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Prime Minister Shik Khalifa Akalifa, the

Foreign Affairs Minister Shik Muhammad

Al Khalifa, the Minister of Justice

Shake Abdullah. We get [music] to

picture a whole busload of Alifas. It's

a royal family.

Looks like they've been running Bahrain

for 300 [music] years. 300 years. You

think they could come up with some more

names

in 18 hours? You think you could come

[music] up with something more

interesting to read? I like to learn

about new things.

No booze in public. [music] And keep it

sick. You hear me?

Yes, Sergeant.

Cannot emphasize it enough. This is a

totally different culture.

Oh, look at that. Thank you so much.

Look at you.

Talking

lovely, Mary. Thank you, mommy.

[music]

Oh, I'll be safe to defend. Okay.

[music]

Right there.

Zane, hurry up. I've been waiting and

waiting.

Not [music] too much.

Asalam allayikum.

Wow. Isn't it beautiful?

Vika, I hope you realize how lucky you

are [music] to have her as your cousin.

If you don't mind, you'd look like

something with a skin disease.

Come on. You're good at other things.

Like what? Like algebra? Oh, yeah.

That's what she wants for a wedding next

week. Equations.

I'm sticking to the parts that nobody

can see.

When I get married, Miam's going to do

all my painting.

So, Mooney, are you ready? Asked for.

Nope. Miam first, cuz she's the oldest

sister, then Tifa, then me.

Poor Miriam. Who's going to paint her?

It doesn't matter. I'm not getting

married that fast.

That's what you say now, but wait until

you're asked for.

Well, Sica, doesn't it bother you

marrying someone that you don't know?

I know him. I've sat with him twice.

Yeah, with your parents all around you.

But he's gorgeous. He's got this lovely

little curl and he's devout. He'll be

mom and I'm going to wear the full veil.

Yeah, but do you love him?

Love comes. That's what my sister says.

That's normal. Men have their worlds and

we have ours.

It's not how I want to live.

That is how you live. That's how we all

live. It's time you got used to it.

Well, I don't care. I'm never getting

married. Not unless I love someone and

he loves me.

Marian. Huh?

Do you love Rasheed?

Rasheed?

I've heard mommy and daddy talking.

Nuna,

daddy's picked Rasheed. Rasheed's going

to ask for you.

Hey, Rashid's not so bad. Rasheed, all

he cares about is cars and showing off

his daddy's money.

You have to marry him. We're Aalifa. We

have to marry Akalifa.

Guys,

I'm okay. Maybe you should go get your

inhaler thingy.

It's okay. Okay.

Here, take some pastries. His mother

will die if you don't. She works with

them all day. [music] Go get some rest.

[music]

[music]

[music]

Hello,

Miriam. Are you done painting? Oh, I

could come if I'd known you'd be done so

early.

No, I I need to talk to you.

I'm going to the mosque.

I'm going to be asked for.

That's wonderful.

No, it isn't.

Talk all [music] about it tomorrow.

No, hold on.

I've got to go. Bye, Miriam.

Leila.

[music]

[music]

Hello. [music]

Hi. Uh, who's this?

Who's this?

Miriam. My name's Miriam.

I don't have any friends named Miam.

Well, now you do.

Well, Miam, you shouldn't be calling

people that you don't know.

Well, then how am I ever going to meet

anyone new? [music]

[music]

Hey, Gary. Head down here.

Man, that whole suitcase full of candy.

Nope. I got some fruit cakes, too. And

peacons. Texas peacons brought the

finest in the land. You know that?

Personally, I'll take Miss October any

day of the week. How'd you get that fake

through customs? Hey, you can take the

Marine out of Jersey, but you can't take

the jersey out of the Marine. So, what

we hiding in here?

What's this?

Book of Mormon.

You one of those guys that has 17 wives?

We don't do that anymore.

But you don't get married. So what you

hide pictures of 17 girlfriends?

Nope.

No girlfriends.

Well, you don't like girls?

I like girls. I just believe you should

wait for someone special. Anyways, I

spent the past few years doing

missionary work. I didn't have time to

date.

Mormon girls don't put out. You from

Utah?

Las Vegas.

Las Vegas. You couldn't get lucky in Las

Vegas.

[snorts] Watch the fingertips.

Smitty, my man. You and I have a

mission. We are going to find a woman

for this man.

All right.

Maniah Plaza, what room would you like,

please?

Um

133.

And there she is.

Who's got this number?

Fate. Ask the phone, Jason.

Hello.

Hello.

Hi. Uh,

this is Miriam. Who's this?

Last Corporal Trucker, US Marine Corps.

Trucker to you, man.

Hi, Trucker.

Say you the little girl I saw

downstairs. [music]

Uh,

no. I I I just [music] wanted someone to

talk to.

Well, hey, Marion, you can talk to me.

It's a girl. It's a girl.

So, how old are you anyway?

17.

I'll tell you what, baby. You got any

friends?

I have lots of friends. I'm a very

popular person.

I mean, girlfriends.

I only have girlfriends.

Well, you think you and your girlfriends

could come hang out with my buddies

[music] and me, you know, grab a Coke or

something?

I mean, if y'all got Coke here? [music]

No. I I don't think my girlfriends could

do anything like that.

Well, how about you,

Mariam?

[music]

I'll be at the Desert Mall tomorrow

after school at at 2:30.

[music]

We got a date

[laughter] with a girl in high school

and we won't even be able to see her,

right? She's going to be wearing all

those veils.

So what, man? Cheer up. Your luck is

changing.

I'm not going. My man, get a grip. We

doing this for you.

You know what, Trucker? It's not Jersey.

Should read the guide book.

screw around with a woman that could

chop off both your heads.

So maybe she ain't Muslim. Maybe she's a

Methodist. Maybe she's a Mormon.

In case you didn't notice, she called

us. Yeah, we're just going to talk to

her.

Yeah. You say you want to learn about

new things, why not learn about a new

person?

All right, I'm in.

Yeah.

I want to show you

this.

Wait,

wait, wait, wait, wait.

Isn't it

some shoes? Shoes?

Oh, yeah.

Oh, Zane, don't they ruin your

contemporary [music] equivalent of

finding

Houston, we got a problem.

Talk about a needle on a stack.

Two-year-olds.

It's like being at home.

May I help you?

That's perfect.

Hi

Miriam, what do you think about this? My

asthma is acting up quite a bit. I think

I'm going to go to the bathroom. Do you

want me to come with you?

No. No. I I might just go home.

This is stupid. This is stupid. This is

stupid.

Hey,

I can't talk right here. Meet me at the

west stairs. See you there.

Is that her?

I think so. She told me to meet her in

the west stairs.

So, you weren't serious about that

chopping off the head stuff?

No, I was serious. Over the causeway in

Saudi in 1977, there was a Princess

Michelle and her boyfriend. They chopped

off his head. They only shot her only.

Well, yeah, but that's a princess. We're

just folks.

So, let's go. Let's not be too obvious

about this.

Hey man, you broke my Tootsie Roll.

Eagle has landed. More like a turkey.

Trucker, I'm Schmidi. I'm Jason.

Hi.

You know, um, we got to get out of here.

We got a car over there. We can take you

home if you want, or we can go for a

ride, preferably where no one's going to

kill us.

Okay.

Car this way.

Not so close this time.

[music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

What are these?

Dates.

No kidding. Enjoy it. It's the only day

you're going to get in this country.

Hey,

Miriam, go along. She doesn't know about

football.

Well, you don't think I can [music]

catch it?

No, I think you can do anything. I just

don't know if you should.

You don't think [music] I should be

here?

No. What happens if someone sees you

with us?

[music]

I could go to jail.

Chugger,

you're supposed to catch it, Miriam.

Thanks.

Hey, truck post battery.

So, uh, what makes this worth the risk?

Well, my whole life

people have always told me what I

shouldn't do.

And I just wanted for once someone to

say yes. Go ahead, take a chance. Try

it.

I just don't think you know what you're

getting yourself into.

Yeah, you better stick.

Well, if I did, what would be the point?

Hey, Jason. Go out. It's a bomb. All

right. Good catch.

Come on, Jason.

Who you throwing to?

Throwing it.

So, you're here because you believe in

your country.

Yeah, that's right. My mom says I

watched one too many John Wayne movies.

What they call a career marine. So, I

guess I believe in my country.

What?

Oh.

What do you believe in?

I don't know.

No one's ever really asked me that

before. I

No one's ever cared.

I care. You care.

I believe I was born in the wrong place.

Is this direct?

I guess I care what other people think.

Including me.

Yeah, including you.

Well, then personally, I don't know what

I believe in. [music] I just know I

haven't found it yet.

Hey, what's going on back here?

Anyway, my mother says I watch too

[music] many movies, too. Mc Ryan

movies.

Maybe I believe in love.

[music]

Remind me to leave you at home next

time. Come on.

You can drop me here. [music]

Bye, guys.

Bye, ma'am.

[music]

Wait till she gets [music] the second.

[music]

No idea.

[music]

I'm not seeing Stuart Little again. And

that's that.

What is this?

First night. Come on. Everyone's dressed

in metal. It's totally safe. Come on.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Want

to know how to win a sword?

Be the only one with a sword. You guys

didn't shoot. No, kid.

You know,

my hand. He fought well.

Miriam, stop. There are men there.

Oh, well, they're Americans, so it it

doesn't matter. Why doesn't it matter?

Look, you guys, I know them and they're

really nice.

One thing, just do this for me.

Leave a seat between

Hi.

This is Trucker, Jason, and Smitty. This

is Zayn and Ila.

Pleased to meet you.

Pleased to meet you. Anyway, better than

uh Houston, we've got a veil.

Uh, can I offer you girls um some butter

fingers or or some other candy that we

can't pronounce?

Black medaliza.

Why did he buy it if he can't pronounce

it?

The question is how did he buy it if he

can't pronounce it? I asked for a

Tootsie Roll, but I guess I [music] kind

of mumbled.

[music]

Why have we stopped?

I'm tired.

Never

You battling your dreams.

What are you doing?

You'll see.

Now drink

again.

Why did you let do that?

Well, I live most of my life.

Out in the open.

Don't you have a home?

No, I don't have a home.

Not for a long time.

That must be hard.

No.

What?

What is she thinking?

My own master,

Butterfinger.

I have nothing to lose.

I always eat when I'm upset. So I build

a house for the walls to burn.

Is that how it happened?

From such a day.

Thirsty.

Yeah.

Well, it's important to stay hydrated in

the desert.

I bet you say that to all the girls. No,

just the ones who live in deserts.

None.

Doesn't look one of those. A Tootsie

Roll and uh some popcorn, please.

Have you had a lot of girlfriends?

Um, a couple. I mean, some one.

Well, what was she like? She

uh was really good at subtraction. Um

she sat in front of me in the second

grade.

Do I uh

do I look like her?

No.

She pretty?

Yeah, sure. I mean, but you're pretty,

too. I mean, you're prettier. And she

never let me look at her papers. I bet

you would.

Why? You think I'm dishonest?

No.

Thank you.

It's just that I think you do what you

think is right and you know the heck

with the rest.

I was just wondering if I could be as

bold as you.

You're a Marine.

Yeah, a rule following Marine.

I'd follow the rules if I believed in

them. You don't think I'll be getting?

Sometimes I wish I could.

Like right now?

No, not right now.

I know what I must do now.

I never believed anything.

We better get back in

the best

king. [music]

That was so scary. You think so? I

thought the photography was beautiful.

I'm not talking about the movie. I'm

talking about them.

Come on. You're going to ruin your

reputation.

I don't care. Well, we do. Think about

us. What if someone saw Zayn talking to

that boy, that trucker?

Well, Zayn didn't talk to him.

I did when he went to get soda.

Okay. So, did you say anything

interesting?

No. That doesn't matter because we're

never going to see them again. Ever.

You, too?

Well, then I guess I'll just have to see

him myself. Miriam, he makes me think.

All right, ladies. Hey.

Hi.

Come on, let's go.

Okay, love boy. You and us have to have

a talk. Come on.

Well, you know what happened in the

theater?

Yeah. And then why I got up and I left

and walked past what you saw.

Hey truck, why are we going out the

front door? The van's in the back.

Strategic positioning. Huh? Don't we got

to get back to Manai? Oh, truck. What

are you doing?

Shut up, hunker down, and take a look.

Did little Miriam tell you your last

name where you are getting cozy?

We weren't getting cozy. We were getting

snacks.

Well, Zayn did. Al Khalifa.

Zay Alhalifa? No. Miriam Alifa, you

Nimrod. As in his highness, Shik Issa

Alcalifa. The prime minister. She

khalifa. Al Khalifa. The foreign affairs

minister, Shik Muhammad al- Khalifa. The

minister of justice, Shik Abdullah al-

Khalifa. You got a pretty good memory.

She is royalty. She lives next door to

the prime minister. This is serious

stuff.

No, it's not true.

It is true. Look,

[music]

you got to pull the plug right now.

No,

she's a princess. A princess. [music]

That guy got his head chopped off 15

miles from here.

[music]

[music]

How many times do I have to tell you

guys? I'm not her boyfriend. I'm her

friend.

Tell that to the guy with the axe.

I think they use scimitars. I've been

looking up. I'm pretty sure they use

scimitars.

And you might want to consider your

career, Jace. Man, I thought you wanted

to do this for life.

You might not be for very long.

Want to?

No. My career is fine. I'm up for a

promotion. The royal family tells the

major you mess with a minor and you, my

friend, could be up for a long ride

home. And so could we.

So could she.

Man, these people don't fool around.

You know that.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's go shoot some pool, man.

[bell]

Say,

you want to go so early?

Yes.

No breakfast?

No.

At least some juice.

I'll eat at school.

Thanks. I got the door.

[music]

[music]

Can I pause?

[music]

I'll take the right perimeter.

Oh man. Oh jeez.

[music]

Great. Romeo and Juliet Juliet was on

the roof. No one was on the roof. Big

balcony. Box one to Phoenix. Over.

Fox one. Go ahead.

Box one requesting relief.

Roger that.

Wait a minute. Paul, you're not going

down there.

Yeah, I am. Yo, they don't get

promotions to headless Marines. [music]

She had enough guts to come all the way

down here. Lee's going to see what she

has to say.

[music]

[music]

Hey.

Hey.

[music]

Why don't you tell me who you were?

you follow the rules.

I thought if you knew

I was afraid I wouldn't have you to talk

to anymore.

I was afraid I'd lose you.

Me, too.

That's why you didn't answer the

telephone.

Yes.

Big tough Marine.

No, I'm not a big tough Marine. You know

what? If I was, I would keep this up. I

I would keep seeing you.

Miam, I'm going to be fine. I am a US

Marine. Your government's not going to

take on the whole core. But I'm afraid

for you. You're outside of the line.

You're all alone.

I know.

You wouldn't be alone if you were with

me.

John Wayne had you at the Alamo, he

probably would have won.

Okay,

I'll see you at the mall at 1600.

Yes, sir.

the Tucker and Spitty.

Nope, we're on different schedules. I

got promoted again.

Hey, that's great.

Yeah.

Uh everything okay? Yeah. I I just sort

of got this uh this hanky feeling. Just

take us someplace safe. Okay.

Okay.

All right. Straight.

Yeah. This is safe. All right.

Here. I want to show you something.

Oh, look at that thing.

[music]

It's the tree of life. The symbol of

buffering. Where does he get water?

No one knows. It's a mystery.

I don't like that.

So do I.

[music]

[music]

Some people say this was a tree in the

Garden of Eden.

Is there a snake up there?

No.

How can you be so sure?

Cuz I [music] used to come here when I

was little. I used to climb all the way

to the top. I [music] thought I could

see everything in the world.

But

when did you stop coming?

When

I was 12.

When I became a [music] woman.

An amazing woman.

Because of you.

I seriously doubt that.

I mean it.

Jason. Can't you see?

I'm so happy.

[music]

Heat

[music]

[music]

up

here. [music]

[music]

[music]

This is Al Khalifa. This is Lieutenant

Ibrahim Aventad

of the Bahin [music] Secret Police.

[music]

We're going to Grim's house for dinner.

No, not Marian. Just [music] us.

[music]

Mommy.

Mommy. [music]

[music]

[music]

And I love it.

[music]

You kissed him.

No.

In the desert at the tree of life, you

kissed him.

No. No. No, I didn't.

Secret police saw your lips on his.

The secret police? You haven't you and

me followed?

I don't need to have you followed, Miam.

Everybody knows who you are.

Everybody but me.

I trusted you.

I trusted you.

I should never have let you go to that

mall, to those American movies, kissing

in public. What do you do when no one

can see?

Nothing.

Fornicating is not nothing, Miam.

And do you know what they will do to

your father? Do you know what your

father will do to us?

He didn't do anything. I never did that.

He is an American. That's all they want.

No, he never even touched me.

I can have you examined.

Okay. Well, then go ahead.

Go ahead and have me examined. Okay.

Because I love him and he loves me.

He loves you?

Yes.

In 6 months, he'll be back in America.

Where will you be?

Here. Here. And if this gets out alone.

Your whole life alone. No man will want

you.

All right, you have 5 minutes to call

him and tell him it's over.

Then you bring the telephone down to me.

You will no longer have the use of it.

You will no longer leave this house

except to go to school. You will no

longer speak to your sisters except in

my presence.

I am so sorry. Now we don't wear the

veil.

Mommy,

you are not my child anymore.

[music]

[music]

Plaza

room 133.

I can't hear you, ma'am.

133.

Connecting.

Lance Corporal Johnson.

Jason.

Maria. Miriam, what's the matter?

I can't see you anymore. [music]

[bell]

[music]

[music]

Mommy.

[music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

I just

[music]

want

[music]

you.

[music]

Oh man,

[music]

we've been looking for you.

We wigging out here, bro.

I don't know what they're going to do to

her. She was screaming about secret

police, about doctors. If I have to, I'm

going to bust her out of there.

And take her where exactly? Bain's an

island.

Did

she show up at school?

Yeah.

She still have her head attached to her

body,

so she's okay.

Yeah, she's okay. She just didn't look

good.

She's alive. You're alive under the

circumstances. That's more than we

expected.

Look, you had some good times together,

man. Let it go.

I love her.

Oh jeez. You got a one-year assignment.

How exactly did you expect this to turn

out?

I don't know.

Well, luckily I do. You back off a

couple of months. Some mother will

probably relax a little and let her out

and the two of you can have a few more

months of fun or you can stay camped out

here and the court bounces you back into

some brrig and you never see her again.

Period. And that's it if her daddy don't

shoot you first.

Huh?

[music]

Thank you.

[music]

[music]

[music]

Heat. [music]

Heat.

[music]

Yeah.

Heat. [music]

[music]

Heat. Heat. Heat.

[music]

Here

[music]

I am.

It's my birthday.

I know. Happy birthday, Mooney.

Mommy's taking me to the mall to buy me

presents. T already bought me one. I

want one from you, too.

Hey, someone's a little greedy, huh?

Please, will you come?

Okay. Yay.

Miriam. Miriam. Look.

Um, I can't afford it.

Please. He's so cute.

Mommy, will you buy him for me?

You have so many already.

I could keep him in the corner of my

room near [music] the wall. I can put

him next to my teddy bear. Please,

mommy, please.

Mommy, can I go over to that store over

there and buy her a necklace? [music]

I got back in the hotel.

[music]

Why don't we go take a look?

Can I borrow a pen and a piece of paper?

Sure. I see you. [music]

Can you do me another favor? You see

that boy over there in front of the food

court?

Would you give this to him,

please?

Please. [music]

You won't steal anything? No. I'll stay

right here. I have to buy a necklace. I

promise.

[music]

[music]

[music]

That's something new.

[music]

[music]

[music]

What does it say?

Hey, what did he write you?

Will you marry me?

[music]

[music]

[music]

Dear Jason, I write and I write, but I

never know if I will get to the mall to

leave all these letters. 11, 12. Stop

counting.

But I have to write. I miss your eyes. I

miss your [music] smile.

But most of all, I miss talking to you.

I miss talking.

I miss your mind.

I miss mine.

Miam.

Yeah.

My necklace broke and I hardly ever wore

it.

Oh.

Well, that's not right. Why don't you

ask mommy to take us to the mall and

then we can get it fixed?

Why don't you ask her? Why doesn't she

talk to you anymore?

She talks to me. No, she doesn't. Not

for months and months and months. I've

been counting.

It's something that happens between

mothers and girls sometimes.

When a girl thinks God and prayer and

family aren't sufficient and then she

gets older and she understands.

Understands what?

That we are the lucky ones. That our

lives are sacred. that we have the

knowledge to dedicate ourselves entirely

to what is good.

Come, why don't you pray with me,

Miriam,

and then we will go to the mall.

Dear Jason,

I've begun university. The dress maker

came to measure me for my clothes, so I

didn't even have to leave the house to

buy them. And of course, they're all

very long. My new clothes covering every

bit of me because there are boys in my

classes.

The university's co-ed,

so it's very important I don't appear

ruined.

I don't feel ruined, though.

Jason, I feel alive for the very first

time.

I want to make choices about more than

what shoes to buy.

I wish I could marry you now, but you

know that's just a dream. I know that

soon you'll be leaving and your life

will go on and my life will end.

If this is broken after 3 weeks, do you

think that you could fix it? The receipt

is in the bag.

It would be easier if I give you a new

one.

Okay.

Can I offer you some money?

No, that's okay. This is fun for me, not

a business.

Thank you.

When I'm older, I'm going to ask David

to find me a store to play in.

Dear Miam, I ride every day, and every

day I go to the jewelry shop, but you

haven't picked up my letters [music] for

almost a month.

I know you told me to be patient, but I

can't stand not knowing if anyone has

hurt you. I [music] keep worrying that

I'll be sent back to Pendleton without

ever seeing your face again.

My year here is up in 20 days. I owe two

more years to the Marines after that. If

you won't [music] come with me now, I'll

come for you then. Sooner or later,

you're going to be my bride. [music]

But trust me, though it seems

impossible, I will get you out of here

now if you want me to.

Please tell [music] me that you want me

to.

Sergeant, I've fallen in love with this

girl.

She can't marry me because I'm not a

member of the royal family.

No kidding.

I'd like to contact the US Embassy and

see if she can get some sort of

political asylum. Sergeant,

Johnson, I don't think that's a good

idea.

If she tries to leave here with me,

they'll probably kill her. Sergeant,

then probably she better not try to

leave.

I don't want to leave her behind.

Sergeant,

we're talking about a piece of tail. You

get back to the States, you find another

one.

You are, Sergeant.

No, Sergeant.

Trust me, Johnson. You will.

Her family knows about me. I'm afraid

they'll hurt her once I'm gone from

here.

Not our problem. Do you understand?

Yes, Sergeant.

Then you're dismissed.

So, what are we doing out here? Going to

the corporal. We got to eat the surgeon.

Same answer. She's just a piece of tail.

Forget her. Oh, this is an interesting

way of forgetting her. Wanding around

the [music] airport in the middle of the

night.

You're going to bust her out, aren't

you?

That's right. Okay, I'm out of here.

Hey, you won't be involved. I'm involved

right now. I'm out here with you. You'll

[music] be gone 24 hours before I pull

this off. All I need from you two is

your military ID. Our ID? That's right.

Look at that. Look at what [music]

military doesn't get asked for

passports. Just brain.

[music]

Yeah.

[music]

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[music]

Heat.

[music]

Miam. The wonders of a digital [music]

camera and a computer.

When When did you take my picture?

I took it one day at your school.

Yeah. At Escobble.

Escobble? Yeah. I figured you were more

of a Puerto Rican than a Marsha Breed. I

tied orders for you, too. Assigning you

[music] to the States.

What time?

11.

What if they catch us?

Failure is not an option.

What if I can't go? I mean, Moody, my

mother, this will destroy her. This is

my home, Jason. In many ways, it's been

really good to me. It's a good place.

It's sacred.

I don't know what to do.

I'm not going to try to talk you into

anything. I'm just going [music] to tell

you what you told me. If you stay here,

it will destroy you.

Maybe you don't even know me. I mean,

maybe I'm lazy. May maybe I snore.

Maybe I snore, too. Maybe we snore in

harmony. Maybe we even snore duets.

The first day that you met me, you said

that you were looking for someone to say

to you, "Yes, go ahead. Take a chance.

Try it."

Right. And you told me that I didn't

know what I was getting into. And you

told me that [music] if you did, what

would be the point?

Your driver's here.

Listen,

I'll be at your house at 11:00 tonight.

It's okay if you don't come.

I'll [music] wait for you forever. I'll

wait for you.

Okay.

Bye,

Marian.

Whatever happens,

I will wait for you. [music]

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[music]

My brothers always frowned. on me.

I indulged you.

I let you sneak off to the mall without

your father knowing.

I let you wear your skirts so short.

I remember being young. I wanted you to

have a little freedom.

Do you understand how you betrayed me?

Mommy, I needed more than just a little.

Then my brothers were right.

All women should be kept in veils

behind locked doors

for they are weak

and will always succumb to temptation.

God made me too.

And I don't believe that the prophet

Muhammad peace be upon him thought that

all women were so useless. His first

wife Hadijah was his boss.

She hired him. She she supported him.

She she proposed to him. She was an

international trader.

I can be a good Muslim and not be weak.

Do you love my father?

Of course. Well, did you love him when

you married him?

I didn't know him.

Do you know him now?

Of course. I've lived with him more than

half my life.

Does he know you?

[music]

Heat. Heat. [music]

[music]

Heat. Heat.

[music]

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Heat.

[music]

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Heat.

Heat. Heat.

[music]

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Heat.

Heat.

[music]

Mariam. Mariam.

Jason. Jason.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I rented a car, so

I blend in.

Are you sure you can do this? Are you

sure?

I'm sure.

Marines don't cry.

They wait.

That's [music] right. They wait.

That's right. They stay at their post.

They wait. Come on. Come on. We got to

get going. If we miss our flight, we're

both screwed.

Okay.

There's some grunge clothes there on the

floor. Put them on.

Okay. Don't look.

Babe, I'm not looking. We're still in

Bahrain.

I'm too late.

[music]

It's late.

Will your mother check on you before she

goes to sleep?

No, but my sister will be in in the

morning.

What time?

Around 7:00.

I hope we get off on time.

[music]

Someone's going to recognize me. No,

no, no. We're US Marines. [music]

Remember I told you look up. All right.

I don't look at Marines. Your asthma

kicks and go straight to the bathroom.

It's not going to kick in.

Okay. Stand up straight. Remember what I

told you. Here we go.

Johnson Esabo.

I'm sorry. That flight is full.

It can't be full. We're US Marines. We

have orders to be in the States

tomorrow.

I'm sorry.

[music] We've got orders to be on that

flight.

Find us some room.

One moment. Just [music] look right at

him. Look hard.

[music]

Okay, it's no problem.

Any baggage? Just one.

That was the easy part. [music]

Easy part.

Yeah. Look at your face now.

[music]

[music]

You could be a bahini.

Thank you.

[music]

[music]

Okay, stick with me. What if I can't

stick with you?

Want some [music] gum?

No.

Yeah, you do.

Wait, I'll talk. What?

Marines chew gum. All right, nice and

loud.

Slower, slower, slow. Just like [music]

me. There you go. Okay, this is it.

[music]

[music]

That's what

[music]

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No antiquities, [music]

just pants.

[music]

Just depends.

[music]

She's with me. The rest of her stuff's

in my bag. She was washing those, you

know, [music] women.

Women.

[music]

Don't worry, I don't want to sh

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Flight 631 non-stop. services.

Welcome to Chicago.

What happens now?

Well, I've got a month's leave. We can

stay here. We can take a flight to

Vegas. See my family.

Your family. What are they going to

think of me?

I love you.

How do you know?

Because they know my taste is perfect.

You don't really even know me.

Why do you keep saying that?

It's not true. You've written me 57

letters and I've kept every one of them

and I read them over and over and I must

have wrote you back 50 or 60. We've

shared our deepest thoughts.

You know my soul, Miriam, and I know

yours. I love you.

53.

What?

You wrote me 53 letters and I read every

one of them every day.

One of these days, we'll have to put

them in a scrapbook and give them to our

grandkids.

We can't. I left it for us to take them.

And they're still there. Salva,

we need you to come with us. [music]

No, she's with me. We're together.

Not for long. You're a citizen of the

US. She's a citizen of the Emirate

Bahrain.

Let go over Jason.

She's going to be on the first plane

home.

She's done [music] nothing wrong.

She's a minor in her country. She's got

no passport. How are you planning on

getting her in here?

Do you have any identification with you?

[music]

Who made these? [music] I do. Forgery,

fraud. If you're smart, you'll get out

of here right now. I'm not leaving.

I'm afraid you don't have any choice.

Miss, we need you to

marry us. What's the scenario?

Don't make this any worse than it is,

man. Cool is going to ring you for this.

Where are you taking it?

Where are you taking her? Keep cool.

Immigration detention. All right. Just

go get your stuff and call INS.

Don't give the out.

We'll check on the next two outbound

flights. Who are we talking to? The

family or the secret [music] police?

Hey, she's here. Just out. Khalifa, you

have any idea what you've done? Country

15 km off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

It's kind of quiet. Your little stunt

almost caused a nice fat international

incident. You could have destabilized

the entire Gulf.

Father, go the police. The police called

us.

Civic violation is attempting with false

ID.

Can you imagine how your parents must be

feeling? We're invoking expedited

removal. It's a provision of the 1996

immigration law. It means no lawyer, no

judge. You're on the next plane home.

When is the next plane?

5:35.

And you can forget any idea that Jason

is going to save you. He works for our

government and the government wants you

gone.

It's time.

Which gate? B5. He's going to walk her

down.

I will.

You have any chest luggage, Mary?

You got a ticket?

I do. No baggage.

Okay, let's go.

You understand? Your escort will be

armed. You do anything stupid, we'll

have to shoot you.

Oh, yeah. Then we really will have an

international incident.

Jim, we follow everything by the

end.

You're scaring the girl.

They came in.

Are you here of your own free will?

I have to hear it.

Yes.

Do you want to stay,

Jim? We can't.

No problem.

Yes.

Then you can ask for asylum.

You're entitled to a hearing.

Yeah. I can't go back there.

I'm afraid here isn't going to be much

fun. Back home, you're a princess. To

us, you're just one more illegal.

Well, at the hearing, can Jason be with

me? No,

you have to do this on your own.

You think you can?

Look,

why don't you just forget it? Take the

plane.

Have you ever been to Bin?

No. I hear it's a very beautiful

country. [music]

[snorts]

If you like a lot of sand,

we have a tree there

called the tree of life [music]

and that is beautiful.

Want to know why?

Sure.

Because [music] it has no right to be

there.

It's in the desert.

There's no water around it. Nothing

green anywhere.

What's your point?

[music]

You all say that I have no right to be

here,

but I'm staying. [music]

I'm going to stay.

Okay.

[music]

Stop.

Stop.

Stop. I need to talk to you.

[music]

I need to talk to you now.

[music]

Just tell me where she is. But don't

tell me you don't know. And don't tell

me to stop calling. It's been 3 days.

She's only 18. What's the matter with

you people?

Could you at least tell me if she's

still in this country?

I cannot give you.

I've done the worst thing that I could

do.

I fell in love with a foreigner, an

American and a Christian.

All of these are forbidden to me.

But your parents love you. They want you

back. Do you really think they would

hurt you?

It's not just my parents.

I dishonored every al Khalifa

my entire country.

That's still a liberal country for all

that.

When I was 15 years old

that this woman Natasha Gustri

came back to Bahrain with her British

husband, you know, to visit.

Her relatives refused to recognize the

marriage.

They told her that they were going to

lock her away, force her to have an

operation to restore her virginity,

and she would never be allowed to leave

my rain ever again.

She and her husband hid for 8 weeks

before they could escape from there.

And do you think something like that

would happen to you?

I don't know.

I [snorts] don't know. I'm just afraid.

I'm afraid. And I can't go back there.

And aren't you afraid here?

You know, we invited Jason to this

interview.

He didn't show up.

He's gone back to Las Vegas. He's

abandoned you.

No. No. I don't believe you.

Marines stay at their post and they

wait.

They wait.

[snorts]

They wait.

Miriam, you okay?

Give it up. I know this isn't what

you're used to.

This is exactly how I lived.

[bell]

Hello.

Get down to immigration to pick her up.

She's got temporary asylum.

Wait, what? What? Which office? Wait.

Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me where

the ionist provide you within

you?

[music]

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So, this must be the boyfriend.

Yes, sir.

Hope you're worth it.

I hope I am, too, sir.

Mr. Kennedy was really good to me.

I can't thank you enough.

No, you can't. Yeah. Okay.

Now,

look, you go out and get her [music] a

good lawyer. There's a hearing in 90

days. You're not home free by a long

shot, right?

Okay. Let's get you out of that. Okay.

Thank you [music] again.

Thank you.

Thanks.

International Airport.

Got the bags. Hey, you in?

Yeah. I have no idea.

You got to pull it.

Well, you pull it.

I can't. Mormons don't gamble.

How did you ever end up with me?

I knew you were a sure thing.

Go ahead, pull it.

Did you see that? We're winners.

Yeah.

Jason,

that's my mom.

Jason.

Oh, Jason. What have you done now?

Welcome back, son. Crazy mom. My dad.

What about this poor girl?

She's crazier than me. Come here, Mar.

This is my stepmom. This is my dad. Dale

Susan.

Hi, darling.

Hi,

sweetheart. You look exhausted.

You know, I couldn't leave behind all.

Well, let's go home. We'll take the

elevator up to the car. It's faster.

Go ahead. I'll catch up with you.

Hey, I'll do Marine's call.

They're going to cancel your leave. They

want you back tomorrow.

something about uh forgery,

fraud,

and he strongly suggests you not marry

this girl.

To heaven [music] to hold from this day

forward.

To heaven to hold from this day forward.

For better, for worse.

For better, for worse.

For richer, for poorer,

for richer, for [music]

in sickness and in health.

in sickness and in health.

To love and to cherish. To love and to

cherish

till death do us part.

Till death do us part.

You each say [music] I do.

I do.

Last chance to back [music] out.

I do. And now, by the power vested in me

by the city of Las Vegas, state of

Nevada, I now declare [music] you

husband and wife.

You may kiss the bride.

[music]

I wish you kids would let us bring for a

fancier dinner on your wedding day. Oh,

Mariana had a hard set on Taco Bell. I

told you she was crazy.

I wanted American food, TV, very

impressive hangers in my closet.

We bought much too much for so late at

night. Oh,

that's okay. I'll just take it with me

for breakfast tomorrow.

You at least tell that poor child that

tacos aren't American.

Yes, sir. Geography lesson before she

goes to bed.

Come here.

Sleep tight.

Oh, no, ma'am. I have no intention of

sleeping. This is my wedding night. I

can go to the brrig tomorrow for the

rest of my life.

I know.

I know.

Don't you think Miriam ought to have

called home? It's only about noon in

Manama.

And you just knew that off the top of

your head.

I always know what time it is. Wherever

you are,

I'll ask.

Mom was asking if maybe you wanted to

call your mother.

She won't talk to me.

Want to try?

How many hours do we have?

About six.

[music]

When will I see [music] you again?

I don't know, babe.

Calling me back like this isn't good.

[music] Maybe not for a long time.

Then

I'm not doing anything now but be with

you.

[music]

I don't know what to do.

We'll figure it out.

You're here now.

We're together.

We're safe.

[music]

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Wave goodbye to your brother, honey.

[music]

Come on, honey. Let's go back inside.

Thanks, honey.

You have dishwashers in Marin.

Uh,

is Maldo washes the dishes sometimes?

Romero?

No, I mean like you know machines like

this.

I don't know. I I never really looked.

Well, you want to try loading? I believe

in rinsing.

Some don't.

Oh, I'm sorry. It's okay. Sorry. Don't

cut yourself. I broke it. It's okay.

It's only a plate.

You think they're going to send Jason to

prison?

I don't know, honey. I just don't know.

It's not fair. He did it for me,

maybe.

But I've never seen him happier.

We should all have such a moment of pure

happiness in our lives.

You did a stupid thing. You forged

military documents. You tarnished the

reputation of the core. And you broke

the laws of the Emirate of Bahrain, a

valuable ally.

And for this, you're going to have to

pay.

It has not escaped my attention,

however, that over the past two years,

you've served both your country and the

core with distinction.

and that you did attempt to deal with

your situation as required through the

chain of command. You took matters into

your own hands.

And now you and your bride have to face

the consequences in another court of

law.

In so far as the Marine Corps goes, you

are to be stripped of all insignia and

authority and reduced to the lowest

possible rank, that is private, and you

shall be obligated to do extra duty to

the extent of 45 days.

Dismissed.

Dismissed. I sir,

Johnson,

you know you got off easy.

You want to explain to me how the hell

San Diego TV got their hands on this?

I called them before I came on base,

sir. Felt like I had no choice. The core

was going to bury me. Sir,

relationship between the Marine Corps

and our host countries has to be

honored.

Couldn't do that to Mariam, sir.

Make sure you get those chevrons off.

Hi, sir.

Two years of hard work down the tube,

son.

You think it was worth it?

I'd do it again in a flash, sir.

I want to be a recon ranger. I want to

be a ranger.

I want to live that life of danger.

I want to live that life of danger.

I want to be a fighting man.

I want to be a fighting

time though.

Yeah.

[music]

[music]

Mr. Johnson.

[music]

Let's go see our very own house.

[music]

It's nice, huh? The bed's just about the

size of your old bedroom.

Yeah, but it's ours.

Hey, there's no dishwasher.

And I just learned how to use one.

That's okay. There's no plates.

Oh, really?

So, what are we sleeping on?

Trucker's coming over later with a

mattress.

Hey, Trucker's here.

Yeah, he just got in. Of course, he

outranks me now, but he's not being too

disgusting about it.

Heat. Heat.

[music]

double time.

Jason,

remember our first date and you asked me

what I believed in and I didn't know.

I know now

this is what I believe in. [music]

Welcome home.

[music]

Heat. [music] Heat.

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