Pharmakon Page #3

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I could have picked any career...

You brought me here to use meas a cover up for your dirty business.

Signing your documents...

You take me for a fool!

Hey...

Anonymous squirt!

You burnout!

You degenerate!

You scum of the earth!

How do you daretalk to me like that.

I have been workingfor this for 40 years.

Ive invested an entire life,and you dare raise such issues!

Idiot!

How dare youmoralize me, your face.

Instead of focusing on your work...

...that we have left you aftera thousand sacrifices...

...that <i>pharmacy</i>, which everyoneelse would dream about to inherit...

...instead of getting up andbanging your head on the wall...

...working, creating,competing with your peers...

...you treat our pharmacyas though it were a night club...

...with dirty windows,plastic curtains...

...stinking of tobacco, whereany hoodlum from the street can enter!

How dare youmoralize me, your face!

Ive been working my whole life, andI've been where you cant even imagine.

Ive been to every villageand Ive plunged in dirt.

Everybody respects me!

You didnt want to stayin the U.S., you came here...

...because youdidnt have the balls!

You couldnt make itwithout your daddy!

You spoiled brat!

Your friends arefinishing Yale and Oxford!

I'd piss on yourworthless schooling!

I'd piss on your photography,your philosophy.

You put venomin your parents lives!

Go make me a coffee, hurry!

You prick!

I need your signature here.

You need to sign all of them.

Do you remember that riddle?

In a boat for two...

...a wolf, a sheep and a cabbageneed to cross the river...

Shall we eat that fish or not?

I've heard that youve been seenoften at the hospital...

Are you fine health-wise?

Im not going therebecause Im ill.

You <i>do</i> look well,but I got worried...

When I was donatingblood, I met Sara.

-Sara.-How is her mother doing?

She is in treatment.

Is there any hope for her?

I don't know.

Well...

Who is helping her, the state?

The state...

...we also helped.

Then, why have I beenasked to interfere?

You to interfere to me?

I dont know.

Yes, to interfere to you.

Look, you shouldnt getmixed up in these things.

What does that mean?

It means that you shouldntget mixed up with my patients.

That is my business.

You should take careof your own issues.

What issues?

You know your issuesbetter than me.

Do you mean Sara?

What would I know.

Did she tell you?

I dont know anything.

I don't believe that there are anyworthwhile women there.

They are ordinary and simplistic.

Don't you think?

There may be some decent ones...

Whatever, it is your business.

You didnt tell mewhat you think about Sara?

About who?

Sara.

Why are you putting on a show?

You know her well.You are helping her mother.

Shes my student,I will help her mother.

I discharged her motherfrom the hospital.

-You discharged her?-Yes.

When?

This morning.

There's no reasonfor her to be hospitalized.

So you think shes hopeless?

Her mothers condition is grave.

Im talking about her daughter.

Shes not really thatworth being talked about.

Does this topic tire you?

Very much so.

Why?

How come, that youkeep asking like a kid!

If you have somethinggoing on with her, thats fine.

I dont dealwith your little stories.

Why are you so insecure?

-Insecure about what?-Because you keep asking questions...

I don't knowanything about her.

I try not to interferewith my student's personal affairs.

That doesnt suit men!

Are you sure thatyou are that spotless?

Be that as it may...

...be clear about one thing...

...this story should remainonly an adventure...

Listen to your old man,only an adventure!

Tomorrow, go to Saranda.

Do something worthwhile.

Good morning.

Im getting theprescriptions that were here.

Im going to do themonth-end closing later.

So, you didnt go to Saranda.

Im not your servant.

So, you didn't go.

No.

Shall we take a lookat those apartments youve seen?

One of them is right here,on the sixth floor.

Its owner left the country,it's for sale.

Its sort of an attic.

The other one is a bit further.

Fine...

In spite of everything,tomorrow you should go to Saranda.

Well make a decision,when you return.

Have a nice day.

Is Sara here?

Her mother has beendischarged from the hospital...

She has taken a few days off.

How is she?

She's alright.

Did she finish the treatment?

I think so, butI'm not exactly sure.

-Thanks.-You're welcome.

Hello.

I am a friend of Brankos.

You are Brankos friend?

Please, sit down.

Thank you.

What is your name?

Sherif.

I dont know where to start, so...

...I am going to ask you directly.

Are you aware of Brankosrelationship with Sara?

I know that they stay together...

I know that she is a nurse here.

I know that you know that.

Excuse me?

I am aware of your relationship...

...with a girl here.

I am aware of your relationship!

I dont know the extentto which your son is aware of it.

That is why Ive come here.

My duty is to treat people, Sherif.

That is my job.

Ive worked in thishospital for forty years.

This hospital iseverything that I have.

This is all that I have.

Everything that I have attained is...

...what you see, right here.

I have worked very hard to attain it.

For forty years,have I lived, in this hospital.

I dont know whatIve been like as a father...

...but, everything that I have,I have it because I deserve it.

Anyone can cometo my hospital...

...in my room...

...to make appealsabout whatever they want...

...yet, this hospital is mine...

...with all the sufferingthat it contains...

...with all the despair...

...the hopes...

...the pain and anguish...

...it is mine.

I know the value of lifebetter than anyone...

Im of a certain ageand I cannot leave this.

I can not escape from this world,which has kept my life hostage.

Here...

...I do as I wish.

This is my home.

Do you understand?

With all the peopleIve seen to live, or die...

Do you know whatthe greatest horror is?

It is not death.

It is...

...<i>solitude</i>.

Ive saved manypeople and many lives...

...but no one can save youfrom the terror of solitude...

...Mr. Policeman.

Solitude...

...an invisible monster which iswith you in every moment....

...as a curse.

It humiliates, it depraves, it pollutes...

...it takes you outside of yourself...

...it turns you upside down...

...it makes you stick your nosein what doesnt concern you.

Solitude...

...a revenant...

...deforming you more than ever,unexpectedly.

You try to escape...

...precisely, at the same moment,you err.

I...

I'm not a philosopher...

Im exactly what you said,a policeman.

Ill tell you only one thing...

Leave the girl alone!

Good night.

I am looking for nurse Sara.

Where can I find her?I was told she is on call.

Yes, she is here.Check out at the fourth floor...

...third door on your left.

Thank you.

How are you Sherif?

Why are you here?

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