The first 200 lines.
A film by Lior Har-Lev
Dear people.
I'm leaving you today
and going on a journey of thousands of light-years.
Unfortunately, when I get back,
you all will be gone.
On the 23rd of May
the present cycle of human civilization will come to an end.
Many archeological findings attest to this end
and the signs are already visible.
But most of you prefer to ignore them.
In a few days I will leave you and go...
Eddie... Eddie... copy?
Roger, Eddie here.
Get over to Gate 7, please. - Roger. Over.
Hey, Vlad.
What's up, champ?
Vadim.
You're coming to my going-away party, right?
On Thursday, before the shift?
Don't forget. We'll make a toast, have some snacks.
It'll be cool.
WE ARE NOT ALONE
Yes, sweetie. It's Daddy. Daddy.
Yes.
Of course, sweetie!
Yes.
You made cinnamon cookies?
Lots and lots of cinnamon cookies. Yes.
You know how much I love you?
More than that.
When I get home tonight I'll taste the cinnamon cookies.
No, when I get home tonight. Okay.
Bye. See you later.
Are you crazy? What are you doing?
I'm doing a security check.
You call this a security check? Just fuck me and get it over with!
But I don't want to fuck you.
Do you have a weapon?
How are you feeling, Eddie?
In what way?
Come closer.
Let me see.
Does that hurt? - No.
And now? - Uh... yes.
Now it hurts.
Watch out for people.
All right.
Learn to keep your distance.
Hmm?
No one can see you here, man.
There are no cameras here.
Come take another balloon, Eddie.
Sit down. Cool. Chill.
The problem with you, Eddie...
is that for such a long time people have been looking at you
without really seeing you
that you've started to believe you're transparent. Invisible.
But you aren't invisible, Eddie.
Those clothes? They're camouflage. - Camouflage?
Exactly. Camouflage. You're... a lizard.
Yes, yes. You're a chameleon.
Sort of.
What's so funny?
You're the lizard.
No.
No, no, no, Eddie.
I'm not a lizard.
I want people to see me.
I have aspirations and dreams...
Dreams... and aspirations
I have dreams and aspirations, too.
What do you dream of? - I...
I dream that after the world is destroyed
and our culture comes to an end,
I'll start the next cycle and it'll be...
Everything will be... you know...
all new, and me and everybody...
It'll be different.
It'll be totally different, it'll be much better.
I don't get it.
There are these statues.
Where? - On Easter Island.
They just stand there
and stare at the sky.
Waiting.
I want to be an actor.
Mr. Eddie?
Eggroll, wonton soup, beef noodles? - Yes. Thank you.
Come. Come, please.
Eggroll, wonton soup, beef noodles? - Sit. Sit.
Eggroll. Wonton soup. Beef noodles! - It's good.
I need money for take-away!
Yes, yes, I'm at the location, Niso.
I'm right there.
Okay, just don't mess up again.
Of course. You can count on me 100%. - Let go!
Let it go!
Leave me alone, you pervert!
Excuse me, did you call security? - Get her away from me!
Nutcase...
Well, I'm not sure what you did...
Get her out of here! - I'm explaining to her. One second.
Excuse me, sir? Keep going!
What are you looking at?
Well? - I'm dealing with it.
Well? Come on.
Say...
do you mind walking? I'm getting tired.
Thank you.
This way.
Eddie? - Yes.
Is that short for Edward?
Are you a descendant of the English royal family?
No.
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Well, this is Park-3.
Where are you parked?
Hey!
Hey!
Eddie, do you hear me? Behind you!
Behind the pole!
Go on, move!
Lady, this isn't fair.
Is everything okay?
You aren't really hurt, right?
Get in your car and go home, okay?
Lady, don't make trouble.
I don't have a car and I don't have a home, either.
You don't have a home?
No.
What do you mean?
My mother died five months ago.
Cancer of the pancreas.
I'm sorry.
A month later... boom.
My father died.
The exact same disease.
Symmetrical death. - Wow.
Do you have any...
family, friends, relatives...
anyone who can help you?
No. - No.
Now do you see why I'm giving you such a hard time, Edward?
Yes.
It's just...
All right, I'll tell you what we'll do.
You're going to leave the mall now...
and come back in 15 minutes through Gate 5.
What?
The cameras there are being repaired.
"...There are those who are observing us from above.
Who have always been watching us
Dear reader...
We are not alone.
From the dawn of history the human race has been graced
with visitations of more advanced civilizations.
The great stone statues of Easter Island
are a message they left behind.
Here is where you must wait.
On the designated date we will return in order to give you a chance
to begin anew.
Lady!
I'm asking you, please step back behind the safety rail!
The safety rail was installed here for the customer's safety.
Is it because of your parents?
The symmetrical cancer... And all that?
Edward? Is that you?
Yes.
What's up?
Couldn't be better.
I know that feeling!
Maybe it doesn't show now, but I've also been through times when...
I didn't have anyone to talk to.
No one to take care of me.
I don't need taking care of, okay?
Okay, okay.
Do you mind if we say goodbye now? - Yes! I mind very much!
I'm not leaving here until you come down.
Do you really want to save me, Edward? - Yes!
I'm giving you the count of ten...
Ten...
nine...
eight...
seven...
six...
five...
four...
three...
two... one... boom.
Where are you going? - Home.
I thought you didn't have one.
Well, thanks for saving my life and all that.
You're my knight in shining armor, okay?
Now get lost.
Well, then...
You know...
sometimes...
life can get a little rough...
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