The Flying Matchmaker (שני קונילמל)

The Flying Matchmaker Company presents a movie by

Mordecai Navon R.I.P.

Two Kuni Lemels

Screenplay by Israel Becker and Alex Maimon

From the play by Abraham Goldenson

Starring Mike Borstein

Zalman Onikovsky, Rina Ganor

Shmuel Rozinsky, Aharon Meskin, Rafael Klatzkin, Elisheva Miceli

The Twin's Trio: Asher Levy, Hanan Goldblat, Mordecai Arnon

and Shlomo Vishinsky

Guest appearances Psehaka Borstein, Shmuel Segal

Producer Mordecai Navon, R.I. P

Directed by Israel Becker

Quickly, Reb Kalman, or you will be late for the Sabbath

Over hills and mountains through thick forests

goes a matchmaker headed for Kabetzens, his home.

The tails of his coat fly in the wind

and the matches drop from his pockets.

Oh, Ruler of the Universe, what a beautiful world

You created

and so much work you gave him to arrange weddings

for all the sons and daughters of Israel,

may they multiply and be fruitful.

At face value, plenty of work and a good living. Ay!

Let him finish one match each month,

and he will promise to make matches

for all the daughters of Israel at half-price.

And don't get excited, Ruler of the Universe.

Really, don't get excited.

Here it is, his town, Kabetzens.

A quiet town, peaceful,

ramshackle wooden houses, narrow streets.

A happy family lives here. That's his work, of course.

A happy family lives here, too. That's also his work.

Certainly.

Nadlen, Come here a minute. - May his bones be burned...

the matchmaker who matched me with a catch like you.

This is his work also.

This is a quiet, peaceful town,

and in the windows of the houses that are lit sit young women,

and in their eyes is the yearning for a groom.

A groom, Reb Kalman.

Children, in the name of God, without love, please.

You're taking away my living.

Oh, Lord of the Universe.

Good Sabbath, Leibelah

Leibelah? Leibelah,

Leibelah, why don't you answer me?

Leibelah, I got a chicken on account on a matchmaking fee.

I got home late today, huh? I almost broke the Sabbath.

If only Moti Mefitzes hadn't ruined the deal.

Oh, mother, mother, mother.

A whole week!

A whole week I worked on the match.

Suddenly, over nonsense, he doesn't like the father-in-law.

"On the sixth day He finished the heavens and the earth

"and their vast array

"and God finished on the seventh day all the work that he had done."

Well, well.

"...from all the work he had done."

Leibelah, your mood is like untimely rain:

Only makes mud and is useless.

I told you a thousand times I'll get a little money

I'll find you a groom.

Till you get money, my hair will go gray.

Oh, Leibelah, it's the Sabbath. On the Sabbath, you must not be sad.

First of all, it's a sin, and second it ruins the appetite.

I have not put anything in my mouth since this morning.

Leibelah, why aren't you eating? - My eyes popped out of my head

till you came home. - Well? - Someone came looking for you.

And you were running around Pichutz.

Someone came looking for me? Who, might I ask?

The lord. - What lord? The lord. Pinhasel? - Of course. - When?

Yesterday and also today. - And what did he want from me?

I don't know.

What the matter? They know it's the Sabbath now. They know.

Pinhasel?

Reb Pinhasel hasn't returned yet?

No, Miss Leah. Who is that fellow there?

That's the teacher, the doctor's son. A very polite fellow.

Very polite, eh? Good Sabbath. - Good Sabbath.

Start a war, they'll get beat I'm telling you.

Oy, You don't, you... - Ah, good Sabbath Mr. Pinhasel.

Good Sabbath, Reb Kalman. - Good Sabbath.

He was once...

Reb Kalman, when the Sabbath is over come visit me.

Yes Mr. Pinhasel.

Good Sabbath, Mr. Pinhas. - Good Sabbath. - Good Sabbath.

Good Sabbath, Reb Pinhasel.

Good Sabbath, Jews. - Good Sabbath. Good Sabbath.

Good Sabbath. - Good Sabbath.

Seems I saw you before talking with somebody by the window.

Yes. - Who was it?

Pinhas, let's sit down to eat. - Who was it?

It was Max the teacher. He gave her a book, that's all.

OK, let's sit down to eat.

Did you see the lord? - Uh huh.

What did he want? - A pedigree. A pedigree he wants.

The time has come for his only daughter and it's hard

to find her a match.

A pedigree, he's afraid he'll be the laugh of the whole town,

because someone with a genuine pedigree won't agree

to marry a butcher who became a cattle dealer.

Try to find a match for that genealogy.

To think about business is forbidden, but to completely

ignore the blessings of the Good Lord also isn't nice.

Yehezkel Zaltzheim...

Averekh Kamnevrotzky

Then who?

Kuni Lemel? Oy, Kuni, Kuni...

Dear Kalman, please, make a miracle and find

something good and a blessing will be upon you,

Shulmuneh Friedberg Mayor of Kashetreich

Him? - Not a word! Do you hear?

Till the Sabbath ends! - Go to sleep, Father.

Leibelah, the goat! Leibelah, come on.

Not one star has appeared to declare an end to the Sabbath,

because they stop up there and say: "Don't get excited

"Reb Kalman Solvitzik, all will work out for the best"

There's one!

No, no, no.

There's another.

There, a good new week for us, Leibelah, and all of Israel.

I'm going, Leibelah. Bring me my work tools.

My umbrella. Hold him. Come, goat. Come.

Quickly, quickly Leibelah. May the hour be auspicious.

On the right foot, Father. - I hope so.

Greetings, Reb Pinhas, on the wings of eagles I came.

Greetings, Reb Kalman. Come sit.

Tzipileh, make something nice for our guest.

The French language is really very beautiful.

Should we stop for today? - No, why? It's early.

Continue the dictation.

Good then write, "Je Vous aime."

Je... vous

I brought some sustenance for the soul. How are you doing?

Mother, I'll just finish up the dictation and I'll come.

What's written there? - Mother.

No, no, no. It's alright. Your mother should know it all.

She wrote, "Je vous aime."

Ah, and what does it mean? - It's a literary sentence.

Ah, well good. Continue writing literary sentences.

Mother, tell them to lower their voices down there, OK? 'OK.

"Je vous aime" means I love you.

Mother might understand, and then...

Pinhasel, a little more quietly. - What's the matter.

You're being very noisy. - So?

The girl is studying. - What's she studying. - French.

He's here again, the student, the Doctor's son, eh?

A very polite man. - Very polite.

Pinhas, don't bother them. - It will be alright. Don't worry.

Out. Don't dare to come to my house again. Do you hear?

Good-for-nothing. Don't come to my house and

leave my daughter alone and don't get any ideas in your head.

What are you doing, Pinhas - No ifs or buts, say goodbye,

and don't say au revoir to me.

Hey, Max, we're here.

Doesn't hear and doesn't see. He's really lovesick.

Wind it up, already.

Greetings. - Greetings.

Did something happen? Pinhasel caught you?

He was angry. He threw me out of his house.

But I'll fix him. I don't know exactly what I'll do,

but I'll fix him.

If you need help we'll do anything for you.

Well, well, what a scene that was.

I told you. A match is in the making.

Not really. - What not really? This morning the two of them almost hugged.

The poor doctor's son. After all he's an educated boy

Educated shmeducated. What's important is there be a wedding.

Let's see what's going on. Come on.

Well what's going on? - Nothing. Meanwhile Reb Kalman is eating.

Leave my daughter be. She's innocent like an angel.

Certainly she's an angel, and I'll make sure she doesn't leave the house.

Guard! Guard! Buy yourself a dog to help you guard.

Stupid. Why are you underfoot all the time.

Will you have something to drink?

We have to get her married and as soon as possible.

If I had found her a kosher boy, But what can we do?

She wants one that's not kosher. A fine pedigree for me, eh?

The son of Doctor Benyocko who earns his bread

by feeling pulses, leeches and things like that.

Chaia Rachel, Chaia Rachel, Chaia Rachel, pray.

If there will be a wedding, we'll stand on our feet again.

Itzo, who's your bodyguard? - What's the matter?

Why are you dreaming up there? Come down to the lord's house

and see something.

The Rabbi says to hell with it and went to sleep. - No matter.

What's going on?

They smell a wedding and they're running around like crazy.

Well, get moving already. Quickly.

You didn't play it right. Your father the doctor

should have met with Pinhasel and with the matchmaker.

With whom? - With the matchmaker.

I'll get married by means of a matchmaker? I love her.

Ah, that's very good but with the help of a matchmaker

it could have been excellent.

Pinhasel, who but me knows what a diamond you want

for you're daughter?

The evidence: I looked and I found. - What did you find?