Hatufim (2009–2012): Season 2, Episode 10 - Halva - full transcript

Haim and Ze'ev work together on cracking the code that Atar and Jamal used to communicate with each other.

Previously on POW

Remember I told you
that Ido and I moved in together?

No. What about it?

He's working on
Operation Judah.

You don't think
I did enough, do you?

To get you back.
-Nurit, it's a fact,

Talia organized rallies,
she traveled all over the world...

And I married your brother, right?

Is that what you think?

Considering your circumstances

I'd like to run a few tests.



There are certain illnesses that are
common among former POWs.

We have an almost
complete diagram of the place.

Almost. -I've been teaching them
the language.

One is A,

two is B,

three is C.

What exactly did they say?

"Atar knew how to communicate
with him,"

or "to give him a message."

He didn't hide
the top secret stuff there,

he took it home.

What you're looking for is gone.

I threw it all away.

I have one...



box that I didn't throw away yet.

It's too high up.

Ze'ev, I think it's time for us
to cooperate.

What is this crap?

They're the math books.

I taught Ismail all this.

I think we know how Jamal
and Atar communicated.

There's one more workbook,

the first one.
It's at my house.

Run!

Noni, are you coming?

Nervous?

Look only at me,
it'll be okay.

Get up.

Keep working on the math books,
we'll be right back.

You and I need to talk.

I did what you asked.

We're here, not at the Defense Ministry,
you have the box, Ido's working on it,

now start talking.

What I'm about to tell you

nobody knows. Nobody.

We're totally independent.

Nobody knows about us,
not at the Kirya, not at Glilot,

not in Jerusalem, nobody.

And that's how it has to stay.

No problem.

How much do you know?

Enough for you to come to me.

Start talking.

We've been planning
this operation for a long time,

since before Klein and Zach
came back.

You have to understand, Jamal...

wasn't exactly our man.
-I know.

Atar forced him.

Atar didn't agree to leave
ben Horin there.

When negotiations for the two were done
we went into the operational phase.

Who at the bureau
knows about this?

Only the very top.

Atar sent Klein, Zach
and Ben Horin there.

He felt responsible for them
being stuck there for so long.

He wouldn't allow anything
to get in the way.

We're going to bring him back, Haim.

We're going to get him back.

But to do that I need to know
how Atar communicated with Jamal.

That's why we need to know
what's in the workbooks.

You were right.
They found the box.

How?
-Ido, the Intel officer.

Son of a bitch.

Yeah.

In any case,
I now have full cooperation.

Even though you told them
what we're doing?

I told them what I could.

I said
we're going to bring him home.

And about me?
-Not a word.

I don't want them to see you here.
-Don't worry, I have somewhere to be.

Just let me know
what you find out.

What's up?

I want to ask you something
and I want a straight answer.

Before I brush my teeth?

Yes.

How long have you been waiting
for me to wake up so you could ask me?

Uri, be serious.

Okay.

Are mad at me for what I did
when you were a hostage?

When you...

look back?
Maybe I'm mad at myself as well.

I might have acted differently
if I'd known the outcome.

Again, from the beginning...

Are you mad at me for,
sort of, not waiting for you?

Why "sort of"?

If there are things that...

are keeping us apart, then...

we should deal with them...

put them on the table,
because sometimes I feel like

you're...

drifting away from me...
-Nurit, Nurit,

I'm not judging you.

You did what you could.
It's in the past.

Don't answer...
-Hello?

Yes, hello.
How are you?

I see.

Tonight? Okay.

No, it's fine.

I'm not worried.

I'm sure it's okay.

And when will the rest of the...

Oh, good.

Okay, I'll be there tonight.

Yes.

Thanks, Dr. Greenfeld.

Assi Cohen, Yoram Tolledano,
Ishai Golan

Yael Abecassis, Milli Avital,
Adi Ezroni

Hadar Razon Rotem, Yousef Sweid,
Yonatan Uziel

Sendi Bar, Gal Zaid,
Yael Eitan, Guy Selnick

Created by
Gideon Raff

Casting - Hila Yuval
Script Editor - Michal Shorer

DP - Itai Neeman
Production Designer - Ido Dolev

Costume - Laura Sheim, Line Producer -
Assaf Nawi, Makeup - Nili Levi

Sound - Arie Ben Weiss, Mix - Itzik Cohen
Composer - Amit Poznanski

Editor - Simon Herman
Producer - Liat Benasuly

Written and Directed by
Gideon Raff

Prisoners of War

Mom, that's the wrong entrance.
Oh, you can't hear me.

Why are you smoking?

What happened to you?

Nice apartment.
-It's Oren's.

So what's new with you?

Nothing.

How's living with Dad?

Great. Fine.

Now tell me the truth.
-I'm serious, he's great.

When are you coming home?

Nice picture, Dana.

Where was it taken?

It's not me.

It's you.

Wow.

My gosh.

It's on the moshav (farm).

Where did he get it?

From an album at home, I guess.

How's Dr. Ostrovsky?

What?

Ostrovsky.

You know, your boyfriend?

I thought that if there was one person
who'd support me

it'd be you.
-Why?

Because I'm a slut
who likes older men?

Yes. That's why.

He isn't my boyfriend.

We went out once.

He invited me out again.

I'm still thinking about it.

Won't it hurt his feelings?

I don't think so.

We only went out once,
but maybe.

I'm not talking about him.

Dad...

won't it hurt his feelings
if I move back home?

What makes you think that?

Who'll take care of him?

Not you, Dana.

That's not your job.

He's old enough
to take care of himself.

Come on, Halva. Fetch!

Well?

Why don't you fetch?

Come in, it's open. Well?

Look who's here!

Hello.

Hello, Halva.

What's with him?

He's depressed.

Really. Dr. Ruby gave me
anti-depressant pills for him,

two a day.

Stop it, he's sensitive.

His owner died

and ever since,
Halva won't play with anyone.

His little heart is broken.

Right, Halva?

How are you?
-Great.

Did the Picasso you bought
finally arrive?

"Yael's Shelter"

Hey, hey, Halva.
Look who's here.

Look who's here.

Look. A nice guy.

Look.

It's hard to do it like this.

This could take hours.
You don't need to wait.

This is how it'll look.
What do you think?

It isn't too green?

What? -I can change
the background color.

We can put it up
some other day.

I think it looks nice.

Okay... let's do it.

"Yael's Shelter"

Help me with it.

"Amiel's Shelter"

Just a second...

I don't know...

I'm not sure it's...

a good idea to change
the name of the kennel.

People are used to the name,
and suddenly...

Yael,

you don't have to put that sign up.

I want to.

Yes...

What? Did you figure it out?
-Haim?

Where's Haim?

It's a cool code.

The Mossad used it in the past,

mostly with crosswords
and Sudoku.

The person who cracks the code
doesn't know what he's doing.

It's very cool.

Very.

Jamal got a package
every few weeks.

I still don't know how...

but in the package

was a math workbook in Arabic.

It looks like the standard workbook
they sell in Lebanon and Syria.

The code is pretty easy to crack.

The smart thing is the key.

Every page has math questions

and the answers are the key.

For instance, on this page

the answers are 11, 8, 11,
12, 13, 5, 5.

Now look at the story at the bottom
of each page.

When you lay out the letters

according to the numbers,

you get...

a word.

"Shaba'a Farm."

This workbook contains
the exact date and location

of a planned infiltration.

When Jamal wants to send
a message

he simply changes the answers
according to the letters.

Cool, huh?

When he's finished

he puts it back and that's that.

The kid learns math,
not knowing what's really going on,

and they pass messages
over the border.

Now we know how.

The question is, where?

Atar flew to Istanbul
every two months.

Stig Storma, Norwegian,
a birdwatcher.

But from there he could've gone
anywhere in the world.

We have no idea where.

What about the first workbook,
Uri's?

I'll start working on it now.

Call Uri and Nimrode,
maybe they can help.

Uri? Are you home?

Hi, what's up?

Where are you running to?

They think they've deciphered
the math book code.

I went to the National Library today.

I asked for everything that was written
about me since you were abducted.

There's...

I spoke to a British journalist,
it was syndicated all over the world,

and there are pictures of
my first campaign with Talia...

Nurit, I have to run.
I'll look at it later, okay?

I want you to see
everything I did.

There's even...
Just take a second.

Nurit, I promise
I'll look at it later.

I have to go. Okay?

Everything's fine,
don't worry.

Checkmate.

That's that.
-Damn it.

What are you doing here?

Uri isn't here.

I came to see you.
I want to talk to you.

I'm busy.

What is this?
-Look and see.

"This wedding is unacceptable.
It's an insult. It's cruel..."

They asked, so I answered.

Is that all you have to say?

What do you want me to say?

Why are you showing me
an article from ten years ago?

I only read it today.

I want you to look me
in the eye

and tell me how you,

after all I did for your children,

could call me a monster.

Because you are a monster.

You know what
the saddest part is, Yoske?

I thought it was a game
and I understood the rules,

around people you ignore me

and if you do say something
it's insulting,

but I know you have to do it

because I didn't wait for Uri
and it's expected of you.

But I also know
that you love me.

All those years,
despite your cruelty,

I loved you back.
-I never played games with you.

I only said what I felt.

What did I do to you
that was so terrible?

I took care of your son.
-You left my son!

I'm talking about Yaki. -You left him,
too, as soon as it was convenient.

When I'm with Yaki
you're mad that I'm not with Uri,

and when I'm with Uri
you're mad that I'm not with Yaki.

What do you want from me?

Stay far away from my family.

That's what I want.

From the moment I met you
you've only cared about yourself.

You've only caused pain.

Nothing but pain.

I didn't kidnap Uri.

I was crushed that day,
just like you.

You need someone to blame for
your terrible life and you found me.

You all found a monster.

You even convinced Uri,

I can see it in his eyes.

Do you know
who I miss the most?

Malka.

She understood.

She was the only one.

They're waiting for me.

Come, Mordechai.

Take it. It's yours.

Why does it take you so long

if you know how to do it?

It isn't on every page.

What is this place?

I don't know.

Is it true that Jamal
was working for you?

There are things I can't discuss.

Can you at least tell me
how long you knew where they kept us?

I think I deserve an answer.

Israel did everything in its power

to bring you home

without putting
important security interests at risk.

Do you have children?

What?

Yes.
-How old are they?

Ten and fifteen.

It must feel wonderful

to help your son
with his homework.

What? -Or to drive your daughter
to dance lessons.

To sign their report cards,

to watch them grow up...

It must feel wonderful

when your son looks at you like you're
the most amazing man in the world

because you could
answer a question or...

taught him to ride a bike.

Sitting with them when they're sick,
caressing them,

promising them that tomorrow
will be better.

Helping them play an instrument
or giving them advice

Rubbing lotion on their back when
they're sunburned.

Being their father.

Can you tell me
how that feels

or is that a risk
to national security, too?

The Prime Minister is responsible
for all kids in Israel,

not just yours.

Well?

What was that about?

Later.

Again.

What again?

It's weird, I keep getting
the same sentence, but there's...

no meaning.

Give me a few minutes.
-What's the sentence?

Nothing, it's just a bunch of...

What's the sentence?

Yasmin 336. But it isn't...

Does that mean anything to you?

How do you say yasmin (Jasmine)
in Arabic?

Yasmin.

Maybe it's numerological?

I'll rearrange the letters.

Jabaliya, right?

Good idea.
See if there's something nearby.

The city of Qatana.

Let's see what's there.

An amphitheater, ruins,

antiques, mosques...

Hold on, maybe...

I'll search for...

I can't believe it.

There it is.

What?

Yasmin.

It's a hotel. Unbelievable.

How long will it take you
to encode a message in a workbook?

Just a few minutes.

I'll go.

I'll go.
-You don't have a foreign passport.

So get me one.

No usual channels.
You know our restrictions.

None of our people
can be involved.

Can't we mail it?

From Europe?
-How will we know he got it?

Nurit has a Hungarian passport.

She was born there.

She showed it to me.

Oh, come on.

Don't even think about it.

What?

She just has to
drop off a package.

It's in Syria!

I don't feel so...

Tourists go to Syria
all the time.

It's just like any other country.

It's only a problem
for Israelis.

She is an Israeli.
-With a foreign passport.

And she knows about Amiel.

Over 6 million tourists
go to Damascus every year.

Especially now,
Assad wants to encourage tourism.

Forget I ever said it, okay?

Uri,

a lot of Israelis travel to Arab
countries on their foreign passport.

To Dubai, Qatar...
-Then ask one of them.

We don't have time and we can't
ask them. -You have no choice.

But Uri...
-No!

Stop it.

Are you okay?

Yes, I need...

I'm going to wash my face.

I'll go talk to him.
-Let me.

What's that?

Are you okay?
-It's nothing.

It's crazy, huh?

Jamal, the workbooks, Ismail...

I don't trust him.

Who?

That Ze'ev who came out of nowhere.

I don't either.

But...

You're here to persuade me.

What choice do we have, Uri?

We're so close.

They can find
someone else, Nimrode.

They only want to ask her.

If she says no...

You heard him.
6 million tourists a year.

Everyone goes there.

She'll be safe.
-How do you know?

Huh?

How do you know?

"Israel did everything in its power
to get you released

"without putting its security
at risk."

That's what he told me.

They knew where we were.

We could've had lives, Uri.

When he said that

I suddenly realized why
you're fighting so hard for Ami.

They don't give a damn
about him, Uri.

They have other interests.
We're all he has.

And Nurit is all I have.

She's everything to me.

Let them find
someone else, Nimrode.

I have to go.

Wait, I'll take you home.
We'll talk on the way.

I'm not going home.
I have a test.

What kind of test?

My doctor made
an appointment for me.

I'll take a taxi.

Don't be silly. I'll take you.

I'll wait for you outside.

We'll go out to eat afterwards
if you want.

With my luck we'll run into
Talia on a date with someone.

Would you do that for me?

Tell me,

is there anything
I wouldn't do for you?

Let's go.

Oh, shit...

I forgot the car keys.

We can just call her and ask.

And when Uri finds out?

Haim doesn't care about stuff
like that.

We're going. Uri's tired.

Did you find a solution?
-We're working on it. Good night.

Good night.

I'm taking Uri to Tel Aviv,

we'll be there for a few hours.

He isn't home.
I don't know where he is.

Actually, we're not here for him,

we came to talk to you.

Me? About what?

May we come in?

Once you're inside,
move as little as possible.

It'll only take a few minutes.

All right?

I don't like closed places.

You'll be fine. Don't worry.

No, no, no...

No, I'm sorry. I can't...

What if I hold your hand?
It only takes a few minutes.

Can you talk to me?
-Sure.

I want to hear your voice
the whole time.

Flying alone?

Yes.

Budapest, how nice.

Any baggage to check in?

No.

Aisle or window?

Aisle.

She's nervous.

She'll be fine.

Here you go. Have a nice flight.
-Thanks.

Great.
We have everything we need.

Should I wait for the results?

No, it takes time.

We'll send it straight to your GP.

Dr. Greenfeld?

Last chance to change your mind.

Nurit?

Dad.

What are you doing here?
-I'm not here to see you.

Where's Nurit?

I don't know.
She'll probably be back soon.

I came to tell her something.

To tell Nurit?

What?

Well...

Four years ago, when your mother
was taken to Mt. Scopus,

you know me,
I don't like hospitals.

And I couldn't stand the thought
that Mom would go before me,

I couldn't handle it.

Yes.

She lay there for three weeks

and I...

visited her maybe once a week.

I had the store to run
and meetings to go to

with the European representatives
about you guys.

Talia and I

were in Tel Aviv every day.

And in the end...

she was connected
to all those tubes.

It was...

Nurit

sat there every day,

with your mother.

She never left her side.

She didn't go to work,

she cancelled everything

and sat there,

day after day.

Until the end.

I don't know
if Nurit knows that I know.

I wanted to tell her

thank you.

Ynon?

Why aren't you asleep?

How did you know
I'm not asleep?

The house is quiet.

No screaming.

When you're asleep, you scream.

Should I have not said anything?

No... No, it's okay.

Are you sure?
You look strange.

I... feel a little uncomfortable
about something I did to Uri.

I...

Never mind.

I'm making toast.
Want some?

What?

No, I'm not hungry. Thanks.

Nurit,

where are you?

It's late.

Are you mad at me?

I read all the articles.

Come home, we'll talk...

I called Yaki,
he said you weren't...

No...

No, no, no...