Thanos and Despina Page #3

You killed my dog very smoothly.

Tell me... What did you do

with the goats?

Of course, they were yours.

You wouldn't mind.

We'll see each other again

in Australia.

You can't even open a table?

For the love of god.

Come on now, at the same time.

Each one should pull from each side.

I'm leaving you.

Don't go far away.

I'll need you.

Here is the letter

you gave me before.

Your father writes that he agrees.

You'll get married to Despina.

He gives you his blessing,

and so do I.

You have great parents.

They raised you into what

you are today.

I wish, with all my heart,

to follow their example.

I made sacrifices for

my children too.

I ensured her future

and her husband's.

With the dowery, I'll buy you

an appartment in Thessaloniki.

See? There. Right by the rock.

She did such a thing?

Here? In front of everybody?

The amount that you know is in the bank.

You will use it in case of emergency.

Birth, sickness, god forbid, but

why am I saying all these things?

Your father have already told you.

So. Have we reached an agreement?

- Sure father.

- Then fine.

- Come on, come on.

- Oh at last.

Here is the groom.

Come here son.

I have something to tell you.

My son, the day has come that

I will also take my share

after so many years of hard work.

It's on the holy Sabbath.

I will keep on sacrificing myself

until the day you'll get

married too

to a young woman with a nice dowery

and a good upbringing, like your sister.

When you finish your studies

with my help and god's help,

you'll be a dentist.

And something else. Go inside

and inform your sister.

- But me.. But me...

- Go ahead.

Go and tell her that the engagement

will take place tomorrow.

Sweet Mary! What is this evil?

An old lady goes around naked

in the streets on broad daylight.

What is happening with this world?

And on the same day, her son,

goes on and slaughters.

Something bad is going to happen.

What did Thanos do?

You haven't heard?

When they told him that he is

not allowed to marry you,

he started slaughtering the goats.

And then his own dog.

And escaped on the mountain.

The police is after him.

They are saying he swore they

wouldn't catch him alive.

Come in.

What's the matter, Pericles?

Would you mind waiting

in the dining room?

- We won't be long.

- Take your time.

I'll be waiting, Despina.

Despina, father assigned with

a mission that really concerns you.

- A mission?

- He told me to tell you some news

that is very important for you.

It's about your future.

I hope you'll be glad with it.

I hope for it wholeheartedly.

- What's the news?

- No, it was the wrong words.

I don't wish you to be glad.

- But Pericles.

- No, no.

I wanted to say, I want these

news to make you content

or better, make you happy.

What is it about?

Are you joking with me?

The young man that is here.

The one who came with me

from Thessaloniki.

- Yes?

- He's your husband.

He was bought with many gold coins.

They are giving a good pay to

someone to make you his slave.

This is the good news.

The best news.

You spill them out like spit.

My joyful times.

Why do you tell them like they're

nothing but a suffering?

Tell me. What is

bothering you, Pericles?

Despina, Despina.

Pericles, please don't cry.

Don't cry with my tears.

What are you? A worm?

A plant or a living thing?

You've only seen this man once.

You don't even know his name.

What kind of person he is.

If he hides a hunchback? A big mole?

If his feet stink or his armpits?

Tell me. Do you like him?

I find him perfectly fine.

Since my father chose him.

But it concerns you!

It's about your life.

You never wanted to meet other men?

I mean. Talk to them. Get to know them.

Associate with them. Learn about them.

Never wanted to search in the crowd to

find the hand that'll ease your anxiety?

- Touch your waist, your breast?

- Enough, Pericles. Shut up!

No, you are not a living thing.

You are a plant. Go out in the streets.

Learn to breathe.

- Choose!

- In the streets?

In public, right?

Get to know men.

Associate with them?

Find lovers?

Shall I choose the handsome ones?

The ugly ones?

Shepherds or rich from the city?

In order to choose wisely

I should try.

And if I spend my life from

one bed to the other

without finding this hand?

That will always slip away?

If I start liking this search?

And never finding it?

To choose?

- Choose what? Choose to offer myself?

- Shut up!

Shut up, you miserable girl.

You speak like a female.

You don't know how to discuss.

I wanted to tell you about the

rights a modern woman has

without even speaking about love.

About love? Speak about love?

I love my husband. Yes.

I already love him.

Like I always loved you.

Like I always loved my father.

I never chose you.

For what rights are you talking about?

Maybe for the right you are using

to make me a whore?

And one of the worst, for all that matters.

A volunteer whore.

If you give me the right to choose,

I want it complete.

Before choosing a husband,

to choose a father

and a brother.

To choose a mother's womb.

Father. I'm grateful.

You are so nice.

So generous. You are my god.

Go and kiss your mother.

Mother, don't cry.

We'll come and visit.

Thessaloniki is not far away.

That's enough woman.

Let her kiss her brother

and her fiancee.

We'll be late for church.

This is your engagement present.

Wear it tonight.

At the resurrection.

You lost everything

in just one day.

You destroyed me.

You are damned.

Damn your father that

got me pregnant with you.

With this jinx.

With this sickness.

- What's wrong, Katina?

- Why are you cursing on a night

like this? A holy night,

the Virgin's son's night.

Don't make him angry

or he won't resurrect.

He will stay in the ground.

They stole from my son, those dogs.

They slaughtered his dog.

They will put him in jail.

Damn my hunger.

The dog? Who killed the dog?

Who could kill a dog?

Never before...

Tell me, dear shepherds.

Has anyone of you ever saw

ever heard here in our land

during the old times or nowadays

that a boss, a boss I tell you

stole and slaughtered

his own herd?

That harmed his own belongings?

- Man and goats?

- Shut up. Shut up, you imbecile!

Your mother is right.

You're worth nothing.

Where were you hidding when they

were slaughtering your sheep and dog?

You are a useless shepherd. Not

even worthy of the money they give you.

- You are a liar.

- Go away! Go to hell! Jinx!

Mother.

Mother.

Come on, please.

Send me away. Ask me to leave.

Give me your blessing

to go to Australia.

Let me go.

Get up immediately. Wash up,

shave and go to the church

and wait for your boss. After the

church ends, plead for forgiveness.

Not only from him but

from his son too.

I'm hungry and so are you.

Come on then, get up.

- I don't have a razor.

- When you're away I'm as good as dead.

When you're here, you are

the dead body.

By cursing you I feel alive.

But you'll soon live since I'm

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