Beauty and the Dogs Page #3

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with the Antichrist?

Mr Raouf,

these are signs of the end of times.

Stop, Lassaad,

you know I don't like that stuff.

Devils and the Antichrist...

It gives me the creeps.

The creeps? Do your job

and show us some respect.

We have rights!

Some respect?

Your sarcasm,

and him with his innuendos...

You wanted a report?

Well, here's your report.

Never satisfied!

Is this your police station?

Are you doing us a favor?

You better calm down!

Mister Lassaad,

I'm stepping out to buy cigarettes.

- That might calm me down.

- Go ahead.

Very well, Mister Youssef.

What happened with the guy

at the cash machine?

- You want an answer?

- Yes!

Who's going to type my statement?

Are you serious?

Complaining about being raped

in this skimpy dress?

Are you serious?

You, with this cosy job?

I like the place,

so comfortable, with AC.

I think I'm going to move in here.

You are really funny!

I'm trying to remember

where I've seen you before.

- Haven't we met before?

- Yes, we have.

Really? Where?

- Take a wild guess.

- Really?

We met at the Kasbah sit-in.

Do you remember me now?

The Kasbah sit-in...

Why did you tell them

I was your fianc?

I didn't want them

to get the wrong idea about us.

The wrong idea?

What planet are you from?

We are here to file a complaint

against their colleagues.

They already have the wrong idea!

Don't talk to me like that,

this is already hard enough!

Mariam, don't say anything

but the truth.

Anything else will be held against us.

I've never been

in a police station before!

I'm just following you.

I haven't forced you.

You can go home.

I have no home to go to!

What do you mean?

I live in a dorm

and the dorm closes at 10 pm.

Even if I wanted to go

to a hotel room to die,

I have no money, no ID, no phone.

I have nothing!

My passport...

Look at this,

they are not writing anything.

What are you doing over there?

You're only pretending to write.

You think you're doing us a favor?

Calm down, sweetheart,

it's not good for you.

- I'm not angry.

- Really, you're not?

You'd have preferred

to be in her place?

I can help you with that, if you want.

Let go of me! Let go!

If you're a man, hit me!

I'm not hitting you.

You're a coward, a piece of sh*t!

You'd love to arrest me.

- You raised your hand to me.

- I didn't touch you.

I've spent my life

chasing bums like you.

If you were a man,

she wouldn't have been raped.

And now, you're a hero?

Please, let go of him.

If she wasn't here,

I'd have broken every bone in your body.

You want to file a complaint?

Go to the police where it happened.

We can't do anything.

- I knew that as soon as I saw you.

- Get out!

- Go.

- We'll speak again.

No, he's not in uniform,

he's wearing a checked shirt.

He has a mustache.

Dark skinned and quite old.

What do you mean "where"?

The camera of the cash machine,

by the hotel shops.

Do you have another one?

So you found it?

Thanks a lot, cousin.

Would you make me a copy?

Yasser, please,

get me a copy of the video.

I never ask you for anything.

Is this the good time

to explain what happened?

OK, listen to me...

- What video?

- Hang on.

Sh*t!

Video from the surveillance camera.

Sorry,

Iran out of credit as usual.

Listen, don't bother

with official requests or anything.

Put the video on play,

record it with your cell phone

and send it to me

on my phone right away.

Can you send me the video or not?

OK.

And can you send me

five dinars credit for my phone?

I'm totally out of money.

OK, at least two dinars.

Thank you, cousin.

Video of the surveillance camera

at the cash machine

where I took the cop.

My cousin is a security guard

at the hotel. He found it.

We have proof now.

In fact, my cousin

got me into the party.

- You didn't pay for a ticket?

- What?

Never mind.

This is the police station.

Take this.

- What is this?

- Wait.

Where's the rest?

- That's all I have.

- What do you mean?

Lucky we're in front of

the police station.

Really?

Please, Mariam, I need to talk to him.

I'll come afterward.

I'm not going alone.

- You're not alone.

- Boss,

there is a cash machine here.

You are listening too?

Mariam, please, step out.

- No way, I'm not going on my own.

- I'll follow you.

Brother, if you have no money,

why are you putting her through this?

Just take the bus!

Are you hearing this?

Mariam, step out!

Get out!

Don't talk to me like a thief!

- And in front of the girl!

- Just pay me then!

- So, how much?

- Two dinars.

- All this fuss for two dinars?

- It's money!

I know it's money!

Who told you I wouldn't pay?

L-low can I help you?

- I want to file a complaint.

- For what?

- Can anyone take it?

- What's the motive?

Can we go inside?

Go ahead.

Where are you going?

Go ahead, tell us your story.

Can we talk privately?

Privately... Sure, why not?

Two policemen raped me.

Come with me.

Where did this happen?

On the beach.

By The Palace Hotel.

Want some advice?

Go home, get some rest, think it over.

If you still don't feel alright,

come back next week.

Where do you live?

- Al Farabi students' dorm.

- So you're not from Tunis?

Good night.

Everyone's about to leave.

I advise you to go home too.

Good night.

What's her story?

She says that two policemen raped her.

As usual, everything's our fault.

What will they accuse us of next?

I'm sorry, Mariam, I was stuck with him.

I hate bad manners.

I want to go home and change my dress.

I need get a good sleep.

- What about the complaint?

- We'll do it tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be too late.

Listen to me.

Can I go home with you?

- Hello!

- Where are you going?

- We are expected inside.

- Go ahead.

You can't come home with me because

lam staying with my cousin tonight.

Can I use your phone

to call my roommate?

She can beg the guard

to open the gate,

even throw me a rope... anything.

I've got no credit on my phone.

I gave the credits my cousin sent me

to the cab driver.

Please, we are here to file a complaint.

Let's get inside.

They told me the station is closing.

- Who said that?

- The policeman.

Come with me and we'll open it.

- Who said the station was closing?

- Ask him.

Good evening.

What do you want, with this attitude?

We want to file a complaint.

- With these manners?

- What's going on?

The guy is aggressive and he says

he wants to file a complaint.

So what's the problem?

Let him do it!

Alright, come this way.

Go ahead, make your complaint.

Now this is something.

What's going on?

The chick came back with some hot shot

and they're filing a complaint.

- Really?

- Absolutely.

Can I ask you for something, please?

Go ahead.

Do you have any clothing?

Anything I can borrow,

a dress, a jacket or a skirt?

I don't have any clothes.

Can I use the curtain over there?

- Take your panties off.

- What?

Take them off

and put them in here.

For the forensic police.

Let me speak to Chedly.

Chedly,

come escort the plaintive

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