Ali's Wedding
Stop the vehicle immediately.
Stop it right there.
I repeat, pull over.
I am giving you a direction
to stop the vehicle.
Failure to comply with my direction
is an offense.
Stop the tractor.
You are under arrest for trespass
and theft of a conveyance.
Stop being a d*ckhead and pull over.
I can't, mate.
I'm trying to get to the airport.
OK, OK.
Ahh!
Sorry.
My dad has a saying.
A lie begins in the soul
and then travels the world.
There have been three lies
that have shaped my life.
The first is the one that saved
my father's life before I was born.
Mahdi! Baathists! Run!
Mother, go!
Mahdi, come with us.
I can't leave my mother.
Mother, you must go!
No, take me!
- He's a good boy.
- Mother, no!
Leave her!
He was arrested by Saddam Hussein's men
for opposing the dictator.
He would have been killed,
had it not been for his friends
posing as prison guards.
Mahdi.
They escaped
by crossing the border to Iran.
Surely, that was a good lie?
I mean, without it,
I wouldn't even be here today.
The second lie was us believing
we could have a life as Iraqis in Iran.
Whoa, Ali, look.
Persian girls are hot.
Move over. My turn.
Did you see that?
She just flashed me.
You godless Arab donkey!
She fell into my eye, I promise!
Ali, look over there.
Where? I can't see anything.
Behind the door.
God! She has red hair!
You lying Arab donkey. Again?
I should send you back to Saddam!
I wasn't looking! I swear on the Prophet!
Eventually, we realized
we were never going to make it in Iran.
We have just flown out of Iranian airspace
and can now serve alcohol in all cabins.
So please, sit back and enjoy
our in-flight service toMelbourne.
So it begins.
Swap.
my biggest lie.
Do I look like someone who eats bacon?
And as you and God are my witnesses...
Come Judgment Day, you answer.
Today, this lie must end.
Today, I will tell you the whole truth.
Prayer has started.
Kill them, Bombers! Kill them!
God be with you, Watson. Run!
- Goal!
- Yes, come on Bombers.
Ali, study.
- Mineralocorticoids...
- God is with us!
Om Hassan.
Remember Yaqoub,
from my village?
Mustafa found him here,
in the detention center.
Yaqoub knows the guy
who supplies my cousin Jaasems shop
in Basra.
Beep beep. Mafia coming through.
- Om Hassan.
- Wait, Mohammed.
- Mum, don't worry.
- What are you doing?
The supplier told Yaqoub he...
Om Hassan.
Please listen.
The supplier told Yaqoub,
he saw my mother.
My mother. Alive.
- Still alive?
- In Basra.
- Grandmother is alive?
- Ali, study.
Thank God.
I may finally have a mother-in-law.
God willing.
One week to go, son.
Keep doing what you're doing.
You will reap rewards.
Come on, Bombers.
Top student.
- Prayer has started.
- This is the last quarter.
- What's this?
- Adult science. You wouldn't know it.
What is it?
If you must know, it's the pancreas.
- Om Hassan.
- Lucky guess.
Go away, Ramona.
Tick tock, tick tock
Will you pass?
Will you not?
Tackle.
Baba.
Bring your mother
and your costume for the play.
Why did we choose the Bombers?
All they do is tear my heart apart.
Like you.
In the time of theBani Umayyah empire,
the prince and his treasurer
were walking along,
when they came across an old man,
planting a date seed.
This date seed will only bear fruit
after your death.
What will you gain?
Old men have planted before me
The prince was very moved by this.
He turned to his treasurer and said...
Wow, old man, you are so...
Ali, son. No improvising, please.
Sorry.
Sister, please.
Exalted one. You suggest...
Jamal's parents came last week
to ask for her hand,
and they did not get to drink the tea.
- Mum.
- What?
Thank you, Yomna.
The prince turned to his treasurer
signaling for another purse.
I'm signaling for another purse.
But this time his treasurer
put up his hand and said:
Enough wisdom.
This damn date seed
will bankrupt our kingdom.
He thinks this place
is a theater for making jokes,
and they pay him,
and I'm the one driving a taxi.
Brothers and sisters.
We do not know what fruit
our seeds will bear.
But if our hearts
and intentions are pure,
the rewards can be
a thousand times what we expect.
Auditions for this year's musical
will be held after Friday prayer.
Will we encore our hit show,
The Prophet's Last Battle?
I still know my lines.
Hajjina, we have been singing
about the Prophet's battle
This year, inshallah,
I will write a more...
contemporary musical.
I'm tingling with anticipation.
It will be comedy.
The man caused us so much pain.
Believe me, now he will make us laugh.
What brilliance.
Sheikhna!
You follow in the steps of a great man.
May you draw upon his wisdom
for your exam.
- Ayoob.
- Yeah.
That's her.
Who?
I'm going to talk to her.
Not here.
Ali, no.
I'll get the jumper leads from my car.
I'll help you.
Yes, please. Jumper leads.
OK. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Will you be wanting milk tonight?
Ali, my boy,
I missed your father's wisdom?
Just by an hour.
It's not my fault. I blame my wives.
Especially that one.
The tall one.
She has to stop for Nando's,
and she left the damn headlights on.
What are you doing?
Ali.
Eyes here.
Jumper leads!
I hope you're ready for the big exam,
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