Are you all right?
You see, it is... too late.
Up, up, up. [Sighs]
Oh, don't be sad, my little Bouboulina.
I have heard of a new doctor in Europe.
He makes... miracles.
You take what the hell ever he gives you... drops or powders...
and you become 20 again, maybe 25.
I will get you some.
- You will? - Sure.
A big bottle?
A whole barrel.
[Sighs]
What are you thinking?
Alexandria, Beirut, Istanbul...
how they loved me.
Who?
Everybody.
Belebe, Mustafa and Aspacher...
Suleyman, Pasha.
Especially Suleyman.
[Cats Screeching]
Those damn cats.
- [Banging] - [Cats Continue Screeching]
- Well, l... - Shh.
What?
She's asleep?
Yes.
Oh, let her.
She's 20 again.
She's strolling around Alexandria, Beirut.
Look at her...smiling.
Silly old bitch. Come on.
We can't go and just leave her alone like that.
She's not alone! She's with Suleyman, Pasha...
Having hell of a time. Dirty old cow.
[Bell Ringing]
[Bell Continues Ringing]
[Villagers Chattering]
She's in. Go.
And God bless you.
- Hey, where are you going? - To church.
- What... - I've never been to a Greek Christmas.
- Oh, boss... - No! Don't you understand?
Understand what? I understand you are young and full of energy...
- and I don't understand what the hell you're doing with it! - [Greek]
I've had enough of this. Why don't you leave me alone?
- Because I love you and I want the best for you. - Don't shout!
Who's shouting? There she is.
She is waiting.
- Cigarette? - This is ridiculous.
- I'm not going to stand here arguing. - But, boss, she...
she is waiting for you!
Let's just say that I'm different...
and I've got to go my own way.
If God went your way, there would be no Christmas.
He did not go to church. He went to Mary.
And Christ was born. He went that way.
Mary is the widow.
- [Shouts In Greek] - Cigaro.
On a deaf man's door, you can knock forever!
[Laughs, Mutters]
[Singing]
- Now here's the money. - Thank you.
And remember, it's all I can afford.
Well, boss, I know.
Just buy what we need for the cable and come straight back.
- Of course. - And don't get stuck anywhere on the way.
I will be quick like the wind.
Five days. You-You promised.
Boss, I promise.
Good-bye, boss.
Zorba! Zorba! Zorba!
What do you want?
Don't forget me.
Yes. Yes. Good-bye.
Don't be sad.
He's coming back.
They all say that.
[Chattering]
[Horn Honking]
[Ragtime]
[Ragtime Continues]
Garçon.! Champagne.!
Goochie-goochie!
Goochie-goochie-goochie!
[Tango]
[Giggles]
That's it.
[Ragtime Resumes]
[Coughs]
[Laughing]
"I shall not describe you...
"the continuation...
"except to say...
"that it was long...
and very wild."
[Laughs]
[Greek]
Very, very wild.
Uh... [Chuckles]
Next afternoon...
I wake up.
And... what do I see...
next to me... in bed?
The female sex... in person.
Soft...
and warm...
and sweet-smelling.
So I say to myself...
"Zorba...
"you are in paradise.
"Enjoy it.
Don't move. "
[Zorba's Voice] Imagine what luck... There's a restaurant opposite.
And they send us food, splendiferous food...
caviar...
steaks, baklava, everything.
We eat, and back to work, and back to sleep...
and so on, et cetera.
Antoni!
So this is my good news, darling boss.
And don't you worry. I think of your business also. But I ask you, why push things?
Every day my head becomes more clear...
and I shall be able to make the best deals.
I kiss you friendly. Me, Zorba.
P.S., I forgot to tell you. Her name is Lola.
[Greek]
[Panting] Monsieur!
Pardon.
They told me you have a letter.
It's from him?
It's from him.
What does it say?
Read it yourself.
I cannot.
My eyes.
He says... he's very busy.
There is something for me?
Oh, of course.
Oh. Read it.
Please.
"Please tell Bouboulina that I miss her."
Go on.
"Tell her...
"that every night I go back to my little room...
and I pray to God to send me back to her... quickly."
"For without my Bouboulina...
"I feel so damn miserable...
"that when I see her again, l...
I'll..."
What?
"I'll kneel before her...
and ask her to be mine forever."
Forever?
Yes. Forever. That's what he says.
All right.
Tell him that I accept.
And please write that he brings me...
five meters of white satin...
and a voile.
You see, I cannot find here.
I understand.
You are very kind.
Oh!
One thing more.
You know, Zorba and me, we like you very much.
Will you be our witness?
It will be an honor.
[Singing In Greek]
[Dogs Barking]
[Strums Chords]
[Strums Chord]
[Knocking]
- [Greek] - [Greek]
[Greek]
[Whispering]
[Sobbing]
[Sobbing Continues]
I'm sorry.
Oh! Oh.
[Greek]
No!
[Woman Wails]
[Greek]
- [Men Laughing] - [Screaming]
[Laughing Continues]
[Shouts In Greek]
[Zorba Singing]
[Singing Continues]
- Mr. Zorba. - Boss!
[Laughs] Oh, boss.
- You stink of perfume, Mr. Zorba. - Yes, I know.
I scrubbed my skin for two hours, but it still smells.
It's funny. Isn't it?
- [Chuckles] - Yeah.
Well, what's all this?
- Presents. - Presents? Who the hell for?
Barba Antoni, Yianni.
This is for poor little Bouboulina.
I hope it's a wedding dress.
A what?
Well, you heard me.
Boss, what have you been cooking up?
Well, she was here when your letter came.
I couldn't very well read to her what was in it...
could I?
That was not a very good joke, boss.
What about the stuff for the overhead cable?
I got everything. Don't worry.
Oh. A gift for you.
A box of... English chocolates.
- Thank you. - It's all right.
Hey, no more fooling around.
Not in this place.
Now we'll pull up our pants and we'll make some money, a pile of money.
[Laughing] You are incorrigible.
I don't know what that means, but here...
with my compliments.
Good God! What have you done to your hair?
- I painted it. - Why?
For pride.
So I could go out with Lola without making her ashamed.
[Laughing]
[Laughs] Ah, he laughs.
But listen. You know what?
I became young like my hair.
[Laughs] Stronger than a bull.
You ask Lola.
And you know that, uh, pain in my kidneys?
That's gone. Hah! Figure that out!
By the way, boss, I come in last night and you are out.
Where the hell are you?
[Playing Instrument]
[Singing In Greek]
[Singing Continues]
[Men Chanting]
[Whistles]
[Chanting Continues]
[Whistling]
[Men Shouting]
[Shouting Continues]
[Whistling Continues]
[All Shouting]
Oh!
[Shouting In Greek]
[Shouting Continues]
Zorba! Zorba! [Shouts In Greek]
[Whistling, Shouting Continue]
[Shouting Stops]
[Grunts, Screams]
[Sobbing, Whimpering]
[Greek]
[Chanting Continues]
[Grunting]
[Shouts In Greek]
[Grunting Continues]
[Woman Screaming]
[Wailing]
[Wailing Continues]
I... couldn't help.
[Wailing Continues]
[Zorba] Why do the young die?
Why does anybody die? Tell me.
I don't know.
What's the use of all your damn books?
If they don't tell you that, what the hell do they tell you?
They tell me...
about the agony of men...
who can't answer questions like yours.
I spit on their agony.
[Thunder Rumbling]
Who's that?
It's me.
My God! Get her inside quickly.
Hey.
Did you get drenched?
You are cruel!
Why you abandon me?
I will make some coffee.
The whole village, they are laughing at me.
Where is my white satin?
Where is my wedding dress?
In Crete, uh, you don't find the, uh, real good satin.
No!
So, uh, I ordered some.
From Athens.
Yes?
Also some white candles with... with silk ribbons...
and pink bonbonnières.
[Laughs]
Oh.
Our wedding, my dear Bouboulina, will be so splendiferous...
it will blind the world with glory.
Yes.
I can no longer keep it a secret.
I have engaged the best tailors in Athens...
to make for you a dress like nobody has seen in the East.
Or the West.
Twenty meters of white satin covered in pearls...
with the sun on one breast and the moon on the other...
in pure gold.
Gold.
Me too.
I have a secret for you.
What's that?
Open it.
- I'll have some coffee first. - No! Now.
[Whispers] You see what you've done?
Where the hell did you get these rings?
I had them made for us...
from two golden sovereigns the English admiral gave me.
I was keeping them for my...
For what?
My funeral.
- Zorba. - Hmm?
Please, we become fiancés now.
- But, uh... - We have the witness. We have the rings.
Please.
- But we have no priest. - I don't mind.
God is watching.
No?
All right. We'll go outside where God can see us better.
- [Laughs] - Hey, hey. You... You get ready.
Witness, come on.
What do we do?
- Can you sing? - Certainly not.
Never mind. I can.
Weddings, baptisms, funerals... I know them back to front.
I was a boy chanter.
[Zorba Chanting In Greek]
[Chanting Continues]
[Praying In Greek]
[Coughing]
It's nothing. Just a cold.
Tomorrow you'll feel better.
Next Sunday, we'll go out, have a hell of a time.
It's Easter, you know.
- Easter? - Yes.
You need some sun to cheer you up.
[No Audible Dialogue]
Now, my beautiful, we pull everything away.
Listen to that beautiful noise.
[Pops]
[Chuckles] Eh?
- [Popping Continues] - Like kissing.
Oh, very sexy.
I'm jealous.
[Folk: Dance, Distant]
- [Shouting In Greek] - [Hitting Door]
[Greek]
[Both Shouting In Greek]
[Continues, Louder]
[Villagers Chattering]
[Chattering Continues]
[Whimpers]
Shh.
[No Audible Dialogue]
- [Door Closes, Distant] - [Footsteps Approaching]
[Villagers Chattering, Distant]
[Whispers] Exo.
- Exo.! - [Gasps]
- Oh! L... I don't want... - No, no.
- [Sobbing] I don't want... - No. It's okay. It's all right.
- [Sobbing Continues] - [Villagers Chattering, Approaching]
[Chicken Clucking]
- [Men Yelling] - [Footsteps Running]
[Running Continues]
- Exo.! Exo.! - [Whispering, Indistinct]
Peace.
[No Audible Dialogue]
[Greek]
[Gasps, Muttering]
Mon Christ. Mon Christ.
[Breathing Heavily] Mon Christ.
Je ne veux pas. Je ne veux pas.
[Whispering In French]
[Whispering Continues]
[Squawks] Canavaro.
[Women Wailing]
Maman.! Maman.!
- [Greek] - Exo.! Exo, exo.!
- Exo.! - [Yelps]
[Groans]
It's me... Zorba.
Don't be afraid.
[Women Yelling In Greek]
- [Yelling Continues] - [Villagers Chattering]
[Folk: Fast]
[Laughing]
[Greek]
He asks us to drink to her soul.
[Chattering Continues, Distant]
[Parrot Chirps]
[Villagers Chattering]
Zorba, what about the funeral?
There will be no funeral.
Why?
She was a Frank.
She crossed herself with four fingers.
But I don't understand.
The priest will not bury her like everybody else.
- But that's dreadful. - Why?
She is dead.
It makes no difference.
[Men Cheering]
Hey, boss! Boss!
Come on! We are nearly ready.
Hey, Canavaro, you want to come and watch too, huh?
[Yelping]
Come on!
[Chanting In Greek]
[Both In Greek]
[Gunshot]
[Wheels Clattering, Whirring]
[All Chattering]
[Wheels Whirring Faster, Louder]
[Whirring Continues]
- [Impact] - [Platform Creaking]
[Wood Splintering]
- [Crowd Chattering] - It's nothing. It's nothing!
The first time it always does that.
[Greek]
Hey! Hey!
[Gunshot]
[Wheels Whirring]
[Crowd Yelling]
[Splashing]
[Splashing Fades]
[Crowd Murmuring]
Boss? Where are you, boss? It's nothing!
[Greek]
[Continues In Greek]
- [Gunshot] - [Yelling]
[Wheels Whirring, Approaching]
[Creaking]
- [Squawks] - [Clattering]
[Yelling]
[Yelling Fades]
[Rustling In Birdcage]
[Sighs]
[Muttering, Squawking]
Hey. [Greek]
Hey, Canavaro. How are you, eh?
- The lamb! - What?
It will burn!
You know, people tell the future from this.
Can you?
- Everything's fine. We will live a thousand years. - [Chuckles]
Oh, I see a journey.
A big journey to a city with big houses.
How soon, boss?
I don't know. A few days.
What will I do without your company?
Cheer up. We'll get together again.
No. You'll go away and stay...
with your books.
To your health.
Yours, Zorba.
[Chuckles]
Damn it, boss, I like you too much not to say it.
You've got everything except one thing... madness.
A man needs a little madness, or else...
- Or else? - He never dares cut the rope and be free.
Are you angry with me?
Teach me to dance, will you?
Dance?
Did you say..."dance"?
Come on, my boy.
[Snapping Fingers]
Together.
Let's go. Up!
[Chuckles]
Again. Up!
[Chuckles]
Down.
Yiasou, Levendi.
Boss, I have so much to tell you.
I never loved a man more than you.
[Snapping Fingers]
Up!
[Laughing] Hey, boss...
did you ever see a more splendiferous crash?
[Laughing]
Hey. Hey. You can laugh too, huh?
- Hey! You laugh! - [Both Laughing]
You saw... You saw how they all ran!
Especially the... the... the monks!
The third time...
The third time was the best!
Nothing left!
Hey!
Faster!
Up! Up!