1 00:00:06,110 --> 00:00:12,184 Who are the real-world Illuminati? Find out @ saveanilluminati.com 2 00:02:30,405 --> 00:02:32,156 Ticket and passport, please. 3 00:02:35,244 --> 00:02:38,246 Ma'am, I need your ticket and passport. 4 00:02:56,932 --> 00:02:58,933 Marji, stop running! 5 00:02:59,351 --> 00:03:01,435 Look, there's Nioucha! 6 00:03:03,438 --> 00:03:05,398 Marji, haven't you grown! 7 00:03:05,566 --> 00:03:06,899 Got a present for me? 8 00:03:07,067 --> 00:03:09,068 How was Paris? You saw Bruce Lee? 9 00:03:09,236 --> 00:03:10,903 And the Eiffel Tower? 10 00:03:11,071 --> 00:03:12,113 Welcome to Tehran. 11 00:03:12,281 --> 00:03:14,282 - We've missed you. - I'll take your bags. 12 00:03:14,449 --> 00:03:16,117 No! I'll get them. 13 00:03:16,285 --> 00:03:17,952 Hurry, everyone's waiting! 14 00:03:18,495 --> 00:03:19,829 I remember... 15 00:03:19,997 --> 00:03:22,623 I led a peaceful, uneventful life... 16 00:03:22,791 --> 00:03:24,292 as a little girl. 17 00:03:24,585 --> 00:03:28,296 I loved fries with ketchup, Bruce Lee was my hero... 18 00:03:28,463 --> 00:03:31,257 I wore Adidas sneakers, and had two obsessions: 19 00:03:31,425 --> 00:03:32,633 Shaving my legs one day... 20 00:03:32,801 --> 00:03:34,802 and being the last prophet of the galaxy. 21 00:03:34,970 --> 00:03:35,970 Tehran 1978 22 00:03:45,522 --> 00:03:49,483 Slip a pencil under your breasts. If it falls, they're great. 23 00:03:50,152 --> 00:03:52,194 If it sticks, they're crap. 24 00:03:52,905 --> 00:03:56,157 Shake her and you'll fill a box of pencils. 25 00:03:58,118 --> 00:03:59,493 Calm down. 26 00:03:59,661 --> 00:04:01,954 They let me see him last week. 27 00:04:02,122 --> 00:04:04,040 The state he's in... 28 00:04:04,207 --> 00:04:06,500 They said they'd free him, though. 29 00:04:06,668 --> 00:04:09,170 - It'll soon be four years. - Don't worry. 30 00:04:09,338 --> 00:04:12,465 This regime will collapse sooner or later. 31 00:04:12,633 --> 00:04:14,508 Mom, Marji kicked my head! 32 00:04:15,177 --> 00:04:20,264 The dragon's revenge is a bitter dish best served cold. 33 00:04:20,432 --> 00:04:22,808 This dragon is heading... 34 00:04:22,976 --> 00:04:24,185 for a good thrashing. 35 00:04:29,358 --> 00:04:31,150 I, Marjane... 36 00:04:31,318 --> 00:04:33,653 future prophet, hereby decide: 37 00:04:33,820 --> 00:04:36,906 First, everyone must behave well. 38 00:04:37,074 --> 00:04:40,368 Second, everyone must keep their word. 39 00:04:40,535 --> 00:04:43,454 Third, everyone must do good. 40 00:04:43,830 --> 00:04:48,042 Fourth, the poor must all eat one roasted chicken every day. 41 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:51,504 Fifth, old women will never suffer again. 42 00:04:51,672 --> 00:04:54,006 Well, Marji, in that case... 43 00:04:54,174 --> 00:04:56,092 I'll be your first disciple. 44 00:04:56,259 --> 00:04:58,010 You will? Great! 45 00:04:58,178 --> 00:05:01,097 How'll you make sure old women don't suffer? 46 00:05:01,264 --> 00:05:02,890 It'll be forbidden. 47 00:05:03,058 --> 00:05:05,559 Why didn't I think of that? 48 00:05:05,727 --> 00:05:07,103 What's going on? 49 00:05:08,230 --> 00:05:13,401 Down with the Shah! Down with the Shah! Down with the Shah! 50 00:05:20,826 --> 00:05:21,993 I knew it! 51 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:23,160 I told you so! 52 00:05:23,328 --> 00:05:24,537 I knew it! 53 00:05:25,914 --> 00:05:28,416 This is a historic moment! 54 00:05:35,424 --> 00:05:37,258 He'll pay for what he's done. 55 00:05:37,426 --> 00:05:40,553 Your poor father will be avenged at last. 56 00:05:40,721 --> 00:05:43,264 The Shah can join his pals in Washington. 57 00:05:43,432 --> 00:05:47,184 Personally, I think I like the Shah. 58 00:05:48,145 --> 00:05:49,937 He was chosen by God. 59 00:05:51,064 --> 00:05:52,898 Absolutely. 60 00:05:53,066 --> 00:05:54,775 God told me so Himself. 61 00:05:54,943 --> 00:05:57,028 God and my teacher too. 62 00:05:57,821 --> 00:06:00,114 The Shah wasn't chosen by God. 63 00:06:00,282 --> 00:06:02,450 That's not true! My teacher... 64 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:06,787 That's what people say. 65 00:06:06,955 --> 00:06:08,998 Here's what really happened. 66 00:06:09,166 --> 00:06:11,459 The truth is, 50 years ago... 67 00:06:11,626 --> 00:06:13,794 the Shah's father, an army officer... 68 00:06:13,962 --> 00:06:16,964 wanted to overthrow the Qadjar emperor. 69 00:06:17,132 --> 00:06:18,466 As Ataturk did in Turkey. 70 00:06:18,633 --> 00:06:22,094 I shall modernize Iran and make it a republic! 71 00:06:22,262 --> 00:06:25,139 The English heard about this, and one day... 72 00:06:25,307 --> 00:06:28,976 Hello! Why create a republic... 73 00:06:29,144 --> 00:06:31,479 when you could be emperor? 74 00:06:31,646 --> 00:06:33,314 Me? Emperor? 75 00:06:33,565 --> 00:06:34,857 Of course! 76 00:06:35,025 --> 00:06:37,151 It's better than being president. 77 00:06:37,319 --> 00:06:39,403 You'll have all the power. 78 00:06:39,571 --> 00:06:41,363 A country like yours... 79 00:06:41,573 --> 00:06:44,950 needs a strong man like you to lead it. 80 00:06:46,328 --> 00:06:47,661 You have a point. 81 00:06:47,996 --> 00:06:49,497 Besides... 82 00:06:49,664 --> 00:06:53,125 the religious leaders are against a republic... 83 00:06:53,293 --> 00:06:55,961 and, frankly, they're right. 84 00:06:56,129 --> 00:06:57,963 What do I have to do? 85 00:06:58,131 --> 00:07:00,716 Nothing. Just give us the oil... 86 00:07:00,884 --> 00:07:03,344 and we'll take care of the rest. 87 00:07:07,015 --> 00:07:09,517 I'm the king now! 88 00:07:09,684 --> 00:07:12,019 All your property is mine! 89 00:07:12,187 --> 00:07:14,396 So, in fact, he was a moron. 90 00:07:15,023 --> 00:07:16,023 Yes and no. 91 00:07:16,233 --> 00:07:19,026 He was a dictator, but he modernized Iran. 92 00:07:19,194 --> 00:07:21,320 In a way, he loved his country... 93 00:07:21,488 --> 00:07:23,531 unlike his son who succeeded him. 94 00:07:23,698 --> 00:07:25,407 I'm the king now! 95 00:07:25,617 --> 00:07:27,701 I'm the light of the Aryans. 96 00:07:27,869 --> 00:07:31,705 I'll make this country the most modern one ever! 97 00:07:31,873 --> 00:07:35,000 Our people will regain their splendor. 98 00:07:35,836 --> 00:07:38,629 Yes, the Shah's father was very cruel. 99 00:07:38,797 --> 00:07:40,673 He even jailed your grandpa. 100 00:07:40,841 --> 00:07:42,842 But his son is ten times worse. 101 00:07:43,051 --> 00:07:44,552 Grandpa was in jail? 102 00:07:44,845 --> 00:07:46,887 Yes. He had royal blood. 103 00:07:47,055 --> 00:07:49,056 He was a Qadjar prince. 104 00:07:49,224 --> 00:07:51,392 The Shah's father ruined him. 105 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,728 He was jailed above all for being a communist. 106 00:08:00,193 --> 00:08:05,239 My grandpa was a Qadjar prince and a "communiss." 107 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:10,763 Dear God. 108 00:09:10,931 --> 00:09:13,641 You're alive! I was worried sick. 109 00:09:13,808 --> 00:09:16,936 - They opened fire on the crowd. - We had a close call, Grandma. 110 00:09:17,103 --> 00:09:20,314 Tadji and I ran, but the soldiers cornered us. 111 00:09:20,732 --> 00:09:22,858 Those bastards took my film. 112 00:09:23,026 --> 00:09:25,778 - They held us for hours. - Marji was so excited. 113 00:09:25,946 --> 00:09:29,615 She went on about proles, peasants, the class struggle... 114 00:09:29,783 --> 00:09:32,493 and that bearded guy, Che "Guevero." 115 00:09:32,661 --> 00:09:34,995 The boy shot next to us wasn't even 20. 116 00:09:35,163 --> 00:09:37,039 What's happened to this country? 117 00:09:37,207 --> 00:09:39,166 Right now, it's a shit hole, my dear. 118 00:09:39,334 --> 00:09:41,961 - Down with the Shah! - Here we go again. 119 00:09:42,128 --> 00:09:44,546 Down with the Shah! Down with the Shah! 120 00:09:45,465 --> 00:09:47,508 Marji, go to bed. Right now! 121 00:09:48,635 --> 00:09:52,680 Down with the Shah. Down with the Shah. 122 00:09:54,182 --> 00:09:56,392 I've understood your revolt. 123 00:09:56,685 --> 00:10:00,562 Together, we shall try to march towards democracy... 124 00:10:01,356 --> 00:10:03,482 building the future hand in hand. 125 00:10:26,589 --> 00:10:27,715 Siamak! 126 00:10:27,882 --> 00:10:29,883 - They let you out. - Hello, Ebi. 127 00:10:30,051 --> 00:10:32,303 It's Siamak. He's back. 128 00:10:32,470 --> 00:10:33,929 Hello, Tadji. 129 00:10:34,723 --> 00:10:37,224 Come in. We're so glad you're alive! 130 00:10:37,892 --> 00:10:38,892 Come in. 131 00:10:39,060 --> 00:10:41,061 Don't just stand there. 132 00:10:44,107 --> 00:10:45,858 This must be Marjane. 133 00:10:46,109 --> 00:10:47,359 How you've grown. 134 00:10:47,527 --> 00:10:49,570 You were just a baby before. 135 00:10:49,738 --> 00:10:52,823 And now you're a young lady. 136 00:10:55,910 --> 00:10:57,202 Who is that guy? 137 00:10:57,370 --> 00:10:59,747 My father. He was in jail. 138 00:10:59,914 --> 00:11:01,707 He's a hero. 139 00:11:02,751 --> 00:11:05,753 There were scientists who knew the whole body. 140 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,255 They knew what caused the most pain. 141 00:11:10,842 --> 00:11:13,427 They whipped me with cables so much... 142 00:11:13,595 --> 00:11:16,597 my foot isn't like a foot anymore. 143 00:11:16,765 --> 00:11:17,806 And why? 144 00:11:17,974 --> 00:11:21,143 The foot's nerves are linked to the brain. 145 00:11:21,770 --> 00:11:23,103 The pain's incredible. 146 00:11:24,439 --> 00:11:27,441 Our torturers were trained by the CIA. 147 00:11:29,861 --> 00:11:32,404 They certainly knew their stuff. 148 00:11:32,572 --> 00:11:34,782 What happened to Hamid? 149 00:11:36,201 --> 00:11:38,118 Hamid was killed. 150 00:11:39,454 --> 00:11:42,122 As a guerrilla member, he suffered horribly. 151 00:11:42,624 --> 00:11:45,167 He had cyanide on him just in case... 152 00:11:45,377 --> 00:11:47,503 but he wasn't able to use it. 153 00:11:48,004 --> 00:11:50,130 He had the worst torture. 154 00:11:52,801 --> 00:11:54,968 The loser gets tortured to death. 155 00:11:55,136 --> 00:11:57,638 - Cool! - What kind of torture? 156 00:11:58,306 --> 00:12:01,475 We'll hit him on the head with a cable! 157 00:12:04,938 --> 00:12:07,606 But first he has to put this in his mouth... 158 00:12:07,774 --> 00:12:09,650 and chew it three times. 159 00:12:13,613 --> 00:12:15,114 Look. It's Ramine. 160 00:12:15,281 --> 00:12:19,118 I heard that his dad was in the Shah's secret police. 161 00:12:19,411 --> 00:12:23,622 His dad killed a million people with his own bare hands. 162 00:12:23,790 --> 00:12:24,998 A million? 163 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:26,625 Absolutely! 164 00:12:26,793 --> 00:12:28,001 In their name... 165 00:12:28,169 --> 00:12:30,838 we'll teach Ramine a lesson. 166 00:12:37,512 --> 00:12:39,513 We'll rip his eyes out. 167 00:12:51,359 --> 00:12:54,236 Marjane! What are you up to? 168 00:12:54,446 --> 00:12:56,697 - Marji found nails! - We'll beat Ramine up. 169 00:12:56,865 --> 00:12:58,407 We'll rip his eyes out! 170 00:12:58,575 --> 00:13:01,452 What if I nailed your ears to the wall? 171 00:13:03,663 --> 00:13:07,207 Go to your room and stay there until I say so! 172 00:13:23,766 --> 00:13:25,601 Marjane, what's the matter with you? 173 00:13:25,768 --> 00:13:28,770 That's no way for a future prophet to behave. 174 00:13:28,980 --> 00:13:32,232 But, Lord, Ramine's father killed people. 175 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,569 Marjane. That's not poor Ramine's fault. 176 00:13:35,737 --> 00:13:38,363 His father's crimes aren't his doing. 177 00:13:38,740 --> 00:13:41,366 The wicked will pay one day. 178 00:13:41,534 --> 00:13:43,577 Have faith in my justice. 179 00:13:43,745 --> 00:13:45,204 You cannot wield it. 180 00:13:45,371 --> 00:13:47,372 Your duty is to forgive. 181 00:13:52,504 --> 00:13:54,505 - Ramine... - What do you want? 182 00:13:54,672 --> 00:13:58,550 It's not your fault your father's a murderer. 183 00:13:58,718 --> 00:13:59,927 So I forgive you. 184 00:14:01,596 --> 00:14:03,722 He only ever killed communists... 185 00:14:03,890 --> 00:14:05,766 and communists are evil! 186 00:14:10,522 --> 00:14:12,940 In the months after the Shah left... 187 00:14:13,107 --> 00:14:14,983 the country was euphoric. 188 00:14:15,151 --> 00:14:17,069 Everyone had been a revolutionary. 189 00:14:17,237 --> 00:14:19,154 Everyone had fought the Shah. 190 00:14:19,322 --> 00:14:21,448 Our neighbor's birthmark... 191 00:14:21,616 --> 00:14:24,535 had magically become a war wound. 192 00:14:24,827 --> 00:14:27,663 Our teacher, who loved the Shah... 193 00:14:27,830 --> 00:14:31,750 made us tear up the photos of the royal family in our books. 194 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,919 Political rallies thrived... 195 00:14:34,087 --> 00:14:35,796 and the old internal enemies... 196 00:14:35,964 --> 00:14:38,799 became national heroes. 197 00:14:38,967 --> 00:14:42,886 In this merry chaos, Uncle Anoush came into my life. 198 00:14:43,054 --> 00:14:45,556 Things will get better now. 199 00:14:45,723 --> 00:14:47,975 Nothing will stop the people. 200 00:14:48,142 --> 00:14:51,853 We'll have a society of justice and freedom at last. 201 00:14:52,355 --> 00:14:55,649 As Lenin predicted, the proletariat will rule. 202 00:14:55,817 --> 00:14:58,527 Uncle Anoush, how long were you in jail? 203 00:14:58,695 --> 00:15:01,613 - Nine years. - Wow! More than Laly's dad. 204 00:15:01,781 --> 00:15:03,657 Are you married? A communist? 205 00:15:03,825 --> 00:15:07,327 Marji, give your uncle time to digest. 206 00:15:07,495 --> 00:15:08,996 She's so inquisitive. 207 00:15:09,163 --> 00:15:11,623 You're right. It's good to be curious. 208 00:15:11,791 --> 00:15:13,125 Have you digested? 209 00:15:13,293 --> 00:15:14,835 Enough! It's time for bed! 210 00:15:16,337 --> 00:15:20,090 Put your pajamas on. I'll come and tell you everything. 211 00:15:21,175 --> 00:15:22,509 Elections are soon. 212 00:15:22,677 --> 00:15:27,514 Trust the people. They'll do all they can to keep their freedom now. 213 00:15:27,682 --> 00:15:30,517 It can't be worse than under the Shah. 214 00:15:31,185 --> 00:15:33,270 I'm ready! 215 00:15:33,438 --> 00:15:36,064 Watch out, she'll eat you alive. 216 00:15:36,232 --> 00:15:38,191 I'm ready! 217 00:15:38,693 --> 00:15:40,861 I'll start at the beginning. 218 00:15:41,029 --> 00:15:43,989 I was 18 when my Uncle Fereydoun and his friends... 219 00:15:44,157 --> 00:15:48,368 proclaimed the Iranian province of Azerbaijan independent. 220 00:15:49,495 --> 00:15:54,124 Fereydoun named himself the minister of justice. 221 00:15:55,376 --> 00:15:57,336 Democracy is based on justice. 222 00:15:57,503 --> 00:16:00,130 All men must be equal before the law. 223 00:16:01,049 --> 00:16:03,675 We shared ideas, so I became his secretary. 224 00:16:04,135 --> 00:16:05,886 This is just the beginning. 225 00:16:06,054 --> 00:16:07,888 We shall liberate Iran... 226 00:16:08,056 --> 00:16:10,682 province by province, city by city. 227 00:16:10,850 --> 00:16:12,184 I'm sure we will. 228 00:16:12,644 --> 00:16:14,728 It wasn't easy to follow him... 229 00:16:14,896 --> 00:16:17,230 for my father was loyal to the Shah. 230 00:16:17,398 --> 00:16:18,732 My son is a traitor! 231 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:21,568 Go and join my idiotic brother. 232 00:16:21,736 --> 00:16:25,072 You'll all end up shot, you hear? Shot! 233 00:16:25,365 --> 00:16:27,783 My father turned out to be right. 234 00:16:27,950 --> 00:16:29,242 And one morning... 235 00:16:29,702 --> 00:16:31,453 My God! Fereydoun! 236 00:16:31,746 --> 00:16:33,914 I had to flee. I had no choice. 237 00:16:34,582 --> 00:16:37,167 While my uncle faced his fate alone. 238 00:16:58,064 --> 00:17:01,316 I walked for days through the snow and blizzards. 239 00:17:01,484 --> 00:17:04,111 I was hungry and cold but kept going. 240 00:17:05,697 --> 00:17:09,950 I crossed the Alborz Mountains to go to my parents in Astara. 241 00:17:13,830 --> 00:17:16,456 Who's bothering me this late? 242 00:17:16,624 --> 00:17:18,959 My God, Anoush! 243 00:17:19,127 --> 00:17:20,794 Our son. He's half-dead. 244 00:17:20,962 --> 00:17:22,295 My darling son! 245 00:17:24,257 --> 00:17:25,632 My son... 246 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,427 My darling son, forgive me. 247 00:17:28,803 --> 00:17:31,930 I couldn't stay. The Shah's army was after me. 248 00:17:32,098 --> 00:17:33,807 I went into exile. 249 00:17:52,785 --> 00:17:55,662 I swam across the Aras River... 250 00:17:55,830 --> 00:17:58,331 and arrived in the USSR: 251 00:18:00,543 --> 00:18:02,002 What did you do then? 252 00:18:02,170 --> 00:18:04,880 I went to Leningrad, then Moscow. 253 00:18:05,047 --> 00:18:07,716 I did a doctorate in Marxism-Leninism. 254 00:18:07,884 --> 00:18:10,385 But I missed my family more and more. 255 00:18:10,553 --> 00:18:13,722 I tried to come back in disguise, with forged papers... 256 00:18:13,890 --> 00:18:15,182 but it didn't work. 257 00:18:15,349 --> 00:18:16,725 They arrested me. 258 00:18:16,893 --> 00:18:18,226 You went to jail? 259 00:18:18,394 --> 00:18:20,520 Yes. You know... 260 00:18:20,688 --> 00:18:24,024 I'm telling you this because you need to know. 261 00:18:24,192 --> 00:18:26,443 The family memory must live on. 262 00:18:26,986 --> 00:18:30,071 Even if it's not easy for you to understand. 263 00:18:30,281 --> 00:18:33,825 Don't worry, Uncle Anoush, I'll never forget. 264 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:36,036 Were you married? 265 00:18:36,204 --> 00:18:39,039 It's late now. Go to sleep. 266 00:18:39,707 --> 00:18:41,166 This is for you. 267 00:18:42,210 --> 00:18:43,919 I made it in prison. 268 00:18:44,629 --> 00:18:46,338 Out of bread. 269 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:02,187 99.99% of the people have voted democratically... 270 00:19:02,355 --> 00:19:04,064 for the Islamic Republic. 271 00:19:04,232 --> 00:19:08,151 It's normal, every revolution has a period of transition. 272 00:19:08,569 --> 00:19:10,570 Half the country is illiterate. 273 00:19:10,738 --> 00:19:15,659 Only nationalism and religion can unite people. 274 00:19:16,786 --> 00:19:20,914 Mina and her family have left. They say it's too dangerous here. 275 00:19:22,750 --> 00:19:25,627 They found Mohsen drowned in his bath. 276 00:19:26,754 --> 00:19:29,172 Don't worry. Everything will be okay. 277 00:19:29,465 --> 00:19:33,969 Siamak and his family have fled. The bastards killed his sister. 278 00:19:35,304 --> 00:19:37,514 Maybe we should leave Iran too. 279 00:19:37,682 --> 00:19:40,976 So you can be a maid and I can drive a taxi? 280 00:19:42,270 --> 00:19:44,896 We'll purge anti-revolutionary elements. 281 00:19:45,106 --> 00:19:47,399 Only one law will prevail: 282 00:19:47,608 --> 00:19:48,608 That of blood. 283 00:20:00,204 --> 00:20:01,705 Marji... 284 00:20:04,458 --> 00:20:06,501 They've arrested Anoush. 285 00:20:06,669 --> 00:20:08,253 I know. 286 00:20:11,549 --> 00:20:12,716 Dad... 287 00:20:12,884 --> 00:20:14,467 It will be all right. 288 00:20:15,177 --> 00:20:17,345 Do you want to do something for him? 289 00:20:17,972 --> 00:20:21,474 He's allowed one visit. He wants to see you. 290 00:20:24,228 --> 00:20:25,228 I'll go. 291 00:20:39,619 --> 00:20:40,869 Ten minutes. 292 00:20:47,877 --> 00:20:49,419 What a pretty dress. 293 00:20:50,046 --> 00:20:52,297 What a beautiful girl. 294 00:20:58,930 --> 00:21:01,514 You know that your visit honors me? 295 00:21:04,894 --> 00:21:07,979 You're the daughter I'd have loved to have. 296 00:21:08,522 --> 00:21:09,940 You'll see. 297 00:21:10,107 --> 00:21:13,068 One day, the proletariat will rule. 298 00:21:13,361 --> 00:21:14,861 Here. 299 00:21:15,029 --> 00:21:17,364 I made you another bread swan. 300 00:21:18,032 --> 00:21:20,408 It's the first one's uncle. 301 00:21:25,498 --> 00:21:27,582 Star of my life... 302 00:21:47,478 --> 00:21:49,729 What's wrong, my child? 303 00:21:49,897 --> 00:21:51,147 Don't be sad. 304 00:21:51,315 --> 00:21:52,649 Shut up. 305 00:21:52,817 --> 00:21:55,068 You didn't stop them from killing him. 306 00:21:55,486 --> 00:21:57,320 It's not my fault. Men did it. 307 00:21:57,488 --> 00:21:59,864 Shut up! Never come back again! 308 00:22:00,032 --> 00:22:04,577 Get out! 309 00:22:26,017 --> 00:22:29,644 One year after the revolution, Iraq attacked Iran. 310 00:22:29,812 --> 00:22:32,897 Saddam struck a vulnerable country. 311 00:22:33,315 --> 00:22:36,443 The revolution and purges in the army... 312 00:22:36,610 --> 00:22:38,653 had vastly weakened us. 313 00:22:38,821 --> 00:22:41,114 In the name of fighting the external enemy... 314 00:22:41,282 --> 00:22:43,742 the state exterminated the internal one: 315 00:22:43,909 --> 00:22:46,786 The opponents to the Shah's regime. 316 00:22:47,329 --> 00:22:50,707 Arrests and executions took place daily. 317 00:22:50,875 --> 00:22:52,959 Everyone was afraid. 318 00:22:53,127 --> 00:22:57,172 The new government adopted even more repressive laws. 319 00:22:57,673 --> 00:22:58,965 In two years... 320 00:22:59,133 --> 00:23:02,052 every aspect of our lives changed. 321 00:23:02,219 --> 00:23:03,928 And so did we. 322 00:23:05,806 --> 00:23:08,767 All right, children! On the heart for our martyrs! 323 00:23:08,934 --> 00:23:10,727 Daughters and sons of Iran... 324 00:23:11,312 --> 00:23:13,772 the war has killed our best children. 325 00:23:13,939 --> 00:23:17,192 The truth will soon rise up from their blood. 326 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,152 For whom did they die? 327 00:23:19,695 --> 00:23:23,490 For us! 328 00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:33,750 Martyr. 329 00:23:33,918 --> 00:23:36,086 Martyr! 330 00:23:36,253 --> 00:23:38,046 Finish me! 331 00:23:38,214 --> 00:23:39,672 What are you doing? 332 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,175 I'm suffering. Can't you see? 333 00:23:42,843 --> 00:23:44,302 Go to class now! 334 00:23:44,678 --> 00:23:47,722 Tehran 1982 335 00:23:48,349 --> 00:23:50,725 The veil stands for freedom. 336 00:23:50,893 --> 00:23:54,813 A decent woman shelters herself from men's eyes. 337 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:58,733 A woman who shows herself will burn in hell. 338 00:23:58,901 --> 00:24:00,235 Hey, have you seen this? 339 00:24:00,402 --> 00:24:03,196 Our soldiers die every day on our borders... 340 00:24:03,364 --> 00:24:06,157 to save our dear land from indecency. 341 00:24:06,367 --> 00:24:07,367 Look! 342 00:24:08,410 --> 00:24:10,495 Abba is for wimps. 343 00:24:18,254 --> 00:24:20,922 Leave in single file. Hurry! 344 00:24:33,310 --> 00:24:35,311 Mom, what's for dinner? 345 00:24:35,896 --> 00:24:37,605 How about a nice chili? 346 00:24:37,773 --> 00:24:39,983 Yeah! It'll make us fart! 347 00:24:41,569 --> 00:24:42,652 Give me that! 348 00:24:42,820 --> 00:24:44,237 I saw it first! 349 00:24:44,405 --> 00:24:46,489 - Sure, bitch! - Stop that! 350 00:24:46,824 --> 00:24:49,409 Look at you, fighting like animals. 351 00:24:49,827 --> 00:24:51,744 We should show solidarity. 352 00:24:52,913 --> 00:24:55,248 - What's her problem? - Who asked you? 353 00:25:07,469 --> 00:25:09,053 Your scarf, sister. 354 00:25:11,765 --> 00:25:12,849 You, woman! 355 00:25:13,017 --> 00:25:16,144 Sir, you don't say "woman," you say "ma'am." 356 00:25:16,812 --> 00:25:19,105 - Show some respect, please. - Respect you? 357 00:25:19,273 --> 00:25:22,817 I screw women like you and dump them in the trash. 358 00:25:23,569 --> 00:25:24,986 Get in! 359 00:25:43,130 --> 00:25:44,297 Are you okay? 360 00:25:44,632 --> 00:25:46,841 Yes, dear, I'm fine. 361 00:25:49,970 --> 00:25:51,137 Move it! 362 00:25:52,306 --> 00:25:53,973 Shut up, bastard! 363 00:27:43,208 --> 00:27:46,085 Mom, you have to give me 50 tomans. 364 00:27:46,253 --> 00:27:47,879 Really? What for? 365 00:27:48,047 --> 00:27:50,715 They're selling tapes on Gandhi Avenue. 366 00:27:50,883 --> 00:27:51,924 Bee Gees tapes? 367 00:27:52,092 --> 00:27:54,719 Mom! The Bee Gees suck! 368 00:27:59,767 --> 00:28:01,184 "Estivie" Wonder. 369 00:28:01,352 --> 00:28:02,518 Julio Iglesias. 370 00:28:02,686 --> 00:28:03,936 Pink Floyd. 371 00:28:04,271 --> 00:28:05,605 "Jickael Mackson." 372 00:28:06,231 --> 00:28:08,441 Lipstick, varnish, playing cards. 373 00:28:08,609 --> 00:28:10,276 Iron Maiden. 374 00:28:11,403 --> 00:28:12,862 - How much? - One hundred tomans. 375 00:28:13,030 --> 00:28:15,698 - Fifty. - Sixty. 376 00:28:15,866 --> 00:28:17,450 - Fifty. - Fifty. 377 00:28:21,622 --> 00:28:22,830 What's that outfit? 378 00:28:23,332 --> 00:28:24,749 And those punk shoes? 379 00:28:24,917 --> 00:28:26,626 - What punk shoes? - Those! 380 00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:28,252 They're sneakers. 381 00:28:28,420 --> 00:28:29,629 That style is punk. 382 00:28:29,797 --> 00:28:32,173 I'm on my school's basketball team. 383 00:28:32,341 --> 00:28:34,300 Is that a basketball jacket? 384 00:28:34,468 --> 00:28:36,427 What's that? Michael Jackson! 385 00:28:36,637 --> 00:28:38,679 That symbol of Western decadence! 386 00:28:38,847 --> 00:28:41,307 No, ma'am, it's... 387 00:28:42,309 --> 00:28:43,309 Malcolm X! 388 00:28:43,477 --> 00:28:45,228 - Michael Jackson! - Your scarf, slut! 389 00:28:45,396 --> 00:28:47,188 You're coming with us! 390 00:28:47,356 --> 00:28:49,315 I'm sorry. It won't happen again. 391 00:28:49,483 --> 00:28:51,734 Ma'am, my mother is dead. 392 00:28:51,902 --> 00:28:53,611 My stepmother's so cruel. 393 00:28:53,779 --> 00:28:55,863 If I'm late, she'll kill me! 394 00:28:56,031 --> 00:28:58,366 She'll burn me with an iron. 395 00:28:58,575 --> 00:29:01,452 She'll make my dad put me in an orphanage! 396 00:29:01,662 --> 00:29:02,703 Have mercy! 397 00:29:02,871 --> 00:29:06,082 Please, ma'am, have mercy! 398 00:29:43,954 --> 00:29:49,000 Today, our army destroyed 63 Iraqi tanks and 26 fighter planes. 399 00:29:49,376 --> 00:29:52,587 Our martyrs' blood irrigates our land... 400 00:29:52,754 --> 00:29:55,423 and feeds deserts of hope. 401 00:29:55,591 --> 00:29:59,427 To die a martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society. 402 00:30:12,483 --> 00:30:15,359 Is everything all right, Mrs. Nassrine? 403 00:30:15,527 --> 00:30:16,777 No, it isn't. 404 00:30:16,945 --> 00:30:19,322 They gave my son this at school. 405 00:30:19,490 --> 00:30:22,116 They said that if he fights and dies... 406 00:30:22,284 --> 00:30:25,495 this key will get him into heaven. This plastic key! 407 00:30:25,913 --> 00:30:29,081 They said heaven is full of food... 408 00:30:29,249 --> 00:30:31,250 women, gold houses and diamonds! 409 00:30:31,418 --> 00:30:33,085 Women? 410 00:30:34,046 --> 00:30:36,714 Well, he's 14. Women interest him. 411 00:30:36,882 --> 00:30:38,382 I've suffered so much. 412 00:30:38,550 --> 00:30:41,469 I've raised five children with my tears. 413 00:30:41,637 --> 00:30:44,805 Now they want to swap my oldest for this key. 414 00:30:44,973 --> 00:30:47,266 I've always been devout. 415 00:30:47,434 --> 00:30:50,728 I've prayed, I've worn the veil, I've obeyed. 416 00:30:51,438 --> 00:30:54,357 But I can't believe in anything anymore. 417 00:30:55,442 --> 00:30:56,692 It's me. Did you hear? 418 00:30:56,860 --> 00:31:00,905 They arrested the Roshanis. They found alcohol and playing cards. 419 00:31:01,073 --> 00:31:03,074 Why are you covering your head? 420 00:31:05,452 --> 00:31:06,953 For your husband. 421 00:31:07,287 --> 00:31:10,164 That's how we were brought up. 422 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:12,458 Don't worry. 423 00:31:12,626 --> 00:31:14,669 I'll talk to your son. 424 00:31:15,295 --> 00:31:19,298 Thanks to my parents, her son never went to war. 425 00:31:21,635 --> 00:31:23,052 Between air raids... 426 00:31:23,220 --> 00:31:25,972 government repression and spying neighbors... 427 00:31:26,139 --> 00:31:28,724 life tried to follow its course. 428 00:31:36,316 --> 00:31:39,819 To make everything bearable, people had parties... 429 00:31:39,987 --> 00:31:41,821 safe from prying eyes. 430 00:31:41,989 --> 00:31:43,864 They were often boozy. 431 00:31:44,032 --> 00:31:45,908 Alcohol was banned... 432 00:31:46,076 --> 00:31:48,828 but my uncle Taher supplied us with wine. 433 00:31:49,580 --> 00:31:53,791 He had built a winemaking lab in his basement. 434 00:31:53,959 --> 00:31:55,167 Mrs. Nassrine... 435 00:31:55,335 --> 00:31:58,879 who cleaned for him too, helped crush the grapes. 436 00:31:59,047 --> 00:32:01,424 God forgive me. 437 00:32:02,551 --> 00:32:04,719 Attending these parties was risky. 438 00:32:04,886 --> 00:32:08,264 But it was the only bit of freedom we had left. 439 00:32:12,144 --> 00:32:13,185 Come on. 440 00:32:13,353 --> 00:32:14,895 Get out! 441 00:32:15,063 --> 00:32:16,939 ID, registration, license. 442 00:32:19,026 --> 00:32:20,359 Come here. 443 00:32:20,861 --> 00:32:22,403 Breathe! 444 00:32:22,571 --> 00:32:23,821 - Been drinking? - No. 445 00:32:23,989 --> 00:32:27,116 - Liar. You Westernized trash. - Enough. 446 00:32:27,284 --> 00:32:30,119 I work for this country. How dare you! 447 00:32:30,454 --> 00:32:32,997 - Forgive him. - Shut up! 448 00:32:33,165 --> 00:32:36,125 I could be your mother. How old are you? Fifteen? 449 00:32:36,293 --> 00:32:38,711 Sixteen? My daughter is 13. 450 00:32:41,381 --> 00:32:43,507 If not for your wife, you'd be in hell. 451 00:32:43,675 --> 00:32:44,967 Thank you! 452 00:32:45,969 --> 00:32:49,388 Get in. Let's see if you have bottles at home. 453 00:32:50,015 --> 00:32:52,933 Grandma, Marji, go up first. I'll stall them. 454 00:32:53,101 --> 00:32:56,270 - Empty all the bottles. - But how? 455 00:32:56,438 --> 00:32:59,899 Don't worry, I was used to it with your father. 456 00:33:00,067 --> 00:33:02,568 I always had to hide his tracks. 457 00:33:03,654 --> 00:33:08,074 Our neighbor is an elderly man with a heart condition. 458 00:33:08,241 --> 00:33:11,118 Any sudden noise could kill him. 459 00:33:11,787 --> 00:33:14,413 Perhaps we can work something out... 460 00:33:14,581 --> 00:33:16,624 Where are you two going? 461 00:33:16,792 --> 00:33:18,584 I have diabetes, my boy. 462 00:33:18,752 --> 00:33:21,087 Without syrup, I'm going to faint. 463 00:33:21,463 --> 00:33:23,756 Diabetes? Like my mother. 464 00:33:23,924 --> 00:33:25,758 All right. 465 00:33:45,862 --> 00:33:47,405 Where are they? 466 00:33:47,572 --> 00:33:51,951 Arrogant, but no ideology. A few bills made them forget. 467 00:33:53,453 --> 00:33:55,454 You didn't throw it all out? 468 00:33:56,289 --> 00:33:57,289 Yes, we did. 469 00:33:57,457 --> 00:33:59,291 Shit... 470 00:34:09,219 --> 00:34:11,387 It's his heart again. 471 00:34:11,555 --> 00:34:14,432 They were after communists near our house. 472 00:34:14,599 --> 00:34:16,142 They threw a grenade. 473 00:34:16,309 --> 00:34:18,144 Taher couldn't take it. 474 00:34:18,311 --> 00:34:21,188 I found him on the floor in the living room. 475 00:34:21,356 --> 00:34:22,898 It will be all right. 476 00:34:23,066 --> 00:34:24,859 No, it won't. 477 00:34:25,026 --> 00:34:27,945 He needs open-heart surgery. 478 00:34:28,113 --> 00:34:30,698 They can't do it here. 479 00:34:31,324 --> 00:34:33,617 They say he has to go to England. 480 00:34:34,077 --> 00:34:37,037 I went to see the hospital director. 481 00:34:37,748 --> 00:34:39,165 You won't believe it. 482 00:34:39,332 --> 00:34:40,708 Know who he is? 483 00:34:40,876 --> 00:34:43,294 My old window washer! 484 00:34:43,628 --> 00:34:47,590 I pretended not to know him so as not to humiliate him. 485 00:34:47,758 --> 00:34:52,052 With the borders closed, only the very sick can go abroad. 486 00:34:52,220 --> 00:34:54,346 It's his third coronary. 487 00:34:54,598 --> 00:34:57,516 He needs an operation abroad or he'll die! 488 00:34:57,684 --> 00:34:59,560 We'll do our best. 489 00:34:59,728 --> 00:35:02,062 If God wills it, he'll get better. 490 00:35:02,230 --> 00:35:03,731 It all depends on God. 491 00:35:04,107 --> 00:35:07,568 I need your authorization to get his passport. 492 00:35:07,903 --> 00:35:10,029 If God wills it. 493 00:35:10,238 --> 00:35:13,699 Thanks to a beard and suit this idiotic window washer... 494 00:35:13,867 --> 00:35:15,451 runs a hospital now! 495 00:35:15,619 --> 00:35:18,829 My husband's fate depends on a window washer! 496 00:35:19,039 --> 00:35:22,082 He's so religious he won't look at a woman. 497 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:23,375 The stupid bastard! 498 00:35:25,420 --> 00:35:28,255 I know someone who makes passports. 499 00:35:28,423 --> 00:35:30,424 I'll go see him. It'll all be okay. 500 00:35:30,592 --> 00:35:32,760 Wait. I'll come too. 501 00:35:36,681 --> 00:35:38,265 Where did I put it? 502 00:35:39,267 --> 00:35:41,143 Here it is! Look at this. 503 00:35:41,311 --> 00:35:42,561 It looks real, huh? 504 00:35:43,730 --> 00:35:46,482 A whole month's work went into this. 505 00:35:46,650 --> 00:35:49,151 You're cute. What's your name? 506 00:35:49,319 --> 00:35:51,570 How long to make a passport? 507 00:35:52,614 --> 00:35:54,824 Passports are in high demand. 508 00:35:55,617 --> 00:35:57,868 They're how I make my living now. 509 00:35:58,161 --> 00:35:59,954 Usually, it takes two weeks. 510 00:36:00,121 --> 00:36:01,831 But I can do it in one. 511 00:36:01,998 --> 00:36:04,583 Perfect, but hurry. 512 00:36:07,420 --> 00:36:09,004 It's only Niloufar. 513 00:36:09,756 --> 00:36:13,384 Meet Ebi. I told you about his brother Anoush. 514 00:36:13,552 --> 00:36:14,593 Hello. 515 00:36:14,761 --> 00:36:16,303 She's a communist too. 516 00:36:16,471 --> 00:36:20,474 Her brother was my messenger boy so I hide her here. 517 00:36:20,642 --> 00:36:22,852 It's the only place she's safe. 518 00:36:39,744 --> 00:36:42,037 Is he dumb or what? 519 00:36:42,205 --> 00:36:43,747 He'll get crushed. 520 00:36:44,332 --> 00:36:46,917 There! What did I tell you? 521 00:36:53,341 --> 00:36:54,592 Don't look. 522 00:36:54,759 --> 00:36:56,635 - It's horrible. - Grandma, stop it! 523 00:36:59,264 --> 00:37:00,598 What a load of crap. 524 00:37:00,765 --> 00:37:02,850 The Japanese either gut themselves... 525 00:37:03,018 --> 00:37:06,437 or make hideous monsters. That's all they ever seem to do. 526 00:37:13,153 --> 00:37:15,779 Grandma, will Uncle Taher die? 527 00:37:15,947 --> 00:37:18,198 - Of course. - You think so? 528 00:37:18,366 --> 00:37:21,410 Without a passport, he won't make it. 529 00:37:24,247 --> 00:37:26,832 - He smoked too much. - Bullshit! 530 00:37:27,208 --> 00:37:29,501 His heart's not failing from cigarettes. 531 00:37:29,669 --> 00:37:32,087 His kids are too far away. 532 00:37:32,714 --> 00:37:35,674 A portion of beans, piping hot, please. 533 00:37:36,551 --> 00:37:39,219 Children always leave. That's normal. 534 00:37:39,387 --> 00:37:43,807 But having to part with them at 13 due to an absurd war... 535 00:37:44,559 --> 00:37:46,018 that breaks your heart. 536 00:37:48,772 --> 00:37:52,191 In Taher's shoes, I'd be dead and buried by now. 537 00:37:52,692 --> 00:37:56,362 - May God eradicate these barbarians. - May God hear you. 538 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:12,211 Khosrow, it's you. Is the package ready? 539 00:38:12,379 --> 00:38:15,589 They arrested Niloufar and trashed my place! 540 00:38:29,688 --> 00:38:31,897 Niloufar was executed. 541 00:38:33,775 --> 00:38:37,903 Khosrow fled to Turkey and then to Sweden. 542 00:38:42,575 --> 00:38:44,743 Three weeks later... 543 00:38:44,911 --> 00:38:46,745 we buried Uncle Taher. 544 00:38:49,457 --> 00:38:51,625 The war intensified. 545 00:38:56,756 --> 00:38:58,298 Let me through. 546 00:38:58,466 --> 00:39:01,218 Excuse me. Let me through. 547 00:39:01,594 --> 00:39:02,678 Stop! 548 00:39:02,846 --> 00:39:04,763 I live over there. 549 00:39:04,931 --> 00:39:06,765 Go on. 550 00:39:27,620 --> 00:39:29,788 - Marji! - Mom. 551 00:39:31,291 --> 00:39:32,416 Are you hurt? 552 00:39:32,584 --> 00:39:34,460 No, sweetie, we're fine. 553 00:39:34,627 --> 00:39:36,336 Where did the missile land? 554 00:39:37,922 --> 00:39:40,632 The Baba Levy's house. 555 00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:07,534 Under our new government, we no longer have political prisoners. 556 00:40:07,744 --> 00:40:08,827 Ma'am? 557 00:40:08,995 --> 00:40:11,622 We have paid a high price for our liberty. 558 00:40:11,790 --> 00:40:13,665 - Ma'am. - What now, Satrapi? 559 00:40:13,833 --> 00:40:18,253 My uncle was jailed by the Shah, but the new regime had him shot. 560 00:40:18,421 --> 00:40:21,799 We have gone from 3,000 prisoners under the Shah... 561 00:40:21,966 --> 00:40:23,592 to 300,000 with you. 562 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,678 How dare you lie to us like this? 563 00:40:26,846 --> 00:40:28,263 Stop that! 564 00:40:37,857 --> 00:40:40,150 - Who was it? - The principal. 565 00:40:40,318 --> 00:40:42,820 Marji told her teacher off. 566 00:40:42,987 --> 00:40:45,572 - Again? - Just like her uncle. 567 00:40:45,782 --> 00:40:49,535 What? You want her to end up like him? Executed? 568 00:40:49,702 --> 00:40:51,411 You know what they do to young girls? 569 00:40:51,579 --> 00:40:54,081 You know what they did to Niloufar? 570 00:40:54,290 --> 00:40:58,377 It's illegal to kill a virgin, so a guard married her... 571 00:40:58,545 --> 00:41:00,337 and took her virginity first! 572 00:41:00,505 --> 00:41:02,297 You know what that means? 573 00:41:04,050 --> 00:41:06,301 If they touch you, I'll kill them! 574 00:41:07,303 --> 00:41:10,931 Shortly after, they decided to send me abroad. 575 00:41:11,391 --> 00:41:14,852 Since I had attended the French school in Tehran... 576 00:41:15,019 --> 00:41:17,771 I went to the French school in Vienna. 577 00:41:17,939 --> 00:41:19,940 My father got me a visa. 578 00:41:20,108 --> 00:41:23,735 I'd stay with my mother's friend and her family. 579 00:41:23,903 --> 00:41:25,654 The day before I left... 580 00:41:25,822 --> 00:41:27,823 Grandma slept at our house. 581 00:41:29,117 --> 00:41:33,245 Every morning, she'd put jasmine in her bra to smell good. 582 00:41:33,913 --> 00:41:37,416 When she undressed, the flowers fell from her breasts. 583 00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:39,585 It was magical. 584 00:41:39,752 --> 00:41:43,589 How come your breasts are so round at your age? 585 00:41:44,257 --> 00:41:48,927 I soak them in a bowl of iced water for ten minutes every day. 586 00:41:51,139 --> 00:41:52,806 I'll miss you. 587 00:41:53,683 --> 00:41:56,101 I'll come to see you. 588 00:41:57,729 --> 00:41:59,188 Listen. 589 00:41:59,355 --> 00:42:03,984 I don't like to preach, but here's some advice. 590 00:42:04,152 --> 00:42:07,571 You'll meet a lot of jerks in life. 591 00:42:07,739 --> 00:42:12,117 If they hurt you, remember it's because they're stupid. 592 00:42:12,285 --> 00:42:15,204 Don't react to their cruelty. 593 00:42:15,371 --> 00:42:19,041 There's nothing worse than bitterness and revenge. 594 00:42:19,209 --> 00:42:23,962 Keep your dignity and be true to yourself. 595 00:42:29,427 --> 00:42:31,637 Everything will be all right. 596 00:42:32,305 --> 00:42:34,640 No tears. Think of your future. 597 00:42:34,807 --> 00:42:36,558 Europe awaits you. 598 00:42:36,726 --> 00:42:39,895 When you get to Vienna, have a Sachertorte. 599 00:42:40,063 --> 00:42:42,022 It's a delicious chocolate cake. 600 00:42:42,190 --> 00:42:43,774 We'll come to visit. 601 00:42:43,942 --> 00:42:45,234 You're a big girl. 602 00:42:45,401 --> 00:42:46,860 No tears. 603 00:42:47,028 --> 00:42:50,197 - Dad. - Enough. You have to go now. 604 00:42:50,531 --> 00:42:53,867 Never forget who you are and where you're from. 605 00:42:54,035 --> 00:42:55,827 My daughter. 606 00:42:56,996 --> 00:42:59,498 - Mom. - My little Marji. 607 00:44:01,269 --> 00:44:02,769 Europe awaited. 608 00:44:02,979 --> 00:44:05,063 But not the way I imagined. 609 00:44:05,523 --> 00:44:08,066 After a few days at my mother's friend's... 610 00:44:08,234 --> 00:44:11,778 she decided her place was too small. 611 00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:14,906 She found lodgings... 612 00:44:15,074 --> 00:44:17,367 where I'd be fine... 613 00:44:17,535 --> 00:44:19,411 according to her. 614 00:44:35,553 --> 00:44:36,762 What? 615 00:45:15,301 --> 00:45:16,760 I was delighted... 616 00:45:16,928 --> 00:45:21,431 to find stores packed with goods that had vanished at home. 617 00:45:23,101 --> 00:45:24,768 For a while... 618 00:45:24,936 --> 00:45:27,979 going to the supermarket was my favorite pastime. 619 00:45:28,147 --> 00:45:32,442 My favorite pastime. 620 00:45:32,610 --> 00:45:36,363 In short, I needed to make friends fast. 621 00:45:41,202 --> 00:45:44,496 Luckily, at school, I could understand the others... 622 00:45:44,664 --> 00:45:46,581 and could get myself understood. 623 00:45:46,999 --> 00:45:48,750 Got a smoke? 624 00:45:50,753 --> 00:45:53,964 I was the center of attention for all the outsiders. 625 00:45:54,132 --> 00:45:57,634 People like Momo, Thierry, Olivier and Eve. 626 00:45:57,802 --> 00:46:00,595 My nationality and story fascinated them. 627 00:46:00,805 --> 00:46:03,181 You saw a revolution and a war? 628 00:46:03,349 --> 00:46:04,808 Well, yeah. 629 00:46:04,976 --> 00:46:07,519 - You saw lots of dead people? - A few. 630 00:46:09,397 --> 00:46:10,689 That's wild. 631 00:46:16,028 --> 00:46:18,155 I was soon part of the gang. 632 00:46:18,322 --> 00:46:20,824 Momo introduced me to nonchalance... 633 00:46:20,992 --> 00:46:23,076 the concept of forced nihilism... 634 00:46:23,244 --> 00:46:25,203 and Vienna's sub-culture. 635 00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:42,554 I had trouble adapting at first. 636 00:46:43,639 --> 00:46:46,558 But then I thought, "Why not?" 637 00:46:49,061 --> 00:46:52,063 I convinced myself I'd found my place. 638 00:46:53,024 --> 00:46:55,108 But I wasn't like them. 639 00:46:55,276 --> 00:46:58,737 As school holidays reminded me. 640 00:46:58,905 --> 00:47:00,363 Shit. Christmas again. 641 00:47:00,531 --> 00:47:03,450 With the whole damn family too. 642 00:47:03,659 --> 00:47:06,745 All due to a crappy American invention. 643 00:47:06,913 --> 00:47:09,247 Santa Claus wears red and white... 644 00:47:09,415 --> 00:47:11,917 Because he was a Coca-Cola mascot. 645 00:47:12,084 --> 00:47:14,753 I'll be bored shitless in Monte Carlo. 646 00:47:14,921 --> 00:47:17,047 Monte Carlo's nothing. 647 00:47:17,215 --> 00:47:20,258 I have to go to Brazil to see my dad. 648 00:47:20,426 --> 00:47:22,052 It's a 13-hour flight. 649 00:47:22,220 --> 00:47:25,096 Holidays are crumbs to keep the proles happy. 650 00:47:25,264 --> 00:47:29,434 If the anarchists had won, we wouldn't work at all. 651 00:47:29,602 --> 00:47:32,062 Is everything all right, dear? 652 00:47:32,230 --> 00:47:35,357 Good. What are you doing for Christmas? 653 00:47:37,109 --> 00:47:38,276 Well? 654 00:47:38,444 --> 00:47:40,278 She's spending it with friends. 655 00:47:40,446 --> 00:47:41,488 Be careful. 656 00:47:41,697 --> 00:47:43,782 So you need anything? 657 00:47:44,450 --> 00:47:47,077 Have fun. Lots of love. 658 00:47:47,245 --> 00:47:50,080 Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. 659 00:48:26,117 --> 00:48:28,660 - Is that any way to behave? - What? 660 00:48:28,828 --> 00:48:31,913 - Is that how you eat? - You all eat in front of the TV. 661 00:48:32,248 --> 00:48:35,125 Not from the pot. It's disgusting! 662 00:48:35,793 --> 00:48:39,421 It's true what they say. Iranians have no manners. 663 00:48:40,006 --> 00:48:43,341 Is it true that all nuns were prostitutes first? 664 00:48:45,344 --> 00:48:48,221 That marked the start of a series of moves... 665 00:48:48,389 --> 00:48:50,682 from apartment to apartment. 666 00:48:50,850 --> 00:48:53,476 First, Eve and her mother took me in. 667 00:48:53,644 --> 00:48:56,146 Then I lived with 8 homosexuals. 668 00:48:56,314 --> 00:48:58,732 Then in a maid's room on Floriangasse. 669 00:48:58,899 --> 00:49:01,443 Then with friends. And friends' friends. 670 00:49:01,611 --> 00:49:05,363 I ended up at the home of Frau Doktor Schloss. 671 00:49:05,698 --> 00:49:08,992 She was a retired philosophy teacher. 672 00:49:09,201 --> 00:49:11,369 To be honest, she was crazy. 673 00:49:15,374 --> 00:49:18,084 The rent is 2,000 schillings. 674 00:49:18,252 --> 00:49:20,170 You like dogs, don't you? 675 00:49:20,338 --> 00:49:22,172 Yes, I love them. 676 00:49:23,799 --> 00:49:25,383 Yuki has adopted you. 677 00:49:25,885 --> 00:49:27,886 Dogs have a sixth sense. 678 00:49:28,054 --> 00:49:30,847 They can tell if people are kind. 679 00:49:34,226 --> 00:49:38,021 Over the next year, I decided to fit in for real. 680 00:49:38,189 --> 00:49:42,150 Certain aspects of Western culture remained a mystery. 681 00:49:43,819 --> 00:49:45,570 I had to educate myself. 682 00:49:45,738 --> 00:49:48,615 From Sartre to Bakunin to Zweig and Freud... 683 00:49:48,824 --> 00:49:50,533 I read all I could. 684 00:49:51,077 --> 00:49:53,078 But I realized... 685 00:49:53,245 --> 00:49:55,413 there were things I'd never understand. 686 00:49:58,751 --> 00:50:02,087 Vienna 1986 687 00:50:02,838 --> 00:50:05,090 That bastard Waldheim got elected. 688 00:50:05,257 --> 00:50:07,592 - Yeah, it's crazy. - Sickening. 689 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,594 - I want to puke. - It can't happen. 690 00:50:09,762 --> 00:50:11,763 There's a big protest tomorrow. 691 00:50:11,931 --> 00:50:14,015 That's all hot air anyway. 692 00:50:14,183 --> 00:50:17,560 Life is a void. When man realizes that... 693 00:50:17,728 --> 00:50:20,605 he can no longer live, so he invents power games. 694 00:50:20,773 --> 00:50:23,817 Bullshit! Life isn't absurd! 695 00:50:23,984 --> 00:50:27,278 Some people give their lives for freedom. 696 00:50:27,863 --> 00:50:30,073 You think my uncle died for fun? 697 00:50:30,658 --> 00:50:32,659 Egotistical prick. 698 00:50:35,746 --> 00:50:38,081 I was very confused. 699 00:50:38,958 --> 00:50:40,959 I had a safe, frivolous life... 700 00:50:41,127 --> 00:50:44,963 while those I loved knew the hell of war. 701 00:50:45,131 --> 00:50:48,883 However hard I tried, I was haunted by guilt. 702 00:50:51,429 --> 00:50:55,432 I just wanted to live like a girl my age. 703 00:50:55,599 --> 00:50:57,767 A big change was coming. 704 00:50:57,935 --> 00:51:00,854 In a few months, I became a young lady. 705 00:51:01,021 --> 00:51:03,940 It was a time of constantly renewed ugliness. 706 00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,235 First, I grew seven inches. 707 00:51:07,403 --> 00:51:09,654 Then my face became longer... 708 00:51:09,822 --> 00:51:12,741 my right eye grew, then my chin. 709 00:51:12,908 --> 00:51:14,909 My right hand became huge... 710 00:51:15,077 --> 00:51:16,536 then my left foot. 711 00:51:17,663 --> 00:51:21,249 My nose tripled in size. My chest developed. 712 00:51:21,417 --> 00:51:24,544 My butt then restored my center of gravity. 713 00:51:24,712 --> 00:51:28,965 To cap it all off, a huge beauty mark decorated my nose. 714 00:51:39,685 --> 00:51:44,147 See, Yuki, I told you. She's a prostitute. 715 00:51:47,568 --> 00:51:49,652 This music sucks. 716 00:51:49,820 --> 00:51:52,447 In any case, they're all losers here. 717 00:51:52,698 --> 00:51:57,035 Bakunin wanted bourgeois democrats to adopt socialist resolutions. 718 00:51:58,204 --> 00:52:01,873 Things could have changed. Capitalism undermines us. 719 00:52:02,041 --> 00:52:03,458 See what I mean? 720 00:52:03,626 --> 00:52:08,129 You're right. Where are you from? Marie-Jeanne, right? 721 00:52:08,464 --> 00:52:11,674 Yeah, I'm from... I'm French. 722 00:52:11,842 --> 00:52:14,052 I'd never have guessed. 723 00:52:14,220 --> 00:52:15,845 I was in Paris. Know it? 724 00:52:16,013 --> 00:52:18,223 Sorry, I need to go see my friends. 725 00:52:18,516 --> 00:52:20,558 Okay, fine. See you. 726 00:52:38,577 --> 00:52:40,912 So you're French now? 727 00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:42,789 Grandma, stop it. 728 00:52:43,123 --> 00:52:45,250 I'm just asking. 729 00:52:45,417 --> 00:52:47,919 I didn't know you were French. 730 00:52:48,128 --> 00:52:50,922 Do you think it is easy being Iranian here? 731 00:52:51,090 --> 00:52:53,800 If I say I am, they treat me like a savage. 732 00:52:54,009 --> 00:52:57,637 They think we're all violent, bloodthirsty fanatics. 733 00:52:58,222 --> 00:53:00,890 Is that any reason to deny your roots? 734 00:53:04,937 --> 00:53:07,897 You remember what I told you? 735 00:53:08,065 --> 00:53:10,775 Be true to yourself. 736 00:53:17,950 --> 00:53:20,869 Know what she told my brother? 737 00:53:21,036 --> 00:53:23,413 - She said she was French. - No. 738 00:53:23,581 --> 00:53:25,456 - I swear. - And he believed her? 739 00:53:25,624 --> 00:53:28,751 Have you seen her? Who'd believe she's French? 740 00:53:30,754 --> 00:53:32,297 Was he hitting on her? 741 00:53:32,464 --> 00:53:36,426 Are you crazy? I'd kill myself if he went out with... 742 00:53:36,594 --> 00:53:38,303 Shut up, you bitches! 743 00:53:38,470 --> 00:53:41,681 Yes, I'm Iranian and, yes, I'm proud of it! 744 00:53:44,268 --> 00:53:47,687 After three years in Austria, I felt good at last. 745 00:53:47,855 --> 00:53:51,774 Momo, Thierry, Eve and Olivier had left. 746 00:53:51,942 --> 00:53:54,068 I had new friends. 747 00:53:54,945 --> 00:53:58,656 Birgit was a hippie who looked like an old child. 748 00:54:00,492 --> 00:54:02,452 At her house in the forest... 749 00:54:02,620 --> 00:54:04,996 she threw anarchist parties. 750 00:54:05,164 --> 00:54:09,167 The state had nothing to fear because these anarchists... 751 00:54:09,335 --> 00:54:12,712 mainly drank beer and ate sausages. 752 00:54:14,465 --> 00:54:17,342 At one of these parties, I met Fernando. 753 00:54:17,509 --> 00:54:21,179 When I saw him, I knew he was the man of my life. 754 00:54:50,542 --> 00:54:52,502 Marjane, are you there? 755 00:54:54,380 --> 00:54:56,881 Last night, thanks to you, I finally understood. 756 00:54:57,383 --> 00:55:00,051 You've helped me discover myself. 757 00:55:01,011 --> 00:55:04,222 If it didn't work with you, it won't with any girl. 758 00:55:04,390 --> 00:55:07,517 I know now: I'm homosexual. 759 00:55:09,311 --> 00:55:11,729 It's so good to say it. 760 00:55:12,564 --> 00:55:14,983 Thank you, Marjane. 761 00:55:15,150 --> 00:55:16,943 You're welcome. 762 00:55:19,196 --> 00:55:22,407 After that pathetic setback, I swore off love. 763 00:55:22,574 --> 00:55:24,158 I swear off love. 764 00:55:24,994 --> 00:55:27,495 Love is a petty bourgeois emotion. 765 00:55:28,580 --> 00:55:32,250 But "life is life," as some losers used to sing. 766 00:55:32,459 --> 00:55:37,088 And, one November morning, Markus came into my life. 767 00:55:50,060 --> 00:55:51,602 Want a ride home? 768 00:56:10,497 --> 00:56:12,331 I had finally found love. 769 00:56:12,499 --> 00:56:15,835 Nothing scared me and the future seemed bright. 770 00:56:16,462 --> 00:56:19,464 Markus was going to be a great writer. 771 00:56:21,133 --> 00:56:24,761 He'd read extracts of his play to me in his room. 772 00:56:37,107 --> 00:56:39,484 We were one. 773 00:57:01,173 --> 00:57:02,840 I got croissants, baby! 774 00:57:06,345 --> 00:57:09,013 Wait, I can explain. It's not what you think. 775 00:57:11,058 --> 00:57:13,518 Marjane, I love you! 776 00:57:14,061 --> 00:57:16,354 I love you! 777 00:57:21,110 --> 00:57:22,985 I can't find my brooch. 778 00:57:23,153 --> 00:57:25,655 I'm sure you've stolen it. 779 00:57:26,073 --> 00:57:27,698 Not now. Leave me be. 780 00:57:27,866 --> 00:57:30,201 No! You won't get away with it... 781 00:57:30,369 --> 00:57:31,828 you thief! 782 00:57:31,995 --> 00:57:34,163 Go to hell! I detest you! 783 00:57:34,331 --> 00:57:37,291 You and your shitty dog! 784 00:57:39,002 --> 00:57:42,213 How dare you say that about Yuki? Where are you going? 785 00:57:43,090 --> 00:57:44,507 You won't get away! 786 00:57:44,675 --> 00:57:46,717 Go fuck yourself! 787 00:57:46,885 --> 00:57:49,512 You thief! Give me my brooch back! 788 00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:51,139 I'll call the police! 789 00:57:51,306 --> 00:57:53,224 Come back! 790 00:57:56,645 --> 00:57:58,521 What an idiot. 791 00:57:58,689 --> 00:58:00,898 That bastard fooled me. 792 00:58:01,817 --> 00:58:04,318 I'm an idiot. 793 00:58:04,486 --> 00:58:08,364 How did I fall in love with that pathetic, stingy prick? 794 00:58:08,532 --> 00:58:10,491 - Want a ride home? - Okay. 795 00:58:10,659 --> 00:58:14,036 I need to get gas. Shall we split it? 796 00:58:15,747 --> 00:58:17,748 And his breath smelled like shit! 797 00:58:17,916 --> 00:58:20,334 The jerk had a lousy personality. 798 00:58:22,337 --> 00:58:25,506 Damn! Are you crazy? My eye hurts! 799 00:58:25,674 --> 00:58:28,050 - Let me see, honey. - It's okay! 800 00:58:28,218 --> 00:58:30,344 Pretentious loser. Writer, my ass! 801 00:58:30,512 --> 00:58:33,055 His rotten play was a piece of shit. 802 00:58:36,018 --> 00:58:38,102 And he didn't have any balls. 803 00:58:38,270 --> 00:58:41,230 He didn't stand up to his mom for me. 804 00:58:46,778 --> 00:58:48,779 A real wimp. 805 00:58:48,947 --> 00:58:51,282 I always bought our hash too. 806 00:58:51,450 --> 00:58:54,452 That coward stayed in the car waiting for me! 807 00:58:54,620 --> 00:58:57,079 He didn't care if I got arrested. 808 00:58:59,458 --> 00:59:02,960 What an idiot I was. What an idiot... 809 00:59:11,929 --> 00:59:14,388 That was my first night on the street. 810 00:59:14,556 --> 00:59:16,474 There were plenty more. 811 01:01:31,943 --> 01:01:35,654 A revolution had carried off part of my family. 812 01:01:35,822 --> 01:01:37,907 I had survived a war... 813 01:01:38,742 --> 01:01:41,619 but a banal love story nearly killed me. 814 01:01:43,830 --> 01:01:45,498 Are you okay? 815 01:01:47,709 --> 01:01:49,418 Are we awake now? 816 01:01:50,754 --> 01:01:53,381 You had a close call. 817 01:01:53,548 --> 01:01:56,300 You're lucky we found you in that cold. 818 01:01:56,468 --> 01:01:58,260 You have bronchitis. 819 01:01:58,428 --> 01:02:02,473 I forbid you to smoke a single cigarette. 820 01:02:02,641 --> 01:02:04,475 - Your last name? - Satrapi. 821 01:02:04,643 --> 01:02:06,769 - First name? - Marjane. 822 01:02:07,979 --> 01:02:10,106 - Where do you live? - In Iran. 823 01:02:10,273 --> 01:02:12,149 In Iran? 824 01:02:12,651 --> 01:02:14,276 Can I make a phone call? 825 01:02:15,153 --> 01:02:16,987 - Hello? - Dad? 826 01:02:17,155 --> 01:02:19,407 Marjane? Is that you? 827 01:02:19,574 --> 01:02:22,660 We were so worried. No news in two months! 828 01:02:22,828 --> 01:02:25,454 Dad, can I come home? 829 01:02:25,622 --> 01:02:27,039 Of course. 830 01:02:27,207 --> 01:02:29,208 Promise me, no questions. 831 01:02:29,376 --> 01:02:31,001 I promise. 832 01:02:31,711 --> 01:02:33,462 Here's your mother. 833 01:02:34,172 --> 01:02:35,381 Marjane? 834 01:02:36,258 --> 01:02:37,758 Mom, don't cry, please. 835 01:02:37,926 --> 01:02:40,594 Come home, we're waiting for you. 836 01:02:40,762 --> 01:02:43,681 - Mom... - No one will ask you anything. 837 01:02:43,890 --> 01:02:45,516 We promise. 838 01:02:54,693 --> 01:02:56,777 Any forbidden goods, sister? 839 01:02:56,945 --> 01:02:59,363 Pork, alcohol, playing cards, music... 840 01:02:59,531 --> 01:03:01,740 films, fashion, porn? 841 01:03:01,908 --> 01:03:03,659 No, sir. 842 01:03:04,286 --> 01:03:05,703 Fix your veil. 843 01:03:06,288 --> 01:03:07,788 Yes, sir. 844 01:03:08,373 --> 01:03:10,374 You may go. 845 01:03:18,884 --> 01:03:21,927 Look! It's Marji! My little girl... 846 01:03:22,095 --> 01:03:23,554 I didn't recognize you. 847 01:03:23,722 --> 01:03:25,389 - You're here. - You've grown. 848 01:03:25,557 --> 01:03:27,516 You're here. 849 01:03:37,027 --> 01:03:40,738 The next day, I saw the mountains. It had snowed. 850 01:03:40,906 --> 01:03:44,867 My father wondered if he needed snow chains to go to work. 851 01:03:45,535 --> 01:03:49,413 We had breakfast together as we used to. 852 01:03:49,873 --> 01:03:53,042 My mother made me my favorite omelet. 853 01:03:53,418 --> 01:03:56,337 Nothing had changed but, deep down, I knew... 854 01:03:56,505 --> 01:03:58,506 nothing would be like before. 855 01:03:58,673 --> 01:04:01,091 We talked about this and that. 856 01:04:01,343 --> 01:04:05,095 They respected my wishes and asked nothing about Vienna. 857 01:04:05,263 --> 01:04:10,100 I was anxious but also believed that the nightmare was behind us. 858 01:04:11,186 --> 01:04:14,855 The future could be brighter now that the war was over. 859 01:04:15,023 --> 01:04:17,650 The war is over. That's true. 860 01:04:17,817 --> 01:04:19,610 But now it's almost worse. 861 01:04:19,778 --> 01:04:22,613 People don't know why we had a war. 862 01:04:22,781 --> 01:04:25,574 Let her breathe. She just got back. 863 01:04:25,742 --> 01:04:27,952 It's all right, Mom. 864 01:04:31,122 --> 01:04:33,249 The West sold weapons to both sides... 865 01:04:33,416 --> 01:04:37,294 and we stupidly played their cynical game. 866 01:04:37,879 --> 01:04:40,005 Eight years of war for nothing. 867 01:04:40,549 --> 01:04:43,133 A million dead for nothing. 868 01:04:44,261 --> 01:04:47,513 The last days were terrible. 869 01:04:47,681 --> 01:04:52,518 One month before the armistice, Iraq bombed Tehran every day... 870 01:04:53,812 --> 01:04:56,438 as if to wipe it off the map. 871 01:04:56,606 --> 01:04:59,441 Towards the end, the regime got scared... 872 01:04:59,609 --> 01:05:03,946 because an opposition army had entered from Iraq. 873 01:05:04,114 --> 01:05:08,784 The government feared the threat posed by political prisoners. 874 01:05:08,952 --> 01:05:13,038 The state adopted a radical solution to the problem. 875 01:05:13,206 --> 01:05:15,416 It gave the prisoners a choice. 876 01:05:15,584 --> 01:05:17,668 Either they give up their ideas... 877 01:05:17,836 --> 01:05:20,671 swear loyalty to the regime... 878 01:05:20,839 --> 01:05:23,257 and do their time... 879 01:05:23,425 --> 01:05:25,551 or they would be executed. 880 01:05:29,347 --> 01:05:32,516 The majority of them were executed. 881 01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:46,530 Now they name streets after the war martyrs. 882 01:05:46,698 --> 01:05:50,200 That's all the families have left: street names. 883 01:05:52,329 --> 01:05:57,583 Walking in Tehran now is like walking through a cemetery. 884 01:06:14,893 --> 01:06:16,560 Lord, you've grown! 885 01:06:16,728 --> 01:06:19,188 You'll grab God's balls soon! 886 01:06:19,356 --> 01:06:21,231 Grandma! 887 01:06:22,067 --> 01:06:25,736 So tell me everything. How was Vienna? 888 01:06:25,904 --> 01:06:28,489 Well, it was different... 889 01:06:29,699 --> 01:06:33,327 - Remember Mina? - Sure, she's my cousin. 890 01:06:33,495 --> 01:06:36,163 She's married, with two kids. 891 01:06:37,207 --> 01:06:38,582 As dumb as ever. 892 01:06:39,125 --> 01:06:40,584 You remember Shila? 893 01:06:40,752 --> 01:06:42,544 - Yes. - She's an ugly cow. 894 01:06:43,129 --> 01:06:46,757 Her face is so hairy. She's like a gorilla. 895 01:06:46,925 --> 01:06:48,592 And you remember Modjeh? 896 01:06:48,760 --> 01:06:50,678 I remember everyone. 897 01:06:50,845 --> 01:06:53,597 She got divorced. Apparently, he had a tiny dick. 898 01:06:53,765 --> 01:06:55,641 Or so Shari says. 899 01:06:55,809 --> 01:06:58,018 Well, she told Mehri who told me. 900 01:06:59,562 --> 01:07:01,271 You'll see them soon. 901 01:07:02,399 --> 01:07:04,400 - Oh, no. - Yes. 902 01:07:10,782 --> 01:07:13,117 You must speak good German now. 903 01:07:13,284 --> 01:07:14,535 Yes, a little. 904 01:07:14,703 --> 01:07:17,162 I can say, "Ich liebe dich." 905 01:07:17,956 --> 01:07:22,626 Vienna reminds me of Empress Sissi. Did you meet Romy Schneider? 906 01:07:23,962 --> 01:07:26,755 Marjane, stars shine in the sky... 907 01:07:26,923 --> 01:07:28,465 and you shine in my heart. 908 01:07:30,135 --> 01:07:33,762 You look like a nun. Who'd guess you were in Europe? 909 01:07:33,930 --> 01:07:34,972 You think so? 910 01:07:35,140 --> 01:07:37,474 You must have loads to tell us. 911 01:07:37,642 --> 01:07:39,059 Not really. 912 01:07:39,602 --> 01:07:42,229 How were the Vienna nightclubs? 913 01:07:42,397 --> 01:07:46,316 I didn't really go to nightclubs. I don't like them. 914 01:07:46,484 --> 01:07:47,484 What? 915 01:07:47,694 --> 01:07:50,279 - Ever slept with a guy? - Yes. 916 01:07:50,447 --> 01:07:52,573 - Is it good? - It depends on the guy. 917 01:07:52,741 --> 01:07:55,617 What? You've slept with more than one? 918 01:07:55,827 --> 01:07:57,828 Enroll in a prep class. 919 01:07:57,996 --> 01:07:59,496 Get your nose fixed. 920 01:07:59,664 --> 01:08:02,166 - Be an astronaut. - Dress better. 921 01:08:19,350 --> 01:08:23,187 It's 90 degrees out there! I'm sick of this thing! 922 01:08:23,354 --> 01:08:24,646 Damn hairdresser... 923 01:08:25,690 --> 01:08:27,357 you're unworthy of my son. 924 01:08:27,859 --> 01:08:30,027 Hello, Anahita. 925 01:08:32,030 --> 01:08:33,697 Marjane just went out. 926 01:08:33,865 --> 01:08:35,365 Okay, I'll tell her. 927 01:08:35,700 --> 01:08:36,992 Goodbye. 928 01:08:37,535 --> 01:08:39,953 You can't watch TV all day long. 929 01:08:40,121 --> 01:08:42,498 Didn't you want to take that exam? 930 01:08:44,793 --> 01:08:48,003 You're wasting the best years of your life. 931 01:08:48,338 --> 01:08:50,839 See people. Get a change of scenery. 932 01:08:51,007 --> 01:08:52,216 They all piss me off. 933 01:08:52,383 --> 01:08:54,468 There must be someone you like. 934 01:08:54,636 --> 01:08:57,554 Just one among the 7 million here! 935 01:08:59,098 --> 01:09:02,559 Yes, there was Kia, an old childhood friend. 936 01:09:03,645 --> 01:09:06,522 When I saw him, I understood Grandma's words. 937 01:09:06,689 --> 01:09:08,065 He's nearly dead. 938 01:09:08,274 --> 01:09:10,067 Kia had been to war. 939 01:09:10,235 --> 01:09:13,237 He'd lost an arm and a leg. 940 01:09:13,404 --> 01:09:15,531 I had fun with him. 941 01:09:15,907 --> 01:09:19,868 We even laughed. I realized my problems weren't that bad. 942 01:09:21,204 --> 01:09:25,749 His whole life is ruined but he can still laugh. 943 01:09:27,210 --> 01:09:30,379 I suppose that's the only way to deal with it. 944 01:09:31,923 --> 01:09:35,050 I keep telling myself that, but I can't do it. 945 01:09:35,426 --> 01:09:37,135 It's unbearable. 946 01:09:37,303 --> 01:09:40,514 My life weighs down on me, but who can I talk to? 947 01:09:40,682 --> 01:09:42,349 You understand? 948 01:09:43,560 --> 01:09:45,727 Everyone around me has suffered. 949 01:09:45,895 --> 01:09:50,107 I was a stranger in Austria and now I'm one in my own country. 950 01:09:50,817 --> 01:09:55,529 Your condition has a name. Depression. 951 01:09:56,364 --> 01:09:58,532 Effective treatment exists. 952 01:09:58,700 --> 01:10:01,118 I'll give you some pills. 953 01:10:16,259 --> 01:10:18,260 Sure you won't come with us? 954 01:10:19,345 --> 01:10:20,721 The sea air will help. 955 01:10:20,889 --> 01:10:24,558 No, I want to be alone. Don't worry. 956 01:11:54,148 --> 01:11:56,191 Why are you here, my dear? 957 01:11:56,818 --> 01:11:58,360 Well, I'm dead. 958 01:11:58,528 --> 01:12:01,321 Don't you know your time hasn't come? 959 01:12:01,823 --> 01:12:05,575 - It hasn't? - You have to pull yourself together. 960 01:12:05,743 --> 01:12:07,744 Yes! He's right for once! 961 01:12:08,371 --> 01:12:10,831 You have a lot to do. Get moving! 962 01:12:15,086 --> 01:12:17,587 Go and do what you have to do. 963 01:12:20,675 --> 01:12:23,593 Remember, the struggle continues! Right? 964 01:12:23,761 --> 01:12:26,096 Yeah, the struggle continues. 965 01:13:33,915 --> 01:13:37,209 Tehran 1992 966 01:13:41,506 --> 01:13:43,632 - I'm starving. - Haven't you eaten? 967 01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:45,634 The idiot's on a diet. 968 01:13:45,802 --> 01:13:47,135 You're crazy. 969 01:13:47,303 --> 01:13:49,096 She got a copy of Vogue. 970 01:13:49,764 --> 01:13:52,599 She reads it all the time. 971 01:13:55,353 --> 01:13:57,437 You've caught his eye. 972 01:13:57,605 --> 01:13:58,980 You're embarrassing me. 973 01:13:59,816 --> 01:14:02,526 We'll now talk about Botticelli... 974 01:14:02,693 --> 01:14:05,695 and, in particular, The Birth of Venus. 975 01:14:06,322 --> 01:14:09,991 We could also call this painting Spring... 976 01:14:10,159 --> 01:14:13,787 like Botticelli's other allegory in the Uffizi Gallery. 977 01:14:13,955 --> 01:14:15,163 In this painting... 978 01:14:15,331 --> 01:14:16,873 You there! 979 01:14:17,041 --> 01:14:18,875 What's so funny? 980 01:14:22,880 --> 01:14:25,215 Want to bet I'll take my veil off? 981 01:14:25,383 --> 01:14:27,551 - Sure. - Come on, how much? 982 01:14:27,718 --> 01:14:29,052 Four hundred tomans. 983 01:14:29,971 --> 01:14:31,346 Go on. 984 01:14:41,566 --> 01:14:45,735 In the early 1990s, the age of great ideals was over. 985 01:14:45,903 --> 01:14:50,991 After the Revolution, so many students were imprisoned... 986 01:14:51,159 --> 01:14:53,201 we didn't dare discuss politics. 987 01:14:54,620 --> 01:14:56,830 The war was behind us at last. 988 01:14:56,998 --> 01:15:01,126 We were so eager for happiness, we forgot we weren't free. 989 01:16:01,687 --> 01:16:04,147 - Is that any way to dress? - You hear me? 990 01:16:04,315 --> 01:16:05,357 Beat it! 991 01:16:13,908 --> 01:16:16,868 - Grandma, you're here? - Yes, I came to see you. 992 01:16:19,247 --> 01:16:21,957 You're all dolled up! 993 01:16:22,667 --> 01:16:24,251 Are you in love? 994 01:16:24,418 --> 01:16:26,753 Yes, I was meeting him earlier. 995 01:16:26,921 --> 01:16:30,382 The Guardians turned up. I had a close call. 996 01:16:31,467 --> 01:16:32,926 Look how I'm made up! 997 01:16:33,386 --> 01:16:34,928 I didn't know what to do. 998 01:16:35,096 --> 01:16:37,472 But a guy was staring at me. 999 01:16:37,640 --> 01:16:41,935 My only solution was to play the poor, defenseless girl. 1000 01:16:42,687 --> 01:16:45,021 - Brother... - Yes, sister. 1001 01:16:45,189 --> 01:16:47,148 A man just insulted me. 1002 01:16:47,316 --> 01:16:50,360 Where is the bastard? We'll shut him up. 1003 01:16:50,528 --> 01:16:53,154 That's him on the steps there! 1004 01:16:53,322 --> 01:16:54,948 Shame on you. 1005 01:16:55,116 --> 01:16:58,618 Got a mother? A sister? What if someone insulted them? 1006 01:17:00,955 --> 01:17:05,125 I didn't do anything! I swear, on my mother's life! 1007 01:17:05,293 --> 01:17:08,503 - What did they do to him? - They arrested him. 1008 01:17:08,671 --> 01:17:11,464 - You find that funny? - Yes, don't you? 1009 01:17:11,632 --> 01:17:15,510 You're a selfish bitch, that's what I think! 1010 01:17:20,099 --> 01:17:21,766 Grandma, I had no choice. 1011 01:17:21,934 --> 01:17:25,478 You had a choice! Everyone has a choice! 1012 01:17:25,646 --> 01:17:28,148 Everyone always has a choice! 1013 01:17:29,650 --> 01:17:33,987 Your grandfather spent years in jail for defending the innocent. 1014 01:17:34,405 --> 01:17:36,448 And your Uncle Anoush! 1015 01:17:36,615 --> 01:17:38,908 Have you forgotten why he died? 1016 01:17:40,077 --> 01:17:41,911 What have I taught you? 1017 01:17:42,538 --> 01:17:44,414 Integrity! 1018 01:17:45,291 --> 01:17:48,418 Does that word mean anything to you? 1019 01:17:51,213 --> 01:17:52,505 Shame on you! 1020 01:18:00,514 --> 01:18:03,683 The lady with the shoulder bag, stop running. 1021 01:18:03,976 --> 01:18:07,103 The lady with the bag, stop running! 1022 01:18:07,271 --> 01:18:08,938 Hey, you, don't run! 1023 01:18:12,902 --> 01:18:14,569 Why are you running? 1024 01:18:14,737 --> 01:18:16,529 I'm late for my class! 1025 01:18:16,697 --> 01:18:18,782 Maybe, but you mustn't run. 1026 01:18:19,408 --> 01:18:23,578 When you run, your behind moves in an obscene way. 1027 01:18:24,288 --> 01:18:26,331 So don't look at my ass! 1028 01:18:41,722 --> 01:18:45,016 This is crazy. It's the same from every angle. 1029 01:18:45,309 --> 01:18:48,686 An anatomy class? All you can see is her big nose. 1030 01:18:48,854 --> 01:18:50,397 You must all go... 1031 01:18:50,773 --> 01:18:53,024 to the main campus immediately. 1032 01:18:53,359 --> 01:18:56,361 All absentees will be barred for two weeks. 1033 01:19:00,366 --> 01:19:02,867 We simply cannot behave badly. 1034 01:19:03,035 --> 01:19:05,912 Our martyrs' blood nourished our revolution. 1035 01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:10,792 Indecent behavior scorns those who gave their lives for us. 1036 01:19:11,001 --> 01:19:13,670 And so I'd like the young ladies here... 1037 01:19:13,838 --> 01:19:17,173 to wear narrower trousers and longer headscarves. 1038 01:19:17,341 --> 01:19:21,010 They should cover their hair and not use make-up. 1039 01:19:21,178 --> 01:19:22,804 Any questions? 1040 01:19:22,972 --> 01:19:24,639 If not, the meeting is over. 1041 01:19:24,807 --> 01:19:25,932 Yes? 1042 01:19:26,100 --> 01:19:29,227 You talk about our scarves and trousers... 1043 01:19:29,395 --> 01:19:31,521 you say we use makeup, etc. 1044 01:19:31,689 --> 01:19:34,732 As an art student, I'm often in the studio. 1045 01:19:34,900 --> 01:19:37,527 I need to move freely in order to draw. 1046 01:19:37,695 --> 01:19:40,864 A longer scarf would hinder me. 1047 01:19:41,031 --> 01:19:45,952 You say our trousers are too wide even though they hide our shape. 1048 01:19:46,120 --> 01:19:48,413 Since these trousers are the fashion right now... 1049 01:19:48,581 --> 01:19:52,000 is religion defending our integrity... 1050 01:19:52,168 --> 01:19:54,544 or is it opposed to fashion? 1051 01:19:55,212 --> 01:19:57,964 You criticize us, yet our brothers here... 1052 01:19:58,132 --> 01:20:00,383 have different hair and clothes. 1053 01:20:00,551 --> 01:20:04,012 Sometimes we can even make out their underwear. 1054 01:20:04,180 --> 01:20:06,473 Why, as a woman... 1055 01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:09,809 should their tight clothes have no effect on me... 1056 01:20:09,977 --> 01:20:12,729 while a shorter headscarf arouses them? 1057 01:20:16,150 --> 01:20:20,278 Good girl. That's like chopping their tiny dicks off. 1058 01:20:21,447 --> 01:20:25,533 Take that hood off. It makes me claustrophobic. 1059 01:20:25,701 --> 01:20:27,911 I forget I'm wearing it. 1060 01:20:29,830 --> 01:20:31,456 Never forget that. 1061 01:20:31,624 --> 01:20:35,168 Fear lulls our minds to sleep. 1062 01:20:35,377 --> 01:20:38,087 It turns us into cowards as well. 1063 01:20:38,714 --> 01:20:42,133 You showed guts. I'm proud of you. 1064 01:20:45,679 --> 01:20:47,263 - I want to leave. - To go where? 1065 01:20:47,431 --> 01:20:49,807 Who cares. The USA or Europe. 1066 01:20:49,975 --> 01:20:51,392 Where in Europe? 1067 01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:53,394 Anywhere. I'm sick of Iran. 1068 01:20:53,896 --> 01:20:56,189 - What about us? - You'll come too. 1069 01:20:56,357 --> 01:20:58,608 I don't want to leave. 1070 01:20:58,901 --> 01:21:00,818 You're still nostalgic. 1071 01:21:00,986 --> 01:21:03,696 You'll soon be sick of people's meddling. 1072 01:21:04,240 --> 01:21:07,283 Maybe, but in the West nobody cares if you die on the street. 1073 01:21:08,452 --> 01:21:10,245 Don't worry. 1074 01:21:11,288 --> 01:21:12,956 We'll manage somehow. 1075 01:21:18,963 --> 01:21:21,631 What's your relationship with this man? 1076 01:21:22,925 --> 01:21:24,259 You know what happens now. 1077 01:21:24,426 --> 01:21:28,054 We call your parents. They pay a fine or you get whipped. 1078 01:21:38,190 --> 01:21:42,610 When your mother and I were 15, we'd walk hand in hand. 1079 01:21:45,155 --> 01:21:47,448 It was in this same country. 1080 01:21:50,911 --> 01:21:55,415 This is the way things are now, my daughter. 1081 01:21:55,666 --> 01:21:58,126 You must be careful from now on. 1082 01:21:58,294 --> 01:22:01,796 You should avoid being together in public. 1083 01:22:13,517 --> 01:22:16,019 It's impossible. We can't go anywhere. 1084 01:22:16,186 --> 01:22:19,647 We're like prisoners. What kind of life is this? 1085 01:22:19,815 --> 01:22:20,857 Yeah. 1086 01:22:21,650 --> 01:22:23,276 We should get married. 1087 01:22:24,570 --> 01:22:26,029 Well? 1088 01:22:50,846 --> 01:22:52,930 - Have you been crying, Mom? - No. 1089 01:22:56,560 --> 01:23:00,563 I wanted you to be independent, educated, cultured. 1090 01:23:00,731 --> 01:23:02,774 Now you're marrying at 21! 1091 01:23:03,484 --> 01:23:07,403 I want you to leave Iran, to be free and emancipated! 1092 01:23:07,655 --> 01:23:11,491 Mom, trust me. I know what I'm doing. 1093 01:23:11,659 --> 01:23:14,619 One year later 1094 01:23:22,795 --> 01:23:24,587 - Seen my car keys? - Huh? 1095 01:23:24,755 --> 01:23:26,589 My car keys! 1096 01:23:26,757 --> 01:23:29,092 - I left them on the table. - No idea. 1097 01:23:32,596 --> 01:23:34,972 They were just there. 1098 01:23:56,370 --> 01:23:58,705 - We share nothing. - You're a great match. 1099 01:23:58,872 --> 01:24:00,581 The perfect couple. 1100 01:24:00,749 --> 01:24:02,125 Perfect, my ass! 1101 01:24:02,793 --> 01:24:04,544 Do you want my photo? 1102 01:24:06,547 --> 01:24:07,797 Jerk! 1103 01:24:07,965 --> 01:24:10,967 You used to say how much in love you were. 1104 01:24:11,135 --> 01:24:14,011 It's easy to be in love three hours a week. 1105 01:24:14,179 --> 01:24:16,389 Not when you share the same home. 1106 01:24:16,557 --> 01:24:19,434 Surely you're not getting divorced? 1107 01:24:20,644 --> 01:24:22,145 I don't know. 1108 01:24:22,312 --> 01:24:25,148 My sister left her husband last year. 1109 01:24:26,567 --> 01:24:28,901 As soon as she was divorced... 1110 01:24:29,069 --> 01:24:32,071 every man around wanted to sleep with her. 1111 01:24:32,239 --> 01:24:34,157 The butcher made advances. 1112 01:24:34,324 --> 01:24:35,992 Then the baker too. 1113 01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:37,493 The grocer. 1114 01:24:37,661 --> 01:24:39,620 And even beggars! 1115 01:24:40,414 --> 01:24:43,791 Men all think their thing is irresistible... 1116 01:24:43,959 --> 01:24:48,004 and that a divorcée won't refuse since she's not a virgin. 1117 01:24:50,841 --> 01:24:53,134 If life isn't hell, stay with him. 1118 01:25:04,855 --> 01:25:06,898 What's got you in such a state? 1119 01:25:07,065 --> 01:25:08,149 Forgive me. 1120 01:25:08,358 --> 01:25:11,235 Of course. But what has made you so sad? 1121 01:25:11,737 --> 01:25:14,614 Grandma. It's terrible. 1122 01:25:14,782 --> 01:25:16,866 What's so terrible? 1123 01:25:17,034 --> 01:25:20,286 I don't love Reza anymore. 1124 01:25:20,454 --> 01:25:22,789 I think we're going to separate. 1125 01:25:24,208 --> 01:25:28,377 So that's all it is? I thought someone had died. 1126 01:25:29,004 --> 01:25:31,047 You're out of your mind. 1127 01:25:31,215 --> 01:25:34,634 You do this to me, with my weak heart! 1128 01:25:34,802 --> 01:25:38,721 All these tears over a divorce! 1129 01:25:43,811 --> 01:25:45,394 Listen to me. 1130 01:25:45,729 --> 01:25:48,397 I did it 55 years ago... 1131 01:25:48,565 --> 01:25:51,818 and no one got divorced back then. 1132 01:25:51,985 --> 01:25:55,822 I knew I'd be happier alone than with some jerk. 1133 01:25:55,989 --> 01:25:58,157 - But... - There's no "but." 1134 01:25:58,534 --> 01:26:01,410 The first marriage is practice for the second. 1135 01:26:01,578 --> 01:26:05,039 You'll be happier next time round. 1136 01:26:10,295 --> 01:26:13,089 You're crying because you were wrong. 1137 01:26:13,257 --> 01:26:16,592 It's hard admitting your mistakes, hmm? 1138 01:29:02,300 --> 01:29:04,218 Where were you? 1139 01:29:04,386 --> 01:29:06,053 Why didn't you call? 1140 01:29:07,556 --> 01:29:11,142 - Nima is dead. - What? 1141 01:29:11,685 --> 01:29:13,894 Nima is dead. 1142 01:29:17,107 --> 01:29:18,274 I'm leaving you. 1143 01:29:22,612 --> 01:29:24,947 It was time for me to leave. 1144 01:29:25,115 --> 01:29:27,408 I decided to go to France. 1145 01:29:27,576 --> 01:29:31,203 I had to wait three months for a visa. 1146 01:29:32,706 --> 01:29:35,666 I went to the Caspian Sea with my Grandma... 1147 01:29:35,834 --> 01:29:39,128 to fill my lungs with its special air. 1148 01:29:40,756 --> 01:29:43,507 An air you find nowhere else. 1149 01:29:52,976 --> 01:29:57,480 I promised my grandfather I'd make him proud. 1150 01:30:03,153 --> 01:30:07,114 Finally, I went to the prison where Uncle Anoush lay... 1151 01:30:07,282 --> 01:30:10,451 somewhere among thousands of other innocents. 1152 01:30:10,619 --> 01:30:14,330 I swore to him to remain as honest as possible. 1153 01:30:29,679 --> 01:30:31,764 Then came the day I left. 1154 01:30:32,682 --> 01:30:34,892 My father cried as usual. 1155 01:30:39,564 --> 01:30:41,857 You're going for good. You're free. 1156 01:30:42,025 --> 01:30:44,068 Today's Iran is not for you. 1157 01:30:44,236 --> 01:30:46,028 I forbid you to come back. 1158 01:30:46,196 --> 01:30:47,863 Yes, Mom. 1159 01:30:48,031 --> 01:30:51,575 - Grandma... - My little girl. 1160 01:31:11,555 --> 01:31:14,265 I never saw my grandmother again. 1161 01:31:15,684 --> 01:31:17,601 She died shortly thereafter. 1162 01:31:18,979 --> 01:31:21,230 Freedom always has a price. 1163 01:32:08,320 --> 01:32:09,778 Terrible weather. 1164 01:32:12,282 --> 01:32:13,908 Where are you coming from? 1165 01:32:16,119 --> 01:32:17,494 Iran. 1166 01:32:20,123 --> 01:32:23,709 Grandma, you smell so good. How do you do it? 1167 01:32:23,877 --> 01:32:26,962 I pick jasmine flowers every morning. 1168 01:32:27,130 --> 01:32:30,090 When I dress, I slip them inside my bra. 1169 01:32:30,300 --> 01:32:32,927 That way, I always smell good. 1170 01:32:33,094 --> 01:32:35,930 Wow! That's great! 1171 01:32:36,415 --> 01:32:46,415 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/46kwg Help other users to choose the best subtitles