Enemies: A Love Story Page #6

a house full of servants...

he should force her to spin wool,

because idleness,

it leads to insanity."'

- [Spitting]

- [Phone Ringing]

- Why don't you answer

the telephone?

- I will never answer...

- the phone again on a holiday.

- [Ringing]

And if you want to become

Jewish, you don't iron

on Shemini Atzeret.

- This is a holiday!

[Ringing]

- You write on the Shabbat, not I.

- I won't be writing...

- on the Sabbath anymore.

- [Ringing]

If you don't want to

become like the Nazis,

then we must be Jews.

- When will I become Jewish?

- I'll talk to the rabbi.

I'll teach you the prayers.

Will we have a child?

If God wills it,

we'll have one.

[Exhales]

[Mumbling In Hebrew]

[Phone Ringing]

[Continues]

[Rings]

[Rings]

[Rings]

- [Rings]

- [Lifts Receiver]

- Hello?

- Are you still alive?

- What's happened to you?

- What happened to me is that...

I found out you are

a despicable creature.

Th-Tha-That's what happened

to me, you slut. I curse

the day that I met you.

- My God, what have I done?

- What... You've paid for your

divorce with prostitution.

Who told you this? Leon?

- Yeah, he spoke the truth.

- The truth is, he asked me.

I spat in his face.

If I'm lying, may I not live

to wake up in the morning.

May I never have rest in my grave.

Bring us face to face!

You had a lover

here in America?

If I had a lover here

in America, may I get cancer.

If Leon made it up,

may the curse fall on him.

If he's telling the truth...

may the child in my womb die.

Stop it.

Stop that. Stop it.

Stop it. You're swearing

like a fishwife.

I don't want to live

anymore. [Weeping]

## [Cantor Singing In Hebrew]

## [Continues Singing,

"Song Of Songs"]

## [Ends]

- [Chattering]

- Herman!

I'm pregnant!

Eh, that's wonderful.

- [Happy Chattering]

- [Chuckling]

- I'm so happy for you.

- Mazel tov!

[Herman] Thank you.

I'm a very lucky man.

[Singing Along To Phonograph]

#Talk about a moon #

# Floating in the sky #

# Looking like

a lily on a lake #

#Talk about a bird

Learning how to fly #

# Making... #

What's the matter with you?

Either you're with your peasant

or you're working.

- We're married now, remember?

- Ooh! Ach!

And soon we'll have a child.

Mm-mm.

Come on, Yeshiva boy.

Let's show your mother-in-law

how we dance.

I am not his mother-in-law!

He's not my son-in-law!

- This is all craziness!

- Why do you do this to me?

Why do I have to live with you?

It's your fault we have

to legalize our love with

this bourgeois institution.

Shut up, the both of you.

The Talmud is such a great book.

It doesn't explain what a man

should do with two wives.

[Phone Ringing]

[Ringing]

[Rings]

- Ja, hello?

- Herman.

Come quick.

Please, come!

What... What? Talk to me.

Herman, Masha's sick.

Come quick.

- Who just phoned? Your mistress?

- [Bangs Down Receiver]

- Leave me alone.

- Your breakfast is ready.

Your breakfast is getting cold!

I can't have breakfast.

I have to go.

- Where, to your mistress?

- Yes, to my mistress!

- To my mistress, yes!

- You made me pregnant,

and you go running to a whore?

- You're not selling books. Liar!

- Go back into the kitchen.

- Or I'll throw you out of here.

- You have a lover!

- You have a mistress!

You spend nights with her!

- Uh-huh.

You dog! You liar!

There is no jungle in Baltimore!

You hear it? There is no jungle

in the stupid Baltimore!

[Cursing In Polish]

[Train Rumbling]

[Knocking On Door]

- Herman.

- She's okay?

- Her husband?

- Yes.

- Mr. Broder, who told you

your wife was pregnant?

- Did the doctor examine her?

- I-I don't know.

In this country when

a woman is pregnant, she's under

the continual care of a doctor.

Your wife had a hemorrhage,

but there was no baby.

- The whole pregnancy was... up here.

- [Weeping]

I thought she was

in her sixth month!

And then suddenly...

Suddenly she's screaming.

She's having cramps,

and then there's blood

gushing everywhere.

- She's o... She's okay?

- Oh, my life.

She'll sleep,

at least until tonight...

and I'll drop by

tomorrow morning.

On my way to the hospital.

She's perfectly normal inside.

You'll be a grandmother

a year from now.

I won't live that long.

[Door Closes]

I wanted so much

to have a grandchild.

If only somebody to name

for the murdered Jews.

Go in. [Gasping]

Go in a moment. Go in.

- Ja, okay. I go see Masha.

- I am all right.

Yeah, go see Masha.

How do you feel?

I have no feelings left.

[Softly]

Masha, Masha.

## [Humming]

- The stew is finished.

- So am I.

Financially, physically, spiritually.

I made your favorite.

Barley stew.

- Come and eat.

- [Knocking On Door]

- [Howling, Crying] Oh, God!

- What happened?

- God! Don't go!

It's a ghost! A ghost!

- Yadwiga, what is...

- [Screaming]

- I didn't think she would

recognize me.

Yadzia! Yadzia!

Stop shaking, stop shaking!

Foolish peasant, she's alive!

She's alive!

Calm down, Yadwiga.

I'm not dead. I haven't

come to haunt you.

What's wrong with you?

- You could frighten her to death!

- I thought I was so changed,

my own mother wouldn't know.

Then, you could phone, ja?

You could... You could phone!

- Okay, here it is. Sit down.

- Oh, God!

- Sit, sit, sit.

- Oh, God! What will happen now?

- [Screaming]

- What do you do this for?

What do you do?

And I am pregnant!

[Sobbing, Moaning]

Don't think I'm here

to disturb the happy couple.

I learned how

to drink in Russia.

When I have a glassful,

I become a little curious.

After all, we still have

something in common.

- Both of you knew me

when I was alive.

- [Hysterical Screaming]

Why do you do this?

Why do you do this to her?

- You know she's pregnant.

- I'm not dead! I'm not dead.

I'm not alive

and I'm not dead.

The truth is,

I have no claim on him.

He probably always loved you.

I'm-I'm sure he slept

with you before me.

Oh, no.

I was an innocent girl.

- I came to him a virgin.

- Oh! Congratulations.

Men love virgins.

If every man had his way...

every woman would

lie down a prostitute

and get up a virgin.

[Sobbing]

Well, I see I'm an uninvited guest.

I better go.

No, Mistress Tamara.

Forgive me.

As God is my witness...

if I had known you were alive,

I would have kept away from him.

[Sobs] Sit down,

Mistress Tamara.

I get you tea.

Don't worry.

She won't divorce you.

If she does, you can always

go to the other one.

If she throws you out too,

you can come to me.

- [Crying Quietly]

- Yadzia, don't worry.

Nothing's going to happen.

Calm down, Yadwiga.

I won't come again.

No, Mistress Tamara.

You stay here.

This is your husband

and your home.

- You suffered long enough.

- But I don't want him.

I wouldn't live with him

even if you were to go away.

Where will you go?

Here there is a home for you.

I'd be the servant again.

That's God's will.

No, Yadwiga, you have

a good heart, but I can't

accept such a sacrifice.

A slit throat cannot

be sewn together again.

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