Septembers of Shiraz Page #5

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They said... I was blind

to all the exploitation

that's been going on for years.

- Exploitation?

- They said--

- these people

were all unemployed gypsies

when my husband hired them.

He took them in,

paid for their education.

Is this what you call

exploitation?!

- They weren't exactly gypsies,

khanoum.

They might have lacked

education, but we weren't...

- I'm sorry,

i did not mean it that way,

especially not about you.

It's just that I...

I don't understand.

Why are they doing this?

How can they forget

everything that he did for them?

- That's how it is now.

Sorry, khanoum.

- Have you lost your mind?

This is not fair.

He hasn't had his trial yet.

Farnaz, are you okay?

- Trial?

If you guys think

there's going to be a trial,

you're going to be

very disappointed.

- Morteza...

Why are you doing this?

Was my husband bad to you?

Did he ever refuse you anything?

- You see, khanoum...

...you fail to understand.

I mean that sincerely.

You see,

this isn't just about one man.

It's about a collection of men.

Men who turned their back

on injustice.

Men who profited

from a corrupt regime.

Men who built their villas

and traveled

whenever they wished

to places the likes of us...

Didn't even dare to dream of.

Have you ever thought

about how we lived? Huh?

Why does a country with so much

give so little to the poor?

You never cared.

But that's okay. You know why?

Because god has answered

the prayer of the weak.

God is on the side

of the faithful,

not on the sinners.

God will forever--

- since when

are you so faithful?

Just a couple of years ago,

you would show up

with your tight jeans

and borrow our car to pick up

one of your five girlfriends.

You think that beard

makes you a man of god?!

- Farnaz, come on, let's go.

That's enough.

- And since when is stealing

people's possessions

the call of god?

You are all hypocrites

who have suddenly

come into power

and don't know how to handle it.

- Does anyone...

Remember a time...

When this country

was just?

Generous?

- Cyrus the great.

- We were all equal.

Muslim...

Christian...

Jew...

Didn't matter.

We were a great empire.

- Oh, baba-ji, please.

That's the problem

with this country.

We somehow think we're special,

because once upon a time

we were great.

Darius, Cyrus,

persepolis...

That was 2,500 years ago.

What are we now?

Huh?

Barbarians.

- No...

Not all of us.

You're gonna throw this to them

or get a picture?

- Not yet.

- Take a picture for her.

- Ah! Wait... maybe a pin--

- sorry, sorry, sorry.

- Mama!

What happened here?

- I looked everywhere

for that ring.

It's just not here.

No.

- Look at baba's head.

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