We Are Not Alone

A film by Lior Har-Lev

Dear people.

I'm leaving you today

and going on a journey

of thousands of light-years.

Unfortunately,

when I get back,

you all will be gone.

On the 23rd of May

the present cycle of human

civilization will come to an end.

Many archeological findings

attest to this end

and the signs

are already visible.

But most of you prefer

to ignore them.

In a few days

I will leave you and go...

Eddie... Eddie... copy?

Roger, Eddie here.

Get over to Gate 7, please.

- Roger. Over.

Hey, Vlad.

What's up, champ?

Vadim.

You're coming to my

going-away party, right?

On Thursday, before the shift?

Don't forget. We'll make a toast,

have some snacks.

It'll be cool.

WE ARE NOT ALONE

Yes, sweetie.

It's Daddy. Daddy.

Yes.

Of course, sweetie!

Yes.

You made cinnamon cookies?

Lots and lots of cinnamon cookies.

Yes.

You know how much I love you?

More than that.

When I get home tonight

I'll taste the cinnamon cookies.

No, when I get home tonight.

Okay.

Bye. See you later.

Are you crazy?

What are you doing?

I'm doing a security check.

You call this a security check?

Just f*** me and get it over with!

But I don't want to f*** you.

Do you have a weapon?

How are you feeling, Eddie?

In what way?

Come closer.

Let me see.

Does that hurt?

- No.

And now?

- Uh... yes.

Now it hurts.

Watch out for people.

All right.

Learn to keep your distance.

Hmm?

No one can see you here, man.

There are no cameras here.

Come take another balloon, Eddie.

Sit down. Cool. Chill.

The problem with you, Eddie...

is that for such a long time

people have been looking at you

without really seeing you

that you've started to believe

you're transparent. Invisible.

But you aren't invisible, Eddie.

Those clothes? They're camouflage.

- Camouflage?

Exactly. Camouflage.

You're... a lizard.

Yes, yes. You're a chameleon.

Sort of.

What's so funny?

You're the lizard.

No.

No, no, no, Eddie.

I'm not a lizard.

I want people to see me.

I have aspirations and dreams...

Dreams... and aspirations

I have dreams and aspirations, too.

What do you dream of?

- I...

I dream that after

the world is destroyed

and our culture comes to an end,

I'll start the next cycle

and it'll be...

Everything will be...

you know...

all new, and me and everybody...

It'll be different.

It'll be totally different,

it'll be much better.

I don't get it.

There are these statues.

Where?

- On Easter Island.

They just stand there

and stare at the sky.

Waiting.

I want to be an actor.

Mr. Eddie?

Eggroll, wonton soup, beef noodles?

- Yes. Thank you.

Come. Come, please.

Eggroll, wonton soup, beef noodles?

- Sit. Sit.

Eggroll. Wonton soup. Beef noodles!

- It's good.

I need money for take-away!

Yes, yes, I'm at the location,

Niso.

I'm right there.

Okay, just don't mess up again.

Of course. You can count on me 100%.

- Let go!

Let it go!

Leave me alone, you pervert!

Excuse me, did you call security?

- Get her away from me!

Nutcase...

Well, I'm not sure what you did...

Get her out of here!

- I'm explaining to her. One second.

Excuse me, sir?

Keep going!

What are you looking at?

Well?

- I'm dealing with it.

Well? Come on.

Say...

do you mind walking?

I'm getting tired.

Thank you.

This way.

Eddie?

- Yes.

Is that short for Edward?

Are you a descendant of

the English royal family?

No.

"Now's the time to run away

from the inevitable

"with NoPoint's wide range

of stylish running shoes"

Well, this is Park-3.

Where are you parked?

Hey!

Hey!

Eddie, do you hear me?

Behind you!

Behind the pole!

Go on, move!

Lady, this isn't fair.

Is everything okay?

You aren't really hurt, right?

Get in your car

and go home, okay?

Lady, don't make trouble.

I don't have a car

and I don't have a home, either.

You don't have a home?

No.

What do you mean?

My mother died five months ago.

Cancer of the pancreas.

I'm sorry.

A month later... boom.

My father died.

The exact same disease.

Symmetrical death.

- Wow.

Do you have any...

family, friends, relatives...

anyone who can help you?

No.

- No.

Now do you see why I'm giving you

such a hard time, Edward?

Yes.

It's just...

All right, I'll tell you

what we'll do.

You're going to leave the mall now...

and come back in 15 minutes

through Gate 5.

What?

The cameras there

are being repaired.

"...There are those who are observing

us from above.

Who have always been watching us

Dear reader...

We are not alone.

From the dawn of history

the human race has been graced

with visitations of more

advanced civilizations.

The great stone statues

of Easter Island

are a message they left behind.

Here is where you must wait.

On the designated date we will return

in order to give you a chance

to begin anew.

Lady!

I'm asking you, please step back

behind the safety rail!

The safety rail was installed here

for the customer's safety.

Is it because of your parents?

The symmetrical cancer...

And all that?

Edward? Is that you?

Yes.

What's up?

Couldn't be better.

I know that feeling!

Maybe it doesn't show now, but

I've also been through times when...

I didn't have

anyone to talk to.

No one to take care of me.

I don't need

taking care of, okay?

Okay, okay.

Do you mind if we say goodbye now?

- Yes! I mind very much!

I'm not leaving here until

you come down.

Do you really want to save me,

Edward? - Yes!

I'm giving you the count of ten...

Ten...

nine...

eight...

seven...

six...

five...

four...

three...

two... one... boom.

Where are you going?

- Home.

I thought you didn't have one.

Well, thanks for saving my life

and all that.

You're my knight in shining armor,

okay?

Now get lost.

Well, then...

You know...

sometimes...

life can get a little rough...

Anyway, I'm sure that

tomorrow morning you'll feel...

much much better.

Are you one of those people who

believe that life is a wonderful gift?

That everything

works out in the end?

This is the end.

What do you mean,

"this is the end"?

The end of the world is coming.

When? Now?

"On the day when the planets

align, side by side...

"Then, the time of the fifth Sun

will come to an end..."

It's a phenomenon that occurs

once every 5,026 years.

It comes out a week from now.

Precisely.

It's okay. When Galileo Galilei

said the Earth was round

they all thought he was crazy

and no one believed him, either.

He didn't say that

the Earth was round,

he discovered that the Earth

revolves around the Sun.

And no one believed him.

What, a flood?

A plague? Global war?

Yes.

Good to know.

Now I have something

to look forward to.

Good night, Edward.

Go away!

I'm sorry, but...

I'm not allowed to let you stay here

after closing time.

There's Chinese food

in the fridge.

You?

- No.

Chicken and Sichuan beef.

It's from yesterday.

This?

No...

I don't know them.

What?

I'm just watching over the place.

Wow.

- Yes.

You know what that makes you?

- No.

The only person in the world

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