Marriage Games (Mis'chakei Nisuim)

Yossi Banai

In a Yoel Zilberg film:

"Marital Games"

Oshik Levi

Yossi Polak

Dov Fridman

Good morning, Shalom. -Good morning.

Good morning, Samucha. -Good morning, good morning.

Good morning, Ovadiya. -Good morning.

Where's Dina? She's not in her room.

God help me. -Margalit, come here.

Why do you shove your nose into everything?

Haham Gamliel, everything's ready.

I'll be right there.

Fine. Come, come help me get up.

Shalom, where's the cane? Slowly, slowly.

Slowly, Shalom, slowly. Slowly, Shalom!

Once I used to have legs,

now, these legs near legs,

don't even resemble the hands. Slowly, Shalom. Shalom.

Come on, go, go, go.

Oh, Lord Almighty.

In merits of Abraham, lsaac and Jacob,

Make that all evil eyes leave,

and all calamities, and we shall say Amen.

Amen.

In the merit of Abraham, lsaac and Jacob, Lord oh Mighty,

Make so all evil eye should begone,

and all demons and all kinds of troubles and calamities,

that enter man's body, and let's say Amen.

Amen.

Hey, Nisim, Nisim.

Are you going to work? -Yes.

Can I go with you? -Fine, get up.

Thank you very much.

You're lucky I dropped by at home. -Good, thanks.

Praised be His name forever.

Look how pretty she is, your daughter.

She looks just like her mother, she should rest in peace.

Dina.

Dina!

Blessed who wakes the sleepers.

What are you laughing about, Bilam? She nearly broke my heart.

I thought she had...

Died. -God forbid. It shouldn't happen.

Haham Gamliel. -What?

She's crying. -Congratulations, never mind. Let her cry.

Maybe through the tears her fears will leave too.

Here, take a rock, Shalom. -Where should I take from?

As a parable, you idiot, a parable.

Take a rock. Does it cry?

No. Why? Because it's soulless.

What's with you, Dina, that you're crying like this in the morning?

Someone's coming. By the sound of it it's not the messiah.

Go see Shalom, go see.

Hello, Shalom.

How are you? -The same.

How is she? -She's giving him trouble, his daughter.

He just treated her against the evil eye.

Again? Let's go in.

Good morning, father. -Oh, good morning, Nisim.

What got in to you,

that you came to see if your old man still alive?

Lately you don't come by.

But, father, you know I work like an ass. -No.

There's a lot of work at the quarry But how are you? How's your health?

You see, Nisim, sitting around.

And how's she? -As usual, Nisim. -What's with you, Dina?

Don't waste your words, Nisim. She won't answer.

Talk to the door or talk to her, it's the same.

She was always odd.

But lately, man, it's as if the devil is deep inside her,

and doesn't show any signs of leaving.

You, if you'd find one of your friends,

who'd maybe marry her, we'd see the end of this.

Father, come on, Dina needs someone to find her a husband?

Look at her face, look how pretty, like an apple.

Yes, an apple,

but also an apple, if you leave it too long, Nisim, it rots.

Congratulations. Here, she's awake finally.

I'm going. -Wait, Dina, I'll escort you to the room.

Goodbye, father. -Goodbye. Come on, go. -Come on.

When will I see you? -Maybe still today, no promise.

Say hello to the manager, and invite him over for a cup of coffee.

Fine. I will, goodbye.

We see him only on holidays and on non-days.

Don't worry, Dina, everything will work out. Goodbye.

Get your eyes off of my sister, you horny... -What?

What? She's like the Sabbath candles to you. Do you understand?

Good morning, Schug. -Good morning, guys, what's doing?

Hi. -Hi. -Thank you very much, Nisim, goodbye.

What's going on inside there, guys?

Go inside, my friend, you'll get the medication before work.

Fine.

Hi, Uzi. -Hi, Nisim. What happened?

Of all days, today you come late, when we have a big explosion?

Everything's ready for explosion? - Everything's ready for explosion.

The coast is clear? -Yes.

I'm exploding in 1 0 seconds...

Come here, you.

I did some shopping today, I bought half of Jerusalem.

Hey, I have a surprise for you, I bought you...

A ring. -A ring? Well, you bought it for yourself.

Of course it's for me. I bought it, so what?

Look, I know that with a quarry worker's paycheck,

you can't afford to buy me a wedding band.

So I bought. When are you coming?

I don't know yet, I have to go somewhere. -Where?

One of the workers invited me over to his house.

Say, don't you have anything else to do?

What is it? -We still have a lot of arrangements. So what do you say?

Look, I'm just going to drop by for a few minutes, I must.

I don't want to heart his feelings.

Uzi, I'm home alone.

So don't make me wait. O.K.? -O.K.

And most importantly, is to keep the unity of the family.

Hello, Haham Gamliel. -Hello. On top she's covered with honey,

but if you stick you finger in a little deeper,

she's full of bitterness, troubles and agonies.

There are some of us, to our sorrow,

who got married, and still haven't reached the honey. Why?

Their barrel was upside down.

Good luck to you.

May God give you the dew of the heavens and the fat of the land,

and much wheat and wine. Congratulations. 1 0 lira.

Shalom.

Look who's coming. Hello, Nisim. -Hi, father. -Hi.

Never mind, never mind. -You asked me to invite the manager,

so here he is, his name is Uzi. -Nice to meet you.

Such a young manager. As it is said: "And a boy will rule them".

Sit down. -Thank you, we just came by for a moment.

Nisim learned from you to "drop by", never mind.

Meet this young couple. They're getting married next week.

Congratulations. -Thank you, you're invited to the ceremony.

Thank you very much.

You'll do them a great honor if you come.

We do weddings the right way, right father?

Sure, not like them, break a glass,

eat half of a dry chicken, and good-bye.

Ok, I'll do my best.

Goodbye, thank you very much. -Goodbye. And don't forget,

from this day on, your head is occupied with only one woman.

And alas if you look around. Goodbye.

Sit, sit. Shalom. -Thank you.

Would you like some coffee? -Thank you.

Thank you yes, or thank you, no? -Thank you, yes.

Shalom, you hear? The manager and his assistant want coffee.

How is Nisim as the assistant? -Nisim? He's fine.

By the way, he talks greatly of you.

Of me? Nisim? What do you tell them?

What's to tell, what? I didn't tell anything. -Only good things, really

that you understand everything, in medicine, psychology, pedagogy.

God forbid, me? Pedagogy? God forbid. No, no.

I'm a simple man, everything I know is from the book of books.

And what's not in it, is written in "Chapters of our Fathers".

Shalom. -What? -Where are you? -Here I am.

Please, give them first, help yourselves.

Come on, Nisim. -Forget it, I don't believe in these things.

Here, do you hear? He doesn't believe.

What do you care? What do you have to loose?

Give him your hand, you won't believe how accurate he is.

Ok, give me your hand.

Not this one, the other.

What do I see?

You... your father is...

Not alive. -No, ah, he passed away. That's it, it shows.

And your mother, she too...

She's abroad. -Abroad, yes, over the sea, over the sea.

One moment, wait.

Oh, what do I see here? A very, very interesting line.

I see here a wedding very soon.

Precisely. Did you tell him? -Me? No way.

So, how did you know?

What's there to know, everything is written here.

Listen, it's fantastic. I'm really about to get married shortly.

My girlfriend even bought the rings.

How's that, you girlfriend bought the rings?

It's not good, it brings bad luck.

I don't believe in that sort of things. -Never mind.

With time, your wits will come, and belief will come as well.

Nisim, maybe we'll go inside, eat something?

Uzi? -No. Thank you, really, I must go.

Another time, father. -Ok, goodbye. It was a pleasure.

Nisim, give your father a hand.

Slowly, slowly. Slowly, slowly.

Come in, come sometimes, our home is always open. -Thank you.

Uzi, wait a second, I'm helping my father in. -Ok.

Slowly, Nisim. Slowly. One moment.

Uzi. -Who's that?

Why? -She's pretty.

Sure she's pretty. She's my sister. Come.

Hello.

What do you want? -To talk with the wise-one.

Fine, come in.

Hello, Haham Gamliel. -Hello to you, Schug.

Why are you dressed so fancy?

I... -Sit, sit.

Shalom.

I came to speak with you, Haham Gamliel.

I feel here, in my heart...