Hello! Hi! Had a good trip? Hello, ladies. Good travels? Welcome back! Ms. Parvin, if I can help with anything... Very kind of you! Oh hi, Mr. Safari! A very good day to you! I missed the smell of your fresh sangak bread! - Hello. - Hello. Good morning Mr. Safari! You really missed out… Me and the other ladies went to Kashan for a couple of days… Lovely weather! I wish you’d come with us. Your lungs could really use the clean air. - I’m well. - Goodbye, Ms. Parvin. Goodbye! See you! Bye now! Goodbye! Goodbye! See you! Two specials with sesame for Mr. Safari! - How many for you? - Four. - Here you are. - Thanks. Good morning, Mr. Safari! Oh no, Mr. Safari! All the ladies are upstairs waiting for you! Were you sleeping? What? For the raffle! Everyone’s waiting! Come on now, let’s hurry! Mrs. Fazeli, could you open the balcony so my cats don’t suffer? Thanks! Mrs. Mobasheri… Thank you! Mrs. Mobasheri this is 1,700,000 rials. How much is left of the loan? Only two more installments, thank Goodness. - Many thanks! - Thank you. No problem at all. - Mrs. Farahani! - Here you are. Ah, you’re done with it! Yes, this is the last of it. - How much is this exactly? - 2,000,000 rials. The last payment... Excellent... Congratulations! Thank you! No problem! Thank you to everyone here! Yes, it’s done with now. Parvin, dear, did you note down all the names? - Yes dear, I wrote them all down. - Thank you! All noted. Mrs. Moghadassi? Yes, dear? Did you put in the names of the ladies who aren’t present as well? - Yes, I wrote them all in. - So all have been noted? So... O.K. Excuse me again. Mr. Safari, please go ahead. Let’s see whose name comes up in the lottery. Let’s see who wins the loan this time. Mrs. Zandi! Wonderful! Congratulations! Thank you, Mr. Safari. This was very fair. It was really time for Mrs. Zandi to win the loan lottery. Congratulations! Here you are. Let’s have the celebratory sweets now! Yes, it really was time for it. Thank you! Thank you! These sweets are extra delicious now! Here you are. Mr. Safari first... Thank you. I should go take my medication. I won’t have tea. O.K. It’s S. D. D… Yes… A… Yes… I’ll tell you in a second. Sure. Listen, I’ll call you back. Yes, sure. Bye. Hi Mr. Safari! Mr. Safari, no? I’m Sara. I’m Sara, a friend of Parviz’s. Your son… He contacted me to say you don’t seem to be answering your phone for the past few days. He was worried. He needs to talk to you… I work in a travel agency. He asked me to arrange everything so we can go to him for a visit. Thanks… Well, the poor guy was worried. He misses you a lot, you know. You know he's not allowed back in the country. He wants you to go to him. A change of scenery, you know. It's good for you. Wow! What a place! Look at these! Mr. Safari, does this radio still work? How cute! Bentwood chairs! Are they originals? They are lovely! You can’t find these anymore. Things are better when they’re old. When they’re original. No, Mr. Safari? When did he call you? Who? Last night. I told you, he was worried. Why didn’t you answer the phone? What a cute kitchen! What are these? Darling! Look at these cups! I tell yah, I’m totally in love with your teacups. Should I pour you a cup? Tea! Very well. I’ll pour myself a cup. Why don’t you pick up your phone? I called you a few times, too. Don't you think we'll worry? It’s lost. What? I’ve lost the phone. Huh? Who can lose a land-line? It rings… What a lovely bedroom you have! Huh! Where's the handset? I don’t know. I bet the battery’s run out… No problem. We’ll find it. It has an answering machine… I’ll set it up for you in a second. Let’s see… I think I’ve got it. “Hello… I’m not home… Please leave your message after the beep… I’ll return your call as soon as possible” That’s that. See? At least we won’t worry about you... Now, how can we play it back? “Hello… I’m not home… Please leave your message after the…” Where are your papers? You know, for getting a passport… Parviz said you don’t have one. The offices are closed now. We’ll go apply for your passport tomorrow. I’ll photocopy everything by then and fill the forms for you. Is that a balcony? Cool! Wow! It’s right over our heads! Isn’t it scary? It was flying so low! I thought it was gonna land in your balcony! How funny! Your ID and National Card… Thanks. Do you have passport photos? 6 by 4 centimeters, with a white background. Forget it. We’ll take new pictures tomorrow and then we go the Passport Agency. I’ll come after you at 10 in the morning. OK, bye for now. Goodbye! By the way, how are you doing with clothes? Is this fine? This? No! Not that it's bad... What else do you have? These are all really old. When was the last time you bought clothes? Twenty years ago, maybe. Oh poor thing! No problem. This one seems better than the rest. Yeah, it suits you. Yeah, wear this one. With this. Actually, no, wear it with this one. These two together, OK? This will do for the passport photo. We’ll buy you a nicer one for your embassy appointment. OK, time for me to go. Bye. See you tomorrow at 10... Hi! Why do you keep calling? So, what happened? O.K… Yeah. “Hello… I’m not home… Please leave your message after the beep… I’ll return your call as soon as possible” Did I dial you by mistake? Is it you, Sara? Hello? Hello? "Hello… I’m not home… Please leave your message after the beep. I’ll return your call as soon as possible” Hello, Dad? Hello? Hi, Dad. How are you? I spoke to Sara. She said she saw you today. Hello? Dad, please, pick up the phone! I’m worried about you. Is everything OK? Please, Dad... Hello? Hello? Dad? Hi! How are you? Why don’t you answer your phone? Did you see Sara? I’ve sent you an official invitation so you can get a visa and come see me. Sara will handle it. Are you OK, Dad? Parvin said some things that… Dad, take care of your things and come, soon… If I could, I’d come to Iran and bring you with me… They would cure you here… Sara is a good girl, Dad… You’ll travel together… Dad, just listen to Sara. Did I dial you by mistake? Is it you, Sara? Hello? Hello? “Hello… I’m not home… Please leave your message after the beep… I’ll return your call as soon as possible” “Hello… I’m not home… Please leave your message after the beep… I’ll return your call as soon as possible” It’s 9:44 am. It’s 9:44 am. Mr. Safari! Hello… I went to the gate and the guards told me you’ve come here… - What are you doing here? - You’re late! It’s not late… Get in, please… We’re blocking traffic… Sorry, Mister! Excuse me. Sorry! What were you doing there? Where? By that house, where else? You were late, so I came to your house. My house? Please look at the camera… Just a second… Look into the lens please… Just one second… Miss, please come stand behind this camera… Good… One… Two… Three! Could we take a picture together? Of course. Thanks… Thank you. One… Two… Three! - Is your paperwork complete? - Yes. We’ve given you all the forms, sir. Is it a recent photo? Yes, we took it today… - He’s handsome, isn’t he? - Of course. You haven’t written the address. Where should we send the passport to? Please write the address here. Does it usually arrive during working hours? Usually. Excuse me, please. Better give my address. It might arrive when you’re not home. It should be with me anyway. Do you agree? Hello? Hi… Listen, I’m on my way. Really. Well I told him I have a family issue! Hey, daddio, take this piece of junk away from your kid. She’ll hurt herself! Get outa here! No, I wasn’t talking to you. Listen, I’m really on my way. Are there lots of customers? OK, OK… I’ll be there. Screw him! God! OK. Love you… See you. Mr. Safari, I have to go to the office right now… If I let you out here, can you find your way back? You know what, forget it… I’ll take a cab for you from the office. That would be best, no? The traffic... Come in! Hello… Hi… Miss Karimi! Hello… I’m calling you from Atlas Travel Agency… I need a cab… For The Taleghani Complex… Yes… I’d appreciate it if you’d send it a.s.a.p… Thank you. Please take a seat... I’ll be right back. Hello? Yes… Yes, I’ll be there right away. Do you know what time it is? You seem to not care at all… This place has its regulations. You’re supposed to be at work at 8:30 sharp, not at 1:00 pm! You are in charge of the register here… Ms. Rahimi has been shouldering your work all day! Why should that be the case? If you can’t keep with these rules, we can think of something else... Sorry. As I said, I had a family problem. Problem? We all have problems, Miss… Please get back to your work. You are Mister... Shams. Four tickets for Anatolia. 87,500,000 rials. Here you are. Please charge the remainder to the card. Thank you. Miss Ahmadi, what’s happening with the France tickets? Please answer line 2... Hello? Hello. Yes. I emailed you personally. It didn't reach you? I'll resend it. Internet has been down the past few days. I hope you enjoyed your stay in Iran. Bon voyage. So please don't forget to be at the airport 3 hours before the flight. Thank you. Goodbye! - Your name, please? - Mortazavi. Miss Ahmadi! The taxi’s waiting outside. - Hossein, could I ask you... - Yes? Just a second, please… Could I ask you to take this gentleman to the cab? Of course. Just a second… You are in block 3, no? Yes, block 3. The apartment number doesn’t matter, I guess. Here. This is the address. Please pay for it here. Just tell him to go all the way to the building itself. - Yes. - Thanks… Go home. I’ll be in touch. If you pick up your phone, that is! Forgive me. Mr.? Mortazavi. One-way to London. 24,700,000 rials. Sir! Take your card. Hello, Mr. Safari. Hello. Something wrong? Could I ask you for a favor? Of course. Come in. It’s not a bad idea… Change is good… It suits you… It’s a good color… And if you don’t like it, you can just wash it a few times with regular shampoo and it will wash away. It really does suit you! "You have contacted Atlas Travel Agency… Please leave your message” “Hello… I’m not home… Please leave your message after the beep… I’ll return your call as soon as possible” Hi, Mr. Safari… What are you doing here this time of night? Is something wrong? Just a moment! Sir, just one moment… Come in, I’ll give you a ride. It’s late. Where are you going? What the... - Don’t hit him! - What should I do?! - What are you doing? -You just don’t listen! Let him go! You’ll kill him! Let him go! - Why should I let him go? - Let him go, sir! What’s it to you? What’s it to you?! You’re killing him! Didn’t you promise you won’t come back? Look what he’s done! I want to press charges… We have to go to the police! What charges? Call the police! Don’t you know him? I’ll take him away. He promises not to disturb you again. I’ve begged him… I pressed charges… I pitied his old age… His sickness… What am I supposed to do?! Sir, please, it’s not right. One year… Two years… It’s been thirty, forty years since I moved into this house. It’s the same thing everyday. I leave the house in the morning, I come back in the afternoon and this guy’s standing here with a sangak bread! You’re right. Forgive him. What am I supposed to do? I can’t leave the house because of this guy? How long can it go on? Please forgive him… Here, please… Go inside please. I swear, if he ever comes back, I don’t care what time it is, I’ll knife him! I swear I’ll kill him. You’re right. Arright. Let it go please. - I’ll kill you! - Please go back inside. Please, sir. Look what he’s done to him… Let’s go, Mr. Safari. Come on. It’s lucky Mr. Etemadi saw you outside… He came and told me… Well, I knew where you were heading… Look how he beat him… But you were at fault, too, sir, for going there… Things happen in life that can’t be fixed… I mean things that are hard to forget… That can’t be forgotten… They need to be left to time… Time heals all… Take our own Dr. Jafari, the one who lives in the block opposite yours... Some things a person can’t forget. My own wife… When our child died, she just couldn’t let it go. Every time she saw a child, she’d say “it’s my baby”. God bless Dr. Jafari. He prescribed some pills and they fixed her. It had been ten years and she couldn’t let go! Just like you. You need a cannon to wake Ms. Parvin up! Damn! It’s 3 in the morning! I’m going to Dr. Jafari’s building, see if I can get some ointment for your wounds. What’s wrong? Where to? - Where is she? - Where is who? No one’s here yet. Hello. Good morning. Hello. Good morning. - Hello. - Good morning. - Hello. - Good morning. - Why have you closed the door, Hossein? - Because of this gentleman. Mr. Safari! What on earth are you doing here? Where were you? Oh God! Did you have an accident? What’s wrong? Come in! Why did you lock the door? I thought it might cause trouble, Ma’am. That’s why I called you. I think he slept out here the whole night. Was he in a fight? No, I think he was in an accident. It doesn’t look like an accident. Were you in an accident? Are you in pain? Does he have memory problems? No… Yes… I don’t know… Maybe! Are you OK? Could you please not come to my work anymore? I work there. That’s where I make my living. They could fire me. You see... I need that job. Just wait a few days for the passport to come. Then we’ll go to the embassy. We’ll take care of your paperwork… Then we’ll leave together. I spoke to Parviz yesterday. He’s really worried. The doctors over there can help you. They have found some solutions for these kinds of memory problems… Mr. Safari! Mr. Safari! I found that job with a lot of trouble. I swear I’m worried about you, too. It will all be OK. Just don’t leave your home for a few days, OK? Thank you! Please don’t come to my work anymore. I need to go back to work now. You should rest… Please... Stop here. - You’re not going home? - Yes. Stop here. Should I help you? I can do it. You’d lose it too… You know how many years it’s been? Isn’t he used to it by now? But not in the middle of the night! He doesn't remember? He's gotten even worse recently, he remembers somethings, but sometimes he can't recognize me. Ms. Parvin! Mr. Safari is sitting here! Mr. Safari, where have you been for God’s sake? We thought you were home, sleeping. Were you out? - You scared the life out of us! - Were you out? Ali told me in the morning. Look what he’s done! Get up… Let’s go up. Get up, please. Thank you, ladies. Thank you for your help. Ali, you should go back to work, too. - Call me if you need help, Ms. - OK. You keep going out in this pollution. This air would mess with anyone’s mind. I brewed some herbs for you… They are good for your lungs… Parviz called this morning… Poor kid is so worried about you… I didn’t know you are going to visit him... It’s not a bad idea. You’ll get away from this pollution for a little while. Dear, you’re really not supposed to go out at night… The mornings are no problem... But what if you get lost? If you couldn’t find your way back, what would I tell Parviz? All these years, that boy has had some peace of mind because he trusts I’ll take care of you. I mean, why did you go to that poor man’s home in the middle of the night? And who’s this new girl? The guards tell me she visits here everyday. Safari! For God’s sake don’t start any more troubles. I really can’t take it! Seriously. That poor couple have been really patient all these years… How lucky was that woman, that you haven’t forgotten her after all these years. Hi! Hi Mrs. Panahi! How are you? I’m fine, thank you! Sorry that I brought it in a little late this year. We had some trouble... Don’t worry about it at all. If you still need it, keep it for a few more days. Oh, no… Thank you… Hopefully I’ll make these last few payments and it’ll be over with. Don’t worry about it… Won’t you come in? Mr. Safari is here. No, I have to get going. Say hello to him. Sure thing...Goodbye! Bye. It was Mrs. Panahi. She said hello. Can I come here for dinner? Of course. I’ll fix you a delicious soup. Wow! Look how you’ve dressed up! I didn’t know it was a formal event, or I would’ve dressed up, too! Look at this! Smells beautiful! Come in, Come in. Welcome! Thank you. I keep telling them: I haven’t played it in ages… They don’t believe me… The little cuties have just started talking… They keep saying “Gramma, play Happy Birthday! Gramma, play Happy Birthday!” Could you play for me? What? Play! For me. I told you, I don’t know it anymore. Play whatever you know. OK. Where are you going, Mr. Safari? Hey, where are you headed? Did you tell Ms. Parvin you’re leaving? We’ll have to answer to her for you… Mr. Safari! Mohammad, call Ms. Parvin up! - Hello, Mr. Safari! - Mr. Safari! Gone! - Bye, Hossein. - Goodbye. - Bye, Hossein. - So long. Didn’t I tell you not to come here anymore? What is this? What are these? Money. I know that… For what? For you! For me? Did I ask you for money? Mr. Safari, did I ask you for money? I asked you not to come here. Then you bring me money? Mr. Safari, I was trying to help you. But you’re now disturbing me. I can’t do my work. I was even going to tell Parviz that I can’t do it anymore… I don’t want it… I don’t want to go to Canada. I think I’m the reason you’ve gotten worse. Where did you get these from? Did I ever ask you for money? Did I ever ask you for anything? I was just trying to help you and travel a little. You spent the whole night here… Did you think I won’t find out? The worker from the opposite building came and told me. You’ve been here all night. What for? What are you doing, Mr. Safari? Please leave me alone. I’m asking you to leave. I’ll do all your paperwork. I’ll take you to the embassy, too. And then you’ll go to Parviz. You’re scaring me. Please. Mr. Safari, I’m asking you... I love you! Please! Two specials with sesame for Mr. Safari! - How many for you? - Three. Irman! Search the place. Lieutenant... Are these yours? Lieutenant, we found the safe-box in his place too. Cuff him and take him to the car… You don’t have your cuffs with you? Arright, bring him... Where’s Bahrami? Bahrami! Start the car! Hurry! Is this his car? - Yes, sir! This is it. - Open it. Sir, is the car key with these? There’s nothing in there, Lieutenant. Give it to me… Please go back in… Thank you. Go back. Thank you. Please go back in… Take him to the car. Let’s go. What? You thought it’s a free-for-all, ey? No law, no law-enforcement, nothing? Listen, if anyone moves a muscle in this city, we’ll know about it. You have a foot in the grave! Then you commit robbery? Murder? Every morning you go get yourself a sangak, you go, you come back, you think we don’t know about it? You think you deserve that sangak? What kind of man eats this blessing and then kills people? Do you even know what a precious thing this sangak is? Did you know that the Chinese have made a machine for baking every kind of bread, but they can’t make one for sangak? They just can’t! Not that they don’t want to. They can’t... Sangak is one of our cultural icons… No country, not even America - America, get me? - has this bread… Who has it? We do! - Go get us a couple... - Yes, sir! It’s good sangak… Sangak is whole grain… It doesn’t make you fat… If in your age you’ve stayed healthy enough to kill people, that’s because of sangak, too. Those hot little rocks that they bake the bread on, God knows what they haven’t had to endure… What things and people they must have seen: killers, lovers, babies, adults… Oh the times… the times… You desecrate this blessing? Huh? Desecrate it? My late father used to do the ritual wash every morning before going out to his bakery. What for? So he could hand people clean, immaculate bread… His sangak was famous in all of Tehran… People used to do the ritual wash for a single bread. And then people like you go around killing other folks… Bahrami watch out! Lieutenant! Lieutenant! Help take them out! Slowly! Careful! His foot, his foot is stuck! His foot, his foot is stuck! Hold on! Call an ambulance! Somebody call an ambulance!