-I saw the cards. -Seriously?
God help us.
I know who the killer is. It's Sherif.
-Sadly, that's right. -You dumb director.
And you're an idiot.
Okay, you guys are lame, and I'm bored. I'm going for a walk.
Good riddance. You made me look bad with Sarah.
-Who cares about Sarah? -Let's go.
Cut the crap. You were shy with her.
To be honest with you, Yehia, Sarah is not my, uh…
-I'll go put Layla to bed. -N… No.
Come with me.
-Stop talking. -She fell asleep.
-I'll go put her to bed and come back. -Okay.
Let's go.
Sarah.
-Hm? -Sarah.
Yehia, can we not talk about anything now?
What's the matter?
I'm sorry, Ali.
I'm sorry, but everything is making me nervous.
I don't know why you're nervous, Nadia. We're gonna get married anyway, right?
Honestly, I thought you'd be happy.
When I told you I told Mom about it, you went silent.
You said nothing.
This is what's making me nervous, Ali.
I feel so pressured and I don't feel okay.
It's all happening too fast.
We were always planning to get married, right?
It's just that instead of getting married after two years,
we'll get married now, that's all.
I know you're scared and nervous.
But I love you.
I love you very much.
Nadia, you are the one with whom I really found myself.
And almost like
I'm only living for you now.
I love you, too, Ali.
NADIA SUMMER 2007
ECHOES OF THE PAST
Come in!
Nice to see you.
What is it?
Ali told me what happened with Sherif. That he met with Yehia.
Can anything ever happen without him telling you?
When do you plan to wean him?
Forget about all that now and tell me something.
Why is this Yehia issue not done with?
You said you'd handle it.
It's been too long already, and absolutely nothing is happening.
Except that danger is closing in on us. What are you waiting for?
I'm not waiting for anything.
I don't have to write you a report on everything I do.
Don't write me a report. Just put my mind at ease.
Since when do you even care?
For years, you've been handing me crisis after crisis,
and then you just go and forget about them.
And I'm the one who handles them, and protect you all.
Exactly.
I stayed with you all these years,
because you were able to protect us.
If you can't protect us now,
then why should I stay?
Aren't we too old for this bullshit?
No.
But clearly, you're the one who's getting too old, and can't handle it.
No, you go home for the day. I'll drive.
As you say, sir.
How could you be in the same place he is and not finish him?
I paid you double your fee, didn't I?
Upfront.
And nothing is happening?
Look into Sherif, like I told you.
Lord have mercy! Good God!
Who are you? And how did you get in?
What kind of doorman sleeps this late?
Are you my wife?
You mean Nagat?
In Girga?
Who are you? Why are you here? Don't mess with me! I could kill you for this--
Shh shh!
You know this guy, right?
No, I don't think so.
What is it? What is it, sir?!
What… What… What's going on?!
What… What… What is it, sir?
Oh my God.
What is it, sir?
Know how long you'll do for this?
Not these.
Look around the room.
Seen him before?
No, I haven't.
I've never seen him, I swear.
When you do, call me.
Yes, of course, sir.
I know. But those who are watching us don't.
-Okay. -Mm.
I'll have graduated from Computer Science…
-Mm. -do my masters abroad…
-Nice. -…maybe even join you in Spain.
-It's your turn to suffer. Give me that. -Hey.
-Let go. -You're going to break it!
-Let it go! -Dude, stop it!
I'm not handsome like you! Don't film me!
You're gorgeous. Come on.
Show me some respect, man. I'm the director.
Okay. But I'm the director now.
-Ha ha. Mm. -Mr. Sherif.
Where do you see yourself five years from now?
-Mom and I will be living together. -God bless her.
-No, I mean your mom. Yeah. Ah. -My mom? So funny.
-Okay! I'll answer, I swear! Okay. -You bastard.
Okay.
Well, five years from now,
I'll probably be graduating from film school in Spain.
-Mm. -I'll be finishing my graduation project.
All the film festivals will fight over me.
And I'll be deciding then… Do I come back and make films in Egypt?
Or stay in Spain?
But I think I'll live there.
And then come to Egypt to make movies and see you.
You know what, you dork?
I'll be the first Egyptian director to win an Oscar.
And who knows?
Maybe I'll be going from country to country,
making films in different places.
Who knows what tomorrow has in store for us?
But why are you so sure the tapes are still there?
I'm not.
But I am sure I knew Sherif very well.
I knew when he was nervous.
Or lying.
Or hiding something.
But how do we know the truth of what happened 15 years ago?
There's our own memories of what happened.
Nadia! Nadia!
Even if we're absolutely sure of them,
-There's things we didn't see. -Nadia!
-And we don't know everything. -Nadia!
There's the memories of other people… who saw the same events.
Nadia, what's wrong?
When we go back to Cairo, I'll tell you everything.
But how do we know if they're lying?
Hiding something?
Or if they also don't know.
Those tapes are the only things without lies.
They captured everything as it was,
not as we remember it.
But how do we get those tapes?
If the tapes are still there,
I might know where they are.
Wait for Sherif to come and he'll give you the camera.
He told me he won't be late.
Huh? Um…
No, I can't. I'm travelling.
And he told me where to find it.
I'll get it and head out. Excuse me.
I have the tapes.
What are you doing here?
-What? -And how dare you go through my things?
Y… You, uh… Why did you say you didn't have the tapes when they're here?
Because!
I want nothing to do with Yehia.
If you've gotten yourself involved in something--
I want to know! Just like him.
That's your choice.
Just leave me out of it.
Don't come snooping in things that don't concern you.
No, Sherif. It does concern me!
And these aren't just tapes.
Unless they hold something you don't want us to know.
What do you mean?
Is he with you?
Daddy, why are you and Layla fighting?
No sweetie, we're not fighting.
Wait, Amira.
What is it?
-Take her and go inside. -What's going on?
Just go inside now!
I'm not going anywhere until I know what's going on.
Hello, Yehia.
How are you?
I'm good.
Aren't you going to let me in?
Of course.
Come in.
What's going on with Layla?
Who is this, and what does he want with you?
Now is not the time. I'll tell you later.
Keep the girl with you.
Or, take her and go out. Actually…
Just stay here.
So, have you known Daddy for a long time?
That's right.
How long?
Since school.
Since we were your age.
Wow.
Such a long time.
How come we've never seen you?
He was out of the country, sweetie.
What about you, Layla? How did you meet him?
Your dad.
He introduced me to the whole family.
Aya.
Go to your mom, honey.
What are you hiding, Sherif? Why did you lie?
Protecting someone in the family?
Protecting yourself?
Of course not.
All I want is to be left alone.
What do you want?
I asked you for it, and you said you didn't have it.
Now I want to know, why did you lie?
Since you don't want to talk…
NADIA!
…then, we can watch it together.
What are you doing?
This was the night before Nadia died.
I remember it well.
She came back that night, scared and crying.
When I asked her, she said she'd tell me in Cairo.
We never got there.
We never got there!
All this time, I thought of everything, every scenario, except for it being you!
-Me? You got this all wrong. -Why were you filming her?
You did it the whole time. Were you obsessed with my sister?
And you got scared when she found out?
What do mean? That I killed her?
You did 'cause she knew? Or 'cause she was with someone else?
Are you crazy? I never hurt her.
What do these tapes mean? What do they mean?!
They mean that I loved her.
I loved her.
I filmed her because I loved her.
I was just a kid… who wanted to be with her.
And you knew.
You all knew a long ago.
Me, kill her?
Me, Yehia?
I was at the DA's office, and I begged you.
"Don't do this to yourself."
If I had killed her,
would I have cared?
Because you felt guilt.
What guilt?!
If someone kills someone they love, would they feel guilt afterwards?
Your vengeance is not against me.
It's against them.
Nadia herself said they had her in a chokehold and she couldn't get away.
And you have the tapes now.
Go. Watch them all.
See who had her in a chokehold.
Oh, you're here.
Get inside!
What's happening? Who's that?
Is there another way out?
Follow me.
Okay, go there.
Shhhh.
Hurry.
The police.
Mona.
Why did you cut ties with Dad ever since you left? Why did you stop calling?
Again, Ali? Why are you bringing up all of this now?
'Cause everything's opened back up since Yehia showed up.
It's like I woke up from a coma.
It's the first time I think clearly since Nadia's death.
Who am I?
Who is our family?
You know why I left Egypt and left everything behind, Ali?
Because I don't want to answer that very question you're asking.
I don't want to know who our family is.
I just want to know who I am,
away from them, and all the baggage that comes with them.
Uh… What do you mean?
I mean there are only two options, Ali.
Either we confront our parents, or we run away from them.
I couldn't confront them, so I ran away.
Does this have to do with what happened to Nadia?
What happened to Nadia, and what happened to Yehia…
I didn't want any of it.
Ali, if you're still stuck in the same place you were before,
you either leave or confront.
Don't just stand there spinning around in circles.
Okay, Mr. Sherif, so, you don't know this man at all?
No. I don't know him, sir.
And you, madam?
No.
All right.
Mr. Sherif, if he shows up, or if anything happens, call us.
Yes, of course.
Thank you.
What's going on between you and those people?
And why didn't you tell them about Yehia?
And who is that Nadia who you loved and filmed?
Fine.
When you're ready to answer, I'll be at my parents.
Let's go, Aya.
Come on.
Come on. Come on.
Let's go.
No, sir. I'm out all day on errands for the tenants, they know it.
Mm.
If I'd seen anything, I'd have told you right away. I haven't.
Mm. Okay, Atwah.
You have my number. If anything strange happens, call me right away.
Yes, sir. Of course.
Let's go.
Yes, sir.
Who's the girl with the man whose picture I showed you?
I swear, sir, I didn't see any girls with him.
If I did, I would say.
He was standing all by himself.
But there's something important, that you need to know.
The police has gotten wind of you.
Try to lay low. Vanish.
But the, uh…
The stuff, huh?
The stuff, sir?
Bake it into a cake.
I went to the factory today,
and I heard you fired 300 workers.
I had to do that, especially after the fire.
If it were up to me, I would've fired half the staff.
But that's against the law.
It's not right for them to be on the street all of a sudden.
Don't be stupid.
If I were to think like you,
I'd definitely go bankrupt.
You declared your dad incompetent.
Your grandfather was a kind man.
But sentimental, like you.
His workers used to play him for a fool.
All of the employees would steal from right under his nose.
And he would just look the other way.
Till we almost went bankrupt.
That's when I learned,
if you want to make a decision,
you need to be brave.
And I learned that once I make a decision, not to regret it.
Nadia!
We swam for about 13 minutes, until the camera died.
It's weird that I remember it like it was one or two minutes.
What do you mean?
Where was the boat?
Where's the boat?
Why wasn't it there?
D… Do you remember who was on the boat at the time?
I remember that we all dove together.
Well… maybe you emerged in a different spot.
Not possible.
We just swam for a few minutes.
Or I can't remember.
NADIA?
-Louly. -Yes?
-What are you doing? -I'm painting.
Are you going to ruin Nadia's things by painting butterflies?
That's none of your business.
I love Nadia, and I will keep painting for her.
It's fine with me, I like it.
Oh, wow. Oh my God.
That's not how I remember it at all.
I mean, um…
I thought that Mona and Nadia used to dress alike,
but obviously, I was the one who used to dress like her.
And then…
How come I don't remember how much I loved her?
And what difference would that make?
It won't make any difference.
But what I'm trying to say is that you and I are alike.
We're both not sure.
Not sure of what we remember.
The beach house that you had there,
is it still there?
Hey dad, it's not like you to stay up this late.
I couldn't sleep.
Thought I'd sit with myself for a while.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
I'm good.
Do you think I'm good?
I don't know.
That's why I'm asking you.
Ah.
No, what I meant is, uh,
do you think I'm a good father?
Why do you say that, Dad?
Because I don't know anymore.
I don't know anymore.
Sometimes…
All my life,
I've wanted a family.
Children and grandchildren, gathered around me.
And I take care of them and we love each other.
But I, uh…
there's no, um…
My relationship with my eldest son is shit.
He's better than his sister, though.
She hasn't talked to me in years, and I don't know why.
Even your mother,
the only woman I've ever loved…
Now, she sleeps in one room and me in another.
And why is all this happening?
Why, Lola?
You're the only one I can ask this question.
I don't know.
I don't know why all this is happening, Dad.
But maybe you and Ali…
He needs you to trust him more.
No… No, no.
It's not about trust, no.
I, uh,
feel like it's come back for me.
Why…
What's come back for you?
My father.
Your grandfather.
I really wish he knew that I loved him.
But…
He died
without ever knowing it.
And here I am,
and I also don't know.
And Nadia and Yehia?
Haven't you thought about what happened to them?
Uh…
Things happen.
But I…
just so you know, uh,
I gave him a lot of money.
I did my part.
Because I needed to protect my family.
Ah!
You've heard enough for today.
Good night.
Ahhh.
Can you please look at the camera and smile?
Listen, Sherif. Tell you what.
It's really hot, and I'm not in the mood for you or that thing. Okay?
Fine. I'm fed up with you and I don't wanna see you again.
Listen, one more word, and I'll drown you and this thing. Give me a break!
No, it's not worth it.
I'm not a liar, Mona. You're a filthy family.
Nadia!
It's your fault! Why did you leave with the boat?
Calm down, Yehia!
Mona.
Smile.
Are you going to film us for the whole trip?
I'm filming you guys for a documentary that's going to be a hit.
Okay, Mr. Director.