All language subtitles for Ha-Gan 1977 aka The Garden

Shaike Ofir

"The Garden"

"When Jerusalem was destroyed, our
sages of blessed memory said:

"Jerusalem is like a garden
deserted by its guardian..."

Melanie Griffith

Tuvia Tabi

Director: Victor Nord

"The Garden"

Subtitles Production:
Elrom Studios

Listen, she's completely
mad, that one.

I don't want anything from you.

I've come to apologise.
That's all, Mr. Abraham.

Mr. Abraham, Lewis is my aide.

He shouldn't have spoken
to you like that.

Because that was a mistake, I admit.

Mr. Abraham, Lewis doesn't
know how to speak to people.

All I'm asking is
for you to forgive me.

Mr. Abraham, it was a
misunderstanding, and I apologise.

Madam Sarah,
he doesn't want to forgive.

Sarah!

Mr. Abraham, I want you to know
that I respect you very much.

Mr. Abraham, Mr. Abraham,
you're simply abusing me.

Mr. Abraham, I ask for forgiveness.

Not yet. - Mr. Abraham.

Not yet. - Mr. Abraham.

Not yet. - Mr. Abraham.

Now, push!

Mr. Abraham, Mr. Abraham,
I can come another time.

Sarah, now!

I've forgiven him, but I don't need
to kneel down before him.

He doesn't forgive them.

Let him give charity to the poor.

Forgive me.

I told you he's as stubbon as a mule.
- Aren't you the clever one.

Maybe I'm wrong, but...
- But what?

Our mistake was that we started off
speaking with him.

We should have begun by speaking
with his son.

Why should we pressure him?
Let his son pressure him.

I don't do business behind
peoples' backs.

Do you have his address?
- 6 Brenner Street, Kiryat Hayovel.

A million and a half lira?

Yes, but the question is to what
extent can you help us,

if you want to help.

The garden is your father's?

So what do you say?
It's a serious amount of money.

Maybe it's difficult to explain to your
father, so let's leave him out of it.

He's a little peculiar...

No, he's not peculiar, he's a good
man. He's just very stubborn.

That's exactly why we've come
to speak with you.

One moment - are we going
to do business, or not?

You're not going to call my father
"stubborn", sorry, "peculiar".

All of us put together fall
far short of him.

Wait a moment, you don't
understand me. But excuse me,

I didn't mean to hurt
your father's honour.

I'm very sorry if that's how
it came over. Do excuse me.

So, is there any thing
to talk about? - I think so.

Maybe add something.

I think not. I'm not part of this deal.

But you can try and talk to him.

I think so.
- I think not.

How many do you want?

Hey, lady? Girl? Hey, lady.

One moment.

What, are you making
a joke out of me?

Dammit!

How's things? - Hi there, what's up?

Here, take an orange.

Debbie, how's things?

Debbie, how's things? Come here.

Hey babe, so what's
it gonna be? What's up with you?

Look at how you're driving! Can't you
see a girl running in front of you?

Move her away from here, already!

Nissim!

Nissim, turn on the tap,
I'm dying from the stink.

Nissim!

Turn on the tap or I'm gonna
die from the stink here.

Sarah, water!

Sarah, water!

I told you, the water today,
not tomorrow, today.

Not tomorrow, today.

Nissim! I'll turn it on myself.

Today, the water's good.
Especially good.

Last night I had a nice dream.

A house, three rooms.

A ten-floor building.

There was an elevator.

A big, white kitchen.

Isaac brings the children every day.

Mr. Moshe is a snake.

Maybe. Maybe.

The curtains are blue.

With a pattern of
small, white flowers.

What flowers?

The flowers on the curtains.
- Which curtains?

The house curtains.

Which house?

The house in my dream.

Mr. Moshe is a snake!

But he apologised to you.

He apologised? Five times he
apologised to me,

and I didn't say a single word.

Sarah...

I didn't want to tell you before,
but it's forbidden to sell the garden.

Why? - Because the
garden is not ours.

Not ours?
- Not ours.

Then whose is it?

Nissim, come here.

Good lord, wow!

What, this is where she sleeps?

The Rubbish Dump Hotel,
four-star.

Shut your mouth, alright?

Maybe we should open
the throttle, make her jump.

What do you say, you're
no less stupid than she is.

Oh sure, the best ones are
on the Honda. - There's

and all that's on his mind
is pulling back the throttle.

You've never seen a naked girl in
your life, have you? You virgin.

Your limping mother I've seen.
- Your limping sister. Go jerk off!

Quiet! Quiet! Go on, squabble,
squabble, until she leaves. Idiots.

Can't you see we've got us a girl
waiting for us, a guaranteed lay.

She's a lay? She's mad.

If you had some brains,
if you had some experience,

mad... whatever you do to her
she's not going to open her mouth.

Get it? You've got nothing to worry
about. She's out of it, that one.

What, we're gonna screw her now?

No, we're gonna take her
to the bridal parlour.

Abraham, Isaac's here.

Isaac my son, just today I said to
Abraham, why hasn't Isaac come?

And here you've come.

Hello. - Welcome, welcome.

Hello blossoming sage. - Welcome,
welcome, Isaac son of Abraham.

Father, how are you?
- How's Rina, and the children?

Good. Father,
I want to speak with you.

Words of sages are
with pleasure heard.

Mr. Abraham, are you coming
to the afternoon prayer?

I'll be coming.
- Don't forget, we're waiting for you.

What's up, Isaac, Rina? - That too,
but that's not important, father.

I'm tired of it. - Work?

Everything together, you know.
- I know, I know.

It's difficult for us too, difficult
to rise in the early morning,

going to sleep after sundown.

You think it's easy for your mother?
By your sweat you'll eat bread.

But Isaac,

we don't eat charity bread, and
we don't go to the welfare office.

That's what I want to talk to you
about. - Talk to me? - Yes.

Father, look, you and mother...
- Well, Sarah...

Mother and you should have stopped
working a long time ago,

not now, but years ago. You've
worked enough your whole lives.

At your age you should be
eating fruit, not growing them.

How much, how much does a peach
cost today in the market? Pennies.

When I ran away from here, you
remember, father, I couldn't stand it,

I couldn't watch mother
dragging boxes of fruit,

I couldn't watch you, all day long
with a bent back and hoe in hand.

I couldn't watch that.

If Rina had not gotten pregnant,
I wouldn't have married her.

I would have tried first to achieve
something in life.

I'm married, 27, with two children.

What chance do I have in this life,
father?

Do you understand me?

Isaac, do you need some money?

Father...

I don't want money from you,

I'm speaking with you about far more
important things.

I'm talking about mother,
about you, about me.

Why do mother and you have
to work at your age, why?

Show me other people who
are working at your age.

Look around, father,
see how people live.

You're a good man, an honest man.
There aren't many people like you.

You think I like hearing what my
friends say?

"What, your old folk still working?"

Father, you are sitting on a gold mine
in the heart of Jerusalem.

Here they can build a skyscraper. Do
you know what you'll get for that?

People make a fortune, not from
work, from corruption, from theft.

Father, you know what people
say about this garden?

You'll excuse me, but people
say it stinks here.

Yes, yes, simply stinks,
and that's not nice to hear.

Everyone knows you irrigate
with sewage water from the hotel.

I'd like you to come to
me for the weekend,

and there'll be a special room
for you and for mother.

Do you understand what I'm saying,
father? - Of course I understand.

God created water
in the six days of Genesis.

And Man created the stink
a long time afterwards.

Father, this morning a man came
to me. - Mr. Moshe, I know.

Isaac, I cannot sell the garden.

Be well, Father.

Mother, I'll return when father's
in a better mood.

Isaac, Isaac, come here.
Come here, Isaac.

Come here, Isaac. I love you, Isaac.

Do you want me to sell the garden?

Yes.

I cannot sell the garden.

Father, you know what people say
about you? That you're stubborn.

And you really are stubborn.

Don't make noise.

Fuck! I think I stepped on a snake.

You stepped on shit.

On you, you mean.

Shut your mouth already.
You found a perfect time to chatter.

Nissim, look after my bike.

You...

Go up top.
- Me? Why should I go up?

You should go up.

Alright, I'll go up.

If anything happens,
you give a whistle, clear?

Everyone goes in a different direction.

If everything's alright,
I'll give you a whistle, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Rami knows what he's doing.

Of course he does. He'll come
back home with syphillis.

From one like that?

Actually, you get it exactly
from ones like that.

Something's not alright there.
You'll go and check?

Me go and check? You go and check.

And you'll stay on your
own with the bikes?

Go and check, redhead.
Go on, coward, go.

Go.

That's the last time I go out
into action with you.

Something's not alright there.

Go... go.

Rami, where are you?

Here.

Rami, go on.

Don't disturb, quiet.
Well, come on...

Quiet, don't disturb.

Why's she looking like that?

Well, Rami, go on.

Stop her, Avi, help me.

Hold her legs.

Hold her.

Catch her in her legs.

Avi...

Hold her...

Hold her.

Avi, help me!

The stupid redhead screwed up
the whole thing!

I told you nothing would
come out of it.

Everything would have been alright if
that redhead hadn't suddenly come in.

Wait, who told me to go up?
- I said come up, but not to disturb.

I already had her in my hands.
- Yes? You can see that on your face.

You're still talking? That one
sat down there, licking his lips.

Rami, tell him to
shut up, or I'll kill him.

Rami, tell him to stop
scaring me already.

A fight?

Give him one.

Give him one.

Squabble squabble, children, eh?

You still talking? Big hero.

Even crazy girl
didn't give it you, fatty!

Nissim...

Nissim, come here.

Nissim, come here.
Don't you get the joke?

Come on, Nissim.

I'm fed up with you and
your stupid jokes.

Nissim, come on,
men or not men?

Cadettes you are, not men.

Nissim, listen, if not for redhead I
would have screwed her,

I swear to you on my mother's life!

Nissim, you know what?

I'm ready to lay a bet with you that
within a day or two I'm screw her.

Nissim, listen to me, Nissim.

You know what? You know what?

I'm willing to bet my Honda
against your moped.

Are you up for the bet? - Yes!

You're screwed! - No I'm not.

You said a Honda against a moped?
- I said it.

Redhead! Come see how this
hero loses his Honda!

It's difficult, eh?

I hurt him. I said hard
things to him.

Well, look, if it's that hard, then...

No, no, he'll sell the garden,

he'll sell the garden and he
won't be sorry for it.

What do you mean "be sorry"? One
moment, I want it to be clear.

Does someone here have the feeling
that we're trying to rip someone off?

No, I want to hear. A million and a
half lira is a lot of money.

I want you to know that.
- I know...

We're not doing here some sort of
underhand shady deal.

There's a land registration, a
contract, it's official.

I know.

Do you need some money for
expenses?

I'm not taking money before we
close the deal.

Look, from 2000 lira, you won't get
rich, and we won't recover.

No, no. Thank you.

If you need, don't hesitate.

You need a lift home?

He'll sell the garden,
we just need a bit of patience.

I'm so tired, Abraham, so tired.

Hoeing, fertilizting, irrigating,
picking. How much longer, Abraham?

How long?

How long? Until our righteous
Messiah comes. That's how long.

You don't understand Abraham.
You're strong, I'm a woman.

I'm tired of dragging, my back hurts,
it's hard to get up in the morning.

We're not young.
You need to rest, too.

A little satisfaction, for both of us.

I'm not selling the garden!
Understand? Not selling!

When I die...

Sell, do whatever you like.

God forbid, the way you speak,
Abraham!

Well, go hoe some cherries.

Where are you going? Cherries.

Isaac won't come anymore.
He won't be coming.

He'll come, Sarah. Don't worry.

Did you shout at him?

Am I capable of shouting at Isaac?

So why was he sad?

I don't know. I was sad too.

We need to help him, Abraham.
We need to help him.

He suffers so much, so many
troubles at home, I know.

Rina doesn't help him.

We can be lean. So long as people
don't say you are evil.

I'm evil? - No, I said so long
as people don't say you are.

You said I'm evil. - Abraham...

Wow, a real paradise here.
- Yes, only it stinks of sewage.

Look, pomegranates!

Idiot, you've ruined my shirt!

There must be watermelons
here. Let's find out where.

Rami!

Rami!

Rami! - Rami! Where are you?
Found any watermelon?

I've found something better!

What?

Nissim, can you forget about your
moped for a moment!

Thieves!

Go on, grandad, catch me!

Rami! That crazy old man is here!
He's gonna kill us with his stones!

Come on, catch me!

Rami! Rami!

Grandad, come on!

Rami!

Grandad, come 'ere, grandad!

Rami! The old man's here!
He'll kill us with his stones!

Rami, quick!

Rami, the old man's here!

Grandad, catch me!

Thieves! Who allowed you
to come in here?

Criminals!

Wait 'till I get my hands on you!

Why, God in Heaven?

Why?

Why the angels of sabotage?

What does Sarah want from me?
And Isaac?

Mr. Moshe?

Holy, holy God, Lord of armies, the
honour of all Israel.

Sarah.

Sarah.

Not yet, not yet.

Not yet.

Not yet.

Not yet.

Now, push!

Sarah, the gate!

Abraham, where are you going?
- To the market.

In Sabbath clothes?

We have a guest.

Blessed art thou, O Lord our
God, King of the Universe,

who wrought miracles on
the patriarchs in those day

Good morning, Mr. Abraham.
- Good morning.

What's new? - New? Nothing's new.

I won't tell anyone.

Not to Sarah and not to Isaac.

Thank you, Sir.

Blossoming sage!

Only the sage blossoms.

You won't tell anyone.

A blossoming sage has faith
and keeps the commandme

He won't tell anyone.

Excuse me.

Who's that for, Abraham?

A poor person? A blessing on
your head. Who is it?

Woman, don't ever ask.
Don't ever ask.

Understand? Ever.

Why? - Forbidden. Forbidden.

But, Abraham, I just...
- And don't follow me. Ever.

Yes. I won't ask.

Ever.

Ever.

I won't ask.

Take my offering.

Take my offering.

I am not worthy.

Come on.

Quiet, careful. So he won't see us.

Do you know what the judgement is
for a man who sees an angel?

What? - He turns to stone.

What did he say?

What did he say? - Whoever sees
an angel, is turned to stone.

Jacob, don't go.

Whoever sees an angel, turns
to stone. - Leave me alone.

You see something?

I saw something, but you can't
see everything from here.

Let others have a look.

Follow me. Come see from here.

Careful. We don't want to be seen.

You come as a band of
thieves in the light of day!

You're evil! Are you not ashamed?
Shame on you, you faithless heretics!

But God sees everything!

There will be no peace
in your presence, and no pea

Pain and sorrow will be your lot!
Faithless heretics.

Mr. Abraham.

Mr. Abraham.

Go away, I'm annoyed with you.
- Mr. Abraham, excuse me.

Why did you tell them?

I didn't tell them.

I didn't know they
were following me.

Mr. Abraham, excuse me.

Mr. Abraham, the chair.

What chair? - My little chair.

Well, take your chair and go.
I'm not speaking with you.

But you won't throw a
stone at me, will you?

Mr. Abraham, you understand?
The impulse of curiosity.

Take my offering.

Let him have the honour.

God bless his angels. Creates
a compulsion and does his word.

They will hear his every word.

Of your shoes. - Why?

Of the shoes on your feet. - Why?

The place is holy. - Holy, holy.

Maybe, it's a demon. Perhaps
you'll be rebuked by the Devil?

God forbid, what, am I the Devil?

No, God forbid, you're not the Devil.
I will give you virtue.

Come.

Did you see?

Mr. Abraham, perhaps a naked girl?

How can you speak like that?

Fire from heaven will burn you,
desecrating the holiness.

Lord of the universe, forgive
him. Not out of malic

Pardon the expression.
Pardon the expression.

Let him be pardoned.

Come on, let's go.

Are you sure he didn't have wings?

No wings, I told you.
What am I blind?

What was he wearing?
White or black?

Not white and not in black.
Completely naked.

I'm telling you, he runs a brothel.

Here he comes.

Hello.

Hello, blossoming sage.

Ye' of little faith.

Excuse them.

What does a man do when
he meets an angel?

God in heaven,
I don't know what to do.

But he himself was in the kingdom of
heaven, and I'm small in his presence.

I don't know what they say
but every day I say:

Happy is he who avoids the counsel
of the wicked and the way of sin.

I have seen his face.

Forbidden.

Forbidden.

I have seen his face.

Approach the fence,
and I will kill you.

...Nor stand in the way of sinners,
nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

But his delight is in Yahweh's law;
On his law he meditates day and night

He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,

That brings forth
its fruit in its seasons, Whose

leaf also does not wither.
Whatever he does shell prosper.

The wicked are not so, but are like
the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked
shell not stand in the judgment

nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous.

For Yahweh
knows the way of the righteous,

but the way
of the wicked shell perish.

Why are the nations in uproar,
and the rulers take counsel.

Together against the lord,
and against his anointed, saying

Let us break their bonds asunder,
and cast away their cords from us.

He who sits in heavens laughs:
The Lord has them in derision.

Then shell he speak to them

in his wrath, and terrify them in his
burning anger

But I have set my king upon
Ziyyon, my holy hill

To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David.

Keep not silent, O
God of my praise;

for the mouth
of the wicked and the mouth

of the deceitful
are opened against me:

They have spoken against me with
a lying tongue.

For they have
compoassed me about with words

of hatred; and fought
against me without a cause.

In return for my love
they are my accusers

whilst I? Have nothing but prayer
and they have repaid me evil for good.

And hatred for my love.
Saying: Sat a wicked man over him:

And let an adversarv stand
as his right hand.

When he shell be judged,
let him be condemned:

And let his prayer be turned into sin.

Let his days be fatherless,

and his wife a widow.
Let his children be vagabonds, and beg:

Let them seek their bread
also out of their desolate places.

Let the creditor seize
everything that he has,

And let strangers spoil his labour.

Let there be none
to extend kindness to him:

Nor let there be any
to favour his fatherless children.

Let his posterity be cut off;
and in thegeneration

foiiowing let their name
be blotted out

Isaac.

Mother, can you do me a favour,

and help Rina with the
children for an hour or two?

Now? - Yes.

Sure, sure, Isaac,
I'll just tell Abraham.

Abraham, Isaac wants me
to go and help Rina.

Sure, go on.

Folks, it always pays to be patient,

I'm happy that we've finally
arrived at this moment.

It's a standard contract.

Though, of course, we don't
expect you to sign it right now.

But the clause which particularly
interests us, -On page 37

is the clause which relates to the
ownership, and of course the amount.

If you look, you'll see
we've increased the amount,

and it now stands at one million,
six hundred thousand lira.

Mr. Abraham, no postdated cheques
and not in payments.

A million, six hundred
thousand lira in your hand.

Never in my life did I get a million,
six hundred thousand lira in my hand.

And by the way, we'll cover
the lawyer's expenses.

You just need to say that you
agree, and we'll shake hands on it.

Lewis and Isaac are witnesses. There
couldn't be a more honest deal.

Father.

Hello.

Excuse me for a moment.
Come father. Come for a moment.

Father, I'm asking you.
I'm begging you.

I'm your only son, I understand
business better than you.

Think of me and the children.
You won't be sorry for it.

Isaac, you are my flesh
and blood, and I love you,

but I didn't want to tell
this while next to them.

What don't you want? Are you joking
with me? You think they're stupid?

Isaac, in the war, bombs fell,
people were killed,

left everything, escaped.
Listen to what I'm telling you.

Father, I've heard enough from you,
now you listen to me.

We will take a lawyer
at our own expense.

Isaac, no bomb fell
here. We were unharmed,

not a plant was
damaged, not a single tree.

Why? Because we sit
in the shadow of God.

Father, what has got into you?

You're not capable of understanding
what's being said to you.

I understand. - You understand,
Father? You don't understand.

I promised them you'd sell.

Father, do it for me, for Rina,
for the children.

Isaac, there's something
none of you know.

Father, if you don't sell the garden,
you won't see me ever again.

Not you and not mother. Not Rina
and not the children.

Isaac, this place is holy.

Holy? - Yes.

If there someone holy
in this place, it's me,

I'm your son Isaac, you understand?

Wait a moment.

Hold on folks.
This wasn't my intention.

I did not want to be
the cause of a family dispute.

I don't want to buy the garden.

Mr. Abraham
I'm not buying the garden.

I just want to say a few words.

I have never spoken
this way with people,

and I don't like such methods,

but you should know that I can throw
you out of here within 24 hours.

Just like that,
for a thousand reasons.

From words of grace and flattery,
we've moved over to threats.

Mr. Abraham, within 24 hours,
you'll be out of here.

At most, you'll get
compensation of 30, 40 thousan

which won't even be enough to buy
a rusty tin shack.

Is that clear?

Clear. It's all
in the hand of God.

Yes, everything is in
the hand of God.

Lewis!

Isaac, do you know
who's here in the garden?

Curse the day you
brought me into the world.

God will punish you for that.

What are you doing here?

Who are you?

You know the owner of this garden
doesn't like strangers being here?

What, have you
swallowed your tongue?

Do you speak English?

Did you come alone?

Has anything happened?

Why don't you answer?

There's a towel there.

Do you want a fried egg?

I want a shower!

So, how did it end? Did he agree?

What difference does it make
if he agrees or not.

I only asked.
- And I'm only saying.

So. We're never going
to get out of this apartment.

Our neighbours will carry on
interfering in our business,

And our children will carry on going
to school. A rosey future awaits them.

And all this is my fault?
- I didn't say it was your fault.

What do you want from me?
- I can't live like that.

But apparently you can't change
a person's character,

and you've never
known another way of life.

Hold on, what way of life
are you talking about?

What do you lack?
Do you not eat enough?

Do the children lack
anything? What's so bad for you?

Do you want my soul,
is that what you want?

I want what I deserve. I'm your
wife, whether you want it or not.

I deserve 50 percent of what's yours.
You deserve 50 percent of what's his.

That means if your
father, God forbid...

lf, God forbid, he should die,
that's what you wanted to say? - No.

You wanted my father to die.

My father is the only person who's
bothering you in life, right? - No.

So leave my father out of your big,
filthy mouth, you hear?

Because you're nothing compared
to him, not you and not anyone else.

Yes, slaps, slaps.

Yes, the neighbours! - Let everyone
see what manly hands he has!

What strong arms he has!

Just drinking coffee and I still
make coffee for him!

Go! Don't you dare to come home.
I'll change the locks, you hear?

You won't be able to get
into the house, you idiot!

Go and don't come back, go! Go and
rot there together with your father!

Rot there, in that stinking
place! And don't dare

Who's there?

What are you doing there?

Thieves, eh?

Rami, your Honda.

You, please leave the bike.

For your own good, leave it,
for your own good.

Bastards.

Leave the bike please.

You came to steal, eh?

Leave the handlebars,
you're ruining the clutch!

I'm about to steal your clutch, am I?

For your own good, leave it.

Redhead, get him
from behind, don't be scared!

You want the clutch?
Take the clutch!

The clutch, the wheel, take it!

Go on, take it!

Abraham.

Abraham, get up.

What happened?

There are voices, thieves.

What thieves have you got in your
head? No thieves will come here!

Can't you hear? They're
destroying our fence.

They won't destroy our fence, Sarah,
they're guarding us.

What are you talking about? Who's
guarding? - Angels.

Why did you destroy my bike?

Why did you break it?

Son of a bitch. It's completely new.
Why did you do it?

Why did you do it?

Let's get out of here quick.

Rami, you've killed him. Let's get out
of here, right now.

It was completely new.

Bastard.

Is that you, English?

What are you doing here?

What, are you mad?

Are you mad?

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

I don't feel good, move over a little.

I've got a headache,
I want to lie down.

Sarah.

We have an angel here in
the garden. You understand?

As is written: "His angels are bid to
guard over you in all your ways."

You understand?

I understand.

Good morning, English.

What are you, a hippy?

An angel?

You know, that you're silence
is quite encouraging.

I wish all women were quiet.

Isaac?

Isaac?

Isaac.

Isaac.

Isaac, who was that,
here with you?

Who ware you with Isaac?

Was there no-one
here with you?

No-one.

You didn't see anyone?

No-one.

Don't be sad, Isaac.
You wanted to be rich?

Now you'll be rich.

I'm selling the garden.

But I've seen his face.

Only me.

"The Garden"

Subtitles Production:
Elrom Studios.

English: Paul Morris.