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The Island Episode 1
I'm listening. Why did you split up?
We didn't match.
Ah, and you found out now, after 5 years?
- You were saying you would get married. - We never said that. You did.
Well, what do you think of doing now?
Go on vacation.
- And where will you go? - Wherever I want.
- What can I say... - Nothing.
I'm so mad at you.
[What do you think of doing now? Why did you split up? You were saying you would get married.]
[What do you think of doing now? Why did you split up? What do you think of doing now?]
[I'm so mad at you.]
- Hi! - Hi dad.
- And goodbye. - Where are you going my love?
- On vacation. - Wait a minute, let me see you.
But wait a minute. Where is she going?
Go straight, you'll see her on your right.
Now, if you please.
- Ah, you speak Greek. - Yes I'm half Greek, half English.
- Welcome my girl. Well...
Em, I want red mullets, horiatiki and retsina.
- There you go. - Thank you.
- Yes..?
- May I ask you... - Of course.
ALEXIS: Do you know them?
Where did you find this picture?
ALEXIS: They're my mother's mom and dad.
- Your mother's - Yes.
Eh, it’s Nikos and Maria... Kiritsi.
- Are you the daughter of Sophia? - Mmmm.
I am Stefanos. Stefanos.
Stefanos: Of course I knew them.
Maria and my wife Fotini were best friends.
- Isn't your mother here with you? - No, no she's in London.
- And how come you came alone? - To meet you...
Wait, I’ll call my wife.
Fotini.
The fishes are ready, the red mullets need 5 more minutes.
- Go out and see who's here. - Who?
- Sophia's daughter. - What Sophia?
Sophia of the Vardoulakis.
- Have you totally lost it Stafanos? - Go and see for yourself.
She's also holding a photo of Maria with the doctor. She says they're her grandparents.
Keep an eye on the fishes, don't let them burn.
Are you Sophia's daughter? Alexis?
Come here!
How is your mother, it’s been years since I had news from her.
She's fine.
How much you grew... A big girl, high as the sky.
My Maria! The sweetest creature in the whole world.
What did you bring in my memory now...
You're a spitting image of Anna.
- But such a spitting image? - Who is Anna?
- You don't know who Anna is? - No!
Maria's sister, Didn't your mother tell you anything about her?
No, my mom, never told me that her mother had a sister.
How is that possible?
Hmm, she doesn't like speaking much about her life in Greece.
She doesn't want to, I don't know why...
- For the village here, has she ever spoke to you about it? - No.
- For the island, did she tell you? - What island?
- Spinalonga. - Spinalonga, where is that?
Come.
STEFANOS: Fotini!
- Fotini, come, I'm up to here... - Wait a bit, I'll be right back.
Welcome my girl.
- How are you? Are you OK? Welcome. - Hello.
There, on the island... who's living there?
- No one does. - Nobody?
There's nobody up there since '57.
- Why? - There are no lepers anymore.
- Lepers? - Lepers!
Where are you from... Haven't you ever heard about Spinalonga?
Here we are. Make yourself comfortable.
It’s very nice.
I leave you two towels, to have a bath.
- Need anything else? - No, thank you so much.
Tomorrow is Monday and there's not going to be much work.
We'll have all the time to talk.
Sleep well my child.
- See you in the morning. - Goodnight.
The other day, I saw something in our village, that made me think, and made me sad.
Some of our fellowmen, sick.
they started bringing them, tied up, for the island.
So I thought, I'd tell you the parable of the 10 lepers.
A miracle of our Lord Jesus Christ, that's been described to us by Evangelist Lucas.
At that time, while Jesus was entering a village,
10 lepers approached him.
They stood from distance because of their disease, and called at him,
"Master, Jesus, have pity on us".
Jesus saw them and said:
"Go to your priests and show yourselves."
That time, according to the law, priests were they who
examined the sick to determine if they are lepers.
On their way to the priests, a miracle happened.
The lepers, totally cleared up by the stigmas of leprosy.
One of them, when he saw that he was healed,
turned back, kneeled in front of Jesus, and started to thank him.
And that one, wasn't a Jew but a Samaritan, an infidel.
"Weren't all ten of you cleared up?" Jesus asked.
"Where are the other nine?"
"None of them came back to praise God? Just you?"
"An infidel?"
Our church uses this story...
to teach us that the Lord, is the real God and our savior.
And that we must stay near him, with faith and gratitude.
So that no evil enters our homes.
Maria, Anna, take these fishes to your mother.
Eh, Manolio. You don't waste a dime now do you?
E, move, go.
Fotini, want to go for a swim this afternoon?
- Lets go. - Why, will they let us?
- Yes! - Lets go.
- Good morning Giorgi. - Good morning.
- Will you take them like this? - Give me these too, there's more space.
Come on, Antoni! Tight those good.
- ELENI: Welcome! - Hi mom!
- Fishes from dad. - ELENI: Put them there!
- Mom! - Yes!
Fotini and Antonis will go for a swim at the sea.
- Can we go? - You can.
Anna has a cold and I don't want her to fall sick at this time of year.
ELENI: Sit here, I’ll bring your milk.
- I WILL go too! - Who's slamming the hand on the table?
The sea is good for the sniffles.
Drink your milk and no more talking.
Let me see you drinking it!
Can I go with them and not go into the sea?
Say yes.
- Fotini, will you get in? - Coming now!
Now when? I'm soaked waiting all this time, come on!
Hello, Dimitri!
Hello, Dimitri!
MARIA: Come, come!
FOTINI: One... two... three...
- Did you catch anything? - None of your business!
Yesterday afternoon I caught two jack fishes with my rod, that big.
- Where? - None of your business!
Don't "none of my business" me or I’ll through you into the sea!
ANNA: Yeah right... and you also caught a shark too!
They probably fell from my father's crate and you picked them up to show off!
- You don’t believe me? - No! You're full of lies all the time!
Same lies about the sea too!
It’s not that you don't like it.
You don't know how to swim, that’s why you don't go in.
I don't want to I’m telling you!
Not even to wet your feet to cool off?
- No! What’s it to you? - ANNA: To me?
It’s your feet that stink inside these boots!
Good for them!
ANNA: Isn't he so stupid?
Aren't you bored of fishing? Come, let’s dive!
- Your mother doesn't let you. - You'll push me by mistake and I’ll dive.
- No. - Push me! Push me!
- Anna! - You threw me into the water!
- ANTONIS: Not me! - You!
- MARIA: Anna!
You, the laughing one!
- ANNA: Hi mom! - Welcome my girls!
- Say again! - After!
- Hello dad! - Welcome to my daughters! Welcome!
I'm so hungry...
- Mmmm... beetroots! - Ohh! Fishes!
ANNA: I don't eat fish today. I have a cough, a bone may get stuck in my throat!
For the sea you didn't have a cough, just for the fish.
Come here, let me see!
Come here child!
- ELENI: Your hair is wet? - They're not!
You dived into the sea?
Anna I made you a question, what are you looking at your sister for?
- It was Antonis, he pushed me by accident... - ELENI: And?
I saw nothing!
I was diving with Fotini and I was underwater all the time.
And you're trying to get something out of Maria!
Well! Eat!
Get up!
KATERINA: Dimitri, come to eat!
KATERINA: Get up Dimitri!
SOTIRIS: What's wrong?
KATERINA: He came home with a long face reaching the ground.
Didn't we say that you need to eat and build strength? Didn't we?
- Then? - Everyone is making a fool of me.
Whoever is fooling someone else, is fooling his face.
Yeah right!
SOTIRIS: You're the best student at school. Don't be sad.
- There's more... - What more?
KATERINA: Something must have happened when he went to the sea. Am I right Dimitri?
Anna made a fool of me because I don’t go into the sea.
Antonis, Mrs. Savina's son was there too.
SOTIRIS: So what?
She says that I don't know how to swim and that my feet stink with the boots.
You know that whatever we do is for your own good.
- Do you want everyone to find out and... - Leave me alone!
Welcome!
How did you sleep?
- Very well! - Coffee?
No, I had one at home. Thanks.
There's fresh bread, Honey, and milk in the fridge, Shall I bring?
I'm OK, thank you.
You made me so happy that you came and found me..
I haven't seen your mother since the time she left Crete.
- How old was she? - Eighteen...
She left the day of her birthday. Haven't seen her since.
Yesterday night... I searched and found this picture.
This is Giorgis, your grand grand father.
Giorgis had a fishing boat and carried supplies to Spinalonga.
This is Eleni, your grand grand mother. She was a teacher, at the school of Plaka.
Good, children. Time is up. Whatever you wrote, you wrote.
Melina, gather the notebooks. And while Melina is gathering them,
I want us to review some things from our previous lesson.
Meaning...
When was the battle of Marathon, between whom and who was the victor?
Yesterday, between me and my mother. - Antoni!
Come on Anna, tell me!
The battle was between Greeks and Turks, in...
DIMITRIS: With the Persians in 490 BC and the Greeks won.
- Bravo Dimitri! - I knew that too
- Goofing off? - No, thinking.
- Tell me, what are you thinking? - Don't be mad.
I forgot how much is it nine times seven.
Nine times seven?
63. It’s the same.
If someone hears us will say: "what kind of teacher is she that her daughter
is twelve and still doesn't know the multiplication table?"
- I know it! - Mmm...
Three times three nine, three times four twelve, three times five fifteen... three times six?
- I hate multiplication tables! - We don’t learn only what we like!
ELENI: Hmm..
I'm done! Can I go to Fotini?
OK go, and be back before sundown.
- Can I go with her? - ELENI: You stay here, grounded. Study!
Hey, I'll deal with you later.
- My change. - Do what I tell you.
SAVINA: ...they do the job, they don’t fool around
- DIMITRIS: Yes, yes I see that. - You go inside before I...!
- Ohhh , did you catch anything? - The whole sea!
That’s good! Give me from these.
- Two... how many do you want? - More, more.
Is that all? Let me tell you...
I heard that tomorrow they'll bring a couple from Heraklion. Is it true?
You heard right, and probably I'll take them.
Ohhh, we're headed from bad to worse.
Oh, pity the poor people. There's going to be drama tomorrow.
Away from us.
- Good evening. - Oh, welcome pretty girl!
- How are you Giorgi? - Hello to you too.
- Where's the baby? - At home with my cousin.
DIMITRIS: What goods did you bring us father?
What do you want me to give you Stella?
- Is there anything good for us? - You want it for the boy?
I'll give you this one, make it a soup.
How much is it?
- Nothing, nothing... - May God keep you healthy!
Have you seen my husband at the island?
How can I my Stella? The sick don't usually go down at the mole.
- Patience my child, patience. - Do I do anything else?
It's amazing how close is the island.
You lay your hand and... you reach it.
The people here, didn’t they have fear for the lepers?
If they had fear?
Some yes and others no. You see these days my daughter...
we were so poor here in Plaka, we walked barefoot on acanthus.
Wanted it or not, we were depended on the residents of Spinalonga.
If it wasn't for the leprosarium, how would we survive?
- Why? - Why?
Because they were in a better financial condition than us here.
The president of the island that was also a ***,
had convinced the government to give them an allowance.
And so they had money to buy the products
that we were sending them from here with the fishing boats, you understand?
And Giorgis, was going to Spinalonga with...
- with his boat? - If he was going... That was his job.
- And his family with yours? - Inseparable!
Maria and Anna were very often spending the night at our house.
My parents were staying at the tavern till late.
And us children... we had a good time!
- Enough, enough you made me dizzy, stop. - Here, here!
- Lemon, orange, orange! - Maria, careful!
- My sweet Maria, show me.
DIMITRIS: - Ouuuuu!
Stop, don't you see that she's hurt?
FOTINI: We loved each other much, Especially Maria was for me...
even better than a sister.
FOTINI: Don't cry my sweet Maria, it'll pass.
ALEXIS: My mom, why hasn't she told me anything about... this?
She had her reasons.
I don’t understand...
Don't rush...
You will.
SOTIRIS: Woman, be rational...
our Dimitri is sick and before a worse disaster finds us
we must take him to a doctor, and send him to the island!
SOTIRIS: We can't keep him here at home, don't you understand?
There's danger for the other children to get sick, is that what you want?
- I can't Sotiri, I can't bear this. - And what shall we do, can you tell me?
All this time I do what you want and that way we may doom
the rest of our children. Is this right?
Do you imagine having none of them one day?
To have all of them taken from us and to know that it’s our fault
that we didn't have the courage to do the right thing?
FOTINI: "Every night in our prayer...
we asked of Jesus...
not to let this evil enter our home."
FOTINI: "Eleni, was every child's favorite teacher.
She loved them all like they were her own. And the children felt that!"
Bravo Dimitri, you wrote them well!
But it’s not necessary to always rush to finish first.
- Isn't everything correct? - Couldn't be better!
But if you don’t rush, you'll make beautiful letters.
Will you tell me now, why are you so grumpy?
Who put them here, I'll hit his head.
What are you doing there you...?
What’s wrong fat boy? Ha? What’s wrong? Ha?
What’s wrong chubby boy, ha?
Heeey, what’s going on here stop! What’s going on?
Why don't you tell me the funny part so that I may laugh too?
Antonis is taking my pants down, for the others to laugh.
I thought you've grown up and didn't do silly things anymore.
It was a joke.
Ah, and you find it funny to lower Thimio's pants
to look smart at your class mates?
- Would you like someone to do the same to you? - No.
Then? Haven't we said that we never do things
that we wouldn't want others to do to us? Apologize to Thimio.
And look for another way to draw attention by your classmates.
Sorry.
- What did you say? Didn't hear you. - Sorry.
- Here, loudly, to Thimio. - Sorry.
That’s good.
You should have seen this.
Poor Thimio turning around desperately with his pants down.
I could barely hold myself not to burst into laughter.
GIORGOS: Was that Antoni's doing?
Yes I'm telling you, he wants everyone to notice him and feel proud.
Same as our Anna, his father Pavlos will suffer from him.
Find some other way to make your friends notice you, I told him.
He didn't like this at all.
But how can you deal with all these children every day?
How come they're not making your head dizzy. Bravo my wife.
You know it, I love my job, and if you love something it doesn't tire you.
- Me? - You what?
Do I tire you?
EUGENIA: Where are the children?
Outside. So, I’m leaving.
EUGENIA: Leave some for me, I must go out and shop.
You'll sell breads and you'll have.
Get your lunch.
Why are you throwing rocks?
If I ever see this left in the middle again, I'll break your head.
What do you want, here is my own yard. You're lucky the teacher is passing by.
Mrs. teacher, talk to him bless you, we'll eat each other's guts.
- Kostanti, don't argue. - Good morning Lenio.
Mrs. teacher, can I treat you with a cheese I made?
Again? Thank you.
- VILLAGER : Good morning, my respects. - Good morning.
Manolio, I want you to bring me some too, by the house.
- How much? - An ounce, Eugenia.
Don't forget me.
Tell your husband that the bread for the island will be ready in an hour.
- I will. - Send someone to get it.
- How are you? - How can I be?
Vasilis came back very late yesterday, he was also drunk, and broke out on me.
Who cares. I'm ashamed even talking about it.
- Are you ashamed of me? - I mean, nothing is coming out of it.
Have courage Eugenia, for your children.
Em, for what else? I must go inside because I’m baking.
Ahhh
Ahhh
ANTONIS: I'll go and eat, for you I don't know.
- Lenio. You're still up? - I was waiting for you.
The girls, are they asleep?
- Shall we leave? - Stay a while.
I have something bothering me here.
- Do you think it may be something? - We'll look into it Giorgi.
- You think it could be the heart? - Lets not think negatively about it.
- You'll see, it will be nothing. - Mm...
What’s wrong with you now, why are you sad?
Eleni?
What’s wrong?
Mrs. Mpizaki, come in.
- When are they coming back... - My love, Heraklion is far.
FOTINI: I told you. It’s far.
- Aren't they coming back tonight? - SAVINA: No, tonight you'll sleep here.
They'll go and visit aunt Evaggelia at the hospital and they'll be back.
DOCTOR: Come in.
DOCTOR: Mrs. Petraki... unfortunately the news aren't good.
DOCTOR: You've been infected by the Hansen's disease.
DOCTOR: Starting tomorrow I must go to your school and inspect the children.
DOCTOR: you must be transferred to the leprosarium of Spinaloga.
Lenio what’s happening?
What happened with Giorgi, did they find anything wrong with his heart?
No nothing...
Are you hiding something?
Come inside for a minute.
He will examine us.
- What will they do to us? - How should I know? They will examine us.
Will they take our clothes off?
Next.
FOTINI: What happened?
- MARIA: Did they take your clothes off? - All of them.
SAVINA: I swear to you on our friendship. I will never abandon them. I swear.
I want... I want to hug you, to hold you tight...
It is like you already have.
PAVLOS: Hey you...
Where is your mind traveling?
GIORGIS: Pavlo...
- I need to speak with you. - What is it?
GIORGIS: Eleni has the disease.
What are you talking about?
Mom!
- ANNA: You're back! - MARIA: When did you return?
- Yesterday night. - ANNA: Yesterday?
But aunt Savina said you'd be returning today.
She must have understood wrong.
- You, how are you? - Say it.
Mom... Dimitris...
- Has leprosy. - What?
MARIA: A doctor from Heraklio examined all of us.
- MARIA: He saw the marks on his feet. - ANNA: That’s why he wouldn’t dive into the sea.
Are you sad?
- Very. - MARIA: Don't be sad mommy.
- What happened? - She got very sad.
ELENI: Now we'll become stronger.
And love each other even more.
I want you to take care of your father, like it was me. Let him miss nothing.
I'm not going to the other end of the world.
I'll be across.
I'll be seeing your father every day and hear your news.
Don't cry my daughter. I don't want you to cry.
ELENI: I want you to be strong. Let me see that.
Will you write to me?
Mario? You, that make beautiful letters.
Will you write to me?
ELENI: Go and lie down now. Tomorrow is going to be a difficult day...
for all of us...
Goodbye
I love you.
You are my companion.
My secret ***.
If I lose you I will perish.
From this world I will be gone.
If I lose you I will perish.
From this world I will be gone.