Original subtitles

What is all this food for, Rosa?

The delicatessen, for the Brits.

Last week they hardly came in.

There's a lot of leftovers.

I threw them out. It must be fresh.

Alright.

Who put the paper here?

Me.

It was in the living room.

You learned to read and didn't tell me?

What does it say about that woman?

EXECUTED BY THE FRG

They killed her.

-Who? -"Who?"

Your brother's friends.

"Who killed her…"

They say she was a traitor.

They tried her and executed her.

"She was tried…"

Bastards, now they're killing Jews too.

It's so sad.

Why are you asking?

No reason.

Rachelika!

What?

-Are these the… -Flyers, yes.

What does this say?

Just call the delicatessen

and we'll deliver the food.

But there are many words.

and we'll sell sütlaç too.

How much did these flyers cost?

What do you care? Papa paid.

I thought you were smarter than him.

ERMOSA DELICATESSEN HOMEMADE FOOD

This is for you.

Thank you.

Can I go in to see him?

He's recovering. Seeing you could agitate him. Better not.

-You're afraid we'll be seen together. -What?

I'm…

more at ease when we're alone.

I've gotten used to you coming and going, Gabriel.

I won't allow you to do it to my son.

He's my son too.

You're scared you'll be seen with me.

Will it be the same with him?

Shloimeleh is paying a heavy price for our sin.

Our sin.

Without our sin, he wouldn't have come into the world.

A world that is cruel to him through no fault of his own.

He's suffering so badly.

He won't have a father who hides him, who's ashamed of him. No, no.

He deserves a father who's proud of him, who will give him his name.

Can you promise that?

Come to the delicatessen tonight, we'll talk.

You have a wife, daughters.

I understand if you can't promise that.

Go now.

Come back if you feel

you can be a worthy father to our son.

I'll wait for you.

How is he?

Better, I think.

Ephraim.

How do you feel?

I brought your favorite food.

For you too.

Thank you.

Is it because of the girl

that you're like this?

Everyone's talking about what was done to her.

What we did.

You were there?

Don't keep it bottled up inside.

I'm your sister.

You'll hate me, Rosa.

Never.

I killed her.

Forgive me, sister.

She has a father, a mother, a family.

It's them you must ask for forgiveness.

A young Jewish woman,

beautiful,

why?

There was a reason.

You have Jewish blood on your hands.

How long will this go on?

You're asking me for forgiveness?

God has to forgive you.

I have to go.

ERMOSA DELICATESSEN

Well?

-Any phone calls? -From who?

You know, Rachelika's caprice.

The Brits who order food.

We'll get a call from God

before those Brits who want food.

And Gabriel wasted money on flyers…

Mercada, I'm in a meeting.

I see that. When will you introduce me?

What for? He's here for me. This has nothing to do with you.

In this store, everything has to do with me.

Excuse me.

I'll be right back.

What we discussed is between us.

Hello?

Police?

Momento, momento…

It's the police!

-Mercada, I'm in a meeting! -Are you in trouble?

We're honest people. No problems.

What?

Sure, food, food.

Momento. They want to order.

Order what?

Food!

Momento! I don't understand, get over here!

Excuse me, Mr. Gamlieli.

Excuse me.

What do we do?

Work, first order, money.

What's going on?

God sent you.

An order from the Brits.

-What? -A food order.

-What?! -The Brits.

Talk to them.

Manuel, I'm going out.

No, no.

Manuel, I'm going, not you.

You're staying here to work. I have to explain everything twice.

Avram, you're closing up so early?

Did something happen?

Oh…

My wife doesn't feel well.

Leah? What's wrong?

Batya, her name is Batya.

Batya, yes, what happened to her?

She…

Dear God.

My wife…

…it hurts when she swallows.

And she's very weak and has a fever at times.

Is that related?

What?

That she has a fever and it hurts when she swallows.

I don't know. I took her to some doctor. He sent her for tests.

As soon as he got the results, he admitted her into the hospital.

Because it hurts when she swallows?!

The doctor said he's not sure if anything can be done.

My God. Why didn't you tell me, Avram?

What's to tell, Mercada?

It's not your problem.

Not my problem?

We're like family!

Not "like." We're family.

And Batya, what a good woman.

She always did good deeds.

She's still alive, you know.

Yes, of course.

Anything you need, just tell me.

Of course. Thank you, Mercada.

Anything, really.

Thank you so much, Mercada.

Maybe I'll bring her jam from the delicatessen?

Or fruit compote, it's easy to swallow.

No, it has sugar.

Besides, in the hospital, she gets everything she needs.

Tell Batya that I'm praying for her.

I will. Thank you.

-I'm closing up. -Yes, yes.

David?

What are you doing here?

Are you alright?

Yes, I…

I came to give a statement.

A statement? Why?

About… the thief.

What thief?

The one at the house.

Gabriel said not to tell you so you wouldn't be alarmed.

Not tell whom?

You, your mother, Mercada.

But if a thief came in, we should all know.

Luna and I came home late and he was lurking there.

So Luna knows?

Yes. Gabriel told her not to tell either.

Did he steal anything?

No, I drove him off before he could. And I beat him to a pulp.

Sorry to have let you down.

Thank you, Rachelika.

Mama, there was a thief here.

A thief?

In our house? When?

Mercada?

Did Gabriel tell you there was a thief?

No.

Who told you that?

David.

I'm going out for a while.

Where to?

Eliyahu,

I'm going to see the new automobile he bought.

Why didn't you tell me about the thief?

Huh?

How do you know?

What's the difference? Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't want you to be scared.

Everyone knows.

-Gabriel. -What?

If a thief came in here, I should know about it.

Now you know. There was a thief, but he didn't steal anything.

Did David drive him away?

Rachelika said he told her so.

I asked David what he looked like.

He said, "Young, religious, Ashkenazi."

Yes…

that's true.

Reminds me of the young man who stole your picture.

And you let him in the house.

And you always leave the gate open.

Good night.

Good night.

Don't touch!

You're not sleeping?

No.

Then why the book on your face?

I like the smell.

Smell it.

What do you know?

Here's your change.

I told you to buy a lot of books.

I don't want it.

-Thank you. -I don't want it!

Thank you.

Let's say you had a sister who was so, so smart…

-Yes. -But a bit stupid too,

what would you do?

Are you referring to me?

Yes, Rachelika, I am.

Is delivering food your purpose in life?

You shouldn't be working, you should be studying. At the university.

Rachelika, you sniff books!

And you wanted to be Coocoo Chanel.

"Coco," and I will be. At least I'm trying to be.

Rachelika wants to go to the university.

Now you're your sister's attorney?

Mama,

let her talk.

You heard me. Rachelika wants to go to the university.

Luna, we don't have the money.

So, she'll work at the delicatessen forever too?

I wish.

Rachelika was top of her class at the seminary.

That's enough.

Depends for who.

For a girl.

I told you Rachelika's too smart.

And that's bad?

Very bad.

A smart girl can't find a husband.

Take your mother, she found a wonderful husband.

I spoke with Tamar.

A year ago, her daughter started working as a bus conductor.

She advanced nicely.

Now she's a bus driver?

Even better.

She married a bus driver who has tenure for life.

I'll talk to Tamar.

Maybe she can find a job for Rachelika.

How about asking Rachelika what she wants?

It's not what she wants, it's what she needs.

-What she wants is what matters! -Are girls accepted into the university?

Only if they're virgins.

Yes, girls are accepted into the university.

Dr. Aljam's daughter is at the university.

Dr. Aljam…

If your father was a doctor, everything would be different.

Rachelika is her father's daughter,

who always wanted to attend the university.

But…

Any complaints, Gabriel?

How old is the doctor's daughter?

Twenty-five, maybe older.

Does she have a husband?

-No. -There you go!

Men don't want a woman with an education.

So a mother who can't read is better?

You insolent bitch!

What is that, Rosa?

-Tell her! -My ears are on fire.

-Don't talk to her like that. -I'm her mother,

tell her to watch her mouth!

Enough!

Stop it!

There's no money for the university.

There is.

I sell one dress, it covers a year at the university.

And you'll support Rachelika when she's an old virgin?

Trust me, she won't remain a virgin.

Luna, stop.

You're telling me to stop?

Is this what you want for Rachelika? To be a conductor all her life?

I want much more for her.

I've had enough.

You didn't put enough spicy pepper in her mouth when she was little.

It wouldn't have helped.

Not with Luna, Mama.

Rosa!

Rachelika will go to the university.

I'll have to die first.

You will

if Papa hears you're taking money from me.

You wouldn't dare.

I'm not saying you have to agree,

but if you get in the way, I'll tell him.

Rosa, I'm sorry I yelled at you.

If we had money, I'd give it to Luna and David

so they could move out.

But there is none.

From the day she was born,

-and don't say it's not true-- -What's not true?

Your daughter has been rude to me.

She's disrespectful.

Why does my daughter have to remind me that I can't read?

And you laugh.

I wasn't laughing about that.

You don't protect my honor, but what about yours?

Do you really want Luna to pay for Rachelika's schooling?

It's unheard of. What will people say?

I don't care what people will say.

Rachelika's education

is more important than my honor.

Did Papa talk to you?

-About what? -You're going to the university.

Luna, stop it.

You're going to the university and you better come out a professor.

Papa doesn't have money.

But I do.

Do you think I'll let you pay for my studies? No.

When you're Professor Rachelika Ermosa, you'll pay me back.

Luna, no.

Do you know how much I've made since my honeymoon?

-It doesn't matter, it's not enough for-- -One hundred pounds.

-What? -One hundred pounds.

Sterling.

-How many dresses did you make? -Two.

And I made extra for measurements.

I made more than 100 pounds.

And this month, I'll make…

…a lot more.

I'm the pretty one who makes dresses, you're the smart one who will study.

But I can't take your money.

I'm not asking you!

I'll enroll you and pay even if you say no.

Wait…

what did Papa say?

-Papa's dying for you to go. -He is?

And Grandma will die when she hears it.

I'm not so sure.

Grandma?

-What are you doing? -Grandma!

What?

Rachelika's going to the university.

Why not?

Good for her.

Good for her.

Luna!

Did you get the floor soap?

Ephraim.

Rosa.

Where's Ephraim?

He wasn't here when I woke up.

I've looked all over, he's disappeared.

I asked you to watch him.

You saw how unwell he is.

He could harm himself.

Tell me where to look.

Where could he be?

I can't tell you.

Just bringing you here was wrong.

Please.

I'm sorry, Rosa.

AVRAM'S AGENCY BATYA ALFENDRY R.I.P.

Blessed is the true judge.

Pretty?

But how will you get there?

A bit summery, no?

It's cold in London.

I'll try this one.

What did you ask? Oh, by airplane.

There are airplanes to London?

Military ones.

They bring British officers from England and go back.

And they'll put you on an airplane like that?

That's what Stephanie said.

Her husband has clout, he can arrange it.

I'll take this one…

-And this… -Jews are trying to flee from Europe

and you want to go there?

What's this?

I didn't know we have this nightgown!

Luna, are you listening to me?

Yes, I am.

You said the Nazis are coming here.

That's true.

So it's dangerous everywhere.

Stephanie said the bombing has stopped in London.

And there are no Arabs who want to kill us.

I'll come back with tons of ideas for dresses.

How long are you going for?

For a few days, but when I get back,

I may consider going for a year,

maybe more.

Don't look at me like that, Mr. Zacks. You want me to cry?

Of course not.

You should be very happy.

In ten years when I'll say that Luna Ermosa,

the leading fashionista in Europe,

started out at my little shop on Agripas Street in Jerusalem,

who will believe me?

I knew you'd be all for it.

And I'm not Luna Ermosa,

I'm Luna Franco.

What will you call the shop in London?

Not Luna Franco…

Not Luna Ermosa either.

Luna.

Just Luna.

Exactly.

Luna.

David.

Where's the meat?

I'm sorry, I left it there.

What happened?

-I'll pay for the meat. -I don't care about the meat.

Sit down.

Rest.

What's wrong?

In the war…

I saw things.

I…

I came back a different person.

Yes,

I heard it happens to a lot of men. Good God.

I'm so stupid. My child…

You know, David,

she asked me not to tell you, but…

What?

Your mother,

she heard you're working here and…

she sent me a letter.

She asked that we be good to you,

that we take care of you.

I admit I'm nervous.

So am I.

Tell me if it's good or bad

so I can calm down.

Papa, it's good.

Very good.

It seems that I'm going to London next week.

What's that? I didn't hear well.

You heard well, Papa.

Everything I dreamed of as a child

is happening now.

How will you get to London?

Stephanie, her husband is an officer,

she thinks I'm very talented,

and she asked me to come with her

to introduce me to her friends,

then we'll return and maybe go again for a long time,

and she said she'd help me open a shop

and that Paris is close to London, so after the war we can go there

and I'll be like Coco Chanel.

Child, slowly,

you said many things that I…

didn't quite grasp.

Me too, Papa. It feels like a dream.

You know how many dreams I had when I was young?

I wanted to study,

to be an intellectual.

An author, even.

But…

it didn't happen.

How do you feel about it now?

I'm happy Rachelika is fulfilling my dream.

I don't want my children to fulfill my dreams.

-Luna… -I want to.

Luna, what are you talking about? Going to Europe?

-Do you know what's happening there? -Everything's fine in England.

Stephanie said the Germans bombed there,

-but not anymore. -Yes, yes,

I heard that on the radio.

What does David say?

You're the first one I'm telling.

What are you thinking, my child?

You can't live in London and leave him here.

If I go for a long time, David will come.

Now it's just for a few days.

You often went to Beirut.

That was for work.

I'm going for work too.

-But I'm a man. -And I'm a woman.

You said it doesn't matter,

that I can be anything I want.

You can't live in London.

I'm not asking you, Papa.

Then what's this conversation for?

I wanted to tell you,

not ask for your permission.

You're right.

Mrs. Luna Franco,

it's not me you have to ask for permission.