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I didn't know it.

Jamal is going to sleep here, mama.

- The street is cut off.

- You're always welcome.

- Take it off.

- Enough.

I got a permit for Israel.

Tomorrow I am going to work

in Tel Aviv.

- When did you get it?

- Today.

Congratulations,

it's fantastic, my son.

- Have you spoken with Abu Salim?

- Not yet.

You should - you were lucky

that he hired you.

He has plenty guys

to work cheap.

Don't sing a victory song yet,

you should find work.

But tell me,

how do you get through,

young people, now that you can go?

They're starting to let people pass.

Jamal is in charge of everything.

Allah bless Jamal.

Take this.

But what is this?

What's happening?

What's going on?

- But, what is this?

- What is happening?

Stop being a fool

you're driving me up the wall.

- Have you eaten?

- Yes, thanks.

Can I stay to sleep?

They have cut off the road.

You are always welcome.

I already told you

that you could stay.

Pass me the salt.

Salt, Jamal?

You're so good,

you know how to cook.

Thanks.

Have you changed the filter, mama?

The water was better before.

Shut off that radio

that you brought in.

Said.

What happened, did something happen?

- I brought you the keys.

- What?

You brought me the keys?

At four in the morning?

Yeah, I know...

I took them without asking.

Well...

- Maybe this is a bad time and...

- Come in.

- What?

- Come in, now that you are here.

I can't.

I've got to go.

Tea?

- How much sugar?

- Four teaspoons.

You are one of those who takes their

sugar with tea.

OK, I resign myself to three.

There is something that I don't understand.

Why do they use so much sugar in Nablus?

It's the custom,

Everyone does it.

OK.

Listen, what do you do

when you're not delivering keys at dawn?

What do you do to have fun?

I don't know, nothing.

- What are you saying?

- Do you go to the cafes?

At times, to smoke the nargila.

And besides that,

do you do sports, do you read?

Do you go to the movies?

No, in Nablus there are no movies.

Yeah, I know.

But at some point you went to the movies?

Yes, it's been ten years.

We burned the "Rivoli" cinema.

You burned the cinema?

There were a lot of us.

Sure, but why would you have

done that to the cinema?

Not to the cinema, to Israel.

They would close the way

to the workers of the West Bank.

And we went out into the street

to protest.

We finished in the cinema

and we set it on fire.

Why the cinema?

Why us?

I don't know.

We kept the video.

- Oh, so you do see films.

- At times.

Well, tell me,

which is your favorite "genre"?

Which is my favorite "genre"?

Don't make fun of my "genre".

Oh... what type.

There are action films,

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