The Cyclist (بایسیکل ران)

Your wife is a disease collection.

Take her to a well-equipped hospital.

She can be cured only at this address.

Do you have any money on you?

No.

lt's a dead person's blood pressure!

We have to run a bunch of tests to make a diagnosis

lf she dies before then, it's not my fault.

Sign here.

You have no other choice. Sign it.

THE CYCLlST

A thousand a night for the room. l gave you a discount, so it comes to 500.

Three hundred for the service and oxygen.

The tests, operation and doctors fees will be charged on a separate sheet.

You have to pay a night in advance. How much are you going to put down now?

This is Afghan money, my friend. Here, take it back.

This is for tonight.

We'll tend her for now until you get the money.

l'm going to exchange the money and get Ayas' address.

l'll see you tonight.

l suppose you need to be given a chance. Do you have the guts?

He's a daredevil, but he's not into illegal things.

Nobody is.

One is not born a criminal.

But later on they can develop a taste for it. Then their path is set.

Can you drive trucks

or be a co-driver?

He's a bicyclist.

He won a prize once, riding for a few days.

He gave me shelter when l was smuggled past the border.

Well, l don't know much about these things.

What are you going to do? Are you going with him?

Don't worry. l'll take care of Jomeh.

l'll go change the oil. You'll stay with us tonight, won't you?

You work like a dog, but to no avail.

l shouldn't tell you this, but your wife is gonna die in this poverty...

unless you strike gold at the bottom of a well.

l'm going back to well-digging.

l want to go with Ayas.

l'm going to leave him in your care.

Ayas is gone. He came to see you half an hour ago.

Police! Police!

He hasn't found a good job yet. He's a recent immigrant, a foreigner.

You've got two days to make it happen. lf you do, you do.

Otherwise, it's not my fault.

He dug six meters yesterday.

lt's rocky ground, and they won't pay more than 50 a meter to the Afghans.

Let's go. We'll think of something by tonight.

Drop in on that Bozkeshy festival today. Everyone looking for laborers goes there.

Come on.

Pull forward.

Stop! Stop! Stop! Someone's under the bus! He's trying to commit suicide.

Why are you sleeping under the bus? What's wrong with you?

Here, take this. Get out of here.

Find yourself a safer occupation.

l need two well-diggers and two workmen at 50 a day.

Two well-diggers for 50.

Wait a minute. Where do you think you're going?

l'm not gonna dig an oil well! l only need two workers!

Get down! Aren't you coming down?

Since you're not coming down, l'll take two workmen at 30.

l don't need more than two.

Come on, come on.

Pull forward.

Wait! Someone's under the bus!

Come on, come on.

Get up!

Pull him up!

You say you need a lot of money, and you need it fast.

Grab the horse. Grab the horse.

Here. Take it for a walk. Work up a nice sweat.

l have to think.

We're having another cycling race in six months. You can enter it.

He's in a hurry. His wife is dying.

Let's see. ls this man really a champion Afghan cyclist?

He once rode three days around the clock.

With these kinds of people, l could start a circus again.

Are you ready to start a one-man circus?

Never mind. Turn around. l've got an idea.

l'm starting to like him.

How many days and nights can he stay on a bike?

The poor guy is desperate. He'll do anything you say.

l need... l need to consult with someone.

Come back tonight and l'll have an answer for you.

How many days... How many days can you ride anyhow?

How many days?

Three days?

How about five days?

Can you do it for a week?

Are you mute?

What am l gonna say?

Bravo! Bravo, number 10! Push that gas pedal all the way down.

Number 15, what the hell are you doing?

Get moving!

l've got to talk to you privately.

Again you're coming to see me at the wrong time.

But this will make you happy.

Or l can tell the others and make them happy.

What's your proposal?

l've found a real desperate guy. He was made to bet on.

He's a former champion.

Bravo, number 10. Bravo, number 10.

Push the gas pedal all the way down.

Are you sure he's for real?

Yes, he's the real thing.

He was a long-distance cycling champion.

He's got a three-day record. His wife is dying. He's willing to circle even for a week.

How are you going to manage it so that nobody finds out l have a hand in it?

- How do l know... - l've never gotten you in trouble, have l?

Have you been waiting a long time?

What a profit l made in that business.

This is the warehouse where l keep all my stuff.

Where did l put it?

This is the glorious silk lndian ticket.

l made a lot of money off this.

There was a time when l was a man of importance.

Now l'm just an ordinary man.

There's a bike. Go get it.

A change of tires and an oil job will put it back in shape.

Hey, kid, be careful with the bike! Stop wrestling with it!

The glorious lndian circus. This Afghan does wonders.

His name is Nasim, or Breeze, but he resembles a typhoon.

He rides the bicycle blindfolded.

This man right here... Don't mess around there. Get back.

He stopped a train in lndia with the fierceness of his gaze.

ln Pakistan he lifted a couple of bulls with one finger.

Get up. Go back to work.

And this time, he's going to ride and live on a bicycle

for seven days around the clock.

Get with it, mister.

You're going to miss it. The ticket is half price the first day.

My dear lady... Oh, you don't want a ticket.

These people, they can't even applaud. Give me that hammer.

ls this the place where someone's gonna commit suicide?

Hey, wait a minute. You've got to pay double for peddling.

The best circus in the Middle East!

The Afghan hero has been on this bicycle blindfolded since this morning.

Don't judge him on his looks. He's defeated Russian champions.

He's got to relieve himself now. He should drink less tea and liquids.

Don't hold it toward yourself, man.

Don't stare at him. He's shy.

Nutcrackers! Flints! Fans and coal-blowers.

Come on, folks. Get your kebob-sticks.

Fortune-telling! Palm-reading!

Your ticket, ma'am. Ticket.

l bet two million he couldn't.

l bet on my feelings, but we'll settle it later.

You call in a referee. l'll pay your rent as well.

Go sit down.

Call for an ambulance. l'll get the governor's permission.

l've brought you here to learn a lesson in life.

ln life you'll reach a point where you'll have to choose one of two paths:

stealing and crime, or an honest living to survive.

Now, we all praise this respectable man with flowers

and applaud him for his health.

Thank you. Anything you can do to get more people out here.

Here, keep this for now.

- Hi. - Hello.

Hello, Boo-Boo.

Ateh is fine. He's on a bicycle.

A lot of people have come to see him. He's getting paid to ride a bike.

Good-bye, Boo-Boo. Ateh's waiting.

You're lucky.

l see wealth in your future.

Right here is good. Put the table and umbrella there.

Wow. This is really nice.

That's why they suffer from unknown diseases.

Urinate in this.

Here, here.

lnto this, please. Get rid of the urine. A little into this tube.

Don't spill it!

Boo-Boo's fallen off the bed.

My salt.

Boo-Boo's leftovers.

Here, eat.

Don't give to, or take anything from, him. What he needs is restoratives.

l only gave him a cup of tea. He needs it.

My opposing camp is doping him. He's not supposed to give him anything.

How do l know there's no morphine in it? Makes him energetic.

He's got to eat something after all. Come here and control him with it as well.

You go get a doctor. We'll feed him every other meal.

His urine test is fine.

lf you could give him a shot of B-complex when feeding him, he'll get more energy.

Let's go.

How long are we going to stay here, Doctor?

Our job is to knock him out.

lf he drinks this, we won't have to stay here tonight.

lt's the second day that this Afghan...

lt's the second day that this Afghan is riding.

This man right here stopped a train in lndia with the fierceness of his gaze.

You've suffered all your life. You are really hopeless.

You wish you were young and could start all over again.

We've brought you needy old folks here

to see that one's prosperity is deeply within his inner self.

Let's close our eyes and inspire ourselves

with the idea that we are truly fortunate and really hopeful.

We are truly fortunate. We are very hopeful.

We are truly fortunate. We are very hopeful.

You've suffered a lot during your lifetime.

Someone is dying! Someone is dying!