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Test Of Democracy Dialogue List (English)

Wed, 18/09/2013 - 18:40

 

This film is dedicated
to all who oppose it
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The Test of Democracy
by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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Take this. 
Hana, Take this from me. 
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- Take these clothes off, sir. 
- No sir. No way! 
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- Take these clothes off, sir. 
- Let me take care of it, sir. 
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- Come on now, take them off. 
- No! 
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Just take them off and get it over with... 
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- Come on now, take them off. 
- No. 
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- Mr. Mohsen, he won't take them off! 
- Come on, take them off now! 
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Give that to me. Come on, hand it over. 
Ok, wrap it around your waist like this. 
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Wrap it around your waist. 
There, like that! 
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Please, take it off! 
Come on, do it for me! 
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Here, take it from him. 
Come on now, take them off. 
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Come on, take this. 
Come on, do this for me! 
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Just stand behind the door, where
no one can see you. Stand right there. 
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Come over here. 
Stand right here, no one will see you. 
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It's a door, no one can see
behind it. Ma'am, don't look! 
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- Isn't anyone looking? 
- No one's looking. 
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Wrap this around your waist. 
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- Wear this loincloth. 
- Take it off fast. Fast, fast! 
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Move it, we're losing the light. 
There you are! Good job! 
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It doesn't look good. White clothes
are awful, they reflect too much light! 
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I've been trying to get you to take
these clothes off for 10 days now! 
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What's with you and these... 
Take your watch off! 
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- No... 
- You can't have a watch on... 
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You're supposed to be in
the middle of nowhere! Give it to me. 
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Take the watch. There! 
Now come here. Come here. 
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Take these away. 
Come on, here. Here. 
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Ok, now. Put the door on your back
and walk. Put it on your back! 
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- Let him put it on himself. 
- Ok. Now listen... 
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Put it on your back and move this way. 
The door, put it on your back. 
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- No, no! 
- Come on! 
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This is really not that hard! 
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Look, it's light as a feather. 
Look at me, sir. Sir? 
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- Sir? Sir? 
- Sir, please look this way. 
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Mr. Mohsen... 
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Put it on your back for a minute. 
Just for one lousy minute! 
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Sir, listen. Look here. 
Look at me. Just look at me! 
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Sir? Here! Look at me! 
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- Look at him, look! 
- Look at me for one second! 
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Do you want us to pick it up, one by
one? Do you want all of us to do it? 
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Ok, look. No, just look. 
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He just won't do it! 
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Ok, come close. 
Come on, let's discuss this! 
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Look, man. See? It's really easy, look... 
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Just forget about it! 
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- Let's take a break. 
- My back hurt. I can't sleep at nights... 
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Turn it off. 
Yes, turn it off. 
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- My back would hurt... 
- This poor guy's back would hurt too! 
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This guy thinks he's
Burt Lancaster or something! 
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- My back hurts. 
- It's just for one minute. 
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Sit down right here. 
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- Sir? 
- Yes? 
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- Bring fruit juice for the guys. 
- Go on, go get the fruit juice, fast! 
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- Hi. 
- Hi. How are you doing? 
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What a pleasant surprise! 
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- Come on. Come. 
- Have everything ready, I'll be back! 
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- What are you doing, Shahab? 
- Nothing really. I'm here ... 
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- ...to see what you're doing here! 
- I'm not doing much. 
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- If it's really like that, why... 
- If we go this way, we'd get... 
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Why did you insist that
I'd come here to make a film? 
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You said you bought a video camera, 
and I said I'm happy for you because... 
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The films you make
with it would be great. 
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But unlike 35mm films, 
video productions have no class. 
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It's no longer a question of style. This
is the camera of the information age. 
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Just like a writer... 
there is his mind, and there is his pen. 
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He takes the pen and writes, 
and so creates his work of art. 
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But the filmmaker writes, then asks for
a permit, and they don't give it to him! 
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Even if he gets a permit, he
won't have access to the necessities... 
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After a year, from 100 great ideas, one
might be able to make a film out of it... 
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...they won't let it go to the screen, and
even if they do let him screen his film... 
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...it will go through so much
censorship that nothing will be left. 
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In fact, as long as you need
investors and government subsidies... 
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As long as films are censored, 
I don't know, it's really just an industry... 
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For the innovative art of cinema
they talk about so much... 
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...all you need is a digital camera. 
This cheap camera right here! 
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This camera functions as the pen. 
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The less significant the tools become, 
a greater role the artist plays. 
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Instead of forming a large crew... 
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Anyone who has something new to say, 
can use it just like a writer uses a pen... 
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For discussing everyday issues and... 
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No, even for serious stuff. For example, 
what Marquez does with his pen... 
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Writing is a different story. The
whole technique is in the head and... 
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- Shahab, is this recording? 
- No, of course it's not recording. 
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- It is! The light is red. 
- So? A lot of things are red! 
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- I'll turn it off if you like. 
- No, do whatever you feel like. 
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But it really is like a pen. See, 
you can use it to write on the ground! 
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Li... 
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...ber... 
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On the sea... 
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Li... 
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...ber... 
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...ty. 
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Mr. Mohsen? There we are. 
Wait a second, wait! 
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- Where are you going? 
- Wait a second! 
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Wait one second! 
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When are you coming back? 
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- Shahab? 
- Yes? 
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How about making a film about
this crowd? It's not a bad topic. 
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I'd love to make a film about who will
represent these people in parliament. 
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About the election. 
What do you think? 
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It's not a bad idea. What about
the set decorations and equipment? 
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I don't need anything. 
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You'd need some things. 
A chair, a megaphone, a ballet box. 
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Well, how about
using their speaker system? 
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Call the waiter and ask if we can borrow
their speaker system for a day. 
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You think he's going to do it? 
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What did you say, Shahab? 
It got so loud in here... 
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Do you think he'd do it? 
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I think he won't do it. 
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Would you bet on that? I think he'll do it. 
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I'm here to give you the bare facts. 
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The truth is, being birds, 
you don't fly too well. 
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I don't want to lead you
a merry dance, but please: fly! 
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I lead you not to
the merry dance of blue smoke
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I lead you not to
a plush rainbow, to petty dreams
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Anyone who ever came here, lied to
you, hoping to get one extra act to play. 
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They've told you how well you fly, 
but I'm here to play this one act, and go. 
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So, won't you mind if I tell you the truth? 
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You fly no better than a chicken! Think
otherwise? Please fly and let us see! 
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Shall one live so pure and moral
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How impure and immoral would I be, 
were I not to leave a token of my faith... 
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A token immortal, like noble mountains, 
unlike the unlasting soil
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Regrettably, some
are leaving the house. 
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Please don't let that
keep you from flying. 
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Fly higher this time, if you would. Make
a new record in the history of flight. 
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Let's not let the history of flight
repeat itself once again. 
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Shall one live so low and ignoble
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How flagrant would I be, were I not
to hang my lantern of life in shame... 
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...on the height of a dead dry
pine tree in the dead-end alley. 
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Mohsen? What are you doing? 
What are you talking about? 
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- Can you hear me? 
- What are you talking about? 
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- I'm testing the sound. 
- Say one phrase that makes sense. 
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One, two, three. 
Testing the freedom in this term. 
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- Hello sir. How are you? 
- Hi. I'm fine, thank you. 
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- Where did you get these chairs from? 
- We bought them from the Bazaar. 
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- Where? 
- The Bazaar. 
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- What was the price? 
- Twenty Tomans. 
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- Were there any left? 
- Go take a look around. Maybe. 
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- Are the chairs for sale? 
- They belonged to important people. 
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- Hi. How are you? How is it going? 
- Hello. I'm fine, thank you. 
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- Would you sell us your chair? 
- No. 
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- Why? 
- Because important people sat here. 
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And the seats you see here, 
I'm just here to guard them. 
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- You're guarding them? 
- Yes, I'm here to guard them. 
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I don't sit on those chairs, 
I just sit here and guard them. 
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- So, why have you chained them? 
- So no one takes them. 
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I might go to the bathroom
for a few minutes, or take a break. 
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With the chains, I don't have to worry
when I go away for a few minutes. 
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Sell this chair to us, 
and go sit over there. Ok? 
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- No, no. No. 
- I'll give you money. Money! 
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- These belonged to important people. 
- I'll give you money for it. 
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No, I won't sell it. 
Not even if you give money for it. 
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- How much do you want? 
- No, I'm not selling it. 
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- I'll give you 10,000 Tomans. 10,000! 
- No, I'm not selling it. 
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- 11,000 Tomans
- No, No! 
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- 11,200 Tomans
- No. I'm not selling it. 
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Look! One, two, three... 
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- Say that you'd sell it. 
- I won't sell it. 
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Four, five, six... There you go! 
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Seven, eight, nine, 
and ten. That's it. Here! 
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- That's enough. There you are. 
- No. I can't. 
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Where is the key? Go sit over there. 
The important people aren't here, now. 
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Where is the key? 
Ok, here is another thousand. 
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- No, I'm not selling! No! 
- That's enough. Go on, now. 
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I'm not selling it. 
These belong to important people... 
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It's ok, sit down. 
The important people aren't here, now. 
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Ok, come on. Come on, 
get up. I'll help you get up. 
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Where is the key? 
Watch out! Where's the key? 
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- Where is the key? 
- The key? It's not with me. 
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- You don't have the key? 
- No, I don't. 
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Shahab? Come here, 
it's open. The lock doesn't work. 
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- Bye. 
- I don't have the key! 
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Bye. 
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- Hey, Mohsen? 
- What? 
#00:19:15.13,00:19:17.07
I'm tired. My back hurts. When
will you take this door off my back? 
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I'll be back after the election. 
After the election... 
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Hello, fellow brothers. 
Hello, dear friends. 
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- Try saying "sir"!
- Sir? Sir? 
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Sir? Hello? 
Do you have any empty chairs? 
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Does anyone have any empty chairs? 
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Any chairs for sale? 
#00:20:05.22,00:20:10.03
Hey? Man? Sir? 
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At least, answer! 
#00:20:17.18,00:20:19.14
Are you going to Tehran? 
#00:20:24.17,00:20:27.19
I'm here for that mason. 
What do you have? 
#00:20:29.02,00:20:33.06
We have a speaker system, 
and a few chairs. 
#00:20:33.09,00:20:36.16
- I don't know, ask the mason. 
- It's ok, I don't mind. 
#00:20:37.11,00:20:41.01
- I'll take them, if it's ok with him. 
- Come on, get them fast. 
#00:20:41.08,00:20:44.19
- Come give us a hand, here. 
- Ok, sure. 
#00:20:54.00,00:20:58.16
Shahab, you'd make a good porter! 
#00:21:07.20,00:21:09.17
Couldn't you have used
another boat for your stucco? 
#00:21:24.03,00:21:27.23
- No! 
- Move it. Faster! 
#00:21:28.03,00:21:30.04
Mohsen, put that down for a second. 
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Come here and keep filming, 
I'll take the rest of the stucco. 
#00:21:32.04,00:21:35.16
Here, take them. Come on, we're late. 
#00:22:05.06,00:22:08.04
Mohsen, you'd make a good porter! 
#00:22:09.10,00:22:11.04
Come on. Move it, faster! 
#00:22:17.14,00:22:21.02
It looks like these cameras
don't make things all that much easier! 
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The filming is the same, it's what goes
on behind the scenes that's different. 
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- There you go. 
- I got it. 
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Shahab, I'm getting tired. Come help. 
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- Someone has to hold the camera. 
- Put it on the speaker. 
#00:22:53.22,00:22:57.22
Put it on the speaker and help move
this stuff. Don't waste so much time. 
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Wait a second! 
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- Hand it over. 
- Here you are. 
#00:23:21.18,00:23:24.23
This one is broken. 
Forget about it, give me another one. 
#00:23:29.21,00:23:33.08
Forget about him. Hurry up! 
#00:23:34.15,00:23:37.23
Mohsen. Move fast, they're here! Fast! 
#00:24:04.08,00:24:08.17
Move it! 
#00:24:11.13,00:24:13.01
Where are you going? Hey? 
#00:24:15.00,00:24:17.10
I'll be back. 
I'll be back after the election. 
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Let's go. 
I'll be back after the election. 
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- What should we do? 
- Be prepared, it'll work out. 
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- Wait how long? 
- Don't go! 
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- Have you voted yet? 
- No. 
#00:25:04.23,00:25:06.12
The ballot box is coming. 
#00:25:06.17,00:25:08.08
She could drown! 
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- Hi. Have you voted? 
- Hi. No, we haven't. 
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Today is Election Day. 
#00:26:57.06,00:26:58.21
Vote? 
Can we use our ID cards? 
#00:27:00.01,00:27:02.17
No, you need to have
your original birth certificate. 
#00:27:02.19,00:27:05.15
- You have your birth certificate? 
- No, I don't. 
#00:27:08.22,00:27:10.19
You have your birth
certificates with you? 
#00:27:11.07,00:27:12.22
- Can't we use our ID cards? 
- Unfortunately not. 
#00:27:13.00,00:27:17.16
-Mohsen, you have your birth certificate? 
- Me? No. 
#00:27:17.18,00:27:20.12
- We'll go to Tehran, then. Sorry... 
- Watch out not to drown! 
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- We're going to Tehran. 
- Hold on to the ballot box. 
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We're going to Tehran. Take care. 
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- Bye. 
- Bye. 
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Oh, Iran, our treasure land
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Oh, Iran, our fountain of art
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May "evil will" never find you
#00:28:35.21,00:28:39.04
May you be strong and eternal
#00:28:39.20,00:28:43.08
No death! Long live he who opposes me. 
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We support a system where people
can change their representatives... 
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...in a maximum of 4 years, should
they not be satisfied with their service. 
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I would like to thank
the people of Tehran and... 
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A writer... has a pen... a mind
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Today is... 
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Did you vote? 
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Hold on... ballot box... 
Watch out not to drown! 
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Walls, walls so tall, 
bound my vision in all directions
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Walls so tall... 
Walls reaching the height of despair
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Are joy, the joyful, 
and envy all between each two walls? 
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To have my sight
divided in checkers by bars... 
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...and vision meets walls
in the distant lands of despair. 
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Was that alright? 
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What, you mean you want those on film? 
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Read something else. 
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Some day, 
we will once again find our doves... 
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...and kindness
shall take the hand of beauty
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When a kiss will be the smallest hymn, 
and each man a brother for all other
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When they will no longer
close the doors of their homes
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And locks won't be but myths, 
and locks won't be but myths
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Our heart will be all we need to live, 
that day when every word means love
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So you don't go after
words to have the last say
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When each lip is a song, 
so the smallest hymn can be a kiss
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The day when we
once again feed our doves
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The day when we
once again feed our doves
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And it is that day, which I long for
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And I long for that day, 
even when I no longer live
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Even when I no longer live... 
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Even when I live no longer, 
live no longer, live no longer... 
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Cast: 
Mohsen Makhmalbaf #00:37:54.00,00:38:01.07
Produced by
Kish Tourism Organization, 2000
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