♪ tense music playing ♪
♪
[wind blowing]
[women chattering]
[splashing, laughing]
‐ [speaking Kurdish]
[rifle clicking]
[women laughing]
[indistinct chatter]
[sighs]
[panting, grunt]
[shouting in Kurdish]
♪
[man panting]
‐ Please...
I need help. Huh?
My‐my‐my name is Antoine Habert.
Are you with the YPJ?
[panting] Huh?
[panting] I need help‐‐ ‐ [speaking Kurdish]
‐ [grunts]
[electric buzzing]
‐ [buzzing stops] ‐ [spits]
[water running]
‐ [spits] ‐ [water stops]
[passing police siren]
[kiss]
ANTOINE: [speaking French] LORRAINE: [speaking French]
[kiss]
[laughs]
[kissing, heavy breathing]
[laughs]
[imitates cut]
♪
[speaking in French]
NURSE: [speaking French]
[hospital chatter, phone ringing]
[both laugh]
[door shuts]
[woman moaning on TV]
‐ [both laugh] ‐ [moaning continues]
[mutes video, turns off TV]
[drops remote]
[kissing]
NURSE: [speaking French]
[TV inaudible]
ANTOINE: [speaking in French]
[hospital chatter]
[inaudible]
♪
[inaudible]
DOCTOR: [speaking French]
LORRAINE: Oui.
DOCTOR: [whispers in French]
[sighs]
♪
[kiss]
[construction noise]
[construction noise continues]
[hammering]
[drill whirring]
AMERICAN SOLDIER: History hasn't been written yet,
but we know what's coming.
It can end in only one way: total victory.
REPORTER: Can you tell us about the YPJ?
AMERICAN SOLDIER: Oh, the legends are all true, comrade.
These ladies are ruthless!
I'm an anarchist! I'm a feminist!
I'm these lionesses' number one fan!
‐ Jin‐Jiyan‐Azadi‐‐ ‐ [explosion]
[women screaming]
♪
‐ ALL [on video, singing]: Happy birthday to you!
♪ Happy birthday to you! ♪ ‐ [clapping]
♪ Happy birthday to you, Anna ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
[clapping, cheering]
[clapping continues]
[click]
♪
[click]
‐ [click] ‐ [no audio]
[click]
[clicking]
[typing]
[inaudible]
[click]
[notification chimes]
[women speaking French]
PHILIPPE: [speaking French]
ANTOINE: Huh?
[women chattering]
[chatter continues]
ANTOINE: Mm‐hmm.
[inhales]
[murmurs, inhales]
[car rumbling]
♪
[phone ringing]
MAN [on phone]: Hello? ‐ Hello, Mehmet? This is Antoine Habert.
I talked to your foreign news department. They gave me your number.
MEHMET: Ah, yeah, yeah. I read your email.
But I wasn't there. I don't know the woman you're looking for.
‐ Maybe there's someone else I can talk to?
Someone who might know her?
MEHMET: Maybe the American from the video. He was only injured.
They put him in a hospital here in Istanbul.
‐ Really?
From the video? Can you reach him? I'd love to talk to him.
MEHMET: I don't know.
It's not that easy.
WORKER: [speaking French]
‐ Listen, if it's a matter of money, I will send you some.
I really, really need to talk to him, okay?
MEHMET: You know what? Let me see what I can do.
No promises, huh? ‐ Thank you, Mehmet. Thank you so much.
[speaking French]
[continues indistinct]
♪
[footsteps]
[kiss]
[chuckles]
[phone buzzing]
[shuts door]
[phone ringing]
MEHMET [on phone]: Hello? ‐ Hello, Mehmet?
This is Antoine Habert, you know?
MEHMET: Yes. I'm in the hospital now with the American soldier.
Please talk to him.
This is the French guy I told you about.
LUKE [on phone]: Hey, man. It's Luke Murphy.
‐ I'm sorry to disturb you. LUKE: It's okay.
Mehmet showed me the video.
He said you're looking for Shamaran.
Oh, she's solid, man.
‐ The woman in the video, her name is Shamaran?
LUKE: Committed as fuck. ‐ Is she Kurdish?
LUKE: No, man, she's French.
I thought you knew her.
[breathes heavily]
Hey, buddy, you still there?
‐ She's French? Are you sure?
LUKE: [chuckles] Yeah, man, for sure.
She had a sexy French accent.
‐ What's her name? Is it Anna?
LUKE: I don't her European name.
Here, we call her Shamaran.
She's with the Aleppo battalion. [grunts]
‐ Okay, wait.
♪ tense music playing ♪
I just sent you a photo. Is it the woman you know?
[Luke breathing heavily]
Did you get it? ‐ [men yelling on phone]
LUKE: Oh, shit‐‐ ‐ Luke, I have to talk to her.
‐ [men yelling] LUKE: Sorry, man, I gotta hang up.
‐ Luke? ‐ [indistinct, men yelling]
LORRAINE:
[heavy breathing]
[alarm ringing]
‐ [car horn] ‐ [sighs]
[sighs]
[kiss]
[door opens, shuts]
♪
[voicemail beeps]
Mehmet. It's Antoine Habert.
Please call me back. It's very urgent.
[siren blaring]
[traffic noise]
Can you wait for me here?
[indistinct chatter]
Excuse me. Orthopedic, please. ‐ Yes?
Over there. ‐ Thank you.
[hospital chatter]
[machines beeping]
Hello?
I'm here to see Luke Murphy. ‐ [speaking Turkish]
‐ Do you speak English?
‐ I only need five minutes
with Luke Murphy, please. Five minutes.
Okay, it's‐‐ Okay? ‐ Hey!
‐ Okay, okay. I'm leaving. Okay.
Sorry.
♪
MEHMET [on phone]: Hello? ‐ Mehmet, where have you been?
MEHMET: Antoine, you have no idea what happened.
I was arrested in the hospital because of you.
I spent the whole night in the police station.
‐ What? Why? MEHMET: The American.
He helped the Kurds. You know it's not accepted here.
‐ So, this is why they don't want me to see Luke. I went to the hospital.
MEHMET: What do you mean? You are in Istanbul? ‐ Yes.
I have to talk to him about the French woman, Shamaran.
MEHMET: Forget it. They are going to deport him out of the country.
There is no talking to him, or you will be arrested, too!
‐ No, no, no! I came just for him! MEHMET: You are not listening to me!
It's not possible, Antoine!
‐ So, what can I do? I'm not leaving without that information.
MEHMET: Listen, if you want information about the Kurds, go to Reyhanli.
It's a city next to the border.
You want to find out about the girl? Go there.
‐ Is it safe? MEHMET: The safest place around.
All European reporters go there.
‐ Can you come with me? ‐ [car door shuts]
MEHMET: No, no way. I have to keep a low profile for a while.
‐ I paid you to help me, so let's find the solution.
MEHMET: I will contact you with my guy in Reyhanli, Talal.
He will help you, okay? ‐ Thank you, Mehmet.
Bonjour, hello. ‐ [car starts]
I'm going to the airport, please. Domestic flights.
[text chimes]
[cars honking]
[typing]
‐ [sends text] ‐ [sighs]
[text chimes]
[sighs]
♪
[typing]
[turn signal clicking]
[jet engines whirring]
‐ [indistinct announcement] ‐ [airport chatter]
♪
[street chatter]
[street chatter continues]
♪ pop music playing ♪
‐ Thank you. WAITER: You're welcome.
[laughter, chatter]
[billiard balls clacking]
[chatter, music continues]
[billiards continues]
[inaudible]
‐ Hello. ‐ Hello.
‐ I'm Talal.
‐ You know why I'm here? ‐ Ya, habib.
You cannot come here and ask about the Kurds.
This is Turkey. Are you crazy?
‐ I was told I could get some help in this place.
‐ No, no, no. If someone sent you here,
he must come with you. ‐ Mehmet,
the journalist, told me about this place.
‐ You are a journalist?
‐ No, I'm not. I'm looking for a French woman
who's with the Aleppo battalion of the YPJ.
Here, look.
This woman. I just wanna talk to her.
‐ Who is she?
‐ Someone I care about.
Do you know a way of calling them?
‐ Call how, habib? There is no phone there.
But, you can go there and ask.
‐ No, no, no, I cannot go into Syria.
‐ Why not? It's too close. It's only one hour by car.
I go there every week to bring money for the family.
‐ Can you go there for me? I will pay you.
‐ To the Kurds? ‐ Yeah.
‐ No problem. ‐ Just wanna find this woman.
She calls herself Shamaran.
‐ Easy. And?
‐ I need a picture of her.
‐ I will try.
If she say yes picture, you pay.
‐ Uh‐huh. ‐ If she say no picture,
you pay.
‐ You said it's one‐hour drive? ‐ To Tel Assan?
‐ Yeah. ‐ Yeah, it's easy. It's only one hour.
‐ Is it safe? What about ISIS, the rebels? ‐ No, no, no.
ISIS are in Rakka.
That is too far. And also, no rebels.
Only Kurds. They are very nice.
And all the Western journalists go in and out all the time.
‐ Can you take me there? ‐ You said you cannot go to Syria.
‐ No, I'm just trying to understand. If we do that now‐‐
‐ I can't drive with you night.
But, I can take you tomorrow early.
You decide for you.
‐ Okay.
We'll be back by noon, right?
‐ For sure.
[birds chirping]
♪
[indistinct]
[starts motorcycle]
[motorcycle rumbling]
♪
[chicken cawing]
[indistinct chatter]
[children laughing]
‐ Ya, habib. Now, we walk.
‐ Okay. ‐ [grunting]
‐ We're in Syria? ‐ No. We're still in Turkey.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
[speaking Arabic]
As-salamu alaykum.
[indistinct chatter]
Wait, wait. I'm gonna pay. ‐ Thanks.
TALAL: Let's go. [speaking Arabic]
[children chattering]
Fatayer J'ibna. Try it.
‐ Mm.
All the people here, they're refugees from Syria?
‐ Ah, don't be too sad.
People here are still alive.
We do what we need to do, understand?
Whatever we need.
Stop! ‐ What?
‐ Welcome to Syria.
‐ This is the border?
No checkpoint, no fence?
‐ I told you. It's easy.
Let's go.
[indistinct chatter]
[helicopter whirring overhead]
Ya, habib.
This is my cousin, Fouad. He will drive us.
‐ Hello.
Let's go.
‐ Why do you need a rifle? You said it's safe.
‐ [door shuts] ‐ Ya habib. We are in Syria,
so all the people have one.
It's normal. Let's go.
[starts car] Let's go!
♪
[phone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[ringing stops]
♪
[rumbling, bouncing]
‐ Shortcut.
Easy.
[rumbling]
♪
[cuts engine]
Habib, there are your Kurds friends.
I will go talk with them.
[door shuts]
[inaudible]
[speaking Arabic]
‐ What's going on?
Fouad?
[labored breathing]
[scoffs]
[rattles door handle]
♪ tense music playing ♪
[heavy breathing]
‐ [men screaming] ‐ [gunfire]
[men ululating]
[splatter]
[ululating continues]
[grunts]
[gunfire continues]
[woman yelling in Kurdish]
WOMAN: [speaking Kurdish]
[indistinct shouting]
‐ [gunfire] ‐ Don't shoot!
‐ I don't understand‐‐ ‐ [gunshot]
‐ Huh?
ANTOINE: Okay, okay, okay.
[sighs]
Please. Please.
Please. WOMAN: [speaking Kurdish]
‐ [gunshots] ‐ [yelling]
[yelling continues]
‐ [head bangs] ‐ [Antoine grunts]
♪
[rumbling]
WOMAN: [speaking Kurdish]
[women yelling]
[indistinct]
‐ [punch lands] ‐ [Antoine grunts]
[yelling]
‐ [yelling continues] ‐ [gate rattling]
[Antoine grunts]
♪
[panting]
[door opens]
‐ [door shuts] ‐ My name is Antoine Habert.
I'm a French citizen. I need‐‐
[speaking French]
♪