[quiet contemplative music playing]
Sorry I brought you from Cairo when I'm in such a bad mood.
It's fine.
I'm glad I came.
I got to see you.
Are you still worried?
How can I not be?
You and Yassin agreed to divorce.
If he keeps his word, in a few days we'll be telling everyone.
I will tell them, not her.
[music becomes dramatic]
You didn't see the way she was looking at me
when she told me that she saw us together.
That girl is up to no good,
and I won't let my son be fooled by a girl like her.
What if he wants her?
And loves her?
What can you do?
I'll stop it in any way I can.
What?
[dramatic music continues]
Sometimes I wonder at how you want to control everything around you.
Everything?
They're my kids.
Your kids have grown up.
They should make their own choices.
Just like you chose for us to be together,
and you decided to leave Yassin and everything behind.
[door closes]
[music becomes quiet and mysterious]
Where are the kids?
[clock ticking]
They're all at the beach.
[music becomes moody and dramatic]
Yassin, please.
Let's put our problems aside
until we resolve this issue.
Ali must not marry that girl,
and that baby must go away.
[ticking gets louder]
[dramatic musical stinger and music fades]
[dramatic music playing]
NADIA SUMMER 2007
[music swelling]
ECHOES OF THE PAST
[music stops]
[mysterious music playing]
[door buzzer rings]
[Layla] Sorry for coming so early.
[Yehia] Did something happen?
[Layla] No, but I couldn't sleep all night, thinking about what happened.
I have no one to talk to but you.
[mysterious music continues]
What's wrong?
What is it?
How do you think this game will end?
What game?
This game we're playing.
Going round and round in circles,
knowing someone in your family killed my sister.
Why are you saying this now? Didn't we agreed that we--
We didn't, Layla.
We didn't agree on this.
I won't miss my sister's justice again.
I already failed her once before.
But never again.
[music becomes moody and dramatic]
No matter what.
[bird cawing]
[Sawsan] Don't worry. Yassin is not here.
Did something happen with your husband? Are you okay?
[moody dramatic music fades]
We're good.
But you guys are not.
[Sawsan sighs]
Where's Layla? Is she up?
Why? What's wrong with her?
Nothing.
I want to see her.
She was gone when I woke up.
She said that she went to practice.
Ever since what happened at the party, I've been worried about her.
Has she been talking to you?
She has.
Did she say anything?
Not a thing.
But she's asking.
[moody mysterious music playing]
What did she see back then?
[sighs faintly]
She saw Nadia's body being pulled from the water. That's it.
And what about before that?
She's not sure what she might have seen.
I don't know.
She saw nothing.
Okay, I'll go to the hotel.
I'll call her and tell her to come see me.
You'll stay in a hotel this time too? Why not--
Mommy, I can't stay here. And you know exactly why.
Fine. But can you at least allow your brother to drive you over there?
Please?
[moody mysterious music continues]
[Yehia] It wasn't only their fault.
[music becomes moody and dramatic]
I accepted it, like Sherif said.
That's the one thing I never forgave myself for.
Neither did my mother.
Her face still haunts me.
My mother needed every penny in this bag, but she never touched it.
Until she died.
You were too young to understand.
I didn't grasp that I was negotiating over
her blood.
Exactly.
Yehia, you were only 18 going through that.
You were confused.
Yehia.
Forgive yourself.
So that you see something in the world besides this guilt
that's filling your eyes.
[cell phone ringing and vibrating]
Layla, hi.
I arrived to Cairo.
What? So suddenly?
Pearl?
I don't know. Maybe half an hour to Zamalek.
Okay, fine. Bye.
I'm sorry, I have to go.
What is it?
Mona suddenly arrived and wants to see me.
[dramatic musical stinger]
[moody dramatic music continues]
We'll talk about this more.
[receding footsteps]
[music fades]
I understand that you don't want to stay at the house with them.
But don't stay in a hotel. It doesn't seem right.
Come stay at my place. I'm never there.
I'm more comfortable this way, but thank you for the offer anyway.
[chuckles] Why so formal? What's up with you?
[both chuckling]
-I've missed you. -I've missed you too, tons.
[Ali breathes deeply]
Mona.
Uh…
Did Dad know that Nadia was pregnant?
Yeah, Ali.
He did.
[moody dramatic music playing]
I still don't understand what it is you're trying to get at,
or why you came here so suddenly.
You were with Yehia yesterday.
I don't get it. What do you mean?
Now is no time to play dumb, Layla.
[scoffs]
I'm not playing dumb.
But I don't understand what you're talking about with that tone.
You think Yehia is just another adventure you're gonna play with and drop it.
Why do you insist on putting yourself in danger and getting us all screwed?
What were you doing with him?
Listen, Mona.
I'm not a child for you to talk to me like that.
Layla, were you with him in Hurgada?
Oh.
I was with him. I'm helping him.
Not because it's an adventure.
Because it's a crime. His sister was killed.
And we both want to know who did it.
And after you find out, what will you do?
Help him kill the culprit?
No.
-We will tell the police. -Tell the police?
Do you really believe what you're saying?
Even if you do believe 1%,
does Yehia want to tell the police, or get revenge?
[moody dramatic music continues]
Why are you doing this?
To understand.
I'll go insane if I don't.
[music becomes intriguing]
[music swelling]
You'll go insane if you do.
What do you mean?
Whatever memories you have of what happened,
your mind chose to forget to protect you.
We were all traumatized by what happened.
But each of us has their own defense mechanism.
-Some gave up. -[intriguing music becomes dramatic]
[young Ali] Nadia!
Some became depressed.
Or went into hiding and ran away.
[anguished scream]
You, Layla, your mind chose to forget, to protect you,
because you were too young to understand.
Why, after all this time, do you want to defy your mind?
How do you trust Yehia?
[intriguing music becomes quiet]
[music fades]
[Fatla] Good work, Maldini.
Thanks, boss.
Finish up this car and have the owner pick it up.
-Watch the workshop until I get back. -Where to, boss?
I'm going to prayer, then meeting Yehia afterwards.
Well, uh, let me join and get a blessing myself.
No need. I'll remember to pray for you.
Pray for me too for my wages to increase.
Prayer is not enough. That needs a pilgrimage.
Go inside. Go inside.
[mysterious music playing]
Hey… Hey, Mr. Khaled.
This is not Yehia our old friend.
He's someone else, we don't know him.
Someone who's been in prison for 15 years.
No one can ever imagine what prison did to him.
Right.
No one can.
But there are facts.
Yehia killed the lawyer.
He tried to kill Ali.
[mysterious music continues]
And he's trying to use you now,
to plan some new scheme.
No.
For the last time, Layla…
What are you trying to achieve with what you're doing?
I want to know the truth.
So, if I tell you the truth,
will you stay away from Yehia?
You say you want the truth.
I'll tell you.
On one condition.
You will leave with me.
You'll leave everything behind and go with me.
[mysterious music continues]
Okay.
Dad was the one who killed Nadia.
[dramatic musical stinger and music fades]
[melancholic music playing]
[shudders]
[cell phone ringing]
-[disconnect tone] -[sniffles]
-[music fades] -[people chattering]
Did I keep you waiting?
[groans]
No, you didn't.
What will you have?
Tea.
One tea, please.
Couldn't we have found somewhere more private?
This is private enough.
I know this place like the back of my hand.
As you see it.
I see a very dear friend of mine who's mad at me.
Even though he knows that I trust no one but him.
[contemplative music playing]
Do you think I trust anyone but you?
But Maldini, no.
I raised that kid, and I've known him since forever.
What pissed me off was the kid was covered in blood,
and you only cared about your own problems, man.
I'm sorry.
Don't be mad at me, buddy.
[music becomes moody and dramatic]
I can't be mad at you for long.
[grunts]
[man] That's it.
INMATE
Kill him!
-Kill him! -[groaning]
Come on!
Do it!
[screaming] My eye!
[screaming]
My eye!
[music becomes contemplative]
Don't worry.
I was worked up, but now we're good.
Anyway, I have your back. Any time you need me, I'm there for you.
I need a favor.
-[Fatla] That was fast. -[Yehia] You said, "Any time."
[Fatla, chuckling] Go ahead.
[Yehia] Do you know a hotel called Pearl?
-[Fatla] No, but we can ask Mr. GPS. -[contemplative music swelling]
[Fatla laughs boisterously]
Okay. I will think about your offer.
I will let you know in a week.
Great. Waiting for your call.
[contemplative music continues]
[music builds to a climax]
Sherif, where are you?
[music stops]
[lounge music playing over speakers]
Double your father's offer?
And what do you mean, your company, Ali?
The company's fake. It's just a front for taxes.
Anyone who examines the company records, will know that instantly.
These people don't care about all that. They only care about profit.
With me, they'll double it. They'll choose me, not him.
Sherif, I've already bought the factory.
And the workers are ready. In a few months, everything will be done.
Without your father knowing?
Yeah.
What? Aren't I entitled to have my own business?
[Sherif chuckles faintly]
You are.
Okay.
What do you need me for?
I want you to run it with me.
No.
[contemplative music playing]
Why?
Because I've made up my mind.
I'm not getting caught in this cycle.
I want the real Sherif.
Remember him?
I want to remember myself again.
I want to remember what I truly wanted.
I want…
be able to look myself in the mirror again.
-[footsteps] -[contemplative music fades]
[telephone ringing]
-Mr. Yassin wants to see you. -Okay.
[woman] Our lawyer will get in touch with your legal team, to finalize everything.
Congrats on our new contract.
[in Arabic] Thank you.
Sorry, man.
Your father is a smart businessman.
He made me a better deal, for sure.
What?
I did nothing wrong.
You only just cost me half the profit that I was going to make from this deal.
Did you really think you could buy a factory,
and start working in the same market I work in
without me knowing anything about it?
You're stupid.
Well, if you really think I'm as stupid as that,
why are you scared of me?
How I wish that you could do just one thing in your life and get it right.
Really?
Get it right?
Like you did right by your father?
[tense dramatic music playing]
Don't worry, Dad.
Don't worry.
I'm not like you.
You're fired.
Fired.
Does that mean fired from work in the company you own
or from the family as son?
As son in the family, that's another reckoning.
You're fired from the company.
And that factory you bought for you to run,
I'll buy it from you for half price.
You think about it.
As for my son helping Yehia against his father,
he'll need to be disciplined again from scratch.
Helping Yehia? Are you listening to yourself?
Don't be stupid and a coward too!
I'm not a coward! And I don't lie!
You freed Yehia from the checkpoint.
Checkpoint?
-[Ali] Who's this friend? -I want to go home.
[Yassin] I'm looking for him and the girl's helping him,
and then you get him out of the checkpoint?
Imagine how I looked to the guy talking to me on the telephone.
Hello, sir!
"Do you know who's been helping the guy that burned down your factory
and is threatening your family?"
"Your son, sir!" My son!
[tense dramatic music continues]
Go pack up your things and leave the company. Don't show your face here.
And don't come home either!
[door shuts loudly]
[tense dramatic music continues]
[squeaking]
-[Salah] What's wrong, sir? -[Khaled] Maldini, you comfortable?
-Salah] What is it, sir? -You're asking?
[Salah screams] Okay, I won't ask!
-They weren't at the coffee shop. -Sir, May… Maybe you just lost them!
How could I lose them if I never saw them?
I swear, I told you everything I know!
[screams] Please, sir!
[rats continue squeaking]
-You sent me the wrong place. -[tense music continues]
To protect your boss, right?
[whimpering] Yes, sir.
Yes, sir, I wanted to protect my boss.
He's the one who raised me. How could I ever betray him?
How noble.
Please, sir! [sobbing]
I'll do whatever you want!
I'll do whatever you want, sir! [sobbing]
Sir!
[prosecutor] Then, we received the forensics report,
which confirms that the victim's diving equipment
was intentionally tampered with.
Since the holes that were in the oxygen tube that was used by the victim
were deliberately made using a sharp instrument.
[dramatic musical stinger]
[moody dramatic music playing]
FORENSIC REPORT
[alert on phone]
[moody dramatic music continues]
[music becomes ominous]
-[cell phone ringing] -[music becomes tense and dramatic]
[ringing stops]
[Yehia] If it wasn't Mona, as you say, then who was it?
I never made the connections because I never suspected her.
But now, the circle is closing in.
And everything is pointing toward Mona.
If it wasn't her, then who was it?
-[knocking] -[musical stinger]
[tense dramatic music continues]
Good evening, ma'am. Someone is waiting for you downstairs.
We tried to call you, but there seems to be a problem.
[Yassin] Mona.
[tense dramatic music fades]
You don't even want to greet me?
Why didn't you call before coming?
I might've been busy.
What did I do to you, dear, to deserve all this?
[moody dramatic music playing]
We have a problem if you don't know what you did to me.
It's also a problem if you do know and insist on pretending you don't know.
But if you insist on pretending, I'll tell you the truth.
You are the reason for everything bad in my life.
You know, they say that every father is his daughter's first love.
And she compares every man she meets to him.
I never had that kind of feeling.
To this day, I can't take a compliment from anyone.
If someone says, "You're pretty" or, "What a nice dress,"
I freeze, I don't believe it.
I never felt anyone loved me.
Or cared about me.
Except for one.
-He truly loved me. -[young Yehia] I love you.
[moody dramatic music continues]
And you…
took him from me.
I know you didn't mean to.
You didn't do it to upset me.
You did it because you… you don't see me.
You hurt me.
You hurt us all.
And will keep hurting us until the day you die.
As long as you won't tell the truth.
[moody dramatic music continues]
[music fades]
[Ali] What are you doing?
What did you want, Ali?
[Ali breathes deeply]
Who was with you when I got you out of that checkpoint?
Yehia?
Yeah, Yehia was with me.
Were you helping him kill me?
No.
I saw him after that happened, and…
I thought I was protecting the family.
By being with him?
How?
And why?
I wanted to know what happened.
And then,
I did.
[moody dramatic music playing]
What is it?
What is it?! Answer me!
[gasping faintly]
It's Dad who killed Nadia.
[dramatic music swelling]
And Yehia found out?
[mysterious music playing]
-[bleep on cell phone] -Layla, I'm done with checkout.
Everything is ready.
The flight is in four hours.
Don't be late.
[knocking]
[music becomes ominous]
[musical tension swelling]
[dramatic action music playing]
-[Mona gasps and pants] -[door slams]
-[glass shatters] -[Mona whimpers]
[Mona gasping]
Why did you kill Nadia? Everything says that you did it, Mona.
The tube that was cut with your knife, the jealousy and fights between you two.
You're a filthy family.
You were on the boat and you left us behind that day.
-Why did you leave? -[muffled gasps]
-Explain! -[ringing]
[tense dramatic music playing]
[distant siren blaring]
[dramatic action music playing]
[electronic bleeping]
Once again, please.
[Yehia gasps and groans]
[Mona gasps]
[Mona gasping]
-[bones crack] -[Mona gasps]
[dramatic action music builds to a climax]
-I love you. -[gasps]
[both gasp]
-[Mona coughing] -[music becomes quiet and dramatic]
[Mona continues coughing]
[Mona panting]
-[Mona coughs] -[Yehia exhales]
[shudders]
I didn't kill Nadia.
But you know who did.
Spit it out, already, kid. What's wrong?
I swear to God, I couldn't help it.
I swear to God Almighty, I couldn't help it!
That son of a bitch wouldn't leave me alone.
Until I told him your location!
But, uh… how did you know our location?
[tense music playing]
Who was it, Mona?
[music becomes faint]
[knocking]
[tense music swelling]
[Khaled] Open up, Yehia. I know you're in there.
Who's that, Yehia? What's going on?
-[Yehia] Stay in there. Get in there. -[Mona] Yehia!
[tense music continues]
[Yehia] Hey, Fatla. Where are you?
Yes, I can see him standing outside your room.
-[sighs] -[Khaled] Open up, Yehia!
Sorry, man, this time there's no escape.
The hotel is all cameras.
Don't worry about the cameras.
[electronic bleeps]
Open up.
[tense music continues]
[music swelling]
[Fatla grunts]
Fatla.
-[dramatic action music playing] -[Khaled groans]
[Yehia groans]
[both grunting]
[alarm blaring]
[both groaning]
[Yehia] Fatla!
[Yehia shouts]
[Fatla grunts]
[woman screams]
[Khaled grunts]
[dramatic action music intensifies]
[Yehia grunts]
[Fatla grunts]
[both grunting]
[screams]
Fatla!
[music becomes tense and ominous]
[musical tension building]
[music stops]
[dramatic action music playing]
[music becomes tense]
[music becomes faint]
[intense dramatic action music playing]
[music fades]