Dear grandma!
I'm alive and healthy. Don't you worry about me.
I'm in Milano.
The beauty and wealth is breathtaking.
One can cross himself from the astonishment.
If you were here, you could not get a wink from the happiness.
Unlce Ahmed used to nicely tell you:
We could have a sack of money.
This isn't important now.
Take care of my Azra, so she doesn't end like the neighbour,
whose feet wondered more in the sky,
then stepped on the earth.
My Hatidza!
I have realised here that God, is not a blind cat.
Ahmed is like a father to me.
He speaks Italian, barks at the stars.
He has his people everywhere,
lawyers, judges, priests and cops.
He takes care of me like I was his son.
I will earn a lof of money. I'll build a house, just like Ahmed's.
Only I'll build according to an italian plan.
A painter will paint this picture on the frontage.
Don't worry about Danira.
I've seen with my own eyes that the doctor is Ahmed's man.
What should I buy you? I've bought uncle a TV.
He can put it in his pocket, let the whole world stand openmouthed.
Latest technological advancement.
I won't spare with the money for the wedding.
Let the old and the young remember Perhan's wedding.
Yours, Perhan.
Where is Irfan?
Where is Irfan, you nitwit? - I don't know.
Irfan's not here. -What do you mean?
Why didn't you pay attention?
Don't appear before my eyes without him!
Out! Don't come without him.
Where should I look for him? - Be off with you! Your problem!
That's nothing.
Tears? Oh my, mommy, that's not good.
What's missing in your full house?
Tell me please, what!
Take the white coffee, white bread, white cheese.
Take the marmelade, bird's milk. Everything that I have.
You want a leave, to go on sick leave? What do you want first?
Shame on you, son. /
Is this thank you? /
I'm crazy and naive because I trust people.
Remember - without work there is no happiness.
What did you do? You've turned my life into manure!
Who's the boss here?
Who gives the orders here?
Damn your spoilt blood! Who's the boss?!
What is up with you, Ahmed?
Give me the tablets for pressure.
Give me the tablets!
Who is your husband - him or me, you Gypsy bitch?!
Come, come.
I've come to tell you, what your grandma is telling you .
If you don't come immediately, the silverteeth will eat you .
Woman with the silver teeth is the wolf's victim.
Woman with the silver teeth is the wolf's victim...
Quick, get up! Go!
Why are you hesitating?
Everybody out! Everybody to the police!
Let's go!
All to the police!
They will take your passport. He says not to move from here.
That is good, it cures.
You are my brother.
Are you sending money for my sister's health treatment?
Every first in the month.
For the house too. The foundation has already been laid.
Now they're building walls.
I only have you and Robert left.
Dzamila.
Everyone come here!
From today on Perhan is the parade commander.
Obey him more then Zef or Sadama. Is that clear?
Young man!
Are you looking for someone?
They are now mine. Do you know that?
Look.
Tell the big boss, that Sadam is not crazy,
to rot in jail because of him.
You know, I put the guilt on Zef. And he,
as it befits for the younger brother,
took all the blame on himself.
Ciao, handsoome.
Fuck that luck.
Buy ones like these. For the business.
Some baby.
And some pregnant woman. It's easier to get across the border.
My God, look. An entirely different person.
Something of each if it's possible. That's the best.
May God bless you, I'm counting on you.
Where is that house of mine, that is being built?
I would like to see the construction.
House? Next to mine.
Where else would it be? Are we brothers or not?
But you musn't go to our place. - Why not?
That's what the lawyer said, that acuired the passport for you.
There's a big confusion.
It's being reported in newspapers, on radio, TV.
They've made a movie about people, that sell children abroad.
Don't go there, please.
Go to the ferryboat Bari-Bar, and then to Monte Negro and Bosnia.
I wanted to see grandma and Azra,
to visit my sister in Ljubljana.
No, by no means, please.
Only to the south. He're the address of a man from Tuzla.
Find a wife for me.
I'll sen Dzamila away. Rate her as you would rate her for yourself.
Go, good luck.
Come here!
I'm not guilty, I don't know anything.
May I get blind if i know anything. I don't know anything.
I've come as it befits.
Oh my. Billions!
I don't have to kiss hands. - Is this for me?
Look at him the big businessman.
How did you earn that much money?
He came so he would trick my daughter with the money.
Look!
Did she get married? -No.
What can I do. Woman like woman.
She did what she decided.
I don't know how to deal with her.
I wonder myself. What should I do with her?
I don't know myself!
And the child she bears?
It's supposably yours.
What do you think? - Ask your uncle.
God, what are you doing to me?
A black train has come mother.
It has come, mother,
a black morning.
Neighbour, there is no sense in drinking that much.
I also drank brandy, but it doesn't help.
Look, the drink has changed you into a woman.
Like you aren't happy, to see me.
Grandma loves you.
What are you doing to your head?
Come, don't be afraid. You've come with me.
What lays on your heart, grandma?
Mine is fine. What's with yours?
Where did you leave your sister?
In Ljubljana. She should return back soon.
Bring me a glass of brandy.
You take the chair and sit down.
Why does your wife cry?
The bitch has to let out water, and she releases it through her eyes.
Why do you trust your mother-in-law more then your wife?
Since I've got myself lying,
I don't trust noone anymore.
If you don't trust at all, God will abandon you.
Where did you get this? Where did you get these clothes?
I've earned it with these ten fingers.
I will build a house with them as well.
Who will live in this house?
You and me, grandma.
I will not live in this house. My spirit doesn't want to.
God forbid, that you would live in this house.
Don't speak like that.
What have you become.
You were honest once. Now you changed for the worse.
What am I like, grandma?
You've broken my heart.
You've spoilt entirely.
Let me tell you something son. All this is a fata morgana.
You gave me money.
I may die tomorrow. Who will return you?
Take the money back.
You've burnt your hand! You know how that hurts.
You're doing yourself evil things.
Stop playing! You're playing madness.
You'll kill a man. Back!
Perhan, wait for me.
Neighbour, you're blind drunk!
What are you looking at? Get in!
My neighbour is my concern.
Chandelier!
Scales!
Cooker!
This present is from a wedding witness. Let's see what's inside.
A bit of silence, please.
Bread! Money! Gold!
A limuosine is coming.
The chauffeur is opening the door.
The bride is stepping out.
The groom is carrying her in his arms.
Mother-in-law is offering the daughter-in-law bread and sugar,
so she would have a sweet life.
Be happy.
The groom kisses the bride.
Mother-in-law leads daughter-in-law into the house.
The groom is being beaten to obtain power.
He'll need it.
Grandma and her grandson will now dance.
How beautiful he is, how elegant,
wise, civilized and pedantic!
Grandma's grandson. My living monument.
Get up, come with me.
You and Ruza must help me.
Find some cripples to go begging
and a pregnant woman with the same fate, as mine has.
Here's your advance.
We'll find some cripples.
And how do you intend to sell your own child?
You will meet with a terrible accident.
First, the child is not mine.
I will bring up no bastard. And second, I won't repeat.
Only under these conditions will I marry her.
Go out so they won't see us.
Are you building another house here?
If we built it you would see it. A house is not a needle.
If there is a God, the kids will go into the world,
to work and earn money. They just musn't disgrace themselves.
Let them build a house like other people,
with their own labor by the sweat of their face.
I am already old. I can't work anymore.
Why not? They're still young.
You know we burn lime.
Merdzan doesn't want to work.
May I come to you?
Not even dead.
Did you understand?
I can hardly wait that Perhan, my sweetheart, returns.
I can hardly wait that he gets a child.
So that this wish of mine turns true as well.
Do with me whatever you want. But why?
You know well why.
Don't foist me a magpie instead of a gosling.
This child is diligent, obedient, qualified.
I'm sorry for speaking about this.
Something is pressing me in my soul, so words are like a cure.
My son comes at midnight, the house is for him like an inn.
He eats and goes to the whores.
I don't know what's wrong with him.
My golden one, Perhan, is the best person in this world.
He's not like my son, bastard.
If you knew what kind of daughter I had.
His mother was a beauty.
He looks just like her.
She died young. I fell ill because of her.
What should I tell you?
Are you alive? -I'm alive.
Here, eat.
Perhan, you must believe me.
The child is ours.
Merdzan assaulted me when I was three months pregnant.
Don't lie. Shut up, don't lie.
I'm not lying. -I don't want to bring up a bastard!
I will sell him. Then will make our own child.
Give me your hand.
This one is ours too. Believe yourself, if you don't believe me.
I concieved when we slept together on St. George's Day.
I've calculated everything.
I swear by my life. I know he's a bastard.
We'll make our own. I said what I said.
Why? This one is ours too.
Wait.
Something in me has turned upside down.
I dreamt that you gave birth to a white bird.
When I came near.
Wait.
What do you want?
You've done everything well.
But where is a wife for me?
Couldn't you find her?
Where is my house?
Why did you lie about building a house for me?
Were you at home?
From where would I bring my wife then?
I thought. - What did you think?
That you picked up one on the way. What do i know.
You know, Ahmed. You know everything.
Why did you lie to me? - Sadam lied to me!
I gave him the money for your house.
He put it into his own pocket.
He came yesterday to laugh in my face.
I'm sorry, I'm not responsible for your house.
I swear by my child.
Believe me. If you don't want to, go. Leave me alone.
May I die.
I will give you half of my house.
Here are the papers.
I will call the lawyer tomorrow so they will certify it in court.
I may not be much long.
And Robert?
I loved him more then life. And now?
I don't know.
I obsere him every day and everything seems suspicious to me.
The eyes, the nose, hands.
He doesn't look like me in any way.
We're brothers in that way as well - the wives cheated on us both.
Boy!
Look, Perhan! A boy!
Let us not bewitch him.
Azra!
No, Azra. I ask you like God, don't leave me!
I love you! Azra!
God is nevertheless a blind cat.
He looked at me while I was hiding treasure in the canal.
He tied my sould with a rope and let
the flood wash away the gold and money.
First he gave me wealth,
in the end with the treasure he took my soul as well.
I had so much gold, dear Hatidza,
that I could build a house out of gold coins.
and cover the roof with them.
We could build a big house,
we could touch the moon from its roof.
A cruel fate has come upon me.
The more I rack my brain about where it came from,
the bigger is the earthquake in my head
and the more I go away from the truth.
Maybe you have also put a spell on me, grandma Tidza
when I told you that I don't trust anyone anymore,
when I caught myself lying.
You told me then:
If you don't trust at all, God will abandon you.
You won't be good nor to God nor to people.
You know, I am not like that good to people,
but i was deceived by a man,
whom I trusted more then God.
Ahmed was both God and father for me.
I wrote to you that Daca stayed at the hospital.
Even your own eyes can decieve yourself.
If I could, I would put out my eyes and get blind.
Only later I have realised,
what a trap Ahmed set me up.
Where is he? - He ran away. -Where?
Who knows. He drove me away and found himself another woman.
Dzamila, talk, if you know.
He has reconciled with his brothers. They united the slaves and disappeared.
Did you take my sister from Ljubljana?
Where? Speak, I'll kill you!
Leave him alone, you fool!
To Rome.
May God give you luck. Help the poor girl.
Did you see this girl? - No, I don't know her.
Fuck you!
Fuck you, asshole!
You said I shouldn't return home without Danira.
I travelled the whole world from end to end.
Ahmed as though as he would turn into a mole,
and Danira is nowhere to be seen.
I've been looking for Ahmed for three years.
I'd like to live 300 years, just to find him
and pull out his heart.
I've been searching for her for days.
This has made me turn into wind,
my dreams have evaporated like dust.
I can't dream anymore.
A gypsy without dreams is like a church without a roof,
like a textbook without letters. Yours, Perhan.
Danira!
Perhan!
Brother!
God!
As long as I have found you!
And your leg? Does it hurt?
Same.
Oh my.
You know what happened? -What?
He said that the hospitals in Italy are better.
That they will admit us here .
That you and I will be together.
Since then I have been begging. He have travlled over 101 cities.
Today he's getting married. - Ahmed? -Yes.
And you have a son.
He's just like you.
They're waiting that he grows up, so they can sell him.
Perhan!
What is it?
What's your name? - Perhan. And yours?
Perhan.
Don't lie! Why are you lying?
Hurry up, please. Go, they will see us..
This is your father. Give him your hand.
Wait for me here. I'll be right back.
Don't go anywhere, please.
I must buy a gift for grandma.
Come back soon. Buy her a dishwashing sponge.
Don't forget about my accordion. - Don't worry.
If I'm late, I will catch up with you on the next stattion.
Take it.
What's wrong? - I'm sad.
Don't be. Let' wave to him.
Daddy!
Perhan, stop!
I am angry with you. -Why?
You won't return, you won't buy me an accordion
Let me be damned, If I don't return.
Go now.
Go.
Irfan!
Is it you, Perhan?
Help me. -Don't worry.
What cigarettes do you smoke?
Good cigarettes!
Cover my back. - Don't' you worry.
Ahmed, good luck!
Dance, Ahmed!
Where are you, birdie? Look at him, Ahmed.
Where are you, Perhan, my child?
I've come to you. I'll serve you till I die.
You are my father. You and God.
Accept me or kill me.
Why would I kill you, you poor fellow?
Kill me, sinful thoughts have come to my mind.
Give him food to eat. Look how thin he is.
Who is this? - Some fool, a poor man.
Eat the cake!
Die in shit!
Hurry up.
Quick, to the bridge.
I will kill you for preventing my marriage!
Run.
You've ruined my youth, and I'll destroy your head.
Let it be, what shall be.
I will catch up with you, even if you were a bird.
For fuck sake!
Oh, God!
God, what have you done?
You have turned as though the whole world has turned.
Merdzan will lift you up again, but you must help me.
If you can't, I'll lift you up myself.
Did you see Perhan? Why?
He left you without a father and mother,
but he washed your feet.
He didn't know how to call you. You let him among the wolves.
Lead him where you think is the best place in that world.
Do you see these two dices?
Let them fall,
for once let them fall, as I wish.
My wish would come true.
And may I not be Merdzan anymore, if I don't fulfill your wish.
And throw the dices like they should be.
Translation by: Bluesoul