yes, women must obey! 818 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:55,510 - Get out, you old wreck! 819 00:43:55,710 --> 00:43:57,790 And take your student too! 820 00:43:57,990 --> 00:44:02,170 Find a fiancee instead of hanging out with an old man. 821 00:44:02,370 --> 00:44:05,380 He's sweating! He can't look me in the eye! 822 00:44:05,580 --> 00:44:07,000 Get out of my house. 823 00:44:09,330 --> 00:44:11,380 - Who's that? - A Russian. 824 00:44:11,580 --> 00:44:12,800 - You collect them! 825 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,680 - What's so funny? My daughter shaming me? 826 00:44:15,870 --> 00:44:18,040 - Yes, she's wonderful! 827 00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:21,300 I've never seen a Jew angry before. 828 00:44:21,490 --> 00:44:24,010 In Russia, always with head lowered. 829 00:44:24,210 --> 00:44:26,580 Your daughter would scare Cossacks! 830 00:44:29,660 --> 00:44:32,420 You're a fine specimen of Jew. 831 00:44:32,620 --> 00:44:33,170 - Oh! 832 00:44:33,370 --> 00:44:35,130 - Just watch her from afar. 833 00:44:35,330 --> 00:44:38,080 Translate the Russian and stay away from her. 834 00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:39,170 - He's Vastenov? 835 00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:42,300 You found him? - Vastenov! 836 00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:45,300 - Let's go somewhere where we men can talk. 837 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:46,580 - And my portrait? 838 00:44:52,580 --> 00:44:54,920 - So why's this Russian in Algiers? 839 00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:56,220 - He's a Jew. 840 00:44:56,420 --> 00:44:57,920 - We noticed. 841 00:44:58,120 --> 00:44:59,710 - For us, in Russia, 842 00:44:59,910 --> 00:45:02,130 a Jew is not a Russian. 843 00:45:02,330 --> 00:45:03,710 It stays a Jew. 844 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,420 - What's the difference? 845 00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:07,120 - It changes everything. 846 00:45:07,330 --> 00:45:10,090 A Russian, you challenge to a duel. 847 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,300 A Jew, you burn. 848 00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:14,380 A Russian, you seduce his wife. 849 00:45:14,580 --> 00:45:16,960 A Jew, you take. - Even since 850 00:45:17,170 --> 00:45:18,330 the revolution? 851 00:45:19,950 --> 00:45:22,300 - You have a sense of humour! I like it! 852 00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:23,590 - Can you ask him 853 00:45:23,790 --> 00:45:25,930 what he wants? 854 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:28,130 (In Russian) 855 00:45:36,250 --> 00:45:37,420 What did he say? 856 00:45:37,630 --> 00:45:39,290 - He has to go to Ethiopia. 857 00:45:39,490 --> 00:45:41,340 - Tell them I'm not mad. 858 00:45:41,540 --> 00:45:45,880 - He's a madman who doesn't know geography. 859 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:50,250 - In Ethiopia live descendants of Queen of Sheba and King of Solomon. 860 00:45:50,450 --> 00:45:55,010 - He says: "Some negroes there are Jews too." 861 00:45:55,210 --> 00:45:57,380 - A Zionist! He wants to found a Jewish land! 862 00:45:57,570 --> 00:46:00,500 - I want to paint that vast country. - A land without people, 863 00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:02,300 for a people without land! 864 00:46:02,500 --> 00:46:06,620 The Jewish Agency sent him. We must help. Let's go to Ethiopia! 865 00:46:06,830 --> 00:46:08,840 Just imagine: African Jews! 866 00:46:09,030 --> 00:46:10,630 - We're African Jews, my son. 867 00:46:10,830 --> 00:46:12,550 - I mean Black Africa. 868 00:46:12,750 --> 00:46:15,720 - Black Jews? It's a sin to say that, my son. 869 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:17,670 - Abraham! You're a racist! 870 00:46:17,870 --> 00:46:20,880 - I'm just saying no one ever saw a black Jew. 871 00:46:21,580 --> 00:46:23,130 - I'm not shocked. 872 00:46:23,330 --> 00:46:26,090 - He says its natural for him. 873 00:46:26,290 --> 00:46:28,460 -Perhaps in Russia. 874 00:46:28,660 --> 00:46:30,960 But in Africa, we are the Jews. 875 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:32,670 - Bravo! Well said. 876 00:46:35,290 --> 00:46:37,130 - He asks how you know 877 00:46:37,330 --> 00:46:39,340 that Moses was white. 878 00:46:39,530 --> 00:46:43,420 - He's right. What proves our ancestors had fair skin? 879 00:46:43,620 --> 00:46:47,670 - Blacks have slavery, Jews have pogroms. 880 00:46:47,870 --> 00:46:50,670 It's a lot to bear. No one could ever deal with both! 881 00:46:50,870 --> 00:46:52,630 - I have proof for what I say. 882 00:46:52,830 --> 00:46:55,680 - Colour photos of Moses? 883 00:46:55,870 --> 00:46:59,540 - Better: A Russian Communist Party report. 884 00:46:59,740 --> 00:47:03,880 It wants to exile the Jews without creating an uproar in Europe. 885 00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:05,050 - A fine plan! 886 00:47:05,250 --> 00:47:08,130 - They found black Jews in Ethiopia. 887 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,460 The Falasha. But something else interested them there. 888 00:47:11,660 --> 00:47:15,840 I didn't just bring paints with me. 889 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:20,420 "... found a territory in Ethiopia the size of a country 890 00:47:20,620 --> 00:47:22,420 "where the inhabitants 891 00:47:22,620 --> 00:47:26,180 "speak Aramaic and practice strict Judaism." 892 00:47:26,370 --> 00:47:28,880 An authentic document, that's for sure. 893 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:29,880 - Incredible! 894 00:47:31,490 --> 00:47:33,590 - I can finance the whole expedition! 895 00:47:33,790 --> 00:47:35,340 - You'll see giraffes as well? 896 00:47:35,540 --> 00:47:38,580 - With me, you have an excellent guide. 897 00:47:38,780 --> 00:47:42,000 I could draw a map of brothels in Africa. 898 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:43,920 I know many. 899 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,830 - One second more, and I'll go to hell. 900 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:48,580 Isaac! Abraham! Come along! 901 00:47:48,780 --> 00:47:51,550 - I'm not seeking adventure. I'm just listening. 902 00:47:51,740 --> 00:47:53,010 - Don't worry. 903 00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:56,180 We shall travel very comfortably. 904 00:47:56,370 --> 00:47:58,460 Even an old man can come. 905 00:47:58,660 --> 00:47:59,710 - What old man? 906 00:47:59,910 --> 00:48:04,050 - Come, or I'll pour lead in your ears to drown out the voice of temptation! 907 00:48:04,250 --> 00:48:06,420 - Mr Vastenov, why did your compatriot, and my fellow Jew, 908 00:48:06,620 --> 00:48:09,790 have your name on him? Why you? 909 00:48:09,990 --> 00:48:13,630 - Because I alone possess something 910 00:48:13,830 --> 00:48:17,960 that can allow a Jewish painter to cross Africa. 911 00:48:26,870 --> 00:48:28,130 Voila! 912 00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:32,340 - A 1925 Citroen half-track! 913 00:48:32,540 --> 00:48:34,220 What a beauty! 914 00:48:39,370 --> 00:48:40,340 May I? 915 00:48:54,870 --> 00:48:56,710 Let me see to her. 916 00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,090 In a week, she'll be as good as new. 917 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,250 If you want, I can drive her. 918 00:49:12,950 --> 00:49:13,840 - Dad! 919 00:49:14,910 --> 00:49:15,840 Papa! 920 00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:18,330 - Lion Malka will stay here. He'll watch over you. 921 00:49:18,530 --> 00:49:19,920 Everything will be fine. 922 00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:22,550 You don't want to stay with him? 923 00:49:22,750 --> 00:49:24,840 - Father, I'm fond of Malka. 924 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:27,290 But I could have come too. 925 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:30,130 This voyage is an initiation! 926 00:49:30,330 --> 00:49:31,960 An incredible opportunity! 927 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,510 It's not fair only you should go. 928 00:49:34,710 --> 00:49:36,260 - That's the way life is. 929 00:49:36,460 --> 00:49:38,420 Malka, pass me the salt, will you? 930 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,760 - What are you painting on my Citroen? 931 00:49:44,870 --> 00:49:46,750 - The symbol of Jerusalem. 932 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:48,790 It will bring us luck. 933 00:49:48,990 --> 00:49:51,550 - lmpossible! If you do that, 934 00:49:51,740 --> 00:49:53,970 we'll be taken for Jews! 935 00:49:54,620 --> 00:49:56,330 - And so? 936 00:49:56,540 --> 00:49:57,880 - Get rid of it! 937 00:49:58,070 --> 00:49:58,960 - No. 938 00:49:59,410 --> 00:50:00,250 I insist. 939 00:50:00,450 --> 00:50:04,510 - Enough. I only set off under the Russian flag. 940 00:50:05,830 --> 00:50:09,340 Here's what we'll do, we'll blend the two flags. 941 00:50:10,450 --> 00:50:11,960 - Good idea, cat. 942 00:50:15,290 --> 00:50:17,000 - You're leaving me too? 943 00:50:20,870 --> 00:50:24,300 Don't be sad, mistress, I'll be back soon. 944 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,250 - Do you miss Rabbi Sfar? 945 00:50:28,450 --> 00:50:29,250 - Oh, no. 946 00:50:29,450 --> 00:50:32,960 He must be home celebrating with his family by now. 947 00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:35,300 We'll see him next year. 948 00:50:35,500 --> 00:50:38,250 Now, make the most of the silence. 949 00:50:38,450 --> 00:50:40,630 - Yes, but it's so lonely... 950 00:50:40,830 --> 00:50:44,760 - No wonder you don't understand music, my loyal donkey. 951 00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:47,880 You never respect the moments of silence. 952 00:50:49,240 --> 00:50:50,590 - What's all that 953 00:50:50,790 --> 00:50:52,300 dust over there? 954 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:11,210 - Cousin! 955 00:51:11,410 --> 00:51:13,210 Don't we look good? 956 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:16,210 - Abraham! 957 00:51:16,420 --> 00:51:18,500 What's that ridiculous flag? 958 00:51:18,700 --> 00:51:20,550 - It's the Russian Empire! 959 00:51:20,740 --> 00:51:22,130 - And Jerusalem! 960 00:51:22,330 --> 00:51:24,470 - Coming to invade Africa with us? 961 00:51:24,660 --> 00:51:26,210 - What's going on here? 962 00:51:26,420 --> 00:51:27,170 - Listen, 963 00:51:27,380 --> 00:51:29,090 we're off on a crazy adventure. 964 00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:32,260 Don't worry, the madman's paying. 965 00:51:32,450 --> 00:51:33,460 - Ah... 966 00:51:34,660 --> 00:51:37,380 - We need you anyhow. You can't refuse. 967 00:51:37,570 --> 00:51:41,460 - Crossing Africa to find Jerusalem? Preposterous! 968 00:51:41,660 --> 00:51:44,260 But if I can learn some new songs, I'll come. 969 00:51:44,460 --> 00:51:47,420 - We're driving a genuine Citroen half-track! 970 00:51:47,620 --> 00:51:51,550 She did the Croisiere Noire with Audouin-Dubreuil. 971 00:51:51,740 --> 00:51:53,840 - Let's hope she's ready to take to the road again. 972 00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:57,920 - Look at this marvel! How much fuel does the tank contain? 973 00:51:58,120 --> 00:51:59,170 Go on, say it! 974 00:51:59,370 --> 00:52:00,590 180 Litres. 975 00:52:00,790 --> 00:52:01,840 Can you believe it? 976 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:03,720 - Very nice. 977 00:52:03,910 --> 00:52:06,880 But why not take a ship to get to Ethiopia? 978 00:52:07,070 --> 00:52:10,130 - No. We're prefer our truck. 979 00:52:21,290 --> 00:52:22,670 - The painter is happy. 980 00:52:22,870 --> 00:52:25,630 The Star of David shines on the flag. 981 00:52:25,830 --> 00:52:28,920 We let him buy art materials too. 982 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:31,630 He paints countless landscapes. 983 00:52:31,830 --> 00:52:34,760 This is the desert. What can you paint here? 984 00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:36,420 - The colour. 985 00:52:36,620 --> 00:52:39,420 - It's all blue. That's dull. 986 00:52:39,620 --> 00:52:42,050 - I can use other colours too. 987 00:52:42,250 --> 00:52:44,800 And I can swap the dune's calm lines 988 00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:46,370 for something else. 989 00:52:46,580 --> 00:52:49,380 - Why come here to reinvent everything? 990 00:52:49,580 --> 00:52:52,840 You could have done exactly the same in Russia. 991 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:55,260 - No. Not exactly. 992 00:52:55,460 --> 00:52:58,710 - I prefer looking at nature than your daubs. 993 00:52:58,910 --> 00:53:02,050 - Me too, that's why I observe closely, 994 00:53:02,250 --> 00:53:03,590 before I begin. 995 00:53:03,790 --> 00:53:05,760 I work with real things. 996 00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:08,750 - What does it feel like when you paint? 997 00:53:08,950 --> 00:53:11,710 - Like you, when you devour your prey. 998 00:53:11,910 --> 00:53:13,760 It was prettier running free, 999 00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:15,930 but you can't help it. 1000 00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:18,080 You sink your teeth into it. 1001 00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:22,050 - Ah, I understand. I think I saw a mouse. 1002 00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:33,010 - See... That belt operates the engine. 1003 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:34,090 - And that? 1004 00:53:34,290 --> 00:53:35,720 - This? 1005 00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:38,840 This is the radiator. 1006 00:53:39,910 --> 00:53:42,210 - Tell the rabbi his cat's not well. 1007 00:53:42,410 --> 00:53:43,170 - Huh? 1008 00:53:43,370 --> 00:53:47,420 The painter says this is a cat that talks. 1009 00:53:47,620 --> 00:53:48,880 - How does he know? 1010 00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:52,130 - He claims that ever since he got to Algeria, 1011 00:53:52,330 --> 00:53:54,630 the animal never stopped talking. 1012 00:53:54,830 --> 00:53:56,620 - He used to talk to me once. 1013 00:53:56,830 --> 00:53:59,380 Maybe he's chosen a new master. 1014 00:53:59,580 --> 00:54:01,420 - Not praying for your cat? 1015 00:54:01,620 --> 00:54:04,010 - When my wide died, I prayed and the Almighty did nothing. 1016 00:54:04,210 --> 00:54:05,760 He won't lift a finger for a cat. 1017 00:54:08,620 --> 00:54:09,790 - Enough! 1018 00:54:10,370 --> 00:54:11,760 It's just a cat. 1019 00:54:11,950 --> 00:54:13,550 Bury it, and... 1020 00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:15,380 - No! - He's important. 1021 00:54:15,580 --> 00:54:18,250 - You can't replace it like an old truck. 1022 00:54:18,450 --> 00:54:21,210 For us, cats and donkeys are important. 1023 00:54:21,410 --> 00:54:23,630 - Because they last a long time. 1024 00:54:23,830 --> 00:54:26,250 How can we treat scorpion stings? 1025 00:54:27,990 --> 00:54:31,710 - I know the chief of a tribe near the Tanezrouft. 1026 00:54:31,910 --> 00:54:34,170 Their camp isn't far away. 1027 00:54:34,370 --> 00:54:36,500 Their marabout works wonders. 1028 00:54:36,710 --> 00:54:37,670 - A friend? 1029 00:54:37,870 --> 00:54:40,090 - No, but I think he respects me. 1030 00:54:49,780 --> 00:54:52,550 Be careful while we're among them! 1031 00:54:52,750 --> 00:54:55,220 They're very easily offended. 1032 00:54:55,420 --> 00:54:57,960 - What particular topic of conversation 1033 00:54:58,160 --> 00:54:59,790 must we avoid? 1034 00:54:59,990 --> 00:55:03,420 - Don't talk about religion. They're fanatics! 1035 00:55:11,790 --> 00:55:14,550 - You're lucky my prince respects Sheikh Sfar. 1036 00:55:14,750 --> 00:55:17,630 I'd never soil my hands with a cat. 1037 00:55:17,820 --> 00:55:19,960 - He doesn't even have a name... 1038 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:21,380 - He'll live. 1039 00:55:21,580 --> 00:55:23,010 - My heartfelt thanks, marabout. 1040 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:24,630 What's your name? 1041 00:55:24,830 --> 00:55:26,330 - Professor Suleyman. 1042 00:55:26,540 --> 00:55:28,630 - If you like, I'll call him Suleyman. 1043 00:55:28,830 --> 00:55:32,590 - That would be an insult! It's a prophet's name. 1044 00:55:32,790 --> 00:55:36,080 Giving an animal that sacred name would be tactless. 1045 00:55:36,290 --> 00:55:37,170 - Forgive me. 1046 00:55:37,910 --> 00:55:40,170 He'll remain nameless then. 1047 00:55:40,370 --> 00:55:42,130 But I'll pray for you often. 1048 00:55:42,330 --> 00:55:43,670 - Are you Jewish? - Yes. 1049 00:55:43,870 --> 00:55:46,010 - Your prayers won't go far then. 1050 00:55:46,750 --> 00:55:48,500 - Thank you for the cat, then. 1051 00:55:51,870 --> 00:55:53,470 - My old master... 1052 00:55:53,660 --> 00:55:54,930 - But... 1053 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,710 - We're back with the madmen? 1054 00:55:57,910 --> 00:55:59,130 - You're talking again? 1055 00:55:59,330 --> 00:56:00,670 Oh! God be praised! 1056 00:56:00,870 --> 00:56:04,420 I don't know why you stopped nor why you've started again. 1057 00:56:05,870 --> 00:56:08,500 - I never stopped, you just didn't listen. 1058 00:56:08,700 --> 00:56:10,800 - No, all you did was mew. 1059 00:56:10,990 --> 00:56:13,550 - I have a lot to tell you. 1060 00:56:13,750 --> 00:56:17,380 - These people are touchy. Don't say too much. 1061 00:56:17,570 --> 00:56:19,210 - Damn you! What are you doing? 1062 00:56:19,410 --> 00:56:23,300 - Calm down, brother. He's painting your prince, 1063 00:56:23,500 --> 00:56:25,720 to thank him for your hospitality. 1064 00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:27,130 (In Russian) 1065 00:56:29,030 --> 00:56:31,420 - Every Muslim knows that the Koran forbids 1066 00:56:31,620 --> 00:56:34,220 representation of the human image! 1067 00:56:34,410 --> 00:56:36,750 - I know the Koran better than you! 1068 00:56:36,950 --> 00:56:37,830 - Liar! 1069 00:56:38,030 --> 00:56:40,250 - You call me a liar before your prince? 1070 00:56:40,450 --> 00:56:42,340 Here's a copy of the Koran. 1071 00:56:42,540 --> 00:56:44,010 Find a single line 1072 00:56:44,210 --> 00:56:46,880 forbidding my friend to paint your prince. 1073 00:56:48,700 --> 00:56:49,920 - Friend asks 1074 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:52,590 if he must stop painting. 1075 00:56:52,790 --> 00:56:55,870 - No. Our tradition is wary of statues 1076 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:57,790 that may lead to idolatry. 1077 00:56:57,990 --> 00:57:01,460 An outline in a frame has no shadow. It is less harmful. 1078 00:57:01,660 --> 00:57:06,050 My descendants will be happy to see what I looked like. 1079 00:57:08,660 --> 00:57:10,250 - No need to tell us 1080 00:57:10,450 --> 00:57:13,720 not to talk religion! Ha ha! 1081 00:57:13,910 --> 00:57:16,050 - I know. I was wrong. 1082 00:57:16,250 --> 00:57:18,500 But I'm touchy too. 1083 00:57:18,700 --> 00:57:20,750 For 75 years I've roamed this world, 1084 00:57:20,950 --> 00:57:23,880 hailing my prophet five times a day. 1085 00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:27,540 I can't stand being lectured to by some irate child. 1086 00:57:27,740 --> 00:57:29,630 Our God isn't full of hate. 1087 00:57:29,830 --> 00:57:32,460 He loves science and the arts. 1088 00:57:32,660 --> 00:57:36,050 He's never happier than when His children are at peace. 1089 00:57:36,250 --> 00:57:40,550 It's a pity he lets so many fools speak in His name. 1090 00:57:42,750 --> 00:57:45,340 - My benefactor, come to the banquet. 1091 00:57:45,540 --> 00:57:48,420 I'll give the prince his portrait. 1092 00:57:48,620 --> 00:57:50,420 I'm bound to need a translator. 1093 00:57:50,620 --> 00:57:51,630 - Ha, ha! 1094 00:57:52,580 --> 00:57:55,180 I'll load my revolver then. 1095 00:57:55,370 --> 00:57:57,420 It's the language of the future. 1096 00:57:57,620 --> 00:57:59,420 Everyone understands! 1097 00:57:59,620 --> 00:58:00,670 Bang! Bang! 1098 00:58:02,250 --> 00:58:04,760 - You try to play the merciless old soldier. 1099 00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:07,500 But, in fact, you're respectful. 1100 00:58:07,700 --> 00:58:10,210 - Watch what you're saying, 1101 00:58:10,410 --> 00:58:11,550 painter! 1102 00:58:11,750 --> 00:58:13,420 I don't respect anyone. 1103 00:58:13,620 --> 00:58:15,870 I say screw the lot of you! 1104 00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:18,630 Jews, Arabs, Reds... 1105 00:58:18,830 --> 00:58:21,000 friendship between nations. 1106 00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:21,840 Oh! 1107 00:58:22,660 --> 00:58:23,510 All crap! 1108 00:58:23,710 --> 00:58:26,710 Long live friendship between men! 1109 00:58:26,910 --> 00:58:28,420 - Voila. 1110 00:58:28,620 --> 00:58:30,670 We must go and eat now. 1111 00:58:35,290 --> 00:58:37,250 - Ah, my portrait. 1112 00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:41,840 - My friend. 1113 00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:43,010 Thank you again. 1114 00:58:43,210 --> 00:58:46,170 Without you, my cat would be dead. He's talking again too. 1115 00:58:46,380 --> 00:58:47,750 - Yes, thank you. 1116 00:58:47,950 --> 00:58:51,250 - Shhh! They're not all my friends. 1117 00:58:51,450 --> 00:58:54,380 If they hear you, they'll think we're sorcerers 1118 00:58:54,580 --> 00:58:56,380 and behead us on the spot. 1119 00:58:56,580 --> 00:58:57,750 - Miaouw. 1120 00:58:57,950 --> 00:58:59,130 - That's better. 1121 00:59:08,580 --> 00:59:09,800 I'm pleased. 1122 00:59:10,330 --> 00:59:11,630 Now, let's eat. 1123 00:59:19,990 --> 00:59:21,880 - Still thinking about your pretty painter? 1124 00:59:23,460 --> 00:59:26,040 - You fools. I'm worried about Dad. 1125 00:59:26,250 --> 00:59:28,790 It's dangerous and he's frail. 1126 00:59:28,990 --> 00:59:31,920 - Is that any way to talk about your father? 1127 00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:33,880 You father's strong and brave. 1128 00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:36,710 He knows Africa inside out. 1129 00:59:36,910 --> 00:59:37,580 - Where did he learn? 1130 00:59:37,780 --> 00:59:38,840 - At the Talmud Torah, 1131 00:59:39,030 --> 00:59:41,420 when we were kids, with his rabbi. 1132 00:59:41,620 --> 00:59:42,800 - Should I feel better? 1133 00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:46,500 - Have you read the Bible? Where is Moses' story set? 1134 00:59:46,700 --> 00:59:48,000 In Eskimoland? 1135 00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:50,460 The Bible's set in Africa. 1136 00:59:50,660 --> 00:59:53,670 A man who knows the Torah has nothing to fear. 1137 00:59:53,870 --> 00:59:55,760 - Wasn't it in the Middle East? 1138 00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:59,130 - You know better than me? Go on, speak. 1139 00:59:59,330 --> 01:00:00,880 - Sorry, Mr Malka. 1140 01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:02,800 - This is Africa. 1141 01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:04,840 This is the land of Israel. 1142 01:00:07,070 --> 01:00:09,250 Your father's following this path. 1143 01:00:09,450 --> 01:00:11,550 He's close to Jerusalem. 1144 01:00:11,750 --> 01:00:12,840 - Where is he now? 1145 01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:14,510 - Your father's here. 1146 01:00:14,710 --> 01:00:15,580 - Is he well? 1147 01:00:15,790 --> 01:00:18,130 - He's with a tribe of people 1148 01:00:18,330 --> 01:00:20,590 who are very fond of Jews. 1149 01:00:28,530 --> 01:00:29,960 - Your women? 1150 01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:31,630 Where are they? 1151 01:00:31,830 --> 01:00:32,880 Where have you put 1152 01:00:33,080 --> 01:00:36,040 the desert maidens with heavy breasts? 1153 01:00:37,490 --> 01:00:40,800 - It's wise to leave certain jewels in their case. 1154 01:00:40,990 --> 01:00:43,300 - They have to finish leftovers 1155 01:00:43,500 --> 01:00:45,510 after we leave the table? 1156 01:00:45,710 --> 01:00:47,290 - Shut up now, Vastenov. 1157 01:00:47,490 --> 01:00:49,340 - Forgive him, he's a hothead. 1158 01:00:49,530 --> 01:00:51,170 Don't take him seriously. 1159 01:00:51,370 --> 01:00:54,380 - I'm the hothead? 1160 01:00:54,580 --> 01:00:56,630 - Prince, this is intolerable. 1161 01:00:56,820 --> 01:00:58,670 He's insulting us at our table. 1162 01:00:58,870 --> 01:01:02,630 - This old man's shameful state shows the harm drink can do. 1163 01:01:04,750 --> 01:01:07,710 - Even drunk, we can still behead him. 1164 01:01:07,910 --> 01:01:10,250 - Yes, you're right. 1165 01:01:10,450 --> 01:01:14,010 - Want to play that game? - I'm not scared of you! 1166 01:01:14,210 --> 01:01:15,510 - I love to die. 1167 01:01:15,710 --> 01:01:16,960 - I love death more than you. 1168 01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:18,880 - Ah, no, no. 1169 01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:23,380 - Wait! Kill each other after the meal. 1170 01:01:23,580 --> 01:01:27,290 For now, let's talk calmly to see if it's necessary. 1171 01:01:27,490 --> 01:01:29,670 - You're right, Jew. 1172 01:01:29,870 --> 01:01:32,050 Let's discuss our religions. 1173 01:01:32,250 --> 01:01:33,800 - Not over dinner. 1174 01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:36,420 - Tell us about Islam and Judaism. 1175 01:01:36,630 --> 01:01:37,750 - What can I say? 1176 01:01:38,490 --> 01:01:40,300 Islam is very good... 1177 01:01:40,490 --> 01:01:42,210 And Judaism too. 1178 01:01:42,410 --> 01:01:45,920 They're good religions and very similar. 1179 01:01:46,120 --> 01:01:48,590 For example, Jewish and Arab pastries are the same. 1180 01:01:48,780 --> 01:01:51,880 - Don't you think Islam is better? 1181 01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:54,170 - Yes, no doubt. 1182 01:01:54,370 --> 01:01:58,210 - Why not convert to our faith, in that case? 1183 01:01:59,160 --> 01:02:02,420 - The Koran says we must respect the children of Abraham. 1184 01:02:02,620 --> 01:02:04,510 - You love Jews more than you love your brothers! 1185 01:02:06,170 --> 01:02:09,090 - Your Jew recognises Mohammed's law 1186 01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:12,550 or my sword will deal with him. 1187 01:02:13,710 --> 01:02:15,180 - That's uncalled for. 1188 01:02:16,290 --> 01:02:20,500 I'll keep my religion because I know the prayers in Hebrew 1189 01:02:20,700 --> 01:02:23,420 and I'm too old to learn new ones. 1190 01:02:23,620 --> 01:02:25,670 But my religion isn't better. 1191 01:02:25,870 --> 01:02:27,210 - Good answer, Jew! 1192 01:02:28,910 --> 01:02:31,340 Now listen well. 1193 01:02:31,540 --> 01:02:33,510 Which of these three prophets 1194 01:02:33,710 --> 01:02:36,830 have the longest beard? 1195 01:02:37,490 --> 01:02:38,380 Moses, 1196 01:02:38,740 --> 01:02:40,300 Jesus or Mohammed? 1197 01:02:40,490 --> 01:02:42,010 - I'll silence you! 1198 01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:42,840 - Try it! 1199 01:02:46,570 --> 01:02:49,090 - Bow down to a soldier of God!. 1200 01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:53,260 Each slain infidel brings me closer to God! 1201 01:02:53,460 --> 01:02:56,630 - I've killed more men than you. God loves me! 1202 01:02:56,820 --> 01:02:58,500 - God guides my hand. 1203 01:02:58,700 --> 01:03:01,590 If I die fighting, I'll go to paradise! 1204 01:03:01,790 --> 01:03:03,300 - God lied to you. 1205 01:03:03,710 --> 01:03:04,680 We don't go... 1206 01:03:04,870 --> 01:03:05,830 anywhere! 1207 01:03:09,450 --> 01:03:11,300 - It was an equitable duel. 1208 01:03:11,500 --> 01:03:14,970 On the field of honour, the matter is closed. 1209 01:03:15,830 --> 01:03:20,380 However, you have deprived my army of a key soldier. 1210 01:03:20,580 --> 01:03:21,840 You owe me a life. 1211 01:03:22,040 --> 01:03:25,920 Leave your painter here and I'll let you go unharmed. 1212 01:03:26,130 --> 01:03:28,670 - These men don't belong to me. 1213 01:03:28,870 --> 01:03:32,840 - Then the only gift you can offer is your wretched life. 1214 01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:35,010 - My life belongs to the Tsar! 1215 01:03:41,950 --> 01:03:45,220 - Perhaps two deaths suffice for one evening? 1216 01:03:45,420 --> 01:03:49,800 You'd show wisdom in allowing us to continue unhindered. 1217 01:03:49,990 --> 01:03:50,710 - True. 1218 01:03:50,910 --> 01:03:53,720 But we must have desert first. 1219 01:03:53,910 --> 01:03:56,330 Then we'll drink tea. 1220 01:03:56,540 --> 01:04:00,340 You may leave in peace first thing tomorrow morning. 1221 01:04:26,910 --> 01:04:29,920 - We were allowed to take Vastenov's body with us. 1222 01:04:30,120 --> 01:04:31,130 We buried him 1223 01:04:31,330 --> 01:04:34,470 near the ancestor of my rabbi and the musician. 1224 01:04:34,670 --> 01:04:35,830 If like me, 1225 01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:38,460 he had kept silent, he'd still be here. 1226 01:04:38,660 --> 01:04:39,420 - I am proud of my cat. 1227 01:04:39,620 --> 01:04:42,300 Before, he used to talk willy-nilly. 1228 01:04:42,500 --> 01:04:45,330 I was afraid he'd get involved in the dispute. 1229 01:04:45,540 --> 01:04:47,580 But he said nothing. That's good, my cat. 1230 01:04:47,780 --> 01:04:49,920 - It doesn't mean I did nothing. 1231 01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:52,670 I sneaked into the prince's tent 1232 01:04:52,870 --> 01:04:54,930 and clawed his portrait. 1233 01:04:55,120 --> 01:04:57,840 - What a good cat! 1234 01:04:58,030 --> 01:04:59,090 - No, master. 1235 01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:01,630 I'm loving but I'm not kind. 1236 01:05:01,830 --> 01:05:02,550 - That's good. 1237 01:05:06,990 --> 01:05:10,710 - At this point, my rabbi will discover Blacks. 1238 01:05:10,910 --> 01:05:12,590 And I'll discover 1239 01:05:12,790 --> 01:05:15,330 he's no smarter than others. 1240 01:05:15,540 --> 01:05:18,290 - When we reach Oubangui, watch out 1241 01:05:18,490 --> 01:05:21,380 for the Ban-Da. They're cannibals. 1242 01:05:21,580 --> 01:05:24,010 They call white men "yum-yum". 1243 01:05:24,210 --> 01:05:26,420 - The rubbish you talk! 1244 01:05:26,620 --> 01:05:29,500 I didn't learn about Africa from books. 1245 01:05:29,700 --> 01:05:31,130 Put that thing away! 1246 01:05:31,330 --> 01:05:33,130 - What? This is scientific. 1247 01:05:33,330 --> 01:05:35,960 It's the Citroen explorer's log. 1248 01:05:43,750 --> 01:05:45,620 - You're not looking at anything. 1249 01:05:45,830 --> 01:05:49,630 You'll never make this journey again. Look! 1250 01:05:49,830 --> 01:05:53,300 - I'm looking, but the book's educating me too. 1251 01:05:53,500 --> 01:05:56,170 - If your Citroen lot had written that about Jews, 1252 01:05:56,380 --> 01:05:58,750 you'd say they did not understand. 1253 01:05:58,950 --> 01:06:02,970 When you see new things, look and don't speak right away. 1254 01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:06,830 - You think you're smarter than Andre Citroen. 1255 01:06:07,450 --> 01:06:09,340 He doesn't realise that 1256 01:06:12,120 --> 01:06:13,300 without a guide, 1257 01:06:13,500 --> 01:06:17,170 I feel like I'm in the ocean without a lifebelt. 1258 01:06:17,370 --> 01:06:18,380 - The sheikh's right. 1259 01:06:18,580 --> 01:06:20,670 You could look in silence. 1260 01:06:20,870 --> 01:06:23,300 - And not comment on what I see? 1261 01:06:23,500 --> 01:06:25,010 I've never done that. 1262 01:06:25,210 --> 01:06:28,130 - Not very French. - Not very Jewish. 1263 01:06:29,330 --> 01:06:31,340 - Can you scratch me here? 1264 01:06:50,370 --> 01:06:52,970 While the sheikh swaps songs, 1265 01:06:53,160 --> 01:06:56,500 my master clings to familiar things. 1266 01:06:56,700 --> 01:06:59,550 He starts making remarks. 1267 01:06:59,740 --> 01:07:02,630 - Hey! I play the darbuka too. 1268 01:07:03,620 --> 01:07:05,830 You use the back of the hand? 1269 01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:07,710 I use the flat of it. 1270 01:07:07,910 --> 01:07:11,340 - The tiny details show the extent 1271 01:07:11,540 --> 01:07:14,170 of what you don't know. 1272 01:07:14,370 --> 01:07:16,460 Mohamed! Listen! 1273 01:07:16,660 --> 01:07:18,340 I play like a Tuareg! 1274 01:07:18,530 --> 01:07:19,800 Go to sleep! 1275 01:07:21,330 --> 01:07:23,130 I'm tired. 1276 01:07:23,330 --> 01:07:25,620 I'll read the Citroen guide another time. 1277 01:08:25,290 --> 01:08:28,170 - In the Belgian Congo, we meet a young reporter. 1278 01:08:28,370 --> 01:08:31,460 - I didn't know they had Israelites in Black Africa. 1279 01:08:31,660 --> 01:08:33,550 - And his dog is stupid. 1280 01:08:33,750 --> 01:08:36,250 - Boss, you no claw me, ok? 1281 01:08:37,410 --> 01:08:39,500 - He thinks we're idiots. 1282 01:08:39,700 --> 01:08:42,920 - You see? This is the paper I write in. 1283 01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:45,540 I don't actually write, of course. 1284 01:08:45,750 --> 01:08:49,090 We use an invention called printing. 1285 01:08:49,290 --> 01:08:52,130 Can you decipher Western script? 1286 01:08:52,330 --> 01:08:53,220 - He talks, 1287 01:08:53,410 --> 01:08:54,840 but never listens. 1288 01:08:55,040 --> 01:08:58,790 - I'm busy washing, see. I wash once a day. 1289 01:08:58,990 --> 01:09:01,630 It keeps me healthy, free of lice... 1290 01:09:01,830 --> 01:09:04,720 Washing isn't a game, it's healthy. 1291 01:09:04,920 --> 01:09:06,330 Goodbye, my friends! 1292 01:09:06,530 --> 01:09:09,550 Remember, I'm in the paper every week! Ciao! 1293 01:09:18,620 --> 01:09:21,960 - Things are complicated in white men's towns. 1294 01:09:22,160 --> 01:09:25,540 These adventures set a high price 1295 01:09:25,750 --> 01:09:27,540 on bread and board. 1296 01:09:27,740 --> 01:09:29,630 - Not coming to sleep, Abraham? 1297 01:09:29,830 --> 01:09:31,300 - No, cousin. 1298 01:09:31,500 --> 01:09:33,090 I'm watching the truck. 1299 01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:37,590 This is scary! 1300 01:09:37,780 --> 01:09:40,000 - But we're having fun. 1301 01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:40,920 - Yes. 1302 01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:44,760 - The painter and I prefer the night's dangers. 1303 01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:49,250 We look at everything in every town, missing nothing. 1304 01:09:55,170 --> 01:09:58,090 The painter looks so much, he falls in love. 1305 01:09:58,280 --> 01:10:02,130 A real Russian, he does nothing by halves. 1306 01:10:02,330 --> 01:10:05,710 - Cat, tell him to stop staring, I can't work. 1307 01:10:05,910 --> 01:10:08,670 - He says he can't stop. 1308 01:10:08,870 --> 01:10:10,710 He wants to draw you. It's his job. 1309 01:10:10,910 --> 01:10:13,760 - Ask if he does this to all the girls. 1310 01:10:13,960 --> 01:10:15,500 (In Russian) 1311 01:10:16,450 --> 01:10:18,090 - He asks what time you finish. 1312 01:10:26,990 --> 01:10:28,590 - Translate for me. 1313 01:10:33,710 --> 01:10:37,130 Listen carefully, cat. Tell him that I'm not like that. 1314 01:10:40,830 --> 01:10:43,970 - Translate this, but with the same emotion. 1315 01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:56,580 - I'm a painter too. Get her to pose nude. 1316 01:10:56,780 --> 01:10:59,170 These women are goddesses. 1317 01:10:59,370 --> 01:11:02,130 I'll give you a tip for drawing blacks. 1318 01:11:03,830 --> 01:11:07,710 The Negro's specificity lies in the curve of the face. 1319 01:11:07,910 --> 01:11:09,210 You understand? 1320 01:11:09,410 --> 01:11:11,550 (In Russian) 1321 01:11:12,870 --> 01:11:15,750 - A foreigner? Never mind. 1322 01:11:16,660 --> 01:11:18,420 Here are the basics. 1323 01:11:18,620 --> 01:11:21,380 There's no sense in drawing 1324 01:11:21,580 --> 01:11:24,380 if you don't possess the rudiments of anatomy. 1325 01:11:27,030 --> 01:11:27,920 Savage! 1326 01:11:28,120 --> 01:11:31,170 - Tell him not to get into such a state. 1327 01:11:33,540 --> 01:11:36,250 I've heard worse than that. 1328 01:11:36,450 --> 01:11:37,710 (In Russian) 1329 01:11:39,740 --> 01:11:42,880 - In his country, they do similar drawings of Jews. 1330 01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:44,920 - We were made to meet. 1331 01:11:45,120 --> 01:11:46,750 - Tell her I'll take her to the land 1332 01:11:46,950 --> 01:11:49,550 where the Blacks and Jews come from. 1333 01:11:49,740 --> 01:11:52,340 Tell her there's no racism there. 1334 01:11:52,540 --> 01:11:55,290 - You really want me to translate that? 1335 01:11:57,200 --> 01:11:58,670 - Wake up, you adventurer! 1336 01:11:58,870 --> 01:12:00,380 Time to go! 1337 01:12:02,370 --> 01:12:05,050 He needs to sleep. 1338 01:12:05,250 --> 01:12:08,590 He's in love with me. I'm coming to his Jerusalem. 1339 01:12:08,780 --> 01:12:11,510 I think I love him too. 1340 01:12:15,460 --> 01:12:17,290 - He's not coming? 1341 01:12:17,490 --> 01:12:20,050 - He's in love. He wants us to take a waitress along. 1342 01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:20,960 - Ah! 1343 01:12:21,160 --> 01:12:24,590 If she accepts, God is great, and that's good news. 1344 01:12:24,790 --> 01:12:25,880 - Why? 1345 01:12:26,070 --> 01:12:29,340 - I couldn't keep drinking your coffee all the way 1346 01:12:29,540 --> 01:12:30,920 to Ethiopia. 1347 01:12:31,120 --> 01:12:33,380 - I'm insulted. My daughter likes me coffee. 1348 01:12:33,580 --> 01:12:35,540 - She's a good girl. 1349 01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:38,590 - How do you know the waitress' coffee is better than mine? 1350 01:12:42,540 --> 01:12:44,220 - I dreamt of your father. 1351 01:12:44,420 --> 01:12:47,290 You know, my dreams are always true. 1352 01:12:47,490 --> 01:12:48,670 - How is he, Malka? 1353 01:12:48,870 --> 01:12:50,630 - He's well, thank God. 1354 01:12:50,830 --> 01:12:52,880 But he's been in danger. 1355 01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:54,720 I saw your father on a battlefield. 1356 01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:57,840 Tribes of black men were clashing. 1357 01:13:00,450 --> 01:13:01,550 But all of a sudden, 1358 01:13:01,750 --> 01:13:04,720 Rabbi Sfar held up the Tables of the Law 1359 01:13:04,920 --> 01:13:08,090 and all the fighters put down their weapons. 1360 01:13:08,280 --> 01:13:10,300 - Really? - Certainly. 1361 01:13:10,490 --> 01:13:14,550 He said: 'Stop fighting. You must shake hands." 1362 01:13:14,750 --> 01:13:17,840 They're all friends now, God be praised. 1363 01:13:18,030 --> 01:13:20,510 - You're kind, trying to reassure me. 1364 01:13:20,700 --> 01:13:24,090 - I don't know why he had to go so far away. 1365 01:13:24,290 --> 01:13:27,420 He even took my cat. - Listen, my girl. 1366 01:13:27,620 --> 01:13:29,420 Your father is old, that's true. 1367 01:13:29,620 --> 01:13:33,670 This journey may well be his last great adventure. 1368 01:13:33,870 --> 01:13:37,210 So it's good to let him go. 1369 01:13:41,290 --> 01:13:43,470 - The journey lasts months. 1370 01:13:43,660 --> 01:13:46,330 No one complains. The old laugh at everything. 1371 01:13:46,530 --> 01:13:48,630 Even our mechanical problems. 1372 01:13:48,830 --> 01:13:51,420 When they see animals, they become pompous. 1373 01:13:51,620 --> 01:13:54,870 They thank God for the richness of Creation. 1374 01:13:55,080 --> 01:13:58,840 They're like two little boys discovering the world. 1375 01:14:01,660 --> 01:14:04,090 As for the lovers, they get acquainted. 1376 01:14:04,290 --> 01:14:08,380 Thanks to his African, my Russian is learning French. 1377 01:14:10,040 --> 01:14:11,130 (In French) You... 1378 01:14:11,330 --> 01:14:12,590 ... love me? 1379 01:14:13,710 --> 01:14:14,800 Not laugh! 1380 01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:17,250 Hard for me speak French! 1381 01:14:17,450 --> 01:14:20,760 - I laughed because other white people speak to me like that. 1382 01:14:20,950 --> 01:14:23,170 But you can't help it! 1383 01:14:28,910 --> 01:14:31,840 - She black so you won't marry us? 1384 01:14:32,040 --> 01:14:34,220 - We have no laws forbidding Blacks. 1385 01:14:34,420 --> 01:14:37,170 But I need two Jews for a Jewish wedding! 1386 01:14:37,370 --> 01:14:40,420 - A non-Jewish wedding then. - I'm not authorised to do that. 1387 01:14:40,620 --> 01:14:43,970 - I can take the same god as him. 1388 01:14:44,170 --> 01:14:46,040 - Yes, but its complicated. You can't decide on a whim. 1389 01:14:46,240 --> 01:14:49,710 You study for years to become Jewish. 1390 01:14:49,910 --> 01:14:52,670 - My village full Jews who never study. 1391 01:14:52,870 --> 01:14:56,210 - If Jewish people are ignorant, that's God's fault. 1392 01:14:56,410 --> 01:14:58,210 - But if I convert 1393 01:14:58,410 --> 01:15:01,710 someone who doesn't know the 613 laws, I'm the guilty one. 1394 01:15:01,910 --> 01:15:04,090 - You guilty then! Fine! 1395 01:15:04,290 --> 01:15:05,420 Hurry! I want to marry her. 1396 01:15:06,320 --> 01:15:07,090 - All right. 1397 01:15:08,200 --> 01:15:11,630 The greatest Jewish wise man was Hillel. 1398 01:15:11,830 --> 01:15:14,800 He summed up our laws in one line: 1399 01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:17,210 "Love your neighbour as yourself." 1400 01:15:17,410 --> 01:15:19,670 - Who's my neighbour? - I am. 1401 01:15:19,870 --> 01:15:21,840 - I love you! 1402 01:15:25,750 --> 01:15:26,630 - Mazel Tov! 1403 01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:31,760 - What must God think of a rabbi like me? 1404 01:15:31,950 --> 01:15:35,330 - Maybe he sees you as someone raising the level. 1405 01:15:35,540 --> 01:15:38,800 - Perhaps. You never know what to think with God. 1406 01:15:38,990 --> 01:15:42,300 - It's enough to tell yourself God is a decent guy. 1407 01:15:42,500 --> 01:15:43,420 - Yeah. 1408 01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:48,710 - You're lucky to get him, my mistress liked him too. 1409 01:15:53,410 --> 01:15:56,290 To sum things up: On this expedition we have 1410 01:15:56,490 --> 01:15:57,710 two kids, 1411 01:15:57,910 --> 01:16:01,800 a cat, a donkey, two lovers and soon a baby. 1412 01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:03,630 It's Noah's Ark. 1413 01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:10,460 In Asmara, we meet Eritrean Jews. 1414 01:16:10,660 --> 01:16:13,800 They talk about the Falasha, Jews since the dawn of time. 1415 01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:17,000 But no one has heard of the city called Jerusalem. 1416 01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:20,920 - Tell this fool his Jerusalem doesn't exist. 1417 01:16:21,120 --> 01:16:22,670 (In Russian) 1418 01:16:22,870 --> 01:16:24,960 - He says you have no faith. 1419 01:16:25,170 --> 01:16:26,790 - A communist tells me that? 1420 01:16:26,990 --> 01:16:30,800 - They don't know it because the region is inaccessible. 1421 01:16:31,000 --> 01:16:32,300 Tell them I'm sure. 1422 01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:34,760 - That's supposed to reassure us? 1423 01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:41,050 - There are beasts in the water! 1424 01:16:41,250 --> 01:16:43,170 I'm sure there are! 1425 01:16:43,370 --> 01:16:46,880 I'm sure there are beasts in the water! 1426 01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:48,710 - Cut it out! 1427 01:16:58,030 --> 01:17:02,050 - Bless you, Lord, for allowing us crocodile meat. 1428 01:17:02,250 --> 01:17:06,290 And give us strength. We can't go on. 1429 01:17:06,490 --> 01:17:08,000 - Amen. 1430 01:17:11,910 --> 01:17:14,920 - The track is so rough, we abandon the truck. 1431 01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:16,630 Even the donkey gives up. 1432 01:17:19,490 --> 01:17:22,300 - Remember where I am. 1433 01:17:22,500 --> 01:17:24,050 Don't abandon me! 1434 01:17:24,250 --> 01:17:25,120 - I promise. 1435 01:17:29,200 --> 01:17:31,710 Even the two Sfars can't go on. 1436 01:17:31,910 --> 01:17:34,220 - You should give up, my friend. 1437 01:17:34,420 --> 01:17:37,460 - No, it's my dream. - And you, with your baby? 1438 01:17:37,660 --> 01:17:40,210 - I go where my love goes. 1439 01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:42,920 - Wait! 1440 01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:44,550 I'll accompany you. 1441 01:17:46,070 --> 01:17:49,050 Watch your step! 1442 01:17:49,450 --> 01:17:52,760 - All the Jews and Blacks come from this city. 1443 01:17:54,830 --> 01:17:57,460 Maybe Adam and Eve too. 1444 01:17:57,660 --> 01:18:01,800 Maybe Adam and Eve are still alive, 1445 01:18:02,000 --> 01:18:04,090 thanks to their very balanced diet. 1446 01:18:07,200 --> 01:18:09,250 Look. We're here! - Woah! 1447 01:18:09,450 --> 01:18:11,340 What a view! 1448 01:18:12,080 --> 01:18:13,680 This is it! 1449 01:18:13,870 --> 01:18:15,920 - The city of our origins. 1450 01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:17,880 - Fantastic! 1451 01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:20,420 - They lived in peace for 2,000 years. 1452 01:18:20,620 --> 01:18:22,590 Far from racism, from hatred! 1453 01:18:24,040 --> 01:18:27,000 It's magnificent! 1454 01:18:27,200 --> 01:18:29,550 - Our home at last! 1455 01:18:29,740 --> 01:18:31,010 We'll be loved here. 1456 01:18:32,660 --> 01:18:33,800 (Unknown language) 1457 01:18:35,660 --> 01:18:37,590 - It's not visiting time. 1458 01:18:37,780 --> 01:18:41,590 - They don't know who we are. We're in your tribe! 1459 01:18:41,790 --> 01:18:43,590 Don't kill us. 1460 01:18:46,780 --> 01:18:48,380 - They're big. 1461 01:18:52,410 --> 01:18:55,170 - They don't seem very friendly. - They don't know us yet. 1462 01:18:55,380 --> 01:18:58,340 Language barrier. - I understand. 1463 01:18:58,540 --> 01:19:00,380 They're telling you to get lost. 1464 01:19:00,580 --> 01:19:02,420 - Misunderstanding! 1465 01:19:02,620 --> 01:19:05,290 Explain: we're Jewish like them. 1466 01:19:05,500 --> 01:19:09,050 - We all have the same religion... 1467 01:19:13,290 --> 01:19:13,970 - See? 1468 01:19:14,170 --> 01:19:15,580 They're adopting us. 1469 01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:17,630 (Unknown language) 1470 01:19:17,830 --> 01:19:19,670 Ah... what did they say? 1471 01:19:19,870 --> 01:19:23,380 - l can translate, but you won't like it. 1472 01:19:23,580 --> 01:19:24,710 They say 1473 01:19:24,920 --> 01:19:28,040 they never saw a pink Jew like you. 1474 01:19:29,370 --> 01:19:31,760 - I'll draw you. 1475 01:19:31,960 --> 01:19:34,550 A portrait of each one of you. 1476 01:19:36,070 --> 01:19:38,710 - It's so pretty. 1477 01:19:38,910 --> 01:19:42,090 Hello sir, very pretty. 1478 01:19:42,290 --> 01:19:45,830 What a big bathroom! 1479 01:19:46,030 --> 01:19:48,460 Hello! Having a nice soak? 1480 01:19:48,660 --> 01:19:51,670 Hello. Magnificent. 1481 01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:55,330 What's the matter? 1482 01:19:55,540 --> 01:19:57,420 What the... Ah! 1483 01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:05,710 No, please... 1484 01:20:13,500 --> 01:20:14,750 - You're annoying! 1485 01:20:14,960 --> 01:20:16,170 (Prayers in Hebrew) 1486 01:20:17,830 --> 01:20:19,050 What's that? 1487 01:20:22,040 --> 01:20:23,760 It's... it's... 1488 01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:27,790 But it's... 1489 01:20:29,290 --> 01:20:31,170 A bar mitzvah! 1490 01:20:32,500 --> 01:20:33,680 I want to do 1491 01:20:33,870 --> 01:20:35,460 my bar mitzvah too! 1492 01:20:37,530 --> 01:20:39,630 Hey, friends! 1493 01:20:39,830 --> 01:20:43,170 Afer he finishes, can I do mine too? 1494 01:20:47,620 --> 01:20:48,880 - There we go. 1495 01:20:49,990 --> 01:20:51,550 - I just wanted 1496 01:20:51,750 --> 01:20:53,880 to do my bar mitzvah. Help! 1497 01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:57,130 - A bit stylised, but drawn with love. 1498 01:21:00,830 --> 01:21:01,880 - No! 1499 01:21:06,240 --> 01:21:07,960 - Let's go, please? 1500 01:21:08,160 --> 01:21:09,750 - Cat, you help me. 1501 01:21:09,950 --> 01:21:12,380 Translate. - Not right now. 1502 01:21:12,580 --> 01:21:15,080 - There's a misunderstanding. 1503 01:21:15,290 --> 01:21:18,250 - He says you're an idol worshipper, stealing their faces. 1504 01:21:18,450 --> 01:21:20,260 - Who are they? 1505 01:21:20,450 --> 01:21:23,630 - They don't want me to do my bar mitzvah. 1506 01:21:23,830 --> 01:21:26,330 - Don't run away, cat. 1507 01:21:26,530 --> 01:21:28,290 Solve all problems 1508 01:21:28,490 --> 01:21:29,710 through dialogue. 1509 01:21:55,410 --> 01:21:56,840 - You're right. 1510 01:21:57,030 --> 01:21:58,460 Stay as you are. 1511 01:21:58,660 --> 01:22:01,760 Don't change your way of life. 1512 01:22:01,960 --> 01:22:05,790 You're just like the rest of mankind. 1513 01:22:06,700 --> 01:22:09,000 I prefer cats. 1514 01:22:11,540 --> 01:22:12,920 We set off again! 1515 01:22:14,420 --> 01:22:15,920 We find the Sfars. 1516 01:22:16,120 --> 01:22:18,340 We find the donkey. 1517 01:22:18,540 --> 01:22:20,760 We find the truck. 1518 01:22:20,950 --> 01:22:23,130 - You see, your city doesn't exist. 1519 01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:25,790 - We told you so. 1520 01:22:29,080 --> 01:22:30,630 - Husband... 1521 01:22:31,120 --> 01:22:33,510 Your story is funny. 1522 01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:37,790 - I always thought your city was a dumb idea. 1523 01:22:39,450 --> 01:22:41,050 - What do we tell the others? 1524 01:22:41,250 --> 01:22:43,300 Do we tell them it exists, or not? 1525 01:22:44,750 --> 01:22:46,840 - I think we must lie to them. 1526 01:22:47,030 --> 01:22:51,260 Talking about things as they are isn't my job. 1527 01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:54,090 - I'll go, if I'm in the way. 1528 01:23:02,910 --> 01:23:04,420 That's really swinging! 1529 01:23:05,620 --> 01:23:07,790 That's not Maalouf. 1530 01:23:07,990 --> 01:23:10,710 - I pinched a few ideas 1531 01:23:10,910 --> 01:23:13,680 from Django Reinhardt in Constantine. Want to sing with me? 1532 01:23:13,870 --> 01:23:16,590 - No, talking is already hard enough. 1533 01:23:16,780 --> 01:23:18,750 I'll learn to sing another time. 1534 01:23:19,870 --> 01:23:21,970 Writing to Zlabya, master? 1535 01:23:22,160 --> 01:23:24,260 - Yes. - Have you mentioned me? 1536 01:23:24,460 --> 01:23:26,000 - You're very curious. 1537 01:23:26,200 --> 01:23:28,090 - Have you said I'm talking again? 1538 01:23:28,290 --> 01:23:31,170 - I say you've travelled and learned a lot 1539 01:23:31,370 --> 01:23:33,430 and that you have become a good cat. 1540 01:23:33,620 --> 01:23:36,710 - Please tell her we'll be home soon. 1541 01:23:36,910 --> 01:23:39,340 Tell her I love her with all my heart. 1542 01:23:39,540 --> 01:23:43,260 that I dream of nestling against her breast... 1543 01:23:43,460 --> 01:23:46,630 - Are you telling me how to write to my daughter? 1544 01:23:46,830 --> 01:23:49,130 Get out of here! 1545 01:23:51,080 --> 01:23:55,250 - Oh, Eternal God of Abraham, allow me to return to Zlabya. 1546 01:23:55,450 --> 01:23:58,460 Ask her to care for me and love me as always. 1547 01:23:58,660 --> 01:24:01,340 God of heaven and earth, carry me to her arms. 1548 01:24:01,540 --> 01:24:04,750 Keep her happy with me for ever and ever. 1549 01:24:08,910 --> 01:24:12,470 May she never marry or have children! Amen. 1550 01:24:24,540 --> 01:24:26,460 O Eternal 1551 01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:30,670 God of Abraham 1552 01:24:33,420 --> 01:24:35,420 Allow me to return 1553 01:24:36,450 --> 01:24:37,880 to my mistress 1554 01:24:39,790 --> 01:24:42,300 Make her to love me 1555 01:24:42,500 --> 01:24:43,550 Always 1556 01:24:45,530 --> 01:24:47,590 God of Heaven and 1557 01:24:47,780 --> 01:24:49,340 Earth. 1558 01:24:52,580 --> 01:24:56,040 Make her care for me 1559 01:24:59,200 --> 01:25:00,880 Carry me 1560 01:25:01,370 --> 01:25:02,550 To her heart 1561 01:25:03,210 --> 01:25:04,880 To her arms. 1562 01:25:07,410 --> 01:25:07,870 May she never marry 1563 01:25:07,870 --> 01:25:07,880 May she never marry May she never marry 1564 01:25:07,880 --> 01:25:10,090 May she never marry 1565 01:25:10,290 --> 01:25:12,340 May she never have children 1566 01:25:12,540 --> 01:25:14,170 May she never marry 1567 01:25:14,370 --> 01:25:16,380 May she never have children 1568 01:25:16,580 --> 01:25:18,210 May she never marry 1569 01:25:18,410 --> 01:25:20,420 May she never have children 1570 01:25:21,270 --> 01:25:24,380 Download Movie Subtitles Searcher from www.OpenSubtitles.org 1570 01:25:25,305 --> 01:25:31,933 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/3fepr Help other users to choose the best subtitles