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THE LAWYER

Mrs Darya, I'm kindly asking for your understanding,

we only work with corporate law.

Our family lawyer is on vacation.

Can't you help me?!

Don't you understand - do you speak in English?!

What is going on?

Oh, Marius, hello!

- Hello, Mrs Darya... - Look at this!

They want a scandal? OK, that's not a problem for me.

I will sue them.

But Mrs Darya, that's not what we do.

But I told you, our family lawyer is on vacation.

tand?

Listen, listen...

While it's true

we normally work with corporate law, but...

How we can refuse to help Madam Darya?

Thank you, Marius.

I am doing only what anyone would do in my situation.

May I call you later to set up our meeting?

Sure, sure. Whenever you want.

Thank you so much!

Marius, you're so kind.

- Thank you. - You're an amazing person.

Thank you so much. I appreciate you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you darling.

Have a good day.

Bye!

Bitch please!

Hey!

Oh...

Is that how it works?

Sorry, it's my first private show.

Oh, don't worry about it.

So?

Ask me a question.

No, why did you say that?!

Sorry.

Yes, Vilnius is in LT - Lithuania.

Where are you from?

Oh, what are you doing there?

I'm not ill, thank you.

Maybe you should be a dancer?

What music do you like?

D�ordana Butkute - Del Taves

Go on!

D�ord�a would be proud.

Fuck!

Sorry.

Seems like we're out of luck here...

Let me call you sometime.

I'll pay you.

Come on! I just want to talk with you.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Thank you.

Mom

Hello baby!

Hi, it's Marius from the chat yesterday.

Oh, yes. The not Russian guy.

Turns out there was a voyeur in our chat and he reported me

for giving you my phone number.

What?

I'm sorry, I'll pay your fine.

No...

That voyeur already took care of it.

I guess he only wanted me for himself.

You know how that feels.

That's not why I called you.

Lost your job, as well?

No, sorry.

It's a mistake.

Life is a mistake. Come on, I was kidding. Just tell me.

My father died.

The funeral is tomorrow.

I'm sorry.

My condolences, Martin.

Marius.

Thank you Ron.

Ali!

Thank you Ali.

Are you a believer?

No, are you?

No.

Not exactly...

I believe

it's important to be a good person, while you're alive.

I believe that too.

I wish I was better to him.

Why?

Did you do something wrong?

I'm not sure.

Did you ever lash out at him,

steal from him or

lie to him?

No, I never did.

Except for lying.

I did lie to him, but it was telling the truth,

that hurt him the most.

So... How old are you?

I'm fort... Thirty five.

Thirty seven?

Maybe...

Certainly, you are an adult.

True.

Of course, be sad if you need to.

It's normal. It's OK.

I don't feel sad, I took pills.

What do you feel?

I feel like you should be here with me.

Hello!

Oh, hello Marius!

I'm so happy you came here. How are you?

I'm doing fine!

Always glad to have a chance to meet magnificently stylish lady like you!

Oh! Ne nado, ne nado.

Don't compliment me. You make me feel silly,

because I am here to tell you bad news.

What?

I decided not to take that website to the court.

Well, it's rarely bad news not to go to court.

Bad news for the lawyer, no?

Why did you change your mind, if I may ask?

Marius, I was dura

I was really stupid.

I shouldn't be so provocative.

This is Lithuania and I should respect people's feelings.

I just wanna make fun, you know.

I'm not sure I should.

You should.

Cheers!

So, what are these photos?

It's very exciting, Marius.

It's a first exhibition in our new place.

We open in a few weeks.

Everything is almost ready.

The photographer is Arcana Femina.

She works with masculinity.

No titles, no explanations.

Impressive.

Yes!

What?! You like him?

I think it's very interesting.

It's yours.

Well, why not! But how much does it cost?

Ah, forget it! It's a present from me.

It's yours after the show.

I don't know what to say...

Thank you! I appreciate it.

Darya, please, don't be offended, but can I ask you a personal question?

Sure! I like honest questions.

Ask away.

I was just curious.

I earn a good wage, I can't complain,

but you have a lot of money.

How does it feel to live without the need to think about the finances at all?

You're right it's...

It's a very personal question.

But I will answer it for you.

Money is nothing.

It doesn't matter.

It can't buy you happiness.

But it's nice.

I come from poverty,

and I appreciate being rich.

It has a lot of opportunities.

So, I love my life!

I thought that it never ends.

That people want more and more money.

Maybe my husband wants. For me it's OK.

For him it's a competition. Not for me.

It's wonderful to see you so happy.

What happened, Marius?

My father died.

A week ago.

Oh my god, I didn't know about that.

I wasn't told.

My condolences.

Hey!

Hello Ali.

Hello Marius.

Come on! Let's go.

That was the most original way I have ever met someone.

Should we go to the hotel?

There's no rush, is there?

You are here for a week.

Let me show you a place that I love!

Let's meet there tonight.

OK!

Hi!

Hi.

I didn't think you would be so romantic.

Oh...

I figured you would think it's dangerous.

It's so private, you could kill someone and no one would notice.

Marius...

I don't want you to think of me as a victim.

You are too handsome to be a victim.

And you are too naive to be a lawyer.

I'm really pleased that you came to Belgrade,

just to meet me.

But?

But...

My clock will strike midnight soon...

And I need to go back to my refugee camp at Krnjaca.

That's where you spend the nights?

Yeah.

For how much longer?

Well, once I get a bank loan and buy a new house,

I think I'll leave the camp pretty much immediately.

Haha.

So, what are the ways out?

I want to go to further inside Europe.

But the borders are closed for years.

There are no easy ways.

You want me to help smuggle you across?

No, Marius.

You look like an undercover cop.

In your fantasies perhaps.

Forget fantasies...

You're a lawyer in real life.

You should know someone, you should know a way.

Ali, I'm a corporate lawyer.

I know nothing about emigration law or refugee conventions.

This is really a misunderstanding.

I see.

Look... I don't want to lie to you.

You may be Cinderella, but I'm no Prince Charming.

OK, I see, this is a misunderstanding.

Hello Darya!

PrivetHow are you?

I'm OK, I'm in Belgrade, Serbia now.

On vacation.

Oh, you're abroad.

I'm sorry, I didn't want to disturb you.

I just want to ask

for your help.

You are not disturbing me,

it's always a pleasure.

You surprised me with how sad you sound.

Can you tell me what has happened?

I'm sad, I'm ochin

I'm divorcing with my husband.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

What happened?

I found him with another woman.

Younger woman.

Oh... Again,

I'm sorry to hear.

Marius, will you help me?

I need a good lawyer,

for the divorce.

Because he will rob me, if I don't have a good lawyer.

Oh, I understand your feelings, but I work with corporate law.

I don't think I could be of much help.

Marius, but I really need a good lawyer.

Because our family lawyer will defend his interests.

I could recommend you a good lawyer.

Please Marius, help me.

You know me, you know him too.

He won't be able to fool you.

I'm very sorry to say it, but...

That's the problem, there's a conflict of interest.

Our firm represents your husband's company.

Even if I wanted,

I couldn't represent you against him.

I understand, it's business.

Darya?

Jesus!

Welcome!

Please, take a seat.

I'm sorry for the mess, we're very busy here.

Hello.

Yes, I'm listening.

Is this a bad time?

It's not, it's just we don't have a lot of it.

So how can we help you?

Or maybe you came to help yourself?

I wanted to ask a couple of questions.

Yeah, go ahead.

Can you tell me something about a special group or help networks

for LGBT refugees, here in Belgrade.

There aren't any.

Even if he faces danger from other refugees?

Then, he can ask to be moved to another refugee camp.

And what if he faces problems again?

Look, maybe you want to discuss a precise situation here?

That would be easier for me.

Couldn't a gay person be considered a vulnerable case

and therefore, transferred to a refugee camp in a more gay friendly country?

Look, I'll tell you a story.

There were 10 teenage boys.

The youngest was 12, the oldest was 15.

They were all locked in here

in an apartment in Belgrade.

Who locked them in? The smugglers.

Why did they do it?

Because the boys wanted to cross the border, but didn't have the money to pay for it.

So the smugglers locked them in and brought some clients.

And they forced the kids to have sex with them, in the room next door.

So to answer your question.

Those kids who were forced to prostitute themselves,

and raped and beaten by both the smugglers and the clients,

they were vulnerable enough to be considered for the resettlement program.

I just wish there was a way I could help someone.

In any case, we don't work directly with the UN,

with resettlement.

You have to go to the UN refugee agency for that.

Milena!

Yes.

Can you get me the email of the UN officer,

who helped the Afghan gay couple from the Pre�evo camp, I think.

Anja?

Yes, Anja.

OK.

Here is her email.

Thank you.

Good luck!

Can you go closer?

No!

Thank you.

Excuse me, can you help me?

Do you know this guy?

Oh, the model guy?!

Yeah, I saw him.

Can you call him?

OK!

Thank you.

Hi!

Look, I screwed up.

I'm sorry for how I behaved before.

I want to do better.

I want to help you.

There are many refugees you could help.

Thousands in Serbia, millions worldwide.

OK, well...

Let's start with you.

Why bother?

I'm not looking for Prince Charming.

You told me yourself, it's important to be a good person.

How did you even get here?

I told them I was a journalist.

A journalist from Fake News?

What's your idea?

Leave this place and come stay with me at the hotel.

I'll help you resettle to the European Union as a gay refugee.

I'm not gay.

You are not?

Don't worry...

I'm bisexual.

But I don't act that way.

My type of guys aren't helped there.

Nonsense.

It's true.

Look, I've made an appointment with United Nations officer tomorrow.

She has helped LGBT refugees before.

Hello!

Hello, good evening.

Would you like anything else?

I'm good, thank you.

It was room service.

I thought you called the police.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Oh, thanks.

Mmm.

It's... It's comfortable.

Sometimes it's good to get out of your comfort zone.

No!

Never!

Never leave your comfort zone.

If you don't need to.

I have to ask you a few questions before I meet the UN.

OK.

Were you a victim of homophobic violence?

I already told you I'm...

I'm just escaping war.

Yeah, but...

I mean your experience here with the other refugees.

Have you experienced any homophobia?

No... No!

Why would I?

No one knows that I'm bisexual.

Look, I know you don't want to be a victim.

But you gotta give me something to work with.

OK!

I was managing a sweets shop in the outskirts of Damascus, that

my friends Abduh and Mustafa had opened.

It was hit on my day off.

Mustafa and his wife Leyla were killed instantly.

And Abduh was buried in the rubble for three days before they found him.

He was the first person I came out to.

And your family?

My parents... Are pro-Assad.

At least, they were at the time.

My brothers were

forced to join the army.

My youngest brother Dawud was killed within months.

And then my family decided to move further inside Syria,

to avoid the fighting,

and I decided to run to Europe.

Because...

I didn't want to fight for Assad.

That's the story.

I'm sorry.

Please, understand Marius.

I'm not a pacifist.

I would

gladly kill for something I believe in.

But there's no hope for Syria

with Assad in power.

And there's no real alternative either.

Ali...

As a lawyer, I have to say,

we have to make your case less political.

We have to focus it on discrimination and human rights.

Of course...

Human rights.

And where do you want to go?

I want to go to Berlin, because Abduh's sister Anmar lives there.

I think she and her friends could help me to find some work

and integrate into German society.

And you would also feel more accepted because of your sexuality, yes?

Do you always ask so many questions on a first date?

You see it as a date?

I wish we would have met under different circumstances, but...

So... Are you a good cook?

Are you asking this for the UN, or for our date?

Here are all my documents, including written testimonies.

Thank you.

No...

Thank you!

Where will this be published?

Oh, no no no...

I'm not a journalist.

I'm a lawyer.

I'm doing some research on gay refugees.

We had an Afghani gay couple who

faced problems with their compatriots in Pre�evo camp.

They were transferred to Pirot reception center.

The United Nations refugee agency has now taken them into its resettlement program.

How bad was it?

Bad.

I guess I'm asking,

how bad does it have to be for a gay person to be resettled in another country?

To get into our resettlement program,

a gay refugee would need to meet the very stringent criteria of our program,

just like any other refugee.

Look...

He just needs to leave.

Off the record,

where are you from?

Lithuania.

I'm from here.

I studied law in Munich.

I stayed there for years.

I had a great life in Germany, but...

I chose to go back

and work in Serbia, because I wanted to contribute to the changes here.

I'm saying this as a person,

not representing the United Nations.

There is a lot of space for improvement in this country,

just like everywhere in the world.

OK.

And what if I would promise a kind donation

to the UN refugee agency?

I'd kindly ask you to leave

and make the donation on our website.

Hello.

Hello.

Wait... Well, how did you cook?

I bought some stuff and used the tea pot.

You're still afraid of the room service?

So?

It's tasty!

I mean the meeting.

Um...

It didn't go well.

Of course.

Now I understand.

You're not a victim.

You're a hero.

I'm neither a victim, nor a superhero.

This is not a porn film, Marius, alright?

So...

What are you going to do now?

Same thing I do every time.

I'll go back to the camp.

You are not the first nor the last.

Remember our voyeur friend?

He wants to come help me too.

Many do.

Refugees are trendy these days.

Don't go back to the camp, Ali, stay with me.

Why?

For what? Because you want your live show?

Don't say that!

Don't say that.

I'm tired, Marius.

I just want to live a normal life.

And I want to help you.

You can't get help from a lawyer when the only things that work aren't legal.

Don't...

I love you.

Just, so you know...

This one is for free.

What?

It's silly.

Just tell me.

I feel like I'm not afraid to be

weak with you.

I do nothing and

you earn a living as a lawyer.

I'm not sure about your country, but in Syria

you would be considered the tough one.

When the war ends,

we will rebuild everything.

I will open a new restaurant with my friends and...

I'm planning to take you there with us.

Or if you want we can open it elsewhere.

And what will be my favorite thing on the menu?

Umm...

Something simple.

Simple, but intense.

Like the apricot nectar

called Qamar al-Din

Good morning!

Shh, come in!

Good morning.

Thank you!

Could Mr Marius sign the receipt?

Oh, but he's sleeping.

Oh.

We just got married and...

I want to surprise him. So, you can understand.

In that case, can you, please, sign for him?

Oh sure, sure.

Here!

Thank you.

Thank you for understanding.

We just got married?

You should be still sleeping.

Oops, sorry...

Speaking of husbands, let me show you this.

My friends in Lithuania

got engaged.

Really?

Mhm.

They were always talking about love and now they're doing it.

It's not even legal in Lithuania.

Actually, we had some gay venues in Damascus too.

Gay friendly cafes, parties that would happen in different places.

It was fun. Abduh and I went to one.

People were becoming more and more open minded about it

during the revolution,

but with the war,

it all ended pretty quick.

Let's just rent a car and leave.

Let's bribe someone...

Everyone.

It just...

It just doesn't work that way.

I'm not ready for dramatic goodbyes, Ali.

I hate them.

Good luck!

Good luck to you.

Hi?

Hi baby!

What was that?

I will check.

You want some water?

Yeah.

OK.

That's strange.

Room service?