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You're cruel

You have become my affliction

This is my luck

And that's the path that I walked

You've ensnared my heart

Then, O beautiful one You deserted me

You're cruel

You have become my affliction

You're cruel You have become my affliction

And that's the path that I walked

OBSESS

I'm right here, sweetie.

They served dinner while you slept, but I didn't want to wake you.

I see his face every time I close my eyes.

I know you're upset and tired,

and bottling all this up

so Maha wouldn't notice.

But at least when you and I are alone, share it with me. Talk to me.

Like you tell me everything else.

I put the past behind me.

I don't want to dig it up.

Mona.

Whatever you might hear, don't believe it.

Okay?

KUWAIT - 1978

MAY HE REST IN PEACE SALEH GHANNAM AL-DHAWI - 12/12/1978

May God have mercy on his soul.

May he rest in peace.

Come on, Talal. I'll take you home.

Come on, son. Let's go.

I need a moment alone.

Will you wait for me?

Okay.

What's this?

AL-DHAWI CO. PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSES 26 DEAD

Can someone explain this?

REPARATIONS TO BE ASTRONOMICAL

A construction site for a parking complex collapsed.

The rest of our properties were seized by court order.

Why wasn't I told?

Because I live abroad?

Am I not your son?

Am I not one of you?

Don't blame your mother.

She didn't want to trouble you while you were away.

No, it's okay.

Talal is right.

All I can say is… I leave whoever did this in God's hands.

Who did what, Mom?

What she means is,

the police said it's very likely that foul play caused the accident.

Uncle.

I'm here after a 16-hour flight.

I just buried my father.

Will you explain…

please…

what's going on?

Saleh,

God rest his soul…

Amen.

…used to often say that someone wanted revenge on him.

Uncle, what do you mean?

Khadijah.

Tell him.

Let him know.

Dear God, ward off evil.

Oh God, deliver us from evil.

Dear God, ward off evil.

Oh God.

Oh dear God.

Oh God, deliver us from evil.

Dear God.

I unpacked yours before mine.

Honey.

Don't blame yourself. You didn't know.

I should've come back.

The moment Mom told me Dad was ill, I should've come back.

- Honey, is something wrong? - No, it's nothing.

You know something?

When we visited your family as kids,

that tree used to scare me.

One time,

when I was 15, I was playing near it.

And all of a sudden,

I heard something.

Talal, please! Don't scare me!

I mean, the house is gloomy, big, and empty enough already.

I don't need this.

Don't be scared.

I'll be in my dad's study, okay?

Okay.

Yes?

Who is it?

Talal?

Talal?

Are you sure it was him?

Yes.

He hung up when he heard my voice.

Hessa, if he won't talk to you, don't humiliate yourself further.

You know nothing about our relationship. Talal will never leave me!

But something else is going on.

I'll check on him and find out.

Hessa, as your friend, stay away from Talal.

He's just like the rest. They all play games.

Get over him. Move on.

Daddy, I'm scared.

Maha!

It's okay, sweetie. Don't be scared.

Don't be scared.

Don't be scared, sweetie.

Talal, my love.

I miss you.

Why aren't you answering my calls?

MY BELOVED TALAL LOVE YOU FOREVER

Talal?

My love.

Have you forgotten my voice?

Hessa.

Yes, my love.

How did you know I was back in Kuwait?

I know.

I know about everything else, too.

I know it's late.

But I needed to hear your voice.

You can't call me here.

I'm married now.

I know.

Anytime you want to call me,

my number's still the same.

Do you remember it?

Three, zero…

Five, five, six.

So, you still remember it?

Goodbye, Hessa.

Who's Talal?

Stop messing with other people's stuff!

I was bored.

You're impossible! If I leave you in here, you'd blow up the place.

All right…

I want ice cream. It's too hot.

Is that right? Anything else, ma'am?

Well, if you took me shopping, I wouldn't mind.

Come on.

Let's go.

See you.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Asmar,

please head to surgery as soon as possible.

Your father had multiple health issues,

including impaired vital functions and liver dysfunction.

So, is that why he died, Doctor?

No, it was a cardiac arrest.

Toward the end, he had auditory and visual hallucinations.

This is the first time anyone's told me my father had hallucinations.

You can check the reports.

At first, the initial diagnosis suggested a neurological issue.

But when the tests came back normal,

it had to be the liver.

Liver patients may hallucinate.

Could you explain what happened, Doctor?

He'd imagine someone wanted to kill him.

He kept speaking to this woman, telling her, "It's your fault."

What we know for sure is that it was hepatic encephalopathy.

I don't think it was an obsession.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayyeb,

please head to surgery as soon as possible.

This is so delicious, Mom!

Bless your hands.

What did you just say?

I see you're speaking my dialect now.

The Saudi dialect suits you.

Both sides are my family. There's no difference.

You're right.

God rest your soul.

Look, sweetie.

This is your father and me in Milan

when I was pregnant with you.

Is this Grandpa?

Yes, sweetie.

He used to help others,

and he never let people down.

This one looks like you.

That's me, when I was in college.

Come on, Maha. Ready to go? Jamila is waiting for you.

From college, sweetie.

Um… the driv… the driver is here.

Let's go, sweetie.

Come on.

Bye, Auntie.

Bye, sweetie. Take care.

Bye.

Stay safe.

My love.

You can't imagine how much I miss you.

No way.

You called me just when I was thinking about you.

That's weird.

How are you, Hessa?

Haven't you heard?

What happened was very hard on me.

Very hard.

But I'm in a better place now.

Good.

I'm glad you're in a better place.

I literally miss you to death.

Hessa…

We have to meet.

No.

We can't.

Why not?

How about tomorrow?

At the café where we've always met.

At eight o'clock.

Eight o'clock, tomorrow.

God willing.

Bye. Take care.

This is the first time I've seen you check a mirror since we got back.

I'm meeting a friend.

He's been inviting me since we got back to Kuwait,

and I never got a chance to see him.

With the wake and all.

So I'll go see him.

He won't recognize you after eight years.

Because you've changed.

And you're older.

Well, I have grown older, but… my features haven't changed.

Still the same face I fell for at first sight.

How about we go out tomorrow, you, me, and Maha?

Just the three of us.

Busy with what?

I'm going out with Hanan.

But I can reschedule. I'll tell her we'll go some other day.

Okay.

Where are we going?

Let's keep it a surprise.

Okay?

Good morning.

A very good morning to you, sweetie.

- Hello, son. - How are you?

I'm fine, thank you. God bless you.

Sweetie, Shakir called.

- Did he leave a message? - No. He said it's a surprise.

But anyway, wear something warm. They said it'll be very cold today.

All right, Mom. Bye.

Talal. Come here for a second.

I saw you last night.

Your father, God rest his soul,

wanted what was best for you when he chose Mona.

Mona is a fine young woman.

And she gave you the sweetest little girl.

And that's not all.

She'll make you even happier when she fills this house with kids.

Mona means the world to me, Mom.

She's one of a kind.

She's a great woman, mother, and wife.

You're right.

Anyway, do you need anything before I go?

May God protect and bless you all.

Okay, dear. Bye.

Bye, sweetie.

Look. Don't ask too many questions. I'm not telling you.

- Okay? - But we've reached the border.

Cigarette?

No, thank you.

It looks like you really did change.

I thought it was only for Maha's sake that you've held back.

I'm trying to be a better person.

For my daughter.

And Mona?

Do you regret marrying Sarah?

Come on, man, shut up. Don't jinx me.

I'm happily married and doing great.

- I don't need this. - I'm happy, too.

But don't you ever wonder how things might've been different…

if you'd chosen a different path?

You lived in the States for a few years and came back with their ideas?

I'm content with what God gave me.

Especially Jamila.

Did Tareq get married?

- Why don't you ask him yourself? - No way!

- Yeah. - No way!

- Yes! - No!

- You're keeping secrets? - Stop it.

Calm down! You'll roll us over!

My back!

- American Talal! - You're an ass!

- How are you? - What is this?

- You came to the desert in a suit? - How are you?

Eight years, man! Eight years! What do they call you in America?

I'm not telling you!

How have you been?

You've gotten old! Look at that gray hair!

What can I do? Responsibilities.

See? That's what marriage does to you!

Tell me, how have you been?

I'll show you a view you'll never see anywhere else in the world.

Let's go!

Let's go.

Can you walk in those shoes, or should I carry you?

Breathe it in! Not like this in America, huh?

Hey, guys!

It looks like you forgot about me. I'm here too.

Come here. He's jealous.

Do they have anything like this?

They don't.

Guys go to the States alone to let loose, and this guy takes his wife along!

You know? Best thing I ever did.

I couldn't have made it alone.

If I didn't have my wife and daughter…

I would've gone crazy.

You think I should?

Should I ask my mom to find you a wife?

She knows how to pick them. Ask him!

Since it's getting interesting, I'll go get firewood and be right back.

Excuse me.

Go ahead.

So, arranged marriage or love match?

What do you mean?

Hessa.

The whole campus was talking about your love story,

then suddenly, boom!

You end up in an arranged marriage?

What happened?

Fate.

So? What were you talking about?

Hessa.

I saw her yesterday.

No way. You… must've seen someone who looked like her.

No, it was Hessa. I ran into her yesterday.

Talal, what's wrong with you? Have you lost it?

Hessa died two years ago, man.

Subtitle translation by: Ibraheem Mohammed