It All Begins at Sea (Hakol Mat'hil Bayam)

July August Productions Presents

A film by Eitan Green

"It All Begins At Sea"

Scene One: The Sea

Ow. It's hot. Ow!

Boy, it's hot.

What are you laughing about?

It's like fire!

I've never felt anything so hot.

It's quite pleasant over here. -Right... pleasant.

Here, Give that to me.

Let's stay here. This is good. -Where? -Here, where we are.

Just like that? Here? Why? -Why not?

There's Tuvia. I knew he'd be here today.

Come here, you piece of shit.

Get out of the water, there's an undercurrent.

Hey, you shithead!

I don't like it here. Let's move. -But why? Tuvia's here!

What's so great about that? He's an animal.

Why? He's fun. He takes the kids out on his surfboat and everything.

"Everything"? What's "everything"?

That's exactly the reason I don't want to stay here. Let's go.

What's wrong with that Tuvia guy?

He likes children too much. -So what? I do too. What's wrong with that?

He's a homo. He takes the kids out to sea on his surfboat

and God knows what he does with them out there.

Here. This is great. And there's hardly any people here. -Great.

Come on, Noah.

You're pitching the tent already? Wait, let's enjoy the water.

We'll pitch the tent, it'll be more comfortable.

"More comfortable," sure. You'll just lie down inside and go to sleep.

Why can't we enjoy the water for once?

What are you getting upset about?

I'm fed up with your arguing. Always arguing. About everything.

You're fed up? Really? You know what? Give me the mattress,

I'm fed up with all of you and I want to go in the water.

Dad, can you inflate the mattress for me, please?

Give it to me, I'll finish it up.

Here, give it to me. It's alright. Thank you.

No. -What do you mean, "no"?

Apologize.

I'm sorry. I'm a little upset today, I don't even know why.

Thank you.

They have the whole beach but they have to come here?

Yehuda! Come on, let's start working on the tent.

Udi, come and help.

Udi, three pieces, each one inside another makes one pole.

I don't understand this.

No! It's... You hold it there, just like that.

Give this to Dad. -Give it to me, here.

Hello, excuse me for interrupting.

My name is Eduardo. Eduardo Shiffer. -Hello.

I'd like to ask you something, if that's alright? -Sure.

Are you from around here? -Yes, l mean, I'm originally from Jerusalem,

but my wife is from here. -I'm from here. -We all are.

I'd like to know what do you call this beach.

Barnea. Barnea beach. That's what everyone calls it.

Great, and why do you come here, specifically, if I may ask?

Because it's isolated, quiet. My wife likes this beach.

Dad, look! -Hello, my beauty. Come here, come here.

That's all she's interested in, brides.

She thinks a groom will come from the sea so she's ready.

It was in some book she read. -Udi!

Udi, come in.

Come in, the water's great. -Come over afterwards, okay, Udi?

What's wrong, Udi? What are you looking at? Get in already.

But be careful, Udi. Noah, let's continue working on the tent.

It's fun here, isn't it? -Yes, it is.

But maybe later we can go back to the other beach?

To that Tuvia guy? No way.

Did you know that his brother is the strongest man in Ashkelon?

Really? How do you know? -Benny told me.

He was the national wrestling champion.

But Tuvia is stronger than him.

Sorry. -That's okay, nothing happened.

Wow... you know, you're a very pretty bride.

Who's the groom? -Dad.

Great. You know, the best place to play is between Dad and the water.

Go Tell your Mom.

Aren't we drifting away a little?

Yehuda!

Yehuda!

Dad!

Look where they got to.

Dad!

Yehuda!

Dad! -We think your wife is drowning.

I saw first.

Wait here and call for help.

Dina, Yehuda's coming. Yehuda's coming, Dina.

Don't worry. He'll be there in a second. Everything will be all right.

Why did you come here, Yehuda? -What do you mean, why?

I wanted you to call for help. Now what? You'll drown with us?

You can hardly swim.

Fine, never mind. Just rest.

There's no air in the mattress. It's losing air.

But You've just inflated it!

You're right, there must be a hole somewhere.

We inflated it at home too,

and when we got here it was already out of air.

Noah!

Noah, get a lifeguard!

Noah! -Just relax, I'll go in. You stay here.

You didn't tell me your son doesn't know how to swim.

He's her husband, not my son. -Take this.

Look how beautifully Dad swims.

Like a swan.

He won't make it, it's too far. He'll drown too.

Why would you say a thing like that.

Thank you. -Thank you so much.

Thank you. -There isn't enough air in the mattress.

We know. It's losing air. There's a hole somewhere.

Come on, kick together with me towards the beach.

Come on.

We're not moving.

There's an undercurrent here.

Yes I feIt it, it was nice at first.

Maybe just take the boy? -What?!

We'll manage.

Come, Udi.

Hold him tight, Udi. -Come. Hold on tight.

I'll get someone.

Thank you very much. -Be careful!

Hold on to my shoulders. Good.

Good.

Wait, wait, not my neck. -The shoulders, Udi.

Not my neck, not my neck. -Careful, Udi.

The shoulders, Udi, not the neck. The shoulders!

The shoulders, not the neck... -not the ne... Udi, not the neck!

Udi!

Udi!

Udi!

What are you doing? -What are you doing?

Oh my God, Yehuda! -He almost killed me! What's wrong with him?

Do something, Yehuda.

Udi! Udi!

Udi! I dove underwater I couldn't find you anywhere.

Mom, enough. Dad, stop it. I'm fine.

Udi... I was so scared.

He almost drowned you, that idiot.

What will we do, Yehuda? Are we just going to drown out here?

Stop it, Dina, we will be fine.

We're all here now. That's all that matters.

Look. The mattress isn't losing air anymore.

Lifeguard!

Over there, over there!

There's Tuvia!

Tuvia! -Tuvia! Tuvia!

You don't care that it's that Tuvia guy? -Now? Here?

He could be Muammar Kaddafi for all I care. -Right.

Tuvia! -Tuvia! -Tuvia!

That's not Tuvia. It's Rafi, his new assistant.

Rafi! -Rafi!

Rafi! -Rafi!

There he is! There he is!

Here!

Dina! -Stay clear! Stay clear! Let her breathe. -Dina!

What happened? -We got off and she fainted.

It's okay he knows what he's doing, She'll be okay and up in a minute.

How do you know? -Trust me, I know.

Go and rest too. Take your son to lie down in the tent.

He's not my son, he's her husband. Come on, Yehuda.

Wait, what about Dina? -She'll be okay, they're taking care of her.

I'll take the tent down It will take a minute.

What are you talking about, Noah? "Take down the tent? "

That's Tuvia, the head lifeguard. -What's going on, kid?

It's my mother. -Let me, Rafi.

Excuse me, whose girl is this?

I'm sorry, she's mine, I'm sorry.

That's my groom! Dressed in white, just like in the book.

No, sweetie. A groom is all dressed in white, shirt and trousers as well.

Is she also your family? -No.

You trying to drive me crazy? -It's Tuvia, he just resuscitated you.

Pleased to meet you, I'm Dina Goldstein.

A pleasure, Tuvia.

How do you feel? -Better now, thank you.

Thank you very much. I'll just sit here for a while.

The sea is dangerous. -Yes, I know. It won't happen again, I'm sorry.

It's about time you learned how to swim, kid.

Rafi, take the surfboat back.

I told you not to go in. -No you didn't,

you motioned with your head for me to go in.

And you know what? I almost died out there. -What did it feel like?

Nothing, nothing at all. I wasn't even scared.

We'll send him to swimming classes, right?

Yes, he has to learn how to swim.

Scene Two:. The Wall

Enough already, stop it!

What's going on?

Enough already.

Come on, everyone!

Hey, Udi. Can you sing in Japanese?

Shut up, Humi, you idiot. Screw you. -And in French?

Yes, sure. But now it's in Serbian. -Serbian? -Yes, Serbian.

Hey, Benny. How can you see the strings with those glasses?

Shut up, who do you think you are? You bastard.

Udi...! -Why do you stick up for that blind idiot?

He's a tattle. He... -I told you to shut up, shithead.

Right, enough. -Come over here!

What's wrong with you? -Fuck him, what do you care?