All language subtitles for Traffik [1989] E05 - The Politician.english

(Jack) I returned to
Pakistan in November

for the signing of the
British Aid Agreement.

I loathe this place.

I don't understand it.

I see the endless contradictions
and compromises and I lose my way.

When I was younger,
all I wanted was to be what I am now.

Now I long for anything else.

So, we're going
to the Government guest house

so you can freshen up
before your first meeting.

Hope you had a good flight, sir.

I listened to music on the plane
and I can't remember any of it.

My wife cried
throughout our last conversation.

My name is Jack Lithgow.

And my daughter is a heroin addict.

Just through here, Minister.

(Church bells)

Sabira.

- Morning.
- Morning.

- Good morning, Mr Lithgow.
- Good morning. I'm sorry, I...

We've met before.
At the palace in Pershawar.

Of course. I'm sorry. Roomana, yes?

Yes, that's right.
I'll get you to the consulate.

Thank you.

I didn't know you
worked at the consulate.

I don't.

Can you spare me an hour of your time?
It's very important.

Everybody who ever wants to see me
says exactly the same thing.

I've been here for fourteen months,

preparing a case against
two drug traffickers.

They were found with 170 kilos of heroin.

- In April we finally got a conviction.
- Congratulations.

They received two years each. They
were chatting afterwards with the judge.

It was privately agreed that they'll be
released after forty days' confinement.

(Tooting)

The administration in Karachi
has completely broken down.

There used to be a smuggling mafia,

then came transport, arms
and now the drugs mafia.

Bazaar se aahista se guzro.

We're going through the market.

Destroying poor opium farmers' fields
won't affect the supply of heroin here.

It'll simply be got from somewhere else.

This is where you need to fight drugs.
People are dealing openly in heroin.

There's two public phones in that cafe
and they're always busy.

We recorded messages to Sweden,

Germany, America, Egypt, Belgium,
Thailand, Spain:

27 countries at least are dealing in heroin
with this part of the world.

- Everyone knows what goes on here.
- Why do you think I can do anything?

Until you sign that agreement,
you have power. People will listen to you.

Ah, good morning, Mr Lithgow.

We wondered what had delayed you.
I was very worried.

I'm sorry, I took a quick look round Karachi.
I found it very instructive.

- I hope I haven't held anybody up.
- No, but you should have told me.

- I'd have been happy to show you round.
- Anyway.

- You're rather tired from your flight?
- I'm fine. I'm fine.

We can postpone the meeting
till after lunch.

There are only formalities to settle.

I'm used to travelling.
Please, let's start.

Can we discuss timing?

I think it would be sensible
if we fly to Islamabad

and have the signing of the agreement
by midday on Monday.

This would allow the best coverage
for both our countries.

- There are no changes to the final draft?
- Just one or two points.

Of course.

- I'm confused about some of these figures.
- What figures are those?

The reduction in poppy cultivation
as a result of our crop schemes.

Figures are hard to verify in these areas.

What I don't understand is,
if the poppy has

been eradicated to the
extent you say it has...

Excuse me. Thank you.

...why has there also been such a dramatic
rise in heroin seizures in Pakistan?

With respect,
I think perhaps we are discussing an area

that the agreement was
never meant to cover.

But you do see, Mr Waheed,

the incentive for farmers to grow opium
is clearly linked

to the ease with which heroin traffickers
are allowed to flourish.

- We can only tackle one problem at a time.
- And why is that?

Because our country's
resources are limited.

As is your country's aid,
naturally.

I would love to go back to Britain and say

"Look, Pakistan is determined to stamp out
the heroin problem at every level."

We are!

No, no. Cancel the reception.

Quite obviously
there are still things we need to clarify.

Why do you want to see me, sir?

There's something I want you to do.

I would like you personally
to oversee the arrival today.

But I am only your chauffeur.

(Tuts) No more.

I'm very pleased with your loyalty, Fazal.

I wish to trust you with a special job.
Something I would normally do myself.

You look relieved.

Why do you think I called you here?
To punish you?

I thought I had displeased you, sir.

I am surrounded by puppets and cowards.

I admire a man who is not afraid of me.

- How much longer are they gonna be?
- Heaven knows.

I hate bloody tourists like Lithgow.
Visits for a week and lays down the law.

I don't think he's got long to go.
That's the rumour from London.

Good.

Look, let's sign the agreement as arranged,

and then let's table a meeting
to discuss these further points.

I can't sign the
agreement until I see more

evidence of you
arresting known traffickers,

and a move to close the open trading in
heroin that goes on in Karachi's markets.

This is not how I would like to conduct
a discussion, Mr Lithgow.

The press will be in Islamabad on Monday,

and you know, it would look terrible
if Britain refuses to sign the agreement

because she feels that
enough is not being done.

I am aware of that.

I bitterly resent this bullying
interference in our country's affairs.

You just can't talk to him like that, sir.

You're being simplistic
about a terribly complicated matter.

I'm sure Whitehall doesn't expect
this kind of loose brief.

I thought we had a productive discussion.
Let's see what happens.

But don't you...
What are you going to do now, sir?

I'm off to sleep
because I'm completely knackered.

(Sighs)

(Organ music)

(Coughing)

Hmm.

- (Man) Domenquez?
- Yes.

Domenquez?

(Bubbling)

(Percolator bubbles)

(Gasps) Jes�s!

Who killed my partner?

What are you doing here?

What are you, crazy?
You, you break into a lawyer's house?

Was it you? Or was it the woman?

Get out. Get the hell out of here.

I brought you some family snaps.

I like the moustache.
Makes you look honest.

Your real name is Hector Vambone and you
are wanted in the United States for fraud.

And I am going to make sure
that you go back and face trial.

That's crap.

I'd really like you to resist arrest.

So what are we discussing here?

Did you have Dieter killed?

No.

I'm going to ask you again.
Did you have Dieter killed?

I swear I had nothing to do with it.

- Was it Helen Rosshalde?
- I had nothing to do with it.

I hear you.

What do you want?

I think she's still smuggling heroin and
I want you to keep me in touch about that.

Tell me what's going on.

And then I want her
to stand trial for murder.

Ledesert's out of the hospital.
The trial is starting up again.

- I don't know what to do.
- You don't do anything.

You let us try and win the case.

- How can you win? They have the evidence.
- Just let me do my job.

- We're not going to win.
- Jesus, stop trying to be Karl.

- I'm not trying to be...
- You've done nothing but make mistakes!

Stop planning and
scheming like it's a game.

These are real people, real lives!
And you are not Karl!

You're not as good as he was,
so stop playing about!

How long have we got
until the trial reconvenes?

I don't know. A week at least, I think.

They'll move to a high-security court,
maybe even change cities. Why?

I'm going to Pakistan
to do the deal direct with Tariq Butt.

You're not listening to a word I'm saying.

He's, er, taken a plane to Peshawar
this morning, sir.

He's gone to the Khyber Pass until Friday.

He said he wanted to see the problems
at first hand.

This is ridiculous. I'm going to make
a formal complaint if this continues.

It is a little uncharacteristic.
I think he's under some personal pressure.

I'm going to make a formal complaint.

My god, the Khyber!

I never thought I'd see this place.

My grandfather was up here,
1919, with the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

The British Army spent years
trying to subdue the tribes,

until they realised the Empire didn't need
this particular territory.

Nothing's really changed.

This is the Tribal Belt.
We call it the free territories. Free from law.

But nowhere's free from law.

You'll never persuade farmers who've
always grown opium poppy to stop

just because people they've never met,
in a country they've never seen...

I've been listening to
this innocent-peasant stuff for months.

They know why people want their opium.

Because rich people in the West
can't control their drug habits.

They know it's killing people,
in Pakistan as well.

So they should stop growing opium
and grow sugar for half the revenue?

Yeah, they should stop growing it.

Will workers at the Bell's Whisky and the
Gordon's Gin factories go back to farming?

- That's not the same.
- No.

Heroin kills a fraction
of the people alcohol does.

- Heroin is illegal.
- Like alcohol in our country.

I still don't see why
we've come all this way.

I want you to see what life is
really like here and meet my cousin.

(Tooting)

(Gunshot)

The sound of Darra.

Good morning, sir. Rifles our speciality.

May I show you some good machine guns?

(Speaks Pashto)

(Gunshots)

Darra is like the Wild West.

Anything is sold here.

We are traders.
We always have been and always will be.

Opium is simply another thing to be traded.

You won't stop it.

This is the traditional nan shop.

Now here we are.

Opium, hash, see, smell.

Do you want to purchase, sir?

- Er...
- This is very good stuff.

It's good stuff. Have it!
Come on, have it!

Thank you, no, no, no, thanks.

(Speaks Pashto)

Poppies buy us guns.

And guns guarantee our freedom.

If you were to try and destroy the opium
fields here, we would of course fight back.

You are talking about tens of thousands,

perhaps hundreds of thousands of people
who depend on poppy.

You would have a war.

And nobody will ever win a war
against us here.

Each shooting star
is an angel destroying a devil

in the endless battle
between good and evil.

What's troubling you?

Everything.

I don't know.
I used to be so sure about things.

Will you smoke opium with me?

I know who you are. Will you smoke?

My god, no!

Why? It will do you no harm.

Because I am here
to stop people growing the stuff.

That is an impossible task.
A ridiculous thing to attempt.

Opium is not heroin.
It's the chemist who creates heroin.

You've got opium addicts here,
young people.

From time to time,
but they are stupid people.

We take them to the
mountain and lock them

up for a couple of
weeks until they're cured.

Smoke.

- No.
- Why?

You won't get addicted.

How can you be sure?

You're not the kind of man who does.

Oh, you know that, do you?
Only weak people get addicted?

Of course.

Well, I've thrown everything else
that I believed in out the window.

There are no windows here.

Stop the traffickers
and leave the farmers alone.

We don't walk around
with needles in our arms.

Opium is not a problem for us.

I don't know.

Nothing that grows from the ground is evil.

There are only evil men.
Turn your attention towards them.

What are you frightened of?

I'm frightened that I've forgotten
how to love people.

Did you have a good trip, sir?

Yeah, thank you. Most enlightening, yes.
Shukriya.

Sir.

Perhaps you would like to dress, sir?

Hm?

- Hey, what time is it?
- Half past twelve, sir.

Oh, god.

(Chatter)

Ah.

Ah, Mr Lithgow.

We were wondering where you had got to.

I was working late. Slept in.

You shouldn't have
travelled that distance.

It was very worthwhile.

- Mr and Mrs Diffaw, Mr Lithgow.
- Nice to meet you.

Excuse us. Anyway...

I have excellent news.

We've got a tip-off
about a large shipment of heroin.

We have something to celebrate.

Pity you guys don't drink.

I'd better check it's stowed properly.

I'll be back in a minute.

Wait for me.

So sorry to keep you waiting.
A little hiccup with a shipment.

- This is a beautiful room.
- Thank you.

And thanks for coming all the way.
Though I fear it's been a fruitless journey.

- Why?
- I hear such awful stories.

Your husband's business in chaos,
different people fighting for control.

It was Ledesert's stupidity, that's all.

I think your route is no longer safe.

Then you're hearing old news.
I've got things under control now.

You see? We can get things done.

I think we can count this
as a major breakthrough.

For once, the big fish didn't get away.

So.

I'll pay the same price my husband did.

Alas, my costs have increased from
my new supplier. I have to pass these on.

I'll pay you the same price Karl did.

Then we'll renegotiate
and I'll pay you 5% more next year.

No. I think I'll deal directly.

Perhaps I should make contact
with dealers in Germany.

If you thought it was possible
you'd have done that years ago.

- You need us to operate in Europe.
- Perhaps.

How am I to know you won't lose your nerve?

I won't. I've got too much to lose.

You are,
if you don't mind me saying,

a woman in a man's world,
a very violent world.

I do mind you saying so.
This is becoming very tiresome.

There are other suppliers in Pakistan.

- What if you lose your nerve?
- Try me.

Smuggle this in your luggage
back to Germany.

Take it to Max Brustein.
When he phones me to say he's received it,

- ...we'll do business.
- You can't be serious?

Those are the terms,
if you wish to buy heroin from me.

You never get near drugs yourself.

One in four hundred get their bags searched.
Surely that's no great risk?

My husband is in prison for smuggling,
isn't it more likely I'll be searched?

Precisely my point.

There are almost certainly police
following you, watching you.

There's nobody following me.

Reassure me.

All right, I'll take it through.

When Brustein phones you to acknowledge
delivery, we have a deal for supplying.

At 60 kilos every three months.

Agreed.

- At the old price.
- Also agreed.

I'd offer you my car back to the airport

but it might draw attention.

- You'll be hearing from me.
- Indeed.

I'd love to know how you propose smuggling
large quantities of heroin into Hamburg.

Wouldn't you just?

(Tannoy) 'This is the final call
for LH 765 to Frankfurt.'

'Passengers may please proceed
for boarding from gate number three.'

'Thank you.'

(Tannoy) 'Your attention, please.'

'This is the final call for LH 765
to Frankfurt.'

'Passengers may please proceed for boarding
from gate number three.'

'Thank you.'

- (Bleeping)
- Wait, please. Have you any metal?

I'm going to miss my plane.

Go through again. Go through again.

Thank you, madam.

- This is your seat, madam.
- Thank you. Excuse me.

(Knocking)

Fazal. Fazal?

You have to leave now. Tariq Butt says that
you must clear the way for these people.

Straight-away. Come on.

- What's happened to him?
- Haven't you heard?

Where is he?

# Ai mere dil kahin aur chal

# Gham ki duniya se dil bhar gayaa

# Dhund le ab koi ghar nayaa

# Ai mere dil kahin aur chal... #

Tu kab se idhar hai?

- How long have you been here?
- I don't know.

How is it you can get heroin?

I was a doctor. My friends in Quetta
send me a little every month.

I won't be here for long.
Tariq Butt will get me out.

He has all the right connections.

They execute me next week.
I can't remember the day.

Are you frightened of dying?

I'm frightened of running out of heroin
before then, that's all.

What do you want?

Sir...

my children have been thrown out
of our room.

My husband is in jail
and we have nowhere to live.

This is awful
but why is it of any concern to me?

Please help us.

And how will you help me?

Perhaps I can get your husband
released from jail.

But it'll cost a considerable
amount of money.

Do you have that sort of money?

What is it you wish me to do for you?

Now we understand each other.

Will you be glad to go home
after the signing tomorrow?

I've got a lot of work to do, yes.

You're quite a private man, aren't you?

I suppose so.

Are you a racist, Mr Lithgow?

We're all racists.

But no, not in the sense that you mean, no.
I'm equally unpleasant with everybody.

(Dilshad laughs)

But I don't think
you understand our country at all.

No.

No.

I'm sorry, my German isn't very good.

- The purpose of your visit in Karachi.
- Business.

And the other bag, please.

May I go now?

Yes.

Excuse me. If you'll follow me,
we're not quite finished.

You've held me up enough, I'd like to go.

This will only take a little while.
If you will come into this cubicle, please.

What if I refuse?

You may call legal
assistance but we have the

right to search you.
It's only a matter of time.

Please remove your clothes
and leave them over there.

A female customs officer
will come in a few minutes.

Can I go now?

No.
I'm going to do an internal examination

to see if you are concealing
any foreign objects.

Would you stand with your legs apart
and bend over?

Did you get it?

- Don't do that to me again.
- Did you get it?

You phone me at home with a message
like that. What do you think you're doing?

- There was no other way.
- You compromise me and our relationship.

Hey. Did you get it?

Yes, I got it.

Is it Pakistani? He'll check, you know.

It's from the last batch.

You should have seen Kilmer's face when
I asked to buy back the stuff Karl sold him.

What did you do with the stuff he gave you?

I flushed it down the
toilet in Karachi airport.

I may be many things but I'm not crazy.

For god's sake, Roomana,
it's my last night.

I'm supposed to be at
a dinner in half an hour.

If you come with me, you'll see what really
happened to the heroin they captured today.

Have we got permission to be here?

This is the truck
the captured heroin was loaded in.

I don't understand.
Why are there no guards?

Taste it. It isn't heroin.

They've substituted flour
coloured with vegetable dye or something.

Tomorrow the bags will be taken and stored
in the warehouse until they're destroyed.

Everything will be logged and correct
and no-one will be wiser.

- So where's the heroin?
- Tariq Butt has it.

That massive shipment
is heading for Europe, for your cities.

I can't.
I have to sign that agreement tomorrow.

I'm sorry, I can't go back on that now.
I've done all that I can.

You must search your own conscience.

Oh, look, spare me, please, Roomana.
I haven't given up.

Bhaisahab, yahan rokiye.

- Why are we stopping?
- I want to show you something.

He was tried this morning.

He's been sentenced to five years
rigorous imprisonment and fifteen stripes.

Stripes?

Yes. He's Tariq Butt's right-hand man.

He's a big dealer.
It's a very important arrest for us.

(Groans)

(Fazal groans)

All right, thank you. I've seen enough.

I want to go home.

Everyone expects me to know what to do

but you can only take decisions
if you don't question them.

I have to concentrate on my work but
I can't stop thinking about my daughter.

I feel like I'm falling.

I believe that this agreement will signal
a new period of progress and cooperation

between the two countries
in this all-important area.

And I am filled with optimism

that together we shall be able to conquer
the evil of narcotics.

Thank you. Thank you very much indeed.

Is something wrong?

- I can't sign this.
- (Groans and chatter)

I'm sorry, I do not believe
that this agreement will be effective

in stopping the trafficking of heroin.