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Namano and table read present Love

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and Darkness based on the incredible

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and brave stories of the true Vessicucha,

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Joseph Brun and his family. In

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our first episode, we delved into the intricate

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lives the Cat's family. We

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met Dove Cats, a young man entangled

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in a forbidden love with inga, a non

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Jewish girl from their town. Their

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illicit romance deeply troubles Doe's

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father, Rabbi Avramcats,

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must now decide whether to disown his son forever

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or not. At the same time,

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Vulf Doe's older brother,

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a courageous Jewish resistance fighter, returns

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home from Poland with alarming news about

0:52

the escalating war that engulfs Europe.

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Meanwhile, Avum receives a cryptic letter from

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his estranged father Mosha diving

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in Budapest, which holds potential

1:02

clues to their unsettling future, as

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hinted in the opening flash forward, being

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imprisoned in a Hungarian Jewish labor unit

1:10

and forced a clear mind field head

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of Germany's invasion of Russia. Episode

1:15

two, Exterior Christian high school

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morning children rushed to enter

1:20

before the morning bell's peel find

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Eden among them a massive shallow case

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strapped to her back, fall into

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stride with Eden's Franc twenty four teacher's

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aid and Kat's family friend. Good

1:33

morning, than ready, y'rcevo Eden.

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Today in class Hershuner will make the most

1:37

amazing announcement, not even

1:39

a hint. Perhaps I'll find

1:42

another stomach for this hollow my mother sent you.

1:44

I shall not tell you my whips

1:46

are sealed. Then handing

1:48

you a loaf of bread would truly be a waste.

1:53

Eden smiles, then hands over a bag containing

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the Kalla Interior

1:58

Orchestra classroom high cool

2:00

morning. The instructor is Hair

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Schuler, seventies, a relic

2:04

from the old Austro Hungarian Empire. Find

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Farrank sitting at the piano. Students

2:10

file in carrying their instruments strings,

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brass, woodwind and percussion.

2:15

Take your seats quickly. Hair

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Schulner taps his desk with a conductor's baton

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a Clinton class

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A representative from franz List School

2:24

of Music is choosing

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students for a special program

2:29

to study music in Budapest for

2:32

their summer session. Enian Farranc

2:34

exchange a look. Although student's gush

2:36

with excitement, reserve your enthusiasm.

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Only thirty four children from across the country

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will be chosen. Most,

2:44

if not all, of you will be rejected. This

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is where you learn the difference between having

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talent and having a gift.

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Tonight's homework is to select a two minute

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solo, which you will submit to Hair Farrank

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for approval. No

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Beethoven, He will

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be overplayed by your contemporaries.

3:06

Now ready your

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instruments. As Lacy

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fourteen readies her flute, she

3:12

turns to Eden. I

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hear your brother's wife birth to son,

3:17

and your father chopped off his sing.

3:21

A few students with an earshot snicker.

3:25

It's called a briss Lacy. Nothing's

3:27

taken off but the foreskin. It

3:29

sounds barbaric. Miklos

3:32

fourteen class bully chimes in like

3:35

motioned customs. Herr Schulder

3:37

watches the exchange. Has seen enough

3:39

quiet you chatterboxes Chopin's

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revolutionary tune. Here

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Farrank Frank plays the intro.

3:47

Then Herr Schulder uses schemes to harmonize.

3:50

In dissatisfy with the intimation,

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Herr Schulder slams his ruler on the desk.

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Horness, did you leave your

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ears at home today, Play

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the high Sea Shark again.

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The students roll their eyes. Her

4:05

shoulder is a taskmaster. Exterior

4:09

Cat's Brother's butcher Shop Mourning locate

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on the corner of a busy shopping street in the middle

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of town. Outdoor cow pens

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feed into a small slaughterhouse. In the back of

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the butcher shop. Interior Cats

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Brothers Butcher's Shop Mourning bear

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light balls hang from the ceiling. Skin

4:25

chickens dangle from meat hooks, and a window

4:27

already filled with signs in both German

4:30

and Hungarian offering kosher specials.

4:33

Isaac stacks, can Goods wipes

4:35

down the meat scale. I'll call you Huda,

4:37

wheels in a barrel of garlic, dill, pickles.

4:41

Dough steps out from the back room, putting on his

4:43

apron. Volf relaxes with his feet

4:45

up on a chair at a little corner table, reading

4:47

the newspaper. A number of customers

4:50

gather at the door, waiting eagerly for the shop to

4:52

open. The line's already forming. Don't

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help, can a pike, I'll

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call you Houda nods. Was

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it meant for the apron brisket? Neither

5:03

was I? But I have a son now and hopefully more on the way

5:06

as Uncle you Whoda nods, then heads into the

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storeroom. Did you

5:10

see him this morning? He was

5:12

gone by the time I woke up. Uncle you Whuda

5:14

enters from the storeroom with a can of pike. He went

5:16

to pray. Do takes this in

5:19

with a sigh. This is

5:21

ridiculous. It's nineteen forty one. I

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shouldn't need my father's permission to court a woman.

5:26

Just courting. Huh.

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Do shoots him a look, wolf shrugs.

5:32

Isaac stays on point. Don't

5:34

look at the world as it should be, brother, but

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as it is. To

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make her a bride and the mother is a sin

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against God. Papa must turn his back on

5:43

you as if you were dead to him. You

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know this, Yes, I remember

5:48

the speech he gave all of us the first

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day of school. Remember yits a Cohen from

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football club. When his father

5:55

learned he kissed the ships, he smacked him

5:57

so hard at the dinner table he fell out of a chair and

5:59

broke his arm. He was our goalie.

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I don't care about jets, a Cohen.

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I'm leaving for medical school in a month. I'm

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an adult now, yes, and as an adult,

6:10

you're still a Jew, and she's still one

6:12

of them. Your

6:14

children will never know their grandfather. Is

6:17

that a life you wish for your sons? For yourself?

6:20

A life breath of family? Sounds

6:24

like it's not only Papa will turn his back on

6:26

me. It's a sin against

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God. Nothing good

6:30

will come from this. I won't

6:33

abandon your brother, said the brother who

6:35

can't wait to leave home. The moment he arrives, both

6:37

nods this away. Isaac. I'm sorry

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your marriage was arranged and you've never loved

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by choice. If you did, you might understand

6:45

how I feel. It also might help to remove

6:47

that large stick from up your ass. Wolf

6:49

exchanges a glance with Isaac. He's

6:52

right. Dove takes a beat

6:54

that approaches Uncle Jehuda. Uncle

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or two client silence

7:02

as wisdom open

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up. Isaac unlocks the front

7:07

door. Customers rush the counter, yelling

7:09

their order, shops door over trees

7:12

that hands over the order. The customer

7:14

presents money no pay.

7:16

At the register, Isaac sees the midwife

7:18

nurse Rosa enter Rosa,

7:21

did Yanna sleep through the night? Has

7:23

that his mother? You ordered

7:25

a leg of lamb Rosen nods.

7:27

Uncle Juhuda carries over a large leg of

7:29

lamb wrapped in brown butcher's paper and hands

7:32

it to Isaac. This is a beautiful

7:34

cut, great for stewart. Is

7:36

Georgie outside with the car. Rosen nods

7:39

hands Isaac money. No, no, no, Rosa, you

7:41

never pay. I'll carry it out for you. Rosa

7:43

exits with Isaac behind her exterior

7:47

cat's brother's butcher's shop. Morning, Rosa

7:50

steps up onto the horse drawn cart land

7:52

by her husband's Georgie forties,

7:55

a simple farm hand who married way up.

7:58

Isaac places a leg of lamb in the carts and

8:00

bids them farewell when you're a

8:02

good distance away. Why must

8:04

we always buy from them? Don't

8:07

be a fool. They have the best meet in

8:09

three counties. Interior,

8:12

Inga's bedroom, afternoon, heavy

8:14

chuck a chuck a chuck of a sewing machine. Inga's

8:17

having address. Her father, forties

8:19

last night's booze, still on his breath, enters.

8:22

She stops sewing mid stitch. There's

8:26

man here to see you off Inga's

8:28

nervous look. Could it be dove?

8:32

Interior kitchen. A few minutes later, Inga

8:34

enters the kitchen behind her father. Discover it's

8:36

not dove, but Captain Tbor,

8:39

I wanted to confirm with my own eyes that

8:41

you arrived home safe last night. Captain

8:44

says, you refuse to ride from him

8:46

after the boozy end the night was

8:48

still young. Father, May I speak

8:50

to the Captain outside Inga's

8:53

father nods. Captain t Boar

8:55

and Inga walk outside exterior

8:59

Inga's house tenuous as

9:01

they exit the cottage, Ingle whips around if

9:03

furious last night was a shameful

9:05

display. What lies you told? Lies?

9:08

Which would have been the truth had your father

9:11

known the truth? What my father knows

9:13

is my business state? The purpose of your

9:15

visit, Tibar. I'm sick of your games. As I

9:17

said, I wanted to make sure you arrived

9:19

home safe. Your concern is touching,

9:22

but I am not your concern. You

9:25

know my feelings go beyond concern,

9:27

and you know I'm in love with someone else,

9:30

which strikes Captain Tibore like a dagger

9:32

in the heart. You talk of

9:34

this love as if it has any hope of a future.

9:37

They're Jews. They'll never

9:39

accept you, and I can offer you

9:41

a better life. Please stop. In two years,

9:44

I'll make lieutenant on a lieutenant's

9:46

wage. I'll purchase a cottage twice the

9:48

size of your father's. In two years, I'll

9:50

be working in a hospital with no desire for farm

9:52

life. Tibor. I'm only a

9:54

shadow of what you'd wish for in a wife. Dove

10:01

Cats wins your heart. My

10:04

heart is not a prize to be won. Captain

10:06

Teboar aggressively steps towards her,

10:08

invading her personal space, making her

10:10

nervous. Of

10:13

course, it is Captain

10:16

Teboar heads for his car. Inga

10:18

walks over to the mail box, withdrawing a stack

10:20

of letters as she thumbs

10:22

through her hands. Tremble exterior

10:25

Hungarian countryside evening, rays

10:28

of golden sunlight, accent and isolated

10:30

meadow of lush green. Somewhere

10:33

in the Hungarian countryside. Over

10:36

this, in the tall grass, we hear

10:38

the moans of passionate sex. The

10:41

camera finds Dold and Inga, their

10:43

bodies intertwined and writhing under a

10:45

blanket. After climax,

10:48

they settle into a post sex calm. Inga

10:51

lays her head on his chest, and the two

10:53

stared into each other's eyes. After

10:55

a long silence, you seem reconsidering

11:00

t Boars offer only

11:02

the tone in which it was presented. He

11:05

frightens me. Those sighs

11:07

puffs out his chest. Not

11:10

enough for you to confront him. He knows, I'm yours.

11:12

The matter settled, and

11:14

your father how

11:17

long before that matter settled? My father's

11:20

an old magyaris deep opinions of

11:22

juice. I'll

11:25

tell him when you tell

11:27

me that this is forever. Dove

11:29

lean Jan and kisses her passionately,

11:32

desperately as they roll over

11:35

into each other's arms. Interior

11:38

kitchen, Cat's family home, late night,

11:41

Sorry's cleaning the dinner plate. Tabram

11:43

Enters tosses down his father's letter on the kitchen

11:45

table. Motion

11:47

invited me to Budapest. Will

11:50

you go? No one

11:53

needed to be said, was said years ago. Boy.

11:57

Your mother was sick. You yourself said

11:59

it many times. She'd have conversations with

12:01

the walls or sleep in the basement for days.

12:05

It was the sickness that put the gun in

12:07

her hand, not your father. But

12:10

it was his infidelity that pulled the

12:12

trigger. And now he seeks your forgiveness,

12:15

as you might one day seek from Dove if

12:18

you turn your back on him. Perhaps,

12:22

but Mosha doesn't only seek forgiveness

12:24

in his letter, he

12:27

seeks advice. The clop and winnie

12:29

of a horse approaching. Avram's

12:31

face turns pale as he sees through the window.

12:33

It's Dove, sorry, reads

12:35

him. Abram steals himself

12:38

for what must be done. I'm

12:40

a rabbi. Sorry, I can't

12:42

have him in my house. Interior

12:45

Cat's Family Barn. A few moments later,

12:48

Dove ties down the horse's reins and tends

12:50

to it. After a beat, he realizes

12:52

there's someone else in the barn with him. Dove

12:55

slowly turns around to find Abrams standing

12:57

there, his face inscrutable. Dove

13:01

knows what's coming next, but Avram

13:03

struggles to find the right words. A

13:06

long beat of silence broken by I

13:09

intend to marry her, Papa. I'm sorry you made

13:12

beef for supper. The plates

13:15

still warm. If you're hurry, Avram

13:17

quickly retreats out of the barn. Dove

13:20

opens his mouth to speak, but then

13:22

closes it wordlessly. Exterior

13:25

Cat's Family Barn, continuous. Avram

13:28

exits, looks up to Heaven, eyes

13:30

tearing forgive

13:33

me. He's my

13:36

son. Interior Hallway Christian

13:38

High School, afternoon. In between

13:40

classes, students hurry to class

13:43

pick up Eden Shallow strapped to her back,

13:46

briskly walking past Lacy and her

13:48

friends, who commiserate in front of the orchestra room.

13:51

Lacy scrutinizes Eden from head to

13:53

toe and notices something that disturbs

13:55

her. She and Eden are wearing

13:58

the same red socks with yellow

14:00

flowers as part of their skirt outfits. Eden

14:04

enters the orchestra class Interior

14:07

Orchestra room, Christian High School, Continuous.

14:10

The students slowly trickle in and take their seats.

14:13

Such lessargy from aspiring

14:15

musicians, take

14:18

your seats. The students on case their

14:20

instruments. A debate rages

14:22

in the high Holds about box

14:25

suites. Is it the

14:27

substance of his heart's passion or

14:30

the pure calculations from the rhythms

14:32

of a didactic mathematician? No

14:35

dead hends today box

14:38

gurant in C major Frank

14:42

needs a complicated piece in with the piano.

14:45

Then the students follow, sounding

14:47

marvelous angle on Lacy

14:50

blowing into her flute. Distracted, she

14:52

repeatedly peers over to Eden, examining

14:55

her socks to confirm they are indeed

14:57

the same exact pair. How

15:00

could she have the same pair of socks as a

15:02

jew Her shoulder takes

15:04

note of Lacy's deficiency and concentration

15:07

and rumbles over pay attention flutes

15:10

enough the music dies out. Lacy,

15:14

you're overhanging the keys. I

15:17

wasn't hair teacher, so my ears

15:20

deceive me. Perhaps

15:22

I am mistaken. Perhaps you

15:24

are a prodigy equal to Lilly Bollinger,

15:27

or believe me, or franzz list

15:30

himself. Lacy shakes her head. No

15:33

stand. Lacy nervously

15:35

rises out of her chair. If

15:38

the emissary from Franz's lists were here,

15:41

in this very room, would

15:43

he select you for a scholarship? No

15:47

hair teacher, no eating

15:51

cats. Based on

15:53

your performance, would you be chosen? I

15:56

can only hope. Her teacher minors

15:58

shuckles from the other st me

16:01

close, blurts like they pick a

16:03

jew, more

16:05

inward timber of the d string

16:08

and almost avoiding the open a.

16:10

Today your play was precise

16:13

and unerring. Then hair

16:15

Shoulder maneuvers her face to face with Lacey.

16:18

Extend your palms face down. Lacey

16:22

slowly does this. Frank

16:24

realizes hair Shoulder's intentions, stands

16:26

defiantly. Her teacher sit down

16:29

her FARRYNK, you're only

16:31

here at my whim. Farrank deflates

16:33

into his chair. Her Shulder turns

16:35

to Eden, hands her the conductor's bre

16:37

Tom ten reps on the knuckles.

16:40

A lesson shall not soon forget coming

16:42

from you. Eden's frozen strike.

16:46

Now, look they're wearing the same

16:48

socks. The students check to

16:50

confirm enough chatterboxing, Eden

16:54

commence. Eden tears

16:56

up, looks to Farrank, who nads

16:58

is approval. Eden strikes

17:01

Lacey's knuckles once, twice

17:04

a third time, as Lacey's

17:06

eyes register the pain harder. Eden

17:09

raises the baton above her head, ready to pounce,

17:12

but then freezes. I

17:16

cannot do it, hair teacher, complete

17:18

the punishment or

17:20

be expelled. Eden considers

17:23

this, but then lowers the baton and

17:25

tosses it on the desk in front of her. Miss

17:28

chats you are dismissed

17:31

for the remainder of the semester, Please,

17:34

hair teacher, what about my audition? Auditions

17:37

are held for students enrolled in orchestra

17:40

me Glosh seventeen lashes

17:43

an additional ten for the Jewish's

17:45

disobedience. Count

17:47

aloud to be Glosh rises,

17:50

wipes the baton and strikes Lacey mercilessly

17:53

one two, three,

17:57

haunting thwack of the baton connecting

18:00

over Lacey's knuckles. Because all we hear

18:02

is Eaten packs up her chillow. Before

18:04

Eaton exits, Lacey Glare's daggers at

18:07

her e

18:09

exterior alley next to the school. Afternoon,

18:12

Eden sits on the ground, back against the wall.

18:15

She's watching a female bigger hassle pedestrians

18:18

for a handout. Farrank enters

18:20

the alley sits down next to her. Seven

18:24

more taps is all it took yesterday,

18:27

She made a comment, as she always does

18:31

in that moment when

18:33

I stopped hitting her, it

18:36

wasn't because I was afraid of hurting her.

18:38

It was because

18:40

I was afraid of how much I wanted to

18:43

how which makes what you've done all the more

18:45

brave. No, I'm

18:48

a weak, sentimental girl,

18:51

and the world tramples us. He

18:56

held my future in his hands. As

18:59

he considers, he has a Eureka

19:01

moment. There still maybe a

19:03

way for you to audition. Eden

19:06

turns to him in disbelief. As

19:08

Herschelner's assistant, I'll have contact

19:11

with the emissary once he's in town. I

19:13

could tell him your story and if

19:15

he agrees, arrange a private

19:18

concert to hear you play, but only

19:21

you, me and your family or

19:24

all that can ever know. I won't tell a

19:26

soul good. You'll

19:28

need to practice every day my

19:31

house after school. Broncho

19:34

would love to hear you play. Why

19:37

risk your position with Herschler just to help

19:39

me? All

19:42

people have dreams, but

19:44

few possess the gifts to achieve them.

19:48

You do, and

19:50

I don't wish to see you waste it becoming

19:52

the most celebrated

19:55

teacher's assistant in town. And

19:57

we realize for Rank doesn't want Eden up

20:00

like him. Interior

20:02

Cat's brother's butcher shop. Late afternoon. Business

20:05

is winding down, Uncle Jehuda,

20:08

Isaac and Dove begin cleaning up. Here

20:11

we go again, Gone

20:15

to Marie. Gone to Marie's All right, thank

20:18

you. Business

20:20

is winding down. Uncle Jajuda, Isaac

20:22

and Dove begin cleaning up. Is gone to Marie.

20:25

Officer Alaric twenty six enters

20:28

a lark apologies for missing

20:30

the brisk Katarina came

20:33

down with the flute. Many of

20:35

his friend's wives were struck with an illness.

20:37

Since he was released from Gonda

20:39

Marie, Uncle

20:41

Jahuda summer from them. Ah

20:51

we together. Many

20:56

of his friend's wives were struck with an illness since

20:58

he was released from the on de Marie. Uncle

21:04

Jehuda smirks. Isaac covers.

21:07

They ask how she's feeling still

21:10

with a fever and sore throat. My

21:12

mother's matzabell soup is the perfect cur all.

21:15

Then I'll take a leader. Isaac feels

21:17

a container of soup from a heated chafing dish

21:19

and hands it to Alaric. Alaric

21:21

pulls out money for recompense pay

21:24

at the register. Alaric turns, but

21:26

then stops, his face filling

21:28

with dread, something terrible

21:30

weighing on his mind. Isaac,

21:35

I'm sorry. At that moment,

21:37

a caravan of police cars lumbered to a halt

21:39

and from the shop. Stepping

21:42

from the lead vehicle, Captain t Boar,

21:45

Isaac Dove, and Uncle Johouda exchange

21:47

uneasy looks t

21:49

Boar. Isaac whips a furious

21:51

glance to Alaric. As Captain Tboar

21:53

enters air thickening, Captain Tboar

21:56

turns to Isaac step out

21:58

from behind the counter old front. Isaac

22:00

warily does this. Captain Teboar

22:02

presents him with an official looking document displaying

22:05

state seals. This shop's

22:08

being closed until further notice.

22:11

The Office of the Health Inspector needs proof

22:13

we're conforming with the new animals safety regulations.

22:17

There have been rumors of code violations.

22:20

Cossroot law is not Hungarian

22:23

law. Uncle Jehuda comes from around

22:25

the counter. Dove remains silent,

22:27

simply staring down Captain Teboar.

22:29

If you're found serving any beef for poultry

22:32

on the premises until the Health Department

22:34

inspects you, you're subject

22:37

to arrest and forfeiture property.

22:40

Captain fourteen years, we've been in operation,

22:42

no violations, then you should

22:44

have nothing to fear. An inspector

22:47

will contact you within the week. Captain

22:49

t Boar shoots Dove a glance. The

22:52

glance is just smug enough to allow Dove

22:54

incited to the true purpose of the shop closing

22:57

payback for Doe's relationship with Inga.

23:01

Captain tbor and loves her. Alarik exit

23:04

alaraks still holding the soup, leaving

23:06

Uncle Jahuda, Dove and Isaac to confer. So

23:10

the shop's closed for a few weeks until inspector

23:12

certifies her compliance. Don't be a

23:14

fool. No inspector

23:17

will ever come. As Isaac

23:19

considers this Dove's blood boils

23:22

until he can no longer ignore his rage and

23:25

charges out of the shop in pursuit of Captain

23:27

Tboar. Exterior

23:29

Cat's brother's butcher's shop continuous. As

23:32

Captain Teboar opens his car door, Captain

23:35

he slams the door shut, turns

23:37

to see Dove approaching the veins

23:39

and his head bulging. His Uncle Jahuda

23:42

and Isaac hurriedly eggs the shop. Come

23:44

back inside. Brother Dove ignores

23:46

him, steps closer to the captain. Feel

23:49

free to protest through official channels,

23:51

Young cats, this isn't about Hungarian

23:53

law or how we slaughter her fucking cows.

23:57

This is about her craft. Captain

24:00

Teboor explodes and the sucker punched the Dove's

24:02

chin, spiraling him to the ground. Uncle

24:04

Jahuda and Isaac jumped too, but

24:07

Teboar's officers, including Alaric, draw

24:09

their revolvements, keeping him a day. He

24:11

speaks to man's words. Isaac let

24:13

him accept a man's beating. Captain

24:16

Teboar gut kick story, popping

24:18

the very air on his lungs. Dove

24:20

struggles to draw breath. Do stay

24:23

down, but Dove's tough and defiantly

24:26

stands up, signaling Teboar for

24:28

a round two. Isaac, Uncle

24:30

Jahoula, and a growing crowd of Townsfoke gasped,

24:33

knowing Doves over manned a

24:35

left book a shot to the abduct

24:38

Isaac wins is his Dove was back on the ground.

24:41

Face swelling, Dove desperately

24:43

crawls for the safety of the butcher's shop. The

24:45

fight's over, Captain the boys learned

24:48

his lesson. Captain Teboar yanks

24:50

Dove up by the hair, whispers in his

24:52

ear. She knows how

24:54

to end this, the subtext give

24:57

up, seeing inga She'll

25:03

never love you. Captain Teboar

25:05

flattens his nose with another hammering right

25:08

back on the ground, Dove continues crawling

25:10

toward the butcher shop. Determined to reach

25:12

the porch. He

25:15

scurries away like a rat. I

25:17

thought you cats boys were made of sterner

25:20

stalk. But Dove wasn't crawling

25:22

to escape. He was crawling to find

25:25

a weapon. Dove slowly

25:27

rises to his feet, clutching a piece of firewood.

25:30

He swings for dear life, slamming Captain

25:32

Teboar across his face, dropping him

25:34

to the ground. Dove tosses

25:37

the firewood jumps on top of Taboor,

25:39

pummeling him with rights and lets. The

25:42

fight devolved from punches to each man attempting

25:44

to choke out the other. The police

25:46

officers run over to Pride Dove off of their

25:49

Captain. Isaac can uncle you who

25:51

to help? Grabbing hold of Dove, hitting

25:53

his arms back and dragging him away Over

25:56

Sir Alaric helps Captain Tboard to his

25:58

feet arrest

26:01

him for striking an officer. No, Tbor,

26:05

you'll look weak. Captain

26:07

Teboar knows he's right, which infuriates

26:09

him even more. The camera

26:12

pulls back as the two men are restrained by their

26:14

respective supporters, yet still desperately

26:16

clawing and reaching for one last punch.

26:20

Stage black interior

26:23

living room, Cat's family home night. The

26:26

whole family is present except for Eden, Avram,

26:29

Sorry, Uncle Jehuda, Isaac, Wolf,

26:32

Devora, and Bella. Dove

26:34

is on the couch, eyes closed, popping in

26:36

and out of sleep. Avram sits

26:39

at his side watching him. Devora

26:41

turns to Wulf, why do you men

26:44

think with their fifths fifth

26:47

settle matters words? Camp? Avram

26:50

stands, turns to the family. Tabor's

26:53

rage is clear, Then let

26:55

him suffer and remember how by

26:58

unsheathing your knife he

27:00

lost the fight, pop Eye, this is far from over.

27:02

If a mind of violence is what you've learned

27:04

from those Zionist friends of yours. Unlike

27:06

you, those friends, and I have walked the streets

27:09

of Krakow, Warsaw and Loud's

27:12

Jews forced into ghettos like animals,

27:15

thousands living on top of one another, slummed

27:17

within a few square blocks. That's

27:19

Poland. It's not here, not yet.

27:23

This is how it starts. First

27:26

that shot, closings and beatings, and

27:28

then it's ghettos and yellow stars. Allow

27:30

me to end this before it begins.

27:32

By killing him, you will ensure

27:34

that it does begin. Wolf rolls

27:37

his eyes, dismissing his father's warning.

27:40

Frustrated, Abram steps into his face.

27:42

It's intimidating. I may not

27:44

have walked down the streets of Krakow and

27:47

Lud's, but I've stood face

27:49

to face with my enemy, close

27:51

enough to feel his warm blood

27:53

run down my arm, close

27:56

enough to see the look in his eyes as he wondered

27:58

how much deeper. I drive my bayonette

28:00

into his stomach, which frightens

28:03

Wulf and freezes the rest of the room.

28:05

You know nothing about killing man Hushka,

28:09

and I pray you never do. A

28:11

knock at the front door tenses everyone further.

28:14

Isaac opens the door, revealing inga

28:17

her face fraught with worry. Can

28:19

I see him? Please? Abram

28:22

Nod's approval INGA rushes

28:25

to Dove's side, grabbing his hand.

28:27

Abram and Sary are touched from

28:30

envy grows hate. Interior

28:34

bathroom police precincts simultaneously

28:37

close in. A pair of hands washing off blood

28:39

and dirt pull out to find

28:41

Captain t Boar's shirtless, hovering

28:44

over a first aid kit balanced on the sink,

28:47

now dabbing iodine on his contou's

28:49

cheek. A gold cross

28:51

dangles from his neck. He

28:53

takes a long pointed look at himself in

28:55

the mirror, eyes moving from

28:58

his bruise to the cross and back again.

29:02

He raises his left arm, revealing two inch

29:04

long scars appearing like horizontal

29:07

Roman numerals under his armpit.

29:10

He unclasps his Crosses chain from around

29:12

his neck and using the crosses sharp

29:14

edge, digs into his skin, cutting

29:16

a third mark underneath the two previous ones.

29:20

His hand shakes, his blood oozes from

29:22

the self made wound. This

29:24

action taken by Tebor seems

29:26

to be some measure of self inflicted penance.

29:30

When he's finished, Tebor goes back to

29:32

staring at himself in the mirror, then flares

29:35

up, knocking the first eight kit on the floor,

29:37

scattering its contents. Interior

29:41

squad room, police precinct, continuous main

29:45

room or uniformed officers mingle. Captain

29:47

Teboor exits the bathroom to find his officers

29:50

laughing amongst themselves. The

29:52

last die out when Captain Tebor's presence

29:54

is realized. Whether he's

29:56

the butts of their joke or not, it's

29:59

his perception that he he is fueling

30:01

a growing rage within him. Interior

30:04

living room, Cat's family home. Simultaneously,

30:08

only a few moments have passed since we last saw

30:10

our family. Sorry, turns to

30:12

Devora bring out cookies for everyone

30:15

in case they went to nash. DeVore heads

30:17

to the kitchen. Is belachimes in without

30:19

the shop, how can we afford to live? Now?

30:22

Is not the time to discuss money. Don't yell

30:24

at me. Oh, worst

30:26

comes to worst, we could sell the cows. Devara

30:29

carrying a tray of schnickin. Devara

30:33

carrying a tray of Schnickin offers us the cookies

30:36

to everyone present, except Inga. Bypassing

30:38

her completely. Father, I

30:41

can pick up an extra day at the salon. I

30:43

am nods. Inga stands, Rabbi,

30:46

I love your son so much that I

30:48

would end our affair if it means peace for your

30:50

family. Sweet girl,

30:53

the captain's a bully. Bend

30:55

once and you'll bend forever if

30:58

we don't fight back and we don't give in what

31:00

options left? Bezras

31:03

Hashem. Inga doesn't understand.

31:05

Hebrew God will provide a

31:08

long moment of silence he already

31:10

has. Go

31:13

to Budapest, Go

31:15

see your father. Sorry, indicates

31:17

Mosha's letter, still on the kitchen table, Bayliss

31:20

right. Without the store, our family has nothing

31:23

but a dozen mouths to feed and a shortage of food

31:25

in the pantry. Avram looks

31:27

to uncle Yehuda to weigh in. Mosha

31:30

has the connections to get the band lifted.

31:34

There's no shame in asking for his help. Rosa

31:37

enters with her husband Georgi. Rosa,

31:40

thank you for coming. She rushes over to

31:43

the couch where Doze, napping, nudges

31:45

him awake as Doze slowly awakens

31:48

on Dove as he wipes asleep from his eyes.

31:51

Ah, Rosa, they shouldn't have

31:53

called you. Sleep is

31:55

the best doctor. Captain

31:58

t Blood did this? Or there's

32:00

some nice sneck in on the kitchen table. Help

32:03

yourself. Georg seats himself,

32:06

takes a bite of a schnecken, and notices

32:08

Motion's letter sitting on the table. Rosa

32:11

listens to her stethoscope. The drum over Dove's

32:14

chest bruised but not broken. I'll

32:16

need to clean those cuts before infection sets. Bruce

32:21

and the bruise but not broken. Make that more

32:25

calm, bruise but not you know what I mean,

32:27

Smith, just a smidge, Just give

32:30

him so let's get

32:32

Rosa listens to her stethoscope. Yeah, good,

32:34

because he did with that line sixteen. Rosa

32:40

listens with her set Oh my god. Rosa

32:45

listens to hear step. Rosa listens

32:47

to hearts stethoscope. English

32:51

word wrote

32:54

it. Rosa listens

32:56

to her stethoscope. The drum over

32:58

Dove's chest bruise but not

33:00

broken. I'll need to clean those cuts

33:02

before infection sets. Rosa

33:05

grabs a bottle of iodine from her bag. Isaac

33:07

and Avram approach. Watch

33:09

as Rosa cleans, Doze cuts with a swab

33:12

of iodine. Dove looks up to

33:14

Avram. Why

33:16

didn't you send me away? Because

33:20

I'm weak? So,

33:23

Papa, what's your decision?

33:26

As Avram considers his options, he looks

33:28

to Sorry, who nods. Interior

33:32

Rozzie's hair salon morning, the chaos

33:34

of a woman's hair salon, bustling with activity

33:37

as six or seven workstations. Hair is

33:39

either being washed, cut, colored,

33:41

styed, or dried. Find Devora

33:44

at her station, sitting in the barber's

33:46

chair, swiveling it back and forth

33:48

while the crabby Salano nor Rozzie forties

33:51

sweeps the floor in front of her. We

33:54

joined their conversation midstream. One

33:57

extra day week is all I ask, one

33:59

extra day. Half your earnings must

34:01

come back to my pocket. Half, Roxy,

34:04

please, my family needs the money.

34:07

You only cut Jewish hair. Jews

34:09

pay less fine. I'll

34:12

take my Jewish hair to Crotia

34:14

Street. Then you get book kiss

34:18

Yiddish for shit cross

34:21

the street will be worse. That

34:23

redheaded hag will take half from

34:26

all your days. I'm

34:28

sorry to Vlora. I can't afford

34:31

taking someone else off a station and giving it to

34:33

you for less than half. My

34:35

family has to eat too. Frustrate,

34:37

Devorra leans back in the chair, staring

34:39

ominously Rosie as the woman continues

34:42

sweeping. Interior

34:44

Study Farrank's house day Eatan's

34:47

rehearsing with Farrank playing her solo

34:50

his wife. Bronco twenty five enters

34:52

carrying a tray of tea more

34:54

Adagio box Hilla sweets.

34:56

Number four is a wheel of coal. Melody up Swing

34:59

time in the country side. I'm sorry, my

35:02

wrist is tender. Farrank is unmoved.

35:05

Eden takes the hint and continues playing. Farranks,

35:08

still displeased, rushing stay

35:10

on tempo. As Eden continues,

35:13

Bronco looks to Farrank, who shakes his head

35:15

no, as if to say she's not playing

35:18

well. Interior

35:20

Car Day, Isaac's behind

35:22

the wheel, Abram in the past. Your see the

35:25

road they're driving on the east seventy one snakes

35:27

through the rolling hills of the Hungarian countryside.

35:30

The car speeds past a sign that reads

35:33

one hundred and forty six kilometers to Budapesh.

35:36

The hum of a fighter plane engine can be heard

35:39

overhead. It's a Hungarian lavage

35:41

hawk headed east have

35:44

Ram notices this. It's a Sombeign note

35:46

of things to common. Exterior

35:49

Mosha's house, day known among

35:51

realtors, has a luxury on Andrassy Street,

35:53

a used three floor I'm

36:00

ethic, thank you ha,

36:05

A huge three floor of villa in the heart

36:08

of Budapest. Avram and Isaac

36:10

pull up to the front gate park. As

36:12

they stepped out, Isaac's impressed by the sheer

36:15

size or the residents. He's a

36:17

country boy at heart. It's

36:19

bigger than I ever imagined, and I imagine

36:22

big. I cannot believe you grew up

36:24

in such a place. Avram half nods,

36:26

distracted. He's experiencing

36:29

a rush of memories, both good and

36:31

bad. Interior

36:33

foyer Moshe's house. A

36:35

few moments later open

36:38

on a huge oil paint of Moshe's family.

36:41

Their pose motion next

36:43

to Avram's mother, both of them standing

36:45

behind Abram and his five siblings. The

36:48

painting was commissioned when the children were in their

36:50

teens. Isaac indicates

36:53

each you Uncle,

36:56

Saul, Uncle, Gil, Yahuda, Want

36:58

Miriam, and Anfrida. I

37:01

was thirteen. The painters

37:03

scolded him repeatedly for his constant

37:05

fidgeting. Isaac turns to see

37:07

Mosha standing atop the balcony grandfather.

37:11

While Mosha walks down the staircase, Abram

37:13

and Isaac spot a naked girl twenty

37:16

three squirreling out of an upstairs and bedroom and

37:18

into the bathroom. Abram's repulsed,

37:21

if not surprised. Mosha

37:23

and Isaac greet each other, hug, thank

37:27

you for such a crib. It's hand carved

37:29

from Istanbul An unnecessary

37:32

extravagance, nonsense, My first

37:34

great grandchild receives the world on

37:36

a platter. What's his name? Your

37:39

great grandson, Mosha tries

37:41

to recall. Yeah, I was told

37:43

in pass it's Yannis. Yannis,

37:47

very hungarian,

37:50

Isaac, why don't you go upstairs and rests?

37:53

You look exhausted as a new father should.

37:56

Isaac looks to his father for approval. Abram

37:58

nods as Isaac heads upstairs.

38:01

How nice the devotion

38:04

of a firstborn off

38:07

Avram's look interior

38:09

Mosha's study. A few moments later, Mosha

38:12

sits behind his desk, Avram in a tall

38:14

chair cross from him. The naked

38:17

girl seen earlier is now fully closed.

38:19

Wearing a maid's uniform. She refills

38:22

the ice bucket of motions mini bar, then leaves

38:25

as Mosha walks to the mini bar and pours

38:27

himself a drink. Must

38:29

be hard finding one who can actually do housework.

38:33

Mosha ignores this as he presents an empty

38:35

glass to Avram. Avm nods

38:37

yes, I nope,

38:41

fine, I'll call the Minister

38:43

of Trade and Commerce regarding your problem

38:46

with the butcher's shop. He's sympathetic

38:48

to Jewish businesses in the villages. Thank

38:51

you, don't thank me yet? The

38:54

wind is changing into Budapest? Or

38:57

did you not read my letter? You

38:59

spell conscience wrong? Motion delivers

39:02

a whatever look as he hands Abram's

39:04

drink. Parliaments considered lengthening

39:06

forced labor units terms of service from three

39:09

months to two years,

39:11

banning marriage and fornication between Jews

39:14

and non Jews for a thousand

39:17

years. This country has been tough on Jews, from

39:19

the twelve hundreds and Ladislaus the Fourth

39:21

to the White Terrors twenty years ago. Of course,

39:23

always rights itself, but never enough for them

39:25

to consider us true Hungarians.

39:28

The council's drafting a list of grievances

39:31

for President Harthy, and I like you

39:33

to be a part of it. The neologue

39:36

perspective. The city

39:38

is rooted in neologian rabbis. Why

39:41

me, you're my son, Hushika.

39:45

There was a time when these hands fed you, clothed

39:48

you, and bathed you. I

39:50

was God in your eyes. I

39:53

remember I was

39:55

still a child, But

39:57

children grow up, and I realized

40:00

you were not God. You were just

40:02

the son of a goat farmer who sees the people

40:04

of his life in terms of their value

40:06

in getting him what he wants. You

40:09

don't care about Jewish rights. Two

40:11

years for labor units instead of three months

40:13

means less cheap labor for your factories.

40:17

Interracial fornication forces

40:19

you to hire your whars instead of publicly

40:21

fawning over them. Doesn't it wear you

40:23

out believing you're so much

40:26

better than everyone else? Was

40:28

your life so damaged? With me as a

40:30

father? Abram won't even touch this.

40:34

Don't turn to blind eye because you hate

40:36

me. The war on Jews is

40:38

coming to Hungary and it

40:40

will be the end of us. What

40:43

would you have me do with three hot blooded

40:45

sons, one of whom already draws his knife

40:48

at the slightest whim. How would

40:50

they survives to war? When

40:53

you were a child, he would always hide

40:55

behind your mother. As a young

40:57

man, it was God and the Yamaka. Now

41:02

you hide behind your son's coward

41:08

exterior Crocia Street day closing

41:10

a sign Crocia Street pull out to

41:13

find a hub of activity as residents frequent

41:15

their favorite shops and cafes. We're

41:17

looking through the store window of the Crocia Street

41:19

hair salon. Inside we see Devora

41:22

speaking with the red headed female salon owner

41:24

of fifties. By their animated

41:27

hand gestures, we gather at some type

41:29

of negotiation. The salon

41:31

owner extends her hand for Devora to

41:33

accept terms, but Devora defiantly

41:36

shakes her head no. The female

41:38

salon owner shrugs, then turns away,

41:41

while Devora exits the salon frustrated.

41:45

As Devora gathers herself, she notices

41:47

something in the storefront window of a travel

41:49

agency next door to the salon that catches

41:51

her eye. Whatever it is,

41:54

it seems to hold her attention for a moment, until

41:57

on her peripheral she spots a

41:59

wood Clara thirty aryan

42:02

features exiting the market carrying

42:04

a large bag of groceries while trying

42:07

to discipline her two unruly children,

42:10

a boy Hans and girl

42:13

Hika eight and five, respectively.

42:16

Hans is disabled, wearing a lead brace

42:18

on his right leg. Devora runs

42:20

over Hans. No here, I

42:23

can carry that back. DeVore reaches

42:25

out. Clara considers, then hands

42:27

it over here, darling, thank you. I'm

42:30

Clara. This is Hans and Hika

42:33

Devora. How far are you going?

42:35

Two streets over the Hotel Lennox if it's

42:37

not an imposition none whatsoever,

42:40

it's on my way interior,

42:42

Hotel Lennox, Suite day Devora,

42:45

Clara and her children enter the hotel

42:47

suite. Clara turns to Hans.

42:49

Read your sister distrival Peter. Hans

42:52

grabs a book from the coffee table and begins

42:54

reading in the bedroom. Hans

42:57

ushers his sister into the bedroom. Clara

43:00

rules her eyes. My

43:02

youngest brother and sister were five year old

43:05

twins. It's like wrangling cats.

43:07

Mine are restless. We've been moving

43:09

around quite a bit. My husband's an

43:11

engineer. He was hired by the Hungarian telephone

43:14

company. So we left Munich. I

43:17

love Munich walking

43:19

along the ASO at night. You

43:21

speak German? Why were you in Munich?

43:25

My brothers and I spent two summers with our

43:27

uncle Soul and his family. Are they

43:29

still there? No, somewhere

43:31

in Denmark. We left just in time.

43:34

Are you Jewish? We had many Jewish friends

43:37

and our podiatrists was Jewish? Do

43:39

you work? I could hear at Rozzi's

43:42

salon. Oh good, I was

43:44

thinking about coming in and getting a pompadour. Pompadour

43:48

wouldn't fit your face. It wouldn't

43:50

fit mine either. We're cursed with flat

43:52

cheekbones. I'd make

43:54

you look like a star Valley

43:57

Rods or Greta Garbo. You

44:00

really enjoy what you'd do, I'd

44:02

enjoy it more. At the salon owner gave

44:05

me another day's work. I used to be an accountants

44:07

assistant. Now I've mastered

44:09

the art of doing nothing. I

44:12

miss being important. I've

44:15

always been pretty, never important.

44:19

Why not go back to work? A German

44:22

woman with high credentials is like Queen Sheba

44:24

and Hungary. What would I do with my children?

44:27

Pay a housemaid to watch them? Perhaps

44:31

one who speaks German? Me?

44:34

You, Oh, you're perfect, and

44:36

I'd pay you generously. Oh do

44:39

say yes to Vora? I like your nature?

44:41

Do you speak your mind with no restraint? That's

44:44

probably why I'm not married. As

44:47

the two have a good laugh. Interior

44:50

Mosha's study night, Avram

44:52

glances out into the hallway, watching Mosha

44:54

on the telephones long enough to see Mosha

44:57

ping ponging between nodding, listening, and repeatedly

45:01

smelling his palms. Avram

45:03

then turns his attention back into the study,

45:06

his eyes located a stretch of carpet underfoot

45:09

in the room center. This parcel

45:11

of rug has some special significance on

45:14

Moshe. He hangs up and enters to

45:16

find Avram's eyes and attention fixated

45:19

on the carpet. Mosha knows

45:21

the what and why of Avram's fascination.

45:24

He sighs, partly to shake

45:26

Aram out of his reverie, partly

45:28

out of utter disappointment that he's still

45:30

touched by this memory. Ah,

45:34

it's done. The minister sounded

45:37

optimistic. But from my lips

45:39

to God's ears, it helps that we switched

45:42

your business license to a Christian name

45:44

a few years ago. He'll contact

45:46

you in a few days. Thank you. I

45:49

know it must infuriate you

45:51

to be in debt to a man like me, as

45:54

much as it pleases you to know I am

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in your debt. Avram

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nods, then turns his attention back to the

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carpet interior

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upstairs hallway, Moshe's House night

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close up on the framed photograph of a woman

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standing under an oak tree. It's

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the same woman from the family painting downstairs.

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Avram's mother find

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Isaac fascinated by it, no

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doubt, since she's the source of the rift between

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father and grandfather. Isaac

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walks down the hall, examining other

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family photographs hanging on the wall. Avram

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with his brother's in motion in front of one of Moshe's

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first furniture stores. Avram

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with his mother eating ice cream on the beach. Isaac

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continues down the hall and enters the

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master bedroom interior

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Moshe's Master Bedroom, Moshe's

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House continuous. Isaac enters

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eyes widen it's grandiose Italian

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lamps, paroke, wardrobe, et c A

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top Motion's dresser rests bottles of French

46:56

cologne, an expensive jager

46:58

Colloculture woke old a

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top Mosha's dresser rest bottles of French

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cologne and an expensive Jager le

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Culture gold watch. Isaac

47:10

spritches his wrist with cologne and sniffs

47:13

fancy a Moosha's

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nightstand rests. The room's only photograph

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Avram and Mosha after Avram

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returned home from World War One. He's

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in uniform adorned with metals,

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Mosha's arms proudly draped around him.

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Isaac realizes, despite their

47:32

animosity, Mosha still cares

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for Avram deeply. All

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of a sudden, screeching tires skipped

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a halt. Outside. Isaac

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moves to the window, sees police

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vehicles parking in front of the house and officers

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streaming through the gate. No. Isaac's

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face is full of fear, absolutely

47:51

terrified as the police are about to enter his grandfather's

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house. And we end

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episode two. You

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