Eleni Page #4

Did my mother say anything to you?

No.

- Do you go to Lia often?

- I don't go back now.

I went back once a few years ago.

Spent the night in loannina.

- I saw that man.

- What man?

That guerrilla who led the prisoners

to the execution site.

- Are you sure it was him?

- He said he was stationed in our village.

Do you know his name?

Tasso Levendis.

He didn't remember me.

Does he still live in loannina?

Don't know.

When I saw him,

he was in a bar, pimping,

offering me women.

(CLANGS)

Listen!

Listen!

Listen!

The government is warning

all the people in this area

that we can no longer protect you.

Communist guerrillas are advancing.

Civil war has begun.

Father, what should I do?

You? What are you afraid of?

You're a woman!

It's me they'll kill first.

They know I'm for the King.

Long live the King.

Goodbye.

- Mother, should we go to loannina?

- Who'll look after your home?

- It's your duty to look after your home.

- Yes, but my children...

These aren't Germans,

Turks or Albanians.

They're our own people.

They won't harm women and children.

Lukas?

- Lukas, are you staying?

- Yes.

My wife has convinced me

I'm too worthless for the communists.

If they kill me,

it'll prove how wrong she is!

It's finally come to this.

We've been invaded by everybody.

Now we're being invaded by ourselves.

Go. Go quickly.

(ECHOES) People of Lia!

People of Lia!

You have nothing to be afraid of!

We have come to liberate you...

...in the name of the new Greece!

Everybody in the house.

(DOGS BARK)

Out!

Everybody out! Out!

- Come on, Mother.

- Come on!

We won't see you in any harm.

Outside!

Everybody outside!

Spiro. Thank God it's you.

Major Spiro Skevis,

Democratic Army of Greece.

I have the honour to inform you

this village has been liberated.

Your house has been chosen

to be the HQ of the Army of Liberation.

You'll be out of the house

by tomorrow morning.

But Spiro, don't you remember

when Katina brought you here?

I remember.

Be out of the house

by tomorrow, Americana.

(INAUDIBLE)

It's only a house.

It's just stone and mortar.

And wood and glass.

All of you were born here

and so that makes it special.

Memories make it special.

But we can take those wherever we go.

Some day,

we'll all be together like this,

all packed and ready.

And instead of moving to Grandmother's,

we'll be leaving across the ocean

where your father is waiting for us.

It will feel just like this.

We'll take our belongings

and our memories,

and we'll leave this house for ever.

But we won't be sad,

because we'll all be together.

That's what's important.

We mustn't be sad tomorrow.

Take 'em in there!

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes