Beauty and the Dogs Page #6

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- A kiss is an affront to decency?

- You think you're in a soap opera?

Madame, the law punishes

with a jail sentence of six months

and a fine of one thousand dinars

anybody practicing indecent acts

and upsetting public morals,

whether by act or by speech,

or anybody disturbing

others with acts...

of immorality.

The text is clear.

Don't write "obscenity",

write "small kiss".

Aren't you ashamed?

You're telling us what to write?

You're telling us how to do our job?

You've got some nerve!

You're out of control!

I am going to call your father!

Leave my father out of this.

Press charges

without telling your father?

Please...

All these numbers are guys.

Kids having fun!

What's your father's name?

What's his name?

It's ringing.

Your father is probably getting ready

for the morning prayer.

Unless the poor man is up

milking his cows.

Mister Ahmed?

This is the police!

We have your daughter...

Bravo.

Congratulations.

You are a smart girl.

Do you have a brain

or are you a kamikaze? Tell me!

Do you have a brain

or are you a kamikaze?

I dialed a false number

to spare your father.

If he hears about this,

he'll have a heart attack.

He'll die.

Then you...

you'll be cursed forever!

Mariam.

Do you still want to press charges?

You are absolutely right.

If I want to press charges,

my family must know.

No need to threaten me with my father,

I will call him myself.

Yes, it's Mariam.

Daddy, I am at the police station

behind The Palace Hotel.

Can you come?

I'll tell you when you get here.

Daddy, hurry UP-

They're frightening me.

Arrest her.

Me?

What do you mean?

You did well to call your father.

In a situation like this,

you will need your family.

To back you up.

I tried to help you, Mariam.

I really did.

I wanted to offer you a way out.

But you're stubborn.

You're on a wild ride

and I have no choice but to arrest you.

Arrest me?

Why would you arrest me?

Why are you playing with my nerves?

Why of all girls

are you picking on me?

Why?

You threw Youssef in a pit

and you want me to join him?

Why?

What did I do to you?

Look at me...

Just look!

But you won't get away with it.

I don't know anybody,

I don't have any support,

but God exists.

The truth will come out.

Because I'm not giving up.

I'll have revenge

for everything you've done to me.

You'll pay a thousand times over.

For staining my body and my honor.

Chedly,

get her a glass of water.

Help her,

she's having a breakdown.

Here, wash your face.

Stay away from me.

Stay away.

Mariam...

Calm down.

Let me be very honest with you.

A story like yours could

put the country in jeopardy.

It could open hell's gates in our face.

Do you love Tunisia?

Tell me,

do you love our beautiful Tunisia?

We have a historical responsibility

to assure the security

and stability of the country.

Do you know who that man is?

Do you know him?

We are the ones

keeping the wolves at bay

so they don't devour us.

If the police disappear tomorrow,

me, you, my brother, my sister,

your mother, my kids...

They will be raped and the country too.

It will be chaos.

And the country will become

a haven for terrorists,

thieves, militias and gangs.

Tell me,

can a country survive without police?

Can you imagine Tunisia

surviving without police?

The country is in turmoil

and you want to press charges?

Help me, Mariam,

so I can help you

control this whole story.

I'll find you a way out

and everyone will be safe.

I won't help you.

I have no reason to help you.

Think about it.

What do you say?

Go ahead.

If you want to arrest me, do it.

I've been through everything tonight.

You've trampled my dignity

and ripped it to pieces.

Help yourself to what's left.

Put me in jail. At least in a hole,

I won't have to see anybody.

Arrest her so we can all go home.

Sorry but...

I need an order

from the public prosecutor.

What?

What are you talking about?

Where are you going?

You can refuse to sign the report.

They're just trying to frighten you.

They cannot arrest you.

I will write that you refused

to sign the report.

You should go straight

to the public prosecutor's office.

- What you are saying?

- Get off me.

Hurry UP!

- Have you gone mad?

- Go! Now!

Where is she going?

What's wrong with you?

- Stop acting like a hero!

- Get your hands off me!

There are laws in this country!

What laws are you talking about?

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