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Farrokh Bastani is a poor young man who goes to Paris to continue his studies. Suffering from World War I, Farrokh has to deal with several problems in France. He marries a French girl and finds his way to the Iranian Embassy in Paris. Returning to Iran, the Iranian state minister appoints him as governor of a little county. Now he is determined to rebuild the county in modern and western style.
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00:00The city's in chaos, sir. The people don't want to obey the law.
00:04I'm sure Tehran has heard about this.
00:07They'll think of us as incompetent. Isn't that true, Mr. Ersan?
00:11What can I say? I have to deal with things that are in my jurisdiction.
00:15But you don't do that. You're avoiding it.
00:18Instead, you're in constant contact with Mirza-
00:20And you have a relationship with the Khans.
00:22You go to their parties with your foreign friends.
00:24The difference is my friends are supporters of the government,
00:27and yours are opponents of the government.
00:29My job requires me to be in contact with every group of people.
00:33Don't you understand that?
00:35You knew it, too.
00:36You could have indicted the thugs and the people who organized the Tazir, couldn't you?
00:41Isn't that right?
00:44Sit down, adjutant.
00:45I was fired from my position the day after Ashura.
00:48But what?
00:49Sit down, adjutant.
00:52And was transferred to another place.
00:54Huh?
00:57Yes, my ruling was completely useless.
01:00Hopefully the next judge will be able to terrorize the people the way you want him to.
01:05What do you mean, terrorize, sir?
01:07When they free Mash Zabiola and don't flog the late Sayed Alenia's sons,
01:10or don't throw them in prison, it's obvious.
01:12The people won't give a damn about government officials.
01:15Yes, that's right.
01:17People have to feel the intensity of the law, like always, don't they?
01:21Sir, excuse me.
01:23When is this new judge going to arrive here?
01:34Get up.
01:35Get up, I said.
01:36Don't sit here.
01:37Get up.
01:44Hello, officer Vatan Parast.
01:51Look, there's an old door.
01:52We have to see what's behind it.
01:55Yes, sir.
01:57We've been trying for a long time to find a way to see what's behind that door.
02:02Great, Jacob.
02:03Great.
02:04Jacob, please, if it's possible, just make it a bit faster.
02:07Hurry.
02:08No, no, no.
02:10Not at all.
02:12Did you say hurry?
02:13Yes, please have in mind, excavation is a sensitive thing, and it's very expensive and tiresome, yes.
02:24You're right, Jacob.
02:25We have to be very careful.
02:28We have to be patient.
02:30Otherwise, we'll be ruining everything with our own hands.
02:34Oh, that's true.
02:37So then we're going to have to look into this, won't we?
02:43Gentlemen, please.
02:46I've now, I'm after you.
02:47Please, now.
02:48What do we have to do now?
02:49Don't know.
02:50We really have to consult someone.
02:53You know, the people shouldn't find out about this, because then all of them will start digging up their houses.
03:00Just like they're doing in Rome.
03:01Everyone's digging under their houses.
03:03I have to definitely talk to Father Alfonso.
03:05Oh, God, this dust just won't leave me alone.
03:07What is it with you and the dust?
03:08In the end, you're going to be turned into dust.
03:21Well, well.
03:22Well, how are you, Amir?
03:25What's going on, sir?
03:26Merci, I'm good.
03:27How about you?
03:29Hey, I'm not bad.
03:30Are you reading?
03:32Yeah, what else can I do?
03:34It's better than backbiting.
03:35Bravo.
03:36Wait, I'll be right with you.
03:38No, no.
03:38Wait, wait.
03:39I was coming down.
03:51Sir, thank you very much.
03:52You're welcome, sir.
03:53Be our guest.
03:55Thank you very much.
04:03Get out of the way!
04:04Get out of the way!
04:06Hello there!
04:06Hello there!
04:07Get out of the way!
04:12Hey!
04:13Whoa!
04:15Hey, hello there, Karim!
04:26Well, well, how is Mr. Amir Tavakoli?
04:30I saw you reading.
04:32Reading.
04:33Ah, yes, yes, yes.
04:33Yes.
04:34Well, tell me.
04:34What were you reading?
04:36What?
04:37Why do you hide it?
04:37Oh, yeah.
04:39Ah, World Magazine.
04:42It's a good magazine.
04:44It prints difficult, difficult articles.
04:47Do you know this magazine?
04:49Yes, I read it, but I didn't understand too much.
04:52Do you understand it?
04:55Well, the truth is not too much.
04:57Oh.
04:58But when I read it, and I don't understand, I ask more intelligent people.
05:03More intelligent?
05:05Oh, you think we have literate people in this city?
05:07Well, yes, like the governor's wife.
05:10She translated some French words for me.
05:12Or I ask Monsieur Alfonso.
05:14Oh, good.
05:16But you still can't make anything out of it?
05:18Yes, that's right.
05:19You know why?
05:20Because some of the English and French words that are used in this magazine are called philosophical words.
05:27I mean, if you want to understand the meaning of those words, you have to know philosophy.
05:30Philosophy?
05:31What's that?
05:32I don't get stuff like that at all.
05:34What does it mean?
05:34Look, for example, like dialectic, dialectic, it means discussing the truth of opinions.
05:45The what?
05:46Truth of opinions.
05:48Nothing.
05:48It got worse.
05:50Discussing the truth of opinions.
05:53What does that mean?
05:54It's a method of argument for resolving disagreements on people who have different opinions about a subject.
05:58They try to establish the truth of the matter by offering reasoned arguments.
06:02And of course, it's a lengthy discussion.
06:05You speak just like this magazine.
06:07I didn't understand anything.
06:09Say, Amir, if you would pay a little more attention to me, you know, I'm a good listener and I
06:14learn really fast.
06:16You understand?
06:17Come on, sir.
06:18I'm still a student myself.
06:20By the way, Mr. Vatamparast.
06:21Go ahead.
06:22After you.
06:23No, please.
06:23What happened to the story of Syed Ali Akbar and Muhammad Ali?
06:26Those guys are in real trouble.
06:28Really?
06:29Yes.
06:31When the new judge comes into town, he's going to convict them.
06:34They made a mistake.
06:36They picked the wrong guys.
06:37What?
06:37What do you think's going to happen?
06:41Nothing.
06:41They'll send their files to Tehran for court-martial.
06:44A court-martial?
06:46Well, can't we do anything for them here?
06:48Mr. Vatamparast, they're locals.
06:50I'm doing something for them so that they're tried here.
06:53What can I say?
06:54I know them.
06:55Merci.
06:56Bravo.
06:57You really are a proud man.
06:59They acted like kids.
07:01You know, it would be really great if you could help.
07:04I'll see what I can do.
07:05I'll see you later.
07:06Goodbye.
07:07What was that again?
07:09Dialectic.
07:10Yeah.
07:11Well, well.
07:12Hello, Lady Mataj.
07:14Hello.
07:14Good thing I saw you.
07:15As a matter of fact, I wanted to talk to you.
07:17Say it.
07:18Um, come with me.
07:20You do know that I'm the head of the police department's political bureau?
07:24Let's say you have.
07:25So what?
07:26Well, I want to do something for you to be employed there.
07:29What for?
07:31Well, you will have a job, a paycheck for yourself, and that way we will be seeing more of each
07:36other.
07:37Shame on you.
07:38Who do you think you are?
07:42Look, ma'am, if I want to, I can force you to do such a thing.
07:45You can't do a damn thing, you stupid idiot.
07:53Good thing no one saw.
07:55I'm tired, Sean.
07:57No one helped me in Tehran ever.
08:01Mrs. Mustachar Nia didn't help.
08:03Hmph.
08:04The conservative aristocrats.
08:07During these past couple of years, I've learned that important and influential people don't necessarily help their friends in their
08:13times of need.
08:17I'm so worried.
08:21I don't know.
08:24What do you say I should do now?
08:27Why don't you use this opportunity to save yourself from Sam Sam?
08:31I can't.
08:36Sean, he's my husband.
08:38But he's violent and merciless.
08:43I know.
08:45But I cannot leave him alone now.
08:49When he's freed, I will deal with him then.
08:55Sean, help me.
09:06Governor.
09:08Who is it?
09:09What's the matter?
09:12Sorry, I didn't know you weren't alone.
09:14You have to learn not to come inside a room without asking for permission.
09:16I have a responsibility in this city.
09:18I can go inside a governor's office any time I want to.
09:20What's going on here?
09:22Hello, sir.
09:23Sorry, I came to tell you that the new judge will...
09:26He will enter the city tomorrow.
09:28The two people accused of rebellion have been tried.
09:30By the way, this is our house.
09:32It's real bad when a guest asks the owner of the house to leave.
09:35Excuse me.
09:40What happened, John?
09:41Nothing.
09:42That rude man just waltzed in the room.
09:44Shh.
09:46Haven't you heard?
09:47He's become the head of the secret police.
09:50I know.
09:51Sam-Sam's former carriage boy.
09:53You know, you have to be punished for helping a man like him make progress.
09:59You have to really excuse me.
10:01I made you upset.
10:02Please, don't say that.
10:05We'll start working on your husband's case as soon as I get to Tehran.
10:08Are the vehicles ready to go?
10:10Yes.
10:11I'll go take a look.
10:12Excuse me.
10:16Officer!
10:18Yes, sir?
10:19This letter is highly confidential.
10:21It's been sealed.
10:21Do you see?
10:22Take this to the gendarmerie post on the road and give it to the head of post personally.
10:25The post is near the river.
10:26Yes, sir.
10:27Isn't Officer Kermani coming to work?
10:29Well, he's going to be on leave until he feels much better.
10:31Take some petrol with you so you don't run out on the way.
10:34Yes, sir.
10:35Hurry.
10:35meal.
10:49Bye.
10:51Bye.
10:52Bye.
11:08Hmm. So far, Akhlaga, it's better if you make that skirt a bit looser for me, please.
11:15Loose? Titus really, how do you call it? Oh, er, in fashion, in fashion. I know what to do with
11:26it.
11:26You know what, Farakklaga? Our father will get angry at us.
11:30Your father tells people that what's mine is mine, what's yours is negotiable.
11:35Your father tells everyone to take off the hijab, but prevents his own daughters from doing so.
11:40Mm-hmm. Yes, really. As Mrs. Bastani says, this is our bad luck and our bad fortune. What can be
11:45done, Malaga?
11:47Tell me, do you like the governor's wife?
11:49Come on, she's living a dream life herself, but the things she says are only trouble for others.
11:53Oh, God, they're different from us.
11:57By the way, any news from those guys? It looks like they don't sit their feet out of their shops
12:02anymore.
12:03Ha! Let me measure your waist again.
12:06Uh, I feel sorry for them, the poor things. They were really innocent, you know?
12:11Well, they said it's because you sued them.
12:14Because Karim said we either have to give our consent for all four, and that would have ruined our father's
12:19reputation, or we had to sue the lot of them.
12:22It's all the governor's wife's fault. It's like they say, girls and boys are like wood and fire.
12:29And then she keeps inviting them to the governor's mansion.
12:31We want to tell the boys that if they want, they can come and propose to us.
12:36Ah, so it's about love and the heart, is it?
12:39What else can we do with the father who's old and acts a lot and smokes opium? If we get
12:43married, we'll get out of the city.
12:45We'll be freed, then.
12:46Well, tell them to come and propose.
12:48I'll sew you two beautiful wedding gowns for free, won't I?
12:54What? You're shy.
12:55Why? Well, do you want me to intervene to help you get husbands?
13:00Would you really, really do that?
13:01We'd owe you a lifetime.
13:03And we'll make it worth your while, too.
13:05Hello, brother.
13:06How's your service?
13:07What do you mean, bro?
13:09It's for a good cause.
13:10Oh, Mr. Vatan Parast is here. Please don't let him find out anything. He'll tell our father.
13:14If you give him this letter and get an answer for us, maybe everything can be fixed.
13:17Oh, yes.
13:18Well, well. Bonjour, sisters.
13:21Hello, Mr. Vatan Parast.
13:23Excuse us.
13:23Goodbye. Go home fast. Don't wait out in the street. Go.
13:26Okay.
13:28They're really good girls. I like them a lot.
13:32Go, go, go, go on, man.
13:34Bakarim keeps scolding me.
13:35No, he's not paying attention.
13:37He's counting money. Go, go, go.
13:43Oh, dear God.
13:46Stupid man.
13:49He's crazy.
13:51Huh?
13:52You call them your sisters.
13:55It's obvious.
13:57I really owe a lot to their father.
14:00You have to appreciate people's help.
14:02I owe him everything. Don't ever charge him for anything.
14:04I will get upset.
14:05Okay, sure.
14:07Now, why are you so upset?
14:09I am angry at that French thug, that Monsieur Jean.
14:14The idiot doesn't know who he's dealing with.
14:15If they call me Karim, I can take on a hundred like him.
14:18The bastard.
14:19He's been chasing Lady Malaga.
14:21Oh, you're serious?
14:23Yes, I've been watching the guy for quite a while.
14:26Today, I went into the governor's office without knocking.
14:29Lady Malaga was standing there crying.
14:30He was standing this close to her, staring into her eyes.
14:33I'm sure she was crying for Samson Khan.
14:35The poor thing.
14:37Don't think bad things.
14:38Yeah, for Samson Khan.
14:40And even if it is for him, she wouldn't know that this nobody, this creep, can't do anything to help.
14:46Wait, when it gets messy, then everyone will find out who they're dealing with.
14:49Yeah.
14:51You don't have to count your chickens before they hatch.
14:53By the way, Karim, I wanted to say...
14:55You should get back to work.
14:56You're supposed to be a snitch.
14:58The women could be back on the streets with Shadors.
15:00Hurry!
15:01All right.
15:01How much energy do you think I have?
15:03How many places do I have to work?
15:04Damn, I'm tired.
15:05Oh, please, stop acting like a victim.
15:07I don't pay anyone for free.
15:08I don't pay anyone for free.
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