Snow

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Eastern Bosnia, 1997

Come on! - Silence.

When will she start? - Soon, soon.

Avdo?

Avdo didn't have a moustache!

Daddy!

How come you did not

recognize Omer right away?

Do it again! Do it again!

Please, do it again!

Let me be. I can't anymore.

Do it like the last time.

Alma, you do it.

Let me do that!

- It's ok.

You're pulling my hair!

What are they doing now?

I don't know.

Faruk.

And Alma!

Will someone replace me? -I will.

Who is Faruk?

Let me see if you'll guess this.

Safija? - No! -Then who?

Guess!

Why are you leaving so early?

- Off I go.

Do something else.

This is boring!

Alahimanet

SNOW:

Friday

Safija!

Safija, the morning prayer!

Good morning!

You were in the

middle of the prayer...

I've been feeling pressure

in my head all morning long.

Measure it again!

It's stuffy in here...

Good-bye.

Close the door.

Alma!

Put that bowl in it's place.

I cannot spend the whole

day waiting for it to fall...

Alahimanet.

Just a little bit here...

That's it...

As-Salamu 'Alaykum

- Alaykum As-Salam.

Here they are, still hot.

- Masha'Allah! Thank you...

Again?

- Yes. It was never longer.

He was shaking for the

entire night, dreaming.

He got really scared.

If he could just tell us...

You will tell us one day, won't you?

He will. With God's help...

Need some help?

Why are you so nervous?

Do you have a cigarette?

One basin - one cigarette.

Too expensive.

You can't have this.

A gift from Magnus?

- Why do you care?

Want some make up instead?

OK. I'll take that

red eye shadow.

I'll bring it over in the afternoon.

She is spraying it all over me...

Don't quarrel.

Open the plums nicely.

Alma, the last time I read from

my cup I saw a huge scarecrow.

This big!

Would you believe that I burnt

my skirt on the same day.

The one for the beach!

It was brand new!

This is parching me!

Nadija, it's burning!

You brat!

What's up with Jasmina?

- Go help your mum!

Good morning, dear...

I dreamt that Daddy returned,

but he did not recognize me...

Watch your fingers!

Daddy will come back, won't he?

Saturday

Imagine we are at the seaside now!

It's so scary here. A Chetnik

could come out ofnowhere.

We lived so well once...

Omer goes off to work,

I make some coffee,

have a cigarette, turn on the TV...

"Survival" was on the TV.

Remember?

You know, those serials.

I loved when they were

showing those giraffes.

God, how beautiful they are...

Omer was a handsome guy, wasn't he?

- He was.

You won't believe what

Lejla told me yesterday.

She said that I wouldn't

want her fatherto come home!

Can you imagine that?

Why would she think that?

Yes, he was her father,

but he was also my husband.

Who wouldn't like to

have her husband home?

Why don't you tell her the truth?

- What could I say?

What if he really survived?

Let's go!

How many plums will they clean today?

If we only managed

to sell two shipments...

We could buy a Yugo from

the Serbs for 400 marks!

Drive like ladies...

Merchandise on the roof,

two of us in the car.

We could make a real business.

Business!?

I would be happy if we could

make enough for cigarettes.

Move back a bit

or no one will stop.

Not that far, people

will think that I am a hooker!

I have to go to the toilet.

- You went a minute ago.

What can I do...

Come with me.

Do you have eyes at all?

Are you ok? -Are you drunk?

I have never seen anybody here.

You can only see bears

walking around here.

Yeah, really, bears...

- I'll pay for the damage...

You can't afford it!

Of course, he can!

What's your name?

Hamza... Here is my ID.

From Zvornik? Alma, he is from

the same town as you.

Where are you from?

- From Slavno.

From Slavno? -Yes.

Great! I can take you to the

crossing if you want.

How did you end up in Slavno?

- She got married.

Why isn't your husband

pushing the trailer?

He was killed.

They killed all our men.

My entire family was killed.

Dad, Mum, my brothers...

How did you survive?

I spent two days lying under dead

bodies, and then I escaped...

You see! Maybe some of

our men escaped like that.

They would have contacted

you by now.

I have no one to call.

What do you do?

I transport furniture

from Germany to Bosnia.

How is the business going?

- Good, thank God.

And what are you doing?

We make chutney, mixed salad,

pickled cabbage,

quince jam, cherry jam... Everything!

How is the sale going?

- It's not going at all...

It would go well if we had

a way to transport our goods.

If you are interested we can

offer you a special price,

that is, if you buy the summer stock.

It's a deal!

When I drop off the shipment

I'll come to you to close it!

On Wednesday?!

What about the damage?

- We can forgive that.

Don't worry.

You know that we from Zvornik

are men of ourword.

Here. So it won't seem that

you walked for nothing.

Thank you.

If you knew how

quickly he was driving?!

I wouldn't be surprised

if it was a hundred per hour!

Now, a hundred...

When he hit us I thought

we were dead!

So, what did he say?

He'll come on Wednesday to

buy all of our products!

Insha'Allah.

What's with you two...

He could have taken you anywhere!

He's our man. From Zvornik.

How could you enter

an unknown man's truck...

Are you stupid or what?

What else could we do?

Accept to take the money

for the damage and walk home!

I think it is better to

have a long-term agreement.

What do they know about trade?

Off I go. Good bye.

I think it was more

than just a trade.

He could not get his

eyes off our Alma...

I am joking, Safija... Just a joke!

Every joke is half of truth.

Let's go. We are getting up

early in the morning.

Where are you going?

You haven't had your coffee.

Alahimanet!

- Alahimanet!

Don't hold anything against me!

Shame on you! Your husbands

body is still warm!

Sunday

Snow!

Nine. - Nine.

How come he didn't

suffocate lying under

the corpses forthree days?

- Second row?

I don't know, he didn't tell us.

Eleven, twelve... Fourteen.

How did he manage

without the food?

Third row?

Where did these

glasses come from?

I found them this morning. - Where?

By Hajro's house.

They are Daddy's.

I can tell by this on the side.

Daddy's glasses.

You made a mistake.

She didn't. - She did.

Victory!

Sometimes I dream that my room

is full of cabbage.

And it is choking me.

If we could only get rid of

all of these fruits and vegetables...

Is Lejla with you? - She's up there.

She's at Hajro's house.

I found some eyeglasses

there this morning.

They seem to be Omer's.

You've looked there already...

Look over there!

Don't go there! Something might bite you!

Mum!

I have looked there already!

You looked there!?

It's all the same to you.

Granny, your pie is simply wonderful!

We could start selling it once

we start developing the business!

Look at us... Natural born businesswomen!

In a year or two we

could feed half of Bosnia!

When the business starts with that guy,

we could even feed half of Germany.

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