Matir Agunot (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - Episode #1.11 - full transcript

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Shall we get down to business? -What business?

He talks, you listen.

He wants the base sum in two weeks.

Half a million.

Now you're the debtor,
just like your sister and her husband.

I can reduce a major portion of the sum

if I work for them.
-Doing what?

They have an escort service.
-What?

Where's Tali?
Tali?

Tali.

Tali?



Write "Bar."

I can't find a "Bar."

Here, "Tali Son."
-That's it.

Good for you, Reuven.

Unavailable.

Ay ay ay.

Stop it, listen,
they ran away.

They packed up and left.

Maybe Yochai Yeffet
got his hands on them?

Gili and the kids were in Nahariya,
Tali was at my place.

How is it they stopped answering
at the same time?

Just like that?
Without a word?

Mom, trust them... -Tell me why.
-Mom, they know what they're doing.

They could have left a note.



Where, in Yosef's ear?
-Listen,

the less we know,
the better off they are.

He does have a way with words...

Why didn't you say anything
at the meeting with Yochai Yeffet?

How do you know what I said at the meeting
with Yochai Yeffet, were you there?

Yosef,

that's enough,
don't get me started.

What, Reuven?
I don't get what's going on.

Everything's fine, don't worry.

What is it, Reuven? Talk to me.

Did something happen?

I want to hear
what you have to say.

Well?

You could have shown Yochai
more respect.

I didn't show him respect?

God forbid, who told you that?

Rami Ben Lulu,

Ah, Rami Ben Lulu...

The genius saint.

Rami Ben Lulu is a great guy.
-Fine.

Stop disrespecting whoever...

Rami Ben Lulu

knows all the thugs in Pardes Katz,

he's close to them.

When he talks,
it's worth listening.

What did he say?
We're in suspense.

I want to hear what he said.
-What did he say?

That you didn't show Yochai respect.

In what way?
In what way?

We talked, I was polite,
I don't understand.

Tell me, so I know for the next time.
-"Polite" he says... -What?

I want to know.
-That's enough.

You're arguing like kids.
And Tali? Where is she?

Those people are animals,
you didn't see them.

You didn't see them.

Mom, did something happen?
-They came to the house. -What?

What?

What did they do to you, Mom? Did you
know about this? -They didn't do anything.

They made a bit of a mess and left.

Hello.

Rami, do me a favor...

Rami Ben Lulu?
-Rami Ben Lulu.

Yes.

Ask him how
I disrespected Yochai Yeffet.

Sshhh... can't you see he's working?

He doesn't know,
he's looking into it.

What...
-He's looking into it.

Yes.
Dude, I owe you big time.

Mom says thank you too.
-Yes.

She misses
why don't you pop by?

You forget how tatsty Mom's kubbeh is?

That's why he's not popping by.

Stop it!

What's he saying

No...

I understand.
He won't talk to them anymore.

He knows he made a mistake.

Thanks, bro, take care.

What did he say?

-What?

At the end of the meeting
with Yochai Yeffet...

Yes.

When he was about to leave...

Yes?

What did you say to him?

What did I say?

Wait... Shall we recite a blessing?

What?

You told him to wait
for you to recite a blessing?

Is that true, Yosef?

Are you insane?

What's the problem?

Do you have a brain?
-Yes,

he just forgot it at the Yeshiva.

Do you realize what you did, moron?
-What?

I honored him with a blessing.
You honored him? -Yes. -Like that?

Yes, I honored him with a blessing.
To show him that everything's fine,

that we're all Jews and it's all good.
-You think they need your approval?

Next time you'll ask to see his dick

to make sure it was cut.
-That's enough, Zion.

I told you,
in Yeshiva from the age of 10...

You're no better than us,
get that through your head.

No one said I was.

No one is better than anyone else,

but you two listen to me

everyone makes mistakes,

but where were you?

Did Tali hide at your house?

Who met with those thugs, you?

I see Yochai every Friday

at the market,
adjacent tables.

Fine, now you're best friends
with Yochai Yeffet,

give me a break.

No, you're a crime correspondent...
-Zion, stop!

Who even asked you to come here?
-Yosef! -Who asked me?

Answer it.

It's unidentified.

Maybe it’s about Tali.
-Answer it.

I get 20 calls like this a day, it's not Tali.
-Answer already. -Yosef.

Hello.

Tali.

Sshhh...
Sit down.

Yes, I'm with you.

I'm at Mom's.

You should have seen their faces
when Tali called me.

In any case,
I told her

I'd transfer 3,000 shekels,

so they have

some money to get by.

We're a bit overdrawn, but...

3,000 shekels,
we can make by.

Are you alright?

Yes, fine.

Hannah, do you want to go home?

No.

Those criminals whom Tali owes money to,

they came to our house.

What? When?

Did you talk to them?
You didn't tell me.

It doesn't matter now, let's go home.
-No, I want to be here.

"Daniel and Miriam Honig + Gitit"

Hannah, no way,
we're going home.

Yosef, I'm staying,

do what you want.

Hello.
-Welcome.

Thank you.

Are you coming?

I hear this is your farewell party.
-Yes.

We'll miss you.

Hanke, listen,

these men, it's no joke.

I have to know what happened.

First tell me how you're involved
with them. -I'm not.

Oh, nice dress.
-Thanks.

We finally get to see
your gorgeous legs.

Be happy,
a beautiful wife is a good thing.

He's upset you didn't tell him
he's handsome.

Yeah?

You're the most handsome man
in this house,

by a long shot.

Enjoy each other.

Your man's a model.

I think so too.

Well, we have the same taste,

we're tired of the pale "Yeshiva boys."

Speaking of "Yeshiva boys..."

I want to get the party started.

Hannah...

Later...
-gentlemen,

I want to take this opportunity

to part with a longtime coupte
in our group

that is finally
coming out of the closet.

The sacred ark.

They're leaving our community

and moving up north, to Carmiel.

Rachel,

who found a job as a Java manager

at Intel. -Wow.

And her husband, Avrum.
Get over here.

My dear brother.

Always biding.

Who always follows her to the unknown.

The unemployment agency, obviously

Please wish them well.

This lovely couple that was
a pillar of our community

and as proof, the apple strudel

that Rachel made tonight.

That's some strudel!

Despite the packing
and the boxes and hard work.

Give it up for Avishalom von Shiloach.

If I may,

congratulations dear Rachel and Avrum

from the bottom of my heart

for making this brave move
that so few make,

"from darkness to light,
from servitude to redemption.

May your journey be easy and pleasant.

It's not easy,

leaving our home, our family,

our community, our institutions,

replacing the clothing, the language

and starting a new life.

The first weeks I was out of the house,

I had nowhere to sleep,
I was ostracized

by my best friends,
by my parents.

There were nights I slept on the street.

I remember one night
that was so cold...

I broke into a study hall
in the middle of the night

and covered myself with a prayer shawl.

The next morning,
the beadle took me for a dead man

and didn't understand...

You laugh,
but I'll tell you,

taking this step

is like being reborn

and the hardships on the way
are labor pains.

Rachel and Avrum,

I wish you an easy
and pleasant journey

and good luck.
Amen. -Amen.

Soon we will follow.

Let's go home.

No! No.

I don't want to.
-Hannah.

I saw you sneaking out
one after another.

The imagination
is more intriguing than reality.

We just wanted some privacy.

There aren't many couples
in our group, that's a problem.

Why?
-It just worked out that way.

Some groups have more couples.

Okay... Hannah,
I'm leaving. Are you coming?

I'm in the way...
-No. no. Yosef, wait.

Wait.

What did you say?

You're so handsome together.

Thanks.

Ever think of swinging?

It may sound extreme,
but it happens.

I'll explain what swinging is.

It's two adult couples...

who want to experience
a sexual encounter

with someone outside the relationship.

To eat from the forbidden fruit...

They do it with people whom...

they know anti trust

and are attracted to.

I think it's something
we must experience,

after all,
we've only been with one person.

We owe it to ourselves.

We're like a child who...

only ate one food
and never tasted another.

How is the child supposed to know
what he likes to eat?

Daniel and I been thinking about it
for a long time

and this is the first time
we've met a couple

we'd like to do it with.

I think this is another opportunity.

This division into man or woman

is not right

for such a complex creature
like a human being.

Obviously there are many tones.

Swinging can also be

man with man,
woman with woman.

Our being here doesn't mean
we've abandoned our morals.

We are not beasts.

I'm leaving,
do whatever you want.

You don't have to agree
to everything he says.

Right...
Excuse me, I'm leaving.

Don't you have an opinion
on what just happened?

We said we'd each have our corner.

If that means you can fornicate
and cheat on me

with other men and women,

then no.

Count me out.

Come on...
Look how far I've gone for you.

To the bathroom of a crazy lady
with a beauty mark the size of a shekel.

It turned you on, huh?

Her beauty mark.

As if.

Why would it turn me on?

That's who you are.

You're attracted to what's messed up.

What's this?

Why didn't you say anything?

What good would it have done for you
to See it two hours ago?

Don’t you get that we're in dagger?

That you're in danger?

What do I have to do
to get it through your head?

Then let's go to the police.
-That we can't do.

It's not as if they went wild. One threw
some dishes, the other tossed a drawer,

like they were putting on an act,
like something they do every day.

Three criminals come to my home,

ransack it with my wife in the house

and you tell me to calm down.

Two.

What's the difference?

I only realized

after they left that...

scared me.

I was shaking all over.

Some mess I got us in...

What a mess.

This is all I needed.

It's best

you stay with your sisters
or your parents for a while,

especially when I'm not home.

I won't run away.

But I'm worried about you.

That isn't right.

Hannah,

you were shaking all over.

Afterwards.

We can go to my father.

What for?

He can use his connections with rabbis.

Rabbi Shaharabani.

Are you serious?
-Yes.

The biggest criminals go to him.

They're scared of his
"kpede" (scrutiny). -Okay.

That's enough. -There was this criminal
that he kept a close eye on,

what was his name?
-I have no idea.

And you're from Pardes Katz...?

You know, Ilan...

Ilan...

He was on that Haredi website,

he got cancer when he was 33.

What was his name?

Anyways, Rabbi Shaharabani
kept a close eye on him, Ilan Zikri.

What?

I don't want to ask
your father for help.

Why?
-You know why.

He can't help as it is.

Don't worry,
we'll work this out.

Fine.

As you wish.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I'd like to have a quick chat.

If you don't mind me working while we do,
the kids will be here in 30 minutes.

Yes, I know.

I hear you didn't sign
the consent for...

the rabbinate agent.
You're not responding, you're avoiding them.

No, I'm not responding,
I already told them.

I'd like you to sign, Liat.

It's 5 minutes at the rabbinate,
that's all.

I'm going to Estonia in 3 days,

we found Yogev.

I have all the authorizations,

I know exactly how to pressure him.

Please stop, alright?

I have to work.
That's enough.

Let's talk about this,
two minutes,

listen to what I have to say.

First, I apologize.

You asked me not to talk to Galia,
I did,

- I made a mistake,

but why let everything we did
go down the drain?

This case was progressing so well.

It usually takes 2-3 years
to get to where

the court rules
it's divorce extortion...

They skipped so many phases for us.

You know exactly what this is about.

Actually, I don't.

Please explain it to me.

Good morning, sorry we're early,
-That's alright.

I know he loves story hour.

Hello.

This is Yosef,
our new teacher.

Hello.

Let's take these games away.

Play over there.

Careful.

It's okay, she's always early.

We still have time.

I thought I was over this period of
"heart rules over mind."

And since we met...
everything got messed up,

if you could call it that.

And your denying it,..

it won't help.

I'm sorry, Liat,
I don't understand.

All those moments
that you made me coffee,

that we almost touched...

all the looks,
I was there.

I saw it, I felt it.

Don't torment yourself.

Liat, you should be focusing

on how you liberate yourself

and that's why I'm here.

Okay.

Maybe it's all in my head.

Maybe I was just fantasizing.

If that's the case,

then I apologize.

Okay... let's set that aside for now.

No one really knows
what goes on inside a person.

Let's focus on what we know for sure,

that we have a very good chance
of getting you a Gett (Jewish bill of divorce,).

You'll be able to start a new life,
leave this place.

After all, what does "Agunah" mean? -What?
- In means "chained".

Someone who can't move,
what does he have left?

His thoughts.

The mind races every which way.

That's all very well,
but I think you're trying to convince yourself.

You know what?

Prove it.

I want your assistant to be my agent,

I want him to replace you,

then I promise, I'll sign.

It doesn't work that way, Liat. -Why not?
-He can't be a Gett agent.

A Gett agent is appointed by a judge,
it's complex, he isn't a rabbi.

There's Rabbi Mahfoud.

From Jerusalem.

You told me
he's just as good as you.

True.

As you see fit.

It's your decision, of course.

Just remember it will take time.

Studying a case like yours

is not easy.

And regardless of the case,

I must tell you

you'll be making a big mistake.

A big mistake?

Liat,

you're in a very extreme situation
where you're dependent on a man.

Odds are you'll develop feelings...

I'm not saying nothing's there,

there's something,

but it's not real.

It's the situation.

It's like patient and therapist,
it's common.

When a woman is totally
dependent on a man...

Totally dependent on a man? I have
an entire world that you know nothing about.

Great.

Then don't dwell on it.

You'll obtain your Gett, get married, God willing,
and you'll see that none of this was real.

What if you're wrong?

I'm afraid that I'll get married

and I'll...

be married to someone
whom I'll be deceiving

because once I met someone
I wanted even more and he wanted me.

Maybe... maybe.

And that "maybe"...
I know it's...

I'm scared to death

of that "maybe".

Of that doubt,
of that lie in my heart.

Maybe this is my atonement.

Heart, heart, heart...

There are other things
besides the heart.

"I, Liat Ben Shushan,
daughter of Aliza..."

"Appoint Rabbi Yosef Ben Haim..."
-"Appoint Rabbi Yosef Ben Haim..."

"As amended by the scholars,
to be my agent to obtain a Gett."

"As amended by the scholars,
to be my agent to obtain a Gett."

Yes, sign here.

Witnesses.

"We are witnesses

"that Ms. Liat Bat Aliza
appointed Rabbi Yosef Ben Haim

"to be her agent to obtain a Gett

"from Mr. Yogev Ben Avinoam."

Witnesses, sign.

I dread to think what would've happened
had she come home early.

What would have happened?

It wouldn't be the first time
a person sees their home was broken into.

As long as Hannah's alright.

As long as you're both alright.
-Thank God, we're fine.

Those animals.
Take whatever you want,

but why make such a mess?

It's alright.

Thy only took 300 shekels.

Be careful.

Dad?

What are you doing here?

Your dad arrived around 30 minutes ago,

saw that we were burglarized
and called me.

We should've cleaned up yesterday,
we worried him over a measly 300 shekels.

300 shekels and his Visa card.

You didn't tell me they took your Visa card.
-He canceled it right away.

I hope you weren't frightened.
-Seeing this chaos, of course I was.

told him that luckily
I came home before you.

Should I tell him about the bracelet?

What bracelet?

They took the bracelet too.

The one Mom gave me for the wedding.

They took the bracelet?

Yes.

Why didn't you tell me?

He didn't want to sadden you

or Mom.

Mother will lament, that bracelet
was passed down through 5 generations.

Maybe I shouldn't have told you.
-It’s net the money, it's 7,000 shekels,

no, at least 10,000,

but it's not the money,

it's 250 years old.
It endured Hitler,

it escaped from Poland, reached all the way
to Siberia, then returned to Poland

and boarded a ship
to the Land of Israel.

The bracelet and her grandfather's tefillin
are all that were left.

Maybe we cam talk to Rabbi Shaharabani.

Him again?
-That's a great idea.

What? Does the man know
every petty thug?

No, this was an inside job

and he knows them all,

they heed his every word.
It's a great idea.

I'll tell Rabbi Shaharabani
about the bracelet and the Holocaust,

he'll go to one of the head honchos,

they return the bracelet for sure.
-There's no need to trouble Shaharabani

for something like this. -It's not just
300 shekels, what about Yaffa’s anguish?

Drop it, alright?

Can I get you something to drink, Dad?
-No, thanks.

I brought you these, they're new

No sugar, no...

you know, organic.

Thank you...
-Yes.

For your trouble.

Okay, I think I'll go.

Just change the lock right away,

I don't want her here alone

while her husband

roams the world.
-Yes.

Yes, we will.

And speaking of...

maybe Rabbi Mahfoud should go instead?

I don't think so.

Why? He'll know the case by heart
in two days.

Good idea.

Or maybe you should move in
with us for a few days.

That's what I said.

I'd rather stay in my home.

Thanks for the invitation.

I don't want you to be alone.

Then maybe I can go abroad with you.

No... It's Estonia,

kosher food and no sugar?

Food isn't a problem,
you take food from home as it is.

I haven't been abroad in a long time.

Since... you remember.

I deserve to go.

You can feel the plants love it here.

They don't love it back home?

I don't know.

Everything's different here.

The buildings.

The people.
-The people?

As if we have a shortage of Russians...

This tree.

Something's different about it.

I think it's a berry tree.

Yes it's a berry tree.

And it's clean here.

That's for sure, we could learn
from them. Especially in Bnei Brak.

But we have good things too.

Maybe it's me.

I'm telling myself
that everything's nicer here, so...

That's natural,
this is all new to you.

Everything really looks nicer.

Shall we go in?

Aren't there enough
beautiful buildings...?

Why from here, Hannah?

I brought lots of stuff...

the suitcase is packed with food.

All your favorites.

I thought I'd make risotto.

Sounds good.

Hello.

Sorry?

English?
-Yes.

Hello.

Where are you from?

I'm from Israel.

I wish to be there one day.

Yes.

What is that?

It's for confessing,

here people come and confess.

De you... want?

God,

I know you don't care where I do this.

I wanted to confess my lies.

To my parents,

to my husband.

You know it's not me.

I want to stop but I can't.

I can't.

Give me strength.

Please,

to be what I am.

A girl,

just a woman,

an ant, something...