Arabian Nights (Nuits d'Arabie)

ARABIAN NIGHTS

Hello.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Excuse me, how long is this ticket valid?

- It's valid all day long. - Until midnight?

- Until tomorrow 8 AM. - Thank you, Sir.

Thank you.

Why has the train stopped?

It's the terminus, you have to get off.

Luxemburg, you have to get off.

- We're not going back to Thionville? - Not until morning.

Thank you.

- You all right? - Jhempi!

Chill!

Are you coming by Josée's for a drink?

I'll be right there.

Jhempi, move over a little.

Do you have a knife, Josée?

Do you have a knife? Alright!

Here is another one.

Here you are.

That's mine! Hand it over!

It won't come out...

Look at that! Look at that!

Excuse me!

Excuse me!

You can't stay here.

This is private property.

Wait.

Don't be scared.

Hi Dad.

- You're late! - I know, sorry.

We had a drink at Josée's.

You should get some sleep.

- Want some help? - I'll manage!

You see!

Things aren't getting better.

You father needs to start to take care of himself.

You can't teach a old dog new tricks.

Right, and how old is old?

OK, I got it.

- See you tonight. - See you.

- Miss, can I help you? - My ticket's in my bag.

- I'll give it to you right away. - No, it's not that.

Here.

It looks pretty deep, you should see a doctor.

No doctor. Don't touch me! - Don't be scared.

Come with me.

Have a seat.

Hold this.

Let me see.

It should be alright.

Don't move.

It's this way, through the tunnel.

By the way, I'm George Tormes.

- I'm Yamina. - It's pretty, Yamina.

It's this way.

Drink this, it’ll make you feel better.

Thank you.

Wait a little, it'll cool down.

- No. it's not that. - Right.

Who did that to you?

I have to go.

Wait, I have something else for you.

It's yours, isn't it?

Yes, I threw the other one away.

Will you sleep outside again?

- I have to go. - I'll walk you out.

- What is it? - I'll stay here a few more minutes.

They're the ones who hurt you?

Come.

If it's them, you should call the police.

No, I can't go to the police.

- I'm not from here. - Really?

It's obvious, isn't it?

- Where are you from? - I'm Algerian.

- Can't I stay here until tomorrow? - No, you can't.

It closes at night.

I have another solution.

It's a bit humid because of the stream. but there's a heater.

Here you go, my villa's yours.

Thank you.

And there's a...

How do you say that in French...

- A lock. - Right, a lock,

so no one will come bother you.

I have to go.

- Good evening. - Good night and thank you.

Sorry to interrupt, I didn't mean to.

You should buy a bigger bed.

I'm waiting for you to invest.

If I invest, I'll invest a lot.

Goal!

Sir?

Yamina.

- I thought you were gone. - Me too.

- I wanted to thank you. - You're welcome, Yamina.

- I wanted to ask you... - Come with me.

ls it because of those guys?

The ones we saw the other day?

Them too, it's a long story.

Stop, Yamina.

It'll be alright.

You can stay in my cabin if you like.

Do you live here?

- I mean normally? - No, in Thionville.

- I'm studying in Nancy. - You study?

Did you think I was a maid?

- What are you studying? - Medicine.

I want to be an anesthesiologist.

That's why I left Algeria, I got a scholarship.

And those guys, are they students?

No, they're assholes, sons of bitches.

Did you use to live in Algeria?

I come from the southwest, from a douar near Tabelbala.

We had a bakery there.

- Your parents still live there? - They're dead.

The village is gone.

It was bled to death.

When the army came,

there were rows of heads in front of the cemetery.

Terrorists?

Probably.

But I...

I don't understand. Were you there?

It's too complicated a story.

- And those guys... - They won't leave me alone.

This is impossible.

We have to redo this kitchen.

It's just a matter of organisation.

Why don't you put me in a old people's home?

That way you'll have the house with Nicole.

I'm going to work. Have a good day.

Right...

Excuse me, I didn't mean to startle you.

It's OK, it's just that you don't have a bathroom.

That's true.

But there's a tap near the Alzette.

I’m sorry.

Here is the key to the football locker rooms.

There are showers and restrooms there.

for men and women,

though we have no women's team.

I'm the team's goal keeper.

I brought you some coffee.

- Then I'll take you to the field, OK? - That's nice of you.

Thank you.

Tabelbala is a large oasis on the edge of the desert,

with a palm grove, wells and camels.

The southbound caravans leave from there.

My grandfather worked for a Frenchman who had a bakery.

We lived in his house with my parents, my aunts,

my cousins, the entire family.

I was really happy then.

In fact, it's said I'll go back, Inch Allah.

I drank from the well of Cheraïa

and the legend says that he who drinks from it

will no doubt return to Tabelbala.

My grandfather says the same thing about the Rembours in Rumelange.

He made me drink from it when I was little.

And?

Rumelange is where my grandparents live.

It's next to Esch-sur-Alzette.

There's a source there called the Rembours.

He who drinks from it will return to Rumelange.

That's what people say anyway.

So in fact everyone will go back there

because it provides the city with drinkable water.

- Does your well have a song? - A song?

- Mine does. - Really?

I don't think there's a song about the Rembours.

Although there's the miner's song.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Did you go out? - No. I had an emergency.

- And? - There was nothing we could do.

Are you planning a vacation?

There! I've been there before!

Where? In Algeria?

No, in Djerba, with my parents.

Two weeks with Luxair Tours.

That's the last time I went on holiday with my parents.

I have two weeks off at Easter.

What a good idea.

I've never been anywhere really. Except for Blankenberghe.

- And Poland with the football team. - And in Lloret with your parents.

Nerja, what a nightmare!

The other day, I was thinking.

Since I've been working for the railway, I've done 6 to 8 two-way trips.

To Esch, Bettenbourd, Troisvierges...

200 to 300 km per day,

Five times a week. 46 weeks per year.

That's more than 400,000 km.

These past years, I've travelled 10 times around the earth

without ever going anywhere.

Poor dear! Good thing you have me.

Offside! Referee!

Good game!

- Who's that girl? - She works for us.

- She drives? - She cleans the offices.