-Okay, I'll deal. -Fine, you deal.
-Why does it always have to be you? -Fine, go on.
Okay, guys. I'm the detective.
Oh, it's over for us then?
When Yehia is the detective, we're all dead.
-So, it's over for us. -I hope not.
-Honestly, guys, honestly… -What?
I think Mona is the murderer.
-Mmm. -Excuse me?
Are you trying to cover up for yourself or what?
My son is not marrying this girl.
The boy is too young.
Why burden himself with a child now?
Why should he have to get married and have a child,
just because they fooled around and she got pregnant?
How do we know she's not lying to him?
How do we know if that child is his in the first place?
Why aren't you saying anything?
What's more important than this now?
Aren't you planning to go off and leave us?
What do you care about who he marries or what child he fathers?
Don't worry about us, just leave, we'll manage.
Stop doing this.
What's between us has nothing to do with my kids.
I am their mother, whether I choose to stay or go.
No.
Staying is different than going.
You can't take everything and leave, go off, and live life as you please,
and think you can still control the kids' lives, too.
You're punishing me for asking for a divorce?
Yeah.
I'll handle it.
NADIA SUMMER 2007
Hi, Mom.
Um… Calm down, I'm okay.
I'm on my way to you now.
Okay.
Why did you send me abroad after the accident?
What?
Why did you send me abroad after Nadia was killed?
What do you mean "why"? Have you forgotten the state you were in?
What was I supposed to do as a mother?
I had to protect you, Ali. I had to move you away from that.
Or did you want to send me away
so I wouldn't know she was murdered?
Ali, we didn't know that.
Well, then who knew?
We found out during the court proceedings.
And when you found out…
Did you find out who killed her?
Where were you Layla?
I was worried about you.
I told you I was on my way. What's the deal?
Yehia tried to kill your brother today.
What?
At that moment…
It would have been easy to kill him.
So, why didn't you?
I don't know…
Maybe because he doesn't deserve to die.
Or maybe because I spent so many years…
carrying the guilt of his sister's death.
I couldn't carry the guilt of his death as well.
I TOLD YOU ALI DIDN'T KILL NADIA.
YOU'RE PUNISHING INNOCENT PEOPLE
AND YOUR SISTER'S REAL KILLER WILL GET AWAY AGAIN
If not Ali… then who?
IF IT WASN'T ALI… THEN WHO WAS IT?
I KNOW WHO DIDN'T DO IT
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO DID
Enough with riddles.
Who?
Yaseen? Sawsan?
Mona?
Sherif?
YASEEN? SAWSAN? MONA? SHERIF?
You know why you're here?
I only ask a question once.
Did you do anything wrong, Maldini?
I swear to God, sir, I've never done anything wrong ever in my life.
I'm just a harmless guy, sir.
I always stay out of trouble.
I like honesty.
May God bless you, sir!
-May God always help-- -No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait.
But I don't like lying.
I can see you, Yehia. Open up.
What do you want from me?
You collapsed yesterday and I saved you.
If I'd wanted to tell them where you were, you wouldn't be here now.
What have you done to yourself? We need to clean the wound.
Lucky for both of us that the bullet went straight in and out.
Or else I wouldn't have been able to do anything.
You would have needed a hospital.
But still, you are not a doctor.
Really? So I suppose you have another option?
Don't worry, man. I know what I'm doing.
-How did you find me? -From the mattress.
You dropped the receipt, and your address was on it.
So why do all this?
I told you before, and you didn't believe me.
I want to know the truth.
And I told you.
Want to know the truth? Ask your family.
-Ask them. -No one tells me anything.
-Oh, what a surprise. -Yehia, I believe you.
I know that you're innocent.
I know that what I'm doing is really strange.
I don't understand it, myself.
But ever since I saw you at the party, I've felt drawn to you.
And now, all I can think about is the time when Nadia died.
-Murdered. -Maybe murdered. I don't know.
Murdered. You don't remember because you were a kid.
No. Because I can't remember.
That whole time was erased from my mind, and I don't understand anything.
My therapist says it's because of the trauma.
Because I really loved her.
And I saw her die.
And that our mind sometimes blocks memories we cannot handle.
But that's not the problem.
The problem is that I… I remember but I don't.
I can feel everything,
but I can't grasp it.
You know what I mean?
Maybe you're the only one who can help me.
Why me?
They want to forget and make me forget.
It's only you and I who want to remember.
We can help each other, but on one condition.
There's a condition?
Don't harm any of my family.
Seriously?
And how am I supposed to get justice?
What, you'll ask them for me?
If you want justice, we have to get to the truth.
Then we tell the police.
-Police? -I'll testify with you.
-Your brother tried to kill me. -But he didn't. You wanted to kill him.
-And I came to you. -Bless his heart.
Since you're such a loving family, let's sit together and ask them what happened.
I'm not my family.
You're not your family, but you're a kid.
Your father sent this man after me. His job is to kill me.
Dad wants to protect us.
If you don't harm any of us, he won't hurt you.
Go home, Layla.
What you're saying only works in cartoons, comedy.
Go home, forget you ever saw me.
If you're back for revenge, nothing will stop you.
Yeah.
But if truth is what you're after, I'm the only one who wants to help you.
So, figure out what you want, and you know how to find me.
Wait.
Layla, where are you?
-I can't see you! -Behind you.
So, Layla…
What did you want?
Hello, Sherif.
So beautiful.
Are you here for tourism or treatment?
Treatment then.
I need you to cover my back on something.
Sure. Tell me when.
I'll have your back.
How about a tour around Saqqara, and we drink cold ones?
Where are the tapes, Sherif?
What tapes?
The videos you were recording on that trip, for your film.
What brought them to your mind?
Maybe something on them can tell me what happened to Nadia.
Unfortunately,
those tapes have been long gone.
What? You want me to keep them for 15 years? Why?
You never threw anything away.
Especially anything you filmed.
Are these just any tapes?
You're not the only one whose life was destroyed.
That doesn't mean that--
I didn't want anything to remind me of you or Nadia or myself.
Do you remember why I was filming them?
You wanted to apply to film school.
To be a director.
And I didn't, because of what happened.
For months, I couldn't watch those tapes, or even hold the camera.
All I could think of was you,
what happened back then,
and Nadia.
I was just paralyzed.
And years went by without me noticing.
And now you come ask me about the tapes?
I never imagined you'd be one of them.
Cozied up with the very ones, who sent me to prison.
Why are you blaming me?
Why are you holding me responsible?
I didn't abandon you.
I wasn't okay with what you wanted to do.
I stood up to you, all the way to the DA's office.
You made that choice.
For just one year. One year.
Not 15.
One year or 15…
You sold yourself cheap, Yehia.
And what did you sell to them?
Huh?
Do you see what you've become?
Your eyes are dead.
Do you see yourself?
You've become a murderer.
Who would have thought?
Prison.
It turns you into another person.
So does life outside, Yehia.
It makes you another person.
Suit yourself.
But don't drag others into this.
Layla is still too young to be part of what you want to do.
I don't want to keep my daughter waiting.
I would have loved you to meet her.
She would have really liked you.
-Let's go. -What?
I'm not leaving.
Do you realize what you're doing?
-Didn't you tell me to go ask him? -That's not what I meant.
Well, that's what happened.
Layla.
This is not a joke. It's not one of your adventures!
I know that.
So, there are no videotapes?
That's what he said.
Do you believe him?
Do you?
I don't know.
Come on.
Wait.
You're welcome.
I love you, Ali.
Not surprising.
For someone whose father made his grandfather die of grief.
To kill his own child, and its mother!
NADIA!
Do you know what happened between our Granddad and my dad?
Your dad, is my uncle.
What is it that you want to know?
How did Granddad die?
What's wrong, Ali?
He died, just like everyone does.
What do you mean? I don't understand.
I'm just talking, Sherif.
Maybe you know something.
Do you think my dad…
caused our Granddad's death?
Are you nuts? Have you lost your mind?
Has Yehia filled your head with this nonsense?
Yehia…
You need to give your brain a rest after what happened.
I just want to know who did this to Nadia.
And why.
Could you calm down, Fatla? We need to think.
This is bullshit, Yehia!
The guy who's helping us, we have no idea if he's alive or dead.
You don't seem to care!
I told you I'm asking around, and trying to find a way--
We don't know if he's dead or alive.
You're still trying to find a way?
Listen, Yehia, when your life was at stake, we all had your back!
But now, you just want to ask around?
Listen to me! This kid has to be back home to his family tonight!
Or else, I swear to God Almighty, I'll go on my own,
and bring him back myself, no matter what!
Maldini.
Maldini!
Shhhh. Guess who?
Got a surprise for me?
Ta-da!
Uncle?
-What are you doing to Grandad? -Just playing with him.
You done scaring him? Now go back to your mom.
Okay.
How are you, Uncle?
You didn't tell me you were coming.
What is it, Uncle?
You met Yehia?
-Helping him against your family? -No. I didn't help him. I didn't.
So where is he now?
I don't know.
-You don't know? -I don't.
I don't know anything at all. Will you all leave me alone?
"You all"?
Who's "you all"?
Are you putting your family and this murderer in the same sentence?
Are you helping him kill one of us, you shit?
I didn't help him.
I only saw him once, and he came to me.
I don't know anything.
Instead of coming to me, go…
Ask yourself what you did to him.
What did he want from you?
The videotapes.
The tapes that I recorded on the trip back then.
Did you give them to him?
-No. -Where are those tapes?
I burned them.
I burned them back then after what happened.
You want anything else?
Why didn't you come and tell me when you met him?
Were you waiting for something to happen?
No, I wasn't.
I have nothing to say to either of you.
I just want all of you to leave me alone.
"All of you"?
Still putting your family and that criminal in the same sentence.
The family that made you into someone.
Worth something.
I never want to see your face again.
Tomorrow, go take your things from the company.
How are you feeling, Maldini?
You can see how he's feeling!
I'm fine, Mr. Yehia.
Tell me exactly what happened.
Mr. Yehia, what happened is exactly what I told Mr. Fatla.
-I… I was riding on my motor scooter-- -Wait.
Go on, Maldini.
I was just on my scooter,
and suddenly, someone attacked me.
Next thing I know, I was blindfolded, and, uh…
I didn't know where I was, or what was happening.
And then?
And then, Mr. Yehia,
there was this huge guy there, hitting me and beating me to a pulp,
until I told him everything, and the location of the workshop.
I'm sorry boss, I had to. He beat the hell out of me.
-He almost killed me. -Don't worry.
It's okay now. The main thing is you're alive.
When you told him about the workshop, he just let you go?
Yes, Mr. Yehia. He let me go.
He said he had no more use for me.
It seems like I really am of no use.
Excuse me, I… I'll go home now.
No. No way.
You'll stay here.
I'll go tell your mom and your sister you're all right, okay?
-Whatever you say, boss. -Come on.
Go take a shower and freshen up. You smell awful!
Excuse me.
So, Yehia.
Can't you see how the kid looks? And you're questioning him?
The guy that took him wouldn't let anyone go.
-You saying he's a rat? -I'm worried.
-About him. -No, you're calling him a rat.
And that's an insult to me too.
Listen to me, man.
It ends right here. From now on, you're on your own.
We're like brothers.
It's over!
Fine.
Sherif met with Yehia.
You were absolutely right when you thought he was helping him.
No.
He wasn't helping him.
If he was, things would have been different.
I don't know why you didn't just finish him off when you shot him.
Because murder is not that easy.
Right?
Ah.
But you were in a state of self-defense.
That's not murder.
Then, what is it?
It's called self-defense.
Like animals when they get scared. They bare their teeth.
Checkmate.
Dad.
Did you ever kill anyone?
Good night, Ali.
But we haven't finished yet.
Nadia!
Forgive me, Nadia.
Do you believe him?
Do you?
What are you doing?
Hey. What's wrong, Nadia?
Why are you crying?
It's nothing.
Tell me what happened, Nadia. Maybe I can help you.
That filthy family. They're the cause of all my problems.
They're closing in on me from all sides.
They've ganged up on me, and I don't know what to do.
Just calm down.
Calm down, and don't be scared.
Just tell me what they did to you.
Are you nuts? What are you doing?
Nadia, I'm so in love with you.
I thought you forgot about that now that I'm with Ali.
Nadia, I never forgot about you.
Nadia I love you even more every time I see you with Ali.
That's disgusting!
Do you know what Ali or Yehia would do if they find out?
Weren't you just cursing Ali and his family just now?
It's your family, too!
-You're all made of the same filth! -Nadia!
On my father's grave, If you ever come near me like this again,
I will tell them all what you just did!