All language subtitles for Impossivel Pensar Direito

- Please be very careful.

- Hello?

- We could have
just eloped, you know.

- But then you
wouldn't get to see me

dressed like an
extra for Dynasty.

- So much to do.

- Your hair looks
perfect, madam.

- When I want your opinion,

I'll give it to you.

- Madam?
- That one.

- Thank you, madam.

- I need a cigarette.

- Are you ready?
- Almost.

I'm working.

- 20 minutes before
our engagement party starts?

- Where is my husband?

- In the garden, madam.

- And where is my coffee?

- Coming, madam.

- Did the dress fit Tala?

She didn't stop eating at lunch.

- Like a glove, madam.

- I love you.

Bye, Tala.

- Bye.

- And Lamia?

Did you take in her clothes?

- By two centimeters, madam.
- Excellent.

- Uh, Let's hope this is
the final engagement party

your father has to
throw for your sister.

For a man of his stature
to endure the shame,

tsk, tsk, tsk, I have a...

- How do I look?

- You could cover your
shoulders a little more.

- It's not cold.

- It's not proper.

- Did Zina like the green
dress I picked for her?

- Oh, she loved it, madam.

- The cake, how
does the cake look?

- Careful.

- It looks perfect, madam.

Just perfect.

- She'll do
it before dinner.

- No way, Tala
loves her food too much.

- The last time, she broke
the engagement before dinner.

- And the first
time, she waited

till Reema had a
mouthful of coffee.

- I just hope she keeps
the jewelry this time

eight karats, D
flawless, who wouldn't?

- Tala never
keeps the jewelry.

She's always had a screw loose.

- And how is my

favorite niece?
- Uncle Ramzi.

Hi.

You managed to get on a plane?

- Plane?

Hah, you know I'll
never get on a plane.

Not after that dream I had.
- Aiwa, amo, aiwa.

- The crash, the devastation.

- The dream was in 1967.

- Right after the Six-Day War.

Israel has a lot to answer for.

Anyway, I wouldn't
have missed it.

I wanted to meet the man
who made it this far, again.

- Amo, I love him.

- Of course, you love him.

He is Christian, and he's rich.

- Not to mention kind,
thoughtful and forward-thinking.

And handsome.

- Handsome is good.

But ask your auntie why
she married me, huh?

Looks and character come and go.

Only large sums of
money last forever.

- So it would seem.

- You look amazing, habibti.

- Wish I could say the same.

- That's because I've
been alone with mom

and Lamia for four whole days.

You know, I think I've
found those weapons

of mass destruction
Bush was looking for.

How clever of him to disguise
them as two Arab housewives.

- Zina, that dress looks
beautiful on you.

Mama says you should be
entertaining your guests.

- Yeah, Tala.

Surely you should be familiar

with engagement party
etiquette by now.

- She looks so happy,
doesn't she, Reema?

- Of course.

- And beautiful.

Just like her mother.

- No, no, no.

No, I don't think so.

I understand what you're saying,

but I think that
10% is the maximum

you can expect from that.

We'll talk tomorrow, okay?

Bye.

I thought you'd
gone for the day.

- The printer's not
working at home.

- What are you printing?

- Just some bits and pieces.

- Come on.

Come up.

Sit down.

You have a minute, don't you?

All this is going to be
yours one day, you know?

- All of it?
- And your sister's.

But sales are everything.

They're the lifeblood
of this place.

- You know I'm
not good at selling, dad.

- You don't sell life insurance.

- I know, I know,
it sells itself.

- Life insurance is a sure bet.

I just ask my client, "Do you
know you're going to die?"

There is only one answer.

Then I ask him, "Are you 150%
absolutely positively happy

"that your wife and your kids
are properly taken care of?"

You've got him.

Come on, try it.

- Dad.
- Oh, come on.

I'm your client.

Try it.

- I'm sorry, dad.

I'm good with the admin,

and Yasmin's better with people.

- She's a waitress.

- She's learning so she can
start her own food company.

- Three years at university
so she can wash dishes.

She doesn't need
her own company,

she has her own company.

- I have a date
with Ali tonight.

- I like him.

He's a good boy.

Are you going to
the mosque first?

- We're heading into town
to see a friend of his,

then we're having dinner.

- It's Friday.

- I believe in our religion.

I do, I just...

I don't like to go when
everyone else does.

- If you don't go when
everyone else does,

how will they know
you're a good Muslim?

Go on then, but don't
be out too late.

- I'm not 16, dad.
- I know.

- So she's
Palestinian, your friend?

- Yes, she
lives in London,

but her wedding will
be back in Jordan,

where I was for her
engagement party,

you remember?

- What does Tala do?

- I think she has
something of her

grandfather's spirit in her.

You know, she's recently
owned a company over here?

For an Arab woman
from her background,

that's pretty unusual.

What's the matter,
are you nervous?

- A bit.

I'm always like that
with new people.

- Don't be, Tala's great.

Trust me, you'll love her.

- Evening.
- Evening.

- How long have you
and Ali been dating?

- About two months.

- And?

Does he want to marry you?

- I think he's just
waiting for me to ask him.

- Tala, my eldest daughter,

is getting married in six weeks.

And what does your father do?

- Stop interrogating
the poor girl, mama.

- Hey.

- She's going out
with Ali, not me.

- Tala, meet Leyla.

- Hello.

- Sorry to break your
British reserve,

but we always kiss in Jordan,

usually just before
we slit your throat.

- When are you going to stop
criticizing our homeland, mama?

- When everyone else
stops being afraid to.

- How do you
and Ali know each other?

- He went to school
with my third fiance.

They were at Cornell together.

- She's had four, you know.

Fiances, I mean.

- Four?

- She's too picky.

I always liked Namir.

- Mama, he was a drug addict.

- He's from a very
respectable family.

- Yeah, and during our
engagement party,

I caught him in the bathroom

with white powder on his nose.

- You always jump
to conclusions.

Maybe he was trying to
hide a skin blemish.

He had some pock marks
on one side of his face.

Tala, I've just had your
wedding dress taken in.

- Congratulations
on your wedding.

Will it be in a mosque?

- A church.

A church.

- Not all Arabs are Muslims.

- Oh, I'm sorry, I
shouldn't have assumed.

- Are you a Muslim?
- Yes.

- Why?

- Tala, what kind of
question is that?

Because she was born a Muslim.

- No, she wasn't.

- Weren't you?

- She was born a female and
a member of a certain race,

and if she'd been adopted
by a Jewish family,

she'd have been Jewish.

- Thank God she wasn't adopted.

What the Middle East
doesn't need is more Jews.

- Mama, please don't start
with the anti-Semitism.

- Anti-Semitic?

Who's anti-Semitic?

I am Semitic, that's the point.

And yet, the Israelis
grabbed Palestine from us.

- And Arab countries threw
out over a million Arab Jews.

- But the Israelis should
be fair to the Palestinians.

They know what is like
to lose their land.

- Now someone's speaking sense.

- True, but we
need to draw a line

under the past and move forward.

- Your headache medicine, madam.

- I don't have a headache.

- But it's seven o'clock, madam.

- Well, then I haven't
adjusted to London time yet.

- Nice to have met you.

- I apologize for my daughter.

- Good night.

- See you.

- You didn't answer my question.

- I'm not Jewish.

- Why not?

- Why aren't you?

- I don't subscribe
to any religion.

- So you live without any faith?

- Ah, I didn't say that.

- Why should my
beliefs offend you?

- They don't.

I just wanna know why
they don't offend you.

- Tala, ease up.

- Don't they do small
talk in the Middle East?

- This is small talk
in the Middle East.

For a serious debate,
we move on to politics.

- And before that happens,

I'm gonna take Leyla to dinner.

Do you wanna blow off
your parents and join us?

- They're going back
to Jordan tomorrow.

But thank you both.

- Perhaps another time.

- I'd like that.

We can be all British and
talk about the weather.

- You are naughty.

- Leyla.

He'll be here soon.

Come on!

I don't understand why Ali
can't eat with us first?

- He's booked a
tennis court, mom.

- At one o'clock?

That's lunch time.

- Only in a suburban
house though, mom.

I believe London's what,

two hours ahead of us?

Or would that be two years?

- You and your
cosmopolitan attitude.

What kind of salad are
you making anyway?

- It's a Greek salad.
- Oh, and an Indian salad

isn't good enough for you.

- Mom, what is an Indian salad?

Week-old lettuce and chillies?

- You two are so worried
about other cultures.

London, Greece,

what about your own heritage?

Did you ever think about that?

India has one of the richest
cultures in the world.

- Well, I'm glad you
said that, mom,

'cause I'm thinking of
spending six months out there.

Backpacking.

- You are not going backpacking

and in India, of all places.

- What about the
culture, the heritage?

- What about being
raped and murdered?

And clean underwear?

- Are you going to take
underwear, Yasmin?

- What if you meet
people that we know?

They'll think we can't afford

to send you on a real holiday.

- Mom, there are like a
billion people in India.

What are the chances
that I'm gonna bump

into someone from your
Surrey Bridge Club?

Ali!

Are you going to the
door dressed like that?

- We're going to
play tennis, mom.

- What's that smell?
- Feta cheese.

- Hi.
- Hi.

How are you?

- Ali!

- Hi, auntie,
hello, how are you?

- First class.

- Hi, uncle.
- Hello, Ali.

- Mmm, something
smells good in here.

- Thank you.

That's my Greek salad.

- Hey, Yasmin, I didn't
know you could cook.

- Of course, she can.

And so can Leyla, who
makes the best cakes

and never puts on weight.

- Yeah, that's our Leyla.

She's gonna make a
wonderful housewife someday.

And apparently, she
knows how to sell

life insurance with
the best of them.

- How many times do
I have to tell you?

It sells itself.

- We should be going.
- Bye, uncle.

- Oh, next time come for lunch.

- Oh, I'd love to, next time.

- Come.
- Okay, okay.

- Let's hope she has the
sense to hold onto him,

like a life raft.

- Mom!

- Oh, by the way, we're meeting
some friends at the club.

Hope that's okay?

- Scared I'd beat
you one-on-one?

- Mm, terrified.

- Who are you playing with?

- You remember Tala?

Oh, and another
friend of mine, Jeff.

Actually, I owe Jeff a
game so you can play Tala.

Is that okay?

- Fine.

- Hey, how are you guys doing?

Hope you've been practicing.

- Yeah, right.
- Hey, how are you?

- Not bad.
- Good, yeah.

- Hello.

♪ Hey girl, welcome
to my world ♪

♪ Tell me what to say ♪

♪ Tell me what you wanna be ♪

- Come on, let's play.

- How are you?
- Hey.

They have a really great coach
here, if you want a lesson.

♪ Hey girl, this is what I do ♪

♪ Does it scare you ♪

♪ Or does it make you wanna
do the same thing too ♪

♪ Or are you scared
of everything ♪

♪ Yeah, let it go ♪

♪ I'm going to save you ♪

♪ Let it show ♪

♪ Who could believe you ♪

♪ I don't know why
you play this game ♪

♪ I just don't wanna
be another rerun ♪

♪ Come on girl, fly
into the sun ♪

♪ You'll learn something
real from the pain ♪

That was amazing.

You're pretty good, y'know?

- You're not so bad yourself.

- This way.

I'll show you the
changing rooms.

That was quite a comeback.

- I prayed for
divine intervention.

- Look, I didn't say
that there wasn't a God.

It's just religion
that bothers me.

Sorry if I offended you.

- On the contrary,
you made me think.

- Yeah?

About what?

- About thank you,

how we follow certain paths.

Is it just expectation
or conditioning?

Aw!

- Let me take a look at that.

It's alright, I'm always clumsy.

- You know, you should,

you should really relax more.

Just be at ease with yourself.

Maybe a shower will
help, they're over there.

- Alright.

- So, are you coming for
the polo match tomorrow?

- Honey, as much as
I'd like to see you

fall on your ass,
no can do tomorrow.

Rugby's on.

- It's just a practice game.

It's usually fun.

- I'm supposed to have lunch
with my family tomorrow.

- Hey, I'm sure they won't mind.

Think of all the fun
you'll have turning divots.

Just watch where you tread, huh?

- You missed lunch
yesterday, and now

you want to miss it today.

It's Sunday!

Why didn't you ask Ali
to come for lunch?

He could meet nanima.

- He's taking me to
a polo match, mom.

- Polo?

You mean the game?

- No, mom, she means the mints.

- All those horses and
sweating South Americans.

Will Prince Charles be there?

Well, at least you're making
an effort for a change.

What's that?

- Excuse me.
- Sure.

- Hello?
- Leyla?

- Hi, dad.

Listen, we're gonna be
later than I thought.

Ali's really into the polo.

- He just called.
- Who just called?

- Ali.

He asked if we wanted
to go over to his place

to watch the rugby
after you got back.

I didn't tell your mother, beta.

- Thanks, dad.

- Thanks, Antoinette.

See you later.

Hello.

- Hello.

- Impressed?

I didn't even break
out in a sweat.

- I kept thinking
you were gonna fall

leaning across on a
horse like that.

- I like to take chances.

- Is that why you left
your family's business?

- I wanted to see if I
could create my own brand.

- I'm impressed.

- No, don't be.

Not yet, at least.

I've yet to get a decent order.

But something should
pan out soon.

How about you?

- Me?
- Hm-mm.

- Nothing to tell.

My dad encouraged me
to join his company

and I've never left.

- And?

You like it there?

- It's not exactly inspiring.

- So what inspires you, Leyla?

- Writing.

Fiction.

- Can I read some of your stuff?

How else am I gonna find out

what goes on beneath
that quiet exterior?

- Let's.

♪ It was just a little feeling ♪

♪ A feeling when I
first saw you ♪

♪ It was just a little feeling ♪

- Hello?

Really?

♪ It was just a little feeling ♪

♪ A feeling when I
first touched you ♪

♪ And now all I find ♪

♪ And now all I
find is a feeling ♪

♪ Is that feeling ♪

♪ It was just a little moment ♪

♪ A moment when I
first kissed you ♪

♪ It was just a little moment ♪

You have an amazing talent.

- I'm just learning.

- Make sure you do
something with it.

- Have you really been
engaged four times?

I mean, you seem like
such a decisive person.

- Yeah, well, I'm
not proud of it.

You know about the last guy.

He had a problem with drugs.

Or make-up.

The second guy, well,
he ticked all the boxes.

He's Christian
Arab, good family,

handsome, intelligent.

It just didn't click.

- I can understand that.

And the first?

- Well, that was a big mistake

I let my mother
pressurize me into.

He produces tons of dates.

My mother loves dates.

- You can never have
too many dates.

- Oh, trust me, I
found out you can.

How about you?

What about you and Ali?

How's that going?

- I like him a lot.

- Does it click?

- Not the way
I imagined it should.

- Well, maybe
we expect too much.

It's starting to rain.

- Oxford!

Oxford's where you go to get
a degree, not to get away.

It's only an hour by train.

Why do you have to
go for two days?

- So if it takes me three hours,

I can stay the night?

- Oh, my God.

What is that?

- It's Ethiopian bread.

- We have Indian
bread right here.

Anyway, I thought they
were starving in Ethiopia.

- Yeah, well, if
they have bread,

then this is what
it would look like.

- Who are you going with?

- A friend.

- Oooooh, Ali.

- No, not Ali.

Does everything have
to revolve around him?

- She has a friend and
they're going away

for a couple of days.

Why do you make
everything a problem?

Don't let her get to you, Ley.

- She's not, she's
not getting to me.

- What's wrong?

Are you two-timing Ali?

- Of course not.

You know me, I can barely go
out with one guy properly.

- Yeah, why is that?

Is there anything you
want to talk to me about?

- No.

- I mean, anything.

You lied to mom and
dad last week,

about the polo with Ali.

- I know.

I can't believe I did that.

- No, it was about
time, if you ask me.

But why?

Who are you going
to Oxford with?

- Nobody.

Just Tala.

- I see.
- What?

What do you see?

- Well, nothing.

It's just you've been
spending a lot of time

with this Tala, haven't you?

- She's nice.
- Nice?

Nice as in mom's bridge
club ladies nice,

or nice as in hot?

- What's wrong with you?

Her family's sponsoring
a charity event

and her sister's going
to be there, okay?

- Okay.

- Do you two think
that lunch will make itself?

- No, but that lettuce has
walked out the fridge on its
own.

- Come and take
this horrible bread

and send it to Africa
where it belongs.

- Have you been
to Oxford before?

- Oh, I love it.

There's something
magical about it,

especially the buildings.

- "That sweet city with
her dreaming spires."

- Matthew Arnold?
- Mm-hm.

Shall we go see the library?

- I'd love to.

What's Lamia doing?

- Buying a picnic hamper.

- Is she upset with us?

- Just with me.

She wants me to shop
for the wedding.

- In Oxford?

- Well, I've refused
to meet her in Paris.

Here, Leyla, try it.

- Mmm, that is amazing.

Lamia, would you
like to try some?

- I don't do carbs.
- Since when?

- Lamia, you used to
study here, right?

- Mm-hm.
- What subject?

- Flower arranging.

So, I hear you didn't
get the order.

Well, maybe now you can
come back and help baba

and stop all this
independent stuff.

- You know, Leyla is the
most brilliant writer.

You have to read her stuff.

- No, no, I'm just,
I'm just learning.

But I do love it.

- One day soon, you will
read her stuff in bookstores.

Could you publish an
edition with pictures in it?

Shall we walk some more?

- No.
- Yes.

Whatever you prefer.

- I need to get
back to the room.

Kareem always checks where I am.

- Tell him that you're busy.

- Are you coming with me?

- No.

Come on.

It's exactly that
kind of relationship

I wanted to avoid at all costs.

- So your fiance
is not like that?

- Hani?

No.

He is an Arab and he's born

and brought up in Jordan.

But he's different
from the rest.

Kind, open-minded.

And he makes a great martini.

- He sounds wonderful.

- Yeah, he is.

He is.

At least, I can't find
anything wrong with him.

- Why are you trying?

Thank you.

- For what?

- For all this.

It's overwhelming.

- You know, it's
been a while since

I've seen it all
through new eyes.

Thank you.

- I have absolutely
no sense of rhythm.

- Come here.

What are you thinking about?

- Why I didn't meet
you years ago.

- We'd have been under-aged.

Hello.

Hi, Hani.

Uh, I'm fine.

Can I call you later?

No, nothing's wrong.

I just woke up.

I'll call you in a while, okay?

Bye.

Yeah, I love you, too.

- Have you ever
done this before?

- Slept with a woman
while my fiance

makes wedding preparations?

No.

Never done that before.

- That's not what I meant.

- When I was 18,

I fell madly in love with a girl

in my first year in college.

We spent a few wonderful
months together.

I never knew I could feel so

complete, so alive.

- 'Till now, obviously.

- 'Till now.

- So, what happened?

- I broke it off.

I was in pieces.

I told myself that
it was for the best,

that I was away from home
and I was lonely and...

- And now?

- This is not a way
to live, Leyla.

It's not easy.

It's not acceptable.

- We didn't break any
rules last night, Tala.

- Yeah, but we did
where I come from, okay?

Nobody lives like this.

At least not openly.

- And you live in the West now.

- Yeah, but I don't
think it's acceptable

to cheat on your fiance
anywhere in the world.

♪ I'm just trying to keep
my feet on the ground ♪

♪ Trying to stop the
sky falling down ♪

♪ And I can't speak
as I once say ♪

♪ What I know I can't betray ♪

What do you like most
about this place?

- Worlds that once existed.

Just the scent of antiquity.

- Ugh, smells like mold in here.

- I don't care what
anyone says, Lamia.

You have a romantic soul.

- Hello, mama.

Can you hear me?

- Stop the drier.

Hello, Lamia.

- Mama.

- Your tea, madam.

- This place
is a complete dump.

- Give it to Philippe.

- Only museums
and no shops.

They don't even have a Gucci.

- Did you get
her something colorful?

- Tala thinks
grey is a color.

And they got bored of shopping.

- They?

- Her friend
is here with her.

Leyla.

- The Indian Jewess?

- The Indian.

I didn't know she was Jewish.

They're spending all
their time together.

I guess it's nice for Tala

to have such a close friend.

- Good thing she's coming
back next week, huh?

- That's the other thing.

I think she wants to stay
in London a while longer.

- She did this with the
second engagement.

Or was it the first?

And she never came
back for the wedding.

- I'm sure it's not
exactly like that.

Mama?

Mama?

- Home, sweet home.

Hello?

Mama!

- Hello, albi, my love.
- Hani.

- Did you enjoy your trip?
- Yes.

- I miss you, I'd give
anything to be with you now.

- Sit down, sit down.

I have a surprise for Tala.

I'd like you to see it.

- How was your trip?

- Fine, I just walked in.

- I know.

- How do you know?

- I can see you.

- What do you mean?

Where are you?

- Right here, habibti.

- They're so in love.

It brings tears to my eyes.

- And you must be Leyla.

It's such a pleasure
to meet you.

Tala's talked about you a lot.

- You, too.

- How was Oxford?

- Lovely, much more
than I'd expected.

- You know, no one ever
says how romantic Oxford is,

the river, its
buildings, the history.

- Well, let's have dinner.

You girls must be hungry.

- I have to go but thank you.

- Oh no, I won't hear of it.

A quick bite.

Hani works in the Jordanian
government, you know.

- The foreign office.

- Does that cover
relations with Israel?

- Yes.
- How can you stand it?

- We have to stand it.

And sometimes even learn
something from the Israelis.

- What do you want to learn?

How to shoot children?

- Obviously not that.

But Israel is the closest
thing to a democracy

that we have in the Middle East.

- Oh, thank God I didn't
send your sisters

to that American school.

They turned you
into an Arab-hater.

- Auntie, your daughter is one

of the proudest
Palestinians I know.

Why don't you show Leyla
and Tala the invitations?

- What invitations?
- Our wedding.

- Well?
- It's beautiful.

Really perfect.

- Are you alright?

- Just a headache.

- Here.

- I just need a bathroom.

- Upstairs.

Ninth door on the left.

- Thank you.

- Do you want me to go with you?

- No, I'm fine.

What are you doing?

- Holding your hand.

- So what happens?

We just get five minutes
of hand-holding?

I get the night in Oxford

and he gets the night in London?

- That's not fair.

- What is fair, Tala?

- We can't live like this.

Our families won't understand.

I can't lead you into a
life that's difficult.

- I don't need your protection.

Thanks to you,

I know what I want

and I can't go back.

I want to feel the way I did

last night every day.

I want to be with someone that,

10 years from now,
makes my heart jump

when I hear her key in the door.

And that someone is you.

- I...

I can't hurt Hani.

- Are you in love with him?

- There are things
I love about him.

I can't ruin lives.

- You will, especially yours.

- Tala, are you okay?

- Tell me you can do this.

Tala.

- Ramzi, welcome!

- Hello, my brother.

- Christ, I'm still here.

- No two women should
look this beautiful

at six in the morning.

- Is the King coming
for breakfast?

- No, I'm going to the airport.

Sami's flying in from
New York for the wedding.

- I haven't seen your
brother in years.

Does he still like musicals?

- I don't know.

But I'm sure he's looking very
much forward to seeing you.

- Why?

- We'll be back in time for
breakfast with your parents.

- Wasn't he supposed
to get a place

for Lamia like four years ago?

- Would you leave a suite
at the best hotel in town

if you were getting it for free?

- I'd leave paradise
itself if mama was there.

- Well, Kareem would brave
hell to secure his inheritance.

- He's not their son.

- But in the absence of a son,

he is the perfect son-in-law.

- Which David could never be.

Anyway, he broke up with me.

- He did?

I'm sorry, habibti.

- He wants to bring
up his kids as Jews.

Hanukkah, Passover,

imagine mama's face.

- I'd really rather not,
though it might be worth it.

- We thought we could start
our own mini peace process.

He never made a secret of
being attached to his culture.

- Then why did he even
get involved with you?

I mean, what kind of
a person allows you

to get emotionally entangled

when they know there's
no way forward?

- I need a coffee.

- No, no, you need to stop
selling yourself short.

- Sometimes, sometimes,
you can't stop

and rationalize
everything so perfectly.

Don't you ever
just do something?

Even when you know deep down
it's gonna be a disaster?

- You will like Zina, if
you give her a chance.

She's a nice girl.

And she wears a lot
of black also.

I think the two of you
will match perfectly, huh?

- I'm really not
interested in women.

- Too busy working at the
investment bank, I imagine?

I mean, you have to start
thinking about your future,
Sami.

- What, like you?

- Hmm, yes, like me.

- Welcome, Sami.
- Thank you.

- It's not very
often that I have

all my daughters at
home at the same time.

I'd like to propose a toast.

To Tala and Hani.

- To Tala and Hani.

- And may you have
many daughters.

Oh, papa.

- No thanks, I'm vegetarian.
- Really?

Me, too.

- Have you ever been to
Dan's Bakery in New York?

- In the Village, I
love that place.

- They make the best

Arabic bread.
- Arabic bread.

And they have the
best-looking bakers.

- That's not important, mama.

- Well, it is to me.

- Did anyone see?

There was another suicide
bomb last night.

- It's barbaric the way
they brainwash these people.

This idea of a paradise
waiting for you

if you kill innocent people.

- They're not killing
innocent people.

They're killing Israelis.

Have you forgotten
what they did to us

at Sabra and Shatilla
and Deir Yassin?

- So we sink to their
level and kill children?

- Children who grow up
to be Israeli soldiers.

- Kareem, please.

- With all due respect, Hani,

but you and I have
never suffered

like our Palestinian countrymen.

- If I remember
rightly, you were busy

the last time we went
to a refugee camp

to interview people for jobs.

- I was holding the
fort at the office

for your father that day.

And Lamia and I
went to the refugee

charity dinner just last month.

- Mmm, where the refugees
washed the dishes.

- Will you all excuse
me please, I've a...

I've got a lot I have to do.

- The seamstress
will be here at 10.

Make sure you hold your
stomach in this time.

- Are you
trying to kill me,

creeping into the
house like a robber?

- Sorry.

- You missed Bollywood Sisters.

Nina's just found out
her 16-year old daughter

is pregnant and a drug addict.

I made you some pasta.

- I need to talk to you.

- What's the matter?

Are you sick?

- No, I'm fine.

Actually very good.

Happy.

Where's dad?

- In town with a client.

He'll be back home soon.

Ali called.

- Oh, shit, I forgot about him.

- Well, he's a wonderful boy.

- Mom,

I'm not happy with him.

- Then auntie Gulshan's
son is looking for someone.

He's very successful.

- He's a bookie.

- Well, and tall and handsome.

- He's 6-foot-7, all I
can see is his navel.

- Well, then you'll
have tall children.

- Mom, I can't be
happy with him,

the way I'm not happy with Ali.

And, and I've always known why,

but I was hoping that the reason

I thought was the reason

might not really be the reason,

and that things would change,

but they never have, not really.

And now I know for sure

that what I've been
feeling all these years

is actually the right thing.
- Do you want cheese with it?

- There's nothing wrong with it.

- I haven't got cheddar--
- What I'm trying to say is--

- Parmesan though.
- Just listen to me.

I'm gay!

- I'm home.

What did I miss?

- I'm gay.

- But I've only been
gone two hours.

- You always said you just
wanted us to be happy.

- I lied.

Who did this to you?

- I haven't caught
a disease, mom.

I'm just gay, like
I have brown hair.

- First, you stop
coming to mosque,

now you're up to
your neck in sin!

- It's not a sin!

Mom, I haven't killed or stolen

and I'm trying not
to lie to you.

- It's a huge sin!

- According to who?
- According to God!

- What kind of a God is that?

I don't accept it!

- Then you will burn in hell!

- That's enough!

It's okay.

- Nooo!

- I think maybe it's time
we discuss getting you

that flat you've
been asking for.

- If I could help it,
I would, but I can't.

- I know, beta.

I know.

- How many pre-wedding dinners
is it possible to have?

And another thing, if the
rule's no black, then fine.

But how come you get
a dress that's elegant

and I get one that's Liberace?

- Because I did Tala's
shopping for her in Paris.

- "Zina, don't wear black,
it's not a funeral, Mama."

- It is a funeral
for the 20 lambs

that got slaughtered
for this dinner.

- They made tofu kebabs
for you, habibti.

- Come on, Zina.

Sami's downstairs.

He asked where you were.

- Send him this dress,
he'd probably love it.

- What kind of a stupid
comment is that?

He likes you a lot, you know.

- Yeah, well,
I like him, too.

- You should go out with him.

He's the right age to marry.

You seem to have
a lot in common.

You both like New York,

you both like black clothes.

- We both like men.

- Stop saying things like that.

- Yeah, if you don't say it, Z,

maybe it won't be true.

- Kareem thinks it's a phase.

If he meets the right
girl, he'll get over it.

- That strategy sure didn't
work for uncle Ramzi.

- Uncle Ramzi is not gay.

- Yeah, and the Pope
ain't Catholic.

- What do you think, Lamia?

Do you think that,

do you think that
being gay is a phase?

Do you think it's alright
to sacrifice your own sister

to a life of misery, married
to someone who's gay?

No matter how well
their clothes match?

- Well, I guess you
would know more

about that than anyone else.

- What's her problem?

- I have a strange
sense of deja vu.

- I'm sorry, papa.

- Have you told Hani?

- I don't know what to tell him.

Except that I know it
won't be fair to him

to go through with the wedding.

- You know what fathers
want for their daughters?

For them to be happy.

Sons move on, they have choices,

especially here in
the Middle East.

But a daughter,

a daughter needs a
hand now and then.

- What are you gonna
do about this?

- Oh, I don't know.

Maybe we can just
have the party.

Your uncle Ramzi can tell
his plane crash stories.

And everyone in town can toast

to new scandal with champagne.

See Hani.

Go and get dressed.

It will be okay.

Ravi.
- Sir?

- Pack all the wedding food

and send it to the camps.

They should have cancellation
insurance for weddings.

That stuff would sell itself.

- Can I have the keys, dad?

- She won't get it.
- Get what?

- Nothing.

- Where are you going?

- I'm helping Leyla
look for flats.

- She doesn't have to go.

- She needs to.

- What exactly happened?

- I broke Hani's heart.

- Hey, Tala.

You have to give
yourself a break.

If you knew he wasn't
the right one,

then you did exactly
the right thing.

- Yeah, except I
should've told him sooner.

Look, honey, we all
wish we had hindsight.

- So what about you, huh?

- Me?

YFS.

Young, free and single.

- You're not seeing Leyla?

- Nah, she dumped me.

- What happened?

- Well, on the plus side,

it wasn't really my fault.

She told me she's gay.

I know, I was shocked, too.

You know, she even
told her parents.

- You're kidding?
- No.

Got to admire her guts.

She's always had a
fearless streak, that one.

You know, there's not many
people in our community

that'd be willing to do that.

Always liked that about her.

Come on, you.

- Hello?

- Hi, this is Tala speaking.

Can I speak to Leyla?

- Ah, yeah, one minute.

For you.

- Who is it?
- Tala.

- Yasmin.

Yasmin, I'm not talking to her.

Take the phone.

- She can't come to
the phone right now.

- No, I'll, I'll call back.

- Perhaps one of
the most stunning

archaeological finds
of that century,

indeed any century,

was the founding in
the south of Jordan

of the Lost City of Petra.

Dramatically carved out
of rose-colored stone

by the Nabataeans,

the massive columns
of the temples

rise up to surprise visitors

as they walk through
a high canyon

to reach the entrance.

A breathtaking sight.

Now a thriving
tourist destination,

Petra has enthralled
generations of archaeologists

and visitors alike,
thanks to the stories

and beauty of its Lost City.

Like the rest of Jordan,
it is well worth a visit.

- She's good.

- Hello.
- Naturally, it's much.

- Oh, it
was so great to go.

- Apparently, you
can only get into Petra

on a horse or a camel.

- That would be a great laugh.
- It would be fun.

What are you doing here?

- My family sponsored
the lecture.

What are you doing here?

- I'm interested in Jordan.

- It has a population
of five million

and no natural resources
to speak about.

Petra's lovely but there
isn't much to say about Jordan

because it's me
you're interested in.

- How was your wedding?

- Leyla, let's go.

- This is my friend, Jennifer.

- Your friend?

- Her girlfriend.

Who was that?

- That's
my friend, Tala.

Her family sponsored this.

- Do you want that?
- Hmm.

- Do you wanna join us
for a drink tonight?

- I can't, I have to work.

- Yeah, how's that going?

- I got the order.

- That's fantastic, Tala.

Great!

Do you know how difficult is

to get into those big chains?

Thought that's exactly
what you wanted.

- Yeah, it was.

- Well, we should celebrate.

It'll be fun.

Leyla said she might
join us tonight.

- No, I'm, I'm really busy.

- Is everything okay?

I don't get it.

- Which part?

- Why do you wanna get
Leyla and Tala together?

I mean, the other day, Tala
didn't seem interested at all.

- Listen, did you ever watch
the TV show, The L Word?

- No, but did
you ever consider

not talking in riddles?

- They're in love
with each other.

- Who?
- Sonny and Cher.

Leyla and Tala.

- Leyla and Tala?

- Good evening, madam.
- Evening.

I'm meeting Ali.

- The other party
hasn't arrived yet.

Would you like to take
a seat at the bar

or would you like me to
show you to your table?

- The table.

- Sure.

- Good evening.
- Oh, good evening.

Reservation for Ali, 7:30.

- Oh, yes, follow me.

There you go, madam.

- Thank you.

- The gentleman sends
his regrets, ladies.

He's unable to make it.

But he does wish you

a pleasant evening
at his invitation.

- Thank you.

- We've been set up.

- So it seems.

- You look wonderful.

- So do you.

- I know.

I'm just joking.

- How's your husband?

- I don't have one.

I broke off the wedding

the morning of the wedding.

- That must've been
very difficult.

- It was the second
hardest thing

I've ever had to do.

- What was the first?

- Leaving you to
go back to Jordan.

- Well, I'm glad to see
you were discreet.

Well?

How did it go?

- Their eyes met.

A brief smile played
across Tala's mouth.

Unconsciously, Leyla
licked her lips.

It's all over.

- Okay, I'm still
getting used to the idea.

- You sound just like my dad

when you say things like that.

- You know what?

I've always liked your dad.

- What about you?

How are you?

- Fine.

Really good.

My book got published.

- Really?

- I mean, it will.

Next week, actually.

- That is so wonderful, Leyla.

No one deserves
it more than you.

How's your girlfriend?

- Jennifer?

- Has it been more than one?

- No.

She's fine, thanks for asking.

- Do you love her?

- There are things
I love about her.

- And is that good
enough for you?

- No.

Not really.

Did you tell your parents

why you broke off your wedding?

- I told them it wouldn't
be fair to Hani.

- Did you tell them why?

- Look, Leyla, you
don't understand.

Jordan, it's an
unforgiving place.

My parents have a strong
place in that society

and it's a culture
that doesn't change.

- And I guess as long
as people don't dare

to be truthful about
who they are,

it never will change.

- Leyla, I love you.

It's that simple.

Why should it be anyone
else's business,

even my family's?

- We make it their business

every time we have to lie about

who we're with and
why we're with them.

You know, you once told me

to be more at ease with myself.

Thanks to you, I am.

Now I'm telling you
the same thing.

- Every
night I empty my heart,

but by morning it's full again.

Slow droplets of you seep in

through the night's soft caress.

At dawn I overflow
with thoughts of us

and aching pleasure that
gives me no respite.

Love cannot be contained.

The neat packaging of
desire splits asunder,

spilling crimson
through my days.

Long, languishing days

that are now bruised
tender with yearning,

spent searching for
a fingerprint,

a scent, a breath
you left behind.

- Rani, where's my parents?

- They just finished
lunch, miss.

I gave madam some mint tea.

Go in.

♪ I was dragged around
and pummeled down ♪

- Maybe I should try
a South American maid.

As long as it's a
third world country,

I don't mind where it is.

They work hard.

They don't even think about--

- Mama, baba, I have
something I need to tell you.

♪ Through my smoke-filled eyes ♪

♪ I recognize your smile ♪

♪ Amongst the jeering ♪

- Haven't you shamed
us enough already?

- Please, Reema.

Tala.

Tala, wait.

- The sun hit her hand
with a red hot force

that burned straight through

the clear-veined
skin of her wrist.

And when she shut her eyes
tightly and briefly against it,

the heat still glowed
under eyelids like coals.

- Thank you, Leyla,

for a very illuminating
talk and reading.

If anyone would
like a signed copy,

Leyla has kindly agreed
to do a signing.

- I really loved it,
especially the ending.

- That's nice to hear.

Most people just love
it when it ends.

- Thank you.

- Hi, Amina please.

- Amina, quite a unique name.
- Thank you.

Thank you very much.
- Thank you.

Who should I make it out to?

- To Tala,

who finally had the courage

to come out to her parents.

Thank you.

- What did
you tell them?

- I told them I was in love

with a beautiful, intelligent,

talented,

clumsy

woman.

- Ah hah!

- Sorry we had to
go to a hotel last night.

- We won't
from next week.

I'm getting my own place.

- Ma brook,
congratulations.

Is it a flat?
- One bedroom.

What is it?

- I was just thinking.

You're gonna need
a bigger place.

- Why?

- Because I told my parents

we're gonna have children,

one day, soon.

- Children?

- Soon.

♪ I kissed a girl ♪

♪ I kissed a girl ♪

♪ Her lips were sweet ♪

♪ She was just like kissing me ♪

♪ Just a girl won't
change the world ♪

♪ But I'm so glad
I kissed a girl ♪

- She's what?

But some of my best
friends are Lebanese?

♪ I kissed a girl ♪

♪ For the first time ♪

♪ I kissed a girl ♪

♪ And I may do it again ♪

♪ I kissed a girl ♪

♪ I kissed a girl ♪

♪ Hey girl, welcome
to my world ♪

♪ Tell me what you see ♪

♪ Tell me what you wanna be ♪

♪ Hey girl, look into my mind ♪

♪ Tell me what you find ♪

♪ Do you have the same
kind of dreams as me ♪

♪ Or are you just
watching me go by ♪

♪ Hey girl, this is how I ride ♪

♪ Look at my style ♪

♪ Get dancing awhile ♪

♪ Hey girl, this is what I do ♪

♪ Do they scare you ♪

♪ Or does it make you wanna
do the same thing too ♪

♪ Or are you scared
of everything ♪

♪ Yeah, let it go ♪

♪ I could deceive you ♪

♪ Let it show ♪

♪ Who could believe you ♪

♪ I don't know why
you play this game ♪

♪ I just don't wanna
be another rerun ♪

♪ Come on girl, fly
into the sun ♪

♪ You learn something
real from the pain ♪

♪ Yehey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey girl, give me
some affliction ♪

♪ Give me some life ♪

♪ Let me show you my surprise ♪

♪ Hey girl, welcome
to the show ♪

♪ Time for you to grow ♪

♪ Long that you go now ♪

♪ Do you think you
know it all already ♪

♪ Hey girl, look what
you're missing ♪

♪ See how I listen to
everything you don't say ♪

♪ Hey girl, do you
know my name ♪

♪ Do you think that we could
ever really be the same ♪

♪ Or do you just wanna be me ♪

♪ Let it go ♪

♪ I could deceive you ♪

♪ Let it show ♪

♪ Who could believe you ♪

♪ I don't know why
you play this game ♪

♪ I just don't wanna
be another rerun ♪

♪ Come on girl, fly
into the sun ♪

♪ You learn something
real from the pain ♪

♪ Yehey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Let it go ♪

♪ I could deceive you ♪

♪ Let it show ♪

♪ Who could believe you ♪

♪ I don't know why
you play this game ♪

♪ I just don't wanna
be another rerun ♪

♪ Come on girl, fly
into the sun ♪

♪ You learn something
real from the pain ♪

♪ Let it go ♪

♪ I could deceive you ♪

♪ Let it show ♪

♪ Who could believe you ♪

♪ I don't know why
you play this game ♪

♪ I just don't wanna
be another rerun ♪

♪ Come on girl, fly
into the sun ♪

♪ You learn something
real from the pain ♪

♪ Yehey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪