"Lama! Lama! Get up"
"Lama! Lama! Answer me!"
"Lama"
- Hello! - Finally! Really!
- Morning - Sleepy head!
- Don't envy me! - I'd kill you if you had not woken me up!
Pass by me on the way to work
- Just don't envy me! - I don't!
Hey, baby, would you pass by me if I get ready quickly?
I can't really, sorry hun, I've almost arrived at the bank
This is why I kept ringing you
I don't want to go to the Old Town alone, it is too far
Stop it, don't manipulate me! I got work, I am not a top manager like you
Who is a top manager? Ali Radi keeps pushing me around
Want me to beat him up for you?
Imagine I emailed him a presentation, he wants me to print it all!
After ten years in Berlin, he's back to Saudi lecturing us about the environment
- Enough! - What is it?
Anyway, I gotta go now, will call you when I get to...
Okay, baby, I'll ring you once there
"The Other Thing: Who turned on the Lights?"
Sorry I'm late, I smelt this awesome Tamis bread, could not resist it
- Want some - Nope!
Know what?
Wish you'd always work from home
Know why?
Why?
When I miss you I can be there in a jiffy
Do you mean this, Khaled?
Or just want some Tamis?
I was wrong to flirt with you!
Please, some tea with milk, pronto
What's with you? Always in a hurry!
Hello, I am Lama Faruq, been this way since I was a sophomore in college!
Don't pretend to be shocked, I never deceived you, okay?
Here I am, can't help it! I'm satisfied with you for what you are!
Don't you remind me of him! (Radi: Satisfied)
Oh now! Speak of the devil! It's like in the movies!
I am in the Old Town already
Sorry didn't check WhatsApp
Send you a caf* location, grab some coffee and head there together?
Thanks
You send me the location, then
Yeah, I know where Nassif's is
He hung up on me! I am his curator!
Don't know why he's treating me like his assistant!
Lama, where is the ring?
It is an earring now
Perfect! Once a pendant, now an earring
What's the matter with you?
At least I got it on, baby
What about the headscarf? We agreed you'd put one on in the Old Town, right?
No, you just said so
Darling...
We must respect the customs of the place where we are
- People may be offended here - Would they really be?
You're impossible!
- Alright then... - Hey, where to?
- I gotta to back to the bank - Wait a minute
- Don't say I turned you down... - No, no!
Come on!
I am nearly there, let me check the map
Right here, I can see you
- Finally! - So sorry,
- I still get lost in the Old Town, imagine? - It's okay, no problem
I am so excited as it is your first exhibition in Saudi
I know it is my first one after quitting my work at the gallery
Right, as far as I am concerned
I am not sure this place is fit for an art exhibition
Honestly, I think it is no good
On the contrary, I feel we will do some fabulous work together
"The number you have dialed cannot be reached at the moment"
- When did you agree to meet him here? - At 3 P.M., supposedly
- Yeah, when did you agree on that? - Around one or two o'clock
"Cut it out!"
"How is your day?"
"Is Ali Radi mean in person, too?"
- "Ew, Khaled!" - "Do you love me?"
Till when shall we wait for you?
A simple question, would you kindly be free for us to work?
I am trying to reach Mr. Seddiq
Now what?
- Always in a hurry? - I am not in a hurry at all
But I am surprised at how lax you are!
Must I ask you in?
You gotta be kidding me!
How can I set up a gallery in here?
This is one of the houses permitted as exhibition sites
Believe me, some restorations and it's gonna look great
Can't you see how terrible this place is?
No way am I displaying my artwork here!
- Just hear me out and try to imagine it - Go ahead
Your work is supposed to be all about post-modernism, right?
- Go on - What place can be better than this?
Or Is it just some artist statement on hand-outs we give the visitors
as they enter the gallery?
Only bad artwork needs such effort to reach people!
What is this place?
The concept art I do is minimal
Why try to impose such complex concepts that I don't need?
I can handle a modern artist's arrogance...
Are you okay?
You're really nuts!
You're such an irresponsible idiot!
- I need to use your mobile phone! - Lisa has it!
How can we get the hell out of this place?
Lama, I am speaking to you! Stop acting like a child!
Ali, we will get out of here!
Mr. Seddiq! Mr. Seddiq!
Mr. Seddiq!
It's my lucky day!
Check mate, man!
Oh, you win!
- Yeah, you bet! - Let's play one more game, Mr. Seddiq
I wanna beat you
One more game? No! Radwan! Get my mobile phone
Mr. Seddiq, just one more game, what've you go to do?
I've got work to do, not free to play with you all day
I got some important work
What's with you? Don't peep! Respect my privacy!
I got many private affairs!
Sorry, Mr. Seddiq
What is this? Five missed calls! Oh, no!
"The number you are trying to call cannot be reached now"
What is this? Switched off their phone?
You're in luck! We'll play a game!
- Really? Let's do it! - Yeah, another game
Mr. Seddiq, I am stuck in here!
Mr. Seddiq! Anybody up there?
You're so stupid! Nobody will hear you!
Go find us a way out instead of yelling at me!
This sucks!
Is it okay if I smoke?
Didn't know there are roll cigarettes in Saudi
Yeah, there are roll cigarettes in Saudi
We don't live in tents, and women can drive now too
Cool it
Can I have a puff?
How do you think we'll get out of here?
Mr. Seddiq will eventually come
Lisa will come back here too, you'll be late for her
We agreed to meet at Nassif's
You won't spend the night at Nassif's
If you're too late, she will come to the last spot she left you at
I told her to meet at Nassif's, so, we're gonna meet at Nassif's
Germans!
What's your problem?
I got no problem, it's you who has one!
- Being organized is different from... - So haughty, strict and idealistic!
I don't get all that!
What do you mean nothing changed?
Do you know me to judge if I changed, or still the same?
You're all the same!
Nobody changes in this country!
You're not organized and act recklessly! See how we're stuck down here!
You brought me to some ramshackle house, and now we're stuck in it!
And to cap it all, you insisted it's perfect for an art gallery!
Brought me to a million-year-old house!
- Not a million years - Yeah, it is!
An Old Town house, it should be respected for its historic value
You want us to fix and restore it
to display that scum we call art!
All just for you to become this unique gallery curator!
If I am this superficial and this country is hopeless
- Why are you back here? - Cos I am stupid!
- Why are you standing here before me? - Cos I am stupid!
I thought it'd be a good idea
to have a gallery in my home country after all those years
No, you're not stupid
Maybe you were a failure in Berlin, nobody bothered about your art
So you thought to come back and make use of the current hype in the country
When we hold galleries, we bring those deserted unknown houses back to life
Aren't you fed up with all the artwork displayed on white walls for ages?
What's your art concept to start with?
Isn't the concept more important than the artwork itself?
What's the point in holding an exhibition that only the rich can visit?
You're tackling the cultural conflicts raging inside you
and a past packed with poverty and isolation?
Unless you're faking it too and never suffered all that either
Not faking it
I know you'd say the poor don't care about art that much
But I see it as a chance to let the classes meet even if for a few hours
You know, when the Jeddah Corniche walkway opened
it was the most beautiful thing I ever saw
For the first time, I was in a genuine place with people from all walks of life
Nobody saying they can't go there as it is too expensive
No people feeling shocked at seeing the help hanging out there as well
Do you get me?
Not convinced of all you said, but at least it sounded passionate
Know what? The exhibition can be down here, not upstairs
I was just thinking the same
If, God forbid, we are to hold it here, surely, it will be downstairs not upstairs
We can even leave that hole as it is!
Who turned on the lights?
May I ask you a question?
Please
How come you never visited Jeddah all those years?
It was just not possible, that's all
For ten whole years?
- Found some letters - Let me see
What does "I culled you" mean?
Look right here
"I culled you" means I chose you of all people
This letter is written in plural
The one you got was obviously written by a man
Do you think this was a woman's house?
It may have been a man who wrote all the letters, but never sent them
What does "trice" mean?
Read me the whole sentence
Would you read the letter yourself?
"You're back in that stretched mirror on the wall"
"That wall I'd stop by every night,
to wish you a good evening"
"I miss you like a body misses its soul"
"An estranged soul since we've been apart"
"Sometimes I look at my eyes in the mirror"
"As if gazing at your eyes, I smile"
"Your soul is incarcerated inside it"
"Silent no matter how long I listen to you"
"I leave you and search for you at the same time"
"I will most probably not find you"
"I just want you to know very well"
"I don't take my being away from you lightly"
"Not being together doesn't mean I have forsaken you"
"In the past, I culled you, today, I have lost you"
"In a trice, I miss you"
"I miss you every moment"
How could people be so mushy about love?
Love in the old days was just a load of baloney
Not experiencing such feelings is one thing not believing it exists is another
It may not be a letter to a man's beloved
I don't know, I think people write such stuff to remember it
Such feelings don't last
Romanticism really got the better of us!
To me, dreamers are the most dangerous of all people
Just like realists are the most dangerous of artists?
Don't you love Lisa?
Lisa is my friend, we do have a lot in common
At the end of the day, each has their own life we won't be devastated if we split
Oh, part-time love is it?
See? This is your problem around here
Don't stereotype me
You're right, that was not cool
Did you once believe in love, then something bad happened
that made you not want to get attached to anyone?
Were your parents really in love?
The usual
How was your childhood?
It was ordinary
What about you? In love, or just believe it exists?
Both
Seems it's a new love
Not at all, we've been together for six years
Don't you envy me!
How do you feel around him?
Khaled is really easygoing
I didn't ask how he is like, I asked how do you feel around him?
I always feel my life is hectic
When I see him, I feel I am finally home
What's the best thing you like about Khaled?
- That he's nothing like dad - That was a quick answer!
The easiest answer to think of in my life
Can I roll a cigarette of yours?
Don't you miss your parents?
How could you not come back to Jeddah all those years?
To cut it short, I hardly know my father to miss him
He had married three women before my mother
My mom was the fourth
She had no mind of her own, and was not special in anyway
My penniless father had had 12 daughters, when I was born
I was his 13th child, his only son
I didn't have time to disappoint him, he died when I was ten
Thankfully, I was a huge disappointment to all my family members!
The man of the house grew up to be an artist
After high school, I went to Berlin
I only came back three days ago
Really?
What's really annoying me...
I know I'd have hated my father had he still been alive
But he is dead, I had no chance to like or hate him. It's killing me!
At least he died, and did not abandon you
What I am trying to say is that sometimes... fathers and mothers are no good
It's quite alright if you hate your father
My problem is, I love him too much
But I hate everything about him
Stubborn
Must be right about everything even if he knows it is wrong
When he sets his mind to do something
he'd not give it a rest till it's done
Moody...
too much into living in the moment
He wants everything to go his way
He has those false dreams all the time
and believes them
Whenever I think he has finally settled
he follows his free spirit that was not created to settle down
Detached from reality, with some unseen barrier between him and all people
You're talking about your father, right?
Yeah
What about your mother?
You never mentioned her
My dearest mom...
she is so simple and easygoing
Can I tell you something but promise not to get upset?
When I asked about your mother and Khaled you described them with the same words
simple and easygoing
You should not be afraid to be with someone who's like your father
What are you trying to say?
If there's someone to worry about, it's Khaled
You take after your dad
I am so sorry
I crossed the line, I shouldn't have talked about these things
But look at the silver lining here, you already saw me at my worst
Lama, I'm talking to you
Lama
Please, don't cry
I am not crying, something got in my eyes
Let me see
Feel better?
Mr. Seddiq!
Mr. Seddiq! It's me Lama, stuck down here!
Mr. Seddiq!
I checked on Lisa, she's at the hotel
Want the mobile phone, or shall I give it back?
Yeah, thanks, I am fine
Honey, are you alright?
- Sure? - I am just fine
You're perfectly fine? No wounds? All is well?
Just hurt my finger!
I am deadbeat, will you drive me home?
Sure, you got it!
Ali... Khaled Khaled... Ali
- Hello - Hiya
Sorry again for what happened
No problem