Mascarades Page #4

Theres the big boss!

- You looked great.

- Come on, sit down.

- What happened to your face?

- I fought with Mehdi and Faouzi.

Why?

- They made a toad smoke!

- So what?

- I wanted to let it go.

- What for?

It was smoking. It

was going to die!

Its just a toad, what do you care?

You lose your friends over

a toad you dont even know?

They wanted to make him smoke.

He was there, too bad for him!

Thats democracy, right?

You rally round the strongest!

You join the others or you die.

- You join the others or you die.

- Right?

Mum! Mum!

- What happened?

- I got in a fight.

Ill be back, guys.

Shell eat him alive.

- What are you doing here?

- The streets a free place.

- What do you want?

- Hamza and Rdouane brought chairs.

- What?

- For the wedding! Did you forget?

Listen, its time you woke up.

Whats got into them all?

Hell have to talk now.

He cant do anything else.

You impress me. You dont

sit around, youre active.

You have a job but

you dont stop there.

You dont wait for things

to fall from the sky.

When people ask How did

Mounir get with the Canadian?

I say Nothings dishonest.

Its normal, he deserves it.

Look there. A brothers gift

for your sisters wedding.

- Mounir, I have a gift for you too.

- Where do we put them?

- Hell talk.

- He wont.

Hell talk, he has no choice.

Im not a puppet. I wont

let him do this to me.

My husbands lost his mind!

- Why did they unload?

- I cant help it!

One got sugared almonds,

the other chairs!

Say whatever you

like, but stop this.

Im doing what I can. I need

to find the right moment.

Thats it, the right moment.

I have to talk to Khalifa.

Normally, children my

age are at play school.

I cant move out just like that.

You wanted us to be together.

Of course thats what I

want. But where will we go?

We have to prepare things.

The only thing being prepared

is a fictitious marriage.

Khalifa, you promised me!

Rym, its not that simple.

You live in your dreams

where its all simple.

Where I live, its another story.

Im the sole earner at

home. My family relies on me.

You want me to drop them?

You only love me when

it makes no waves.

Its Mounir! Go!

You dont really mean

that? Im talking to you!

Go out the window.

It doesnt matter. I took

my dreams for reality.

Im invited to Tsakis

sons circumcision.

Snazzy, isnt it?

Hamza gave it to me.

- Whats wrong with her?

- Why are you doing this?

Ill sort it out, dont worry.

Im going out with

Rdouane and Hamza.

Dont wait for me.

What are all these

chairs doing here?

Theyre for the wedding.

Whats this?

What are all these

chairs doing here?

We have to act now. We cant

rely on Mounir any more.

Hes lost on a

merry-go-round.

- What will you do?

- What does Khalifa say?

This is all my fault.

I should have stuck to our plan

when we returned from the hotel.

Khalifa said if people knew

it would complicate matters.

I didnt listen to him.

Men are always right.

Dont you start saying

stupid things too.

Habiba! Come here.

Where did the chairs go?

Hey!

- Where are the chairs?

- At Hajjas.

What? Why did you take them there?

Im getting married, arent I?

Thats where the ceremony will be.

Someone will offer me a cortege.

And well need a few sheep.

Dear brother, please enlighten me,

are these presents for

me, you, or Vancooten?

Either Im mad, or

youre not normal.

Hello here, Greetings there...

Youd do anything for

those idiots respect.

Youd let them look up my skirt!

Im sorry, but this whole

story is making you crazy.

Where are you going?

I dont want to sleep with you.

Mr Williams,

let me introduce...

my old friend, the Colonel,

and I am... me... we...

Well do great things together.

You must meet my mother.

Do you know doubara? She

makes the best doubara.

My mother, the old woman.

Stop. Ill take you home.

- Id rather walk.

- We need to talk.

How could you? Anyone

else, I wouldnt have cared!

But from you, I cant accept it.

I want to marry her. Its

serious, I want children...

Its impossible, its pure fantasy.

Shes too young and

youre not the right one.

- What will she lack with me?

- Everything!

Even I wonder how I put

up with you for so long.

Oh yeah?

Im the one who puts up with you!

You think youre a big shot

but youre just a big nothing!

Khalifa!

Khalifa!

Khalifa, my brother...

Sh*t! What have I done now?

Khalifa, brother...

- Youre not hurt?

- Not yet.

But if I dont marry her,

something will happen to me.

You idiot!

So remind me... I cant marry

her because were friends?

What planet do you live on?

Look where we are.

Theres only one road!

You can go this way or that way.

- So nothing ever changes?

- What is there to change?

I dont know, but at

least we could try.

Thats it! The day we

take a vacation, maybe.

Im thirsty.

- I have some water in the car.

- Its not water I want.

Why do you drink if

it makes you sick?

Hey, Mounir, come here!

See those two clouds over there?

Doesnt that one look like

me? The other looks like Rym.

It looks like Rym. Come and see.

Blow with me. They need

to move closer together.

They need to touch. They

need to kiss in the sky.

Im the one who drinks

but its you who is drunk.

Mr Mounir, my name

is Khalifa Boukhati.

I officially request the hand

of your sister, Rym Mekbel.

I love her more than

my video cassettes.

Rym is a princess.

Ill give you many

nephews to garden with you.

To marry a princess, you

need to pass some tests.

Anything you want.

The man who marries Rym...

has to get rid of Vancooten for me.

Wake up! Wake up!

Whats wrong with you? No

use waiting for Vancooten!

Hes not coming.

Hes never heard of you.

He doesnt want to meet you.

He doesnt even want

to know you exist.

Bunch of fools.

Youre so out-of-date!

I hope youre all awake now

because I wont say it again!

Vancootens not coming!

Its impossible for

him to marry her!

Because Rym is mine!

Rym is mine!

Rym is mine!

Rym is mine.

- Shut up!

- Rym is mine.

Rym is mine!

Give me the keys.

Its your house, not mine.

Rdouane Lamouchi! You

were born out-of- date!

Another one! Another test.

- Itll be an impossible one.

- Im not afraid.

Make her sleep less.

- Cure her?

- Dont say that, shes not sick.

Shes just...

Make her sleep a little less.

What are you doing? Youll

wake the whole world.

Come inside!

You stink of alcohol.

Is that any example?

Dont worry, I have

things under control.

Go to bed.

- I have to walk my friend home.

- He knows the way.

We had a long talk.

He does love you but

he wont marry you!

To bed!

Rym!

Whats all this

screaming in the streets?

Whats wrong?

- What happened?

- She didnt sleep here.

Khalifa, open up.

Open the door. I

know youre in there!

Khalifa, open up!

Its them.

What are you doing?

Get Mounir, we have to talk.

When he saw Rym didnt sleep

here, he stormed out like a madman.

Habiba... Youve

been a sister to me.

Ill never forget

what youve taught me.

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