The Forbidden Chapter

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Go, get lost!

Come on, give me something.

Go away, you don't deserve anything.

My baby hasn't eaten at all today.

The trucks will be here soon

and you'll have a lot of customers.

Get out of here, wretch!

Go away.

Get in.

Excuse him, Caliph.

Excuse his impudence.

His name is Seyf-o-Allah, as I said.

If you give your consent,

he has courage.

Consent?

Thank you.

You've stopped

the detox program again!

I've had a lot of problems.

Yes, I read the newspapers.

But this is useless.

You keep disappearing.

You won't quit like this.

I'm exhausted, doctor.

Your heart's at risk.

This time I'll go through with it.

I'll be honest, you don't stand

much of a chance.

They're all corpses of prostitutes

from the refugee camp.

The murderer leaves the bodies

where they will be easily found.

I tried to convince them

to not give you the case.

I told them that you're

as stubborn as a mule,

that you don't know

where the limits are.

And besides,

you've got your own sh*t

to deal with and you're due to retire.

But it didn't work.

They said you're the only one who

can get to the bottom of it quickly.

It's your hometown.

You know everybody there.

City of love...

City of all good...

City of memories...

For my good work.

Thank you, God bless you.

- What's going on?

- There's been a murder.

Take her away!

Get rid of these people.

Come on, move along.

- Is it yours?

- No. No.

What the devil are you doing here?

Get out!

Thank you very much.

Come on, boy,

a tea for the gentleman.

Since the serial killer appeared,

the women here have reformed

and now they're all puppeteers.

How's business?

I can't complain.

Do you want me

to find you some customers?

- I'll take one third. Okay?

- It's a deal.

You're a new face.

- I'm looking for a place to stay.

- And you're probably alone.

With a little work you'll think

you're staying at the Palace Hotel.

If you take on a taleb, he'll cost

nothing and work like a mule.

A taleb?

The young men that the Master

attracts, they're called taleb.

Every day they have

to perform good deeds.

"Sometimes the spirit

gets lost in the wind.

In those moments,

it's contaminated by sin.

Of all the guilts, the evil that

lives inside you is the dirtiest.

Because one part of you is human and

the other part is still the devil.

No one can divide

their life into two.

One part for God

and the other for himself;

one part for the spirit

and the other for the body."

Come on,

the new brothers have arrived.

Each one of you

will be assigned a new brother.

Hurry up.

Come on, quickly.

Take your clothes off.

They're photos!

It's forbidden!

Go back to your rooms

and get ready for the ceremony.

Everyone out of the yard!

No possessions allowed here.

We give you all you need.

You, go away!

For my good work, sister.

What are you doing

with our television?

It's forbidden!

"Life is a temple:

it is religion, ritual and rules.

You have to bring all that you

Possess on the path of religion."

Excellent. Now you too know all

of human knowledge.

Here, our Master has written all

that is necessary for humans to know.

God willing, this knowledge

will protect me from sin?

I've been praying forty years longer

than you have...

but...

I am still

as close as this to sin.

Master!

Satan.

Forgiveness!

8th victim...

10th victim...

11th victim...

A puppet...

at every crime scene.

- How many have been killed, sergeant?

- A lot.

Was our neighbor the last one?

No. Another one's been killed

in the next street.

- And a good job too!

- What are you talking about?

The puppets will lead me

to the killer.

The puppets...

You can stop the execution...

Give him another chance...

Oh, God!

City of friendship...

City of companionship...

City of compassion...

City of sadness...

City of childhood...

City of intimacy...

Habib!

It's been a long time...

Very long...

- I thought I'd never see you again.

- And I thought you had remarried.

After you left

people understood everything.

They say that in that case

of the movie theater fires,

you implicated some powerful people,

and that's why you got fired.

I apologized and I got my job back.

What has been happening here?

I forgot to invite you in.

Come in.

You see, it's always the same.

They're still threatening us.

This time they said that

if we continue,

they'll burn down the theater.

Is old Nanny still alive?

Since they burned her puppets,

she stays in her little corner.

She dreams of staging her

Marionette play into the main square,

to make "the children" laugh again

after such a long time.

That's what she calls

the people in town.

She says she won't die

until she sees that day.

Nanny, look who's here!

Habib, do you remember?

I always told you: what kind of

Husband was he?

He doesn't know

how to move a marionette

and he's not even a good lover.

Hi, Nanny.

The puppet plays are more valuable

than those marionettes.

Nanny has collected the very best

of the last eighty years.

With things as they are,

these are safer with you. Take them.

Do you hear from our daughter?

She still blames me.

No.

I hope to see you again.

Forgiveness.

It is God who forgives.

If you forgive me, God will also.

I will pray for you.

God willing, you'll be forgiven.

Sleep is the first door

that Satan enters through.

The disciple who surrenders to sleep

is no longer a disciple.

Master, forgive me.

I give you my life as a bond.

Pleasure has seven levels.

Ignore the first level, and you will

be brought down to the next,

and each level is deeper

than the previous one.

Brothers, this thing is called grenade.

It's an excellent weapon.

One of these can kill

at least ten people.

To use it, you press this lever,

put your finger in this ring

and pull it hard.

Then, with your outstretched arm,

throw the grenade

with all your might.

Now, brothers,

a volunteer to give it a try.

Come on.

Watch closely.

You have an outstretched arm.

Where are you going?

Bodily pleasure is the lowest level.

It's the story of the man who is

digging in the earth to find roots:

if he keeps digging

he will find treasure.

Master!

Forgive me!

Once you have opened the door

to Satan, he will never leave.

Then I have no choice!

God willing, I'll be forgiven!

God!

Sir, I didn't know anything.

These wretches didn't tell me anything.

If it pleases God,

He will pardon his sins!

If it pleases God.

Clean the courtyard.

Clean the courtyard!

Puppets for sale.

You want the stuff?

The money first.

Hurry up.

My community service, sister?

No, brother.

- You've got a quick hand!

- I'm not a thief.

We've found your puppets

at all the crime scenes.

Those puppets aren't mine, sergeant.

And you didn't steal

the playscripts, either.

Those I took,

but the puppets aren't mine.

Leila heard that someone

at the bazaar had old playscripts,

she asked me to get them

if it wasn't dangerous.

- Who is Leila?

- We share the house.

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