Thanos and Despina Page #2

brakes my balls, shepherd.

Hey, shepherd.

Haven't you heard?

Don't you hear for 7 days now

the sound my sheep make

when they burst? Don't shout.

Hey! They stabbed my dog shepherd.

They stole my sheep.

They'll throw me in prison.

Germany! Germany!

Shut up.

You are yelling Germany,

but even there you were nothing.

Nothing. Nothing here

and nothing there.

You don't know how to read or work.

So don't shout.

You're singing laments.

Moaning like a female shepherd.

But if you weren't that poor and that

stupid, your sheep would still be alive.

You killed them female shepherd!

I took my goats to the doctor.

Look at my sheep, shepherd.

Listen at the winds

raised by my sheep.

They come from Europe

and they go to Australia.

I'll bury my dog.

Then I'll go after the goats.

Let me help you.

For the heavenly music.

For the earthly music.

When the mountains shake.

Thanos! Thanos!

It's your boss. His son.

- Be careful, shepherd.

- He's my friend.

The rich are cautious with their

poor friends. And they should.

The poor are not cautious

with their rich friends.

And they're wrong.

- When did you arrive?

- Last night.

- Where is your uniform?

- They are ironing it for... for Easter.

- I'm happy to see you.

- Welcome.

- How's the army?

- Great.

They teach us some great tricks.

- Have you jumped with a parachute?

- Not yet.

You know, I saw your mother this morning.

Where are you running to?

I'm going to find the goats that escaped.

Your father will kill me.

- Come!

- I'm coming.

I'm coming, brother. Wait!

Thanos! The cape!

- What?

- Where could these goats have gone?

- Has Vlahopoulos shown up yet?

- Not yet.

- Do you want something?

- No, just something to tell him.

- One coffee.

- Coming.

The newspapers are full of crap.

Sometimes they have some news too.

Compared to what they're

hidding from us?

It's not possible!

A place without newspapers?

A civilized place?

Yes sir. It is possible.

I tell you it is possible.

- What's wrong?

- Nothing at all.

A black coffee from Mr Vlahopoulos.

My respects, Mr Vlahopoulos.

Good morning, Mr taxman.

Do sit down.

Your daughter Despina is about to...

Oh... She is still very young.

She has time to...

I have to admit that you have

prepared a generous dowery.

And do you know what she said, Nicos?

This is what I think of you.

Certainly not, Mr Vlahopoulos.

I was speaking with Karavidas.

Listen what Manolis has to say.

A truly civilized place is the one

that needs no newspapers.

So Greece is not a civilized place.

In ancient Greece there were

no newspapers. Manolis is right.

Maybe, but a modern place

needs the press.

We don't need this lying press.

This rotten press.

Then tell me sir. How will we

learn all the news?

- And during the wars?

- And during the revolution?

It's civil war, not revolution.

It's the foreigners fault that got

mixed up and made us kill ourselves.

Maybe, but they don't need to do

much for us to kill each other.

I lost two brothers during

this damn war.

Damn the war. He took

my three children away.

There are people here who were

with the party that killed my father.

He was a traitor.

Here is another traitor.

How many did you testify against?

Me a traitor? Me?

Yes. You. Snitch!

Just you wait here, you bastard,

and I'll be back.

They are going to take their guns.

Quickly. Let's go too.

I'll think about it, Papadimas.

I didn't know he had so many sheep.

His son Yangos is a good kid, right?

- Very good!

- OK. I'll think about it.

- Here's your father.

- Where?

Over there. Don't you see him?

Oh yes. It's yours too from now on.

He's your father-in-law.

Since your father agrees.

- He'll be very happy when he knows.

- And you?

Are you happy we'll be family?

Is there a question?

Didn't I tell you, Mr Karavidas?

We told you! The son of Katina

Zekou is a thief. A bum.

You shouldn't have trusted your

goats to this useless.

Katina Zekou, your son is

only good for hanging.

You who are starving, where will you

find any bread now that he's in jail?

Thanos! My son! Thanos!

I curse the day my belly barfed you,

Katina Zekou. Open up your belly.

Your son Thanos wants to disappear.

You are right, Thanos.

My father does not like you.

He'll throw you to jail. Be ready.

- If I escaped?

- I'll do my best to prevent him.

I swear. I'll talk to him.

I'll plead to him.

If we escaped together?

And go where?

What will happen if he learns

what you did?

You know what a savage he is.

Damn them. Damn them.

I have to find all these goats.

So that not even one

will be missing.

A disgrace! Get out! (in German)

Your German is great.

Yeah, yeah, good, good.

If Vlahopoulos would give me

his daughter and the dowery.

I'd buy fields for tobacco.

I'd never plant beans like this idiot.

Tobacco. Tobacco is gold.

OK with the dowery, but about Despina?

Do you feel sorry for not marrying her?

No right? Compared with

some German girls...

- Beautiful girls.

- What you wouldn't do there, right?

So Vlahopoulos said no, right?

Even if he'd have said yes,

with this damage now.

I heard what happened today and

what your mother did with Vlahopoulos.

- What did she do?

- Look at that.

- Tell me what happened.

- Why are you sitting here? He'll take her.

Thanos. Vlahopoulos threw

her in the street

and then she lifted her skirt in

front of the whole village and showed...

Give me my goat.

- Get out of my field.

- Give me my goat.

- Get out of my field.

- Give me my goat.

- You vile man. Give it back.

- Get out.

I didn't want those hicks

to see me. Understand?

I don't want my father to know

we were together.

So? Will we escape together?

Will we go to Australia?

Thanos?

I have to leave once

I finish with the army.

Because my father wants to marry me.

And do you know with whom?

With Despina.

- With whom?

- With Despina. He sent a matchmaker.

He wants to buy me a mini-market

with the dowery and sell the animals.

If Vlahopoulos agrees I'll have

to get married. Understand?

Then get married.

But I don't want to. I want

to go abroad like you did.

I want to make my own future.

I want to earn too much money.

- I don't want to own a store.

- You are very difficult to please.

- A store is not enough for you?

- No, it's not.

Thano, you gave me your word.

Don't forget you promised.

When you returned from Germany

you said we'd leave together.

Shut up. Those damn

things are over there.

Thanos, let's go.

Let's get away from here.

Away from mother and father and

away from all this poverty.

Together we'll have no fear.

Look. Look.

Let's go. Let's go.

It's not possible Yango. I'll

go to jail and you to the army.

All the better! You'll get out

of jail once I finish the army.

And then we'll leave together.

But where are those two goats.

Where the hell did they go?

Yango! I agree.

I'll take you with me to Australia.

You will be very useful with what

you learned in the army.

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