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What's wrong today? You came before midday.

I want to find you a woman, my son.

I'm going to arrange a marriage for you.

But where? Where are you going?

Never mind, I'll find a good dowry.

I'll show them this one here.

You just wait here. I'm going to Vlahopoulos.

I don't think he'll deny us his daughter!

Vlahopoulos is a big shot.

He used to be our boss. Don't go!

I'm going! I don't want Australia to take you away!

Australia! Australia!

I'm here to propose a match for the pride.

What did you say?

I didn't quite understand you.

I told you Vlahopoulos that I come to propose a match.

I have a man for your daughter.

Leave us alone, Costas.

Who are you?

Come closer.

Good morning, Katina.

What's your name?

Don't you remember me, Vlahopoulos?

My late husband used to work for you.

He died here at your house.

My name is Katina Zekou.

I am Thanos's mother.

You were relatives with my husband.

Oh yes, we were distant relatives, very distant...

Yes. Very distant.

Come closer.

Just tell me. Who sends you?

He who sends me wants to learn how much first.

How much is the dowry?

Oh, he first wants to know about the dowry.

He says that if the amount he's been told is right,

they won't take your daughter.

With such a low dowry, he says, you'll only find a loser.

Oh, I almost forgot.

He knows your daughter. He knows her well.

Come on! Tell me right away. Who is it?

He gives you an advice.

To marry her right away because nowadays...

Shut up! Will you tell me his name?

Don't shout! How much?

If you tell me his name, I'll give you a great gift for Easter.

Really?

I swear! In my daughter's life.

- 25 Drachmas. - How much?

35 Drachmas.

To buy a nice pair of socks for your son.

For Easter.

It's Thanos.

Thanos? Thanos who?

Thanos Zekos, my son.

Your son? Go away, stupid!

- Why? - Get out of here.

Why? Isn't my son good enough for you?

- Get lost! - Look! It's his.

- He brought it from Germany. - Out or I'll crush you!

- He stole it! - Lies!

He's a thief!

He worked nine months in the factory!

- He didn't want me to come. - He's a thief!

That's why they sent him away!

Just look at your daughter. Big deal!

Get inside right away! Close the door!

I have tobacco fields,

I have 17 workers,

that are worth a thousand times more

than your miserable son.

I know! I know what you give them.

I buried my husband barefoot!

I'll run over you, old hag!

Come and run me over, if you dare.

Not even your machine works.

- My son would have fixed it. - Kostas, Vasilis, Stavros!

Get her, grab her and throw her outside.

- Let me down! - Your son is a thief!

He dishonored us! He dishonored his homeland!

He's a whore's son!

You heard him? He called me a whore.

Me!

Katina Zekou!

The old priest Vangelis' daughter.

Damn you, Vlahopoulos!

Me, a whore?

Despina!

Grab this, Vlahopoulos people!

You losers!

This is all that's left to me.

Despina! Despina!

- Where were you? - Right here, father.

- Where here? - Here.

- What's wrong? - What's going on?

Leave us alone. I want to speak with your daughter.

- But what's wrong? - Leave us alone, I tell you.

Lord, have mercy.

When did you meet him again?

- Who? - Him, the thief!

This old hag's son.

- I didn't meet him again. - Lies! You tell lies!

Answer to me right now. When did you last see him?

A year ago.

When he got back from Germany.

And you've never seen him again?

- No. - That man... the murderer!

And now he sends his mother to me!

To me! Vlahopoulos!

What is happening here? In what times do we live?

Despina, Despina, my daughter.

Are you sure he never saw you again?

Are you sure he never approached you?

Are you sure he never touched you?

Come. Come closer.

You old hag. You jinx.

Come and sit down.

Dad.

Daddy, what's wrong?

Those bastards.

They want to destroy me, to exterminate me.

Who, father?

You know him?

- Whom? - Him.

That barefoot, that illiterate.

But we grew up together, dad,

when his father used to work here.

This is not a reason.

You have to respect your family's status and honor.

One day your brother will be a scientist.

And I'll find you a very nice groom.

Maybe a public servant.

On your wedding day, I want everyone to say:

"Oh, this Vlahopoulos,

look what a great man he found for his daughter

and what a nice dowry."

Understand?

Bravo.

Your brother is arriving shortly with a friend of his.

Are you happy to see Pericles?

Come on, come on

and soon enough you'll no longer be named Vlahopoulos.

Sit down, Papadimas.

My son Yangos found you at last.

- Here, take a cigarette. - Thank you, Karavidas.

Nice bike, good kid.

Do you still do matchmaking?

Don't call it that. I'm a taxman.

I know many people.

What's your commission, in general?

It depends.

I want to marry my son.

Oh congratulations! With whom?

I don't know yet.

Oh, I see.

I have more sheep than him on the other side of the mountain.

Five shepherds work for me

and ever since my son went to the army

I got another one.

That good-for-nothing guards my goats.

If I understood right

you are thinking of Vlahopoulos.

I'm thinking of my son, taxman!

Difficult, very difficult.

I'm thinking of your commission too.

I'm not like the state. I'm not ungrateful.

I'll try.

I want a quick response.

I have to find him a bride before he comes back from the army.

- I have my plans. - OK.

- Goodbye, Karavidas. - Goodbye, Papadimas.

He'll come back to you right away. Just two words with him.

Take him back to the village.

Later we'll go to the church.

Vlahopoulos's family will be there. Be clean.

- So much dust. - I'll go and change.

No! Keep your uniform. It fits you well.

Just brush it and have it ironed.

OK.

Have you learned what your prot�g�e did?

No. What?

He send his mother to Vlahopoulos to arrange a marriage to Despina.

- What a great competitor we have! - His mother wanted it.

She doesn't let him leave for Australia.

- How do you know that? - She told me herself this morning.

It's time to get back from the army.

I don't want him to guard my animals anymore.

- Why, did he do anything wrong? - Not yet.

But I'm keeping an eye on him.

I know you love him. He is your cousin.

For your sake I gave him work while he was starving to death,

when he was sent away from Germany.

Yes, we must help the poor.

God will reward us.

Th. Zekos.

Hey, hey!

My son is not good enough right? My poor man...

Yet we need this dowry.

We need it so much! Dowry! Dowry!

Do you know that my father was a great priest?

If he could read the Gospel, that he knew by heart,

he could have become a bishop.

What if I married a useless man?

Do you hear me down there?

Your father was useless. And you are like him.

They insulted me,

they threw me out because of you.

Me! Katina Zekou!

Your son is a thief, Katina.

Nobody wants your son.

Do you hear me? Nobody wants you.

You'll be hungry your whole life.

Just like your father.

Let me leave this place.

I don't want to starve to death.

I don't want to live as a eunuch.

Let me leave for Adelaide in Australia.

No! No!

No!

Europe! Europe, full of cars!

Look at all this misery.

Come on, shepherd. Stop pestering me.

Pestering, eh?

Your wailing pesters me no less, shepherd.

Hey, shepherd!

Haven't you heard?

Don't you hear for 7 days now

the booming my sheep make when they burst?

- Don't shout. - Hey, hey!

They stabbed my dog.

They stole my sheep. They'll throw me in prison.

Germany! Germany!

Cut it!

You are yelling 'Germany,' but, even there, you were nothing.

Nothing.

A blockhead here, a blockhead there.

You don't know how to read or a trade.

So stop yelling.

You wail, you moan like a female shepherd.

But if you weren't that poor and stupid,

your sheep would have been still alive.

You killed them, female shepherd!

I took my own goats to doctor.

Look at my sheep, shepherd.

Listen at the winds raised by my sheep.

They're coming from Europe and they're going to Australia.

I'm going to burry my dog.

Then I'll go after the goats.

Let me help you.

For the heavenly music.

For the earthly music. When the mountains shake.

Thanos! Thanos!

It's your boss. Your boss's son.

- Be careful, shepherd. - He's my friend.

The rich are cautious with their poor friends.

And they're right.

The poor are not cautious with their rich friends.

And they're wrong.

- When did you arrive? - Last night.

- Where's your uniform? - They are ironing it for... for Easter.

- I'm happy to see you. - Welcome.

How's the army?

Great. They teach us some great tricks.

- Have you jumped with a parachute? - Not yet.

You know, I saw your mother this morning.

Where are you running to?

To find the goats that escaped.

- Your father will kill me! - What?

Come!

I'm coming.

I'm coming, brother. Wait!

Thanos! The cape!

What?

Where could these goats have gone?

- Has Vlahopoulos shown up yet? - Not yet.

- Do you want something? - No, just something to tell him.

- One coffee. - Coming!

The newspapers are full of crap.

Sometimes they have some news too.

Compared to what they're hiding from us?

This is not possible! A place without newspapers?

A civilized place?

Yes sir. It is possible.

I tell you it is possible.

- What's wrong? - Nothing at all.

A black coffee from Mr. Vlahopoulos.

My respects, Mr. Vlahopoulos.

Good morning, Mr. taxman.

- Do sit down. - Thank you.

Your daughter Despina is about to...

Oh... She is still very young. She has time to...

I have to admit that you have prepared a generous dowry.

You know what she said, Nikos? That's what I think of you.

Certainly not, Mr. Vlahopoulos.

I was speaking with Karavidas...

Listen what Manolis has to say.

A truly civilized place is the one

that needs no newspapers.

So Greece is not a civilized place.

In ancient Greece there were no newspapers.

Manolis is right.

Maybe, but a modern place needs the press.

We don't need this lying press. This rotten press.

Then tell me sir how we learn all the news?

- And during the wars? - And during the revolution?

It's civil war, not revolution.

It's foreigners' fault

who mixed up with us and made us kill each other.

Maybe

but they didn't need to push us any hard to fight each other.

I lost two brothers during this cursed war.

Damn the war. He took my three children away.

There are people here who were with the party that killed my father.

He was a traitor.

Here's another traitor!

How many did you turn in?

Me a traitor? Me?

That's right, you! Snitch!

Just you wait here, bastard, and I'll be back.

I'm coming with you.

They're going to get their guns. Quickly, let's get ours.

I'll think about it, Papadimas.

I didn't know he had so many sheep.

- His son Yangos is a good kid, right? - Very good!

OK, I'll think about it.

- Here's your father. - Where?

Over there, don't you see him?

Oh yes.

It's yours too from now on.

He's your father-in-law since your father agrees.

He'll be very happy when he learns about it.

And you?

Are you happy that we'll be family?

Is there a question?

Didn't we tell you, Mr. Karavidas? We did!

The son of Katina Zekou is a thief, a bum!

You shouldn't have trusted your goats to that ungrateful man!

Katina Zekou, your son is only good for hanging.

You who are starving,

where will you find any bread now that he's in jail?

Thanos! My son! Thanos!

I curse the day my belly spew you up.

Katina Zekou! Open up your belly.

Your son Thanos wants to disappear.

You're right, Thanos.

My father does not like you. He'll throw you to jail.

Be ready.

What if I escaped?

I'll do my best to stop him.

I swear. I'll talk to him. I'll plead with him.

If we escaped together?

And go where? Where?

What will happen to me if he learns what you did?

You know what a savage he is.

Damn them...

Damn them. I have to find all these goats.

So that not even one will be missing.

A disgrace! Get out! (in German)

Your German is great. 'ja, ja... gute, gute...'

If Vlahopoulos would give me his daughter and the dowry

I'd buy fields for tobacco.

I'd never cultivate broad beans like this idiot over there.

Tobacco... Tobacco is gold.

OK with the dowry, but what about Despina?

Don't you feel sorry for not marrying her?

You don't, right?

She wouldn't stand a chance against the German girls!

Look who's talking!

Bastard, there's nothing you wouldn't do there, right?

So Vlahopoulos said no, right?

What if he said yes, with the disaster fell on me...

Well...

I heard what happened at Vlahopoulos today and what your mother did...

- What did she do? - Look at that.

- Tell me what happened. - Shake your legs, he'll steal it!

Thanos! Thanos! Vlahopoulos threw her out

and then she lifted her skirt like this

in front of the whole village and showed...

Hands off the goat, scoundrel! Give it back!

- Get out of my field! - Give the goat back!

- Get out of my field! - Give the goat back!

- You bastard, give it back. - Get out!

I didn't want those hicks to see me, understand?

I don't want my father to know we were together.

So? Will we escape together?

Will we go to Australia?

Thanos?

I have to leave once I finish with the army.

Because my father wants me to marry.

And do you know with whom?

With Despina.

- With whom? - With Despina.

He sent a matchmaker.

He wants to buy me a mini-market with the dowry and sell the animals.

If Vlahopoulos agrees, I'm obliged to get married. Got it?

Then get married.

But I don't want to. I want to go abroad like you did.

I want to make my own future. I want to earn money, a lot of money.

- I don't want to own a store. - You are very difficult to please.

- Isn't a store enough for you? - No, it's not.

Thanos, you gave me your word.

Don't forget you promised.

When you returned from Germany you said we'd leave together.

Shut up! Those devils are over there.

Thanos, let's go. Let's get away from here.

Away from mothers and fathers and away from all this poverty.

Together we'll fear nobody. Look. Look.

Let's go, let's go!

It's not possible Yangos. I'll go to jail and you to the army.

All the better! You'll get out of jail once I finish with the army.

And then we'll leave together!

But where are those two goats. Where the hell did they go?

Yangos!

Agreed!

I'll take you with me to Australia.

You'll be very useful with all that you've learnt in the army.

You killed my dog very smoothly.

Tell me...

What did you do with the goats?

Of course, they were yours. You wouldn't mind.

We'll see each other again in Australia.

Can't you even open a table? For Christ's sake!

Come on now, pull from each side at the same time.

I'm leaving you alone.

Don't go far away. I'll need you.

Here's the letter you gave me moments ago.

Your father writes that he agrees.

You'll get married to Despina.

He gives you his blessing, and so do I.

You have great parents.

They raised you to what you are today.

I wish you my child, with all my heart,

to follow their example.

I made sacrifices for my children too.

I secured my daughter's future

and her husband's.

With the dowry, I'll buy you an apartment in Thessaloniki.

I've already chosen one.

See?

There, right beside the rock.

Did she do such a thing?

Here? In front of everybody?

The amount that you know

is deposited in the bank.

You'll use it in case of emergency.

Birth, sickness... God forbid, but...

why am I saying all these things

when your father has already done it?

So...

Have we reached an agreement, my son?

- Sure father. - Then fine.

- Come on, come on. - Oh, at last!

Here is the groom.

Come here son. I have something to tell you.

My son, the day has come that I will also take my share

after so many years of hard work.

It coincides with Holy Saturday too.

However, I will keep sacrificing myself

until the day you'll also get married to a young woman

with a nice dowry and a good upbringing like your sister.

When you complete your studies

with my help and god's help,

you'll be a dentist. And something else...

Go inside and speak to your sister.

Go to tell her the great news.

- But I... But I don't.. - Go.

Go and tell her that the engagement will take place tomorrow.

Holy Virgina! What's this evil?

An old lady goes around naked in the streets on broad daylight

and they don't give a damn, do they?

And on the same day, her son goes on and slaughters...

Something bad, very bad is going to happen...

What did Thanos do?

Haven't you heard?

When they told him that he is not allowed to marry you,

out of anger he started slaughtering the goats

and then his own dog!

And escaped to the mountain. The gendarmes are after him.

They say he swore not to let them catch him alive.

Come in.

What's the matter, Pericles?

Lula, would you mind waiting in the dining room?

- We won't be long. - Take your time.

I'll be waiting, Despina.

Despina...

Father assigned me with a mission that concerns you.

A mission?

I'm charged with telling you some news that...

is very important to you.

It determines your future.

I hope you'll be pleased.

I hope for it wholeheartedly.

- What's the news? - No, I used the wrong words.

That I wish you is not to feel pleasure...

- But Pericles... - No, no!

I wanted to say that I hope you'll be content with this news

or rather be happy.

What is this about?

- Are you playing tricks with me? - The young man that is here...

The one who came with me from Thessaloniki...

- Yes? - He's your husband.

He was bought with many gold sovereigns.

They're giving a good pay to someone to make you his slave.

This is the good news.

The best news.

You spill it out like spit.

My joyful times.

Why to announce this news as if it was a misfortune?

Tell me.

What's bothering you, Pericles?

Despina, Despina.

Pericles, please don't cry.

Don't cry with my tears.

Who are you? A worm? A plant or a living being?

You've only seen this man once.

You don't even know his name, what kind of person he is!

If he hides a hunchback? A big mole?

If his feet stink or his armpits? Tell me. Do you like him?

I find him perfectly fine. Since my father chose him.

But it concerns you! It's about your life.

Have you never wanted to meet other men?

I mean, to talk to them, get to know them,

associate with them, learn about them!

Never wanted to search in the crowd

to find the hand that will ease your anxiety?

- Touch your waist, your breast? - Enough, Pericles. Stop it!

No... you're not a living being.

You are a plant.

Go out in the streets. Learn to breathe.

- Choose! - In the streets?

In public, right?

Get to know men. Associate with them?

Find lovers?

Shall I choose the handsome ones? The ugly ones?

Shepherds or rich from the city?

In order to choose wisely

I should try.

And if I spend my life from one bed to the other

without finding this hand? That will always slip away?

If I start liking searching it...

and never finding it?

To choose?

Choose... what?

- Choose to offer myself? - Stop it!

Stop it, you miserable girl.

You speak like a female.

You women don't know how to discuss.

I wanted to speak about the rights of modern woman

without even touching the question of love.

Of love? Speak about love?

I love my husband.

Yes.

I already love him. Like I always loved you.

Like I always loved my father. I never chose you.

For what rights are you talking about?

Maybe for your right to make me a whore?

And one of the worst, for all that matters.

A volunteer whore?

If you give me the right to choose,

I want it complete.

Before choosing a husband, to choose a father

and a brother.

To choose a mother's womb.

Father, I'm grateful.

You are so nice, so generous.

You are God!

Go and kiss your mother.

Mother, don't cry.

We'll come and visit. Thessaloniki is not far away.

That's enough woman.

Let her kiss her brother and her fianc�.

We'll be late for church!

This is your engagement present.

Wear it tonight. At the resurrection.

You lost everything in one day.

You ruined me.

You ruined yourself. You are damned!

Damn your father that got me pregnant with you.

With this jinx, with this sickness!

What's wrong, Katina?

Why are you cursing on a night like this?

A holy night, the night of Virgin's Son.

Don't make him angry or he won't resurrect!

He will stay in the ground.

They robbed my son, those dogs. They slaughtered his sheepdog.

They will put him in jail.

Damn my hunger! I'm loosing my bread!

The dog? Who did he kill his dog?

Who could kill a dog? Never before...

Tell me, dear shepherds.

Has anyone of you ever seen,

ever heard here in our land or in other places,

in the old times or nowadays,

that a boss, a boss I tell you,

stole and slaughtered his own herd?

That harmed his own belongings?

- Man and goats? - Shut up. Shut up, you imbecile!

Your mother is right! You're worth nothing!

Where were you hiding when your sheep and dog were slaughtered?

You are a worthless shepherd!

Not even worthy of your wages!

You're dishonest! You're a liar!

Get out of here! Go to hell! You jinx!

Mother.

My mother.

Come on, please.

Send me away. Ask me to leave.

Give me your blessing to go to Australia.

Let me go.

Get up immediately.

Wash up, shave, change clothes and go to the grand church!

Wait for your boss.

After the end of the service, throw yourself at his and his son's feet

fall on your knees and ask for forgiveness.

I'm hungry and so are you.

- Come on then, get up! - I don't have a razor.

When you are away in the foreign lands,

I'm as good as dead.

When you are here, you are the dead body.

By cursing you I feel alive again.

But you'll soon leave

because I'm going to burst from cursing you.

I'm going to fetch you a razor.

Wait here for me.

Blue beads!

Shepherds! My colleagues and countrymen come quickly!

Listen up! I found it! I found it!

- But what's going on tonight? - What's now?

- Who's shouting? - Haralambos. It's me, Haralambos.

I found it, I found it!

Are they all dead, Haralambos? All our animals?

All of them.

They were cursed and died.

The spells became wind and blew up their guts.

They were cursed, woman.

You're losing your wits, shepherdess.

Search for the curse in your own head.

Shut up, you doctor!

I'm telling this again.

They died because they swallowed the cursed wind!

Haralambos is right! They cast an evil eye on us!

Ten of my sheep burst under the sun.

- 13 of mine. - And my whole flock from the cursed wind.

- Curse! Curse! - The animals burst due to your stupidity.

- Listen to the German! - Damn you.

Bloated with curses yourself you'll burst right in front of us!

Get out of here! Go and find some other place!

Let's send him away.

He isn't worth the trouble! He isn't worth the trouble!

With what I found, nothing can harm us.

What did you find, Haralambos?

The eye of the envy! The eye of the hate!

The eye of the jinx! The neighbor's eye!

The evil eye!

The eye!

Wait! Wait! Don't move.

Listen up.

I was up there high at the peak of the mountain.

I wanted to find a remedy for our woes.

I was asking for it for a long time,

a long time...

Then a voice answered to me.

Listen. Listen.

"Tonight Haralambos, I'll offer you the truth."

"Go to the village and give all the beads away."

"I chose your village for tonight."

"Run, my messenger! Run, my booted eagle!"

Take this razor and go back to our shack to shave.

- Everyone is around Haralambos. - What is he up to?

Don't be a smartass. He's sly like a fox.

I have to boil them first, mix them with the herb

according to the secret instructions given to me.

I have to know if all of you agree on silverplating her holy icon.

in order to show her our gratitude.

Silver, not gold.

Nice.

Well then, bring me some pure milk milked by a virgin.

A little honey.

And may the poorest woman in the village help me.

Katina Zekou.

Come here, Katina.

Come and help me send the curse away

from our houses and our pens.

Come.

Come.

Our misfortunes will work together.

Yes, Haralambos, yes. Save us from the curse.

Go and fetch the honey, the milk and all the beads you can find.

Yes.

The blue beads, the evil eye.

The blue beads, the evil eye.

Have all the bells you hold already sounded?

Death made them sound while the animals were bursting.

Yes! Yes!

Let's start, then.

For silverplating your icon, my sweet Holy Virgin,

that's all left to me!

What if your son goes to jail? You won't die from hunger.

He didn't steal the goats. The brute!

I know that. He is incapable of doing such a thing.

I'll light two candles for the Virgin Mary.

The one so as to protect him

and the other to give him some brain.

He has lost his, all right.

- There is nothing to do now. - Then to recover it.

I thought it over.

I won't send him the gendarmes tonight.

- Not until Monday. - But why?

The people...

The people will say that it's not right to arrest a poor man

in the middle of the resurrection, in the time of love and amnesty.

But on Monday morning, he'll be in jail.

- Where have you been all day? - I went for a walk in the village.

Did you see Papadimas the matchmaker?

No, why?

He said everything will turn out fine. Vlahopoulos didn't say no.

Vlahopoulos is sneaky!

I hope it won't take long before saying yes.

You should make an impression tonight.

Take this, Despina. This is all that's left to me.

- That old lady, she's funny! - Who sent Papadimas the matchmaker?

- Karavidas for his son. - The bastard!

So rich and still a fortune-hunter!

- What did Vlahopoulos say? - That he agrees.

- The rich with the rich. - And the woman with man.

Why don't they give me the money and let them keep their girls.

Son of God!

Please listen to a poor old lady.

Listen to an unfortunate mother.

You who bend under the weight of our sins.

Take the weight of another sin.

It's light as the dust.

It's my son's sin.

Son of God, conciliate us.

Conciliate the children of darkness.

Conciliate the brothers

that became enemies! - Come on, break away.

- All humanity! - Everyone in the church.

- There he is! - Who?

Thanos, the shepherd.

- The shepherd. He's hurt. - For your sake.

To see you for just one second,

he defies the gendarmes, even death!

- Despina! - Stop it, Lula.

So Karavidas,

whoever blows the weak fire of generosity

breathes the ashes of ingratitude...

and loses his goats.

- Did you have him arrested? - Well, Vlahopoulos, no.

- No? - Not until Monday.

You see, everything happened

in the middle of Resurrection, the day of love...

There is no special day for murderers, Karavidas.

Yes, but the poor old lady...

At once! Throw him in jail at once!

How's the army, Yangos? Great uniform!

What a marvelous uniform! It suits you perfectly.

It's great in the army, Despina. I only want one thing.

To get over with it as soon as possible because...

Come, move on! Get going, Despina.

(Priest recites excerpts from the Gospel)

Let's go, Katina.

- You take the Body of Christ... - Katina.

In the name of the Father,

and the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Karavidas!

Come here, Karavidas.

Come here, Karavidas.

I have some news to tell you. Some great news.

Let's wait for him down the road.

May you and your son be happy both.

It's about a good match for a marriage.

Where is Despina?

Despina, Pericles.

Just wait for one second, Karavidas. I won't be long. I'll bring my daughter.

Patience. I promise you'll be very happy.

- Let's get going. - What are you talking about?

- Right down the road. - Yangos, are you crazy?

We're waiting for Vlahopoulos.

Mr. Karavidas.

Mr. Karavidas, Sir!

The idiot, the blockhead the deadbeat!

To come here and upset me

and to do it right now.

Dear Christians, please intervene.

Tell him to listen to me

not with his back only.

I'm his slave.

If he was in jail, he wouldn't be here.

- We still have time. - No.

Wait. Not here.

Look at me.

Offer me your gaze.

For Christ's sake!

Look at him.

Just look at Thanos Zekos!

Look at the thief!

Stand up! Beat it, I said!

In the middle of Resurrection!

I'd have thrown him in jail without a second thought!

- His poor old mother! - You must know when to forgive!

I'd never be tempted by a few goats!

May you be happy with your son, my boss Mr. Karavidas. Forgive.

May you be happy with your son.

May your dreams come true!

Look at all this misfortune that falls on my shoulders

that will stay forever with me, your slave.

May your son be rich

and stay with you

and become worthy of you.

Get up!

To show you that despite what you've done

I have a good heart.

In honor of Jesus who's watching us,

I won't put you in jail.

God, please make my father die. To be gone, disappear!

Karavidas! Wait!

Wait, this can't be true. You can't let him free!

Him! The murderer! Him! The son of the bitch!

Bastard! Crook! Son of the shrew!

Murderer! Faggot!

Karavidas!

You have to throw him in jail. Right now.

In the prison van! In the prison van!

Where are the gendarmes? Call the gendarmes!

- Gendarmes! - Shall we go call the police?

Let's go.

Gendarmes!

Karavidas, you don't have the right!

Karavidas, think it over! Be careful!

Karavidas, for God's sake!

You can't do this to our society.

To us honest men!

Mr. Vlahopoulos is right. Let's call the police.

Forgive me, Vlahopoulos. Karavidas keeps his word.

Forgive me. It just happened.

It's gone now.

- I'm an Orthodox! - Jesus is risen, boss Karavidas!

- He's risen from the dead. - He's a blasphemer!

He doesn't believe in God.

He's a thief! A murderer!

- What has he done after all? - I don't know.

- So you don't want him in jail. - I can't, Vlahopoulos.

Don't you understand?

But I'll send him away. I'll throw him out.

Out there he'll die from hunger. You'll see.

- The gendarmes are coming! - They're coming.

Lula.

No, you're crazy! I don't want to!

Great!

Splendid!

Well...

Listen this well, Karavidas!

Prick up your ears!

Karavidas!

You are a gentleman, known, well-respected...

with property...

Well...

This afternoon, you sent me a matchmaker...

You sent...

your snitch, Papadimas!

You want my daughter's dowry.

A dowry like that of course, only Vlahopoulos can give.

You're a countryman, from our village.

Vlahopoulos probably wouldn't refuse.

Listen to me, Karavidas.

After what happened,

after this scandal here in front of everybody...

Vlahopoulos be careful of what you'll say.

Karavidas, Vlahopoulos always

keeps his word just like you.

Here's my son-in-law.

Zacharias Soulas, a scientist!

Let's go!

Vlahopoulos. You will pay for this.

You will pay for this insult!

I swear by Jesus Christ.

In my son's life!

I'll have my revenge! I'll have my revenge!

Where is this damn thief.

Where is the shrew's son.

He will pay too. Where are you, Yangos?

Where are you? Yangos! They offended your father.

- I lost my honor. - Karavidas, save my son!

Have mercy! Mercy!

Thanos! Where's Thanos?

Thanos! Thanos!

She's at the school. Hurry! She's crazy!

Tell her to be quick.

Her father will kill her if he finds out.

He'll kill us all. Hurry!

Where? At the school?

There is no one there. They are away on vacations.

- What? - On vacations!

Jesus Christ! Hurry up!

Shepherd!

- You know where the school is? - Sure.

Then run!

Thanos, come quickly.

I'm waiting for you.

Thanos!

Come here.

People passing by could see us.

I have to talk to you, Thanos!

I don't have much time.

I'm in a hurry.

It's yours. Take it.

Take it now and leave, Thanos.

Run!

You can sell it.

It's expensive.

It's my engagement present.

Sell it and get out of here.

Travel abroad, to Australia, wherever you want.

Despina, come quickly.

We have to leave right now.

Please, Thanos! Please! Take it now.

Quickly, Thanos! I have to go.

Pick it up, shepherd. Crawl on your belly.

You are great at crawling.

Bring it back to me right this instant.

- Despina. - Hush, Lula! I'm coming.

Despina! Despina!

I can't wait any longer.

Let's get out of here!

Despina! Despina!

Get up, Despina.

- Give me my shoes. - Get up.

The rocks on the street are waiting for your bare feet.

Lula! Lula! Lula!

Get up, Despina. I'm hungry. Let's go.

Go? Where to? I have to...

You came to bring me this necklace.

You want me to sell it.

But no one will believe that such an expensive piece of jewelry

belongs to a thieving shepherd like Thanos Zekos.

They will throw him in jail.

So come with me. Together we can sell it.

Unless you are only pretending that you're trying to save me

just to send me to jail.

If you bring salvation, don't offer only half of it.

Half a good deed makes the worst damage.

It can ruin a person.

Let's get out of here.

But I... can't.

I can't.

The shepherd...

He's killing her...

Despina!

Come on, Zacharias. Get her.

Yangos!

Is that you, Yangos?

Go to hell!

- What are you doing? - Can't you see? I'm waiting.

- For whom? - Your father, of course.

- Where is he? - Looking for the lost ones. You.

Come here, Despina. Come at once.

It's not Despina, father.

Come at once!

Despina! Despina! Come here I said!

- Who is it? - Lula. She's...

Lula? Is it Lula? And what about Despina?

Where's Despina?

Tell me, where's Despina?

Only she knows, but she can't say it.

She doesn't speak.

She suffers a nervous breakdown. She's mute.

Catch her!

Stavros! Kostas! Get her.

- Get her at once! - She will speak.

Get her at once! She's broken.

She needs a sedative. A little quiet...

Get her, my brave boy! Get her my lad!

Take her to our veranda. To veranda at once!

Sit her down!

She must relax.

Where's Despina, damn it?

Iro, bring some water.

- Where did you find her? - On the street.

- Where? - In front of the church. Mute!

And Despina? Despina? Damn it!

Where's Despina, damn it?

Lula, my child, speak to me.

Where's my daughter?

Talk to me.

Don't be afraid.

Where's my Despina?

Where's Despina?

- Where's Despina? - Vlahopoulos!

Vlahopoulos!

Unlucky father but rich man. Listen to me.

Who are you?

What do you want from me at this hour?

Don't get angry, Vlahopoulos!

Look at the godsend thing I'm tossing.

My sweet Despina!

What happened to you, my daughter?

Look at her shoe! It's Despina's.

- My little Despina! - Vlahopoulos!

You still have time.

Your daughter is still alive and untouched.

But this won't last for long.

I advice you not to waste time.

Listen carefully, Vlahopoulos.

Put 3000 in a bag quickly

and in return you'll learn where your daughter is and with whom.

Poor rich man.

For just a fragment of your fortune I offer you your honor.

It's your job to defend her.

Quickly, Vlahopoulos.

In a moment I'll vanish into the night.

Vlahopoulos, pay attention.

Your daughter is with Katina Zekou's son.

The shepherd.

I can't tell you who's dragging whom

and who's following.

Don't play smart. Where were you?

You are not even capable of kneeling down.

Me? An old lady pleading on your behalf?

- Get up, Katina. - Who is it? You?

Get up, Katina Zekou. It's me Haralambos.

Haralambos? But I'm waiting for Karavidas.

I have to smooth him up. My son...

No, Katina. The time for pleading is over.

The time for mercy is over. The charity is over.

Get up. Go back to your shack.

My son. Where's my son?

What did they do to my son?

A girl offered him her engagement necklace out of mercy.

She told him to sell it and leave. Escape jail.

- And? - He doesn't want it. He's stubborn.

He has what he wants, the little fianc�e.

And let her world burn to ashes.

- Is she rich? - She is the one.

What a joy!

My son is born.

I'm going to the shop opposite.

I have to get some things.

Come.

Once you hear the noise throw the stone to the glass.

No! No, Thanos. I don't want to.

OK, Thanos. I'll do what you want.

The moment you hear noise. With all your strength.

- On your knees. - On your knees, Karavidas.

What's the matter? Have you gone mad? I'm looking for my son.

Your son is in danger.

He thinks he's still Vlahopoulos' son-in-law.

- He didn't hear him dishonor you. - Enough. I'm going to bed.

With the battle uniform and a dagger in his belt

runs after his fianc�e,

the dowry and the honor

that this lady's son grabbed in front of the church.

I don't believe a single thing.

The battle uniform is missing from your son's room

and also the dagger and himself.

Apart from the lady, only I can tell you

where the opponents will confront each other.

Where's Yangos? Where's my son?

I'm begging you.

My only son. Where is he?

- For God's sake, tell me. - On your knees!

On your knees.

Lick it.

Lick it, Karavidas.

Don't forget to call me as soon as possible.

- And inform me on what your father... - It's no use.

- I no longer count on them. - But it's ridiculous.

Everything can be fixed. Despina could just possibly...

Get going.

Climb up.

There you are again on the machine.

Ready to go for revenge.

Your machine needs wings. Thanos is near the sky.

All the better.

This way...

he will fall from even higher

into the hell I'm preparing for him.

It's better to have a poor son-in-law than a whore for a daughter

and a name that is not fitting even for the dogs.

You are nothing now. Nothing, nothing!

Only bones from a dead carcass, under the sun.

Keep walking, Despina.

Go on.

From up there where you stand

you shouldn't be afraid of some unimportant trials.

Keep walking.

You Parthenon!

No, no! Don't hit me anymore!

I keep walking.

I'm going on.

Thanos!

You hurt me.

Don't hit me, stinky shepherd!

Can't you see I'm walking?

You're saying I hurt you, damn whore?

Can't you see I'm hitting you?

A thief!

- Call me a thief. - Shepherd.

I'm not a shepherd anymore. I'm neither stinky nor clean.

Goat herder!

I'm raising the flag I grabbed from your family's treasure.

You stinky goat herder!

- You! - Servant!

My plunder is in this suitcase.

- Stench! - Plunderer of honor!

- Beggar! - I... castrate.

Son of a bitch!

Thanos! Thanos, please, don't start again.

Yes. You are a thief.

The greatest thief! Bandit leader!

A gangster! A murderer!

I love you!

I love you!

I love you, thief!

I love you, murderer! I love you, plunderer!

I love you, castrator.

I love you, dishonest!

Demise of my family!

Tomb of my family name!

In a few minutes the Easter sun will rise.

- A day of love and reconciliation... - I love you.

- Jesus is risen. - I love you.

Greece is risen.

Long live the revolution!

Devastator! I love you!

- Don't leave me, love. - I'm leaving you, love.

Take this.

But why, father?

Why are you doing this, father? It's a crime.

Why is it a crime, student?

But it's your crops. One whole year's work.

No, dentist!

Keep this in mind.

These ruined plants are nothing but honor!

Our own honor!

But it's a downright murder!

They'll put me in jail.

But you're already murdered and dishonored, Pericles.

And now think.

The penalty for revenge on a matter of honor is light.

We are in Greece.

You'll be out of jail in no time and you'll hold your head up.

This is your land, you hear me?

Rid it of the shame!

For the last time!

If you won't use this, I will!

I'll erase you from this world.

I'll erase your mother, your sister

and myself in the end.

- Keep quiet. - Keep it down please.

Jesus has resurrected Mr. Mayor.

Who? The Prefect?

To make an example of him? But of course I'll follow the order.

Yes. Thanos Zekos. He signs his crimes.

If he knows how to write? But see...

Despina.

Despina, wait.

It's me, Yangos.

It's Yangos. Stop!

Stop.

Don't come any closer.

Despina, it's Yangos!

I've come to help you. What happened?

Go away and don't look at me.

I've come to help you, Despina.

- I found these shoes. - Get lost!

Go back where you came from.

- Go to hell! - What's wrong?

What did they do to you? What's this mess?

It's none of your business. I'll survive on my own. Go!

It's this crook's fault, right? What did he do to you?

Don't you understand?

Despina, I'm here to save you, to take revenge.

But first of all I want to know if he... if he touched you.

- Are you still... - I am still alive.

My name's Despina Vlahopoulou.

If I had been molested, I would have committed suicide.

Go away!

My family's men are on their way.

They're coming to kill that piece of garbage,

that dared to look at me.

No, Despina, I'll go. I'll do it!

Quickly! Tell me where he is.

For the last time, Karavidas, I order you to go away.

The Vlahopoulos family's coming.

- If you stay here... - Despina Vlahopoulou.

Yangos Karavidas, your fianc�.

My fianc�?

- Who made you my fianc�? - Vlahopoulos.

Your father in front of the church.

I've been looking for you ever since.

Lula told me that this slave,

this shepherd, Thanos Zekos

at the school he... - Stop it!

Never say this name again in front of me

until it's fully erased

until my eyes see this stench,

this abomination crashed into pieces!

He grabbed me in front of the grand church.

He made me follow him.

He put his knife on my back.

He brought me to the school to rape me.

He threw himself on me. He hit me.

He turned me upside down. He humiliated me.

Stop, Despina.

Just tell me where he is.

I'll find him and stab him.

Calm down... fianc�.

Calm down.

Listen to me.

I want to watch him die.

I want to see you punish him.

- My avenger! - Let's go, Despina.

Stop! Stop! Save my son!

Save him! Save him!

Save him! Save my son!

Stop, Vlahopoulos, in the name of Jesus!

Stop!

What's happening? Who dares?

On a day like this, day of Life and Resurrection of our Lord

I ask from you to save my son who is in danger.

He's a crook, he's a thief!

This day, here in your own village, Archbishop!

the father went on to kill his child!

She is a filthy woman, she's a whore!

Save her, save my son,

in the name of the one you say you represent.

Quiet! Quiet!

I only have spiritual power.

I promise to pray for you.

Pray and repent.

Forgive each other. Love each other.

For the rest, go to the gendarmerie!

Look, my family is coming.

My family's men.

Let's go.

Wait here for me.

I'll return with his eyes in my hand.

Thanos!

Thanos!

Thanos!

Thanos!

Thanos!

- Thanos! - Slut!

Bitch.

Slut! Whore! Fucking slut!

Don't let them. They must not go up there. They're armed.

If the shepherd sees them, he'll kill my son.

Stay calm. Stay calm, Mr. Karavidas.

My men will be there first.

Let's go! Let's go!

Come on, let's go.

Vlahopoulos, the shepherd took your daughter

Vlahopoulos, the shepherd took your daughter

Before Pericles arrives and kills her

The king visited army units

and greeted both officers and servicemen

while the gathered crowd was cheering him.

...they addressed the King with the cry:

"Jesus is risen, Greece is risen."

Yangos Karavidas!

Can you hear me?

Yangos Karavidas!

Don't make the work of gendarmerie more difficult.

Come down here!

I order you!

Yangos Karavidas!

Your father is speaking to you.

Listen to him!

Yangos.

Yangos, my son. You are mistaken.

Despina Vlahopoulou is not your fianc�e.

Yangos, come down.

Yangos.

Come here, Yangos. Let me untie your hands.

Go back to your father. Thanos doesn't exist anymore.

Watch out, Kyriakos!

Surround him!

He's dangerous. He's learned tricks in Europe.

This Thanos, the European.

Thanos of your dreams, never existed.

The Germans didn't sent me away.

Shame drove me away, because I'm illiterate.

I didn't want to sign with a cross

in front of the other workers one day at the factory.

They took me for a suspect, a revolutionary.

A dangerous person.

Ja, ja... Gute, gute...

Come, Yangos.

Take your knife and your stick.

Leave with your hands free.

Here.

Take this, Despina.

Untie your fianc�.

No. I'm coming.

Don't forget your cap, soldier.

(Despina whore)

Come! Come on soldier! Come quickly!

Come, my fianc�! Come, my death!

Hurry up, please!

- Hurry up! - Hurry up.

Don't let your fianc�e waiting.

A parachutist never lets death waiting.

Filthy woman! Liar man!

- Like this, Yangos. - Beggar!

- Like this, my dear. - Pathetic loser!

- This is you at last. - You're nothing.

- One of my own. - I'm not afraid of you.

My sun, at last.

Despina, be my chief bridesmaid.

Chief bridesmaid for his joy!

Today he weds with my steel.

Thanos.

I love you.

If you ask nicely

I'll bury you both in the same hole.

You and your whore!

I missed you, you know.

Son of the boss!

From yesterday afternoon I missed your vile love.

You are my slave! You are my dog!

Beggar!

Can you hear it?

I seduce your sisters,

your daughters and your fianc�es.

I'm the shepherd of trouble!

In the name of the bishop that sent us!

Stop the slaughter!

Stop the slaughter!

Let me do my job.

- Go ahead! Continue! - Stop the slaughter!

Run, Haralambos! Run!

Run! Run, Pericles!

Shut up, Vlahopoulos! Shut up!

Don't go back! Don't go back!

Stay on the spot! It's nothing!

You'll get through of it. Stay on the spot!

Mr. Minister underlined

with regard to the imposed restrictions that:

Don't forget, gentlemen, that we have to deal with a patient

who is placed on the surgery bed

If the surgeon does not operate on him carefully enough

on the surgery bed

Instead of restoring his health through the surgical operation,

there is strong probability to drive him to death.

Thanos!

Katina gives you her blessing.