Sallah Shabati Page #2

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The government

has arrived.

Go quickly Salah. Perhaps

she's a social worker.

Sure. She' II give you a note

to get a house.

A note for a house.

That's good. I' m coming.

I' II be back right away.

Hallo. -Hallo. There's no

work, no food, no house,

7 kids, one on the way.

His name is Ben-Gurion.

We need a note to get

a house Lady.

Mr. Shabaty, I don't

give out notes.

It's my job to help you solve

your personal problems.

That's it, and what's

your trade?

Shoemaker. -A shoemaker?

-What's wrong with that?

I can't talk like this. Come

please. -What? -Come.

One moment, Mr. Shabaty,

I have a few questions...

Here. Please sit down.

-Here? -Yes, please.

Thank you.

That's it. Now...

Now the lady gives a note

for a house, and that's that.

Just a few more details,

Mr. Shabaty.

Did you have brothers and

sisters? -Sure, lots.

How many?

You can't say exactly Miss.

Some of them died...

About how many?

-About a lot.

When were you married?

-A long time ago.

How old were you?

-Small.

What's going on here?

Is it a cinema?

Lady, enough with the

questions. We've finished.

One moment, Mr. Shabaty,

let me help you.

Your lack of confidence is due

to personal conflict, stemming

from an

underprivileged childhood.

Lady, I don't like that

sort of talk.

Then I shall explain

what I mean.

Look, a snake bites you when

you' re small and you forget,

but the trauma leaves a

scar on your soul.

Who's small?

You, Mr. Shabaty,

when you were a child.

Me? -Yes.

Maybe.

What happens after, when you

see a snake near your house?

Lady, there isn't a snake here

and I don't have a house.

We don't need snakes here.

We need a note for a house,

not snakes.

Mr. Shabaty, you don't

understand me.

We must become friends,

musn't we?

We should get to know

one another, no?

That's true. What is the lady's

name? -I' m Bat-Sheva.

Bat-Sheva, are you married?

-Single.

Where do you work? -With

the cows. -Cows? -Yes.

One moment Miss.

I' II write it down.

Cow-shed.

Salleh, Salleh.

Wait, I must think.

The lady works every day

and gets 60 lira a year.

Yes, that's our budget.

I can't even afford to buy

a nice dress in town.

Never mind, never mind.

Where do you live?

In a hut! -Like this one?

-More or less.

Only the married couples

get a house.

The single girls

sleep 3 in room -3?

Yes, 3 girls in one room.

We don't have any money.

We never will.

You shouldn't talk like that

Miss. -Yes. -You shouldn't.

So you are in a difficult

sociological situation?

But, with the Lord's help

it will be better.

When Bat-Sheva was small,

was she bitten by a snake?

No, of course not.

That's Neuman. I have to go.

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