This film contains some violent scenes, strong language,
discriminatory language and some scenes of a sexual nature
A TRUCK APPROACHES
OK, friend.
Relax. Michel hat me gesturt.
England?
England. >
Gelt. >
Gelt!
PANICKED BREATHING
HE COUGHS
Come on, Abdul! Bacon and egg or chicken curry?
Come on! Think about it later. Come on or I'll bloody cop it!
Come on!
Go on. Bugger off.
WHISTLE >
£50! Quickly!
Bloody hell! What's this? Dollars?
Let me see now.
OK.
Hey, come on. £50.
OK, pal. This one's yours.
Home sweet home.
You got what I said? Did you? Agent fee payable every Sunday.
Make sure you have your money ready, OK?
Salapanchode, open the fucking door!
Bloody Bengalis(!)
This is Akram's replacement. Tell Hussein Shah. Show him the ropes.
OK, pal, see you Sunday.
Are you from Mirpur?
No, Jhelum. Ah, Jhelum.
They're all Mirpuris and Hafizabadis here. Selhut, Bengal.
There. Top floor. Akram's old mattress is on the right.
PHONE RINGS
A DOOR CLOSES >
VOICES IN HALLWAY
Come today?
This afternoon.
You must be hungry. Have you eaten?
Yes, I have.
God bless. Carry on, please.
< SNORING
Allah...
Allah... For God's sake!
I've nothing left! I've sold all my wife's jewellery for this!
The first night's always the worst. First and the last. Now go to sleep!
Believe me, you'll need it.
Oh, yes.
ALARM BUZZES
Hi, I'm Sakib!
You're coming with me to my place of work.
I saved you some of last night's curry. God bless.
If I tighten my belt much more, it will cut me in half.
Tea? God bless.
What sort of work are they going to give me? I need to earn good money.
Do you have a technical skill?
Technical? No, clerical. They'll probably give you something dirty!
But don't worry, you will have all the overtime you want.
English workers, too grand for dirty work!
Personally, I do not bother with overtime. Only if my gaffer is stuck.
Otherwise, I like to come home and study.
No family?
Only my mother. I send her something from time to time, but her wants are few.
She is quite old.
Hey, did you know that many of our famous people came and studied here?
No. This is my dream - to live in London and write a book.
Mine is to go back with my pockets loaded.
I've got scores to settle. Scores?
< Sakib! Sakib!
Jenaab! How was your night shift?
(Hussein Shah.) Here, this is Akram's, but it should fit.
Your food stocks are very low.
You will need to pick up some shopping. Yes. This is Akram's replacement. He is coming with me.
Assalaamu alaikum. Wa alaikum.
Akram was a fine man, a brave man. Without his bravery, we wouldn't have been here today.
Lentils, baked beans.
Onions? Yes, onions and some chilli powder.
Tonight I'll cook you some curried beans. Eggs. A dozen, not half.
Yoghurt,
a loaf of bread.
Small one.
What about food for yourself?
Thank you. My food is all right.
Maybe after the weekend.
Perfect!
And put this in your pocket, eh?
Follow Sakib's lead when you go out.
We don't wish to be 17 in this house again.
'Shahji gets a fee from the agency.'
So much per head. Assalaamu alaikum.
And Akram, what happened to him exactly?
It was stupid. He got into a fight with a stallholder over his change.
He told the bobbies he couldn't remember where we lived. They still deported him, though.
DRUNKEN SINGING
Hey! But an English khakha?
Curiosity killed the cat. That's what the English say.
Look before you leap. That's another good one.
HOOTER SOUNDS
A good worker! No cards.
Does he know it's a 12-hour shift? Yes, Mr Redway.
Plenty of overtime, sahib?
Please, sahib.
Take him up with Old Ram.
Yes, Mr Redway!
Sheep shit. You will soon get used to it.
Relax, my friend. You are safe here.
The bosses love a man with no papers. No papers, no existence.
No existence, no rights.
Stay close and don't draw attention to yourself, OK?
Where's the chilli powder?! It was here last week.
They must have moved it.
Quickly, let us go now.
One pound seven and ten.
I am buying food for you.
What the hell were you doing?! Dollars! They're all informers - white, black, even our own people!
Do you want to end up like Akram?
Oi!
Shahji is a very good cook. Me, I'm terrible!
So I do letter writing and shopping, he does my cooking and my washing.
These are very good beans, Shahji! I'm glad you like them.
Excellent. Are there any more?
No, my friend. All gone now.
Sakib didn't buy enough.
When you finish eating, I want you to write a letter for me. Yes, Shahji.
My blasted relatives are hounding me again.
I keep telling them money over here doesn't fall from the sky.
Don't go mad.
BELLS RING OUT
CHEERING AND WHISTLING
SINGING
EXCITED CHATTER
Put your money in!
Come on, put your money in.
Quickly, quickly.
CHEERING
All right, boys. Feeding time.
LOUD CHEER
EXCITED CHATTER
It's really all with the same girl?
We're not going to marry her!
It's safer than going out for it. And cheaper. Mass production, lower unit cost.
No point in fucking your money away.
Amir, what are you doing behind these Bengalis?
Order of seniority!
But Bengalis are always last.
THEY ARGUE
Oi! Behave yourself!
Behave yourself!
< Where's Sakib? Sakib!
< Sakib, there's a lady waiting to see you!
Hi!
You can take your gear off, darling.
Hey...clothes.
Bloody hell!
Look, darling, I've got the whole house to service, which don't give you a lot of time.
Those Bengalis still want feeding. My princess...
My little nightingale, don't fly away from me ever.
Shit...
OK?
No!
HE GRUNTS
RECITING KORAN
Ask her how the new buffalo is doing. Is there enough feed?
Khalid Shah's son-in-law arrived three months ago and said the weather had been dry...
So, how was our little princess?
Our little princess was everything she was supposed to be.
The Bengalis complained at the time you took. I told them they had a hard act to follow.
Your tool's machined by Rolls-Royce!
Oooh!
< Good evening!
I hope no-one's gambled my money! Pay me first, gamble afterwards.
Since you are a rich man, yours is ten shillings for the bed and £3 for travel fees.
Gholam, sahib, are you awake? Mm?
How long it will take you to buy your three acres back home?
God in heaven(!)
One year down and one to go. Two years?
It's not a jail sentence. Just a question of personal discipline and regular sleep.
That is, if you can get it.
It reminds me of my time in the army,
when I was a sergeant.
Great days.
SAKIB: Amir!
Shahji has a white woman with him!
Come, come!
Sh! A white woman with Shahji. A prostitute?
MUFFLED VOICES >
A prostitute.
How do you know?
She will go.
What if she stays?
Shahji will miss his work!
Don't be foolish! Hussein Shah never misses his work! Never! Sssh!
They've gone to bed. What about the night shift? Sssh!
Did he say anything to you? No, he just took his food in there.
No gargling over the sink, no ablutions, no evening prayers. He has missed everything! Shh!
BELL RINGS
Mr Redway?
Why don't you bloody knock?!
Next time I'll dock your wages!
Nice to meet you. Sakib? Sakib. Mary? Mary. See you.
Bye. Bye.
What was she saying to you?
Nothing. Nothing? She was talking to you.
She said her name was Mary.
And? What else?
Only talking.
Talking what? She spoke first!
She said, "Hello."
And? She asked me some questions. What I do, what time I go to work...
She sounds like a police informer.
No, she was just asking. Sakib, I saw you talking to her properly.
She was quizzing you.
Her stomach is upset.
With our food. She likes the curry,
but the chillies make her belly burn.
Prostitute.
No, she seemed nice.
Prostitutes can be nice. Just because you're a tart...
Hello.
TOILET FLUSHES
MUSIC FROM ROOM: "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
SHE SINGS
WILD CHEERING
ROWDY SINGING
Shh! Shh!
Shh!
Hello? Hello? Um, can I speak to the doctor, please?
Hello, Doctor? I'm really sorry to trouble you. It's Mary Collins.
Well, I've got this really bad stomach upset. I wondered if you could visit.
Great.
I'll give you the address. (Her belly is bad.)
14 Brudenel Mount.
Yeah.
OK. OK, thank you. Bye.
Oh, shit!
FRANTIC CHATTER
Come on! Hurry up!
Move, move!
KNOCK AT DOOR
CHATTER SUBSIDES
MORE KNOCKING
KNOCKING
Go on! Go on!
Go on!
Hello. Mary Collins?
Nothing at all to worry about. If it doesn't clear up in the next few days, come and see me, OK?
Bye.
Shahji, how is she now? Everything is OK now.
Everything is fine.
Listen, do the prostitute thing here.
And make no noise.
Shona Mian, when she comes, you answer the door.
Me? Why always me?!
Because you're good at these things.
Answer the door, put your finger to your lips.
< And no queues.
Right. One at a time. >
Cut my name out. Mine too.
It's different for us. None of you live on the top floor.
She has smiled at us.
We have said hello.
Do you know the medan by the Sunni mosque? My house is next to the shop of Baba Shida.
There's a letter.
Please tell my wife next time I'll send some clothes for the children.
How soon can you do it?
I'm leaving Thursday.
He's a good fellow.
Please tell my wife I miss her food. Something to bite into and bite back!
How often have you actually seen your wife since you came here? Eight times.
In how many years? 20. Eight times in 20 years?!
Never for more than a month.
But you're here legally.
Why not you didn't send for her?
What would she do here?
In her village, she is with her friends,
relatives and grandchildren.
Oh, my God... I do send her money on the first day of every month.
For 20 years I have done this. Without fail.
Hussein Shah has taken up with a white girl. Is it a good thing? Who can say?
The wheels beneath a man's feet are of blind fortune.
I lived with a goree once.
She was a good one. A real worker.
Da-da-da-ra! Da-da-da-ra-ra...
Da-ra!
Da-ra! Da-ra!
Da-ra! Da-ra! Da-ra!
Can I have a go?
I will show you. You can't cook!
I know the type. They can usually eat, though!
I could do this for Shah. That would surprise him!
Hey! Look what I'm doing for you!
And what about you? Ah...I'm sticking to English.
You won't forget to ask your foreman about changing to days?
No, I haven't forgotten.
He's changing to days so we can spend more time together.
He saved me. Didn't he tell you?
I used to go out with this fella, Jamaica George. He treated me nice, but he was into drugs.
One day the mob did for him. Did for him? Murdered him, yeah.
His brother wanted me on the game. I told him to fuck himself, so he beat me up.
I'd never do business on the street. Do I look like a tart? Be honest.
No.
So I ran away.
Do you know what the first thing I noticed about Shah was?
His hands.
I was in this cafe, one of your Paki places, and he was nursing this cup of tea.
You could see his whole life in those hands.
It sounds silly, but he reminded me of a big tree.
Let me see that now.
Wow, it's like smoking a chillum!
So this is how you keep warm, eh? Mary, where we come from is not like here.
There, there is life. Blue skies, heat, life in the people.
Mary, you should see our houses.
I have rooms in my house as big as this whole house! Really? Wow!
We have big, big courtyards with animals...
Animals? Chickens, goats, buffalo. Snakes. Snakes, Amir?
Ugh! My bullock is the champion racer in the district.
You race them? Never been beaten.
Mary, this lady is my wife. Oh, wow, she's gorgeous! What's her name?
Sakina. Sakina? That's a lovely name.
Mary, you have the true love of God in your heart.
Me? No-one's said that to me before!
One day you will become a Muslim, you will see.
Inshallah.
I think religion's really good, but I don't know much about it.
< Mary? Excuse us.
You people are really lucky to have so much to believe in.
Hey, Zaman, what was that rubbish about the size of your house?
Well, what about you and your bullock, then?
The only way it would win anything is if you stuck it on bloody wheels!
SINGING STARTS
SINGING CONTINUES
Ram!
Asif! You're back. Did you see my wife? I did.
How are they all? Well, it is better you read this.
What's this? I am making contribution this week.
A contribution? That's nice(!)
Very thoughtful(!)
I told you I come here every Sunday. I get paid every Sunday. Get it?
My mother-in-law is in hospital... I don't care about your fucking mother-in-law!
Don't swear at me... Listen - I get paid first!
Now you can pay a fucking premium for missing it. Don't swear at me.
Pay or I'll tell the police you're illegal. You'll be fucking gone!
What the bloody hell is going on?
No, it's OK. He's my agent. Please...
No-one here threatens people, OK? Mind your own fucking business!
Don't ever speak to me like that! I'll have your guts for garters!
If anyone is deported, it'll be you! Get out!
We're honest people here! We work with our hands!
I don't want to see you here again!
Ungh!
Are you OK, Mary? Bloody hell!
Oh, God! I think the baby's coming.
Mary...? Don't touch me!
BREATHING HEAVILY
Ungh!
Somebody get me the doctor, please!
ANXIOUS DISCUSSION
Help me...
Move back! Mind her head! Mind the door!
On the bed, over there.
All right. Slowly, slowly.
Holy shit!
Oh, my God! Mary, my neck! My neck, Mary!
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Help me!
Hot water, that's what we need.
What for?
Women always put the kettle on!
What are you doing? She needs a doctor. Are you crazy?!
Amir! Amir! Please, don't!
Wait, no!
She could be in danger! Yes. And so could we if the police find out.
< Amir! Come quickly!
We'll sort it out.
Shah! I want Shah! He's coming, Mary! He's coming.
Shona Mian's gone for somebody.
Hear that? It'll be all right.
HEAVY PANTING
Aaaargh!
Aaa-haaagh!
I hope she's OK.
OK, boys, where is she?
LOUD GROANS
What the bloody hell is she doing here?! I want a doctor! Calm down!
You men, out! I said out now!
Let me sit, let me sit!
You two, out! No! No...!
All right, all right! All right. Look, just calm down!
Look, breathe with me! Breathe with me! Breathe!
That's it. Now carry on... That's it!
That's a good girl. Give me that.
There, there, there.
Push! Come on, love, push! >
We're nearly there! We're nearly there. >
I can't do it! No...
No!
AGONISING SCREAM
A BABY CRIES
Is it all right? Right as rain.
Come on.
BABY CRIES
Ahh...hello!
Hello! You can have this, pet. I've no more use for it.
Come on...
Oh, diddums! Thank you. Thanks for everything.
Funny looking little fella. That's cos he's Jamaica George's. Aww.
You're beautiful, aren't you? Yes, you are.
Shah...
Mary's had the baby. It's a boy. She's fine. Go and see her.
In the name of God, most gracious, most merciful.
Oh, mankind, reverence your guardian Lord who created you from a single person created.
Of like nature his mate and from them countless men and women.
And reverence the wombs that bore you, for God ever watches over you. Amen.
Thank you.
For me? Oh, thanks, everybody. Thank you.
Did Hussein Shah know it wasn't his?
Why else stay away?
It's a mystery he didn't kick her out.
This prostitute business
will have to stop.
But she helped us out.
You and Tara Mian are the same!
Food doesn't go down until you've ridden a woman!
OK, we'll cut our names out.
Everyone will. This household just received an innocent soul from God.
And the premium?
Don't push your luck.
Come on, little fella, don't you want your din-dins?
Thanks.
Shah...
I thought we could call him Michael George or Michael George Shah. We could change it by deed poll.
I got a letter from my nephew, son of my late brother.
Thanks.
SHAH AND MARY ARGUE
< I thought you said you loved me!
< I'm asking you a question!
< I'm trying to explain something! Love doesn't come into this.
< That's the problem, Shah! You've just got no bloody feelings!
FRONT DOOR OPENS
FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS
Shah wants me to marry his nephew.
He says he owes it to his brother. The lad can't afford the agents.
If I marry him, he can come here legally. That's grand, isn't it?
What does that make me, then? Some piece of white meat?
< Two blood relatives having carnal relationship with the same woman?! I'm not talking of a real marriage.
Who has ever heard of this?
This marriage must be dropped!
It is against the laws of God!
I am not talking of a real marriage,
for God's sake!
Am I so crazy as to hand over Mary?
I have told her this is a paper marriage just to go by the law so the poor boy can come here!
Sometimes you pay another white woman to do this!
Sometimes you put your own goree forward! It saves money!
You fill in some forms and the job is finished! Am I right or wrong?!
Look, this is a chance for one of our own to come here in freedom.
We are all brothers in trouble, hiding from this, hiding from that.
We dare not react. I made Mary the queen of my house, bringing up her bastard!
His milk, his clothes!
Is she telling me that she can't even sign a piece of paper?
If it was one of our women, she'd have laid down her life for me!
Brothers, have I this right or not?
Truly, our lives are tied to our kith and kin.
Sakib, why don't you speak to her?
You know the ways of the English. Tell her we are all agreed.
It is not just for our benefit, but for hers, too.
I am sorry, Sher Baz, sahib. I do not wish to.
I was there when the baby was born. You stood up for me with the agent.
Would I act against your interest?
Let me tell you, Amir. I got taken into care when I was ten.
Me da used to beat us up, then one day me ma picked up the kitchen knife and killed him with it!
When I came here, I thought this was my home and all of you were my family.
My mistake. Please... Get off me!
Mary, I can't let you walk out like this.
Get off me! Fuck you! Fucking get off me!
BABY CRIES
We have hurt her.
Ah, the matter is cleared up. Nothing in it.
Women...they have no brains.
No blasted sense.
She purposely misunderstands every blasted word I say to her!
BABY CRIES
SPEAK IN HUSHED TONES
SHAH AND MARY ARGUE UPSTAIRS
Admit it, Shah! Why don't you just admit it? Shut up! Shut up!
Why don't you care about me for a bloody change? I DO care!
I'm just something to be bought and sold! I'm fed up with it!
Then get out! I've nowhere to go with a newborn fucking baby!
SOUND OF A BLOW
Aaah!
MARY SOBS
You have both made the declarations as prescribed by law and made a solemn contract
in the presence of the witnesses here assembled. And now if you'd all like to sign the register.
You just sign the second line there, please.
Thank you. And can I be the first to congratulate you? Thanks.
And you, sir. You sign on the top line.
CHEERING
Why are you looking so tearful? I'm the one that's the bride.
MORE CHEERS
Let's have a real celebration!
Are you crazy? Celebration of what?
Irshad says he's very happy, hmm? Just like home.
Sun's shining. Own food, own shelter.
What's the difference?
What do you reckon?
Not bad, eh?
RADIO PLAYS
Served an apprenticeship?
Oh, yes, sir. Electrician.
So what are you doing with these two pillocks?
Did the nephew say where he was going? No.
He did not say where he was going. Nor did he say whether, why or who he was going with.
Unlike us, he's a free man. He simply went AWOL.
FRONT DOOR CLOSES
< DRUNKEN SINGING
What time is this? Payday, Uncle. I wanted to give you the money.
Payday? It's gone 11 o'clock!
Here. Six...
eight...
nine...ten.
Have you been drinking?
I had to meet some friends.
Friends?
What friends?
White people?
I don't want to see your drunken face hanging around my door again.
Go and spend all your money in the pub. Throw it away. Die a poor man.
Damn drunkard!
Psst!
(Did you go to the pub?)
Me? Never.
What's it like?
Fantabulous!
Were there English people there?
And a group
with electric guitars!
Don't you know what becomes of those who consume intoxicants? You're young!
You'll be enveloped in fierce fire and black smoke!
You will drink like a diseased camel!
I'm sorry. Sorry. I won't do it again. Promise.
Oh(!)
DRUNKEN SINGING >
# They call The Rising Sun...
# It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
# My God, I think I'm one!
# My mother wa-a-a-s...
# ..a sailor... #
Oh, God! This beer really gets to you, no?
I'm going to die!
Go on without me!
Stupid, you're home!
I'm not!
For God's sake, Sakib, pull yourself together! >
In God's name, what's going on here? It's all right, Uncle.
All right? The boy is drunk!
Oh, God! Has nobody seen anybody drunk before? Amir, help me.
That's it. Get it all up. You'll be fine.
Please don't let me die! Don't let me die. You won't die.
A fine, healthy thing like you? Eh, Irshad? Don't you have any shame?
If I had known you'd turn out like this, I'd never have brought you!
Oh, Shah, they're just having fun! Amir, will you get Sakib's blanket?
For God's sake, you'll be fine.
What's with your crying?
You'll be fine. You just had too much to drink, that's all.
The problem is that there are 20 of us, plus the baby.
If it's a quiet night you want, there is always my little kitchen.
Thank you. I've got to get away from this house. I've got to.
What about the agent? They're not going to let you just walk off.
MUSIC FROM MARY'S ROOM
Amir, will you look after the baby for me? There's milk in the bottle.
Mary, we need to talk.
Talk?
What about?
Irshad. Irshad?
I saw you from the attic the other night. You and Irshad.
It would make a lot of trouble.
Irshad's my husband.
Don't you remember?
It was your idea.
BABY CRIES
Amir?
Yes, Shahji? Where's Mary?
She's gone out, Shahji.
Out?
FRONT DOOR OPENS
# My mother was a sailor... # No! My mother was a TAILOR.
# My mother wa-a-a-s a tailor... #
Oh, hi, Shah. You still up?
Sakib's got his strength back. Hair of the dog that bit you.
Come on, then. Beddy-byes.
Oh, by the way, Uncle. From Monday I'll be working the night shift.
I asked the foreman. So no more pub nights.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi, Krishna Menon - all these big leaders came here.
Islam came to England and studied law. That's how he became a big...
IRSHAD: Same time tomorrow, Mary?
Maybe. You never know if I'm around. OK.
Jesus! Shah! Stop it! Stop it!
Christ! It's your brother's son! Oh, Jesus!
Shah, please!
Oh, Jesus! Somebody help me!
Oh, God! Jesus! Oh, somebody help me!
Oh, God!
Don't touch me! I'll fucking call the police! You're all illegal!
Where are you going?
Out!
Too much freedom. That is Irshad's problem.
I remember it in the army. You give people an inch and they take a mile.
That is why our situation is good. It keeps us on the straight and narrow.
What are you doing?
Ram said I could leave some of my stuff at his place.
MUTTERING
Social Services will see to it that his old clothes are burned, in case of disease.
I expect they'll also bear the cost of the funeral. OK, I'll see if I can organise an ambulance.
We're not sure. He didn't turn up at the cafe. We just came to check.
It looks like he had a heart attack some time last night.
Someone should parcel up his belongings to send to his village. >
Did he have anything more? >
You know what saddens me? Times were cheap when he came. He could have gone back in style.
Well, you know old Ram, strictly a to-and-fro man. He never could raise his pace.
At least he could have flown home for a proper burial.
Now he will lie here like a pauper.
Come on, hurry up! I haven't got all bloody day! >
What is this?
You are leaving us?
Amir!
What? Do you think Mary likes me?
Of course she likes you. No, a lot?
Do you think she likes me a lot?
What do you mean? We could go to London. I could look after her with my writing.
Writing? I'll become a writer.
When I... Just stay away from Mary!
Do you hear me? Why? What's wrong?
Mary's between uncle and nephew. You're not their flesh and blood.
But she said I could go in there! You fucking dumb panchode!
It's not a game, this! Every line you cross increases danger to all of us!
KNOCK AT DOOR
Hello?
Oh, Amir.
Did you say Sakib can come in here? What? He's got some idea that you're running away to London!
Oh, Sakib...! My God.
Just don't lead him on. You hear me? Don't lead him on.
What's got into you? Nothing!
I tried to warn you about Irshad, but you just don't listen!
Jesus Christ! I've got to get out of this place! You've all gone mad!
Mary, I...
Mary... Leave me!
I'm OK.
I just saw a friend of mine. Dead.
It was like looking at my own funeral. I...
That's stupid.
Sakib...?
Sakib? Sakib!
Sakib! Sakib!
Sakib? Sakib!
Sakib! Sakib!
Mary?
Yeah?
I bought something for you.
For me? What for?
< Shah, I'm going down to the pub. I will come with you.
When women get control, they bring the powers of evil to bear. Control?
We're camped on a mudslide, all of us.
Everyone's going down the pub. Come on, you need a drink.
Gholam will listen for the baby.
BAND PLAYS "You Really Got Me"
# I don't know what I'm doing now
# Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night
# You really got me! You really got me!
# You really got me!
# Don't ever set me free, I always wanna be by your side... #
CONSTANT CHATTER
Cheers, everybody.
Cheers!
Hey, how about this, then?
You must have spent a fortune, Irshad. Feel, Amir.
Go on, feel it.
Nice. Shah?
I'm still waiting for the money I put by for you. Oh, God!
You know, I always imagined... I had a letter, Uncle.
A friend told me you are using my investment money on yourself.
Who said? It doesn't matter. For your own purposes, he said.
I hope you haven't been charging me for Mary. You've been wasting it! Shah, don't.
No more woman money. People are watching. So? They don't feed me!
Mary is my woman. Final. Legally she is mine. I don't belong to anybody, right?
Mary...
Get your fucking hands off her!
Jesus Christ! Wait! Get off me!
Where are you going? Where do you think? I'm sorry I ever wore this!
Sakib! Sakib, please...!
Mary, Mary, Mary! Mary...!
Leave him! Leave him, will you? Irshad! Please, Irshad...
Please... Don't, Irshad!
Right! That's it!
In future, I'll decide who comes to the pub with me! You're not grown-up enough to come together!
Sakib... Irshad, please, don't!
In all my days I never thought I'd hear the way I've been spoken to this evening.
Shah, just leave it, will you? Back home, your age and the ties of your blood meant something.
Our fathers and mothers knew others' fathers and mothers.
Here we have just these, these and the money they bring. Nothing else.
That's just as well, isn't it?
If you want respect here, you've bloody well got to earn it.
Shah!
Stop it! For God's sake, stop!
Stop it! Stop doing it!
Stop it! Stop it, please!
Irshad! Stop it! Stop it!
What the hell's going on?
Fighting!
Do you want to kill each other? Stop!
Jesus Christ! Let go of the knife! Sakib, get my baby! Please!
Sakib!
Stop! Stop!
Jesus, Shah!
Ungh...!
Aaaah...!
Run! Run, Mary, run!
Go! Save yourself, Mary! Run!
Oh, Mary...
Get off me!
< What's happened?
Uhhh...Sakib...
Gholam! Clear out!
Come on!
Where's Mary?
Sakib...
Ohhh...Sakib...
Oh, Sakib...
Sakib...
Oh, my God!
Come on!
< I'm right behind you!
Sakib...? Amir, come on! No time for that! Come on! Sakib!
Amir! >
For God's sake, come on!
Come on!
Quickly! Leave it!
Put it in the box!
Come on!
You go!
Sakib?
Come on! For God's sake! Come on, come on!
Come on! Sakib? Come on! Come on!
Goodbye!
Tara?
Come on! I'm right behind you! Keep going!
Sakib?
Yes...
Help me, please.
SAKIB SOBS
Mary...
Oh, Mary...
Good boy. Hey, hey, hey.
Let me see your nose.
Good boy.
Now, do another one? Yeah! OK.
Mary?
Mary!
Bloody hell! I thought you got deported. They did their best.
We were just checking out trips to the seaside. Weren't we, Michael?
Say hello to Amir. He brought you into this world. Hello, Michael.
'Ello!
My wife and kids, they're coming over soon.
God! So you made it?
Well, it's been work, work, work.
I'm a postman.
We are planning to buy a house.
Wow! That's fabulous.
No, really.
That was the best time of my life in that house.
You were working to make something of yourselves, and I was one of you.
That time between us... That was funny.
What?
It's a free country. You can say what you think.
I'm on my way to see Sakib. He's flying home today.
Oh.
Give him my love.
He still thinks you're going to go to London with him one day.
Let me tell you something, Amir.
I have a brother.
I've lost track of him now, but...
when I was a little girl, my dad would say, "Come on, son. Show us how high you can kick the ball."
And he'd give the ball a bloody good belt and everyone would hoot!
But all I had to do was show off in a pretty dress. "Hasn't she got lovely hair?"
I never had to do anything.
Just be there.
Do you understand?
I'm sorry.
Are you OK?
Sure? I guess I never could pick the winners.
Sakib? Sakib, your friend's here. >
AMIR WHISTLES
Very smart.
It's a lovely day.
You could go for a walk outside until his uncle comes. Go on.
What were you doing when I came? I had the football on. Tottenham?
Do you still read all your magazines? We went to London.
Ah, I bet that was fun. We went on a bus.
Uh-huh?
PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD
Sakib?
I bumped into Mary today.
She sends her love.
You know what you saw that time?
It wasn't what you thought.
It was just warmth and comfort.
Oh! My God, look at that!
That's like my old khachar!
Yes... Yes!
It IS like my old khachar!
Here we go!
Hoooo!
We are on the dusty road into town.
We know this roadway well.
Don't we, khachar? Yes, every rut, every pothole.
And the dust! Hmm!
When are they going to put down some tarmac?
Up my nose! Into your chain!
Don't worry, khachar. Don't worry.
I'll give you such a good wash when we get home tonight. OK, khachar?
Sakib? Come on, Sakib.
Catch me. I bet you can't catch me. Come on, Sakib! Catch me!
Come on, Sakib! Come on, catch me, Sakib!
Aaaaah!
SAKIB LAUGHS
Hey...
My God! Look at that, Sakib.
Hey, come on, Sakib! It's not muddy!
Come on, Sakib. Come look.
Look at this. Look!
Look at this, Sakib.
Did you ever think this country could be so beautiful?
I don't think I ever really looked at it before.
Sakib! Come along now!
Excuse me. You're not allowed in there.
It's out of bounds. You're trespassing.
Are you the owner?
If you are not, please to mind your own bloody bastard business!
If I want to pick wild flowers, I'll pick them.
Come on, Sakib.
Your uncle's here. Pick up this bicycle!
There. That looks better. Aren't you excited?
Look at those. Assalaamu alaikum.
Wa alaikum assalaamu. Are you ready now?
How long's the flight?
Ten hours to Karachi.
Here. An English flower
for Pakistan.
Ahh...
SAKIB WEEPS
Hey, my little brother.
Come.
Bye! Bye-bye, Sakib!