Eastern Wind (חמסין)

A film by D. Wachsman & J. Lifshin

HAMSIN

Shlomo Tarshish - Yassin Shawapp

Hemda Levy - Ruth Geller

Director of Photography: D. Gurfinkel

Music by Raviv Gazit

Script by D. Wachsman, D. Verete, J. Lifshin

Produced by Jacob Lifshin

Directed by Daniel Waschsman

So, they want to confiscate lands...

How d'you know?

For 3 days they've surveyed the area.

So what?

Why do you think they are here?

To confiscate lands.

Fuck the government...

- Did you put oil in? - Yeah.

- How much? - 100 Shekels.

The bull was seen on Isaac's field.

He did some damage there.

Must’ve been thirsty, looked for water.

Come on...

My father looked for a heifer once...

For 3 days...didn't find her.

She came back on her own.

So what shall we do, wait for him?

Let's go and find him.

Gedaliah, look! Smoke!

That's the surveyors' shed.

The pasture's in danger!

Don't get any closer! I warn you!

Let go, Gedaliah! Let go!

Get up! Get up!

Get in!

Stop it...

Let him go, Gedaliah...

Get back to the village!

What's got into you? Are you mad?

That was nothing...just the beginning.

Get out of here.

- Hello, Yussuf. - Let's go.

It will be okay.

God, it's going from bad to worse...

Thanks. I won't forget what you've done.

Is it that bad?

That's no way to talk to a big brother.

What can we do, fight the government?

Yes we can. Why not?

Enough blood was shed for this land.

It's ours, we don’t want to give it away.

The Birmanns are not the government.

Their cattle grazes on our lands.

They're our neighbors.

Me and the late Moshe, we were friends...

And Gedaliah is Moshe's son.

He just wants to take our lands...

He'll shake your hand and throw you out!

Seen anything suspicious lately?

I'm in charge of this enquiry.

- Hello, Kedem. - How are you?

Treated us well, your buddy...

Seen a fire around here lately?

- He said somebody set fire to... - No.

Ho w about him? Did he see anything?

No. He wasn’t here when it happened.

Don't you fool around with me, y'hear?

Who're you trying to fool?

Let me conduct this enquiry, O.K.?

What enquiry are you talking about?

He spends all his time with his cattle.

If he’d seen anything, he’d tell.

Listen, I've got nothing against him...

but he was seen near that shed, right?

What's the matter with you, anyway?

The whole valley belonged to his father...

so it's none of your business!

I'm not talking about just this place.

I'm talking about the whole area.

He knows. A house, and another house.

Then we'll have another Arab village...

You've got to help us, got it?

What village? Stop bullshitting...

This is my pasture, it's private.

I have a lease on this land.

A lease, eh?

You won’t have one by next summer.

I'm going to see to it personally!

What did you bring the police here for?

Taking the law in your hands? Get out!

Not for us to decide whose land it is.

Not you, and not you...

Not even me, as far as I know...

So you didn't see anything?

- O.K. - Take care!

Kedem, drop by sometime!

Want to buy the lands, Gedaliah?

Use your name, man!

The Birmanns are somebody.

How much are they asking for?

A million, 2 million?

Let's buy the land together...

Just so they won't build a settlement...

and you won't have their men around!

Let's make it a joint purchase.

Say, what's a friend for?

What good am I to you?

Is it just to get you forage?

Or drive the workers over?

What am I here for?

Let's do something together, for once...

Need someone to finish that cow-shed?

I'm doing it alone.

You know, if the government...

...has decided to confiscate the land...

...it'll do so by force, in spite of us.

Yussuf, if you sell me the land...

nobody'll be able to take it.

My cattle's on your land already.

I'll fence it up to establish a fact.

And the avocado will be ours.

The fruit goes fifty-fifty,

same as every year. Don't worry.

In God's blessing.

God willing...

There's Mrs. Birmann. Good day to you.

Good day to you too. Please sit down.

- No need to get up for me. - Thank you.

By God, I've grown old...

Bless your hands...

You’re still young, bless you...

I wish I were.

Thank you very much, Abu-Yussuf.

Sweet...sweet...

Honey gives long life...

In God’s will... how's the family?

They’re fine, thank God.

The wife's content, kids've grown up...

so now we can rest.

Gedaliah's grown up too.

He 's a man now, took his father's place.

May God watch over him for you...

Hava!

- How are you? - Great. And you?

Fine. Say hello to everybody.

How do you do?

And now your brother.

Hello, Gedaliah.

- How did you come? - On the 5 o'clock bus.

I'm hot. I'm going to take a shower.

- Go... - See you later.

Beautiful...she's a big girl now.

May you rejoice in her wedding.

Not so fast...

She should finish her studies first.

She studies music, in Jerusalem.

I wish her luck.

Leave the tractor in the yard.

Look, if I buy,

at least you'll get some money for it.

You've got to hurry, believe me.

Don't you worry.

You know the surveyors work fast.

They draw maps, mark everything...

We've got to hurry before it's too late.

If there's no land - there's no deal.

Don't worry. If it weren't for you,

I wouldn't even dream of selling.

I know that, Yussuf.

Gedaliah, what's going on?

It's all right, Viko.

Don't worry, it'll be okay.

Time's short. We've got to close it,

fix the price. Talk with your father.

- Good night. - Good night.

So, how do you get along with them?

With them I have no problem.

I see the whole clan was here.

Yeah. Finished with the tractor?

No, I need a few more hours.

You can take it in the morning.

Thanks a lot.

Say, Hava's become a real beauty.

What's she going to do now?

Is she staying here or what?

I don't know. Haven't talked to her yet.

- I'm off. - See you, Gidi.

Haled, did you feed the mare?

She ate.

So you hired yourself a worker...

Yeah. He's okay, knows his job.

I'm going to get lots of cattle,

build a shed, they'll be jealous here.

I've been to grandfather's house.

It's really in a terrible condition.

You can hardly see it for the thorns.

Yeah, part of the roof caved in.

It's past saving.

Yeah, but it's a pity, you know...

I could make it into a cozy place...

You talk as if you mean to stay long.