Lost Islands Page #6

Get out of here!

Nabatia, Lebanon 1982

Lansky, don't touch that man!

What has he done to you?

Here is Erez.

Erez, I don't believe it!

What are you doing here?

Erez, this is my friend, Amir.

He just returned from India.

Hello to you, Sir.

He lived in Goa for six months.

- What's Goa?

It's a place in India.

There are no Israelis there.

Tell him

you have to come with me.

Hey man, take it easy.

Give me a minute, okay?

What?

You have to come

with to be with Opher.

You come by after months

and jump all over me.

Why do you think

I should be with Opher?

Because he made a mistake.

People make mistakes

and they shouldn't have to pay

their whole lives.

He thinks about you.

He can't live without you.

And I...

- Yes, what about you?

Neta, come on!

Get out of here

you pile of smelly curry.

Take things easy, man.

Do you want

to be part of my family?

Eat Friday night meals with us?

Neta. Come with me.

Wait for me here, okay?

Neta.

How nice to wake up

and see you here.

How are you?

Why the sad face?

Your children.

- What about my children?

I love both of them, Avraham,

but they are ruining my life.

Do you love Neta?

- Hmm, yes.

So why did you cheat on her?

Is that what you came to ask?

Okay, Erez. Like most people,

I'm opposed to cheating,

except when it is mine.

She has someone else.

What about Erez?

Does he talk to you?

Because here at home

he keeps everything to himself.

Your child is suffering.

- Suffering?

Why is he suffering?

Did he tell you what the problem is?

He feels...

- What does he feel?

Neta, what does he feel?

If you don't go back to her now,

you'll lose her.

Do you want to give her up?

Because if you do, she is here

in the living room. - What?

So go tell her

that she is free.

No,

Neta is not a girl that you give up.

We were in Tel Aviv

on the day of your accident.

We came to visit you.

- You came to visit me?

When? I didn't see you.

- We...

Erez accidentally

punctured your tire.

The burden that he's

carrying is too much.

He punctured my tire?

Erez punctured my tire?

What do you mean, accidentally?

You'll help him, right?

- How can I help him?

What can I say?

Erez, try not to puncture

my tire next time?

Is that what I should say?

Is it?

Tell her already.

- What do you want me to say?

Tell her that you're an idiot,

that you love her.

That you were meant

to be together,

that she's not a girl

you cheat on.

And that Emily

is just a pair of breasts.

That could work.

- Okay.

I'm sorry, you are not a girl

to cheat on,

I'm a moron...

and Emily has great breasts.

Emily has...

Erez's version

was better than yours.

Because he's a writer.

You are

the best friends I will ever have.

We can make it a threesome.

Strip!

Now you tell Erez.

Erez, you have great breasts.

- Not that, jerk.

Tell him that he doesn't have

to take care of you all the time.

But he does.

He's my twin brother.

We take care of each other.

That's how it works.

Good night to you both.

I'm off to conquer Lebanon tomorrow.

This is not a training exercise,

guys, this is the real thing.

I love you and trust you.

I know that each of you

carries with him his love of country

and his love for this unit

and we will

go into Lebanon and hit the PLO hard!

We will screw them!

- Yeah! Yeah!

Ido, go see who's at the door.

Hello.

Is this the Levy residence?

Yes.

- Is your mother or father home?

Yes.

Sima and Avraham?

- Yes.

My name is Moti,

I am the local IDF representative.

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

It's Erez, in Lebanon?

Your son is called Erez?

- Yes.

Do you have a son named Opher?

- Yes.

I am very sorry.

Opher drove

to Lebanon this morning,

the building he was in

collapsed.

How did he get to Lebanon?

There was intelligence material that

had to be delivered there.

Your son volunteered.

No one else wanted to go and Opher

insisted on making the journey.

Your son is a hero.

I am sorry.

Opher is dead. You have

four living children to care for.

I don't care.

I don't care.

I would have preferred

for one of the others to be taken.

I wanted him to live.

He was my prince.

My baby.

None of them touched my heart

the way he did.

Do you think I'm a bad woman?

If you ever say what you just

said again, I'll leave you.

I'll take myself and leave.

Once, when you used to say

you would leave me,

that frightened me

more than anything else.

Now, I don't care.

My condolences.

- Thank you.

Airplane, airplane.

Go to Mama.

What are you doing

these days, Grandma?

I left home and am living

with a girl in the city.

Are you still training

with your car?

If you want to be a race car driver,

don't postpone it.

I'm going to get

a cab driver's license.

Driving a cab is enough for me.

The main thing

is to be away from home.

If that's what you want,

that's what you want.

I'll see you tomorrow.

I want to tell you something.

I'm going to India with Amir.

He invited me to travel with him.

What do you think?

I don't know.

Is he's nice?

Not as nice as you,

but he's okay.

He says that it

is an amazing place.

When are you leaving?

I don't know.

This place gets worse and worse.

It was the same way in Iran.

Everything became black.

It's not good, Erez.

Why don't you come with me?

Leave the army,

get discharged,

leave the madness behind.

I have to take care

of my father.

I love you.

Bye.

Erez, come here.

I want you to tell Neta

not to come here anymore.

Why should I tell her that?

Because I can't

stand seeing her.

Some day she will have

another guy, she's easy.

She won't be alone for long.

To me,

she will always be Opher's.

Once she has someone else,

I'll know that Opher is dead.

That he isn't coming back,

that everything is over.

Okay.

Erez.

I'm sorry.

Erez.

What are you doing?

I'm cleaning my gun.

Come help me with the cacti.

Go catch Neta before she leaves.

She belongs to Opher, Dad.

Opher? Opher is dead.

He has nothing.

Look, I've made many mistakes,

but I have never been wrong

when doing something for love.

Sometimes, remaining loyal

to your wife,

or to your dead brother,

means betraying yourself.

Mom will go crazy.

- Let her go crazy!

If she had listened to her mother

you wouldn't have even been born?

Do you know who is the smartest

brother in this house?

David.

- David?

Because he knows when to cheat

and when to be loyal.

He puts himself first.

Look at this cactus.

It will do anything to survive.

In the toughest desert.

Erez, you must learn to survive.

Do you understand?

Do you want a coffee, Avraham?

- No thanks, Sima.

Erez, do you want coffee?

No.

Life can change in an second.

Look at me.

I was a regular man,

I wanted to build the largest

building in the middle east.

One accident, one second.

There was an oil stain on the road.

I didn't notice it and I skidded.

Oil on the road?

- Oil.

It was a unfortunate day.

I had to change a flat tire

beforehand as well.

Now go, do you hear me?

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