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Alright…

Both parties, you and you,

agree to abide by what the arbitrator decides.

Yes.

David, after what happened,

you wanted to talk to Luna, yes?

Yes.

Luna, you wouldn't listen to what David has to say.

Can you tell us why not?

I'm afraid of him.

I'm sorry, I can't hear you.

I'm afraid of being alone with him.

You're not alone now, we're here,

so let's listen to what David has to say.

David, go ahead.

Luna…

I want you to forgive me.

I'm begging you.

I'm prepared to forgive you too…

Let's forget.

What do you have to forgive me for?

All the things you did behind my back.

About…

how you were involved with the Brit.

I wasn't involved with him!

Luna, everyone can talk. No one must interrupt.

Continue.

You're sitting across from my mother and father, accusing me of cheating?

It's all in your head, David.

Do you understand that?

Maybe it's all in my head.

I love you, Luna.

Everyone knows what happened.

I swear to you,

I will never do it again.

I just want us to forget and start over.

Luna, you heard David.

What do you have to say?

Look what he did to me.

Please answer the question.

I want a divorce.

I want to say something.

Yes.

David has been living with us.

All day,

from morning to night,

he talks about Luna.

How he loves her,

how he wants her.

Luna is his life.

A man who loves his wife does this?

I'm not finished.

David told me…

that Luna wasn't a virgin when they wed.

Good God.

And he didn't take her virginity.

She was with other men.

Papa, make this stop.

I want to understand,

how is this relevant?

Gabriel, I'll decide what's relevant.

I was with two men in my life.

With David and before that with Itamar.

Two men, 100 men, what's the difference?

-She wasn't a virgin! -Watch your mouth, Miriam,

-watch your mouth! -And he still took her!

What man would do that?

Only a man who loves her more than he loves himself.

We know that he loves her.

Whose side are you on, Mama?

Your mother doesn't want a divorce, and she's right. Neither do I.

It will bring dishonor on the Ermosa family.

I don't give a shit about the Ermosa honor.

Now I want to know,

David,

why didn't you tell Luna that you were in an insane asylum?

I was ashamed.

It was because of the war.

No one forced him to go.

He went to Europe to save Jews.

Luna,

remember before I left?

Things were good between us?

We spent time together,

we danced, we laughed.

When I came back, I needed you.

I needed you to help me,

to listen to me,

to love me.

I loved you, David.

I listened to you.

I really tried.

But you stifled me.

You didn't want me to work.

You told me what to wear,

you were mistrustful,

you guarded me as if I was in jail,

as if I did something wrong.

Alright,

does anyone have something to add?

Then I'll take a short break.

As my late father used to say,

when the stomach growls,

the head chirps, so…

Just a little longer, sweetheart.

David,

when a man and woman wed,

they go on a long journey.

If they're lucky, it's a very long journey.

Luna, I look at you and…

I see what David did to you.

I heard that you don't provide either.

Not true. He worked for me.

David, I believe that you love Luna,

but love takes two

and Luna no longer loves you.

Worse, she's scared of you and doesn't want to live with you.

A wife is a gift, David, and you don't break a gift.

I determine, David Franco,

that you must give your wife,

Luna Franco,

a divorce.

No!

I will never divorce you!

It's done.

There's a date -

next Tuesday.

Daphne has been giving less milk.

Amalia, why do you upset me?

You're getting married next week. You should be happy.

I am happy.

This is happy?

Looks like you're in mourning.

I'll go to Jerusalem on Sunday

to get delicacies for the wedding.

I don't need a dress. I have one.

You do.

I won't let you get married in…

Tomorrow we'll go to the seamstress and order a new dress.

Please.

Alright.

Mail!

Mail!

-Hello, Amalia. -Hello. Thank you.

Mail!

Mail!

Mail!

Ephraim.

How are you?

Well.

Good.

I'm glad to hear it.

Yechiel told me that you were…

We all have crises,

but we must move forward.

Micha respects you very much.

He wants to know if you're prepared for the next mission.

Yes, of course.

-Remember? -How could I forget?

His house is guarded as if he's the king of England.

Then we'll take him out somewhere else and not just him.

The food's ready.

You can go.

How about hiring some Arab to do this?

Morduch, it's getting cold. Go.

And this is the bill. I'll count the money down to the last grush.

-You don't trust me? -No.

You can keep the tip.

Why do you think I get any tips?

You don't?

Barely, the damn misers.

Go, the food's getting cold.

You may not get your measly tip.

Shloimeleh.

Shloimeleh.

Amalia.

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

I came to see Shloimeleh.

How did you get to Jerusalem?

I got on the back of my father's pickup.

Shloimeleh wrote the address on the envelope.

Your father will discover you disappeared.

You have to go home, Amalia.

You have to go back to Safed.

I'm getting married in two days.

To whom?

I don't know.

My father found me a match.

Rochel,

please,

let me stay.

There's no way

you two can get married,

you know that, right?

We almost did in Safed.

You were for it. You said we should lie.

I saw your love,

your torment. I'm familiar with both.

Amalia,

I'm sure your father found a good man.

Did you love him?

You said you're familiar with the torment.

Shloimeleh told me about you and his father.

The path I chose was hard.

It will be harder not to be together.

"A bastard shall not enter the congregation of God."

"Even to the tenth generation."

-Do you know that verse? -Yes.

From Shloimeleh.

It means that your children,

your grandchildren, great-grandchildren…

-Ours. -They are cursed

before coming into the world,

and when they grow up, they'll know that their mother could have prevented it

and they will never forgive you.

And you, if you love her, set her free.

I can't.

You must be strong.

God…

is testing you, my child.

David!

David!

David!

Is David here?

No.

He's missing.

What's wrong?

I woke up and David was gone.

Where is he?

You're asking me? He's still your son-in-law.

But he lives with you.

And he's still your husband.

I thought he might be here.

Did you see him?

He left this

for you.

May God take you.

Let me read it.

MY LUNA, I LOVE YOU AND I WILL TILL THE DAY WE DIE

What's that?

What do you need it for?

That was Raphael's, bless his soul.

Now it's mine.

What will you do with it?

The note David wrote,

you saw it.

Gabriel, don't you dare.

Calm down!

When's the last time you fired a gun?

There's always a first time.

You'll kill him and go to jail for life?

I'll do what I must to keep Luna safe.

Gabriel, my son, you're sick.

I am healthy enough

to protect my daughter's life.

We'll take that note

to the police.

Maybe they'll provide protection.

Are you insane?

The shame.

Policemen?

So people will say Gabriel Ermosa can't protect his daughter,

so he needs policemen?

That's right.

Then what's left?

Just this.

May God help us!

NOT IN GOD'S CONGREGATION BASTARDS AND UNFIT FOR MARRIAGE:

MAY THEIR NAME AND MEMORY BE ERASED RABBI ELIYAHU NEVO RABBINATE OF JERUSALEM

Amalia, what are you doing here?

I thought you went back to Safed.

Read this list.

It's a list of bastards who can't wed.

Right. Read it.

Why? I know who I am.

-How do you know? -I know!

Then why isn't your name on the list?

"Not on the list"?

Shloimeleh, could you please read this?

My name isn't on the list.

What does it mean?

I don't know.

Maybe it's a mistake…

Maybe it's not.

This is the shop.

He leaves every day on his bike,

delivers food to the Brits in the city.

This is the police station.

How do we know that Colonel Parker will be there?

Everyone is there, waiting for the food.

The station is always his last stop.

-The one before last is here. -What's this?

The British army headquarters.

He leaves the bike outside,

takes food from the basket and goes in for a few minutes.

A basket like this.

-This is the same as the food basket? -Yes. Exactly.

-What will you put inside? -TNT.

Enough to blow up the building.

You'll switch the baskets.

You'll wait here.

You'll have enough time for the swap.

Who brings them the food?

No names.

We don't want to know.

Right.

An anonymous hero will sacrifice himself for the Land of Israel.

It's a good plan, Ephraim.

I approve it.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Can we talk?

Only about happy things.

It's about me not telling you

that David was in an asylum.

I said only happy things!

So you're not mad at me?

I don't have the energy, Rachelika.

To be mad at you, at Papa.

Well?

What?

The makeup covers up the bruises.

It really does.

I think I can return to work in a few days.

So…

Papa said Miriam brought a note from David

-saying that-- -Just happy things,

which means not mentioning his name!

Can you do that?

What's new with Shaul?

I really want to tell Papa,

but what do I say?

That I'm dating my university professor?

Why not?

I asked him.

He's 33 years old.

Single, a Communist, doesn't want kids.

I don't know.

He sounds interesting and smart.

Really?

If you dump him, maybe I'll take him.

Don't do as I did, Rachelika.

Make the right decisions, alright?

Alright.

Well, Papa?

My dear…

I missed my Luna,

my beautiful Luna.

I missed your beautiful Luna too.

Look at that!

I can't even tell.

I'm going to work tomorrow.

No.

Yes.

No, my child.

How can it be that your name isn't here?

Maybe it's a mistake or…

Maybe it's a miracle?

I don't know.

We have to ask him.

RABBI ELIYAHU NEVO

At the rabbinate.

You promised me something.

Right.

You broke that promise.

Had I kept it, I wouldn't have seen this.

God wanted me to stay in Jerusalem.

God hears your father

going out of his mind with worry.

Is there a phone near your home?

Yes, at the pharmacy.

Let's go to the post office and call from there.

No, Rochel, rest.

I'll go myself.

You promise?

Yes.

And I'll keep this promise.

-David is-- -I know who David is.

Luna, I'm scared.

I'm scared that…

No one knows where he is.

Is that why you're staying home?

Yes, I'm protecting you. I don't want you to go out.

Until when?

Until we know where he is.

-If it takes a week? -So be it.

-A month? -So be it.

-What if we never know? -So--

-He will resurface. -Papa, this is my home.

Not my prison.

No one is more afraid of David than me,

but no more.

He doesn't exist.

He does.

Not in my life.

He's dead to me.

But he's not dead!

If I don't do this, I'll die, Papa.

That's what I'm afraid of, Luna.

That's exactly what I'm afraid of.

Do you see what you're doing?

I've never needed you more than I do now.

-Sweetheart… -To hug me

-and give me strength. -Don't.

But you're doing the opposite.

I'm going to the shop tomorrow.

Promise you'll give me a kiss and a hug

and wish me good luck.

Promise me, Papa.

Okay.

This is the basket. The explosives are inside.

Once they open the lid,

-three, two, one… -Boom!

Boom.

-You remember where you wait? -Yes.

-Where will we be? -Near the police station.

I don't want to miss this.

Brothers,

Micha wrote this.

He asked me to read it.

"Anonymous soldiers,

the mission you embark on now

is to settle the score with a Brit worthy of death.

An unnamed Jew is being sacrificed for the cause.

We all salute him.

Good luck."

-Cheers. -Cheers.

Rosa!

Mercada!

Rosa!

What's wrong?

"What's wrong?"

You made me an Arab on a bike.

I said I have back pain!

-So what now? -"What now?"

I can't move, that's what.

Rosa…

I'm not going to the police station.

We don't have a choice.

Now he's a cripple, the idiot.

Move. Move!

Remember at the registrar in Safed,

how scared we were?

He didn't say a word.

Just "congratulations" and he registered us.

-I was sure he'd find out I can't marry. -Your name isn't on the list.

No need, sit down.

This is Amalia.

Hello.

This is my father.

Hello.

You didn't tell me she's this beautiful.

When did you get here?

A few days ago.

Look at this.

What is it?

Read the list.

Your name's not on it.

We don't know what that means.

-Where is he? -He'll be here.

Someone's coming.

Ephraim, it's your sister.

Rosa!

-You won't ruin the mission! -Rosa!

Go away now.

-Ephraim, you can't be here. -Go!

What happened?

Ephraim!

Ephraim!

Ephraim!

Ephraim!