Simon Konianski Page #3

He's really cool.

A law degree, a swimming champ

and he skates like a god.

Yeah? Wild.

l'll leave you to it.

For you...

The Bamboo Whistle.

The Chinese Barrow.

Sucking the Mango.

Felacin.

Coitus of a Cow.

Coito de un toro.

Sh*t!

Pia Colada.

Caipirinha.

Tudo bom.

Weaving a Creeper...

All right, Mr Konianski?

Sory, doctor, l dozed off.

l have insomnia

because ofthese damn tests.

My heart's broken too,

but it's not your crap pills.

We've had other complaints.

We'll probably halt the tests.

Are my father's pills, BX 012,

on sale in America?

Yes. The molecule

is already being used

experimentally in the USA.

What does experimentally mean?

Doctors can prescribe it

in certain conditions.

To treat what?

To treat rare lung conditions.

As a last resort.

Has your father...

ever suffered from the cold?

l'm sory, Mr Konianski.

We don't want to make Gaza

a gatellite of lran.

Most weapons in Gaza

come from lran.

Humanitaian groups can't woh

foriust three houn a day.

The inhabitantg are temfied.

to meet the most urgent needs.

Dad...

You should be in bed.

Simon, you unworthy son!

Did you call

Mrs Hirschfeld's granddaughter

to apologize for the other evening?

l was ashamed ofyou.

For you my son.

Keep this in yourwaIIet

and you'II succeed.

We thought you'd need company.

Hello, Mala.

Hello, Maurice.

l'm sory your brother passed away.

My condolences.

Hadrien, say hello.

l don't want them.

l want Grandpa and his pistol.

lll-mannered little boy...

Let's get an ice cream together.

It's wiser.

- Fancy one?

- Yes!

What about us?

Let's go.

Where's Grandpa?

lt's good being together.

lt makes you wonder

why Mum left Dad.

What's so great

about her Brazilian faiy?

He's mad! Help, Hadrien!

Psychopath!

Help, Hadrien!

Stop it!

Ostrof?

Why Ostrof?

Ostrow.

Ostrow. Where is this dump?

ln Ukraine,

He wants to be buried

among those anti-Semites?

We were born there.

And his first wife died there too.

What?

What first wife?

She died young.

We won't talk about it now.

Dad had a first wife?

How come l don't know?

Did they have kids?

l iust asked you something.

No, they didn't have kids.

We can't talk about it now.

Sammy is a busy man.

Who was she? What was her name?

Sarah.

Why be buried with her?

How should l know?

Your father was always a bit odd.

How come no one told me?

Shut up, Simon!

We'll tell you some other time.

ln Ukraine...

Getting a body

all that way isn't easy.

We'll need an air ambulance.

Danny? Rebenski here.

What have we got for Kiev?

El Al...

No, not Lufthansa.

Air Austria...

And Lot?

That much?

Thanks, Danny.

lt's not cheap.

You'll need an ambulance

for at least two days

with the roads there,

the customs papers,

of course.

The burial plot...

The taxes, you can't avoid them...

And all the kickbacks.

People there won't go

out oftheir way to help.

Why don't you buy him here?

Or in Israel?

Someone iust dropped out.

A really lovely spot.

A plot on the Mount of Olives.

Nice and quiet. In Jerusalem.

l can give you a good price.

Call it a last-minute offer.

These are a dead man's last wishes,

Mr Sammy.

lt'll cost you 30,000 euros.

What?

That's way too much!

Ostrof isn't cheap.

Ostrow!

l never met or even know about!

What do you want to know?

Evemhing.

l want to know evemhing.

All right.

Your father had

a first wife in Poland.

But it didn't last long.

We can go to Ostrow by car.

lt'll be easier

and a lot cheaper too.

l'm not going

to Ukraine with you two!

Think for a second.

We can share the fuel costs

between the three of us.

Plus we speak Russian and Polish.

Can you even take a body to Ukraine?

Don't wory, Simon.

Sammy's a friend ofthe family.

He'll sort the paperwork out.

Ok, but l want to know

all about Dad and Sarah.

We'll tell you all about it

on the way, ok?

What an idea,

bringing your son

on a trip like this.

lf it's a problem,

l can take you back to Brussels.

Did his mother agree

to let him come with us?

Of course.

Who do you think l am?

l don't think it's right

for a child.

All right, Mala.

Back to our stoy.

We're in Ostrof.

Ostrow!

Ok, we're in Ostrow,

iust before the war, Dad's young,

he meets this Sarah...

What year was it again?

Know what?

We won't talk about this now.

You need to concentrate on the road.

Look, it's dark out there.

Let me get some sleep.

lt's a diesel engine.

lt's a vintage car

and not easy to drive.

l can drive anything, Simon.

l even drove a tank once.

Watch the gears.

l changed the box two weeks ago.

It cost 700 euros.

Cut it out.

l was driving

before your father could walk.

Hury up, we can't stay here,

they're going to notice us.

Calm down, Maurice! Calm down!

That's a great disguise.

No one will ever spot you.

Ok, Mala,

now l'm not driving, tell me.

This Sarah...

l'm too tired now.

l'll tell you tomorrow, l promise.

l'm going to sleep now.

You tell me. You were there too.

Look, l have to concentrate

on the road.

l can't do two things at once.

You're a damn drag

with this shim secret.

Watch your mouth, Simon!

What happened?

That idiot in his SS boots

said l was doing

You were doing 140?

l can't see your speedometer,

it's too small.

He wanted my papers, that shmok!

He wanted my licence

but l have nothing on me.

All l have on me is my Beretta.

Think l want them to know who l am?

So they can hand me over

to the Stasi or the Poles?

Never!

You have a gun on you?

l always cary a loaded gun.

Put that away!

Put it away right now!

l still have my gun, see.

Put it away!

They should give me money,

those damn bastards!

Maurice, slow down!

Your brother and sister piss me off.

How did you put up with them?

Hear this racket?

Fascinating...

Hadien swimming tomomow

Sh*t!

What's going on?

Hello, son.

Am l dreaming?

l'm really touched

you've come all the way to Poland

with my little Schmuli.

But there's one thing

l'd like more than anything.

Get yourself a real iob.

After good health, that's

the most important thing in life.

A good iob.

lncredible, even dead

he's pissing me off.

Dad, you're dead.

What the hell do you care now?

Listen, my son,

l'm sick of worying about you.

So, please, make me happy.

Find yourself a proper job.

At your age, l had my own store.

l designed a fabric...

Please, l know

the alpaca stoy by heart.

Find something, Simon.

lf not for yourself or for me,

do it for your son.

Dad, when l was a boy,

Mum and you weren't exactly rich.

But we were happy.

Your mother

was a wonderful woman, Simon.

Not like that dancer

you dream of going back to.

You can talk,

with your dumb secrets.

Who is this Sarah anyway?

Because ofthat dancer,

my grandson isn't circumcised.

That was my decision.

It's far too barbaric.

Answer my question. Who's Sarah?

Barbaric! Barbaric, he says!

Circumcision

has been around 5,000 years

but my son the genius

has decided it's barbaric!

Exactly.

l had the guts to stop it.

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