All language subtitles for Terrorism and Kebab

Essam Imam presents

Adel Imam

Come on, mister,
the queue is moving

What's this? What's this?

Which floor? Which floor?

What did he say?

Seventh

I need a transfer form

to have my children moved
to another school

- Where can I get it?
- Room 717

- 717?
- Yes

Where can I find that?

It's the one we just passed

- We passed it?
- Yes

Would you believe it? I've been
coming here for a month

and have never been able
to get to it

- A month?
- Yes

- You've been coming daily?
- Daily

- And you can't get in?
- No

Haven't you dusted the
desk yet, you fool?

I dust it once and twice
and thrice, sir

Take away the rag!

- Once and twice and...
- Attention!

To make doubly sure, sir

I was doing nothing so I busied
myself with dusting

Are you playing smart, boy?

Go get me my coffee!
Move it!

What is it, mister?

- I'm sorry, I need...
- See Mr. Rashad!

I haven't said anything yet.
I need...

See Mr. Rashad!

God is Great

Where have you been, Sekina?
See Mr. Rashad

You've left me hanging
on the line

So, you were changing
the baby's diaper

Well, listen to me

You listen to me because I'm right

If he wants to divorce you,

make him sign a full waiver
and then go to hell

No, no, not his aunt,
don't let her get involved

She is a mischievous
trouble maker

I'm telling you, you don't know
her as I do

What is it, Sekina?
Listen to me!

You're nursing, dear,
the flat is yours legally

Of course you have a right
to get back your dowry

Yes, don't leave him anything

Suppose you married again,

wouldn't you need your
furniture?

And then what was it all about?

Because you cooked
molokheya for him?

Well, get him okra.
It's 8 pounds a kilo

and it requires a kilo of
mutton worth 12 pounds

And put rice along with it...

Yes, of course, rice

and two lemons...

A tiny lemon nowadays costs
ten piastres

What is it, mister?

- It's...
- It's what?

Nothing

God's blessings & peace
be upon you

May you pray in Mecca

- You too, God willing. Yes?
- Oh my God!

I'll tell you

I need a transfer form

to have my children moved
to a school nearer to home

That's Mr. Medhat's specialization,

he's on an training course,
and will be back in a week

Couldn't you do the work
in his absence?

No, everybody has first
claim to his job

Besides, it's a question
of one week only

Wait, Sekina, listen to me
for once

I'll get you a much better husband

Only see to it that you keep
the furniture

I say, it's now 11 am.

It's time for neither the noon
nor afternoon prayer

Which prayer is the gentleman
performing?

Do you know how to prepare
a delicious meal

with little cost?

Have your dining table set with
meats and fried chicken

And stuffings so tasty
as to make one swoon

And here's a new method
for stuffing turkeys

with chicken and meat and
it's cheap and very tasty

Make sure you have
on your dining table

meats and chicken, they're
so delicious and nutritious

Ahmed! Ahmed!

Where are you, Ahmed?

What is it? Where are you?

Peel these garlic cloves
for me for the aubergines

Is it not enough that I'm
preparing the salad for you?

I'm supposed to come home
to find the table set

Besides, we're having
aubergines day in, day out

Isn't there anything
beside that?

Provide the cost,
I'll cook you what you will

Get me that meat, I'll cook it

Take the chicken out of the
empty fridge, I'll fry them

Moreover, I workjust like you

The crown won't fall off
your royal head

for peeling a few garlic cloves!

I work mornings and evenings

And do I pass my evenings
in amusement parks?

Or do I dress up and go to
the opera?

I'm worn out doing the house chores

What opera are you talking about?

You're not good enough
for a circus

If you go to the zoo
they'd detain you there

What opera?

Dad! Mom!

Why do you look so exhausted?

We are weary of the long walk

When are you going to move us
from this school?

We're worn out!

Good evening, Ahmed

What is this, Soliman?

Some sandwiches

You can't go home without supper

Thanks but I'm used to having
supper at home

It's Thursday and we want
to close early

but that man out there
isn't budging

What time is it now?

What time is it, sir?

It's late and the workers
want to get going

Shall I wrap that up for you
to take home?

It seems we'll be staying
here overnight

- Thursday night is ruined
- And Friday, too

Can I have two pounds' worth?

Of course

Look at the man carrying
the loaves

Tonight, Thursday night,
I'll wed and be a bridegroom

I love you and wish I could
forget you

And forget myself along
with you

I'd sacrifice my life for you

I live in EI-Sayeda and
my sweetheart in EI-Hussein

To win all blessings
I visit her twice daily

I'm calling you!

I'm calling you!

Your sweetheart sleeps in
a deserted palace

Where are you, my beauty?

Moneera! Moneera!

What is it, Ahmed?

Quietly, the children are sleeping

What time is it now?

It's still early, very early

I can't understand why
you go to sleep so early

This is Thursday night,
a special night

Tomorrow is Friday, no work

Why have you turned
the cassette player on?

That's Abdel-Halim Hafiz

What's brought Abdel-Halim
to your mind at this hour?

Abdel-Halim is always on our minds

Only the pressures of life
make one forgetful

We remember him as soon as
things are not too bad

Go to sleep, Ahmed.
Or have you forgotten:

If I went to the zoo
they'd detain me there!

They would put you in with
the gazelles and songbirds

You know, when one is upset,
one speaks nonsense

Today the restaurant
grossed over 300 pounds

Why?

Because it's Thursday night.
Would it be -

a boon to the restaurant and
not a boon to this home?

All right. Go see if the
children are asleep

Get up, Ahmed!

Hell! I cleaned the floor
this morning only!

What've you done?

- Do it tomorrow
- What tomorrow?

Am I destined to drudge
night and day?

Afternoon, sunset, evening

For how many years have you
been reading this stuff?

For many years, son

I read as a student
and as an employee

I read as a bachelor and
as a married man with children

I read in health and now
when riddled with illness

It's all talk, mere talk

Why do you keep buying
the paper then?

It's a disease, God protect us

Any news of anything
getting cheaper?

Many things are getting
cheap as dust

Me, you, the gentleman here,
all of these people

Let me through, please

Let me pass, please

Excuse me, madam

Madam, don't stand crosswise
in the bus

Ladies especially should
stand edgeways

So you think that funny?

When there's serious talk
you're glum and pouting

Damn you and your evil times!

Let me pass, people of
'never mind'!

Let me through

Coca-Cola bottles are more
005in arranged in their cases

If one pressed them they'd explode

Because they're filled with gas!

And what are you filled with?
Buttermilk?

Ready to turn into cottage
cheese?

Cowa rds!

You raise your voices only
to speak nonsense

Stay as you are... raise the kids,

live it up on Thursday nights,

and on Fridays run off to pray

That's enough for you!

Damn you all!

All this is in vain

Everybody drinks bottled water now

Tap water is tastier

People are afraid to drink of it

Let them clean their water tanks

And the government keep
water pipes

and drainage pipes apart,
and all will be well

You take many leaves of
absence, Mr. Ahmed

Hello, Mr. Manager, excuse me

I'm finalizing formalities
for having my children

moved to a different school

Last week you had leave
for that purpose

The official in charge was
away on some course

Take ordinary leave

My leave entitlements are exhausted

Swap with some colleague
for the evening shift

I can't take the evening shift

because I have another job
in the evenings

Your part-time job is not my business

Without the part-time job
I can't make ends meet

Give me an adequate salary
and I'll give that up

I'm not the government!

Sir, I'm leaving whether
you permit it or not

Do it, then!

I'll refer you to
a disciplinary board

- Better not
- Why not?

- I'll tell them everything
- What?

I'll tell them everything

Go! Go!

Mr. Manager? Goodbye

Which is the top floor, please?

Thirteen

What luck! I love those
ill-omened numbers!

Here, take this, may you have
a happy day

Thank you, sir!

Here, mister

The gentleman looks like
he's in need of money

No, thank you

What?! Here, 10, 20, 30
whatever you want

No, thank you. I have enough

What's on the thirteenth floor?

The Vice Squad

Vice!

What is it, mister?
You again?

- Mr. Medhat...
- Mr. Rashad!

Yes, Sekina dear...

Look, don't touch anything
on the desk, understood?

The peas look fine

They must be, I've bought it
for 150 piastres

- No kidding! 150!
- Yes!

I get it for 120

They fooled you, they sell you
the stale for 120

- Where are the carrots?
- Carrots?

It's most delicious with carrots

- And a plate of rice alongside
- Yes, you're right

What's this? Are you making
conversation with me?

Are we becoming friends
or what? See Mr. Rashad!

Yes, Sekina dear, I'm with you

That was a damn advice!

God's blessings & peace
be with you

- May you pray in Mecca
- You too, God willing

I believe you're here
for Mr. Medhat

I hope Mr. Medhat has completed

his training course with
excellent grades

He has completed the course,
thank God

It seems he has gone to the toilet

Wait for him

If it's a question of the toilet,
that's no problem

I'll take a short walk
and come back

You probably roam the cafEs
after hours

No, I work here at the Mogamma' only

Well, it is quite extensive

I just bought this spot
with difficulty

for the value of two carats of land

You sold two carats of land
to shine shoes in Cairo?

Put your trust in God.
The other shoe

Do you know Mr. Medhat?

- The one who works here?
- Yes

I know him. He wears imported shoes,

fears to expose them
to our local polish

A quarter? He“ 3 pound!

A shoeshine now costs
half a pound?

Don't you know that?

I shine my shoes myself
and my children's too

But from now on, I'll shine
my neighbours' shoes

Give me the quarter.
You seem to be a good fellow

- Bye
- Bye, sir

What did you do to
the children at the club?

I swear to God I didn't
do a thing, sir

Why did you upset your
young master?

I sent you with him
to take care of him,

not to bring him back home
all upset

I didn't upset him, sir

I took very good care of him

But he stuck a tail to my coat

Then he and the young masters
his friends

were making fun of me
and I didn't know why

When I took notice
I said to him:

This is not proper,
Master Sameh

After all, there is a limit
to everything, sir

What limits, you animal?

So what if he Sticks a tail on you?

Your father has a tail

and so does your mother

Please keep my parents out of this

Are you talking back, you animal?

Stand at attention!

I'll send you back to the unit

where you'll lick your
superiors' shoes

and have time struck off
your service record!

Out!

Hasn't Mr. Medhat come back yet?

I forgot to tell you,
he has colic

of the large intestine and
suffers from constipation

It's this water we drink

Are you going to make the water
your scapegoat?

Look at the food you eat first

He's been in the toilet
for half an hour

He may have fainted or something

Mr. Medhat! Mr. Medhat!

I wish you a speedy
recovery!

Speedy recovery, Mr. Medhat!

What is it, mister?

Are you Mr. Medhat?

No, I'm not!

Why are you angry?

I'm angry at this hubbub
and racket

A toilet is a place for
ease and comfort

You must go in quietly to
allow others to be at ease

In Europe and advanced countries

Shut up!

People go to the toilet
with soft music!

You expect to have soft
music here?

If there's any justice!

Mr. Medhat!

- Again?
- Mr. Medhat!

Speedy recovery!

My precious Mama. No..

Dear Mama...

Mr. Medhat!

Speedy recovery!

Hasn't Mr. Medhat come by
while you were here?

No, where did they tell you
he was?

In the toilet

And you were looking for him here?

It's my last chance to
finish what I came for

Look, I'll let you into
the secret

Secret?

Mr. Medhat is too dainty
to use the toilets here

He must be out in some of
the fine buildings around

where the toilets are truly
pleasant

Really?

What about the suspects inside?

Nobody has checked on them, sir

Open up the door

Come in, sir

Wake up, girls!
Where do you think you are?

In a bedchamber, sweeties?
This is a government office

Bring me Hend Sleem

- Have you put in sugar?
- Two pieces, sir

Idiot! I've told you
a hundred times, one piece

Don't be upset.
I have mine with two pieces

Go get me another

Cigarette?

Oh, you don't smoke!
But I do

Why are you refusing to sign
the statement?

You're impeding submission
of the case to Prosecution

With all due respect,
I'll sign only to my statements

Well, whose statements
are these?

Theirs. I abetted vice,
violated decency

I haven't committed anything more

You well know, this is one
charge and that's another

These are the statements
I'm willing to sign to

Mr. Medhat

Speedy recovery

Are you Mr. Medhat?

Medhat who? I'm not Medhat

But If you want me to be Medhat

for your sake I'll be very Medhat

What's going on?

Are you Mr. Medhat?

No, I'm not

What do you want?

- What were you doing?
- None of your business

Mr. Medhat

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sir! Sir!

What is it?

Where are you going?

Going in

Where to? To do what?

Isn't this the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs?

Yes, it is

Well, I'm going in for Mr. Medhat

Medhat who? In which department?

I only know that his name
is Medhat

He works in the Education
Department at the Mogamma'

He's come for some business
and I've come to hurry him up

What's his business here?

He came to relieve himself

What do you mean?

In proper language we say
"to relieve oneself"

I'll say it plainly, he's come
to go to the toilet

The toilet?!

You know, the toilets at the
Mogamma' are scandalous

Mr. Medhat is a man of
refinement

He likes to go somewhere decent

Where else than in the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs?

He used to come here,
but since the Arab League

was completely renovated,
he has been going there

There it is, right in front of you

- At the Arab League?
- Yes

All right, thank you very much

- You're welcome
- What?

You're welcome

- Peace be with you
- And with you

You're brothers, aren't you?

You are but you don't want
to say so

Which of you is the other one?

She was with us and did
exactly as we did

She was with us and did
exactly as we did

She was with us and did
exactly as we did

Hend

They may say what they will,
I too will say what I will

You should hear me and
write down what I say

I was arrested in a public place,
in the cafeteria

of a 5-star hotel, not in
an apartment as is written

Whom are you trying to fool?

I have the right to say
what I will

It's up to the Prosecution
to accept it or not

Why do you want to charge me
with something I didn't do?

What will you profit by that?

Your colleague here is
very insolent

You have seen that yourselves

It's not in your favour

Her insolence bodes evil
for all of you

If she comes to her senses, the old
statements will all be scrapped

and replaced by new ones

The Prosecution will review
them and set you free

It was your fault, mom.
You insisted

that I marry your niece who
marred and tarred my life

May God forgive you,
because you are my mom

As for her, no!

May she marry someone

who'd make her live torture
and torment

Listen to me and go ask his
pardon, he's an evil man

I didn't do anything wrong

Let him do what he will,
I'll not prostrate myself

He's called the barrack's
chief of staff

They'll detail two guards
to take you into detention

Please sign the statement.
They treat us

better at the DA's office
than they do here

You know that I wasn't
working with you

Yes, dear, you were

Working doesn't necessarily have
to be in a bed

Sign or you'll be carried
out on a stretcher

Just try to touch me

Mom, burn all of my clothes,
no, don't...

rather, set them on fire,
better still, poison them!

If that niece of yours
attends my funeral

my torment will be double

I want you to know the way
I've committed suicide

It's by falling from high up.
The idea came to me

from the TV, from the film
"Between Heaven and Earth"

How I hoped the lift would
break down and not take me up

But the Mogamma's lift
did not break down

It's my destiny

I've come for Mr. Medhat

Mr. Medhat has just arrived.
He's taking the lift

Thank God

Mr. Medhat!

- Mr. Medhat!
- What is it?

Nothing... You're quite right, sir

You don't only deserve to come
to the Arab League

You should go to the UN

To be fully at your ease, sir

Truly, at first I was wondering...

But having seen you, I say
you have every right

What's the matter exactly?

Shall I speak when you're
pressed to be relieved?

Pressed to be relieved?

Yes, of course, I know it

Go in, be at ease,
and when you come out

I'll explain my request
and all will be well

Go on. I wish you
a speedy recovery

Which Medhat do you want?

Aren't you Mr. Medhat of Education
Department at the Mogamma'?

What Mogamma'?

Tahrir Square Mogamma'

- Tahrir?
- Yes

Zaki!

- Anwar!
- Anwar who?

We're brothers and there's
no need for violence

Scram! You could have
landed us in trouble!

Did you find him?

Hasn't Mr. Medhat
come back yet?

Mr. Medhat is a high-class man,
a Gezira Club member

I know. I've looked for him
at the Arab League,

at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, at all hotels

I'm not budging from here
till I get my business done

whether by Medhat, by the
Minister, by the devil!

Calm down, mister

I won't! I'm an official
just as you are

I help provide services to
fifteen million citizens

My work extends everywhere,
homes, streets, factories!

Just as I serve people's interests
somebody must serve mine

I'm only claiming my rights

I'm sheltering here till
my papers are finished

God's blessings and peace
be upon you

Where do you think you are, man?

Get lost before I lose my
temper and thrash you!

If you do my papers you'll merit
more in Heaven

God has not created us to pray
all the time

He has appointed a proper
time for everything

Prayer that impedes work is invalid

You're assaulting prayer,
you enemy of God?

What are you?
Are you an infidel?

By what right do you make me
into an infidel?

Or do you want to play
the dervish?

I play the dervish?

You push me? I'll show you!
I'll make you say

your afternoon prayer
at the DA's office!

Your going to prison will be
at my hands

Assaulting an official while
performing his duties!

Call security! Call the police!

Help! Security, come quickly!

Get out

I'm not budging from here.
I have rights

Do what you want in jail

What's going on?

He assaulted an official

I assaulted you, you liar?

I'm a liar, you enemy of God?

Me, an enemy of God?

Take him! Here's the criminal!

I didn't do anything!
I'm not budging!

My glasses! My glasses!

I haven't done anything!

Let go of me! I must get
my papers finished!

Nobody fire!

Throw down your weapons!

I want Mr. Medhat!

What's going on?

They say there are terrorists
at the Mogamma'

May God protect us, sir

Terrorists?

Open the door! Open the door!

Step aside

- What're we going to do?
- I don't know

Let's run for our lives!

Say again!

Terrorists have taken over
the Mogamma'?

Hold on, hold on

Say it again

What are you saying, General?

The Mogamma' houses the
government, the state!

Shall I have no rest?
Not even for half an hour?

Shall I never get any
good news?

Only catastrophes, fires,
armed robberies & terrorism?

May God help you, Excellency

Everybody knows that you
shoulder a heavy burden

Other ministers spend their
time listening to music

and appear on TV more often
than singers!

The safety of the whole country
hangs on you, sir

Inform Central Security, State
Security, the Fire Brigade

Yes, sir!

Certain days are so ominous!

0 Got“.!

Please, mister, we are
not at fault

We shall be hurt to no purpose

We have families to look after

I'll testify that you were
not in the wrong

Be sensible, son, don't bring
ruin upon yourself

It's no use now. Your testimony
will be in vain

The government attaches
no weight to all that

How far would you go?

To the prison gates or
the gallows?

You shut up! It's you who
have brought it upon us

Be it prison or the gallows,
this thing must be rounded off

Will you round it off
all alone, brother,

or do you need someone
beside you?

Put your trust in God and
let your own heart tell you

I'm on your side,
not against you

If you're embittered,
I'm a hundredfold so

Place it there

Whatever you say, bravest of men

Praised be God who
decrees all change

Cut it short. We want a few more

I swear there are no more

Unless you permit me to go
downstairs to get you one

Go downstairs to return
no more!

Move! Move!

I've fortified all entrances
and exits

with butane gas cylinders,
just as you said

One shot at any cylinder
and hell would break loose

Listen, friend...

Are our souls a plaything
in your hands?

You want to burn us alive!

Shut up! You in particular
will burn twice,

on earth and in hell.
When you return

someone's "good morning"
you demand payment for it!

Listen, exercise extreme caution

Let no erring shot be fired
at a cylinder

These cylinders will be our
last resort, not our first

Halt! Not a single step more!

Who are you?
Friend or foe?

Friend, I swear to it!

I'm with you even if it
comes to death

Anything that troubles the General
is fine for me

What do I have to fear?

Which General do you work with?

General Araar

- Who?
- Araar

Araar?

The Mogamma' is full of
decent generals,

and your lot had to be
with that one?

No wonder you're prepared
to do anything

Arm him, I vouch for him

Come

Take position. Guard the rear

Where is the rear?

- The rear?
- It must be backwards

Good morning, sweeties...

- What's this?
- Good heavens!

Pardon! I've escaped
from the 13th floor,

the Vice Squad. They've
arrested me wrongfully

They say I'm a member of
an indecent network

I'd die if my name appears
in the papers

Tell me, don't you need
volunteers?

- What?
- Volunteers

Things are getting better
and better

Volunteers?

What's this racket?

You again, idiot?

In Europe and advanced coun...

What's going on?

Really, What's going on?

Do we have enough information
about the terrorists?

Anything at all?

Say any thing!

Mom, we shall meet where
all people will meet,

in the hereafter

God's blessings & peace
be with you

Your son, Samir Bassiouny

What's this? All these
for me? Who told on me?

No power on earth can stop me
from committing suicide

No power will stop me
from committing suicide

I will commit suicide

I will commit suicide

No power on earth can stop me
from committing suicide!

What's that?

It seems to be one of
the terrorists

No, it's someone who wants
to commit suicide

because his wife's making
his life a living hell

Shall we rescue him, sir?

Let's rescue ourselves
first, General

Let him go to hell!

Find me a way to contact
those people

Let me know what sort
of people they are

I have an attack plan, sir

Any attack will involve
victims, General

I think we should establish
communication

Who's there?

It's me, I'm looking for
my glasses

I've lost them in the rush
and now I have a headache

I've found them

Intact or broken?

Intact

Thank you

What will happen next?

What did you say?

I say, what will happen next?

Anything, good or bad,
will be fine

The trouble is that
nothing is happening

What matters is,
what are we going to do?

- What's your name?
- Helal

Are you afraid, Helal?

No, things cannot get
any worse than they are

Suppose we found ourselves
in the middle

of some deep sea,
what would we do?

We would flounder about

You said it:
We shall flounder about

Either we get to the shore
and rest on our feet

or we drown, there is
no other alternative

Do you get what I mean to say?

Halt!

What is it?

Flee for your life. They have
taken over the Mogamma'

- Really?
- Yes

I'm the one that was giving
away money in the lift

I was going to the top
to jump off

Death by jumping off the top
is sinful

but death along with you
is all right

What death, mister?
Why this in omen?

Death by machine gun fire
is rapid and sweet

Do you want me to die with
you or shall I jump off?

No, stay with us,
let's die together

Thank you very much

0 Got“. 0 Got“.!

Calm down, madam

- O God! 0 God!
- Calm down, madam!

You take it

Yes, take it

Who's on the line?

Are you sure you have
the right number?

Yes, sir

But this is a feminine voice,
a tender voice

I'm the Minister of Interior

What? Who?

How do I know you're the
Minister of Interior?

Isn't it possible that you
may be somebody else?

Is it possible that you
don't recognize my voice?

How should I recognize
your voice?

Are you singer Abdel Wahab
or Abdel Halim?

Have we had mutual dealings that
I should recognize your voice?

Look, it's the Minister of Interior
speaking,

and in my capacity I ask you,
who are you?

Swear to it that you are
the Minister of Interior

I'm the Minister of Interior
and as I'm willing

to believe you, you should
believe me. Who are you?

I have been assigned
to speak with you

The situation here is horrifying

The whole floor is mined
with butane gas cylinders

They will explode them
with the guns they have

They warn you and your men,
if you make any rash move,

they'll burn up the Mogamma'
with all those in it

Do you know their demands?
How many are they?

How should I know? They're
holding a gun to my head

All right, child,
tell them the Minister

wants to talk with them.
To negotiate is best

We want the safety of all,
terrorists as well as hostages

The Minister wants to talk
with you personally

To talk with me?

No, I will not speak
on the phone

If he wants to talk,
let it be through a wireless

The telephone would restrict
my movements

With a wireless I can talk
in the midst of people

- My motion would be free
- OK.

Tell them to send the wireless with
a child, 4-5 years old

Anything else?

No

What?

I cannot endure any more!

Calm down, madam,
and have patience!

Let me go. Excuse me,
I'm leaving

Where to?

I have permission to leave
two hours early

Yes, I gave her permission

Because I'm nursing

Nursing? Do you look like
a woman that nurses?

Besides, what the government
says doesn't bind us

In Europe and advanced countries
they nurse artificially

Adulterated and expensive

Then stay here that I may
get you your rights

All in order, sir.
The Wireless is on the way

They're looking for a child
to send it with

- Have they agreed?
- Yes

So far so good

Please, please, this is
not the right time

We have better things to do

I promise, as soon as things settle

I'll speak to everyone
of you individually

What? What is it?

Walking in the footsteps of
the devil ends in perdition

That guy is doomed,
his end is certain

He'll either end in prison
or on the rope

A beauty like you whom
all youths yearn for...

What makes you get
involved with him?

You're not made for prison
but for a pleasant life,

for perfumes, furs and fancy cars

All you need is a long
dress and a veil

that you may become virtuous

Return to your senses

Why have you chosen me in
particular for your advice?

Is that the gaze of someone
giving advice?

You're like a sister to me
and I fear for you

And those? Aren't they
like kin to you?

Aren't they to be feared for?

No, those are not fit for
advice, they're stubborn

I'm like them, as stubborn
as they are

- One dies only once
- I don't want to die!

Calm down, madam.
It's not up to you!

I say, let's assault them!

What?! Assault?
And risk our lives?

Come closer to me

Let's attack them as one man.
What could happen?

A few of us may die,
3 or 4 or 6!

But I'm not a man, I'm not a man

Calm down!

You try it first

You attack first,
we will follow you

I don't know how to attack,
I can only plan

In Europe and advanced countries

the one who plans is
the one who attacks

- Really?
- Really

I know What's behind
all this whispering

If you don't like being
here with us

you can go down to those
important people below

But I won't send you
down the stairs

I'll send you down the window

No, I'm happy to be here with you

Why don't you go
down to them below?

I'm quite comfortable here

It's the President, sir

You mean the Prime Minister?

No, sir, it's the President

Yes, Mr. President

We're fully in control
of the situation

A bunch of fools, we can finish
them off in a minute

But, for the safety of the
officials in the Mogamma',

we are resorting to amicable means

No, we don't have adequate
information about them, Sir

But it's a very trivial operation

Rest assured, Sir, rest assured

Where's the child?

Damn you!

This is not your street boss...

It's the Minister of Interior

High-ups tremble in his presence

Fine, fine... May God preserve him

We are willing to sacrifice
ourselves for our country

How I wish to see them
all torn to pieces!

We are willing to sacrifice
ourselves

Your son will come back
to you safe and sound

His name is Mahrous, sir

You're the mother of a hero,
Mahrous

- What?
- I mean Mahrous' mother

Hold this instrument, Mahrous

Go up the stairs,
be careful not to drop it

Or it'll malfunction

My son dropping a thing.
that'll be the day!

But we must first come to
an agreement, sir

What agreement?

You're a man of understanding,
Minister

My son is walking into
an adventure

Only God knows if he will come back
on his feet or on a stretcher

What are your demands?

He should be exempted from
school fees all through

That can be arranged

And, God willing, when he
completes secondary education

you enroll him in the Police Academy

That's a long time ahead

I promise you, only pray that
I may still be Minister

There's only one more thing, sir

What else? Get it over with

A good reward to give joy to the boy

All right, we'll give him
a hundred pounds

What, what, what?

A hundred pounds?

Get one of your boys to go
up those stairs, General

My son, by the grace of God,

earns 150 pounds a day
without trouble

What? A hundred and fifty
pounds a day?

Would I lie to you, sir?

Bring me the boy

Here you are, sir

What do you do, dear?

I beg standing by the traffic signal

What?

I beg standing by the traffic signal

You beg, standing by
the traffic signal!

Give her 150 pounds

- Come with me
- Where to?

When I say, "Come with me",
you do it

I don't like to repeat myself

A little child is bringing up
a wireless set

You'll take it from him,
while frowning,

then you'll say: May your
mother be bereaved of you!

What'“ you say?

May your mother be
bereaved of you!

I want a lion roaring it out

May your mother be bereaved
of you!

- Frown!
- Here

Here, uncle

May your mother be bereaved of you!

Bravo!

I'll recommend you for
playing on TV

What's the matter, woman?

I'm happy for my son.
He deserves all jubilation

He faced all terrorists
though he's not an officer

Bravo, Mahrous! I'm very pleased
with you

What do the terrorists
look like?

Easy, General! Easy!

Tell me, what have you seen?

A bearded man,
with a long beard

- A man with a long beard?
- I see!

What else?

He said: May your mother
be bereaved of you

Tell me, do they have weapons?

They have guns and knives
and all sorts of things

The boy!

Now the picture is clear

Now they account us for much.
I know their bugbear

Bugbear!

Yes, the bugbear

- Who's the bugbear?
- What?

Who's the bugbear?

Shalabi, take my place

I'll look out the window
to see how things are

What things?
Things are rotten!

Let go of my hand!

Shalabi, reconsider your position

You were doing quite well

Now you're about to bring
ruin upon yourself

In Europe and advanced
countries they don't

I was brought to ruin long ago

And a living earned off the feet
of men, I'll gladly forgo

What?

Why're you looking at me
like this?

Frankly, I'm in love

Really?

I've never seen such beauty

Married, right?

My cousin

It's she who has driven me
here to commit suicide

- A shrew?
- A nagger

- Beautiful?
- She is featureless!

I'm telling you she's my
cousin. We all look alike

Your size?

No, I exercise and follow a diet

She outweighs me by
30-40 kilos

Me?

Tell me how did you two make love?

You mean...?

Yes, how?

With the collision method

A challenge between greats,
the meeting of giants

Can you imagine. . Just a second

I used to sit and watch

Animal World on TV

to see how elephants dealt with
such matters

- Are you an idiot?
- No, why?

Because the censors cut out
those scenes

Even between elephants?

Even between elephants

I'm a coward!

I submit my resignation!

What's happening up there?

A failed attempt by one
of the hostages to escape

Things have been brought
under control. No injuries, out!

They have forces enough
to blow the Mogamma',

even to blow the Pyramids

Let them attack. I'm ready
for the confrontation

Why should we be trodden
down in the scramble?

We accepted our lot
contentedly, patiently!

Stop it, you nagger!

I'll let them fire on any
woman uttering a word

Damn you all! You are the
source of all trouble!

Calm down, brother...

- What's your name?
- Samir

Calm down, Samir. Behave in
a civilized manner

They're the fairer sex.
Be tender with them

Tenderness with them is short-lived,

What's half an hour
in a 24-hour day?

Are you the half-an-hour type?

No, I'm not speaking about myself

Are any of you of the half-an-hour
a day type?

Leave off this foolery
and let's go our way!

It's lunch time and we must
have some rest

Are we not human beings?

In Europe and advanced countries

they treat people as human beings

I want to speak with you
for a moment

- Me?
- Yes

The police down there
aren't the real danger,

these people here are

If you control them no one
will overpower you

Attention! The Minister of
Interior is speaking

Considering my responsibility
for the safety

and security of all citizens,
I call you to surrender

in order to prevent bloodshed

It's for the safety of people
& yours as well!

I'd stress that we shall
not succumb to any threats

whatever the cost may be!

I remind you that not one
terrorist operation

has been successful
in this country

neither during the tenure
of my predecessors nor mine

I repeat, either immediate
unconditional surrender

or else, you very well know what!

What we have just heard
calls for an answer

Make those people down
there understand

Gentlemen, we're not playing
cops and bandits

We have demands that
must be met

To all soldiers, attention

If you want a battle,
we are prepared

Our answer will reach you promptly

O Almighty God!

Mr. Minister, calculate the
number of cylinders here

Estimate their fire power
and destructive capacity

As I've said, we have demands
that must be met

May I have an idea
about your demands

to see if they're legitimate
or otherwise?

Our demands... yes...

Just a moment...

Don't you feel hungry?
What would you have for lunch?

Anything to prop us up

Anything? Nonsense!
You're respectable people

What do you think of kebab
and meat fingers with salads?

- God is Great
- God is Great

By God, you're a man
of understanding!

Order a kilo of kebab
for every one

Lots of outlets and fewer
meat fingers

The salads, assorted!

In Europe and advanced countries

they have "tehina" salad
with kebab

Our first demand is for
kebab and meat fingers

- What?
- Kebab and meat fingers

- What?
- Kebab and meat fingers

Lots of kebab and fewer
meat fingers

Salads, green, tehina,
aubergine and soft drinks

Kebab! They want kebab
for lunch

How can we get enough
for that throng?

It's risky to let them
have kebab, sir

They'd like it up there
and stay put

Kebab for lunch, escalope
for supper,

and we remain stuck here
day and night

Sir, let's blockade them completely

I suggest we cutoff
the water supply

Patience, General, that's
not the way to handle it

I say we get you Kentucky
packages

I wash my hands of responsibility

The authorities want to get
you Kentucky packages

- Please, don't budge!
- We said kebab!

If you give way to the authorities

we will end with beans and ta'meya

- That'd be a catastrophe!
- Don't give way

What counts is the public will

Express your will yourselves

The authorities are down below.
The windows are open

Kebab, Kebab!

Kebab, Kebab!

Kebab, kebab! Else we'll
turn your life into hell!

Kebab, kebab! Else we'll
turn your life into hell!

Kebab, kebab! Else we'll
turn your life into hell!

Kebab, kebab! Else we'll
turn your life into hell!

Kebab, kebab! Else we'll
turn your life into hell!

Kebab, kebab! Else we'll
turn your life into hell!

All right, get them kebab

Sir, won't you perform
the afternoon prayer?

The time for the afternoon
prayer extends till sunset

May God save us before sunset
and we'll perform

the afternoon prayer and
a thanks prayer as well

They may put a wrong
interpretation on it, sir

They'd say the Minister
heard the call to prayer

but didn't go to pray

All right, let's go

God's blessings and peace
be upon you

O God, remove our affliction
and save our people

Amen

O God, guide us among them
that You guide aright

Make us wholesome among them
that You make wholesome

O God, condemn us not for what
the foolish among us have done

Whom does he mean by the foolish?

Surely he means the terrorists, sir

Yes, that's possible

The kebab, salads and all
will reach you soon

The restaurants are sending
their own men

to deliver the orders to you

Are those the men that
will bring us the food?

If they come up here
they will devour us

They look like anti-terrorist guys

If we ask for others, they
may have another team ready

We demand 5-star service,
the kebab is to be

brought up by Semiramis Hotel
waitresses

I have a simple plan,

while they're busy eating

we confuse them by a feint
through the fire engine ladder

to distract them
and then we go in

I don't like it

I want the incursion to be effected

without shedding a single drop
of blood

The incursion will be effected
without bloodshed

All right then, we may try

Cairo Gove rho rate,
Education Department

How come that when it's
not prayer time you pray

and when it is prayer time
you don't?

The call to prayer is on,
why aren't you praying?

An attack! An attack!

What is it?

They're sending troops up
the fire engine ladder!

Open the water faucet!

- What is it?
- I don't know

Open up!

The soldiers are coming up!

Truly, an incursion
without a drop of blood!

Great! Great!

Throw the cylinder!

Withdraw! Withdraw!

- What are you doing?
- I'm paying

No, it's at the expense
of the government

- At the government's expense?
- Yes

Still, we have to pay

- Tea, ladies
- Thank you

My hands are greasy, damn it

Do you want a perfume?

No, I use Eau de Toilette

Lipstick?

I don't use lipstick

because my man is so often away

He's away so often because
you don't wear makeup

Do it and he will stay beside
you all the time

No, no, please!

- Try, just a little
- No, I can't

I'm not used to such things

There's a limit to patience.
Let's get it over with

I want to tell you
something important

This thing will come to
an end somehow

We have demands that
have to be met

If you want this affair to end
answer our demands

We will listen, we will see...

And just for the sake of argument

My demands...

I have no demands

I came to get a certificate
for my children

I wanted to have them moved
to a school nearer to home

But since matters
have come to this

our demands too must be high

All my life I have been
obeying the government

The present one, the one before,

and the coming one

Supposing I didn't obey,
what would happen?

Nothing. I'd be left to stew
in my own juice

I commute to and from work
crammed in the bus, saying:

"Glorified be He Who hath
subdued these unto us"

Prices are up. so what?

I have only a couple
of children

I obey the government's
family planning authority

I have only a boy and a girl
and thank God they're fine

The class is overcrowded
with 84 pupils

The children come home worn
out and dizzy and pale

from overcrowding and air pollution
in the class

still, thank God,
they're all right

Nothing gives me trouble
but obtaining bread

I stand in along queue,
I suffer while getting it

and I suffer while eating it

Like the rest of you
I'm humble and contented

My only demand is for the
recognition of my humanity

I don't want to be insulted

at home, at work,
or in the street

I think, for such demands
I shouldn't be penalized

or reprimanded or blamed

But since matters have come
to a head-throat stage

come on, demand what you will,
I'm at your service

Come on, state your demands

We're in a strong position

Those people below may
respond to our demands

Come on, madam, what is your demand?

Speak, don't be afraid

What do you want?

Ask for an aeroplane,
each of us to get

five or six million dollars
and go wherever one wants

Do you think yourself Rambo?
What's wrong with this country?

Think of something else

Please, will you do me a favour?

- What do you want?
- I take very costly medicine

Three hundred pounds a packet,

and it isn't readily available

I had to sell my possessions

How many packets do you
need? What medicine is it?

Here's the prescription

They're crazy, sir,

taking over the Mogamma'
to get some medicine!

Get the medicine, General

We're destined to be burdened

by the shortcomings of
the other ministries

I can't believe I should
risk capital punishment

and get nothing for it
but a packet of medicine

Let's demand something big.
My life isn't that worthless

I support a wife, two kids
and a widowed sister

Tell the Minister to order
all police stations

to jail any wife complaining
against her husband

Any wife doing that
must be ill-bred!

Are you an imbecile? You
want me to ask the Minister

to forbid wives complaining
against their husbands?

This is an opportunity
to ask for big things

In execution they will
dwindle to little things

If we start by demanding
little things

we'll get nothing

State your demands!

What is it? Do you lack
nothing at all?

Do we have milk and honey
for breakfast

and TV recipes for lunch?

Speak up! Why are you silent?

You, why are you silent?

Keeping a gun in your
pocket, what for?

Why did you stand by my side?

I stood by your side
to hasten my own end

I have a death sentence
hanging on my head

Someone of the connected people
robbed me, robbed me off my land

while I was away... in the army

When I returned I tried to
get my own back by law

Sixteen years spent in the
law courts to no avail

From judge to judge,
from court to court

and never a decision
was handed down

And when I lost patience
and things got out of hand

I was sentenced in 3 months

In sixteen years I couldn't
get my rights,

and in ninety days I was
sentenced to death

In meting out imprisonment
or death,

courts are agile,

and so heavyhanded

when returning a citizen's rights

Then justice is what we require

That's what we should
demand, justice

What do you demand?

Why have you volunteered
with us?

I'm too shy to say

Do you feel embarrassed
like the rest of us?

Yes, I do

While you get over
your shyness,

let's see what our friend
Helal demands

Do you also want an aeroplane
to fly abroad?

No, I only want to go
to my home village

What's so good about
your home village?

There I wouldn't be insulted
as I have been here

I'd live among my folks
whom I love and who love me

I'd plant my land which
has become a waste land

You're here in the service
of the Motherland

I'm not in the service
of the Motherland

I'm in the service of his
excellency the general,

and of the lady and of the
children of his excellency

You are right, Helal, the
Motherland is not one man

nor a thousand using you
for their own purposes

Mr. Minister

What? What do you say?

You asked for kebab,
we said, all right

But to get carried away by
your vanity to the extent

of dictating state policy,
no, no!

I swear I'd blow the Mogamma'
with all in it!

Wise up!

What you said, Helal, has
angered those people greatly

It seems they don't want you
to plant your land

They'd rather have you
stand at ceremonies

the whole day through
under the scorching sun

About turn

Dismissed

I'm not an immoral woman.
I'm for show only

My job is merely to sit
with the other girls

The customers see me and
decide the goods are superb

They get drunk and can
no longer tell the difference

I slip by, get my fee,
and no one can catch me

That's my profession.
I know no other

I tell the officer
that's what I was doing

and I'm prepared to say so
before Prosecution and Court

He says, "No, you sleep with men"

I say, "No, I only keep
them company"

He says, "No, you sleep with them"

That's coercion. No one
should coerce another

No one is entitled to do that
whoever he may be

The Ministry of Interior
has announced

that an unfortunate incident
has occurred at the Mogamma'

A madman is withholding a
certain number of hostages

It's believed he has some
aid in his reckless deed

To ensure the safety of
hostages and other citizens

Security is dealing with
the madman prudently

So far there has been no loss
of life and no damage

Mr. Minister, why so?
We were proceeding well!

Anyhow, you have declared me
a madman,

accordingly, I shall behave
as a madman

I have one demand which
I shall by no means retract

The first item in the midnight
news bulletin

should announce the resignation
of the cabinet

- What?
- Resignation of the cabinet

A government that tells
lies must resign

If this demand is not met

you'll have corpses raining
out of the windows

Are you serious?

No one asks that of a madman!

I'm a madman by the testimony
of the government!

Resignation of the cabinet!
They'll never do that!

The Great Pyramid would
sooner be a heap of dust!

This way you're committing suicide

And you're taking us with you
to slaughter

In Europe and advanced countries

the cabinet wouldn't resign

I said from the very start
that you're insane!

We'll now see whether I or
the government is insane

It's regrettable that we should meet
under such circumstances

Such incidents take place
all over the world

Some ending without harm,

and some ending with
calamities, God protect us!

We pray to God that
all may end well

The government has to deal
with matters with strictness

When a puny fellow tries
to make the cabinet resign

just because he's holding
a few hostages,

what of our honour, of the
prestige of the State?

What's amazing is that he
wants the cabinet to resign

just because we described
him as a madman

The Ministry of Interior has
always practised self-control

but unfortunately other channels
prefer propaganda

We're the first to get a dose
of that propaganda

What of legitimacy and respect
for the Constitution?

Nothing can make the cabinet resign

but a vote of no confidence
and that will never be

because the Assembly is all ours

I think we should make
a pretence of resigning

And when things settle down
all goes back to normal

You mean we should announce
the resignation then deny it?

No! That would be a blot
on our Information Service

We'll say that the announcer
made a mistake

If we meet that terrorist demand

then we'd daily have a similar
demand on our hands

No cabinet will then last
more than a month

Or does the Minister of
Interior think differently?

What I think you'll see
translated into action

We're men of deeds not words

Latest: The Ministry of
Interior has announced

that the unfortunate
incident at the Mogamma'

has ended ten minutes ago
when the Special Forces

took over the situation and
released the hostages

The Ministry will issue
a detailed statement

once the investigations
are completed

All in order, sir

Take your positions and
be ready for the assault

Listen all of you up there!

Whether you're one or five
or ten or a thousand!

He who may impose anything
on the Government

has not been born yet!

We have been overpatient
with you

But there's a limit to patience

We account your hostages
as righteous martyrs

sacrificing their lives
for the Country!

The government will pay them
generous compensations

As for you...

As for you...

As for you, you know
What's coming to you!

I need not explain

Work at the Mogamma'
begins at 8.00 am.

By 8.00 am. everything
will be normal

Employees will be at their desks

If you don't release the
hostages and surrender

by 6.00 am, you'll be
wiped out in 15 minutes!

The government has no arm
to be twisted

He who doesn't like this
can go to the Assembly

He who doesn't like that
can go to hell!

He who acts the way
you are doing

is committing suicide.
That's all I have to say!

It's over!

Take all of them inside
and let no one move

Move to the corridor! Move!

Take rest. There's ample
time before dawn

How can I have rest, General,
with all of this happening?

What losses would you expect
if we made the assault?

That doesn't matter, sir

What's important is that the
operation should succeed

regardless of who dies

The government will pay you
good money after you die!

Your heirs will become rich.
See how I've benefited you?

You may be worthless in the
eyes of the government

but you are very precious to me

I don't want you to be
upset with me

I don't think I have
crossed any of you

Go your way. You are free

Wait!

Hold your fire!

Were you among the hostages?

What?

Were you among the hostages?

Yes, I was among the hostages

Did you see the crazy terrorist?

- Who?
- The crazy terrorist

Yes, I saw the crazy terrorist

How did he look? Can you
give us a description?

Well, he was neither very
tall nor very short

Neither very bulky nor very lean

Neither very dark nor very fair

He was like any one of us

What were you doing
at the Mogamma'?

I had some affair to see to

and it was settled, thank God

We have found no terrorists
in the Mogamma', sir

Only a shoe-shine man
and a service soldier

Subtitled by : ANIS EBEID
Cairo , Egypt