Lebanon Dream (2001) - full transcript
Samir Farkhat; a Lebanese citizen. Has residences
in Nakura, Lebanon, and Naharia, Israel
Samir has been operating across the
Israeli-Lebanesenborder since 1983
I wont't let you spoil my war for me. It destroys the weak, does it?
Well, what does peace do for 'em huh? War feeds its people better.
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Children, from German: Eric Bentley
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Voice of: M. Begin - Israeli PM, 1982
We'll may have peace
for historic period of time.
for which we look,
since our state was recreated.
so... And the land rested
for forty years.
As it's written in the Bible
Ladies and gentlemen.
I'd like to introduce Layla.
Enjoy Layla.
Wishing everyone
a Happy New Year.
a peaceful year
between Israel and Lebanon
Applause for Layla.
Our special guest of honor
Samir Farhat.
Wish him a year with lot of money,
happy new year.
Wherever there's war,
there's money.
Because wherever there’s war.
the law...
the law is asleep.
Asleep, so...
You always make money
when you work against the law.
or when you work illegally.
or when you work
in an illegal system.
I don't want to say that
I was doing something illegal
I want to say that I was a
working in an illegal system.'
Good luck.
-Thank you.
The CD player's on top
the cassette player's on the bottom.
Write it down,
write it down.
Did you write that one
down for me? -Yes.
You wrote this one and this one...
And this and this..
-What else?
I already took one of these.
It's great. -You took two.
I took two.
you know how I work.
First I try it out. if it's good.
I go for it. big time.
With you. Shmuel. I swear.
I feel like part of the family.
I swear. Shmuel.
I'm not sweet-talking you.
Two days after the war broke out.
four or five merchants came
with suitcases full of money,
I was in the state of war,
but business continued as usual
And we did a lot of business
with them.
So I'm the only one that
has a moral problem
when it comes to war and money?
-War and money go together.
People get rich from wars.
and they always will.
There's $6,360 here
for 50 boxes of Chivas.
We made a lot of money
during the past 18 years.
because we didn't pay customs
and we'd sell at a price
a bit less than it would cost
if we had paid customs.
Every other person
is a merchant in Lebanon.
Every group has its own merchant
that buys goods for them...
I think I'm the only one
who has never had a partner.
I thought your wife is the partner.
She's the boss.
You better not mess it up.
I'm not a Jew... I'm Israeli.
Go. go to Lebanon!
There, they'll cut your head off.
I'm trying all the time not to be alone.
maybe because
I feel that I'm always alone.
I try all the time not to be alone.
Meaning
I don’t like to gamble but I must.
for me, to be with my budies,
just not to be alone.
This is my building (in Lebanon),
it’s not finished yet.
It’ll be completely finished
in one month.
You see, it's a palace,
a real palace.
It has 4 stories,
the penthouse on top is really cool.
Over 4 million dollars worth
of merchandise is in my warehouse.
Our eldest son was born in
the city of Sidon in Lebanon,
Our second son was born in Nakura.
now one is 14
and the other is 12.
The way this business works.
the wife is in charge of sales
and I'm in charge of import.
Officers of the Israeli Defense Force
were at my house.that day,
to Beirut on their own
for a few months.
So I said:
We have to,
we have no choice,
you either want to make
money or you don't.
If I make money,
I can give them a good life,
and if I don't make money
I can let them live..
a simple life,
like everyone else.
The way my wife smells today
is driving me crazy...
Hello, hello.
Sit down, sit down.
Come and take me to the border.
We now go to a report
from South Lebanon radio:
Missiles hit northern Israel
and landed in the border town
of Kiryat Shmona.
Three people were...
Get into the shelters!
Get down! Get down!
Get into the shelters!
I said get down
Into the shelters!
Come on! Quick!
Don't cry, don't cry.
Don't cry...
Where are you going?
Come on!
Go! go!
We're used to it.
It's no big deal for me.
You get scared just
by the sound of a missile,
For us. missiles are as common
as drinking a glass of water.
God! What did you do?
Congratulations
To the bride and groom
It all began in '93.
Samir was a merchant that came
to northern Israel.
to buy bomber jackets.
He that watches over Israel
will never slumber nor sleep...
At a later stage,
we became such close friends.
that we started sharing
an apartment together in Israel,
I was not.only a bachelor.
but a desirable bachelor,
And he was a merchant that
wanted to have a good time,
and that combination, that puzzle.
worked out well for both of us.
This song is dedicated
to the Lebanese.
A year passed, came love
You have no day, no night.
You bring everything
and not enough.
When I introduced
Samir to Sigal, my wife.
Samir said:
"Eitan, this is the woman."
My wife now also has
a close relationship with his wife.
After all, his wife, Ma’a.
was happy that I settled down.
because that made
his partying simmer down.
My wife and I always say:
Soon we'll retire.
with the money we have
we can start living it up.
What we didn't do
when we were young,
We can do when we're 45..
And now.
for today's headlines-
IDF fighter planes shelled Hizbullah
targets in in south Lebanon.
According to Lebanese sources.
3 Hizbullah soldiers were killed.
PM Barak reiterated that Israel will
unilaterally withdraw, from Lebanon.
How are you all doing
Soon you will ask,
"How are we all doing?"
Everything will be OK.
Sony and JVC T.V.'s, Cordon Rouge
Champagne, Winston Cigarettes
it's a shipment worth 77,000 Dollars.
and I really hope I won't lose.
but if it does happen...
Beneath my building,
where the warehouse is
Nearby is the UN headquarters
in south Lebanon.
My wife is going to stay there
I'm moving here, to Israel.
I think the Lebanese
government and army
and the police and the customs
officers won't make it there.
The border will remain open,
that's for sure.
You'll have to deal a lot more
with the UN forces.
They’ll let us do business.
Everything will be OK,
it'll be OK.
People weren't hard up
in south Lebanon.
Despite the war and everything,
people live well in south Lebanon.
You can live well in
a state of war for 20 years?
In a state like this?
-Yes.
We could do it for
another 50 years too.
They live well.
Can’t you see I'm shaking?.
I have a two year old baby.
why must he suffer like this?
Why?
Is he still alive?
Yes, and he has many years
he needs that part down there..
Come on Eli...
-You have good friends.
I want to tell you.
he used to get that pain
once every two months,
-A day! -A day.
Well treat him and hope
everything will be OK.
I’m leaving you
for a few minutes, OK? -OK.
You know, all this..
This is all nerves.
all these cramps,
it’s nerves, yes.
You must be used to it.
Eli...
-You're under pressure...
17 people were wounded
in northern Israel.
I heard there were 14 or 15...
Don't you think we should leave
him alone, to relax a little?
him alone, to relax a little?
Because he's shaking.
Right here?
-Right there, yes.
He used to be a big drinker.
He hasn't been drinking for 3 years.
-Great, That's a real achievement.
Not really...
In Lebanon,
If you don't drink or smoke or...
Yes, then what?
With four women
then you have no life. -No life.
I wake up in the morning
and count the cash
I have to send to the bank. -Yes.
I count 5.000, 6.000,
even 10.000 dollars.
When I finish counting,
after 10 minutes. I get an attack.
I think it's from..
-Let him count the money.
Let him get the attack.
-I keep telling-him...
When the pain begins,
it makes.your blood vessels shrink.
as well as your muscles...
In the sauna... -You feel good.
but as soon as you're outside,
you get a headache. -Yes.
Why?
Samir. you have to start thinking
less about the pain
and more about other things.
So you're saying he needs
to see a psychologist.
No, not a psychologist...
No, what are you talking about,
a psychologist...
Eli, that has nothing to do with it,
come on.
I go dancing.
I relax.
I go to the casino,
I play, relax,
have fun and get an attack.
You don't relax in the casino...
But I just want to know,
will I have to live with this?
Look..
I'm a doctor, not a prophet.
-OK... -Let’s wait and see.
This suitcase has been ready
for two months now... -What's in it?
for two months now... -What’s in it?
Provisions for fleeing.
I don't waste any, time,
I grab the bag
with all my clothes...
Where are you going now?
Anywhere, as long as we can
flee from this city, from death.
Now let’s sit down and have
a nice, quiet cup of coffee...
Ma'a, we've heard that
missiles were shot on our village,
somebody told us.
Faris didn't come to you?
And Abu farach? and Yussef?
Call them to help you.
Ask for Avi's telephone number, urgent.
-South Lebanon -
- symbol of nationality-
This is a war for the Security Zone,
from which its sons drank
the milk of pride and honor,
and they were consumed
with patriotism, till death.
They are the ones who created
tomorrow's honor for us.
We are all indebted to the soldiers
of the South Lebanon Arm .
We'll eternally remember you
for your courage.
This has become the memorial day
for our fallen heroes.
the Security Zone
and its inhabitants.
We'd like to thank the SLA
Commander. General Lahad.
who made this ceremony possible.
Israel's Northern Commander.
Major-General Gabi Ashkenazi.
I'd like to thank General Lahad
for their daily fighting.
They never stop,
not even now.
I'd like to thank
the handicapped and wounded
No matter where the future takes us,
we will not forget,
we will not abandon,
we will not forsake.
I have connections with
very high-ranking officers,
that I'm an important person too,
- Israeli-Lebanese Border -
What happened last night...
8 Hizbullah men were killed.
In situations like this.
I always wear a uniform.
For us. it’s a way of life.
Samir, speak first.
I have Spanish pressure cookers
and vodka with Hebrew labels
on them, as well as cigarettes...
All three containers...
I have the... -Wait.a minute.
All three containers, to transit...
-Overseas. -Overseas.
We are asking of you.
not to sell the goods into Israel.
the border will not be closed
under any circumstances.
We want to help you to get
the goods through the border!
One by one.
the State of Israel is our partner,
there's no border between us.
All of our children would be
willing to cut through the fence
For over 3 hours they've been
launching missiles... like crazy.
but we hope things
don't carry on like this.
Explain what is going to happen to us.
We're not asking that Israel
will stay in Lebanon.
We're worried that
the State of Israel
will be the one
to bring us down, that's all.
We're hanging in there
and want to go on.
The Israelis are comparing
what’s happening to the Israeli army
in Lebanon to what happened'
to the Americans in Vietnam.
It’s ridiculous to see
an Israeli soldier leaving Lebanon
and kissing the ground
upon returning to Israel.
It didn't happen?!
I don’t know what will happen.
their future is uncertain!
You never saw me on uniform
I want to give a good feeling
to the soldiers who say:
I'm a simple man too,
like every other soldier
and I can fight against the Hizbullah.
To all our wounded
We wish you a speedy recovery
We love you!
I haven't slept at all.
I've been on my feet for 48 hours.
I couldn't fall asleep.
My thoughts...
are with my wife.
You're interfering with my work!
-Step aside.
Get your hand off of me
It works according
the "Las Vegas treaty".
Move aside!
We've been filming in Lebanon
for the past ten years.
And we don't have the last picture.
Now they brought in
the Military Police in here.
Turn around, look
Just look at that!
"We screwed the journalists, they
won't film at the northern border."
Hello?
It's ringing,
but she's not answering, because
it’s connected at the border.
I want to try talking to her
on an international phone line.
I'll try,
maybe I’ll get through..
Everything's OK.
I said everything's OK.
How are you, Mom?
You can stop worrying now.
All right then...
Bye, Mom.
Hi, Mom.
Fine. I'm home.
I got through.
Hello...
how are you? my love.
Is everything OK?
Are you O.K... OK.
She's sitting outside,
having coffee
at the neighbor’s with her brothers,
there's no trouble,
no nothing.
No one will touch her.
She told me:
You take care of yourself.
"I don't want to lose the house
and the merchandise."
She have over 4 million dollars worth
of merchandise in the warehouse.
So she's right and
I hope she makes it.
if we're lucky...
All civilians are ordered
to enter the bomb shelters.
I'm staying at
the Carlton Hotel tonight
because I have friends here
and I want to at least let off...
some of the smoke
from the dynamite.
See this tag...
we all have one
of these tags mow.
I don't want to say
that we’ve become dogs.
but we’re not far from it.
This afternoon, some Hizbullah
men went into my warehouse
with someone from the
Lebanese security personnel.
The warehouse was closed,
but they knocked on the door
and she was inside,
organizing which things to pack,
getting things together,
making lists and so forth.
Hello, ma'am.
So they asked her:
Where's the boss?
She said: "He's in Beirut.
In the opposite direction.
So they said:
"Oh. really? OK.
“Would you mind if
we searched the place?
"We're just looking for
weapons, nothing else."
Because they saw
all that merchandise, so...
"If you mind,
then we won't search."
She said: "No, go ahead."
Because...
she cleared everything
out yesterday.
In other words,
so far she’s fine, she's fine.
she seems to be
in a good mood.
which means her parents
are cheering her up
and her brothers came
to stay with her, from Beirut.
One brother is the director
of the Lebanese airline’s
office in south Lebanon.
I hope she’ll manage,
it'll do us a lot of good.
Me and her..
we have no problem.
Move back!
What’s wrong with you?
Have you gone crazy?
Lebanon is dead.
I want to wish you good luck...
-Thank you very much.
I hope we find a solution.
-We made it...
Good luck...
-We made it, after twenty...
Good luck...
-After 25 years...
Thank you all very much.
We do feel at home, really.
but after 25 years of peace
between South Lebanon
and the State of Israel,
to achieve peace, you open it!
You're absolutely right.
I can't cry.
It's hard for me*.
I'm dying to cry.
and Um not a kid anymore.
Um .42 years old now,
and I feel like I'm about to have
a heart attack, and if I do,
they can't even take me
back there to be buried.
It's very hard...
and God is Almighty...
God is Almighty...
Come forward.
Dad? You have no idea
what's going oh here! War!
He's gone, don’t shoot.
Be sure the sniper...
In the middle
In the middle
Oh... a woman.
She's wounded
Slowly, after me,
I want to see you jumping,
don't run ahead,
follow my instructions.
Morris, get,your face in that
direction, don’t piss me off!
You don't want
to get shot, do you?
Stop.-., stop...
If I clear a target I take the shot.
Follow the people. See that white
battery over there near the road?
Try to fire on the right side
of the battery, can you do that?
The white,
not on the people.
the white, before the people
get there. Go ahead
No, buddy, no filming.
We made Israel flee
from all of south Lebanon.
I feel like I'm starting
all over again, from zero.
I have to build and worry
and work all over again...
From where we are right now,
in northern Israel,
my wife is only...
a two-minute drive away.
She's only 4 kilometers away.
And I can't see her.
I’m here and the wife's there.
We'll collect the
honey of Lebanon
and rain will fall
all across Lebanon.
Praise the Prophet
who has never let us down.
I told the
Hizbullah soldiers -
If you find out that I was a traitor.
you can cut me up with a sword
and I won't be angry.
They, the Hizbullah,
told me they'd cheek it out.
I was a cook in, the
South Lebanon Army
for 3 years and left?
I've owned a cafe and restaurant
for ten years now.
Hizbullah men came to
my house and took me away.
I was a soldier
in the South Lebanon Arm
And now you turned yourself in?
I turned myself in yesterday.
I'm wounded and cannot walk.
I have a fractured
thigh and leg.
Death to Israel!
War! War! War!
God is great!
God is great!
You Israelis.
don't understand without guns.
Our leader Nasaralla promised us
we will come here-and we come here.
He promised us we will go
Will someone tell me
Oh. "crazy".
I'm crazy
Oh. "crazy".
I'm sure you have,
but you'll loose him here.
You'll be destroy forever.
To stand on the fence of the north border.
looking to the other side
and to see who are
those people who
are standing on the
other side of the border,
Those are the same people
that we used to sit with, eat with.
You raise your eyes,
and they lower their faces
Wild beasts!
You have to settle your affairs.
and get your wife out of there!
How can you sleep at night
with your wife alone there?
I'll get her out. -What?
-I'll get her out. -What?
Soon.
Hello?
Hello, Gabi, I can’t hear you.
It’s Samir, Samir.
OK. I understands
I'm turning to you, I want
to ask you for something, Gabi.
I want to inform you that
my wife was taken away on Friday
for interrogation in Sidon
and from there she's being taken
to the [Defense Ministry in Beirut.
the country like everyone else.
but Israeli citizenship.
Besides being a merchant.
I personally did a lot of work
for nothing in return?.
I'm not asking for any money.,
I asked for the
minimum of minimum
Israeli citizenship.
I'm asking you
to help me out with that.
Thanks, thanks.
Thanks.
Don't forget this is the General
telling me to be in touch.
Where do I buy a ticket?
Here? There?
I expected to be helped.
finally I understood that I don't deserve it.
One ticket to Nahariya.
-A reserved seat?
I want a good seat, yeah.
I can say my wife was in jail for 22 days.
but I've been in jail here,
for 3 months now
Platform .#1.
It’s a jail,
but it’s a big jail.
that I have lost it.
I've lost my family, my business,
And I’m like a dog.
I was only a merchant...
in Nakura, Lebanon, and Naharia, Israel
Samir has been operating across the
Israeli-Lebanesenborder since 1983
I wont't let you spoil my war for me. It destroys the weak, does it?
Well, what does peace do for 'em huh? War feeds its people better.
Bertolt Brecht - Mother Courage and Her
Children, from German: Eric Bentley
1982 I
1982 Is
1982 Isr
1982 Isra
1982 Israe
1982 Israel
1982 Israel
1982 Israel D
1982 Israel De
1982 Israel Def
1982 Israel Defe
1982 Israel Defen
1982 Israel Defenc
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1982 Israel Defence
1982 Israel Defence F
1982 Israel Defence Fo
1982 Israel Defence For
1982 Israel Defence Forc
1982 Israel Defence Force
1982 Israel Defence Forces
1982 Israel Defence Forces
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1982 Israel Defence Forces in
1982 Israel Defence Forces inv
1982 Israel Defence Forces inva
1982 Israel Defence Forces invad
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade L
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade Le
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade Leb
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade Leba
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade Leban
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade Lebano
1982 Israel Defence Forces invade Lebanon
Voice of: M. Begin - Israeli PM, 1982
We'll may have peace
for historic period of time.
for which we look,
since our state was recreated.
so... And the land rested
for forty years.
As it's written in the Bible
Ladies and gentlemen.
I'd like to introduce Layla.
Enjoy Layla.
Wishing everyone
a Happy New Year.
a peaceful year
between Israel and Lebanon
Applause for Layla.
Our special guest of honor
Samir Farhat.
Wish him a year with lot of money,
happy new year.
Wherever there's war,
there's money.
Because wherever there’s war.
the law...
the law is asleep.
Asleep, so...
You always make money
when you work against the law.
or when you work illegally.
or when you work
in an illegal system.
I don't want to say that
I was doing something illegal
I want to say that I was a
working in an illegal system.'
Good luck.
-Thank you.
The CD player's on top
the cassette player's on the bottom.
Write it down,
write it down.
Did you write that one
down for me? -Yes.
You wrote this one and this one...
And this and this..
-What else?
I already took one of these.
It's great. -You took two.
I took two.
you know how I work.
First I try it out. if it's good.
I go for it. big time.
With you. Shmuel. I swear.
I feel like part of the family.
I swear. Shmuel.
I'm not sweet-talking you.
Two days after the war broke out.
four or five merchants came
with suitcases full of money,
I was in the state of war,
but business continued as usual
And we did a lot of business
with them.
So I'm the only one that
has a moral problem
when it comes to war and money?
-War and money go together.
People get rich from wars.
and they always will.
There's $6,360 here
for 50 boxes of Chivas.
We made a lot of money
during the past 18 years.
because we didn't pay customs
and we'd sell at a price
a bit less than it would cost
if we had paid customs.
Every other person
is a merchant in Lebanon.
Every group has its own merchant
that buys goods for them...
I think I'm the only one
who has never had a partner.
I thought your wife is the partner.
She's the boss.
You better not mess it up.
I'm not a Jew... I'm Israeli.
Go. go to Lebanon!
There, they'll cut your head off.
I'm trying all the time not to be alone.
maybe because
I feel that I'm always alone.
I try all the time not to be alone.
Meaning
I don’t like to gamble but I must.
for me, to be with my budies,
just not to be alone.
This is my building (in Lebanon),
it’s not finished yet.
It’ll be completely finished
in one month.
You see, it's a palace,
a real palace.
It has 4 stories,
the penthouse on top is really cool.
Over 4 million dollars worth
of merchandise is in my warehouse.
Our eldest son was born in
the city of Sidon in Lebanon,
Our second son was born in Nakura.
now one is 14
and the other is 12.
The way this business works.
the wife is in charge of sales
and I'm in charge of import.
Officers of the Israeli Defense Force
were at my house.that day,
to Beirut on their own
for a few months.
So I said:
We have to,
we have no choice,
you either want to make
money or you don't.
If I make money,
I can give them a good life,
and if I don't make money
I can let them live..
a simple life,
like everyone else.
The way my wife smells today
is driving me crazy...
Hello, hello.
Sit down, sit down.
Come and take me to the border.
We now go to a report
from South Lebanon radio:
Missiles hit northern Israel
and landed in the border town
of Kiryat Shmona.
Three people were...
Get into the shelters!
Get down! Get down!
Get into the shelters!
I said get down
Into the shelters!
Come on! Quick!
Don't cry, don't cry.
Don't cry...
Where are you going?
Come on!
Go! go!
We're used to it.
It's no big deal for me.
You get scared just
by the sound of a missile,
For us. missiles are as common
as drinking a glass of water.
God! What did you do?
Congratulations
To the bride and groom
It all began in '93.
Samir was a merchant that came
to northern Israel.
to buy bomber jackets.
He that watches over Israel
will never slumber nor sleep...
At a later stage,
we became such close friends.
that we started sharing
an apartment together in Israel,
I was not.only a bachelor.
but a desirable bachelor,
And he was a merchant that
wanted to have a good time,
and that combination, that puzzle.
worked out well for both of us.
This song is dedicated
to the Lebanese.
A year passed, came love
You have no day, no night.
You bring everything
and not enough.
When I introduced
Samir to Sigal, my wife.
Samir said:
"Eitan, this is the woman."
My wife now also has
a close relationship with his wife.
After all, his wife, Ma’a.
was happy that I settled down.
because that made
his partying simmer down.
My wife and I always say:
Soon we'll retire.
with the money we have
we can start living it up.
What we didn't do
when we were young,
We can do when we're 45..
And now.
for today's headlines-
IDF fighter planes shelled Hizbullah
targets in in south Lebanon.
According to Lebanese sources.
3 Hizbullah soldiers were killed.
PM Barak reiterated that Israel will
unilaterally withdraw, from Lebanon.
How are you all doing
Soon you will ask,
"How are we all doing?"
Everything will be OK.
Sony and JVC T.V.'s, Cordon Rouge
Champagne, Winston Cigarettes
it's a shipment worth 77,000 Dollars.
and I really hope I won't lose.
but if it does happen...
Beneath my building,
where the warehouse is
Nearby is the UN headquarters
in south Lebanon.
My wife is going to stay there
I'm moving here, to Israel.
I think the Lebanese
government and army
and the police and the customs
officers won't make it there.
The border will remain open,
that's for sure.
You'll have to deal a lot more
with the UN forces.
They’ll let us do business.
Everything will be OK,
it'll be OK.
People weren't hard up
in south Lebanon.
Despite the war and everything,
people live well in south Lebanon.
You can live well in
a state of war for 20 years?
In a state like this?
-Yes.
We could do it for
another 50 years too.
They live well.
Can’t you see I'm shaking?.
I have a two year old baby.
why must he suffer like this?
Why?
Is he still alive?
Yes, and he has many years
he needs that part down there..
Come on Eli...
-You have good friends.
I want to tell you.
he used to get that pain
once every two months,
-A day! -A day.
Well treat him and hope
everything will be OK.
I’m leaving you
for a few minutes, OK? -OK.
You know, all this..
This is all nerves.
all these cramps,
it’s nerves, yes.
You must be used to it.
Eli...
-You're under pressure...
17 people were wounded
in northern Israel.
I heard there were 14 or 15...
Don't you think we should leave
him alone, to relax a little?
him alone, to relax a little?
Because he's shaking.
Right here?
-Right there, yes.
He used to be a big drinker.
He hasn't been drinking for 3 years.
-Great, That's a real achievement.
Not really...
In Lebanon,
If you don't drink or smoke or...
Yes, then what?
With four women
then you have no life. -No life.
I wake up in the morning
and count the cash
I have to send to the bank. -Yes.
I count 5.000, 6.000,
even 10.000 dollars.
When I finish counting,
after 10 minutes. I get an attack.
I think it's from..
-Let him count the money.
Let him get the attack.
-I keep telling-him...
When the pain begins,
it makes.your blood vessels shrink.
as well as your muscles...
In the sauna... -You feel good.
but as soon as you're outside,
you get a headache. -Yes.
Why?
Samir. you have to start thinking
less about the pain
and more about other things.
So you're saying he needs
to see a psychologist.
No, not a psychologist...
No, what are you talking about,
a psychologist...
Eli, that has nothing to do with it,
come on.
I go dancing.
I relax.
I go to the casino,
I play, relax,
have fun and get an attack.
You don't relax in the casino...
But I just want to know,
will I have to live with this?
Look..
I'm a doctor, not a prophet.
-OK... -Let’s wait and see.
This suitcase has been ready
for two months now... -What's in it?
for two months now... -What’s in it?
Provisions for fleeing.
I don't waste any, time,
I grab the bag
with all my clothes...
Where are you going now?
Anywhere, as long as we can
flee from this city, from death.
Now let’s sit down and have
a nice, quiet cup of coffee...
Ma'a, we've heard that
missiles were shot on our village,
somebody told us.
Faris didn't come to you?
And Abu farach? and Yussef?
Call them to help you.
Ask for Avi's telephone number, urgent.
-South Lebanon -
- symbol of nationality-
This is a war for the Security Zone,
from which its sons drank
the milk of pride and honor,
and they were consumed
with patriotism, till death.
They are the ones who created
tomorrow's honor for us.
We are all indebted to the soldiers
of the South Lebanon Arm .
We'll eternally remember you
for your courage.
This has become the memorial day
for our fallen heroes.
the Security Zone
and its inhabitants.
We'd like to thank the SLA
Commander. General Lahad.
who made this ceremony possible.
Israel's Northern Commander.
Major-General Gabi Ashkenazi.
I'd like to thank General Lahad
for their daily fighting.
They never stop,
not even now.
I'd like to thank
the handicapped and wounded
No matter where the future takes us,
we will not forget,
we will not abandon,
we will not forsake.
I have connections with
very high-ranking officers,
that I'm an important person too,
- Israeli-Lebanese Border -
What happened last night...
8 Hizbullah men were killed.
In situations like this.
I always wear a uniform.
For us. it’s a way of life.
Samir, speak first.
I have Spanish pressure cookers
and vodka with Hebrew labels
on them, as well as cigarettes...
All three containers...
I have the... -Wait.a minute.
All three containers, to transit...
-Overseas. -Overseas.
We are asking of you.
not to sell the goods into Israel.
the border will not be closed
under any circumstances.
We want to help you to get
the goods through the border!
One by one.
the State of Israel is our partner,
there's no border between us.
All of our children would be
willing to cut through the fence
For over 3 hours they've been
launching missiles... like crazy.
but we hope things
don't carry on like this.
Explain what is going to happen to us.
We're not asking that Israel
will stay in Lebanon.
We're worried that
the State of Israel
will be the one
to bring us down, that's all.
We're hanging in there
and want to go on.
The Israelis are comparing
what’s happening to the Israeli army
in Lebanon to what happened'
to the Americans in Vietnam.
It’s ridiculous to see
an Israeli soldier leaving Lebanon
and kissing the ground
upon returning to Israel.
It didn't happen?!
I don’t know what will happen.
their future is uncertain!
You never saw me on uniform
I want to give a good feeling
to the soldiers who say:
I'm a simple man too,
like every other soldier
and I can fight against the Hizbullah.
To all our wounded
We wish you a speedy recovery
We love you!
I haven't slept at all.
I've been on my feet for 48 hours.
I couldn't fall asleep.
My thoughts...
are with my wife.
You're interfering with my work!
-Step aside.
Get your hand off of me
It works according
the "Las Vegas treaty".
Move aside!
We've been filming in Lebanon
for the past ten years.
And we don't have the last picture.
Now they brought in
the Military Police in here.
Turn around, look
Just look at that!
"We screwed the journalists, they
won't film at the northern border."
Hello?
It's ringing,
but she's not answering, because
it’s connected at the border.
I want to try talking to her
on an international phone line.
I'll try,
maybe I’ll get through..
Everything's OK.
I said everything's OK.
How are you, Mom?
You can stop worrying now.
All right then...
Bye, Mom.
Hi, Mom.
Fine. I'm home.
I got through.
Hello...
how are you? my love.
Is everything OK?
Are you O.K... OK.
She's sitting outside,
having coffee
at the neighbor’s with her brothers,
there's no trouble,
no nothing.
No one will touch her.
She told me:
You take care of yourself.
"I don't want to lose the house
and the merchandise."
She have over 4 million dollars worth
of merchandise in the warehouse.
So she's right and
I hope she makes it.
if we're lucky...
All civilians are ordered
to enter the bomb shelters.
I'm staying at
the Carlton Hotel tonight
because I have friends here
and I want to at least let off...
some of the smoke
from the dynamite.
See this tag...
we all have one
of these tags mow.
I don't want to say
that we’ve become dogs.
but we’re not far from it.
This afternoon, some Hizbullah
men went into my warehouse
with someone from the
Lebanese security personnel.
The warehouse was closed,
but they knocked on the door
and she was inside,
organizing which things to pack,
getting things together,
making lists and so forth.
Hello, ma'am.
So they asked her:
Where's the boss?
She said: "He's in Beirut.
In the opposite direction.
So they said:
"Oh. really? OK.
“Would you mind if
we searched the place?
"We're just looking for
weapons, nothing else."
Because they saw
all that merchandise, so...
"If you mind,
then we won't search."
She said: "No, go ahead."
Because...
she cleared everything
out yesterday.
In other words,
so far she’s fine, she's fine.
she seems to be
in a good mood.
which means her parents
are cheering her up
and her brothers came
to stay with her, from Beirut.
One brother is the director
of the Lebanese airline’s
office in south Lebanon.
I hope she’ll manage,
it'll do us a lot of good.
Me and her..
we have no problem.
Move back!
What’s wrong with you?
Have you gone crazy?
Lebanon is dead.
I want to wish you good luck...
-Thank you very much.
I hope we find a solution.
-We made it...
Good luck...
-We made it, after twenty...
Good luck...
-After 25 years...
Thank you all very much.
We do feel at home, really.
but after 25 years of peace
between South Lebanon
and the State of Israel,
to achieve peace, you open it!
You're absolutely right.
I can't cry.
It's hard for me*.
I'm dying to cry.
and Um not a kid anymore.
Um .42 years old now,
and I feel like I'm about to have
a heart attack, and if I do,
they can't even take me
back there to be buried.
It's very hard...
and God is Almighty...
God is Almighty...
Come forward.
Dad? You have no idea
what's going oh here! War!
He's gone, don’t shoot.
Be sure the sniper...
In the middle
In the middle
Oh... a woman.
She's wounded
Slowly, after me,
I want to see you jumping,
don't run ahead,
follow my instructions.
Morris, get,your face in that
direction, don’t piss me off!
You don't want
to get shot, do you?
Stop.-., stop...
If I clear a target I take the shot.
Follow the people. See that white
battery over there near the road?
Try to fire on the right side
of the battery, can you do that?
The white,
not on the people.
the white, before the people
get there. Go ahead
No, buddy, no filming.
We made Israel flee
from all of south Lebanon.
I feel like I'm starting
all over again, from zero.
I have to build and worry
and work all over again...
From where we are right now,
in northern Israel,
my wife is only...
a two-minute drive away.
She's only 4 kilometers away.
And I can't see her.
I’m here and the wife's there.
We'll collect the
honey of Lebanon
and rain will fall
all across Lebanon.
Praise the Prophet
who has never let us down.
I told the
Hizbullah soldiers -
If you find out that I was a traitor.
you can cut me up with a sword
and I won't be angry.
They, the Hizbullah,
told me they'd cheek it out.
I was a cook in, the
South Lebanon Army
for 3 years and left?
I've owned a cafe and restaurant
for ten years now.
Hizbullah men came to
my house and took me away.
I was a soldier
in the South Lebanon Arm
And now you turned yourself in?
I turned myself in yesterday.
I'm wounded and cannot walk.
I have a fractured
thigh and leg.
Death to Israel!
War! War! War!
God is great!
God is great!
You Israelis.
don't understand without guns.
Our leader Nasaralla promised us
we will come here-and we come here.
He promised us we will go
Will someone tell me
Oh. "crazy".
I'm crazy
Oh. "crazy".
I'm sure you have,
but you'll loose him here.
You'll be destroy forever.
To stand on the fence of the north border.
looking to the other side
and to see who are
those people who
are standing on the
other side of the border,
Those are the same people
that we used to sit with, eat with.
You raise your eyes,
and they lower their faces
Wild beasts!
You have to settle your affairs.
and get your wife out of there!
How can you sleep at night
with your wife alone there?
I'll get her out. -What?
-I'll get her out. -What?
Soon.
Hello?
Hello, Gabi, I can’t hear you.
It’s Samir, Samir.
OK. I understands
I'm turning to you, I want
to ask you for something, Gabi.
I want to inform you that
my wife was taken away on Friday
for interrogation in Sidon
and from there she's being taken
to the [Defense Ministry in Beirut.
the country like everyone else.
but Israeli citizenship.
Besides being a merchant.
I personally did a lot of work
for nothing in return?.
I'm not asking for any money.,
I asked for the
minimum of minimum
Israeli citizenship.
I'm asking you
to help me out with that.
Thanks, thanks.
Thanks.
Don't forget this is the General
telling me to be in touch.
Where do I buy a ticket?
Here? There?
I expected to be helped.
finally I understood that I don't deserve it.
One ticket to Nahariya.
-A reserved seat?
I want a good seat, yeah.
I can say my wife was in jail for 22 days.
but I've been in jail here,
for 3 months now
Platform .#1.
It’s a jail,
but it’s a big jail.
that I have lost it.
I've lost my family, my business,
And I’m like a dog.
I was only a merchant...