Out in the Dark

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

It's tough getting a drink here.

Allow me

Bro.

Impressive.

Hold on.

One sec.

Well,

you can have some of mine.

What is it?

Try it.

It's strong.

Are you trying to get me drunk?

Am I that obvious?

Quiet, everybody.

DJ, a little lower.

What's up?

Are you girls having fun?

It's almost eleven,

so if anyone needs to go home

before their family

suspects anything,

I know you don't wanna

get in trouble.

Go right ahead.

And don't forget next month,

the gorgeous Iman will be back.

By the way,

I'm Roy.

I'm Nimr.

You made it.

I missed you.

Me too.

They almost caught me at the fence.

Who?

Who do you think?

I'm not risking it again.

We'll see how long that lasts.

What's up with you?

Did you find a place to stay?

I found this great place,

you have to come check it out.

Where is it?

Around here.

Aren't you afraid

they're going to catch you?

Who? Israeli security?

Those b*tches bark a lot,

but they don't bite.

Anyway, that roof I found

is really, really safe.

Here you go.

Oh wow,

thanks.

Who's the hottie?

Roy, this is Mustafa.

Enchant.

My pleasure.

So what do you do, Roy,

when you don't go out to party?

I'm a lawyer.

Oh my God, a lawyer.

Forget Nimr,

he's leaving to the States,

you need a good woman like me.

Hi, honey.

You were amazing.

Thank you, sweetheart.

How are you?

Good, you?

Can we take a picture?

Sure.

Came out great!

Do you guys want to go dance?

Maybe later.

See you later, boys.

So what kind of lawyer are you?

A little bit of everything.

Truth is, I work for my dad.

Oh.

What?

That's adorable.

Are you making fun of me?

No, I really do think it's sweet.

Let me guess,

you work for your dad too?

No, no.

Actually my dad passed away

when I was 12,

so I think it's cool that

you get to work with your dad.

I guess it is.

I didn't mean to kill the mood.

Let's start over,

Hi.

Hi.

My name's Nimr,

I'm a psychology student.

Check out

those two faggots over there.

Did you hear that?

Let's get 'em.

Are you serious?

Just to f*** with them.

Sure, let's go.

F***ing pussies!

I'm so outta shape.

I don't think

we really scared them anyway.

Maybe I should've shouted at them

in Arabic.

That would've been awesome.

So,

you're going to study in the U.S.?

Not sure if in the U.S.,

but that's the plan.

Just to get the hell out of here.

Yes.

Sometimes I wish

I could just go somewhere

and start over on my own.

And leave Daddy's office?

Give it all up?

In a heartbeat.

What's stopping you?

I don't know.

Excuse me, coming through.

Sorry for breaking up

the wedding plans.

Hamada is leaving soon

if you need a ride.

Tell him I'm coming.

Okay.

What's going on?

I've got to go,

I have a ride.

I can give you a ride.

To Ramallah?

Oh.

Is that a problem?

No, not at all.

I'm serious, I'll give you a ride.

Maybe next time.

Okay, but

there better be a next time.

"Roy Schaffer, JD"

We should start her on medication.

There is no need to hospitalize her,

her depression is treatable.

What should we do with the children?

We can get social services involved.

I think it would be a mistake

to take the children away.

I know I'm just the student here,

but her depression

is clearly situational.

Her husband died, her son is in

an Israeli prison, and she's all alone.

Instead of digging in the past,

we should give her a future, hope.

Taking away her children

would crush her.

We should consider

what's best for the children.

She's not dangerous.

You said it yourself.

She doesn't require hospitalization.

She's in no state

to take care of the children.

They have grandparents.

They can take the children

until she achieves clinical balance.

She has a strong desire

to get through this.

Okay, we'll put her on medication

and start bi-weekly visits

with the children

until a healthy relationship

is re-established.

Okay?

Tomorrow is my last interview.

Congratulations!

What does it mean?

One last step and I'm in.

And then you'll go to Tel Aviv?

Only once or twice a week.

"Only?"

With God's help,

you're going to make it.

Why are you being so quiet?

You know what I have to say.

Nabil!

Everybody's calling for

an academic boycott of Israel,

yet, he decides to go study there.

It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

He's a great professor--

Yeah, yeah, from London.

I heard it already.

His recommendation gets you

into Princeton, Cambridge or Stanford.

And who's going to pay for Stanford?

They have scholarships.

And I know you'll get one.

You know why?

Because you're smart.

And because God put a good head

on your shoulders.

Not because of any favors from the Jews

Nabil, enough already.

You just don't get

how these things work.

I know enough.

Well, I'm off to the store.

Are you coming?

Bye, Mom.

God be with you.

I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Thanks.

For you to fail,

'cause I don't want you to go.

Try this one

and tell me what you think.

It's better.

It needs salt?

What a surprise!

I can't believe it.

What do you think?

Nice.

Avi, the owner, let's us stay here.

For free?

Nothing in this life is free, honey.

Hold on, I brought you something.

I don't believe it.

It's been years

since I've had these.

You hold on to these

and I'll go make us some tea.

How many guys live here?

Two others.

One from Bethlehem, the other

from Ramallah. You just missed them.

What is it?

You know I can't read Hebrew.

A permit to cross back and forth.

Are you f***ing with me?

I want one too!

Who did you have to suck to get it?

You wish it were that easy.

Does that mean you got in?

Oh honey, congratulations.

What great news.

This calls for a toast.

Sh*t, we're out of vodka.

I promise we'll go celebrate later.

I'm so proud of you.

Thank you.

Before I forget,

guess who I ran into Saturday night?

Who?

Remember that cute lawyer?

He was asking about you.

For real?

Look at you, turning all red.

Why haven't you called him?

What am I gonna call him for?

What's your problem?

It's only a date.

I can't really afford

any distractions right now.

You're too serious,

you don't meet hotties

like him everyday.

I can tell you liked him.

And with that new class,

you'll be here every week.

Roy?

We're down the hall.

Right here

and another.

Come in, we're almost done.

Well,

thank you very much, Roy.

Don't mention it.

Anything you need, you come to me.

We're just doing our job, Roman.

I'm serious.

Anything!

Roman, really.

Look at him trying to be all modest,

I owe him my brother's life.

Let me walk you to the elevator.

I'll be right back.

So sweet of you to come by.

What was that all about?

What?

Roman?

One of our big clients.

Not somebody I would wanna

get involved with.

But he's good business.

We got his brother

out of some serious trouble.

I feel that every day I'm in this job,

I compromise who I am.

I don't think

it's necessarily your job.

It's part of life.

It happens to everybody.

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