1 00:03:27,860 --> 00:03:29,213 The mines! 2 00:03:30,180 --> 00:03:31,772 We are here, brother. 3 00:03:41,580 --> 00:03:43,491 Everyone whos going to the mines! 4 00:03:50,620 --> 00:03:52,929 Are you going to Mazar? Yes. 5 00:03:53,140 --> 00:03:55,495 How much is it? Fifty afghani. 6 00:04:26,580 --> 00:04:27,899 Ok, lets go! 7 00:04:28,380 --> 00:04:30,098 May God be with you. 8 00:05:03,380 --> 00:05:04,529 Brother? Yes. 9 00:05:05,980 --> 00:05:07,732 Could you tell me the road to the mines? 10 00:05:07,940 --> 00:05:09,976 Over this bridge, 11 00:05:10,180 --> 00:05:13,092 and the guard on the other side will show you. 12 00:05:14,900 --> 00:05:16,049 Thank you. No worries. 13 00:06:26,780 --> 00:06:29,453 Grandpa, have the tanks been here too? 14 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:52,570 Could you tell me the road to the mines? 15 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:54,691 What are you gonna do there? 16 00:06:58,100 --> 00:06:59,818 I need to go to the mines. 17 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:01,499 They dont hire more people. 18 00:07:17,220 --> 00:07:20,496 I need to see my son, Morad, son of Dastagir. 19 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:23,095 Then you'll have to wait for the truck. 20 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:26,975 When is it comming? I dont know? In an hour or so. 21 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:30,411 When its here its here. Sit down and wait. 22 00:10:52,580 --> 00:10:56,368 Grandpa! I'm tired. Tired. 23 00:10:57,140 --> 00:10:58,129 Come. 24 00:11:16,220 --> 00:11:18,814 Grandpa! I'm thirsty. 25 00:12:50,860 --> 00:12:51,451 Yassin! 26 00:12:52,220 --> 00:12:54,017 Grandpa! Grandpa! 27 00:12:57,140 --> 00:12:58,459 Dont move! Grandpa. 28 00:13:01,460 --> 00:13:03,291 Take it easy, my child. 29 00:13:22,380 --> 00:13:24,610 Grandpa! I wanna go home. 30 00:14:11,820 --> 00:14:13,731 Give this to your mother. 31 00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:17,410 Where have you been? The truck drove off. 32 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:21,495 You've been waiting for the truck all day, and now you missed it? 33 00:14:37,860 --> 00:14:39,930 Grandpa! I'm thirsty. 34 00:14:47,580 --> 00:14:50,333 What are you waiting for now? A truck. 35 00:14:50,540 --> 00:14:52,531 Its only one truck a day. 36 00:14:52,740 --> 00:14:56,699 Maybe there will be another one. This was all for today! 37 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:59,255 Tomorrow. There wont be another truck today. 38 00:14:59,460 --> 00:15:02,258 You never know. Suit yourself. 39 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:06,248 If you wanna hang around here all night, be my guest. 40 00:16:22,060 --> 00:16:23,652 Brother! Yes. 41 00:16:27,740 --> 00:16:30,334 Could you tell me the road to Tchel Sarf? 42 00:16:31,220 --> 00:16:36,374 Do you see that peak? The road to Tchel Sarf goes to the left of that. 43 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:38,778 Thank you. You want a sip of water? 44 00:16:38,980 --> 00:16:40,254 No, thanks. 45 00:16:40,460 --> 00:16:42,849 The water brings luck. 46 00:16:47,780 --> 00:16:51,819 Werent you going to the mines? It didn't work out. 47 00:16:52,020 --> 00:16:53,612 Tomorrow, if God wants. 48 00:17:51,540 --> 00:17:53,451 Grandpa, let's go home. Come on. 49 00:18:12,540 --> 00:18:16,249 We're lucky! Another gift from God! 50 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:19,133 Let's finish this one, and then we'll go and get the next one. 51 00:19:13,980 --> 00:19:16,335 Where are you from? From Tchel Sarf. 52 00:19:44,060 --> 00:19:47,336 Grandpa, I'm tired. I can't go on. 53 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:57,329 A fairytail, told in so many ways: Forty chickens in the house 54 00:21:57,540 --> 00:22:00,577 I was cooking a pot of soup I gave some to the farmer 55 00:22:00,780 --> 00:22:02,896 The farmer gave me wheat 56 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:07,491 I gave the wheat to the mill The mill gave me flour 57 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:11,454 I put the flour in a bowl The bowl gave me dough 58 00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:14,811 I put the dough in the oven The oven gave me bread. 59 00:22:28,300 --> 00:22:29,653 Amro. 60 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:35,739 My only hope was to see him. 61 00:22:35,940 --> 00:22:38,295 What happened to him? 62 00:23:28,060 --> 00:23:30,130 Mahro, come here! 63 00:23:33,460 --> 00:23:35,018 Ezzat? 64 00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:42,289 Unckle Rostam? I thought you were dead. Are you alive? 65 00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:45,531 I'm not Rostam. 66 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:51,978 I know, I can see that. You are uncle Amro. 67 00:23:52,180 --> 00:23:55,695 Come here, have som milk, its sweet like breastmilk. 68 00:23:57,820 --> 00:24:00,380 Mahro's coming soon. 69 00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:07,696 In the name of God, leave. He's only screaming. I can't calm him down. 70 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:10,778 Drink your milk, and Mahro will be here. Did she survive? 71 00:24:11,420 --> 00:24:15,891 Survive? Everything went up in flames. She is dead. There is no one left. 72 00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:19,570 And Amro, where is he? At the graveyard. 73 00:25:32,020 --> 00:25:33,248 Amro? 74 00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:51,375 Amro, it's me, Dastagir. 75 00:26:14,180 --> 00:26:15,932 He can't talk. 76 00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:21,658 Don't bother him. He doesn't understand anything. He's in shock. 77 00:26:29,620 --> 00:26:33,010 Doesn't she have a shroud? No burialcloth, no wash, no prayer. 78 00:26:33,220 --> 00:26:35,734 Where do you think I'm gonna find a shroud? 79 00:26:39,460 --> 00:26:40,370 Is she your daughter? 80 00:26:40,620 --> 00:26:42,770 No, neighbour. The body was laying in from of my door. 81 00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:45,171 She doesn't have anyone left. 82 00:26:59,620 --> 00:27:01,372 Are u related to him? 83 00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:03,414 Yes. 84 00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:07,010 He buried his dead ones this morning. 85 00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:10,690 Now he's just sitting there, silent. He doesn't eat, or drink. 86 00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:13,258 Has he lost his whole family? Everyone. 87 00:27:14,020 --> 00:27:18,013 Exept one daughter who lives in Abqol. 88 00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:19,539 Her name is Zaynab. 89 00:27:19,740 --> 00:27:22,379 In Abqol? There is nothing left there. 90 00:27:22,580 --> 00:27:25,538 The village was burned to the ground. 91 00:27:25,740 --> 00:27:28,174 And who are you? Zaynabs father in law. 92 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:33,090 Did they bomb Abqol, too? Completely destroyed. Like here. 93 00:27:33,900 --> 00:27:35,697 There is no one left. 94 00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:39,019 Did you tell him anything about Zaynab? No. 95 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:41,536 Then dont! I dont think he could take it. 96 00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:44,491 He would lose his mind. 97 00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:53,412 I understand. 98 00:27:57,100 --> 00:28:02,220 I'm losing my mind too, I think. My heart is broken into pieces. 99 00:28:04,380 --> 00:28:07,213 I came to see him, but he's got it worse than me. 100 00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:40,974 Amro. 101 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:45,777 I share your pain. 102 00:28:49,940 --> 00:28:52,249 May God bless the souls of the dead. 103 00:32:03,780 --> 00:32:05,054 Yassin ! 104 00:32:47,180 --> 00:32:47,896 Zaynab! 105 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:57,888 A fairytail, told in so many ways: Forty chickens in the house 106 00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:26,699 Zaynab! 107 00:33:47,820 --> 00:33:49,333 Dastagir. 108 00:33:56,140 --> 00:33:58,131 Is Zaynab OK? 109 00:34:01,980 --> 00:34:05,336 Does she know about what happened here? 110 00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:10,490 I wanted to go to her, but I didn't dare. 111 00:34:12,740 --> 00:34:17,530 What if she ask about the family? What I'm I gonna tell her? They're all dead. 112 00:34:17,740 --> 00:34:21,289 I have nothing left. I dont know what to do. 113 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:25,776 Dastagir, tell me what to do. 114 00:34:28,380 --> 00:34:30,940 I could go to my sister in Kabul. 115 00:34:31,140 --> 00:34:34,530 I couldn't take breaking Zaynabs heart. 116 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,491 Which one of them is him? 117 00:34:44,180 --> 00:34:47,331 It's Yassin, Zaynabs youngest son. 118 00:34:48,580 --> 00:34:51,617 My, he's grown! 119 00:34:51,860 --> 00:34:53,851 I didn't recognize him. 120 00:34:58,100 --> 00:35:01,217 Zaynab made this for me. 121 00:35:04,620 --> 00:35:07,009 Don't tell her anything! 122 00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:10,059 Amro! 123 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:28,172 Grandpa, Im done! 124 00:37:07,740 --> 00:37:09,139 Where are we going now? 125 00:37:09,340 --> 00:37:13,652 Let's go someplace where theres sound. 126 00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:14,929 Grandpa, Im thirsty. 127 00:38:55,220 --> 00:38:57,370 Im hungry. 128 00:39:51,460 --> 00:39:53,496 Let me eat that. 129 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:33,889 Stop it, Im eating! 130 00:41:21,740 --> 00:41:23,298 How's it going? 131 00:41:26,180 --> 00:41:30,298 We are going to collect the cadavers after the landmines. 132 00:41:38,620 --> 00:41:40,258 You going to the mines? No. 133 00:41:41,940 --> 00:41:44,500 But you are headed that way, right? 134 00:41:44,700 --> 00:41:46,691 If the guard lets us through. 135 00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:49,209 Let us come with you. 136 00:41:50,860 --> 00:41:53,897 We have a job to do. Do it as a good deed. 137 00:41:54,700 --> 00:41:58,693 You saw how it was yesterday. We have to stop constantly. We cant take you with us. 138 00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:01,255 I have a child with me. 139 00:42:01,660 --> 00:42:04,333 Take us with you, as a good deed. 140 00:42:04,540 --> 00:42:06,496 We already took you with us once. 141 00:42:06,700 --> 00:42:11,171 My son works at the mines. He will pay you when we get there. 142 00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:15,336 We have a job to do. We might be out there all night. 143 00:42:15,540 --> 00:42:17,417 God will reward you. 144 00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:20,373 Old man, this truck is not going to the mines. 145 00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:23,970 Stop bothering everyone. Leave them alone. 146 00:42:26,180 --> 00:42:30,219 Your mother shouldnt sit there! She's gonna die! 147 00:42:30,420 --> 00:42:34,891 These tanks killed everyone in our village. 148 00:42:36,820 --> 00:42:40,335 She just wants to sit in the shade. 149 00:42:40,540 --> 00:42:42,815 You talk too much! 150 00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:21,010 Father! 151 00:43:22,340 --> 00:43:24,490 What happened to your forehead? 152 00:43:27,820 --> 00:43:29,139 Morad? 153 00:43:38,220 --> 00:43:41,451 What are you doing here? Did you come to see me? 154 00:43:43,380 --> 00:43:44,893 Dastagir! 155 00:43:46,180 --> 00:43:49,775 Tell him that you brought the first apples of this year. 156 00:43:54,260 --> 00:43:59,175 Dont say anything about me. And not about Za ynab. 157 00:45:10,980 --> 00:45:14,655 Come here. Dont go, stay! 158 00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:32,374 Brother. 159 00:45:34,460 --> 00:45:36,849 What is it now, old man? 160 00:45:37,140 --> 00:45:41,053 Will the truck be here today? I swear by the Koran. 161 00:45:41,260 --> 00:45:43,216 How many times do I have to tell you? 162 00:45:44,220 --> 00:45:47,098 If its not coming, there's no point in waiting. 163 00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:50,849 If its not coming, then thats just the way it is. Im not a magician. 164 00:45:51,060 --> 00:45:55,417 One day you wait, the next you leave. Whats the matter with you? 165 00:45:56,060 --> 00:45:58,699 If it wasn't for the boy, Id be walking there. 166 00:45:58,900 --> 00:46:01,937 You did yesterday, and then you came back. 167 00:46:02,140 --> 00:46:03,858 Its the same story every day. 168 00:46:04,300 --> 00:46:06,894 Go away, dont ruin my day. 169 00:46:12,340 --> 00:46:16,413 Has the people in the mines heard about the destruction in Abqol? 170 00:46:16,620 --> 00:46:18,338 What do I know? Im here. 171 00:46:19,020 --> 00:46:21,580 I dont know what goes on in the mines. 172 00:46:25,380 --> 00:46:27,450 You chewing tobacco? No . 173 00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:10,328 Zaynab? 174 00:47:46,740 --> 00:47:48,810 What are you doing,Yassin? 175 00:47:49,860 --> 00:47:51,737 You're driving me crazy ! 176 00:48:00,260 --> 00:48:02,171 Where are you hiding? 177 00:48:02,820 --> 00:48:05,892 What are you doing on that tanks? 178 00:48:07,180 --> 00:48:09,330 Yassin, get down from there! 179 00:48:10,260 --> 00:48:12,455 Grandpa, there's a hedgehog here! 180 00:48:12,660 --> 00:48:13,979 This boy is driving me crazy! 181 00:48:14,220 --> 00:48:15,778 There's a baby-hedgehog inside the tanks! 182 00:48:15,980 --> 00:48:20,098 I dont want it to become mute. 183 00:48:20,460 --> 00:48:23,770 Forget about the hedgehog! Get down from there! 184 00:48:33,620 --> 00:48:37,499 Get down! Theres the truck. we're gonna lose that one too. 185 00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:42,578 I can hear the truck. we're gonna lose it. 186 00:48:46,540 --> 00:48:49,100 You're driving me crazy! The hedgehog! 187 00:48:49,300 --> 00:48:52,531 Your hedgehog is driving me crazy! 188 00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:57,737 Let me go. Inside the tanks. 189 00:48:58,420 --> 00:49:02,049 The hedgehog has a baby. 190 00:49:02,740 --> 00:49:06,653 Where are we going? I want to play. 191 00:49:07,420 --> 00:49:08,819 Let me go! 192 00:49:40,820 --> 00:49:42,617 Open your eyes! 193 00:49:47,500 --> 00:49:49,570 The kid wont let the old man in peace. 194 00:49:49,780 --> 00:49:51,657 Its been going on for two days already. 195 00:49:52,980 --> 00:49:55,130 Dont play with grandpas beard. 196 00:49:55,620 --> 00:49:57,850 Grandpa, open your eyes. 197 00:49:59,780 --> 00:50:01,054 A little higher. 198 00:50:07,220 --> 00:50:09,450 What are you doing? Dont you like it? 199 00:50:09,660 --> 00:50:11,935 I got it in my mouth. 200 00:50:38,420 --> 00:50:40,729 Where are you going? To Ma ymana . 201 00:50:43,580 --> 00:50:45,013 Wait! 202 00:51:02,020 --> 00:51:05,376 You back from the mines already? We havent left yet. 203 00:51:07,300 --> 00:51:09,052 You got any chewing tobacco? 204 00:51:10,420 --> 00:51:11,819 Yes. From Mazar or Matak? 205 00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:21,689 What village are you from? 206 00:51:21,900 --> 00:51:24,095 Abqol . Here you go. 207 00:51:24,300 --> 00:51:26,973 You can pay double next time . 208 00:51:27,180 --> 00:51:29,535 Who knows whos alive or not. 209 00:51:30,380 --> 00:51:32,052 Man lives only in hope. 210 00:51:33,900 --> 00:51:36,778 Is it true Abqol has been bombed? 211 00:51:37,820 --> 00:51:39,492 The news has reached all the way to here? 212 00:51:41,180 --> 00:51:44,013 Yes, with truck- drivers and soldiers. 213 00:51:44,260 --> 00:51:48,048 Do they know in the mines? I dont know. 214 00:51:48,500 --> 00:51:52,413 But news about death spreads fast. 215 00:51:52,820 --> 00:51:54,572 You know anyone in the mines? 216 00:51:54,780 --> 00:51:58,853 Yes, my son. I havent heard from him in several days. 217 00:51:59,340 --> 00:52:01,570 Maybe he hasnt heard. 218 00:52:02,140 --> 00:52:05,018 I dont know whats happened to him . 219 00:52:07,940 --> 00:52:09,612 Grandpa, I want senjed ! 220 00:52:09,820 --> 00:52:12,254 The boy drives me crazy! God forbid. 221 00:52:12,460 --> 00:52:16,055 He's just a kid. He's seen them, 222 00:52:16,620 --> 00:52:18,372 and he wants them . 223 00:52:20,340 --> 00:52:22,570 Lift up your tunic. 224 00:52:23,620 --> 00:52:26,054 Excellent, young man! 225 00:52:26,580 --> 00:52:29,219 Its not just that he's a child. 226 00:52:29,620 --> 00:52:32,692 He cant hear anymore. He's become deaf. 227 00:52:33,460 --> 00:52:35,928 May God protect him! Why? 228 00:52:36,180 --> 00:52:41,459 When our village, Aqbol, was bombed, his eardrum bursted. 229 00:52:44,420 --> 00:52:47,378 Come in brother, its hot outside. 230 00:52:47,580 --> 00:52:50,890 Thanks, Id rather wait here and look for the truck. 231 00:52:51,100 --> 00:52:52,499 What truck? 232 00:52:53,540 --> 00:52:54,893 The truck to . 233 00:52:59,940 --> 00:53:03,171 You just ran after the truck to Maymana . 234 00:53:05,420 --> 00:53:07,092 I dont know anymore. 235 00:53:07,620 --> 00:53:10,612 I dont wanna go to the mines. 236 00:53:10,900 --> 00:53:13,539 Was many people killed in Aqbol? 237 00:53:16,820 --> 00:53:19,254 Not a soul left. 238 00:53:22,180 --> 00:53:26,139 May God forgive them and send them to paradise. 239 00:53:27,860 --> 00:53:30,135 Have some tea. 240 00:53:36,780 --> 00:53:39,374 Thank God you and your grandson are alive. 241 00:53:39,580 --> 00:53:44,700 Death is better than this life. I wish I had died with them. 242 00:53:45,060 --> 00:53:50,009 Thank God you still have a son and a grandson. 243 00:53:50,220 --> 00:53:52,814 My grandson is deaf. 244 00:53:53,020 --> 00:53:57,810 My son wont handle hearing his mother and his wife is dead. 245 00:53:58,020 --> 00:53:59,453 He wont sit still. 246 00:53:59,980 --> 00:54:03,256 He would rather lose his life than losing his honour. 247 00:54:07,340 --> 00:54:10,457 I dont know how Im gonna tell him. 248 00:54:22,060 --> 00:54:24,290 Im going to wash before prayers. 249 00:54:50,340 --> 00:54:53,457 Im getting some cigarettes from Mirza Qadirs shop. 250 00:55:03,140 --> 00:55:06,450 Evening Hashmat, you armed today? 251 00:55:06,660 --> 00:55:09,413 Im taking a prisoner to Mazar. 252 00:55:09,620 --> 00:55:12,976 What did he do? He killed a man. Give me four cigarettes. 253 00:55:14,220 --> 00:55:15,938 When did murder become a crime? 254 00:55:16,980 --> 00:55:20,017 He killed his seargent. Thats not a man! 255 00:55:21,660 --> 00:55:24,174 Was he a soldier? He was on duty. 256 00:55:25,060 --> 00:55:27,449 It was an attack on his village. 257 00:55:27,660 --> 00:55:30,094 When he saw they shot the villagers, 258 00:55:30,300 --> 00:55:32,495 he turned around. 259 00:55:32,700 --> 00:55:35,897 And emptied his gun in his seargents stomach. 260 00:55:37,180 --> 00:55:40,775 Give me some raisins and roasted chick peas. 261 00:55:42,580 --> 00:55:46,209 To eat at work is better than empty talk. 262 00:57:06,020 --> 00:57:08,898 I have a daugher the same age. 263 00:57:12,460 --> 00:57:14,337 May God protect your child. 264 00:57:14,660 --> 00:57:17,333 You want some chewing tobacco? What a beautiful box! 265 00:57:17,540 --> 00:57:19,656 It was a gift from my son. 266 00:57:19,900 --> 00:57:22,255 I had forgotten what I look like. 267 00:57:25,660 --> 00:57:28,379 What village are you from? From the graveyard. 268 00:57:28,580 --> 00:57:30,491 Why? 269 00:57:30,940 --> 00:57:33,215 Once it was a graveyard. 270 00:57:34,700 --> 00:57:36,418 Once it was a graveyard. 271 00:57:38,300 --> 00:57:41,053 I have some senjed for you ! 272 00:57:43,580 --> 00:57:45,218 Where are you going? 273 00:57:46,420 --> 00:57:48,809 Here's some senjed for you! 274 00:58:08,700 --> 00:58:09,849 Where are you going? 275 00:58:10,260 --> 00:58:11,898 To Mazar e Sharif. 276 00:58:14,180 --> 00:58:16,330 The sounds are here. 277 00:58:20,740 --> 00:58:22,776 Yassin, what are you talking about? 278 00:58:24,420 --> 00:58:28,299 I dont understand. He says that the tanks has stolen the voices. 279 00:58:32,820 --> 00:58:34,856 I want to find the voices. 280 00:58:40,300 --> 00:58:41,415 They're in here. 281 00:58:43,260 --> 00:58:44,898 Yassin, get out of there! 282 00:58:45,380 --> 00:58:47,416 It stole grandpa's voice. 283 00:58:47,620 --> 00:58:51,977 Let me find your voice back. 284 00:59:04,180 --> 00:59:07,650 Your voice is trapped inside the tanks. Your mother's voice too! 285 00:59:18,740 --> 00:59:23,609 I dont understand a word : ''your voice is trapped inside the tanks. 286 01:00:09,900 --> 01:00:13,176 God doesnt want me to go to the mines. 287 01:00:14,180 --> 01:00:16,853 God doesnt want me to lose my son. 288 01:00:18,820 --> 01:00:21,129 He's my only son. 289 01:00:21,460 --> 01:00:24,179 He's my only hope in this world. 290 01:00:28,060 --> 01:00:31,814 Im not going. I'll let him in peace. 291 01:00:43,980 --> 01:00:46,938 Where are you going, Yassin? 292 01:00:48,980 --> 01:00:51,494 Brother, let him go and play. 293 01:00:51,740 --> 01:00:55,938 Its useless to call on him. He cant hear. 294 01:00:56,540 --> 01:00:58,292 Its become a habit. 295 01:00:59,540 --> 01:01:03,977 Even if he can hear me or not, he's all I've got. 296 01:01:05,340 --> 01:01:10,334 I only have one grandchild left who can help me forget the grief. 297 01:01:12,900 --> 01:01:15,175 His father will take his own life 298 01:01:16,860 --> 01:01:18,418 if he sees his son like this. 299 01:01:43,500 --> 01:01:46,333 I just want to disappear. 300 01:01:46,540 --> 01:01:49,179 I cant bare to meet my son. 301 01:01:49,380 --> 01:01:51,336 Why would you disappear? 302 01:01:51,820 --> 01:01:55,096 Your son is a grown man. 303 01:01:57,460 --> 01:01:59,769 You have to go and see him. 304 01:02:00,300 --> 01:02:01,892 I cant. 305 01:02:02,580 --> 01:02:04,935 You have to show some compassion. 306 01:02:05,740 --> 01:02:09,892 Try and share his sorrow. 307 01:02:12,020 --> 01:02:15,057 Make him understand, 308 01:02:15,260 --> 01:02:17,137 that war is war. 309 01:02:18,340 --> 01:02:21,377 It has its own destiny. 310 01:02:23,460 --> 01:02:25,178 Tell him 311 01:02:25,380 --> 01:02:29,339 that his son and his father is alive. Thats a blessing in itself. 312 01:02:31,500 --> 01:02:33,730 Explain to him 313 01:02:33,940 --> 01:02:36,215 that the rules of a war 314 01:02:36,860 --> 01:02:38,373 is the same as the rules of sacrifice: 315 01:02:38,580 --> 01:02:42,016 You either have blood on your hands or on your neck . 316 01:02:43,420 --> 01:02:45,775 May God protect him from bloody hands. 317 01:02:45,980 --> 01:02:49,211 He will either drown himself in sorrow, or get revenge . 318 01:02:49,980 --> 01:02:53,370 He will not care about the laws of the war. 319 01:02:53,580 --> 01:02:55,730 Hes not afraid to get blood on his hands. 320 01:02:55,940 --> 01:03:00,456 When he hears his mother and wife is killed, he will want revenge. 321 01:03:01,020 --> 01:03:03,488 Sometime, an idiot who offended his wife, 322 01:03:03,700 --> 01:03:06,692 got a smack on the head with a shovel. 323 01:03:06,900 --> 01:03:11,576 Morad was in prison for 4 months for that. 324 01:03:12,340 --> 01:03:16,618 If he finds out his wife was dishonored in public, 325 01:03:17,460 --> 01:03:19,291 outside the hammam . 326 01:03:23,900 --> 01:03:26,050 Careful boy, its carrying goods. 327 01:03:32,660 --> 01:03:35,254 Bfba, you kow the story 328 01:03:36,180 --> 01:03:38,614 about Rostam and Sohrab. 329 01:03:44,140 --> 01:03:46,893 The famous battle between Rostam and Sohrab. 330 01:03:47,260 --> 01:03:51,219 Rostam the hero, kills Sohrab 331 01:03:51,420 --> 01:03:53,376 without knowing its his son. 332 01:03:57,020 --> 01:03:59,488 For years Ive been wondering: 333 01:04:01,740 --> 01:04:03,617 If Sohrab had killed his father, 334 01:04:03,820 --> 01:04:07,699 would he have been a hero? 335 01:04:09,180 --> 01:04:10,693 Here, have some melon. 336 01:04:16,380 --> 01:04:19,816 Another question that always bothered me : 337 01:04:22,180 --> 01:04:26,173 If Rostam didnt lose his son in the battle, 338 01:04:27,140 --> 01:04:29,370 would he then give up the war? 339 01:04:29,580 --> 01:04:32,219 Thousands of others could have died. 340 01:04:51,500 --> 01:04:55,937 Does your rattles make any sound? Buy one and find out for yourself. 341 01:04:56,940 --> 01:05:01,092 Can your donkey brag? Go away, kid. 342 01:05:01,740 --> 01:05:03,173 Im tired. 343 01:05:04,340 --> 01:05:06,058 Where are you from? You're talking all the time. 344 01:05:08,900 --> 01:05:11,460 Mind the donkey, it carries goods. 345 01:05:16,420 --> 01:05:18,376 What is that car doing? 346 01:05:19,020 --> 01:05:21,454 Its not going to the mines. 347 01:05:21,660 --> 01:05:23,571 It shows up every day at this hour 348 01:05:23,780 --> 01:05:27,614 and picks up that woman and her daughter. 349 01:05:27,820 --> 01:05:30,254 Tomorrow they will be back again . 350 01:05:30,460 --> 01:05:32,530 And the jeep comes and picks them up. 351 01:05:32,940 --> 01:05:35,977 Noone knows what shes doing or what shes waiting for. 352 01:05:36,180 --> 01:05:40,412 Nobody knows her story. 353 01:05:53,700 --> 01:05:55,770 When I think about it 354 01:05:56,180 --> 01:05:58,569 I can see that in the war 355 01:05:58,820 --> 01:06:01,050 the dead 356 01:06:01,500 --> 01:06:03,695 are luckier than the ones who are alive. 357 01:06:05,380 --> 01:06:09,578 The war takes a bigger toll from the ones who survives, than by its victims. 358 01:06:13,180 --> 01:06:16,217 My grandpa has got no voice. 359 01:06:16,860 --> 01:06:19,658 He cant yell at me. 360 01:06:22,060 --> 01:06:24,574 But my grandma has got a voice. 361 01:06:28,220 --> 01:06:30,780 Uncle Qader has got a voice too. 362 01:06:32,740 --> 01:06:35,334 And my mother has got a voice. 363 01:06:36,620 --> 01:06:40,613 Grandpa has hidden them under the ground. 364 01:06:41,820 --> 01:06:46,371 Otherwise they would be quiet like you. 365 01:06:52,900 --> 01:06:56,256 In Kabul i knew a respcted man. 366 01:06:57,500 --> 01:07:01,209 One day his son was called out for battle. 367 01:07:02,700 --> 01:07:05,772 When he returned from his service, 368 01:07:06,180 --> 01:07:08,978 he was supposed to take over his fathers shop. 369 01:07:10,860 --> 01:07:12,976 But thats not what happened. 370 01:07:14,020 --> 01:07:19,014 The son got the taste of uniforms, weapons, money. 371 01:07:19,820 --> 01:07:23,369 He became a ridiculous officer. 372 01:07:24,660 --> 01:07:28,778 His father didnt approve so he threw him out. 373 01:07:30,700 --> 01:07:35,251 His mother died of a broken heart. 374 01:07:38,300 --> 01:07:42,498 The son accused his father of killing their mother. 375 01:07:44,140 --> 01:07:46,335 The man had no choice. 376 01:07:46,540 --> 01:07:48,496 He left everything. 377 01:07:48,700 --> 01:07:51,737 His life and his shop. He left Kabul. 378 01:07:54,980 --> 01:07:57,699 Life is full of ups and downs. 379 01:07:59,900 --> 01:08:03,449 ''we are like the waves, a quiet sea means death.'' 380 01:08:07,620 --> 01:08:10,771 Help your son understand life's ups and downs. 381 01:08:35,580 --> 01:08:38,413 Go away boy, youre hurting my ears. 382 01:08:38,620 --> 01:08:41,009 You dont give me peace for a second. 383 01:08:41,900 --> 01:08:44,175 Yassin ! Make him look at me! 384 01:08:44,380 --> 01:08:46,371 Boy, your father is calling for you ! 385 01:08:46,580 --> 01:08:49,936 Go away! Youre driving me crazy! 386 01:08:50,780 --> 01:08:53,533 You wanna know where the voices are? 387 01:08:54,340 --> 01:08:55,898 Theyre inside the tanks! 388 01:08:57,380 --> 01:09:02,454 Can your donkey brag? Make your donkey brag for me. 389 01:09:02,940 --> 01:09:05,374 Youre so stubborn, kid! Arent you listening? 390 01:09:05,580 --> 01:09:08,219 Go, your father is calling for you. 391 01:09:10,180 --> 01:09:14,059 Grandpa, this man hasnt got a voice. 392 01:09:14,260 --> 01:09:17,093 And not these two donkeys either. 393 01:09:17,300 --> 01:09:19,860 The tanks has stolen their voices. 394 01:09:20,060 --> 01:09:21,891 Is the boy bothering you? 395 01:09:22,100 --> 01:09:25,058 No brother, he's not bothering me. 396 01:09:25,260 --> 01:09:27,899 Children is my livelyhood, 397 01:09:28,100 --> 01:09:31,729 wooden horses and rattles. 398 01:09:31,940 --> 01:09:36,092 Ive got a couple of donkeys and go from one village to the next. 399 01:09:39,340 --> 01:09:40,773 Hey you, boy! 400 01:09:40,980 --> 01:09:43,369 The donkey doesnt eat grass, just barley. 401 01:09:48,460 --> 01:09:51,736 Eat then. You wanna go to your mother? 402 01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:54,979 He doesnt want it. 403 01:10:06,540 --> 01:10:08,610 Thats life brother. 404 01:10:08,820 --> 01:10:12,176 One of my donkeys stepped on a mine in a village. 405 01:10:12,380 --> 01:10:16,009 The other one in another village, the third another place. 406 01:10:16,380 --> 01:10:18,575 I only got four left. 407 01:10:18,780 --> 01:10:23,615 I roam around, make my living and take it home to my family. 408 01:10:32,420 --> 01:10:35,457 But that son of yours is out of control. 409 01:10:35,660 --> 01:10:37,491 He's not listening to anybody! 410 01:10:39,380 --> 01:10:40,972 The boy cant hear a word. 411 01:10:41,180 --> 01:10:42,533 Hes deaf. 412 01:10:42,740 --> 01:10:47,530 He doesnt realise it himself. He thinks everybody else has gone mute. 413 01:10:48,340 --> 01:10:51,776 His eardrum was damaged when our village was bombed. 414 01:10:52,340 --> 01:10:54,934 What village was that? 415 01:10:55,340 --> 01:10:56,455 Abqol. 416 01:11:10,940 --> 01:11:14,853 The boy told me about the mother, and uncle and grandmother that you buried. 417 01:11:15,060 --> 01:11:18,575 May their souls be with God! 418 01:11:19,700 --> 01:11:22,009 Thats the way life is. 419 01:11:26,060 --> 01:11:28,699 Here, have this rattle. 420 01:11:41,500 --> 01:11:44,856 I've told you that these rattles makes no sound. 421 01:11:55,460 --> 01:11:56,529 Hey boy, stop it! 422 01:11:57,540 --> 01:11:59,496 Take it easy! 423 01:12:00,060 --> 01:12:02,210 Someones calling for you. 424 01:12:02,460 --> 01:12:04,291 Youre making too much noise. 425 01:12:04,580 --> 01:12:06,218 Are you doing or not? 426 01:12:06,420 --> 01:12:08,217 Let's go, little friend. 427 01:12:19,940 --> 01:12:21,453 Take this. I'll be right back. 428 01:12:21,660 --> 01:12:23,696 The rattle doesnt make any sound! 429 01:12:40,060 --> 01:12:42,016 Wait a minute, Im just getting my grandchild. 430 01:12:42,220 --> 01:12:44,529 Dont worry, we've got plenty of time. 431 01:12:44,740 --> 01:12:47,891 We've got plenty of time? But youre late. 432 01:12:48,100 --> 01:12:49,738 You should go! 433 01:12:49,940 --> 01:12:52,408 Im always early! Check your watch? 434 01:12:52,620 --> 01:12:54,178 What for? 435 01:12:54,380 --> 01:12:56,848 What time does it show? Its broken. 436 01:12:57,060 --> 01:12:58,857 Go and get your grandchild. 437 01:12:59,060 --> 01:13:00,379 Lets have a smoke. 438 01:13:12,380 --> 01:13:15,656 Youre not going? The boy is stubborn, he wont come. 439 01:13:15,860 --> 01:13:17,657 Im so confused. 440 01:13:19,140 --> 01:13:20,971 Im so scared of going to the mines. 441 01:13:23,660 --> 01:13:28,176 If Morad sees his son like this, it will kill him. 442 01:13:30,620 --> 01:13:32,850 Yassin saw everything that happened. 443 01:13:33,980 --> 01:13:37,529 If he starts talking about his mother and grandmother, 444 01:13:38,020 --> 01:13:40,488 Morad will go insane. 445 01:13:41,580 --> 01:13:44,219 I cant make him shut up. 446 01:13:45,300 --> 01:13:46,972 Go alone. 447 01:13:47,180 --> 01:13:49,899 Leave your grandchild with me. 448 01:13:50,100 --> 01:13:51,852 Are you coming or not, old man? 449 01:13:52,060 --> 01:13:56,292 Whats wrong with you? Some mood youre in ! 450 01:13:57,140 --> 01:13:59,608 Wait a minute, for gods sake! 451 01:14:00,620 --> 01:14:02,656 Dont worry brother. 452 01:14:02,860 --> 01:14:05,738 Go, and teach your son how to live again. 453 01:14:08,380 --> 01:14:10,416 Grandpa! Look at me! 454 01:14:17,860 --> 01:14:21,853 Dont worry, Ive raised four kids. 455 01:14:22,060 --> 01:14:25,132 Go, and come back with your son. 456 01:14:49,420 --> 01:14:52,810 Fateh, the guard, is not a bad man. 457 01:14:53,820 --> 01:14:55,731 Grief has made him hard. 458 01:14:56,100 --> 01:15:00,378 Hes full of bitterness. Ive known him for years. 459 01:15:06,380 --> 01:15:08,610 The sorrow. 460 01:15:08,820 --> 01:15:12,938 It either melts and streams out of your eyes. 461 01:15:13,540 --> 01:15:14,290 Or, 462 01:15:16,900 --> 01:15:20,609 it becomes hard like a sword and shoots out of your mouth. 463 01:15:22,660 --> 01:15:28,018 Or it becomes a ticking bomb and blows your face up one day. 464 01:15:33,380 --> 01:15:37,817 Its like what Mizra Qadir says, 465 01:15:40,460 --> 01:15:44,419 Fatehs sorrow is all three at once. 466 01:15:45,060 --> 01:15:46,379 You know Mirza Qadir well? 467 01:15:47,300 --> 01:15:51,851 Oh yes, Mirza Qadir lived a honorable life in Kabul. 468 01:15:52,060 --> 01:15:54,779 He was a highly respected man. 469 01:15:55,700 --> 01:15:59,329 He had three daughters and a son. 470 01:15:59,820 --> 01:16:01,890 But then one day, who knows why, 471 01:16:02,100 --> 01:16:04,773 he suddenly left everything in Kabul 472 01:16:04,980 --> 01:16:08,814 to run this shop here in the middle of the desert. 473 01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:42,616 You going to the mines to work? 474 01:16:42,820 --> 01:16:44,014 No . 475 01:16:45,620 --> 01:16:47,372 Im going to see my son. 476 01:16:48,740 --> 01:16:51,573 Im going to stab a sword in his heart. 477 01:16:52,260 --> 01:16:55,093 What are you, some sort of a knight? 478 01:16:57,620 --> 01:17:02,853 Has people in the mines heard about the bombing of Abqol? 479 01:17:03,820 --> 01:17:05,936 Abqol has been bombed? 480 01:20:13,060 --> 01:20:17,178 How much further is it to the mines? We're almost there. 481 01:20:18,380 --> 01:20:21,417 You want some chewing tobacco? No thanks. 482 01:20:22,820 --> 01:20:26,369 If youre tired, you can take a nap. 483 01:22:20,500 --> 01:22:23,139 Deep breath. 484 01:22:24,100 --> 01:22:26,091 Feel the smell of the mines. 485 01:22:27,500 --> 01:22:29,411 Its the smell of your son. 486 01:22:42,380 --> 01:22:43,938 You see that mountaintop over there? 487 01:22:45,100 --> 01:22:48,536 When we get there, we're at the mines. 488 01:22:49,780 --> 01:22:51,577 Then youre with your son. 489 01:22:52,060 --> 01:22:53,971 Its all up there. 490 01:24:35,460 --> 01:24:38,020 You can get off here. 491 01:24:39,020 --> 01:24:41,739 Go and talk to the foreman. 492 01:24:43,420 --> 01:24:47,572 Ill go back in a couple of hours. Meet you by the bridge. 493 01:26:48,940 --> 01:26:51,249 What can I do for you, bfba? 494 01:26:54,780 --> 01:26:58,170 Ive come to see my son. 495 01:26:58,380 --> 01:27:00,098 Morad, son of Dastagir. 496 01:27:00,820 --> 01:27:01,889 Morad, s�nnen til Dastagir? Come in. 497 01:27:07,660 --> 01:27:11,619 Youve come a long way. You must be tired. 498 01:27:14,220 --> 01:27:18,133 Morad works at this time of day. 499 01:27:18,900 --> 01:27:20,299 Hes down at the mine. 500 01:27:22,460 --> 01:27:24,610 When does he finish? 501 01:27:24,980 --> 01:27:26,936 About six o'clock. 502 01:27:28,100 --> 01:27:30,409 If hes not workingovertime. 503 01:27:31,860 --> 01:27:34,693 Six o'clock? I have to leave before that! 504 01:27:37,860 --> 01:27:39,612 Morad is fine. 505 01:27:40,180 --> 01:27:42,216 A couple of days ago he wasnt so good. 506 01:27:43,940 --> 01:27:47,819 Thank god the news he received, 507 01:27:48,660 --> 01:27:49,854 were not true. 508 01:27:51,220 --> 01:27:54,849 Morad knows? Yes. 509 01:27:55,100 --> 01:27:57,853 He heard that the war had hit his village. 510 01:27:58,060 --> 01:28:01,257 And that his whole family was killed. 511 01:28:01,460 --> 01:28:04,497 Now I see the whole thing was a lie. 512 01:28:04,700 --> 01:28:07,772 No, it is true. 513 01:28:10,180 --> 01:28:15,459 His wife, mother, nephew and his sister is all gone. 514 01:28:15,900 --> 01:28:18,539 Only his son and myself survived. 515 01:28:18,740 --> 01:28:22,050 May god protect your souls. 516 01:28:22,260 --> 01:28:23,932 May god give your strenght. 517 01:28:24,140 --> 01:28:28,258 Thank God you two are alive. 518 01:28:28,460 --> 01:28:34,456 Im talking about Morad, son of Dastagir, from Abqol . 519 01:28:34,660 --> 01:28:36,730 Yes, thats who I mean. 520 01:28:37,380 --> 01:28:41,089 Morad knows, but he didnt come home! 521 01:29:13,580 --> 01:29:17,619 For Gods sake, tell me whats happened to my son! 522 01:29:18,980 --> 01:29:20,174 Nothing, boba . 523 01:29:21,140 --> 01:29:22,971 Ive told you he's fine. 524 01:29:23,220 --> 01:29:25,290 Dear foreman ! 525 01:29:26,260 --> 01:29:30,219 Has he been in an accident? Is my son alive? 526 01:29:32,020 --> 01:29:33,851 Dont think silly thoughts like that, bfba ! 527 01:29:34,620 --> 01:29:36,815 Youve seen him today, havent you? 528 01:29:39,380 --> 01:29:43,009 The foreman is telling the truth, Morad is fine. 529 01:29:43,460 --> 01:29:45,974 We had tea together this morning. 530 01:30:01,140 --> 01:30:04,496 A couple of days ago he was not so well. 531 01:30:04,700 --> 01:30:07,931 He wouldnt eat, he wouldnt drink, and he wouldnt sleep. 532 01:30:08,140 --> 01:30:12,531 He just collapsed in a corner. His friends said 533 01:30:12,740 --> 01:30:14,935 that he one night 534 01:30:15,180 --> 01:30:17,250 ran outside naked. 535 01:30:17,620 --> 01:30:20,418 He hit himself while he ran around the bonfire. 536 01:30:29,580 --> 01:30:34,210 They talked some sense into him, 537 01:30:35,740 --> 01:30:38,015 and then he went back to work. 538 01:30:39,100 --> 01:30:42,297 Maybe he'll become the mineworker of the year. 539 01:30:46,260 --> 01:30:49,252 If he's alive, he would have come home. 540 01:30:49,460 --> 01:30:51,291 I stopped him. 541 01:30:53,260 --> 01:30:56,172 You dont give them time off when someones died? 542 01:30:59,700 --> 01:31:03,056 He's young and wild. 543 01:31:03,940 --> 01:31:05,771 He could have gotten himself killed. 544 01:31:46,140 --> 01:31:47,653 Hi, father. 545 01:31:48,460 --> 01:31:50,018 Morad? 546 01:31:56,780 --> 01:31:59,977 You know? Yes, I know. 547 01:32:00,900 --> 01:32:02,936 Im sorry. 548 01:32:03,900 --> 01:32:05,891 Im sorry too. 549 01:32:10,940 --> 01:32:14,899 Goodbye, may God protect you. 550 01:32:21,500 --> 01:32:23,456 You know how it is! 551 01:32:23,660 --> 01:32:26,538 Youve got more experience with life than the rest of us. 552 01:32:39,940 --> 01:32:41,339 I have to leave. 553 01:32:41,540 --> 01:32:44,134 Ive left my grandchild with someone. 554 01:32:45,180 --> 01:32:49,014 Tell Morad that his dad and his son are alive. 555 01:33:08,660 --> 01:33:11,970 If I see Morad, Ill tell him you were here. 556 01:33:12,420 --> 01:33:14,934 They lied to him. 557 01:33:15,260 --> 01:33:18,218 He thought you were dead too. 558 01:33:18,420 --> 01:33:22,493 Give him this box. It was a gift from him. 559 01:33:22,700 --> 01:33:25,214 Then he will realize his father was here. 560 01:33:25,420 --> 01:33:27,251 I promise. 561 01:33:32,820 --> 01:33:37,371 If he comes, hes my Morad . 562 01:33:37,580 --> 01:33:39,536 If not. 563 01:34:41,060 --> 01:34:45,815 Each in their own way 564 01:34:48,940 --> 01:34:52,979 Theyre breaking my heart 565 01:35:07,020 --> 01:35:11,457 The stranger in one way 566 01:35:15,580 --> 01:35:20,096 My friend in another way 567 01:35:20,300 --> 01:35:24,179 Breaking my heart 568 01:35:26,580 --> 01:35:30,937 If the stranger hurts me 569 01:35:33,700 --> 01:35:37,978 Theres nothing I can say 570 01:35:45,740 --> 01:35:49,858 Except asking my friend: 571 01:35:54,140 --> 01:35:56,335 ''Why 572 01:35:59,580 --> 01:36:03,858 is he breaking my heart.'' 573 01:38:14,100 --> 01:38:17,092 translated by hchamp