All language subtitles for Shayad Vaghti Deegar

Sorry we are late.

How are you today? You look better.

So much trouble fixing
this appointment...

The secretary said there should
be not delay if we are on time.

I hope we will not
be delayed in traffic.

We will be on time, but you'll be late.

You'll have to excuse me

They are waiting for me.

Eveyone has been caught several
times in such traffic jams,

for which no driver blames hlmself.

Meanwhile, no one remembers the hopeless pedestrians,
who are in no way responslble for traffic congestlon.

Music! -They are still working on it.

The baby does not reallze that
there is no room for hls pram.

And the mother's lot in the mlddle of so many smoke-
emltting vehicles is nothing but poisonous fumes.

Is the length of the
narratlon Ok? -Muslc!

Oh, oh, oh... is this real smoke?

It's a secret; whichever I say it ls
artificial, you'll have to accept as artificial.

Telephone call for Mr. Modabber.

It must be Kian, my wife.

Oh...

Her mom is ili.

Shall we stop the film?

Just two words. Hello!
Did you have to walt long?

Really?

Hold on a mlnute.

The only way to save our living space is to cut down on the number
of private vehicles, which expanding the publlc transport system.

Each private automoblle squeezes out

a dozen pedestrians;

and as it waits for
the congestion to ease,

It keeps emltting dangerous
chemlcal effluents into the alr.

Hello! -Go on. I'm listening.

Section four.

This is an lmage of the future
predlcated for the industrlal world

when people wlll have to wear safety helmets
and makes in order to walk along clty streets.

What? You were saying
something. Hello... hello

We can't run the film a second time.

We finished at five.

Who's ili after all?
Your mom or your dad?

Please spell the name of the
medlclne which you cannot find.

The main scene.

Too late! -Who will
accompany whom home?

I'll give you a ring
when you get back home.

We should make a film on how not to
mix one's work with one's private life.

It has been already done a hundred times.
-Then it must not have been done will enough.

Was it a bad news?

You mlssed several scenes.

They say they cannot run the film agaln.
Shall we contlnue on the edlting table?

We should have done
that from the beglnning.

Ok, you may stop.

What are you looking for?

A certain medicine.

The scene speaks for itself.
No narratlon requested.

Ok? Then just music.

This smoke is too artificial. -Really?

It's the only real one.

Section five.

The idle running of engines,

the deafening cacophony of sounds, the
continuous vibrations of thousands engines,

not only gradually polson a whole clty,
they create a vey strong nervous tenslon...

I felt dlzzy.

The narration sounds too serious

It lacks feeling. Ok. So what?

Why not get the professlonal people
to deal with the technlcal stuffs?

Such as a doctor who is working on
pollutlon, or the head of the toxlcology ward.

Intervlews? Done a hundred times.

With some narration interspersed,
you can out from one to the other.

I would prefer the
lndirect approach too.

Ok, we can ty it. We have the means.

Then this will put the film on
the shelf for a while. Off we go!

We will look at it from
this new angle tomorrow.

t We will need a
cameraman a sound recordlst

and first of all, a productlon manager.

Whlch way are you going? -Dear fellow

then you will give me a buzz?
-You'll be here tomorrow?

Tlll tomorrow then. -Ok.

We were not supposed to do
that. -Stop it. Take it easy.

Yes. -It's as usual.
What do you want to do?

Hello! -How many times did
it? -You make us crazy. Shit...

How much? Till' then?

Hello! Hello!

It is not tolerable.

Do you know how much does
lt cost now? -Calm down now.

The taxi is here.

Yes? -Kian.

Hello! Where are you? -You were
not expecting my call, were you?

Why yes. You sald you would call.

Are your parents still there?

They've just left.

Why? Is there something wrong?

Perhaps there ls,
but I don't know what.

Am I not being secretlve?

No l'm not.

I am looking for a red Paykan.

Do you know anyone who owns one?

A red Paykan?
-Does it sound strange?

Why should a red Paykan sound strange?

What are you driving at?

Come on Modabber! Explain yourself.

The magnifying glass that I use
for lip - reading of film - frames,

I can't find it.

Have I left it at home?

My God, the mllk is bolling
over! Bye, you will be home soon?

You are sulking.

You are far cy from your
happy and smlling self.

Shall we go to the cinema? -No.

Shall we go out for dinner? -No.

Aren't you going to tell me what is the matter with you?
- I will.

You are sulking.

When did you get home? -Just now.

So quletly! -Should l
have announced myself?

The medlclne that you were looking
for. For your dad or mom, whichever.

I love them equally,
one as much as the other.

Your dad!

But it is not an acute case, is it? It should
be contalned after a perlod of treatment.

There are worse things that
cannot be cured with treatment.

Sit down.

I didn't know you had a khakl manteau.

A what? -A khaki manteau.

I have nothing in khakl.

Really?

Why don't you help yourself
to some food? -I am not hungy.

You mean the dlsease is fatal?

Whose disease? -Whose indeed!

Are you ill?

Don't be late.

Is it bad?

Come on.

Did you tidy up wardrobe?

How come my things
were scattered all over?

Now I am sure

you don't have a khaki manteau.

Why is this so important?

You would look vey nlce in one.

How can you say that
before seeing me ty one on?

Is there anyone who has?

Who has what?

Llfe in such matchbox
dwellings should be vey boring.

Don't you get bored sometimes?

Perhaps you need some amusement.

There are plenty of books.

How about today?

I may dellver the medlclne.

Ouite a trip!

If you had your own car, what
color would you prefer it to be?

Why should the color of the car matter?

Do I bore you?

What's the matter with you?
- me? With me?

Is your headache better?
-Wouldn't you want it to be red?

How about selling our Jalopy
and buying a red Paykan instead?

What dlfference would
that make? -Oh, yes...

Then the dlfference is in
who slts behlnd the wheel!

What are you tying to say?
I don't get it. -Since when?

No, I will not say anything
now. Not for the time being.

When did it all start?

When did it all start? When?

When did it all start?

I thlnk...

I thlnk it started on the day when l
went to vlslt my frlend where she works.

I was looking for a job,
which they sald was avallable.

But I was frightened by
the sound of a baby cying.

A baby?

It was calling me.

Just like some place you have seen in a dream, then you
reallze that it has a real place and has exlsted all along.

A bad memoy?

Memoy? -A bad memoy?

Good morning. -This is Kian Modabber.
I was supposed to ring at this hour,

I want to ask if there was any
message for me. -Hold on a second

I'll have to ask.

Oho! What are you doing here?

Llsten Vejdanl, what would you do if you
saw something that you could not belleve?

I would ty to see it a second time.

That's exactly what I did last nlght.

I came back and looked at
your film a second time.

Our film? What do you mean?

Please slt down and concentrate.

What do you see? -What should I see?

Who's she?

I don't know? -She's my wife,

and this man is someone I don't know.

Oh...

You have seen my wife.

Just once.

I didn't have a clear memoy of her.

But now that you mention
it, yes. It's her all right.

I was feeling a sort of anxlety in her,

She had become vey qulet
and retlcent, even recluslve.

I thought this was because of her
mother's or her father's lllness.

But... now...

What can I say? Have you talked to her?

When I looked at her,
l was no longer sure.

That's why I came back here
today. But I am sure now.

I'm sory I had not notlced her.

Perhaps you can help me
find out what's going on.

t Please let me know the locatlon,
the time and the date of this shot.

How can I find out these information?

Well, these are all included
in the scrlpt-girl's notes.

Please come here and look at the film.

It made me crazy.

Before we can see the car's number,
plate you cut to a traffic light.

The orlglnal footage must be longer. I'll have
them find the beglnning and the end of the shot.

Hello! What's going here?

We're going to view something
on the screen, Rahmati.

And we must find some materlal in the unused
portlons of the footage. -What on earth?

I'll go on to the cafeterla
so that you may work in peace.

I'll let you know.
- I am walting

So sory for this trouble.

Don't mention it.

What has happened?

Don't ask, Rahmatl. Please
go through these notes.

I need the partlculars of this shot;

Also any dlscarded portlons,
the beglnning and the end.

Well Modabber here is the
exact locatlon of'the shooting,

the date of the day and hour.

Evemhing is here.

What did you tell hlm?
- I told hlm this was in connectlon with a stolen car.

But I don't thlnk he belleved me.

Don't you thlnk you are over
- reacting? Perhaps it will be nothing lmportant.

By the way, I also found this.

It has been taken at the same locatlon.

I have a questlon Modabber.

Have you thought of the
consequences of your action?

If you are proven right, or wrong?

Here you are.

Do you have a moment to talk,
Kian? There is no milk on the stove?

Then thlnk well before you answer
the questlon l'm going to put to you.

Can you tell me where you were 52
days ago around 10 in the morning?

I don't get you. Please say agaln.

52, 52 days ago... That would be exactly
the?th of October at 10 in the morning.

You must remember. And if you don't, you must have been something between Karim
- khan and Zartosht street.

What was I doing there?
-That is exactly the questlon.

What buslness do I have in such
a place? Has anyone seen me?

A vey rellable wltness.

Oh my God, 52 days ago,
on the?th of October

at 10 in the morning, where I was?

52 days ago... October?

at 10... where was l?

t No, no, I was not there

then what?

Hello, good morning mlss, I am a
patlent of doctor, Kian Modabber.

16 to 19. These are the
doctor's office hours.

Visiting time is 9 to 12 and 16 to 19.

This tape recorder will walt
15 seconds for your message.

I wanted to ask the doctor if the pill he
has prescrlbed for me has some slde effects,

such as depression or amnesia?

These are the doctor's office hours.

Visiting time is 9 to 12 and 16 to 19.

This tape recorder will walt
15 seconds for your message.

Hooray! I found it.

Good work! Has you put the pleces together?
- I thought I should let you know first.

Rewind it to the beginning.

The magnlfying glass please!

Stop right here.

22...

I am not sure whether it is a 2 or 3.

It must be vlewed on the blg
screen. This is yourJob Rahmatl.

Please spllce the parts
together and make a loop.

The date matches the notes
of the scrlpt-girl.

It's a '76 model. -Are you sure?

Manufactured towards the end of the
year. A standard Paykan. Crimson, Ruby.

You are a real expert.
The number plate!

The M in the number indicates that it was
registered towards the end of the year.

Hey, what's the matter?

I wish she was here herself.

You may ask her to come, but then the
matter will be no longer confldentlal.

I have a feeling
eveybody knows already.

Who's the lady?

Contain your curiosity, Rahmati,
our friend is in a tight spot.

She's not home.

You're an expert in Ilp
- reading. What are they saying?

I trled to find out. But the wlnd
- shleld makes it vey dlfflcult.

If you want to check something in the
Trafflc Department, I have a frlend there.

Really? -In fact he ls
some klnd of relatlve.

You may stop now.

If we give them the partlculars,
they will say who the owner is?

It will take about 24 hours.
-Not for a close relatlve.

If you go there in person?

Hello, operator.

The archlves of the Trafflc
Department should be same slght.

If you like, we can go there together.

Standard Paykan, late
'76 model. Crimson.

Registration number: M 22444 Tehran.

According to the notarlzed copy of sales papers
the car belongs to Mr. Homayun Hagh-negar.

But I am not authorlzed
to give hls address,

Instead of governmental offlces.

We have found a fat wallet
with a lot of cash in it.

Then how are we going to
return the money to proprietor?

Is it an act of charlty?

Here is the address
and telephon number.

But he mlght sell hls car recently.

You can also tell him that
his car tax is overdue.

Hello! Hello!

Hello!

Yes, a glft, for good
- nelghborly relatlons.

I suppose you know your nelghbors.

More or less.

The people opposltes,
those with the red Paykan?

Are you also interested in antlques?

Depends on the price.

Secondhand goods and antiques
are vey good business these days.

Rlch people do this
Job more than others.

Then they must be doing well.

Your package.

Serlously speaking, are
they reputable people?

Excuse me. What do you take me for?

Our neighbors trust us.

I only told you what l
have seen with my own eyes.

No one can know that how
the others are splrltually.

I am not responslble for anything.

If you do not requlre the
manteau... -No, no, that's Ok.

Forget it.

Here you are. -Hello, slr!

My name is VeJdanl.
I'm calling from TV.

Yes, what can I do for you?

We're making a documentay on antiques,

and wondered if we could
draw on your expertlse.

So klnd of you. But there
are more knowledgeable people.

What did you have in mind?

Oh, such things as how one determines
if an obJect is fake or genuine,

how old it ls, and lf
lt has been restored.

And posslbly to shoot some
footage in your workshop.

I really don't know

how I can be of any asslstance.

Whould it not be better if we discuss
the matter in my offlce tomorrow?

Certalnly, if only
you give your address

and your phone number.

What did you say your
name was? -VeJdani.

It was a pleasure. Good nlght.

Oh...

You've Just come back, where from?

From...

Pharmacy.

You take tranqulllzers?

Yes.

Who's calling?

Sometimes I thlnk I 'm somebody else.

Sometimes I thlnk I am not me.

Nobody gives an answer.

One has to flle a formal request.

The answer they give
you is not rellable.

Why are old records burned?

Who was it?

No one. Wrong number.

But you spoke with someone.

My old schoolmates
have found one another.

They're going to have a reunion.

They also want me to attend.

Why don't you?

Should l?

Perhaps I will, yes.

Then what was wrong?

The fact that I was born.

t Come here

and ty this on. -What is it?

Oh...

Are you surprised?

Is it for me?

So nice of you.

I thought it would please you.

Now, let me look you

Yes, no mistake.

What?

I had made no mlstake.

Supper? -Can't.

Isn't there something
you want to tell me?

I asked you a questlon on the
phone. Have you got the answer?

What about? -52 days ago,

on the?th of October, at 10 in the morning, somewhere between Zartosht and Karim
- khan street.

Something happened
there? -You were there.

Oh yes, you sald so before. I
have thought about it. -Well?

I don't remember anything.

The red Paykan?

Not a thing. -But this is
not something that you forget.

People always remember
important things.

Important things?

What klnd of pills do you take?

They give me rellef.

What is it that bothers you?

My head aches.

From thunder and lightning.

A dog barks inside my head.

I don't know when this has started

but my God, what has put
you into this misey? Who?

I don't know what
you are talking about.

It hurts my eyes. -I
want to change my Job.

I want to deal in antlques.

I want to change my Job.

What do you say? Do you Ilke antlques?

I have never owned any. I don't know.

Don't sleep Kian. I
have to talk to you.

Kian! Kian!

Kian!

What...

There was no news about you.

We are acting on your advice; we
are going around shooting interviews.

What have you up to?

You will be surprlsed

If I tell you that I have had an ldea for
making a documentay on the antlque buslness.

Does this appeal to you? -Why,
yes; but how did you get this ldea?

Well, this is one
group we had forgotten.

It should be an interesting Ilne of
buslness. -Yes, at least it is novel for us.

I have obtalned a tentatlve agreement

from a party at this end.
-Leave the rest to us, Ok?

If we don't meet in the next
few days, you have my number.

Yes, l'll leave a message.

I have warmed the mllk.

I'm leaving now.

I won't phone, so as
not to dlsturb you.

Mr. Hagh-negar? -Please
state your buslness.

I have an appolntment with Mr.
Hagh-negar. -To buy or to sell?

Nelther, l'm Just curlous.

Imposslble. The master has an appolntment with
televlslon. He has given strlct orders not to be dlsturbed.

Well, I am the man from TV.

So!

Who did you say?
-Please tell hlm VeJdanl.

Master. A gentleman's here
by the name of VeJdanl.

God knows if he is telling the truth. He
says he is from TV. What should I do with hlm?

Down.

Wich way?

You'll find it.

Excuse me. -Please.

Take a look. I'll be
back soon. -All right.

You must to be Mr. VeJdanl.
Yes? Pleased to meet you.

I've been sent by Mr. VeJdanl.

You are?

My name is Modabber.
-Pleased to meet you anyway.

Does my name ring a bell?

Ah, yes, I must have seen you
on TV screen once or twlce.

Hardly ever. We work
mostly behlnd the scene.

I was told you were
interested in antlques,

and how one can determine
their age and genuineness.

Cigarette?

Usually we do not smoke here.
-Ah, yes, it may start a flre.

It has happened once, and we
do not want it to happen agaln.

It would be a great plty if the frult of
so much taste and talent was destroyed.

Please excuse me.

Well...

You wonder how so many obJects
have found their way to our county.

From Safavle times onwards, European kings
have sent many preclous glfts to Iranlan courts.

Likewise European warehouses
are not devoid of our obJects.

Besldes, we are an old natlon
with its tradltlon and hlstoy.

Several generatlons of travelers have
bought back the best items they could find.

How can you tell a fake
obJect from a real one?

With my eyes shut. We know the histoy of evey
obJect and the number of items it has changed hands.

This shleld was made for Shah
Ismall; it has changed hands 17 times.

This Ottoman musket was captured by
the Iranlans in the battle of Chaldoran.

This clock was presented to Naser
- ed - dln Shah by Oueen Vlctorla.

People were beheaded with this at
the time of Nader Shah. -Really?

What do you think?

Some people belleve this
ls a graveyard of memorles.

Others conslder it a historlcal
archlve. -Oh... I'll be back.

Is this place sultable
for your purpose?

Oh, yes, it is.

What have you found?

No, that is not too
old. 15 years maxlmum.

The prlce, what would be the prlce?

No, price can be set on
it. It is not for sale.

In fact, this belongs to my wife.

Where were you?

I sald where were you?

Now I understand. The pills l
bought you yesterday are still here.

The bottle has been opened
and some pills taken.

You didn't accompany your parents
to the doctor. They accompanied you.

You are the patient, you!

I contacted your doctor. He conflrmed
this and sald you suffer from anxlety.

What's your anxiety from?

What are you hlding from
me? Tell me, I can take it.

Perhaps this is all my fault.

I neglected you and
you withdrew from me.

What happened to you?
Don't bother yourself.

If something has happened,
l want to know about it.

Well, never mlnd.

From now on l'll ty
to be home mo're often.

It's because of this damned
Job that does not nlght or day.

Come on, let's go for a drlve together

to watch autumn leaves falling.

Don't you Ilke it?

This street is called Zartosht. We are
reaching the intersectlon of Karlm khan.

Why should a shop
- owner resort to a hundred excuses to refraln from selling a plcture.

The answer must be here.

I want to know if you find
anything of speclal interest here.

The clnema which is always
showing a medlocre film?

The dress shops?

The restaurant where
one can meet a friend?

Or the expenslve hotel where a room
with a double bed costs a great fortune?

Which one is it?

Whlch one that I can not guess?

Do you have a rendezvous
somewhere here?

Why did we have to come
to this congested place?

For a drive!

How do I look?

Were your eyes uncomfortable? -They are
now, ever since l have put these on.

Why have you? -To please you.

I hate dark glasses.

Where are we going?

What about here? Does it look famlllar?

Where are we?

I want to buy you some flowers.

Ugh! All my money went for
the purchase of the glasses.

Who asked for flowers?

Hello operator, Modabber here.

Your servant. -Like wise.
Whould you get me the number now?

My phone book is all mixed up.

Would you ask them where they are
first? Thank you. -By all means.

Yes? -Now, what business
have you with an orphanage?

How is that? -The number
you gave is an orphanage.

Shall I put you through?

An orphanage? -Hey, Hey...

No, thanks. Then it
must be the other number.

I told you that all numbers
are all mixed up. -No harm done!

An orphanage!

Yes?

Your number. It is the archlve
of the Publlc Records Offlce.

Where? -Record Office.

I don't get it. Where? -Where they flle
all the blrth and death certlflcates.

At your servlce during
all the prescrlbed hours.

Each person, in the course of hls or her
life has been given a puzzle to solve,

In which someone is shown
ln the mlddle of a maze

and you are asked to find the way out.

Come on Kian, answer the phone!

Your servant. -So sory, it's me again.

Your command? -Thank you.

I cannot get through to our house. I get
constantly a busy slgnal. Wlll you ty it?

With pleasure. Anything else?

You are a real pal. -Your servant.

May all nulsances callers go to hell!

I want to speak with Mr. Hagh
- negar.

Who's calling please?
- I came to your place from TV yesterday.

Then when are you coming over to shoot?

Isn't the master in? l
wanted to fix a time with hlm.

Wlth whom are you going to fix the
time? The master should be here.

Then what you mean is
that the master is not in.

The master had a more
important engagement.

Now when are you coming to shoot?

Yes?

Excuse me madam. I called the offlce
of Mr. Hagh-negar, but he was not in.

I am calling from TV.

My husband has told me about
lt. You are Mr... -Modabber.

Do you know where I may find hlm?

He may be anywhere. He may
have gone on a house call.

A house call? -To appraise the
objects that are going to be auctioned.

Is it lmportant?

I don't know how to put it. I saw a
female portralt in the shop yesterday.

It appears that I need your
Ok in order to purchase it.

I want to give it to
my wife on her blrthday.

Yes, he told me that someone was
interested and we laughed a bit.

But you cannot buy it. -Why
not, is it vey expensive?

No. in fact it is not worth
anything, except for me.

It is a part of our
personal belongings.

It was taken to the workshop to be
reframed and it has stayed there.

It is not the work of any well
- known artlst.

It is my own work. -Ah!
Begging your pardon.

Mr. Hagh
- negar should be congratulated for collecting the best of evemhing.

Was there anything else?

This phone call was really meant to warn Mr.
Hagh-negar that we shall be lmposing on hls hospitality

We are going to film the
lntervlew in your house.

Has he agreed to this?
-Well, lmpllcltly.

We shall drop in early in the evening,
so as not to dlsturb hls dally routlne.

I'll certalnly tell hlm. -Then
untll tomorrow, Mrs. Hagh-negar.

Hello operator. No luck?

Why is your house busy all the time?

Hol on, and l'll let
you hear for yourself.

Oh, then this is the word!

Yes, that's it.

Your house.

Are you well?

The phone was busy all through the day.

My old schoolmates. They were
calling about the reunlon.

Your schoolmates?

Did you find your
magnlfying glass? -Yes, why?

Where were you last week, that is on
November 22nd at eleven in the morning?

I? -And with whom?
That's more important.

Why? I don't remember.

Then why should I remember
where I was 52 days ago?

A rlddle!

But I now remember.

On that day, at 10 in the morning, I was
sltting by myself where you are sltting now.

I was alone.

I am not complalning, and
don't look at me Ilke that.

That word was auction. The man tells the woman the auction
has started. We are going to be late for the auction.

Have you ever take part in an auction of valuable
obJects? Have you ever used your malden name?

What does that mean? -Once
you were looking for a Job.

I got bored.
- I say go to this reunlon.

People find dlfferent
ways to amuse themselves.

I have a frlend called Hagh
- negar. Hls wife does painting.

If you get bored doing nothing in the
house, why don't you find a Job somewhere,

for instance in an orphanage?

What happened?

What happened? Did I
say something wrong?

A friend of mine
works in the orphanage.

Yesterday, once agaln
l went to vlslt her.

Well?

You should not have torn that page.

The number was that of
the Publlc Records Offlce.

My friend said that their
archive was in good order.

Then there is something wrong with you.

A husband and wife should have nothing to
hlde from one another. Do you belleve in that?

Then we agree that both
should speak the truth.

What's wrong with you? l
thlnk you are hlding something.

Let me put in this way.

Besldes me is there
anybody else l'n your life?

What nonsense! -We agreed
to speak the truth, right?

Is there anybody else in your life?

I don't understand. -Why?

It is vey slmple. Is there
anybody else or lsn't there?

Well, there is my
father. -Apart from hlm!

My parents. -No, no.
Someone I don't know.

I feel there's somebody between us.

Between us? -Someone that
you are hiding from me.

Oh, I apologize.

I was not hlding anyway.
I was going to tell you.

But, just now, I am still confused.

No, wait. Don't say anything.

Think first.

Then there is really someone?

Well, yes. A baby, our baby.

A baby?

They say so. The doctor,

the test.

They all say a baby is on
the way, coming from afar.

Oh, the news did not
make me happy either.

But I am happy. Vey! Only I was
not expecting it at this moment.

A baby's coming.
Nobody is expecting it.

Nobody's happy for its arrlval.

And the baby doesn't know.

I must thlnk.

Why aren't stray taken to the pound?

I am under observatlon. From all sldes.

There is no escape.

You sald a glass cabln?

Those white uniforms! -Such as ours?

You don't want to place the
baby in an orphanage. Do you?

You are afraid of darkness.

I can get used to the light.

Go to sleep.

Have no fear. I'm here.

Were you looking for something
among the photographs?

What will you do if you find out
that I am not who you thlnk I am?

Tell me evemhing. Who are you? Are
you the person that I thlnk you are?

No, I was not being inqulsltlve.
I was worrled for you.

I was not keeping watch on you.

For sometime now I have been
thlnking of buying something.

I was to know your oplnlon.

Excuse me. -Please

Hello, Mr. Modabber. I've
recelved your message.

It's tonight. Isn't it? -Yes.

Early in the evening.

My wife forgot to tell you that we have
a small celebratlon of our own tonight.

Really? -No problem.

Your coming in a way will be the lcing
on top of the cake. -We are a small crew:

a sound recorder, a cameraman a
lighting technician and the director.

I hope it will be worth the trouble.

What I mean is that you will not be
disappolnted in my knowledge of antlques.

Excuse me.

Yes.

Would it not have been better
to shoot the intervlew here?

No amount of explanatlon can replace
the obJects themselves. -Of course

The maln scene will be here. But we
would requlre addltlonal equlpments.

Tonight we shall discuss the matter with
the director and fix a time with you.

The helmet of Uzun Hassan. The stirrups
of Sultan Mahmud. The seal of Chengiz Khan.

The past histoy of whole world is here.

Please, excuse me.

What is it?

Ok, Ok.

Please forget evemhing.

Where are your pills? Home?

What can I do for you?

I am the intervlewer with
the film crew from TV.

You are Mr...

How is it posslble?

I beg your pardon?
-Modabber. -Yes.

It seems that I have
known you for years.

We spoke on the phone yesterday, about
the painting that you wanted to buy

for your wife's birthday.

Oh, you are flnally here Mr. Modabber.

Is anything wrong? -I
am amused by your place.

Yes, the atmosphere is vey dlfferent from
the antlque warehouse. Would that matter?

By no means. The
contrast may even help.

Where are the others? -I got in
touch with them a short while ago.

They are on their way.

May I make a telephone call?-
Go ahead. Do feel at home.

Hello, Kian.

I'm going to ask you a favor.

Yes. I am all right.

Please, jump into a taxi and come to the
address l'm going to give you, nothing is wrong.

You should know the address.

It is where I bought you some flowers the
other nlght. The house opposlte the flower-shop.

Number 14.

You'll find a red
Paykan parked outslde.

No, they don't have a dog.
Please come lmmedlately.

What is going on? Has
something happened?

Please do not ask. I don't know yet,

but I felt something
lmportant is about to happen.

I thlnk we are entltled
to an explanatlon.

You look younger in this portralt.

It was palnted 2 years ago.

Vida? -That's my wife's name.

Oh, yes.

She's the best restorer of
antlque pottey and old paintings.

Hello! -Hello!

We are the film crew.
-Please do come in.

Hello, Modabber. My
colleagues. Mr... -Hagh-negar.

Come in please.

Welcome. -Which one
of you is Mr. Vejdani?

We have already spoken at the phone.

We have? It's posslble.

Are you well? -Good.

This is Mrs. Hagh
- negar. My colleagues.

Pleased to meet you. -Likewise.

Be calm.

I don't know if I can. I have never
been in front of a TV camera before.

Where are the questions?

Tea? Coffee? Soft drlnk anyone?
-No, no. Please don't bother.

But that's minimum hospitality.

A glass of water please.

Mrs. Hagh-negar. You'll
have to excuse my audaclty.

You have a khakl manteau.
May I ask you to put it on?

I don't get it. How do you know what klnd
of a manteau my wife has in her wardrobe?

I apologized first.

How shall I put it? Please forgive me.

It's all because of her. My wife
suffers from a curlous dlsease.

She wants to know why she doesn't have any photos
with her parents as a baby, before she was 5.

She's scared of dogs barking
and she's afraid of darkness.

We are testing. With your permission.

I apologized first.

How shall I put it? Please forgive me.

It's all because of her. My wife
suffers from a curlous dlsease

She wants to know why she doesn't have any photos
with her parents as a baby, before she was 5.

She's scared of dogs barking
and she's afraid of darkness.

Is the intensity of
light unlform all over?

This way.

What an amazing business.

Your voice madam, and your voice, sir.

I wish someone would
tell me what's going on.

Anyway, it doesn't concern me. But
l don't understand what's happening.

Neither do I. -We were supposed to
talk about antiques. Isn't that right?

I wish someone would
tell me what's going on.

Anyway, it doesn't concern me. But I don't
understand what's happening. -Nelther do I.

Nor I.

Well, what are we walting for?

Please allow your
wife to open the door.

Is it the house of Mr...

Kian.

Kian.

Now I know the meaning of orphanage,

the meaning of Publlc Records Offlce.

Then the old man and woman
are not her real parents.

I...

When I was a child, in very
early childhood, I had a sister.

Later whenever I asked about her l
was told she was away on some tilp.

Mother!

Father was dead,

and there was no bread.

No... No...

All my life I felt I had taken
someone else's place. All my life.

All right now, Vida.
It was not your fault.

I've not taken anyone else's place.
I had a place of my own. Didn't I?

One too many...

One too many...

I could have been in her place.

Why? Why? Mother labored
all her life to bring me up,

but she yearned for
the child she had lost.

Why did she have to choose
between her children?

There was really no cholce.

Do you see, Kian?

Winter is already here.

It's cold.

Shall we go Kian?

We are going to call on the man and
woman who adopted you from orphanage.

Father and mother.

Something I haven't had for years.

Why are you leaving so
soon. This is your own house.

We have much to talk about.
-Yes, of course. But not now.

Perhaps some other time.

Your address...

you didn't say where we
should send the painting.

Happy birthday Kian.

I had all but forgotten.

The end