1 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,312 There are as many paths to God... 2 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,954 as there are souls on Earth. 3 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:22,517 Bab'Aziz! 4 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:38,348 What a storm! 5 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,795 I've lost my bag, I'll go and look for it. 6 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,951 Don't bother, Ishtar, 7 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,674 even the dunes have moved. 8 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,633 Anyway, I have what I need. 9 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,399 Let's go. 10 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,595 I don't want to go there anymore. 11 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,239 Come on. 12 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,590 I want to go back. 13 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,717 We'll go back. 14 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,952 Let's go. 15 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,032 Bab'Aziz, won't you go to the gathering after all? 16 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,111 I will, my little angel. I will. 17 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,791 Will you go all alone? 18 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,030 I'll find my way. 19 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:13,751 But you'll get lost! 20 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,192 He who has faith... 21 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,073 will never get lost, my little angel. 22 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:26,079 He who is at peace won't lose his way. 23 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,430 But where is this gathering? 24 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,155 I don't know, my angel. 25 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,435 Do the others know? 26 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,234 No, they don't know either. 27 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,318 How can you go to a gathering 28 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,078 without knowing where it is? 29 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,436 It suffices to walk, just walk. 30 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,952 Those who are invited will find the way. 31 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,074 I don't want to go there. 32 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,469 I'll take you to the road. 33 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,752 Then you can take the bus home. 34 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,238 Are you afraid of the storm? 35 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,398 No, it's because of Boudour. 36 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,158 So you want to leave your grandfather 37 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,078 for a turtle... 38 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,590 What a granddaughter I have here! 39 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,351 Are you hungry? 40 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,749 When we stop for a break you'll get two dates. 41 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:27,393 I want them now! 42 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,953 Here's one... and here's the other one. 43 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,074 Let's go. 44 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,753 Someone's lying there! 45 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,956 So much the better! I'll ask him 46 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:05,832 to accompany you. 47 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:10,716 Excuse me, sir... 48 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,473 You think you can escape from me 49 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,557 by hiding yourself in the desert? 50 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,274 You won't get away like that! 51 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,273 What have you done to my brother? 52 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:27,313 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 53 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,193 I'm looking for a red-haired dervish. 54 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,159 That one couldn't take you home! 55 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,277 Stop! 56 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:38,312 Stop! 57 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,032 If I see you again I'll thrash you! 58 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,593 Ishtar! Ishtar! Come back! 59 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,028 It'll soon be nightfall. 60 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,959 We have to collect wood for a fire. 61 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,148 Break off! Break off! 62 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,560 That's all I could find, Bab'Aziz. 63 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,313 This is my granddaughter, Ishtar. 64 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,554 Does she understand you, Bab'Aziz? 65 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,635 She's known me for a long time... 66 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,117 Bab'Aziz, I'm cold. 67 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,594 Pass me the wood, I'll make a fire. 68 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,151 Here you are, Bab'Aziz. 69 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,957 When you talk, it's less cold. 70 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,753 Do you want me to tell you a story? 71 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,073 A gazelle story, Bab'Aziz. 72 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,119 Once upon a time, long ago, 73 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,793 many moons before our time, 74 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,477 in a desert like this one... 75 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,718 It's ready for you to try, my prince. 76 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,949 It's still bitter. 77 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:24,475 Oh Lord! 78 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,833 Something terrible must have happened to our prince! 79 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,598 Bab'Aziz, the bread is done. 80 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,153 It'll burn. 81 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,831 Wait! It's too hot. 82 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,039 So, what happened to the prince? 83 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,271 - Has anyone seen the prince? - No. 84 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:08,913 - And you? - No. 85 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,751 - Have you seen the prince? - No. 86 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,799 - Have any of you seen the prince? - No. 87 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,550 I'm sure he got lost. 88 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,271 The prince is lost! 89 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,116 The prince is lost! 90 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,756 Ishtar, are you listening? 91 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:48,549 I'm listening, Bab'Aziz. 92 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,872 One day, a horseman arrived in the city... 93 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,959 We found the prince, 94 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:11,872 but he's not the same as he was. 95 00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:13,599 What happened? 96 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:15,269 I don't know. 97 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:17,479 But at least he's not injured? 98 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:19,634 Seemingly not. 99 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,600 Stop talking in riddles! 100 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,751 Come and see for yourself. 101 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:33,473 You'd think he's contemplating 102 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,272 his image at the bottom of the water. 103 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,795 Maybe it's not his image. 104 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,559 Only those who are not in love 105 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,671 see their own reflection. 106 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:43,472 So what does he see? 107 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,636 He's contemplating his soul. 108 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,438 Don't wake him, 109 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,717 it might take wing. 110 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,438 Go back, all of you. 111 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,398 Don't disturb him. 112 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,838 I must stay here alone to watch over him. 113 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,273 Ishtar... 114 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,388 Stop! Wait for me! Wait for me! 115 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,198 Bab'Aziz, I thought you'd left without me! 116 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:44,513 Me too. I thought you'd left 117 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,075 without me, my little angel. 118 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,918 Didn't you hear the bus? It woke me up. 119 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,791 I was praying. 120 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,079 Ishtar, it seems we're not alone. 121 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,590 Are you going to the gathering? 122 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,398 Yes, we're going. 123 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,436 I thought you wouldn't come with me? 124 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,712 I will now, because I want to know 125 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,275 how the story of the prince goes on. 126 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:44,833 It will take a long time, 127 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,679 but the road is long, my little angel. 128 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:50,792 Where will the gathering take place? 129 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,998 I don't know, even Grandfather doesn't know! 130 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,111 Besides, no one needs to know. 131 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:58,952 And how will you get there? 132 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,912 It suffices to walk, just walk... 133 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,956 But what if we get lost? 134 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,309 He who has faith will never get lost. 135 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,192 Everyone uses his most precious gift 136 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,317 to find his way. 137 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,034 For you, it's your voice. 138 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:19,593 Sing, my son, 139 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,195 and the way will be shown to you. 140 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,432 O day, arise! The atoms are dancing... 141 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:50,510 The souls are dancing, overcome with ecstasy. 142 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:59,593 I'll whisper in your ear where their dance is leading them. 143 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,709 What is a dervish? 144 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,080 Are they all as old as you are? 145 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,914 No, there are dervishes of all ages, 146 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,118 women and men. 147 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:30,753 Even children? 148 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:31,995 Yes. 149 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,997 They gather every 30 years, 150 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,517 and the party goes on for many days and nights. 151 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,678 So keep your breath for walking, 152 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,230 you'll need it, little angel. 153 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,319 Bab'Aziz, he's still following us! 154 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,949 I know, little angel. I know. 155 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,598 Bab'Aziz, hurry up! It's them! We've arrived! 156 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:13,318 They are dervishes, 157 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,750 but we haven't arrived yet. 158 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,949 Bab'Aziz, I've swallowed some sand. 159 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,111 You bear the angel's mark. 160 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,034 What is the angel's mark, Bab'Aziz? 161 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,754 Babies in their mother's womb 162 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,599 know all the secrets of the universe. 163 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,277 Butjust before they're born 164 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,639 an angel comes and puts his finger on their mouth 165 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,876 so that they forget everything. 166 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,355 As a souvenir of this lost knowledge, 167 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,077 some of them, like you, 168 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,756 have a mark on their chin. 169 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,032 That's the angel's mark. 170 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,518 But then, do we one day remember 171 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,676 everything we knew? 172 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:38,749 Who knows? Maybe. 173 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,753 There are so many dervishes! Have we arrived this time? 174 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,036 No, little angel. Not yet. 175 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,950 I'll bring us something to eat. 176 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:38,430 More! 177 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,436 More! The old ones count double. 178 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,679 If you're still hungry you can come back. 179 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,229 Here you are, Bab'Aziz. 180 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,837 Ishtar, why are you eating so quickly? 181 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,758 So you can finish telling me the prince story. 182 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,558 The prince was still despondent. 183 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,512 He just gazed into the water. 184 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,634 Everyone had left, even the quartermaster. 185 00:29:54,320 --> 00:30:00,190 Only the old dervish remained, watching over him 186 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,234 for many days and nights. 187 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,511 Help! Help! A man jumped into the well! 188 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,039 I'll go and see! 189 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,077 Wait, Ishtar! 190 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:57,759 May God bless us! 191 00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,553 Stand clear! Stand clear! 192 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,149 He's alive! Move out of the way! 193 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,630 What's your name, my son? 194 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,114 Osman. 195 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,148 Why did you jump into the well? 196 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,394 I seek my palace. It lies in the bottom of a well. 197 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:25,874 I want my palace. 198 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,432 The poor devil. He's raving mad! 199 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,591 Come on, do you want to die? 200 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:40,759 Tell me your tale, my son. 201 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,633 It will ease your heart. 202 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,992 The first time I fell into a well, 203 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,117 I found myself in a palace. But where is my palace now? 204 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,951 This time I'll go. 205 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,914 I'll leave you to your desert and your dust. 206 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,669 My father, I'm leaving you. 207 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,672 After my father died I became a sand-carrier, 208 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,951 as he had been. 209 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,589 My best customer was the scribe. 210 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,638 At his place, I met his student Hussein, 211 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,677 my only friend. 212 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,718 I wanted to leave the country, 213 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,871 and I wanted him to come with me. 214 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:17,394 But he didn't want to leave. 215 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,591 Something kept him. 216 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,314 A secret... 217 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,993 Master, I brought you some sand. 218 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,075 This sand is as soft as silk. 219 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,436 I have brought it from far away for you, 220 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,511 but this is the last time. 221 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:57,954 I'm going to leave. 222 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,078 Why, Osman? 223 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,072 It was your forefathers' profession. 224 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,593 Precisely. I don't want to pass it on to anyone. 225 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:32,509 Take this letter. 226 00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:34,312 You know who it's for. 227 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,954 Don't forget. I'm relying on you. 228 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,958 That's great! 229 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:00,593 Will you help me? 230 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,471 So you're leaving? - Yes. 231 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:08,153 Come with me! 232 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:22,195 It's impossible. 233 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,358 I haven't enough money, even with my motorbike. 234 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,438 Sell it, then come and join me at the mosque. 235 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,909 Sweep with your soul, before your beloved's door. 236 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,872 Only then will you become her lover. 237 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,671 Sweep with your soul, before your beloved's door. 238 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:56,437 Only then will you become 239 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,471 her lover. 240 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,513 Joyous is the time 241 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,037 when we two are united. 242 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,159 You and I, 243 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:21,918 two distinct forms, 244 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,196 but one single soul, 245 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,958 you and I. 246 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:28,439 Hussein! 247 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:36,636 Sweep with your soul, before your beloved's door. 248 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,274 Only then will you become her lover. 249 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,394 The butterflies! The butterflies! 250 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:48,711 The butterflies! 251 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:53,509 Where are we going? 252 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,837 You said you didn't have enough money. 253 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,270 - Have you decided? - Yes. 254 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:02,480 - Are you really sure? - Yes. 255 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,918 You're sure it will be better there? 256 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,112 Yes. I'll go somewhere where there's no sand. 257 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,349 - Will you buy this watch? - No, I don't buy. 258 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,553 Are you sleeping? 259 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,239 Take it. 260 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,671 Your smuggler will surely give you more for it. 261 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,154 - He didn't buy it? - No. 262 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,311 You're still a long way short. 263 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,713 Do you realise the risk I'm running 264 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,672 by taking you over the border? 265 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:09,708 I'm risking my life. 266 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,713 That's all I have. 267 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,672 That's your problem. 268 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,119 I'm going to leave tonight. 269 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,709 You can wait for the next trip. 270 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,440 Okay. See you tonight. 271 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:00,554 Hypocrite! 272 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,352 I look for you at the mosque, 273 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,636 and I find you in the tavern! 274 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,398 Are you talking to me? 275 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,632 What are you talking about? 276 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,638 At the mosque? 277 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,838 I've never set foot in a mosque! 278 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,312 - I don't understand anymore. - What? 279 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,478 I leave you at the tavern and find you at the mosque. 280 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,955 Me? At the tavern? Are you drunk? 281 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:35,838 I swear I saw you! 282 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,228 I see. You must have got me 283 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,715 mixed up with my brother, Hassan. 284 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,434 We're twins, but as different 285 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,631 as the two sides of a mirror. 286 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:53,916 Continue with your story. 287 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,789 I should have left immediately. I knew it... 288 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,957 Did you leave or not? 289 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,431 First, there was the letter from the scribe. 290 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,516 Good day. I've got a letter from the scribe. 291 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:39,836 Come in. 292 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,793 Drink. You must be thirsty. 293 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,433 Sit down. 294 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,033 Sit down here. 295 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:16,877 Read it to me. 296 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:19,355 "I embrace her 297 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,279 and yet still desire her." 298 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:28,075 "How can we be closer than an embrace?" 299 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,510 "I kiss her lips to calm my desire. 300 00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:38,359 But the thirst I suffer increases..." 301 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:39,913 My husband! 302 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,034 The wretch was the devil's plaything. 303 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:32,798 No. God let him have 304 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,558 a foretaste of paradise. 305 00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,711 Paradise is in the eye of the beholder... 306 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:41,953 When I fell into the well, 307 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,036 I found myself in a palace 308 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,316 full of beautiful girls. 309 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:48,953 They all loved me. 310 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:51,518 But I loved only Zahra, 311 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:53,472 and I wanted to run away with her. 312 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,713 Come with me. 313 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,153 Look. 314 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,310 There's a fire in the distance. 315 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:17,075 Look, they're here! It must be a camp. 316 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,471 Go and check, then come back and get me. 317 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:37,359 I left the palace. I ran and ran... 318 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,033 But in the desert 319 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,875 there was nothing except a burning palm tree. 320 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,799 I turned around, 321 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,756 but there was no palace anymore, no Zahra. 322 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:11,919 Before I came here, 323 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:13,633 I wandered about in search of the palace. 324 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,991 My son, don't be satisfied with a drop of water. 325 00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:19,708 You have to throw yourself into His stream. 326 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,359 Continue yourjourney with us. 327 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,716 He's mad, he's just a madman! 328 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,433 Who's mad? 329 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,071 The madman is not always the one who we believe is mad. 330 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,272 What if he's really seen the palace? 331 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,718 It's a miracle, my brothers! A miracle! 332 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,155 So it's true? You know my palace? 333 00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:41,679 Come to the gathering with us. 334 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,791 Maybe you'll find your palace. 335 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:03,790 Bab'Aziz! This is not the way! 336 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:05,752 You know the way, little angel? 337 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,076 But the others all go the other way! 338 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,999 Everyone has his own way, Ishtar. 339 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:17,915 Bab'Aziz, we've lost the way. 340 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:20,156 I know, my little angel. 341 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,956 Is it still far? 342 00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:26,196 It's not very far now. 343 00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,510 Is it true that they come from everywhere? 344 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,195 Yes, from everywhere. 345 00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:37,948 From farther away than us? 346 00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,236 A lot farther. 347 00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:42,511 Some go across the mountains, 348 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,360 others go across the sea. 349 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,156 - And we go across the desert. - Yes, we go across the desert 350 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:10,797 Keep your breath for walking, 351 00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:13,674 you'll need it, little angel. 352 00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:48,872 Sweep with your soul before your beloved's door. 353 00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:54,553 Only then will you become her lover... 354 00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:30,471 Are you lost, grandfather? 355 00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:33,793 No. I've lost my granddaughter. 356 00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:35,758 Her name is Ishtar. 357 00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:38,919 Please follow her tracks, 358 00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:41,760 maybe she fell asleep. 359 00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:45,753 Don't worry, I'll find her. 360 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:26,751 You were lucky to run into me. 361 00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:31,190 God sent me to rescue you. 362 00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,192 My feet were swollen, 363 00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:36,277 I couldn't walk anymore. 364 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,110 But what are you doing here? 365 00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:41,629 I want to take my revenge on a dervish, 366 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:44,552 On a red-haired dervish. 367 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:47,158 What did he do to you? 368 00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:49,670 He killed my brother. 369 00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:57,118 And you think you'll find him in the middle of the desert? 370 00:55:57,640 --> 00:56:00,234 He'll certainly be at the gathering, with all these madmen. 371 00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,590 I'd pay a lot for his scalp. 372 00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:57,712 Thief! 373 00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:02,114 Give me back my clothes, at least! 374 00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:05,596 Wait till I get you! 375 00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,396 Thief! 376 00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:11,519 Give me back my shoes, at least! 377 00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:13,879 Bastard! 378 00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:20,470 The souls are dancing, overcome with ecstasy. 379 00:58:20,680 --> 00:58:25,959 I'll whisper in your ear where the dance is leading them... 380 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:41,632 Don't worry, grandfather. 381 00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:43,638 She's here. She's on my back. 382 00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,797 She has a fever. Let's go back to the mosque. Quick! 383 00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:19,432 She's burning hot. Go and heat up some water. 384 00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:21,392 She has fever. 385 01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:15,117 Let me do it. 386 01:00:22,760 --> 01:00:24,796 Don't stop talking to her. 387 01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:30,478 She's a child. What can I tell her? 388 01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:33,792 Ishtar's a child, but her soul is old. 389 01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:37,834 Tell her about your lastjourney. She loves that. 390 01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:42,675 I went on a long journey 391 01:00:42,880 --> 01:00:46,077 to participate in an international competition. 392 01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:49,159 One evening, some candidates took me to a poetry circle, 393 01:00:49,360 --> 01:00:51,828 because I had just won... 394 01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:01,198 I had just won 395 01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:03,670 the grand prize of Psalmody Chanting. 396 01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:21,513 Gazelle, whose face the full moon forms: 397 01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:25,874 Time has warned us never to approach her. 398 01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:31,510 O how many letters did we send her, 399 01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:36,511 Whose meaning she could not resist. 400 01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:42,999 What we kept as a secret 401 01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:48,437 Is much more than what was written. 402 01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:04,750 Great sea, memory of desire, 403 01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:08,832 Blazing and burning fire 404 01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:12,550 New day that stands in contrast 405 01:02:12,800 --> 01:02:16,679 Past loves that dwell in the sea 406 01:02:16,920 --> 01:02:21,391 O my country, marvel of the East, 407 01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:24,792 Where my food was a pure delight, 408 01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:29,238 And my beverage, milk of nobility and pride, 409 01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:33,473 O country, protection against the impious and enemies 410 01:02:33,720 --> 01:02:37,998 But who will console me in my unbearable exile? 411 01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:42,432 And when will I follow the desire of my soul? 412 01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:03,794 O day, arise! The atoms are dancing. 413 01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,992 Thanks to Him the universe is dancing. 414 01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:27,471 The souls are dancing, overcome with ecstasy. 415 01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:36,237 I'll whisper in your ear 416 01:03:36,520 --> 01:03:40,479 where their dance is taking them... 417 01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:47,309 All the atoms in the air and in the desert 418 01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:55,272 Know well, they seem insane. 419 01:03:59,880 --> 01:04:05,000 Every single atom, happy or miserable, 420 01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:14,636 Becomes enamoured of the sun, 421 01:04:14,840 --> 01:04:17,798 of which nothing can be said. 422 01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:45,191 They all left. 423 01:04:46,680 --> 01:04:48,830 Just she and I stayed, a tête-à-tête. 424 01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:22,320 This poem was written by my father. 425 01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:28,274 O day, arise! 426 01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:31,597 The atoms are dancing. 427 01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:49,956 The souls are dancing, overcome with ecstasy. 428 01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:56,877 I'll whisper in your ear 429 01:05:57,080 --> 01:05:59,878 where their dance is taking them... 430 01:06:12,160 --> 01:06:15,118 My father is somewhere in this huge world, 431 01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:17,795 like all the other Sufis. 432 01:06:19,320 --> 01:06:23,074 I've been waiting for him for a long time. 433 01:06:23,640 --> 01:06:25,676 Your voice was a message from him. 434 01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:28,480 It was a call, an invitation even. 435 01:06:28,680 --> 01:06:32,275 I absolutely must find my father. 436 01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:35,474 I'll take your passport and your clothes 437 01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:37,875 and leave to search for him. 438 01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:40,910 Goodbye. Noor. 439 01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:58,237 She flew away. 440 01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:01,318 Where is she now? 441 01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:23,397 Can you hear me? 442 01:07:37,480 --> 01:07:39,550 Are you in love? 443 01:08:02,760 --> 01:08:04,478 Are you feeling better, Ishtar? 444 01:08:05,080 --> 01:08:07,469 I'm well again, Grandfather. 445 01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:29,993 Bab'Aziz, I heard a cat. 446 01:08:30,760 --> 01:08:32,034 So did I. 447 01:08:34,480 --> 01:08:37,392 Let me down! It must be lost. 448 01:08:40,560 --> 01:08:42,391 No, it's not lost. 449 01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:46,957 It's Noor's cat. 450 01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:48,589 I took it with me. 451 01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:50,074 I want to see it! 452 01:09:00,160 --> 01:09:02,071 It's sad. 453 01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:06,956 What has become of Noor? 454 01:09:07,240 --> 01:09:10,152 I'm sure she left in search of her father. 455 01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:13,160 Why did she cut her hair? 456 01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:18,473 Were you pretending to be asleep, Ishtar? 457 01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:20,797 A little bit... 458 01:09:22,760 --> 01:09:24,637 Yes, she took my glasses, 459 01:09:24,920 --> 01:09:28,356 my passport and my clothes. 460 01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:30,039 Why? 461 01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:35,429 Over there, a woman can't travel on her own. 462 01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:38,112 She passed herself off as you! 463 01:09:38,360 --> 01:09:39,918 Where is she now? 464 01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:42,710 I really wish I knew... 465 01:09:42,960 --> 01:09:44,712 Let's go! 466 01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:51,957 You'd like to see her again? 467 01:09:56,600 --> 01:09:59,034 Bab'Aziz, let him come to the gathering with us! 468 01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:01,515 He's already with us, little angel. 469 01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:03,830 But he's no dervish, Bab'Aziz. 470 01:10:04,040 --> 01:10:05,268 Who knows... 471 01:10:05,560 --> 01:10:08,552 Everyone in this great world 472 01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:11,559 has a task to fulfil. 473 01:10:11,800 --> 01:10:14,394 The rest is not so important, 474 01:10:16,080 --> 01:10:18,753 as long as you don't forget that. 475 01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:22,072 But if you remember everything 476 01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:24,595 except that, 477 01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:28,109 it's as if you didn't know anything. 478 01:11:09,680 --> 01:11:10,874 My brother... 479 01:11:11,200 --> 01:11:12,758 What did you do to my brother? 480 01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:16,630 I just fulfilled his wish. 481 01:11:22,160 --> 01:11:26,119 The people of this world are like the three butterflies 482 01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:30,272 in front of a candle's flame. 483 01:11:30,560 --> 01:11:33,996 The first one went closer and said: 484 01:11:34,200 --> 01:11:37,909 I know about love. 485 01:11:38,720 --> 01:11:41,234 The second one touched the flame 486 01:11:41,520 --> 01:11:44,034 lightly with his wings and said: 487 01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:49,270 I know how love's fire can burn. 488 01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:53,269 The third one threw himself into the heart of the flame 489 01:11:53,520 --> 01:11:57,433 and was consumed. 490 01:11:59,680 --> 01:12:05,437 He alone knows what true love is. 491 01:12:09,640 --> 01:12:12,677 You killed the brother I loved so dearly. 492 01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:15,118 Let me die! 493 01:12:15,960 --> 01:12:19,509 Tell yourself that I loved him even more. 494 01:12:20,160 --> 01:12:22,833 I fulfilled his wish. 495 01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:34,756 You won't do this for me? 496 01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:36,837 Do I have to find someone else? 497 01:12:37,040 --> 01:12:40,271 You can't ask me to do something like this. 498 01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:45,712 I can't. 499 01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:21,237 It's time. 500 01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:27,716 Joyous is the time 501 01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:31,197 When we two are united. 502 01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:35,078 You and I, 503 01:13:35,320 --> 01:13:37,197 Two distinct forms, 504 01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:39,556 But one single soul, 505 01:13:39,800 --> 01:13:41,597 You and I. 506 01:13:41,840 --> 01:13:44,798 Forgetful of you and me, 507 01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:48,117 Joyous of the same joy. 508 01:13:50,160 --> 01:13:55,393 Calm and free of vain words, 509 01:13:55,640 --> 01:13:58,154 You and I. 510 01:14:44,480 --> 01:14:46,072 Bab'Aziz, djinns... djinns! 511 01:14:46,280 --> 01:14:49,431 Don't panic, they're my friends. 512 01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:18,393 Be careful, Bab'Aziz. There are many holes here. 513 01:16:19,120 --> 01:16:20,758 They aren't holes, 514 01:16:20,960 --> 01:16:22,552 they're graves. 515 01:16:22,840 --> 01:16:25,035 But they're empty, Bab'Aziz. 516 01:16:25,240 --> 01:16:28,073 They're waiting for their hour to come. 517 01:16:29,040 --> 01:16:30,792 How cold it is! 518 01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:33,429 Come and warm yourself, my angel. 519 01:16:34,720 --> 01:16:36,711 When will we arrive? 520 01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:50,159 I have arrived. 521 01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:55,714 But you'll go to the gathering with Zaïd. 522 01:16:56,480 --> 01:16:59,278 No. I won't go without you, Bab'Aziz. 523 01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:04,236 Go with Zaïd and help him to find Noor. 524 01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:09,152 But you haven't told me the end of the story of the prince. 525 01:17:10,960 --> 01:17:12,552 He stayed there for a long time 526 01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:14,318 gazing into the water. 527 01:17:18,160 --> 01:17:21,755 In the end, his people forgot him. 528 01:17:21,960 --> 01:17:26,192 Only the dervish watched over him 529 01:17:27,560 --> 01:17:31,030 and sometimes the gazelle came too. 530 01:17:54,560 --> 01:17:58,030 The prince contemplated his soul so much 531 01:17:58,960 --> 01:18:02,635 that he left the visible world 532 01:18:02,920 --> 01:18:04,433 for the invisible one. 533 01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:08,311 And the prince became a dervish? 534 01:18:09,320 --> 01:18:11,231 Ishtar, you start to see 535 01:18:11,440 --> 01:18:13,271 with the eyes of your heart. 536 01:18:14,040 --> 01:18:15,917 When the prince woke up again, 537 01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:18,918 he found the old dervish's clothes 538 01:18:19,160 --> 01:18:21,993 in the sand. 539 01:19:37,560 --> 01:19:39,596 I've got something for you, Ishtar. 540 01:19:57,160 --> 01:19:58,798 Wherever I am 541 01:19:59,080 --> 01:20:00,832 I'll watch over you, Ishtar. 542 01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:05,792 Do you remember what this is? 543 01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:08,116 The angel's mark, Bab'Aziz. 544 01:20:10,120 --> 01:20:12,190 The time has come for me 545 01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:14,391 to find what I had lost. 546 01:20:16,040 --> 01:20:17,359 Listen, Ishtar. 547 01:20:18,360 --> 01:20:21,193 There's the gathering. Go with Zaïd. 548 01:20:25,640 --> 01:20:27,517 Don't forget to remind him 549 01:20:27,720 --> 01:20:29,551 that he's there to sing. 550 01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:34,359 Come with me. 551 01:22:12,160 --> 01:22:13,752 We didn't come to dance, Ishtar. 552 01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:15,558 Come, we'll look for Noor. 553 01:22:17,280 --> 01:22:19,714 Do what Bab'Aziz said: Sing! 554 01:24:57,480 --> 01:24:58,959 Noor! 555 01:27:28,120 --> 01:27:29,712 Hassan... 556 01:27:30,080 --> 01:27:31,115 I've been waiting for you. 557 01:27:34,760 --> 01:27:36,591 You've been waiting for me? 558 01:27:36,840 --> 01:27:40,037 To be witness of my death. 559 01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:42,793 Why me? 560 01:27:43,320 --> 01:27:45,470 I'm so afraid of death... 561 01:27:45,920 --> 01:27:46,670 Exactly. 562 01:27:47,600 --> 01:27:49,238 If the baby in the darkness 563 01:27:49,480 --> 01:27:52,119 of its mother's womb were told: 564 01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:54,828 "Outside there's a world of light, 565 01:27:55,400 --> 01:27:58,597 with high mountains, 566 01:27:58,840 --> 01:28:01,035 great seas, 567 01:28:01,280 --> 01:28:03,953 undulating plains, 568 01:28:04,160 --> 01:28:05,718 beautiful gardens in blossom, 569 01:28:05,920 --> 01:28:07,433 brooks, 570 01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:10,353 a sky full of stars 571 01:28:10,600 --> 01:28:13,273 and a blazing sun... 572 01:28:13,680 --> 01:28:17,309 And you, facing all these marvels, 573 01:28:18,360 --> 01:28:20,999 stay enclosed in this darkness..." 574 01:28:23,280 --> 01:28:25,316 The unborn child, 575 01:28:25,560 --> 01:28:27,471 knowing nothing about these marvels, 576 01:28:27,760 --> 01:28:30,991 wouldn't believe any of it. 577 01:28:31,280 --> 01:28:33,430 Like us, when we're facing death. 578 01:28:34,800 --> 01:28:37,917 That's why we're afraid. 579 01:28:39,480 --> 01:28:41,869 But there can't be light in death, 580 01:28:42,160 --> 01:28:43,593 because it's the end of everything. 581 01:28:44,400 --> 01:28:46,356 How can death be the end of something 582 01:28:46,560 --> 01:28:48,357 that doesn't have a beginning? 583 01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:50,710 Hassan, my son, 584 01:28:50,920 --> 01:28:53,480 don't be sad on my wedding night. 585 01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:55,399 Your wedding night? 586 01:28:55,880 --> 01:28:58,792 Yes. My marriage with eternity. 587 01:29:03,480 --> 01:29:05,311 The time has come. 588 01:29:05,600 --> 01:29:07,113 Leave me alone now. 589 01:29:07,360 --> 01:29:09,590 Come back to cover my body with sand.