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No, show mercy, don't. Don't kill me. I have a wife, family!

You're giving birth my Kalliopi!

Why mom isn't answering my letters?

Your mother, forgot all about you. And you better do the same!

- I don't want to forget about her... - Too bad for yourself.

Have you ever tried to make resin bread?

Who's going to eat resin bread here?

I've heard that the Vandoulakis, need workers for their fields, at Neapoli.

I think you shouldn't let this opportunity go to waste...

Did I get prettier?

Unlock the door now, or I'll beat the crap out of you!

In two or three weeks I'll get a tissue sample.

Meanwhile it should drink milk from a healthy mother, from Plaka.

Tonight the festival will be special!

And how do you know?

I can feel it in the air... There's going to be many boys there!

Who's the one that came with the car?

I'll go now, but I want to see you again!

- What do I smell? What did you bake? - I've made resin breads.

- Ahhh! - Yes...

Give me one to try.

Eugenia get me a loaf. What's smelling so nice?

- I've made some resin bread. - Ahh, give me one! Mmm, one more!

How much? Thanks!

Can I have two of them too?

- Two? - Two.

- Two more! - Two more...

I saw Mr. Gianni leaving with resin breads... Can I have them all?

I want to take them to school, for the children.

Very good! So long for the next batch!

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Antoni!

Come close.

Hello boss, the key. Tomorrow we'll go down in the tanks.

- Alright, Thimio. - Bye!

Goodbye!

Firstly thank your parents for the service at the festival.

Secondly, give this letter to Anna Petraki.

I've heard you know each other.

Take it!

I'll give it if I see her.

Today!

Don't forget.

Hello Dimitri!

- I eat half of your bread. - It's OK!

- Have you read it? - No.

You've read nothing?

Look how much it looks like you, eh?

What happened to you?

I breast fed it!

Does Lapakis know?

Are the results out yet?

- Is there any resin bread? - No. As soon as I made it,

- it was gone within the hour. - See?

My ideas sell sometimes, eh?

You don't like me very much, ha?

Did I ever say something like that?

No, you didn't...

But it shows!

- It's not like I'm some criminal... - What do you want from me?

You!

I'm married and have two kids.

Now we are here, Eugenia. Cut off from everybody!

Ah!

Don't you have someone of your own?

- Where are you going? - None of your business where I go...

- Go back, back! - Ah!

What happened to you Antoni? Antoni?

Bon appιtit!

- Hello Antonio! - Welcome!

- You look handsome! - Easy...

- Join us for lunch! - Thank you Mr. Giorgi, I've already eaten.

- I brought you something... - For me?

- Eh, will you be standing there? - He's right.

Sit, let's have some wine!

I must leave, they're expecting me.

What's going to be? Shall I eat alone?

- From Vandoulakis? - Yes, listen!

"Dear Anna, I want to invite you and your parents, to our home,

next Sunday. My mother and my father are looking forward to meet you."

"I'll send the car to pick you up from Plaka,

at 12:00 o'clock at Sunday."

"With honor: ANDREAS VANDOULAKIS."

- Isn't he a wet blanket, ha? - I don't care, I will go!

- Where will you go? - See I told you.

We're invited at their house, on Sunday!

- Who invited us? - Andreas Vandoulakis!

- Me and my parents it says! - Me...

Don't say no...

Pssst!

Fotini!

Are you asleep?

- What? - Are you asleep?

Why don’t you sleep?

- I'm thinking... - At this hour you're thinking?

Mother Mary...

- Listen. - Mm.

Did Anna tell you anything yesterday night at the festival?

Like what?

- About me... - No, why?

Tell me!

- She kissed me. - Kissed you?

And today she got a letter from Vandoulakis.

And how do you know?

I took it to her.

See what money can do?

It even buys people.

Eeeee Wait!

Ahh, naughty, naughty.

It costs 2 drachmas.

- Next. - Good day, thanks.

Bless you.

- What do you want? - A pagrus.

Doctor?

Doctor, long time no see. Sorry.

- It's OK. - I smell fish.

- Didn't you recognize me, Giorgi? - E!

Do you remember my daughter Maria?

How could I? She was a little girl when I met her.

- Hello, Maria. - I remember you.

I remember I asked of you to make my mom well.

I'm so sorry.

- Shall we? - Have a coffee and I'm coming. Pavlo?

A coffee to the doctor, my treat. What do you want?

Pagruses, one, two, enough?

Will they find a cure, what do they say?

The war took us back, Giorgi.

Now, we slowly begin research again.

You? Do you continue to come and go?

No....

Not so often anymore.

Before I was going more often to see my wife that passed away.

I understand.

Your daughter looks just fine.

And nice, doctor, nice.

May God keep her strong.

- Both of them I mean. - You're a lucky man.

Children are a great comfort, doctor.

You?

Don't you have a family?

I, Giorgi, am married to my job.

I work constantly, there's no time left for anything else.

Aa, you don't put things in the right order, doctor!

Hello little boy from Iraklio!

- Welcome. - Nice to see you.

And while I was desperate that you left me alone, here you are again.

But you knew I couldn't come.

The Germans burnt the school at Iraklio.

I heard, I heard.

Nothing was operational, everything stopped.

Neither sick, nor wounded we could tend...

- Of course, research was out of the question. - I know.

- Can't I whine a little? - As much as you want.

Come on. At least rebuilding has begun again.

Now we operate normally.

Be careful not to cut my mustache short with the scissors,

I'll slit your throat.

Please, President, don't I know my job?

Welcome doctor Kyritsis!

- Hello to you, Sklavouni Fred Astir! - E!

Doctor?

How sudden was that?

Why didn't you tell me he's coming?

Wipe yourself you look like you were at the restaurant, do you need a special notice?

How are you, Niko?

- Welcome. - Nice to see you.

I hope this time you bring good news.

Is that the doctor I hear?

Come here you! Come back.

How are you, President?

I'm fine, fine. Long time no see.

What new do you bring us? Pleasant, unpleasant? Ha?

Pleasant.

Come, come in.

As you can see, we haven't changed much.

How is the situation here?

I'll be honest, things are very disappointing here.

Here at these two shelves...

are the files...

of the patients that died in the resent past years since the last time you came.

We're talking hundreds. And of course not all of them from the disease.

Others from tuberculosis, others from dysentery,

others from starvation, during the war.

You should see back then, they were dying like flies.

Here are the files, of those that survived the war, and of course of the new patients.

Of course. Of course.

I brought you something that may fix your mood a bit.

- Cigar? Where did you get it? - At Cuba.

You lucky one, when did you go there?

For the international conference for leprosy that took place in Havana.

But I didn't bring you just that.

This is even more interesting.

- What is it? - Remember when I was telling you about promine?

Yes?

There has been tests in America with spectacular results.

Big deal then.

It meant a lot to the Spinalongans when they started printing just a "D"

instead of "Disinfected", and indeed with this small change,

more letters were reaching their villages than before.

But it took a long time to achieve this.

For years we were sending one letter after the other and nothing.

And all this for a damned stamp on the letters of the miserable in here.

For example you, how many letters have you sent at the ministry till now?

- Five. - Ha.

And they haven't even gone into trouble to answer to us.

My brother the lawyer says that he puts pressure on everyone,

- but nothing. - Hello.

Welcome. Hey you, Manoli,

That disgusting long-term convict. Where has he disappeared?

I don't know, President. It’s been days since he appeared at the watchtower.

I wouldn't care if the earth swallowed him, the filthy scum.

Do you want him for something, Niko?

Mmm?

When do we start?

I still haven't gotten permission, Christo.

I put pressure on the ministry of health to supply me with even a...

limited quantity of promine initially. And fund me at the same time,

to be able to observe the results

of the therapy on the patients that we'll pick together.

For now I need a team of the most healthy ones.

Of the most healthy?

But the ones that are bad need it the most.

Promine may kill them faster even from the disease itself.

For that reason I need patients that are strong.

Do we know what the side effects might be?

We'll see.

With how many are you thinking of starting?

Initially... I think of starting with six.

- Just six? - We'll increase the number in time.

You bring me in a difficult position. Do you know how many are waiting for this?

The doctor...

- The.... - Athena Manaki?

- How is she? - She's close to us, in a stable condition.

I'll put her in the list too.

Her knowledge and experience will be useful to us.

Very good idea. I'll call for her right now.

- Foti? What are you doing here? - Nothing. I passed by to see Kosti.

Hey kids, come out!

You'll get cold!

Get out!

And where did you here this?

I passed from the hospital to see Kostis.

I heard doctor Kyritsis saying it to doctor Lapakis.

But are you telling the truth?

- Is there a drug? - I'm telling you what I heard.

You think we'll be cured someday?

Are you sure he's not kidding with us?

Why don't you believe me, ha?

OK, Alright, we believe you.

Pssst.

Get up, Fotis. Get up and come drink your chamomile.

- Leave me alone. - Get up, it'll do you good.

Get up, get up, get up.

You've got blood in your nose!

Blood in the nose! Get up, let's go to the hospital! Get up!

What you're doing may cost it's life.

- Welcome doctor. - Good morning.

Any news?

Are the test results out?

Sit.

Your daughter is of absolute health.

Come again.

The little marks at her feet, are almost completely gone.

Seems like, the milk we brought for her did some good.

Why are you grumpy? Is there something wrong?

You should be happy your child is healthy, are you crying?

Doctor?

Kalliopi, breast fed it.

It wouldn't drink the milk.

Do you understand how serious is what you did? Ha?

You're putting your child's life in danger.

Your daughter is healthy and must leave the island.

Doctor!

She managed to seduce Vardoulakis, the naughty woman.

All night at the festival, he didn't take his eyes off of her.

But also, I've never seen Anna so happy.

Maria...

that night, just before Vandoulakis came, she got kissed with my brother.

- What? - Yes, he told me himself.

And like this wasn't enough,

the next day Vandoulakis gave him the letter to bring it to her.

Now I understand.

That’s why he seemed so sad when he came home, the poor thing.

She should be ashamed. How could she face him after this?

- She didn't say anything to me. - Like she would...

How could I believe this.

Be careful not to say anything about mom.

- She died from a heart attack. - How many time do you have to tell me...

I haven't lost it yet, my daughter.

I'm just reminding you.

- Hello. Hello. - Hello.

- Petrakis. - Lazaros.

Ee, Giorgi, grandeur!

They're expecting you. This way, Mr. Petraki.

- Mother, here is Mr. Petrakis. - Welcome, Mr. Petrakis.

- Nice to see you. - And here, is his daughter Anna.

Welcome, Anna.

Thank you.

- Mother, shall we go in? - Come in, please.

Welcome!

Red colored eczema. Probably leprosy. Has to go to the hospital.

I'll extract a tissue sample, to make sure.

And what's going to happen no Christo, shall we keep him on our back?

You have such a nice house.

Anna, don't be shy.

It's the first time I enter such a beautiful house.

- Do you like it here? - It is very nice.

- What is your occupation, Mr. Petraki? - Fisher.

- Fisher. - Yes, Fisher.

- You, Anna, did you finish school? - Yes.

My wife was a teacher. And since they were little, they loved education.

- Was? - Was...

- Unfortunately we lost her. - From a heart attack.

May God forgive her soul.

I love education too.

What I didn't learn at school, I learned by reading books.

When I read, my mind travels.

My Anna loves traveling this way too isn't that so Anna?

- I love fiction novels very much. - A, bravo.

Our Andreas deals with the fields.

And in the near future he'll handle all of his father's fields

I hope he'll prove himself as worthy as his father.

Mr. Petraki, shall I put you some more?

- Thank you. - Here.

- And potatoes. - No, no...

Anna? But please, don't be shy.

Father... are you pleased?

If you are pleased, my child, I am too.

The only thing I want, is for you to be happy.

- Did the doctor pass by? - Mm.

- And what did he say? - What could he say?.

How long will you stay here?

He's waiting for the fever to drop first and...

- I don't know. - Everything is going to be fine.

- How is it going with the Lyra? - Fine, my Foti.

- Will you play some for me? - Here?

- Get out of the hospital first, and I will. - Why can't you play here?

Don't worry. I'll get well.

- Were you left alone at all? - Not at all.

Not at all? What kind of a date was that?

- But it wasn't a date. - It was for his parents to meet her.

Ah, to see if she's a good for their son?

E, something like that.

You've never seen a more beautiful house than this in your life.

They also have a maid to do all the house work.

- Was the food nice? - I didn't eat much though.

- So they don't think that we don't have in our house. - Sucker!

Sucker? That's how rich people do.

They don't gorge, because they can have whatever they want, whenever they want.

If you have money you can buy everything.

Even people!

Niko I find it absurd for them to want to put the child in such a danger.

- I don't know, what do you think? - Meaning?

They're asking of me to register the child, as an official resident of the island.

- You must talk to them. - They're asking of you to make a false diagnosis.

Go my boy. It's no use for you to sit here.

- Will he be able to... - Go.

I told Foti that I would pass by from the hospital,

to play some Lyra to him.

I didn't.

I'm afraid that if...

I see him this way...

I'll start crying.

My beloved Electra,

We shall play a tune for him from here. I'm sure Fotis will hear us.

Go, go.

But our favorite was at morning time.

When we didn't have school, we went with our father and the boat.

That's how we learned all the fish.

Eh, we also helped at the house work...

Say yes, Niko. Only you can help us. Say yes!

Alright.

Alright.

- Gregory where are you going? - Leave me alone!

Gregory!

Oh God of all spirits and of every flesh, who didst trample down death,

and didst overcome the devil, bestowing life to this world

do Thou, O Lord, give rest to the soul of Thy departed servant, Fotis

in a place of light, in a place of green pasture, in a place of refreshment,

from whence pain, sorrow and mourning have fled away.

Every sin committed by him in thought, word or deed,

do Thou as our good and man-befriending God forgive

for there is no man that shall live and not sin,

Thou alone art without sin...

...and thy law is truth.

For Thou art the resurrection, the life

and the repose of Thy departed servant, Fotis, Oh Christ our God,

and to Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thine eternal Father

and Thine all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit,

now and forever, world without end. Amen.

Our Lord's is the earth, and all it's time.

The world and everything alive on it. From dust we are made and to dust we shall return.

Everlasting be thy memory. Everlasting be thy memory, Oh our brother, who art worthy of blessedness.

Everlasting be thy memory.

By the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us and save us.

Ready?

I have to put the lace on the lapel and it's ready to try it on.

Let's see. Will he ask you to marriage this time?

I don't know. I'm bored coming and going for no reason.

If I was seeing Andreas at least, it would be something.

If he doesn't propose this time, I'll die.

- No way you'll die for the wet blanket. - We didn't ask your opinion.

That Andreas wants me, I'm sure.

Even the rocks know that. Everyone speaks about it all around the village.

And what do they say?

There's no reason to get into a word fight.

Don't speak!

Come here!

Your mother told me you're going to propose to Petrakis. You didn't ask me.

I brought her here at the house, it's like I did.

You didn't!

So you decided to marry the fisher's daughter. Is that what you want? Ha?

- My mother was also poor wasn't she? - Your mother is different!

- E, Anna is different too. - Mind your words. You hear me?

Alexander!

Listen to me here...

The girl is pretty.

pass your time with her, and leave marriage aside,

because sooner or later you'll regret it, and then it will be too late.

All my life you don't take me seriously. Until when will this continue?

Until when it's necessary.

I will protect you to the point that is necessary!

Leave me alone, mother!

Hello, Antoni.

Antoni!

How are you?

Going home?

What is it, what's wrong?

The whole world knows, and you pretend it's a secret.

Really? And what is this that everyone knows?

That Vandoulakis is getting ready to buy you.

Did you forget that night that you kissed me?

But I was nice then, right?

Now that you smelled money, you pretend to be a lady.

- Ready? - Leave me alone.

Hey!

- What's wrong - Antonis made me mad.

- I slapped his face! - Why what did he do to you?

I'm not telling you.

He loves you!

- And how is my fault? - It is your fault!

You kissed him and then you dumped him for someone else.

- Is that what he told you? - To Fotini.

- Like I would marry a poor man. - Hey! What kind of words are these about our friend?

Your friend. Not mine anymore, he's not my friend.

He should learn to mind his words!

You are so beautiful today. How proud your mother would be...

Thank you father.

Hello.

Miss Petraki my boss, Mr. Alexandros, is ill and...

lunch is postponed. I apologize.