halt! lizard come in come on hi, there! hello, mr. reza mesghali at your service your record is really a mess that's life!
it seems we have tospend a lot of time together the rest of your life to be exact excuse me, mr. mojavez but i am not staying here long,they've made a mistake really! i've got me a lawyer, i've appealed you have asked for an appeal, of course! whatever... you know, sir i ain'tinto armed robbery and all that! no stealin' and no drinkin'in the holy months
i've never even held a blowgun in my life - i've been framed- are you finished? i don't know you, do l? i refer to the case in front of mewhich says you're a disturbed person it tells me you've been imprisonedseveral times for different crimes but you have never reformed it tells me that youare a danger to society - yeah, but...- don't interrupt me, son! i stated the facts
- but i think you're a good person- cool, man! everyone is good even an armed robber like you don't interrupt me! do you know why people go on diet? well, to get thinner to get thinner and for their health i believe we have to go ona diet for our spiritual health so this is not a prison,and i am not the prison warden
- it's a spiritual clinic- wow! and you are patients who come here togain your spiritual health through my diet i will send you to heaveneven if i have to use force - what was so funny about that?- nothing the part about how you wannasend us to heaven was a little cute! yes, it sounds strange, but it can be done provided that you followthe spiritual diet i prescribe although it is not so easy soldier! take our friendto the solitary confinement!
why to the solitary? first, so you do not interrupt me again second, so you do not laugh at my words and third, because solitaryis good for people like you you will thank me later take him away mr. mesghali! welcome to your new home oh heaven, may you get struck by pity so
may your heart fills with pain till you blow - how long you're in for, colonel?- take your hand off! and if for a second, you feel the pain you will crumble and go insane keeps asking questions! hi, there are you done? come on get out... get going
oh, the poor thing is stuck! hey, can't you get it loose? i tried, but my shirt got torn, look then shoot it andput it out of its misery i've gotta answer for my bullets otherwise i'd shoot ten crows a day if you don't shoot it,i'll come up and set it free come up? how? - the wall- this wall? how?
- i'll grab it and climb up- bullshit! - i'll bet you- i'll take the bet - how much do you bet?- tonight's dinner - okay- okay making bets? hello! i am willing to make a bet betting in itself isn't wrongso long as it doesn't turn into gambling so you say you can climbthis wall without a ladder?
well, yeah so we will make a betin front of these friends if you climb this wall, you won'tdo any chores for a whole week and if you don't, you'll spendanother week in solitary, how's that? you can't! it's impossible i'm in - go on and show what you can do- he's lyin' with your permission go! go! right on, man! come on up!
he climbs like spiderman hey bro, don't take it too farwhen we smile at you for five minutes get down now well done thanks man you won the bet and did a good deed take him to the solitary solitary? are you kiddin'? no, you are going to the solitaryto quit the bad habit of climbing
especially climbing prison walls you coward! no, i'm not going back on my word you can rest for a wholeweek, but in the solitary don't make any noise your appeal was rejected you're going to be our guestfor a long time, get inside i said get inside i fell in love with my wifethe first time i saw her
but when i stopped lovin'her, she stopped breathin' now i like you for now! you're an important guy don't worry about the bunks you take the bottom one and i'll take the top, i'm so tired not from there, can't yousee i've cleaned it! from here i changed my mind, i'll takethe bottom bunk, you take the top one
that side is still clean you seem angry with me! you guys don't understand i only want to cure you believe me it's a difficult task do you know how? how what? to pray? well yeah, but i've forgotten
everyone's forgotten ain't nothing to it, just bend down... a mosque is no place forthis behavior, remember that get up come on!! get inside come on! from now on it's going to be like this why don't you eat? if my late wife could cooklike this, she'd be alive now!
okay, it ain't the end of the world you should thank godyou've got your health would you rather be free but have no...? he's killin' me oh my god, he's killin' me it was my fault, i started it, should i go? - where?- to the solitary no, son all inmates who are sentencedto life are rowdy at first
but soon they get used to it i hope it will be a happy life together sit down, son, sit down and eat take this one to the solitary let's go - he said that one- move my teardrops fell my eyes became seas in my teardrops your shadow appeared
colonel, let me clean your glasses mind your own business,get on with your work! go to hell with it, i'll appeal again - what are you doing?- nothin' are you going to kill yourself!? i said i ain't doin' nothin' look the other way, put that glass away i said i ain't gonna do nothin',go and watch soccer
so you can go kill yourselfin peace? i won't let you damn it, leave me alone you coward, suicide is a sin if you take one more pill,i'll kill you with my own hands look what you did? i cut my arm you cut it? where? here! hello, brother
hello looks like you were veryhopeless to want to... say whatever you want,but don't preach me i didn't intend to preach you i just wanted to say that atsuch times you may rely on god rely on god for what? i live like a dog, i get no respect they beat me on the head and then they say rely on god
the heaven and hell that everyone says... sorry to interrupt, butheaven and hell are nonsense it's for foolin' folks like you and me they say these things to fool us who? the mullahs of course the mullahs havebad and good among them too yeah, they bought thegood ones at a high price they're waitin' to sell'em in the right season
colonel, you didn't tell mehow long you've been here? ah! how many times do you ask? get going look at these muscles, dude get inside i see you are much better today my health doesn't getany better or worse sorry about this man,we didn't have any empty beds it's okay! actually webecame friends right away our friend has a lot ofrespect for the clergy
oh, how nice goodbye i'm really ashamed, sir why?there is no need for you to be ashamed well, sometimes when you're upset,you've gotta cuss at someone and who better than us, mullahs? my name is reza my name's reza too you know, hajji
if i hadn't seen your clothes,i'd never think you're a mullah how come? your hands don't looklike the hands of a mullah because being a mullahis not my profession what d'ya mean? i'm a plaster-moulder,traditional plaster-molding it's my forefathers' profession - is that possible?- why not? man is worthy of honorfor his soul and humanity
beautiful attire do not reflect his worth right on, man! humanity! how is it, doc? good, i think you canbe released tomorrow but, doc, i ain't feelin' well yeti feel weak, my arm hurts do you want me to recommendthat you stay here for a week? i'd appreciate that no way, i'll tell them to take you tomorrow i don't wanna go back to that hell-hole
if i go back, i'll cut my artery have you lost hope again, reza? do you know what, hajji? even if there is a helli'll end up in the worst part of it no, dear brother! there are as many ways toreach god as there are people what? i said there are as many waysto reach god as there are people what does that mean?
it means that god doesn'tclose all his doors on his people don't lose hope excuse my language, but do youmullahs have to preach all the time? no, we're not the only ones who preach listen! people buy everything from stores but since there are nostores that sell friends they can't buy friendsand they feel lonely if you want a friend, tame me
he asked: what does tame mean? the fox said: it means make me love you and this is something thatis totally forgotten nowadays he asked: how can i do that? the fox said: you have tohave patience, a lot of patience so they've got preachersall over the world then that's right, my dear brother say hi to him for me peace be upon you too...
i'll take a shower beforethey come to get you i had a great time hajji i had never hung outwith a cool mullah before i had a great time too i had never hung aroundwith a cool prisoner like you before - hello, hajji- peace be upon you fereshteh street! damn it! fereshteh street?
i didn't wanna trouble you no trouble, hajji,we owe you a lot more than this thank you, i've beenhangin' there for a long time yes, people have become very bad,they have no respect any more unfortunately, that's how it is dear brother, this is the wrong way what wrong way, hajji? this isa reserved lane for special traffic and i have a special passenger hello? hello? yes? i'm coming
i'll be there in two minutes i'm taking a shortcut oh fine, now the cops are here registration and drivers license hello, officer hajji is in a hurry, and that'swhy we came this way, hajji hello, officer, how are you? we apologize and promiseit won't happen again it better not happen again, go ahead
pardon me, but fereshtehstreet is not this way! oh! fereshteh? hajji, i thought you said ferdowsi sorry, but i'm late and i haveto make a turn here, i'm sorry no problem have you heard the poem mother took me by the handand taught me to walk? this two g's for ferdowsi street this two for fereshteh streetand two for the one way street
you left your wallet in my pocket! yes? all right! are you brother jackson? you are under arrest for smugglingand purchasing stolen goods - uh! hajji you are making a mistake!!- you jackass! it's me! reza! you idiot! what's this? i've become his hollyness mullah reza so everything's cool?
i don't have to say it again now! i don't want him to get into any trouble bye! is he a cool dude? this mahmoud motazediis sharper than you think don't look at his age he can forge passports that even the passport office...can't tell if it's original or fake his hang out is mozafari teahouse
he'll pick you up at the train station you'll just get your passportit's all been paid for thanks a lot, man for instance, one of the uniquecapabilities used in the internet is chatting internet, chat, multimedia what are you talking about? mullahs don't talk like this - look! then what's this?- this is an exception you better talk like regular mullahs
look! we will continue our discussion ofsalvation in ultimate darkness... by reviewing the movie pulp fiction jackson, they talk about everything like this... what didhe say? pul fiction? - pulp fiction- what does it mean? it's the name of a movie,eat your dinner as tarantino says: i wantto be where god wants me what a hell raiser! god bless him
hey, hajji, your turban is backwards! shove off... god bless you all give my regards to your mother! welcome, hajji, peace be upon you peace and god's mercy be upon you please come this way you should be comfortable here i'm flattened by your kindness
god willing, during the trip,we will use your grace's presence yes, yes, may god accept what! peace and god's mercyand benevolence be upon you hajji, is it okay with you if a passengersits here temporarily, until the next station? - please, no problem- go on in i'm really sorry, there wereno empty family compartments and i thought next to you wouldbe the safest place for these ladies yes, they'll be safe here
they will only botheryou until the next station what bother? it's an honor please sit down, lady - forgive me, hajji- no problem my legs were falling off from movingfrom one compartment to another yes! what can i say, hajji? he was this big, buthis... was only this big oh, my god! what are you saying?
dear, mullahs are like doctors,you can confide in them yes, if you don't tell these thingsto us, who're you gonna tell? yes, you were saying, lady yes, forget about hisproblem, he hit her, hajji oh god, we ask foryour forgiveness and... to you we repent to you we repent,some people are really bad yes, hajji, faezeh's bodywas always black and blue faezeh, show your bruise to hajji
but i can't, mum i want haji too seewhat you've been through he thought i'm scared ofhim because he is a bully i filed a complaint andgot my daughter's divorce oh my god, what hardshipyou've been through he still wants faezehhe keeps asking her to o back to himg but i said shut up, over mydead body can you have her don't you make thatmistake, lady faezeh no, hajji, the three years i livedwith him was enough for a lifetime
please pray for her, hajjipray she finds a good husband god willing, a hot dish... i mean a modest, smart lady likeher, won't be hard to pass off... what happened? nothing, she fell asleep so fast? yes, she always fallsasleep all of a sudden how nice, poor child what has that degenerateman done to you?
may god punish him yes, i think he loved me you know! but he was a brute yes, they should cut off the handsof a man who'd hit a lady like you thank you, hajji,can you close that window? my mother is not well,she'll catch a cold - are you okay?- yes, yes thank god, okay, i'll get the window uh! what happened, hajji?
nothing, i'm stuck i'll get it out right away do you want me to pullthe emergency breaks? don't touch the brakes,i will fix it myself thank you, god bless you forgive us, hajji, the windows arerusty and they get stuck sometimes okay, sisters, take your stuff hajji wants to be comfortable no, i am comfortable, where areyou taking them? let them stay here!
we have an empty familycompartment now, let's go goodbye, hajji you know how we mullahs are we love having company please stay i've thought aboutfinding you company too go right ahead, gentlemen i bear witness that there is nogod but the one and only god i have gone there15 times already this year
the good thing is that you don'tneed a visa, you only need a passport right colonel? i don't know much about there what's the meaning of that, colonel? we want to provide a service to people those are customs regulations,i don't know about them where do you work? i am in the criminal investigationdepartment, we catch thieves may god reward you
you're providing a service prayer time looks like we haveto get off for prayers we will hold a mass prayerbecause of your presence hajji we'll get two pence more out of itoutside: we'll only stop for 20 minutes me? but l, if you allow me... so you said you are a preacher hajji? you are going to your mosque then? - if god accepts me- god willing
they say you have to pullyour hand down to the hairline how far should i go? do what "rostam"" did, my dearbrother, come on, it's getting late hajji amiri, come do yourablution, the train will leave soon which mosque are you going to, hajji? al-amir mosque, if i'm not mistaken al-amir? where is that? it should be around here you see, hajji? a train full of peopleand less than 20 people come for prayers!
there are some folks whodon't even know how to pray shall we line up, hajji? line what up? hajji is kidding, please, hajji when i'm prayingi totally forget the time please pray for us, hajji that's what i meant may god accept our prayers, hajji - exactly- please pray for us, too
okay, i hope you all, god willing dear brother, i didn'twant to trouble you what trouble, hajji?we were taken by your virtues don't say that, your virtueswere much better than mine i wanted to ask yousomething in private, hajji excuse me! i am constantly traveling andi'm always away from my family and that puts a lot of pressure on me! i understand, get to the point
what are the temporarymarriage laws for people like us? you don't know what aheaven they have there! unlawful you mean there isn't anyother way? any exceptions? no, that is totally unlawful and it is written that whoever does that the angels will spit on himand he will die a terrible death and satan will personallyservice your mouth to his mouth better to just have a pleasant trip!
- let's go, hajji- where to? i will drop you off at amir mosque i don't want to trouble you no trouble at all, hajji,let's go, the car is waiting actually they are going to pick me up really? you're not just saying that? no, i think they mustbe right around here... hajji, they have come for you! welcome hajji
i am hajji fazly this hajji is a very greatman and a true believer don't take him for granted i can tell just by looking at him i think there has been a mistakei'm supposed to go to some mosque that's our mosque, hajji we knew you were coming a week ago we wrote so many letters to the prayerorganization that we finally got results well, thank god
excuse me, what's thename of your mosque? - amir mosque, hajji- didn't i tell you? everything is correct, sir!i leave hajji in your hands then - allow me- good luck, hajji how nice! this was our hajji? why? do you know him? yes, we were in the same traincome up, hajji, welcome then why didn't you tell us, hajji? i didn't? i thought i did!
anyhow, i hope god gives methe service to offer you my strength please hajji,please sit in the front, hajji i want to get somefresh air if you allow me - no way, please take the front seat- i just want some fresh sir, please with your permission we'll be going now why don't you leave? we've got a flat tyre, you go on, hajji - take care of yourself- good luck excuse me can you tell me wherethe border and customhouse is?
the border patrol stationis 5 km from our village right and can people crossthe border from there? yes, but the regulations are strict because there are too many smugglersand thieves trying to cross this border they only allow peoplewith passports to across i see! may we be excused, hajji? come this way, hajji
you go on, i'll escort these dear souls i also ask your permission we live right around here,please come and visit us thank you, i sure will, god willing peace be upon you, sir well, the new mullah, hi there - leave him alone, javad- i won't bother him! my name's javad delangiz,at your service glad to meet you
it shows on your face are you comin' back from tehran now? what's it to you? you'renot her husband anymore let me carry your bag no need! we don't needyour help, let's go faezeh excuse us, hajji, goodbye are you leaving? god be with you hajji ahmadi, this way please,they're waiting for you
- i'll be seein' you, hajji- yes, do so, i'd like that this way, hajji it's been more than a year thatour mosque hasn't had a clergy but i've kept its light burning as you see, this is the roofed summer timealtar, the main section is on the other side we have a few chambers around here we hold the 'komeil'prayer every thursday we hold koran classes for theyouth and i teach them myself unfortunately very few peoplecome to the mosque, hajji
now that hajji has come here, god willing,our mosque will prosper like old times again you're practically a mullah yourself you lead prayers, you teachkoran, you've got it all down actually my father was a mullah but certain turns in my lifemade me unable to continue thank god, gholamali haschosen to follow his grandfather thank god he knows four sectionsof the koran by heart, hajji! - six sections, hajji!- wow! praise the lord
god willing, he is going tomemorize all the koran this year he's going to enterthe national competition god willing but he has to work hard at it when you love the koran,it won't be hard at all god willing, he'll become a champand join the national soccer team - may i ask you a question, hajji?- sure you have done studiesin theological cognition? no, i've spent my whole life in qom
these are your quarters, hajji you must forgive us, butthis was the best we could afford don't mention it, it's a great place! you have put up a lot of effort - is this the getaway?- pardon me? - i mean the gateway- yes, sort of i have a question, hajji don't ask so many questions, mojtaba hajji is tired, ask him atprayer, with your permission
i want these two handsomeyoungsters to stay, i want to talk to them as you wish, hajji at your service, hajji well, dear ones, now tellme how you do your ablution and how many sectionsdoes each prayer have? yes, hajji, in the name of god morning prayer has two sections,noon and evening prayers have four and the night prayer has three sections first we decide intentionto do it in order to get cloder to god
then we wash hadns with the right hand we pour waterwe wash from the hairline don't be so upset, mojaver a prisoner's job is to escapeand ours is to catch him you don't get the point, major this had never happenedin my prison before this man has ruined my reputation look, he can't go anywhere we've put out an a.pb on him
we have put surveillance on everyonewho has been in contact with him their phones are tapped one mistake and he will be arrestedwhat else do you want? think about it, mojaver if none of the prisoners escape,what's the use of a warden? hajji is here, praise his holyness - please lead, mr. fazly- please, hajji i mean it, makes no difference,i'd be more comfortable that way thanks, hajji, we're at your service
well, call the ""azan"" so we can begin - i already called- called who? - the ""azan"", sir- right why are you standing there? i'm here to say the praises, sir okay - deliver a sermon for us, hajji- a what? these folks haven't cometo the pulpit for a long time give us a sermon
you mean pray again? no, i mean preach for us, hajji oh, you mean up there umm... in the name of god today, that for the first time i am with you respectful citizens i am very happy to bepresent in this radiant crowd i want to tell you whatwe are going to discuss today it's about the different ways of finding god
which are as many as there are people well, what does that mean? it means that for you, for example,there is a path for you that leads to god and there is another pathfor the person next to you - for you...- me? no, the man in the blue coat behind you - me?- yes there is a path foryou that leads to god for mr. fazly there is a paththat leads to god too
for the baker, the butcher, the prisoner... yes, pay attention to this word there is also a path for that miserablecriminal prisoner that leads to god now that i mentioned prisoners,i want to tell you something imagine you want to enter a house, okay? there are several ways for that you can use the keyand open the door, okay? but if you don't have a key,the other option is a master key if you don't have a master key, you canuse a piece of wire, clippers, a screwdriver
or you may climb the walluse a rope, and so on now sometimes you may want to climbthe neighbor's wall to enter the house in my opinion that's okay toothat's another way that leads to god of course provided that you don't botherthe neighbors, in my opinion that's alright too anyhow, there is no person in the worldwho doesn't have a path to reach god i mean god has given peoplelots of paths and they all lead to... god! god! well done, that was so cool okay, that ends today'ssermon, as simple as that
may god be with all of you god bless you hajidon't mention it - that was an interesting sermon, hajji- don't mention it - lnquiry, hajji!- what? question, hajji the value of ""al-qadr night""is more than 1000 months, why? i'll let mr. fazly answer this question because i want to see howmuch religious knowledge he has please, mr. fazly
no offense hajji because on this night godsends the angels down and determines theevents of a whole year praying on this night is morevaluable than praying for 1000 months applaud him it's truly amazed! well done to all of you for being suchknowledgable and literate believers - well done- i have another... allow me to answeryou in the next session
i want to go for apilgrimage to the shrine let us be together tonight, hajji we have prepared a simple dinner god willing, tomorrowi will take you wherever you want thank god, i hadn't hadsuch good chow in a long time you must forgive us, hajji i'm sure it wasn't as goodas what you eat at home it was much better - lnquiry!- yes?
hajji, in the north pole we have sixmonths of nights and six months of days how do we say our dayand night prayers over there? you look at me as if you havea bus ticket for the north pole and you want to leave right now! actually, there are differencesamong the clergy over this issue some of them believe that we muslemsshould never go to the north pole because we are used to warm climatesand the cold weather will bother us why should we go to a placewhere we might freeze to death? then, if a war breaks out betweenthe muslems and north pole
what would happen to a muslemwho might be taken captive? actually this is whatthe other clergy say all the prayers that you sayduring the six months of night will be consideredas night prayers and so... to hell with the north pole say your prayers according tothe local time of your own country then if we take that... case closed, eat your yoghurt! one of the locals has a very good voice,he wants to sing a song if you would allow it
of course, why not? actuallyreciting a song helps your digestion please i have sprinkled water in the streets so there is no dust when he comes excuse me, hajji, buti hope this music is not profane there's nothing wrong with itactually it is very good but a mosque is no place for singing! mr. fazly, who says a mosqueis only a place for mourning? actually sometimes it's goodto cheer up and raise hell
that really hit the spot afterthe dinner we had, well done one move hajji! god willing, in good time! - hajji, peace be upon you, hajji- peace and god's blessing to you - do you want to go to the city, hajji?- with your permission do you want us to comealong so you don't get lost? no need, i don't get lost excuse me, hajji, i have aquestion about virtuous acts listen, dear brother, i don't havetime to answer your question now
but it's like you two you'resticking to me like bloodsuckers and you follow me wherever i go this is not... - virtuous!- virtuous! where are you going, hajji? to hell! god forbid! god willing, i want to goto the shrine for pilgrimage i had a vision last nightand he asked for me how fortunate you are, hajji
- he looks like a saint!- braveheart shojayi! i think therefore i am engineer shojayivote for engineer shojayi please don't get up,go on with your work what have you done, reza? at your service, reza the lizardi missed you so much cafe mozafaridrug addicts not allowed - what do you want?- hello who do you wanna see? i wanna see mahmoud motazedi
what do you want? i've come from tehran, jackson sent me are you reza the lizard? with your permission! mahmoud was waitin' for youat the train station, but you didn't show up the cops are here! get out! i said come out! - what a pleasure hajji!- peace be upon you, sir what are you doing here?
answering nature's call! but becareful, there are no ewers here it was a pleasure to see you again why don't you join us for prayers? pray for me! i'm still thinking aboutthe paths that lead to god please continue, i'm sureyou'll find them if you keep thinking hajji, heads or tails? of course i don't know wheremojtaba' gets these questions! but anyhow, it's importantfor muslems to know...
how to conduct theirreligious duties in space i will tell you now, sincepeople are floating in space if the body of a female astronauttouches the body of a male astronaut that would not be a problem but it is necessary to jointhem in temporary wedlock before traveling to spaceto be on the safe side in such cases, due to theshortage of water in spaceships ablution won't be needed excuse me, hajji, this is true for space,but since there is gravity on earth
the relationship betweena girl and a boy is problematic no, mr. fazly excuse me, but it seems to me thatyou have had all your fun in your youth and now that it isthese youngsters' turn you are being morecatholic than the pope? don't we youngsters have hearts? okay, don't get carried awayand abuse what i say now let me finish yes, mr. fazly, at that time youmarried a woman with 1 0000 tomans
but nowadays they don't even curse youfor that amount, let alone give you a wife! so what can the youth do? not all people havethe facilities to go to space mr. fazly, i wantedto say something to you can i borrow your pickup for acouple of hours? i want to go to the city the pickup is yours we know the city quite well,do you want us to come along? where do you want to go, gholamali? have you memorizedthe ""ankabout"" verse?
not all of it, but i will you don't have muchtime before enrollment go do your work,if need be, i will take hajji thank you, but it's a personal matter - personal?- yes it's somethingbetween me and god good for you hajji,don't forget to pray for us - how are you, hajji?- thank you, what's up? - are you the sheriff?- no, i just asked
then leave, it's good to keepyour finger in your own pie well, well, hajji, did he behave? yes, and how! give methe money, hajji's alright i oughta tear him to pieces and... nothing, i said peacebe upon you, delangiz if only lslam hadn't tied our hands now you're talkin' why do you let those thugsdo whatever they like with you? what could i do?
my dear brother, under suchcircumstances it is necessary to fuck... - i mean to beat the hell out of them- it's not s simple as you thinka hello, mahmoud, it's me, reza i'm not mahmoud,where do you wanna go? isn't this number 15? eighth street, no. 15? no, this is ostovari street,eighth street is up ahead i'm sorry, but the last one was seventh yes, but the streets go in this order
fifth, sixth, ghaderi, seventh,ostovari, bolbol, ninth, eighth - who is it?- it's reza reza? come on in you're not reza is this mr. motazedi'sresidence, no. 15? no isn't this no. 15, eighth street? this is it, but recentlymunicipality has changed the numbers mr. motazedi's residence?
yes god damn cowards don't get so worked up, mother how can i not get worked up? they handcuffed and took mylovely son in front of my eyes do you expect me to dance? do you know where he is? is he in jail? if they don't let go ofmy son, i will curse them listen, mother, mahmoudwas keeping something for me
- do you know where it is?- no he never brought his workhome because he was a bastard he deserves whatever happens to him - thank you for your help- don't mention it visit me again, youremind me of my bastard son sure hello, are you over there? no, i'm still here! why didn't you go?
they have arrestedmotazedi, he's in jail poor guy, what are you gonna do now? i don't know everything's such a mess i gotta see if i cando something myself don't you think of crossingthe border without a pass! you're dead meat if they catch you no, god willing! why are you talking nonsense?
good bye, god willing, goodbye hello, hajji, how's your family? we hope for the best,i had a question, hajji this is what i do not calla virtuous act, go ahead is the fear prayer requiredafter watching a horror movie? since you might piss in your pantsafter watching a horror movie ablution is in order for you go and wash up don't write, go wash
hello, motazedi? that was great news, colonel no offense hajji, but where were youlast night that your clothes smell so much? well, actually i had togo on a mission last night and as you know the streetshave lots of holes and puddles so i fell in the gutter empty promises till when? i swear our peoplecan't tolerate it any more if they don't say anything,it's because they are modest
i speak out because it's my responsibility i am talking here, mash ali, my god! today everyone is mr. shojayi's guest praise him for hissuccess in the election what should aparliament member have? he has to have a cutting edge the rest will take care of itself you got foam in my eyes, oh god! who is he, mr. fazly?
he is engineer shojayi he wants to become a parliamentmember, he's spending a lot of money who's that? he wanted to cross the border illegally the border patrols arrestedhim and cut off both his hands what happened, hajji?did the steam get to you? go get two sodas, kid you'll feel better in a minute, hajji we followed hajji and hewent to bad neighborhoods!
in the name of god i want to open an importantdiscussion with you loved ones and that is about the issue of cinema if brother gholamali allows me... please be quiet, i want tohave an important discussion yes, hajji yes, today we are goingto talk about pulp fiction mojtaba, do i have to callyour names one by one? be quiet!
both you and gholamali,be quiet, we want to talk okay sir, okay yes, this move is madeby brother tarantino he is one of the greatchristian filmmakers and i've heard he has won a few prizes mojtaba and gholamali,i asked you to be quiet yes, hajji, i just have one question stop whispering, you have alreadyasked all your questions, son i won't continue the discussionbecause i can't concentrate anymore
that's it. enjoy your tea by looking at the thorn placed on the walls i found out that sitting in high placesdoes not change one's rank - yes!- it's me hajji how nice thank you god excuse me for botheringyou this late, hajji no problem, i'm at your service anytime - come in, dear- excuse me
come inside hello, hajji what's going on here? we have come to help you to help me? we know everything hajji excuse me, what is it that you know? gholamali and i followedyou last night hajji excuse us but whenyou said you had a vision
we became curious we were so moved, becauseof your greatness and your glory hajji, i promise yoursecret will be safe with us what secret? that you go to poorneighborhoods in disguise you visited the family of prisoners she prayed for you a lot you mean that old lady?of course, that's one of my duties what duty hajji? if it's a duty,then why don't the others do it?
oh, please helping one needy personin secret is not that big of a deal one! that night he wentto at least twenty houses hajji's bag was full at the beginningthen it got empty at the end i'm so upset... that you found out alms are rewardedonly when done in private at first we didn't want to mention it but we thought it's notright to look the other way
i just die for you charitable people that's why we thoughtwe can accompany you tonight this humanity andkindness... what? tonight? yes, hajji, tonight but i'm not going anywhere tonight hajji, we know theneedy people of this town that's right, but no! we have even broughtour donations, go bring them hajji, we have never had atrue man of god here before
we have never paid our religious debts take these anddistribute them as you wish look, hajji, don't you want usto take part in your good deed? okay, let's go and dosome good deeds in private one, two, three, four... god bless you we haven't doneanything, pray for hajji i'm in need for a prayer! i was ashamed to face my childrenwe didn't have any food at home
what do you do, my dear brother? i am unemployed, hajji the factory wentbankrupt and i got laid off sit and eat your daughter seems to be sick she's so hot, does she have a fever? she's had a fever for three days why don't you take her to a doctor? we took her, she has to havesome tests but it's too expensive
better?! don't you wanna eat dinner? hajji, this is not right,let me come back there i have a few questions no need, this is no time for questions i want some fresh air he asks so many questionsthat it has become a pain in the... neck 4500 is all that's leftfrom all that money god bless you, hajji
you make people happy you must be very happy, huh? yes, i'm happy, but i don't know why myears start ringing when i do a good deed! it's very strange i envy you, god loves you a lot please pray for me you don't need my prayers you are such a greatgirl and true believer... no hajji, i haven't been a good person
have you sinned? my dear, confess to meand unload the burden of your sins damn these clothes! you can't make a move in them what was your question? let's go, they are waiting bring some tea, boy! what brings you this way,mr. reza the lizard? i was just passing by,i didn't think they'd release you
i haven't done anything did they release motazedi too? i don't know, it's been a longtime since i heard from him any of you guys heardanything about motazedi? they say he's been sent to prison there! your tough luck, i guess! i wanted to tell yousomething in private lady hajji lady hajji yourself! my name is ozra okay ozra, do you knowanyone who smuggles people?
for whom? for me look at this, don't you love it? i take a 20000 tomans check andi change it into 200 thousand tomans is this your own work? i'm in the traveler cheque businessi haven't done such things for a long time - what about passports?- you're mahmoud's friend, right? - you got a picture?- yeah bring me 200 thousandtomans and take the passport
200 thousand tomans! money doesn't grow on trees, you know that's the fee bro!even if mahmoud were here he would've charged you the same,you have to pay 50 thousand in advance that's not fair if you want to leave thecountry, that's the only way hello, strength to you,what's all this for? our saviour's birthday, hajji! great! we'll have a ball
with your presence, of course, hajji excuse me, hajji i have a question about ablution in space it is written that questions haveto be asked at the right time, not now it is written? i asked you to do one thing what could i do?he just came all of a sudden hajji - hello- questions after prayers
i don't have any questions i just wanted to saywe intend to get married! congratulations, god willing but our parents don't know,they are very strict don't worry, my lips are sealed hajji, now i know howyou think about me i don't even think about you no hajji, i won't make a good clergy - why not?- because my heart isn't pure, hajji
actually i'm just like you,but i made good use of religion hajji, i'm not a true believer! when i say my prayersmy mind wanders off memorizing versesare very difficult for me too but, damn me, when bad thingscome my way, i get tempted i know what you mean hajji, i shave my beard with a razor a student of theology doesn't who says i have to become a clergyman?
i have burnt my hand with a cigaretteto stop smoking, but i still smoke no rational personwould do that to himself even god doesn't wantme to become a clergy you sap! don't blamegod for your stupidity look at me! you are a man and allhuman beings are attracted to mischief it's human nature god is not as strict as they say if he was totally against these things,he wouldn't give us the tools for mischief go live your life
as the representative of godin this area and all other areas i am telling you thatgod has forgiven you now go and have your fun but be careful! about the issue... of there being as manypaths leading to god as there are people well? hajji, i have lost my path can you show me a shortcut? oh, my god!you're looking for a shortcut
and i'm looking for a getawayi need someone to help me... you good for nothing baldie!may filth pours on your head! oh, god, hajji,he's killing my only daughter! but why? he says if she doesn't goback to him, he'll kill her i hope you haven't called the police no, he says he'll killher if the police comes then let's go and get him! he says he'll kill her if anyone goes up
over my dead body! why doesn't she go back to her life?who better than delangiz?! shut up! over my dead body! open the door, brother delangiz! open the door - why doesn't this open?- sorry, it's locked where's the key? my boss has it, you cango up and get it from him up?
i have no other choice,with the landlord's permission you have no right! eh! hajji! i have come to talk to you i have nothing to say to you get out from where you camebefore i break your bones - damn you!- shut up! let my dear one leaveand i will stay here to guide you i got no use for you, twobit mullah! you better not insult theclergy or put a price on them!
what'll happen if i do? listen prince, violence doesn't solve anything wouldn't be better if wesolve this problem rationally? move aside or you'll get it! wait a second looks like you don't understand! wait a second, dear delangiz i want to give you a piece of advise get lost!
wait! i'm talking! don't ever try to hit a man of the clothspecially if he is from downtown tehran! oh, my god! he's killing hajji don't worry! as i told you before,the paths leading to god are? as many as there are people! well done, now you can addthree other paths to that list hitting with the palm of yourhand, kicking below the knee and a blow with the head you can use themin cases of emergency, they're sure to work! well, goodbye dear one, take care
now go clean up your boss! thank you, hajji,that made me feel better my boss's pride! god damn your boss as they say, lieutenantnemati is our mole in narcotics tell him, nemati yes, i was sitting in mozafari teahouseon detail, and the man you said came in did you see his face? i wasn't facing him, but theteahouse owner called him the lizard
did you hear that with your own ears? yes, i'm sure, they were whispering they were talking aboutpassports, then they left together of course, the teahouse owner's husbandused to smuggle people across the border but he died four years ago now the teahouse hasbecome a hangout for criminals we haven't shut the place downto be able to arrest all of them you mean the woman mightbe in the same business? or she might know the smugglers
excuse me, hajji, but is prayersaccepted with these wounds? it's got nothing to do with that,you have to have a pure soul - a lot of people came to the mosque- we are going to the mosque too - i have another question, hajji- ask me after the prayers all rise, peace be upon you, haji he don't look like he can beat anyone not at all ain't it a little embarassin', boss? why?
they might say we've come to themosque because we're afraid of the mullah let 'em say what they want this is one mullah that delangizis willing to stand behind for prayers praise for all of muslem clergymen! please sit down, please, please in the name of god the merciful i am glad to see that a lot ofthe locals have gathered here i think it's the effect of that famoussentence the paths to reach god because i can see two brotherswho were worthless thugs
have joined lslam as well, thank god i hope they have felt thisfrom the bottom of their hearts actually i am only recently beginningto understand the depth of this sentence instead of sitting up there and preaching i should sit here and reallythink about this sentence god's peace and mercyand benevolence be upon you father, you weren't there to seehow the guy, who had 6 children, felt! tell him, hajji yes, actually i was really moved
of course i'm sureyou're doing good deeds, hajji but you, when you leftand came back in the morning do you know how far behindyou got in your main duty? which one is my main duty?helping people or memorizing the ""koran""? don't shout slogans, kid! you are not here to serve people get up, get up i'm talking to you, gholamali - i won't enter the competition- what?
i won't take part in the competition i am not able to memorize you say something, hajji mr. fazly, don't pick on the youth so much you can't force peopleinto heaven, dear brother! you are pushing so hard that theymight fall off the other side into hell - hajji!- what? - everyone's waiting- what are these? bread and dates,my mom prepared them
all my cousins have come two pickups are waitingat the front door, please come i'm not coming with you tonight - why hajji?- because... but that's not possible, hajji dear brother, i have a mission please give this moneyto the needy on my behalf it's obvious that the guy is very needy! i have a question about need
this is no time for questions those are god'smysterious ways, now leave you go on too i have to leave myself do you like it? not bad! not bad?! you're so out of it! do you know i went throughhell to change this number?
thanks a lot but this corner still needs some work your work is very delicate! they call me ozra shapoury! master yousef shapoury's daughter! really? how interesting! do you even know him? no, but when you say the name... everyone in this regionknows yousef shapoury
he was a master miniature artisti was also his student then why did you turn up like this? destiny, poor thing thoughti'll become a famous painter one day what delusions! here you go - what the hell's this?- you tell her what this is this means there are as many pathsleading to god as there are people oh go on, dude! don't forget, goodbye, let's go
don't people have better things to do? he has brought these and saysthere are a lot of paths leading to god that's ridiculous! - have some bread and dates- thanks, i've lready had somea - what was the number?- 20 what happened, ozra? tonight, after so many yearsi got reminded of my parents then all of a sudden they ring thebell and bring me bread and dates! so what?
god hasn't forgotten me well, that's cool!now let's get on with our work repentance! ozra? forget about it, what repentance? i have repented, i've returned i know those guysthey don't have anything better to do! come and fix the passport soi can get on with my miserable life passport? what are you doing, nutcase? eh!
you better repent too,god will forgive you crazy lady! hey, what's with you?god bless the cows! - mrs. shapoury?- no! aren't you mrs. shapoury? i said no! isn't this number 20? who are you to ask questions? isn't this no. 20, shirojan street?
no, officer this is no. 2, you've made a mistake is this no. 2? eh! what happened to our number? the pigeons have done this there you go, now it's 2 god help me, whathave i done to myself? god! you have to repent too god will forgive you too
there's room for all of you ozra? ozra isn't here anymore,ozra repented, god forgave her the 50 thousand i paid her! the woman has found time to repent! get back, move aside repent, repent and god will forgive you see the posters we have printed? engineer shojayi withready to punch out deceit
this one shows that engineer shojayi is a thoughtful man,who thinks about the future engineer shojayi standing in frontof the people with ultimate power sir, i love this one shojayi has turned his back to all themoney in the world and he doesn't care! thank you, they aregreat, have them printed sir, with these posters, god willing,you're as good as elected your breakfast is ready, sir the fresh bread got here at last
follow the printing processi want them posted by tomorrow yes sir, don't worry why are you so late, safoura? i've been waiting forfresh bread for an hour forgive me, something had happened i hope it's nothing bad my aunt is a bit of a con! she repented last nightand the neighborhood is in chaos how did she repent that itcaused a chaos in a neighborhood?
they say, hajji reza has spoken to her i didn't understand what she was sayingshe just kept crying all the time who's hajji reza? haven't you heard?the sheikh of amir mosque every night he goes to the houseof the needy and gives them money and you know howhe does it? in disguise! if he goes in disguisehow do you know it's him? he uses a disguise,but now everyone knows him he gives money to the poor and dowryto the girls who want to get married
he cures the sick... he cures the sick! they say a dumb boyhas eaten the beard and dates that hajji rezagave him and now he can talk peace to you, hajji! peace to you! hajji, are you on another mission? yes, private mission,with your permission - good for you, hajji- hello hajji!
hajji! you broughtlight to our humble hut god knows how muchi wanted to see you now that i've found you, i won't let go thank you, but i'vealready told our friends... no, hajji, i'm the hostand you are the guest and as they say,a guest is the host's what? the host's dog? don't say that, you are ourmaster the apple of our eyes do you know why i wanted to see you?
because i'm a charityworker just like you, sir - i see!- i do good deeds i build mosques and schools i'll come and visityou tomorrow for lunch hold on, hold on, hajji,i want to take you somewhere i'm sure it's going to make you happy - where?- prison no, we're coming,we'll be there in ten minutes excuse me...
hajji, we have the goodfortune on our saviour's birthday to pay the debts of a few prisonerswho were arrested for bounced cheques and have them released it's a private gatheringand i want you to come well, it would be an honorfor me, but i can't come today listen, hajji, i have a bad temper and ifanyone disagrees with me, i will get upset safoura, can't youget us two cups of tea? she keeps answering back releasing prisoners is oneof the most important affairs
please, go ahead safdary, 150 thousand tomans,vakili, 150 thousand tomans maghareyi, 50 thousand tomans this poor thing is herefor 50 thousand tomans?! he's a good kid too,god will really reward you yes, saneyi, 500 thousand tomans... no, this was not on the list here, look eh! i thought it's 50 thousand tomans!!!
forget it, any man who owes 500thousand tomans belongs in prison how much is the total? a million 430 thousand tomans don't we have anyone with70 thousand tomans to make it even? no, there's one who owes100 thousand tomans no, that's enough! mr. mojaver is one of my colleagues god willing, engineer shojayiis going to be our representative hajji ahmadi, one of ourgreatest charity workers
my pleasure, hajji the pleasure is mine what happened, major? you mean ozra?she doesn't have any information she seems to have gone crazy,she keeps talking about repentance let's go for the ceremony together hajji greetings to all you respectable folksand especially to my dear inmate friends of course we all know thatpeople... sometimes break the law because of need and misery
and they say that outlaws are not believers allow me to explain first of all... don't thinkthat god has forgotten you the prison gates might be closed to you but... the gates to god'sblessing are always open to you stop thinking of ways to escape! god doesn't only belong to good people! our god, is the godof the criminals as well and it is only god, who doesn'tlook upon people differently
he is easy going and theheaviest dude in forgiving the heaviest dude in friendship a good friend, will giveeverything for his buddy if people live by the codesthey will never steal anything but unfortunately, some peoplewant everything for themselves and this is very bad we have to dosomething to tame people taming means... creating love and that's the only wayleading to god, this is very important
i don't aim to preach because it's uselessand no one can be forced into... that's why mankind should... allow me to finish my words with a poem i hope that all of you bereleased from here very soon and that you can find your path please pray for me to find a path as well i hope i don't see you hereand you don't see me here and we see each other in other places may god be with you and bless you
thank you for your time forgive me for talking so much but this is very cruel mr. mojaver prisoners don't come here to have fun,they come here to get reformed as they say, the schoolmaster's punishmentis better than the father's kindness don't you agree, hajji? yes, you are right, i agree with you didn't you have a tv.program a few years ago called knowledge in television, hajji?
well done, knowledge in television didn't i tell you? i've seen you on tv. how nice that you remember mahmoud motazedi to the visiting room it was a fruitful program it was on monday nights, right hajji? yes, you're right, monday nights, excuseme but i have an excremental problem and i have to find some water, excuse me - mr. motazedi?- yes?
i wanted to talk toyou for a few minutes are they gonna execute me? no, it will only take a few minutes please, hajji i'm reza mesghali reza mesghali? i don't know you reza the lizard who sent you? jackson
you were supposed tosmuggle me across the border don't disgrace me cool, what a nice disguise! i'm in deep shit, mahmoud why didn't you leave? i tried to see you, but theysaid they've arrested you why didn't you get your passport? - passport? from who?- from my mother... your pass was readywhen you gave us your picture
don't lie, i went to her did you tell her who you are? well, how could she know it's you? go tell her who you are,get your pass and leave you ain't puttin' me on? why should l? i owe jackson a lot well, goodbye,you may take him now, brother please pray for me, hajji it was a great program andwe had a nice time mr. moshaver
i'm mojaver, hajji i hope to find another chance to... i hope to see you on tv. again of course they insist a lot but becausetheir programs are of such low quality i don't accept, goodbye what are you so suspicious about? there was never a tv programcalled knowledge in television how could i know it was you? you looked like undercover cops
did you say it was a passport? i believe in right and wrongand i don't swipe the customer's money that's how i've raised my bastard son! here... you look better with a beard yes, thank you i'm mourning for my father no problem, but theborder is closed now come back in two or three hours
okay, i'll wait for anothertwo or three hours i'll come back you went on a mission in broad daylight? missions don't have any special time finish your work, we'llstart the evening prayers early is that possible, hajji? in cases of emergency it is allowed well, gholamali, what's up? i want to enter the competition
after you, hajji may god accept hello hajji, what are you doing here? hello, faezeh, my dear one, maygod kill me, what are you carrying? it must be very heavy it's greens for tonight's celebration allow me to help you no, i swear to god, i won't let you i have come here to serve you
by the way, isn't yourmother coming to the mosque? she sends her regards she went to the uppervillage to wash the fruit oh! so she's not here? although i don't have much time,but allow me to guide you to your home then you have to come upand have tea with me come up? damn this temptation i would love to, but...
- delangiz?- yes, hajji? come, help carry faezeh's load i am at her service i don't need your help this delangiz is not the old delangiz! god willing, he's become much better it's been a while that heregrets how he treated you he has done that before, he's lying no, i swear to god,it's different this time
nonsense, you can't fool me any more - i won't do anything to her- i said carry these stuff and don't talk he keeps explaining himself,he talks like a chatterbox i said take these and shut up yes hajji thank you hajji, goodbye from police headquarters to the stationthis is to inform you that hajji reza ahmadi who was recruited to be...the prayer leader of amir mosque passed away due to severe illnessbefore he could go on his mission
you mean this hajji ahmadiis the armed robber? he wasn't armed we arrested his accomplice last week and he confessed thatthe weapon belonged to him but this man has doneso many good things here people swear on his name well, they are making a mistake hajji, he's going to sing,aren't you coming? tell him to start
these clothes aresupposed to tame people it's good for peopleto become tamed, isn't it? i have sprinkled water in the streetsso there is no dust when the savior comes so he comes and goes in such a way thatrealizing his presence needs no words no need for that anymore he has gone and i am left alone he whose beauty is unmatched! i have lit the samovar and ...added sugar cubes to my tea and...
..i'm waiting... there is no one in this worldwho doesn't have a path to reach god you have to have a pure soul you will push so hard that theymight fall off the other side into hell god is the heaviest dude in gentleness,the heaviest dude in kindness the heaviest dude in forgiveness,and the heaviest dude in friendship
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