Treasure (2024)

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(ENDEARING MUSIC PLAYING)

(AIRPLANE FLYING)

(CHILD SHOUTS, GIGGLES)

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENON PA SYSTEM)

(HAPPY CHATTERING)

Excuse me, did you just land

from New York...

(SPEAKING POLISH)

Okay, I don't speak...

All right.

(MAN EXCLAIMS, CHUCKLES)

(CONVERSING IN POLISH)

For f*ck's sake.

Ruthie.

I'm so glad to see you.

Dad, what happened?

There was problem

with my suitcase.

And nice man, he sticked...

No, not here

with your suitcase.

In New York,

at the airport, Dad.

I went to McDonald's

for the hunger.

-Oh, my...

-I'm sorry

I missed the flight, Ruthie,

but this I bought

for you, pumpkin.

"One Armed Alibi."

Oh, my f*cking God.

So, you went

to the bookstore, too?

You really painted

the town red, Dad.

What? You love the reading.

RUTH: Never disappear again.

Ruthie. I am here.

People who disappear

are not here.

RUTH: Do you think

there's toilets on the train?

I have to pee so bad.

RUTH'S DAD: Of course.

Who would go on a train

without toilet?

(TRAIN HORN BLARES)

What?

Th-There are taxicabs

in front of airport.

And?

And the train is slow.

We won't get to hotel

before evening.

Dad, I paid for the tickets.

I've spent money

on these tickets.

And the bathroom,

on Polish trains,

they're not so good, Ruthie,

trust me.

(MAN SPEAKS POLISH)

Two minutes, okay? Don't move.

Pumpkin. Where would I go?

RUTH: There you go.

(SPEAKING POLISH)

What?

(SPEAKING POLISH)

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(SIGHS)

Did you see where he went?

(SPEAKING POLISH)

No, thank you.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

RUTH: I asked you

not to move, Dad.

This is getting off

to kind of a rough start.

Ruthie, I want you

to meet my friend, Stefan.

-Yeah, hello.

-He is driver.

The best driver in Warsaw.

(IN POLISH)

My pleasure to drive you.

Welcome.

(ENDEARING MUSIC PLAYING)

(STEFAN AND RUTH'S DAD

CONVERSING IN POLISH)

What are you two

talking about?

RUTH'S DAD:

German engineering.

So, Ruthie,

what are our plans?

Well, we'll visit Lodz to see

where you and Mom grew up.

So, we take a train

from Warsaw to Lodz

in the morning.

And I hope you'll come.

Yeah, but Stefan

can take us there for $30.

He asked for 50,

but I said $30 or nothing.

That's true.

But, Dad, I already

bought train tickets.

I don't know if you, like,

think I'm made of money.

Why you ask

such crazy questions?

What's wrong

with riding Mercedes?

I thought you hated Mercedes.

No, I never said that.

I said I hate the Germans,

not Mercedes.

(ENDEARING MUSIC PLAYING)

(IN POLISH)

RUTH: Yeah, I know.

I've been

waiting here for you.

(IN POLISH)

Uh... (SIGHS)

Eh...

(IN POLISH)

this is very good room

for my daughter.

This is our Marilyn Suite.

My favorite.

What was wrong

with my other room?

Nothing, Ruthie.

I just thought our...

our rooms should be

closer together, that's all.

This is a special

daughter-father trip, no?

Here.

Thank you, sir.

It is nothing.

RUTH: What are you doing?

You're handing out

ridiculous amounts of cash.

I want to show

that my daughter is rich.

Dad, I'm not rich.

It was actually very hard

for me to pay for this trip.

And I budgeted it

very carefully.

Now you're throwing it

into total chaos.

I want to make sure

that they treat us properly

and show respect.

-(SIGHS)

-Don't say anything.

I not say a word.

Hmm, what is this?

Please, Dad,

I'm just really tired.

I need to go to sleep.

Listen, I'm so happy

you made it,

that we're together.

But I just need to have

a good night's sleep.

And tomorrow morning,

I'll turn my frown upside down

or whatever.

I understand. Tight sleep.

You too.

And, Ruthie,

erm, lock the door, yes?

Okay.

Now.

Okay.

Thank you, pumpkin.

-(DOOR CLOSES)

-(SIGHS)

(EXHALES)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(DOG YAPPING IN DISTANCE)

(TUTS)

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

RUTH: "Certainly

the Jew is a human being.

"But then the louse

is a living thing too.

"Only not a pleasant one.

"So, we are not obliged

to keep it and let it prosper,

"but our duty

is rather to exterminate it.

"Likewise the Jew."

-(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

-(INHALES DEEPLY)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(SWITCH CLICKS)

(BOTTLES CLINK)

(SOFT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Why do you do this

to yourself, Ruthie?

It is food for birds.

I worry about you.

I called Garth when...

You called Garth?

Yes. I called Garth when

I was waiting in the airport.

Dad, enough, okay?

At least wait until noon

to tell me

that my life is a joke

and remind me

about my ex-husband.

Okay.

So, let's see.

"Our Roots. Heritage tours."

"Set out on an unforgettable

journey through Poland,

"the country

that was once home

"to the largest

Jewish population in Europe.

"Saturday, Krakow.

"After breakfast, we depart

for Auschwitz-Birkenau."

What Jew

goes to Poland as a tourist?

I never asked you to come.

You know, I was totally fine

doing this on my own.

How could I let my daughter

travel to Poland on her own?

No, this is...

this is too dangerous.

So, what are we doing today?

Remind me.

Well, we're going

to take the train to Lodz,

so I can see

where you grew up.

Yes. Yes, that is right.

So, have you,

you know, packed your luggage?

Or that Frankenstein thing

that you're calling a suitcase

these days?

You know, I, um...

I need to make a call.

Okay.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING

AND LAUGHING)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)

(RUTH'S DAD SPEAKING POLISH)

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

That was Magda.

RUTH: Who's Magda?

What? Stefan's wife.

(IN POLISH)

One of these ladies is going

to be Miss Poland tonight.

It is exciting.

Can we go?

Sit down. Stefan will not

be here till 10:00.

Stefan?

Ruthie, our driver. Stefan.

I have booked him

for the whole trip.

Magda send you

her warmest greetings.

I'm sure she does.

Should we get you a new coat?

You must be freezing.

Ah... This is

the country of my birth.

I was made for cold.

MAN: Mr. Rothwax.

Ah, Stefek.

(ALL GREETING IN POLISH)

(LIGHT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES ON STEREO)

Where are we going?

Lodz is

in the other direction.

Today, Stefan shows you

the Warszawa ghetto wall

from your brochure.

RUTH: But I don't want to go

to the Warsaw ghetto wall.

You traveled all the way

to the Washington D.C.

just to see one brick

of that wall in the museum,

remember?

Well, today, I show you

many bricks, not just one.

Today, I show you the wall.

I'd like to go to Lodz,

please, Stefan. Thank you.

No, to the ghetto.

She doesn't know

what she wants. Trust me.

I know exactly what I want.

Look for bricks.

Either bricks stacked

or bricks in a pile

on top of other bricks.

This doesn't look like

the Warsaw ghetto, Dad.

-Eh?

-Let's get back in the car.

-You know you're--

-It must be here somewhere.

The city you are looking for

does not exit anymore.

Exist?

Ah, yes.

The Germans.

The city...

They razed to the ground.

On this side of Vistula,

not one house was left.

Look. There. That must be it.

RUTH: Are you sure?

MR. ROTHWAX: Here.

(GRUNTS) Oh.

(CHUCKLES) Now, Stefan.

I want you to take a photo

of me with my daughter

in front of the wall.

(IN POLISH)

Eh, n-nothing. He...

He thinks perhaps it is not

a very good background

for a picture.

I-I-I think he's wrong.

I really don't think

this is it.

Ruthie, a wall is a wall.

This is true.

Say

the cheese.

-Cheese.

-The cheese.

-(CAMERA CLICKS)

-Yes, very nice.

So... Ah, maybe

to museum of Chopin we go.

It is interesting.

Chopin Museum.

That is very good idea.

I'd really like

to drive to Lodz now.

-STEFAN: Cheese.

-(CAMERA CLICKS)

It is beautiful photograph.

(MAN IN POLISH)

Huh.

Chopin's mother did live here

for more than one decade.

She was born in Warsaw

in September 1782.

She lived a very happy life

and died at the age of 79.

Well, good for Chopin's mom.

Ruthie, what is there not

to like about Chopin's mother?

This isn't about

Chopin's mother, okay?

This is about you completely

derailing this trip,

since you decided to come.

I had a very specific list of

things that I wanted to see.

The house of Chopin?

Not on that list.

Okay? So I'm going

to go to Lodz by myself.

You can stay here

if you like it so much.

-Stefan.

-Mm?

(IN POLISH)

(GENTLE CLASSICAL MUSIC

PLAYING)

This is Lodz.

RUTH: This is

where you grew up?

Yes.

It once was nice.

STEFAN: This is true.

MR. ROTHWAX:

You would have liked it.

(IN POLISH)

What is it?

MR. ROTHWAX:

It is our factory.

Or was.

Stop the car, I want to see.

MR. ROTHWAX:

There's nothing to see.

Stefan, stop the car.

Please stop the car.

This belonged to us?

MR. ROTHWAX: Yes.

But what did it do?

Like, what did it make?

Cotton.

It was your super grandfather

who started it all.

It was a good business.

One to be proud of.

You should have

seen it back then, Ruthie.

We had 40 people

working with us.

RUTH: Why have you

never told me about this?

(MAN IN POLISH)

Let's go to the hotel.

(IN POLISH)

I could speak Polish.

(CHUCKLES) Why?

So that we could

talk more, Dad.

We talk always. What...

What is there else to say?

-Don't you want a picture?

-Not here. No.

Or just... You could stay

and show me...

Ruthie, you do your thing.

Er, there's no rush.

Yes, take no rush, Ruthie.

(IN POLISH)

(MR. ROTHWAX SPEAKING)

STEFAN: Mm.

You are a lucky guy.

(IN POLISH)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

Okay. Thank you. Bye.

You're not staying?

No, I sleep

with my wife's mother.

What?

This is Poland.

It saves money.

So I wish you both nice night.

RUTH: Bye.

So, what is your name,

young man?

I'm Tadeusz.

My name is Edek Rothwax.

-Oh.

-Dad.

And this is my daughter.

Very famous in New York.

-Oh, yes?

-I'm not. I'm a journalist.

Yes, for the rich

and the famous.

I talked

to a few famous people.

That does not make me famous.

Yes, to the Rolling Stones.

-The Rolling Stones?

-Yeah.

So perhaps

I could get your autograph.

That would be a real waste

of paper, Tadeusz.

And the rooms, Mr. Rothwax?

We want them close together,

right next to each other.

RECEPTIONIST:

Of course. I understand.

This trip, this is a special

daughter-father trip.

It's father-daughter, Dad.

Says who?

I put you first.

It is kind, no?

Yes, sir, very kind.

This is for you.

And this is for you.

Enjoy.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(RUTH MUMBLES)

Dad, can you knock?

I'm not decent.

Decent? How?

Like, not naked?

Yeah, that would be decent.

The hotel has given us

really good rooms, no?

Plus, you have a balcony.

(DOOR OPENS)

(WIND WHISTLING)

We really need

to get you a new coat.

This is fine. Does its job.

Kind of doesn't. It makes you

look like a street person.

That is not true.

I am handsome.

Okay.

EDEK: This is

Piotrkowska Street.

When your mother

and I was young,

it used to be full of people

this time of night.

So many young

and excited people.

(WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

There was such happiness...

such hope.

I miss your mom.

I know you do. So do I.

It's been a year now.

I miss her very much.

I wish she was here with us.

She would not have come.

She would be horrified to know

we are here, back in Poland.

Well, I'm excited to be here

to see where you grew up.

It's why we're here. It's...

It's why I'm here.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

"The best and easiest thing

"would be to give people

enough food options.

"But that's not possible.

"One must be clear.

There are two ways.

"We condemn the Jews in

the ghetto to starvation or...

"we sh**t them."

(REPORTER ON TV

SPEAKING POLISH)

(MUFFLED TV CHATTER)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

(MAN ON TV SPEAKING POLISH)

Bravo!

Five, six, seven, eight.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

Five, six, seven, eight.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(BUGS PATTERING)

-(SWITCH CLICKS)

-(PATTERING STOPS)

RECEPTIONIST: Recepcja.

Hi, can I cancel

the wake-up call

for room 252, please?

-Why?

-Because I'm already awake.

(LIVE AND LET DIE PLAYS)

Not even MCs

You, he, she, and even I

Should live and let live

Or live and let die

Live and let die

(CAR HORN BLARES)

(DOG BARKING)

(PANTING)

You're wastin' time

Tryin' to change

the mind of those

Whose souls

are full of holes

I do unto others...

(MEN SPEAKS POLISH)

I am sorry.

Life ain't nothin'

but death without money

My way of thinkin'

is one-track

My method of convincin',

combat

Success is a mission

It's there for anyone

who wants to do better...

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(WOMAN SPEAKING POLISH)

RUTH: Hello.

American?

Yeah. Do you know, um...

No, thank you.

-(SPEAKS POLISH)

-Maybe...

Oh, no, no, no.

I'm a vegetarian. Vege...

-(BABY CRYING)

-Vegetarian? Just vegetables.

(SPEAKING POLISH)

Okay.

Uh...

Okay.

This is everything I have.

But, um, you can keep this.

I don't need it.

The money is a gift,

so if you want...

I don't... No... I don't...

(WOMAN SPEAKS POLISH)

Okay. Okay. I don't...

But it's... No more. No more.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

No, thank you. Yep.

-(CONTINUES SPEAKING POLISH)

-No, thank you.

EDEK: What are you doing?

I went for a run.

With those?

I bought them on the way.

But why?

I don't know.

Um, I'll give them to Stefan.

But what would Stefan want

with an iron

and an old toothbrush?

Just let me shower.

You look tired,

even after the shower.

(SARCASTICALLY) Thanks, Dad.

Always a pleasure.

You look shocking, Ruth.

Shocking?

Oh, my God, Dad.

That's a new one.

I'm going to use it on you

when you least expect it.

I think I'm just tired.

I didn't sleep that much.

No, me neither.

Do you think you were...

nervous about being in Lodz?

No, I don't think so.

I couldn't sleep because

the bed was so lumpy.

It went up in the middle

and down at both sides.

Such a bed is...

is good for the sex, you know,

-but not for the sleeping.

-(CHUCKLING)

Dad, don't.

But it's just normal

what I say.

Well, it's not a normal thing

to say to your child.

And anyway, "normal" people

are always the most insane.

What about you, Ruthie,

and the sex?

When did you last

have the sex?

Dad, I'm not answering

that question.

In fact, I'm going to pretend

you never asked it.

Okay.

Sheesh.

This should be

Gubernatorska Street,

but it is not.

It's been more than 40 years

since you've been here, Dad.

Things have changed.

Nothing has changed.

It's just the street names.

There.

That is your mom's

old apartment.

That, right there?

It's like a daycare center now

or something.

(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

I often would stand

right here.

I would beg your mom

to come out with me.

Oh, she was

such a lovely, lovely girl.

Dad?

Hmm?

-Are you okay?

-(BELL RINGS)

-(CHILDREN SCREAM)

-Of course, pumpkin.

(CHILDREN LAUGHING

AND CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

What do you think?

Should we go in there?

No, let's go, eh?

There it is.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

-(CAMERA CLICKS)

-This one?

Yeah, on the second floor.

-Should we go in?

-No, no, no, no. This...

There's nothing to see

that you can't see from here.

Okay, I'll go look around.

EDEK: Ruthie, let's...

-let's go back down, eh?

-No.

(SIGHS)

Wait outside, okay?

I'll be there in a minute.

(WINGS FLUTTERING)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

-(STAIRS CREAK)

-(GASPS)

(WHISPERING) Dad, is this it?

Yes. It was ours.

RUTH: Who does

it belong to now?

EDEK: I don't know.

What are you doing?

I told you, okay?

This is why I'm here.

-I want to see it.

-(MUFFLED THUD)

Are you mad?

Let's get out of here.

-Someone's coming.

-Oh, my God.

Hello. Dzien dobry.

Me llamo Ruth.

I'd like to see

your apartment.

(EDEK CLEARS THROAT)

(IN POLISH)

(DOOR THUDS)

What are you doing?

What you taught me.

I want him to show us respect.

(ANTONI IN POLISH)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Which room was yours?

It was through there.

(BABY CRYING)

(WHISPERS) Do you think

it's okay if I look around?

No, Ruthie. Of course not.

(ANTONI SPEAKING POLISH)

Mr. Ulicz?

May I use your toilet?

-Toaleta?

-Ah.

(IN POLISH)

(EDEK SPEAKING)

(ANTONI SPEAKING)

(IRENA SPEAKING)

(IN POLISH)

I'm sorry, I don't...

I don't speak Polish.

Your baby is very beautiful.

Big beauty.

IRENA: Please.

(IN POLISH)

I don't understand.

(KETTLE WHISTLING)

(IN POLISH)

(EDEK CHUCKLES)

(EDEK SPEAKING)

(CHILD GIGGLES)

when they moved in.

What difference does it make?

It makes a difference.

Ask him.

Fine, but only for you.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(IN POLISH)

They moved here in 1940.

And what year

were you kicked out?

Bardzo dobry.

Were any personal items left

in the apartment?

Mr. Ulicz... (CLEARS THROAT)

(IN POLISH)

He says there was nothing.

(GRUNTS)

(GASPS SOFTLY)

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

No.

-No.

-RUTH: Dad?

Dad, what's wrong?

This was our couch.

RUTH: What?

This is... This is our couch.

So this guy's a f*cking liar.

Ruthie, turn it down.

(ANTONI IN POLISH)

(SIGHS)

She said

the apartment was empty.

Yeah, but that's bullshit.

They have our couch.

Yes, I know.

And, er, you see that bowl?

That silver bowl?

RUTH: Yeah.

It is my mother's.

That's it. I'm buying it.

No, you are not.

That is ridiculous.

It is just a dish.

You can buy dish in store.

Yeah, but I don't want

to buy a dish in a store.

I don't even want a dish.

-I want this dish.

-(SIGHS)

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

EDEK: That teapot

belonged to my mother.

And those cups

and the sugar bowl.

And even the spoons.

I remember my mother

pouring tea from that pot.

Many, many times.

(SPEAKING POLISH)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(FOOTSTEPS)

RUTH: Dad.

If they have the dish

and they have the teapot,

they probably have

other stuff.

And I'm not going to stop

until I figure out

what was ours.

Okay? They probably walked in

minutes after

you were forced out.

They don't even care.

They're selfish liars.

(WINDOW OPENS)

(ANTONI IN POLISH)

He says that

he wants more money.

Fine, then I'll pay him.

After all, I'm so rich.

Oh, my God.

I've created a monster.

(DOG BARKS)

RUTH: But why

do we have to leave?

We're just getting

to the bottom...

We have seen

all there was to see.

I told you

there was no more to see.

RUTH: It's not fair.

They had your china

and the couch was there.

There's probably other stuff,

you know, letters,

pictures, family stuff.

Let's go back.

Ruthie. I show you the house,

but it is not enough for you.

What are you looking for?

I don't know.

To see where I'm from.

To get a piece of it, maybe.

You come from America.

That is your piece.

(STEFAN AND EDEK IN POLISH)

Can you read them?

EDEK: Oh, it's in

mostly Hebrew. I can't.

RUTH: Okay,

I'm trying to be careful.

I don't want to step on...

-(WINGS FLUTTERING)

-(BIRD SCREECHING)

This is us?

Fania, Henia. 1908, 1904.

Who are these people?

(CAMERA CLICKS)

These people? They were...

They were dead

long before I was even born.

Don't you think

this should be your job?

Cleaning sh*t

from the gravestones?

No, showing me Poland,

you know,

"Oh, this is synagogue.

I often came here

"with your grandmother

and super grandfather.

"Here is grave that hold

your super grandfather."

I do not speak in such a way.

My English is much more good.

Ruthie, stop this.

We don't have...

a family plot.

My dead are in Auschwitz.

(EDEK GRUNTS)

Ruthie.

I've decided I cannot go

to Auschwitz with you.

I... I will stay at the hotel.

Is that okay with you?

Yeah, it's okay, Dad.

I understand.

Thank you.

(IN POLISH)

I wish you a good...

EDEK: Whatever.

He seems like

he is not himself.

RUTH: It was

an exhausting day.

Okay.

Um, would you be able

to organize a translator?

Of course.

We got the finest translator.

Okay.

Um, for tomorrow morning?

Oh. That could be

not possible, but...

-Tadzio?

-TADEUSZ: Tak?

(IN POLISH)

He's not translator,

but very good student

of English.

Okay.

(IN POLISH)

-9:00 a.m.?

-Perfect.

-In the lobby?

Yes. With a pleasure.

Okay. Thank you. Great.

Thank you. See you tomorrow.

(PEOPLE WHOOPING

AND CHATTERING IN DISTANCE)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(WOMAN LAUGHING)

Have you changed your clothes?

Of course.

Are you sure? 'Cause

that's not really, like,

the impression you're giving.

You still have yolk

on your sweater from Warsaw.

That's a very old yolk.

Oh, that's what that is.

Dad, come on.

What difference does it make?

I want you to feel good.

I feel fine.

Plus, I know I look great.

Yeah, you look great.

Really. I am happy, Ruthie.

Simple. Thank you.

-No, thanks.

-No, my daughter

does not do coffee.

Just tea and sh*t.

Of course.

And what about you, mm?

You are 32 and alone.

Thirty-six.

What?

I said I'm 36.

Thirty-six.

It is not normal

to be alone when young.

To not have partner.

(SIGHS) You are lonely.

I'm not lonely.

I'm single. I'm alone.

But I'm not lonely.

Why did you leave Garth?

Everything was fine

before Mom died.

I didn't leave him.

We broke up,

like most couples do.

I could introduce you

to 50 women

who are living like me.

I don't want to meet them.

(SIGHS)

To leave a man like Garth

is not normal.

What did I say

about the word "normal"?

There are people

that are normal

and there are people

that are not so normal.

Do you ever remember

Mom getting angry at me?

You know, Mom.

She was so precise.

You know, she would

fold and iron sheets

and towels and washcloths.

I mean, she even ironed

my underwear.

She had those perfectly

organized cabinets, you know.

Order was everything to her.

And you two never talked

about the past.

You never talked

about the barracks or the lice

or the bunks

or the smell of burning flesh.

But Mom couldn't hide it

with her little smile.

She woke up

every single night screaming.

I would lie there in bed

listening to her screaming.

From the moment I was born,

I knew something terrible

had happened to you.

I just didn't dare

ask you about it.

Is that normal to you?

WOMAN: Good morning.

My best wishes

to you for the day.

WOMAN 2: Good morning.

EDEK: Dzien dobry.

(IN POLISH)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

-(BOTH CHUCKLING)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I told you I am looking good.

You know what, Dad?

I'll see you later.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Thank you again

for coming with me.

Oh, thank you again

for the job.

-And the autograph, of course.

-(BOTH CHUCKLE)

(DOOR OPENS)

-Ah, pani Rothwax.

-(BABY SHOUTING)

Uh...

(IN POLISH)

ANTONI: Tak, tak.

(BABY CRYING)

TADEUSZ: Uh...

(ANTONI IN POLISH)

They were really expecting us.

Yeah.

Um...

Can you ask him

how much he wants

for all of these things?

(TADEUSZ IN POLISH)

Uh-huh.

to make an offer,

but I think it would be better

if he suggests a price.

Okay, well, I'm not just going

to throw numbers out.

That's bad deal making, so...

Mm-hmm.

(IN POLISH)

Okay, you can tell him

I'll give him 25 for the bowl,

uh, and another 25

for the tea set.

Yeah, but it's far too much.

I don't want to play games.

I don't want to bargain.

These things

are important to me.

(IN POLISH)

Oh, nie.

Well, you can tell him

that's my final price.

And if he doesn't agree,

we're leaving.

(IN POLISH)

He said it's okay?

-Mm-hmm.

-Okay.

Irenko.

-TADEUSZ: Dzien dobry.

- (IN POLISH)

if you want to see more.

RUTH: Wow.

How much does he want for it?

(IN POLISH)

He said 500 for the set.

Based on your previous price.

(IN POLISH)

(TADEUSZ SPEAKING)

(ANTONI SPEAKING)

(CHINA SET RATTLES)

Przepraszam.

I could try more to,

I don't know, lower the price.

It's too late. He can tell

how badly I want it.

Just tell him to wrap it up.

I'll take it.

(IN POLISH)

That belonged

to your grandfather.

(IN POLISH)

I'll take it. I'll take it.

(SOFT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

$500 is a lot of money.

I know, but it was worth it.

Maybe. (GRUNTS)

But now you can invite

the Rolling Stones

for tea and coffee, actually.

(LAUGHS) I don't think

they're going to come.

You never will know.

I guess I never will know.

(CHUCKLES)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

-(SINGING IN POLISH)

-(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

(SONG ENDS)

(SPEAKING POLISH)

(EDEK SPEAKING POLISH)

EDEK: Bravo.

Wow.

What is happening?

My daughter is eating

something with no seeds.

Dad, sit down.

You're looking better

already, pumpkin.

Guess what?

Hmm?

I went back

and got your china.

What?

I went back

and bought your china.

And it was all there.

Everything.

The teapot, the plates,

the cups, the saucers,

all of it.

-Ruth...

-I know it's a lot of stuff,

but I'll get

a second suitcase.

I'll pack it all up.

It's going to be...

Why did you do this?

Those people, Ruth,

they could have hurt you.

I'm fine. I'm tough.

Did you go alone?

No, I went with Tadeusz.

He was my translator.

Are you mad?

To go alone with a Polish man?

Don't you know

what happened to Szimek

when he went back?

Don't you know what happened

in Kielce in 1946?

Jews were m*rder*d

when they went back

to their old houses.

Dad, I think you should relax.

Relax?

I can't relax.

Why do you think

I came here with you?

You have no idea...

how... (SIGHS)

And all for

some stupid teapot?

It's not a stupid teapot,

okay?

It's yours,

which means it's mine.

Which means it's important.

How much? How much

did they make you pay?

Listen, I got what I wanted.

-(SIGHS)

-You have no idea

how much

this means to me, Dad.

Before this, we had nothing.

Nothing from your past.

And now you have a teapot.

No, Dad, I have your teapot.

But... (SIGHS)

What are you going to do

with your teapot

and all the china?

They are meant for a family.

And then you...

You have no family.

You have no children.

You have nobody.

That's not nice.

Tomorrow,

I go with you to Auschwitz.

Because, clearly, you have

none of the common sense.

(SNIFFS)

(KNOCKING)

Dad?

Dad, are you awake? I have

something I want to show you.

Dad?

(LIVELY CHATTERING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

EDEK: La la la la la la!

-Life is life

-(CROWD CLAPS AND SINGS ALONG)

La la la la la la! Whoo!

When we all give the power

We all give the best

Every minute of an hour,

don't think about the rest

When everyone

gives everything

And every song

everybody sings

Life is life

(CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS)

Well, the talented Szimek,

everyone.

Oh, my daughter.

Come, sing on stage, Ruthie.

Don't do this.

Please don't do this.

Ruthie, Ruthie, Ruthie.

(LAUGHS)

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

(SINGING SENTIMENTAL SONG

IN POLISH)

Your father has told us

so much about you.

My name is Zofia.

So nice to meet you.

EDEK: And this is

her beautiful friend...

Karolina Jedrzejewiczowa.

-Nice to meet you.

-Me too.

ZOFIA: Your father tells us

you are a famous journalist.

He loves to say that.

Um, I'm not famous,

I'm a journalist, but...

Never mind.

ZOFIA: Let me find you

another plate.

(ORDERING IN POLISH)

No, it's okay. I actually...

I don't eat after 7:00 p.m.

I'm trying

to retrain my metabolism.

EDEK: I should say that

my daughter doesn't eat.

What do you mean?

She looks like she eats.

That's because I do eat.

I eat a lot.

EDEK: Yeah, but only seeds.

She's rich, but she eat

like a peasant woman.

I think you look

very beautiful.

To me, a beautiful woman

must be strong

and take up the space.

Thank you.

She is beautiful. And famous.

So are you two from here?

We are only here on business.

We are Polish-English

interpreters.

Today, we interpreted

for a company here in Lodz.

Yes. They wish to trade jams,

sweets and chocolates

with the United States.

Chocolate. Now, this I love.

-Really? So do I.

-Mm-hmm.

(BOTH LAUGH)

KAROLINA: Cigarette?

Yes. God. Thank you.

KAROLINA: Your father tells us

you planned the trip.

Yes, he was just saying

how much he's enjoying

his time with you.

Really?

Enjoyment is not the word

I would have applied to

his experience of this trip.

I am with you, so, yes,

I always enjoy you.

(SENTIMENTAL SONG

CONTINUES PLAYING)

(SPITS)

(SONG ENDS)

(SPEAKING POLISH)

Okay. So, you got

more belongings?

-My friend? Don't ask.

-(CHUCKLES)

Okay.

-Oops.

-Go ahead.

Sorry.

Goodbye, Mr. Rothwax.

Goodbye, Tadeusz. Thank you.

Pleasure.

And I wish you all the best.

-Thank you.

-Thank you so much.

Do widzenia.

(CROW CAWS)

Ruthie, try.

Mm. Stefan make this soup

especially for you.

STEFAN: Zero calorie.

This is true.

Thank you, Stefan. Mmm.

You really made this for me?

No, Magda's mother.

It is a soup especially

for people who do not eat.

EDEK: Mm.

(CHOPIN'S NOCTURNE

OP. 9 NO. 2 PLAYING)

(CHOPIN'S NOCTURNE OP. 9 NO. 2

CONTINUES PLAYING)

(LAUGHTER)

(CAR DOOR SLIDES SHUT)

Where are we?

EDEK: We are in Krakow.

We have arrived at the hotel.

RUTH: Why didn't

you wake me up?

Well, you are awake now, yes?

(CAR DOORS OPENING)

STEFAN: You're welcome.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING

ON SPEAKERS)

Good evening. Hello. Welcome.

So, you're here to visit

the Auschwitz Museum?

Um... It's not a museum.

The Museum of Modern Art

is a museum.

The Guggenheim Museum

is a museum.

Even in the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame in Cleveland,

that's a museum.

But Auschwitz is a death camp.

Of course. My apologies.

(WOMEN LAUGHING)

EDEK: Oh, look.

It must be in the stars.

Are they following us?

ZOFIA: How are you?

Dobrze, dobrze, dobrze.

Hello. Hello.

-Hello.

-Hello.

(SINGING IN POLISH)

You are not married?

Me? No. No. No.

She was, once.

It was just so that

he could get a Green Card.

Doesn't really count.

This is not true.

It was love and marriage.

And to a wonderful man. Here.

His name is Garth.

Why do you have

a photo of my ex-husband?

EDEK: Ruthie, please.

Garth is my friend.

Of course I have his photo.

Don't you keep

photos of your friends?

I don't keep photos

of my ex-husband.

-And there.

-There's more?

ZOFIA: He's very handsome.

EDEK: Mm.

KAROLINA: He's gorgeous.

Like a movie star.

Yeah, it's true.

Garth is a wonderful man.

One in a million.

He loved Ruthie

for the woman she is.

What happened?

You two look so happy...

She just divorced Garth

because he wanted

family and children.

He wanted a good life

for my daughter.

It's not what happened.

Well, it...

It is what happened. Yeah.

He wanted happiness, you see?

Yes. Who doesn't?

Ruthie.

She prefers men

who do not like her.

Who ignore her calls.

If someone loves her,

it makes her nervous, anxious.

So, she runs away.

She runs away

from the one who loves her

and from the one

whom she loves too.

What?

Nothing. I'm just surprised.

(CHUCKLES)

Surprised by what?

That was actually very astute

for a man who refuses

to get a therapist.

Why would I see therapist?

I have no problems.

Me, I'm the same.

No problems. (CHUCKLES)

So you don't want children?

Well, I would like

grandchildren, yes.

That thing that you do,

I did that

when I was younger, too.

Don't worry, it will change.

KAROLINA: "Don't worry."

(CHUCKLES)

But you don't have

any children, Zofia.

Yes, but that was my choice.

And you? You have

been divorced four times?

Five. And that was

my choice too.

You are only afraid

of someone loving you

if you are

not used to be loved.

Edek. Did you tell her

how much you loved her

when she was a child?

Of... Of course I did.

Did you?

How do you two

know each other?

Oh. (CHUCKLES)

-Stefan is my good friend.

-Yeah.

How long have you

known each other?

-Oh, five...

-Four.

-Four days. Yes.

-(ZOFIA LAUGHS)

-We meet at airport.

-Mm-hmm.

-KAROLINA: Oh.

-Mm.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DIALING)

(LINE RINGS)

MAN: Hello?

Hello?

(INHALES SHARPLY)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(SNIFFLES)

(PENSIVE MUSIC

CONTINUES PLAYING)

Are you nervous?

No. Why should I be nervous?

I... I don't know. Because...

There's nothing

they can do to me here now.

(IN POLISH)

It's gone. The smell.

I thought the smell

would never go away.

Come on, Dad, we're late.

Late for what?

Um, for our guide.

Guide? I don't need no guide.

I could walk about here

with my eyes closed.

I know you could,

but I didn't know

if you were coming with me,

so I got a guide.

-If it's too much...

-No, it's all right.

We can cancel

if it's too much.

No. No. No.

Er... Who knows?

Maybe we learn something

from this...

-Rothwax?

-...guide.

Hi. Yeah, that's us.

Good morning.

My name is Malgorzata Nowak,

and I will be your tour guide

this morning.

Hi, I'm Ruth,

and this is Edek, my father.

Oh, good morning, Mr. Rothwax.

It's an honor

to be your guide today.

Would it be possible

to have a...

a coffee before we begin?

Um... You can have a coffee

in the museum.

A museum? It's not a museum,

it's a death camp.

Sorry, Miss Rothwax,

I didn't want to upset you

with my words.

What difference does it make?

It's still the same place.

GUIDE: Survivors

have the privilege

of driving into Birkenau.

Everybody else must walk.

That's something, at least.

Auschwitz-Birkenau

was started to build by

the German in autumn 1941.

Until 1944,

Jews in cattle cars

were transported

from all over German-occupied

Europe to the gas chambers.

Of 1.3 million people

sent here,

1.1 million m*rder*d.

Everything at this place

was built for only one reason,

to m*rder.

(SIGHS)

Those not gased

were m*rder*d via starvation,

disease, individual executions

or beatings by the German SS.

And I will show you now

one of these places where

the train were unloaded was.

There.

Inside the camp.

No, no, no, the...

The place where

the train did arrive and stop

was not inside.

It was over there.

Come, I'll show you.

GUIDE: Then you must have

arrived before May 1944?

RUTH: Yeah.

From the Lodz ghetto.

Boze. Yeah. This... This is...

This is where

they push my family out.

This is where your mom and I

were separated.

There were too many trains,

you know.

And all of them

were completely full.

We waited one night

and one day in our train.

(TRAIN CHUGGING)

(GASPS)

Here. Here. This...

-(DISTANT RADIO CHATTER)

-(DOG BARKS)

This is... Here.

-(MAN SHOUTING IN GERMAN)

-Here.

The... The rails.

Here is where your mom and I

were separated.

(MAN SHOUTS IN GERMAN

DISTANTLY)

Here.

This is where I had

to say goodbye to my family.

Your mom was sent

to other part of the camp,

but I stayed here in...

in Birkenau.

All the children

from my family

-went with the women. Yes.

-(BABY CRYING DISTANTLY)

GUIDE: Were there

any other survivors?

In my father's family? Uh...

No. Um, my mother.

But she's gone now, so...

No, it's just... just him.

(MUTTERING) This I remember.

We stood with piss and sh*t

to our ankles for two days.

(HUFFS) All these trains.

RUTH: Dad.

Dad, I'm so sorry

about the train tickets.

I wasn't thinking.

It was like...

I was just trying so hard

to be efficient

and get the trip handled.

And I...

I guess sometimes

I get so caught up

in just trying

to get things done that I...

Please, pumpkin.

(SIGHS) I just wanted

to ride Mercedes.

It's... They're better,

that's all.

Here. This was my barracks.

It is burned down.

Only the chimney is left.

(GRUNTS)

Come. Come.

Come in. I insist.

Here... Here was the...

the wooden doors.

They had big holes in them.

In the winter, the man

who sleep near the doors,

in the morning,

he was usually dead.

I... I slept over...

over there.

I was lucky I was not

so near the doors, you know.

(CAMERA CLICKS)

I slept in the middle.

Nobody wanted to sleep

in the middle.

You could get crushed.

(EXHALES)

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)

What's it like being here?

It's okay, Ruthie.

I'm lucky. I'm alive.

-(EDEK EXHALES)

-(CAMERA CLICKS)

But why you take

that many photographs?

Who should look at them?

I will.

Why do they keep

all this? Hmm?

Who wants to see it?

GUIDE: Since the fall

of the Wall, there are

thousands of visitors

from all over the world.

So it will be never forgotten.

In 1979,

it was named World Heritage...

A wall is a wall. (SIGHS)

EDEK: But I don't want to stay

here for a thousand years.

Ruthie, come on.

It's cold. Come.

Let's go and have that coffee.

(IN POLISH)

(EDEK GRUNTS)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(EDEK SIGHS)

You just can't get enough

of all this disaster, can you?

Not a nice postcard

to get through the mail,

do you think?

No, I guess not.

Can I have one?

Sure, if you want one.

Thank you.

I will send to Garth.

Dad?

What? He should see

my old home.

(RUTH CHUCKLES)

RECEPTIONIST:

And how was the museum?

Edek? Edek.

Oh, my God. We have stalkers.

EDEK: That's not nice, Ruthie.

They're not stalkers.

They're...

We were just talking

about you.

-How are you?

-Ah.

Me? I'm fine.

We went to the death camps.

ZOFIA: Edek,

I'm so sorry to hear that.

KAROLINA:

Can we buy you a drink?

A drink

with two beautiful ladies?

-(CHUCKLES) We would love to.

-Prosze.

Ruthie.

I'm just beat, Dad.

I'm going to stay here

and read.

Ah, yes, I bought her

a book in New York.

Really? How sweet of you.

(LAUGHING)

(IN GERMAN)

(LAUGHING BOISTEROUSLY)

What is so f*cking funny?

(LAUGHING QUIETER)

WOMAN: Shh, shh.

(SOFT BALLAD MUSIC PLAYING)

ZOFIA: Edek?

(IN POLISH)

(CHUCKLES)

(MAN SINGING BALLAD SONG

IN POLISH)

(EDEK SIGHS)

(BALLAD SONG

CONTINUES PLAYING)

(BALLAD SONG

CONTINUES PLAYING)

-(MUSIC STOPS)

-(ALARM WAILING)

(DOOR OPENS)

You have to go too, miss.

Don't take anything,

please, right now.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

You have to come out. Come on.

(DOOR SHUTS)

(INSTRUCTING IN POLISH)

Dad? Dad!

-We have to go right now.

-Dad!

Nobody's there.

We have to go. Please.

(PORTER INSTRUCTING

IN POLISH)

(GUESTS CHATTERING

AND LAUGHING)

RUTH: Have you seen

my father?

Have you?

Have you seen my...

Have you seen my father?

-Mr. Rothwax?

-No. No.

Mr. Edek Rothwax?

Sorry.

-Stefan?

-Ruthie?

RUTH: Have you seen my dad?

Uh, no, I have not.

But don't worry.

Certainly... Look, there.

-There he is.

-Dad.

-Hey. (CHUCKLES)

-RUTH: Dad.

(EDEK LAUGHING)

RUTH: I thought

you'd been burned alive.

Oh.

Don't worry, darling.

It's just Polish fire alarms.

Don't touch me.

RECEPTIONIST:

Please, everybody.

I'm very, very sorry, but

this is just a false alarm.

We apologize very much

for this inconvenience.

Please help yourself

to a free vodka.

-Please. I'm so sorry.

-(GUESTS CHEERING)

Maybe you should

have one, darling.

It might be good for you.

You...

You seem to be

having the stress.

Stop.

EDEK: Stop what, pumpkin?

And don't f*cking

call me that, by the way.

Pumpkin is not

a nice nickname, okay?

There's plenty

of nicer nicknames

like "darling" or "sweetheart"

or "petal" or "doll."

A pumpkin is a fat,

leaky, orange mess.

EDEK: Come on. Ruthie.

(SULLEN MUSIC PLAYING)

-Na zdrowie.

-ALL: Na zdrowie.

-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

-EDEK: Ruth.

Open the door.

I think we should talk.

(TEARFULLY) I don't think

there's anything

for us to talk about.

We've honestly gone our whole

lives not talking about it.

So why don't

we just not talk about it,

and not talk about it

till we're both dead?

What... What are you doing?

Honestly, my stupidest idea

in a lifetime

of fairly stupid ideas.

EDEK: Ruthie.

RUTH: I'm leaving.

I'm going back

to New York today.

What?

My life has unraveled

since we lost mom.

But you can just stay

and, you know,

start a life of drunken

revelry with Zofia

for all I care.

You act like

you're this family man

and you want a grandkid

and you brag

about how famous I am.

We used to be a family,

and then it was

just you and me.

And now I'm realizing

it's just me.

I'm alone.

Eh?

I got you a winter coat.

Oh, my...

This... This...

This is my father's coat.

Yeah. It's all the same

to you, right?

A wall is a wall.

A coat is a coat.

This...

(WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(SOBBING SOFTLY)

(WISTFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

(SNIFFLES)

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

-Papa.

-(LUGGAGE THUDS)

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

-(LAUGHTER)

-(MUSIC PLAYING)

Ruthie?

Are you okay?

Can you drive me

to the airport, Stefan?

Has something happened?

It's time for me

to go back to New York.

But Edek?

Gonna go alone.

Just like I probably

should have come alone.

(STEFAN SIGHS)

Okay. Give me a minute

to get ready.

KAROLINA: Take a seat.

No, thank you.

KAROLINA: Take a seat.

(WOMAN AND MAN

SPEAKING POLISH)

I take it

this has to do with Zofia.

No.

She told me you're upset.

I'm not upset. I'm exhausted.

Here.

Thank you.

What you and your father

do this trip,

it is not easy.

Yeah, but he could

at least try.

KAROLINA: He's trying.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Okay. Thank you, Stefan.

EDEK: I'm sorry.

-RUTH: Whatever.

-Whatever?

I'm sorry for having

the sex with Zofia.

Besides just being generally

gross to contemplate,

it... it felt wrong.

To Mom. And we're already here

without her.

But it shouldn't.

We... We are all adults here.

Of course, all adults here.

At Mom's funeral...

do you remember what you said?

You said, let us not cry.

That Mom

wouldn't want us to cry.

And so I didn't cry.

We didn't cry, Dad.

EDEK: Tsk.

Yes.

I know, pumpkin.

But you can cry

if you want to.

It's... It's all right.

STEFAN: Edek?

You know what? You can...

have sex

with whoever you want.

I mean, after all, it...

it is normal.

Yes, it is normal.

Unless you like

the not normal sex.

-And that's okay, too. Ruthie.

-(CHUCKLES) Dad.

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

ZOFIA: Goodbye, Ruthie.

It was a pleasure to meet you.

You are a brave girl.

And a beautiful girl.

I'm more like a, uh,

rapidly aging woman,

but thank you, Zofia.

STEFAN: Do widzenia.

Stefan, there is something

I have to do.

We do not go to airport.

Not yet.

We will need shovel.

-Shovel.

-Lopata.

Mm-hmm.

And I think we should stop

for Tadeusz.

We will need young blood.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

STEFAN: Edek?

-Okay.

-Right.

(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(STEFAN IN POLISH)

EDEK: Hey.

(CLANKING)

Nie. Nie, nie.

Tutaj, tutaj.

Tutaj.

Tak. Tak.

Nie. Nie, nie.

digging for? Treasure?

EDEK: Tutaj.

Are we allowed to do that?

This is our house,

our building.

We can do what we like.

(ANTONI'S SISTER

SPEAKING POLISH)

(URGING IN POLISH)

(IN POLISH)

I'm not paying you no sh*t.

My daughter

already paid you too much.

And I lied. She is not rich.

No, I'm not.

And you know what?

You can f*ck right off.

(IN POLISH)

TADEUSZ: Mr. Rothwax?

EDEK: Tak.

(ANTONI'S SISTER AND ANTONI

SPEAKING POLISH)

(EDEK CHUCKLES)

have a present for you.

The day they took us

away from here,

the day the Germans

forced us into the ghetto...

my father and I

buried that here.

It has papers in it.

You can now reclaim

this house.

And there is paperwork, too,

for the other buildings,

the factories.

(ANTONI IN POLISH)

Kuchnia is kitchen.

And then this.

I mean, I can't read Polish,

so you have to...

-Ah, this...

-...tell me what that is.

This is what gives us

the rights, the... the...

How do you say? The deeds?

Wow.

Yes, it's very legal

with the stamps.

(CHUCKLES)

What are these?

Oh, my...

This is my mother and father.

He's wearing the coat.

There.

There he is. And that's me.

-(CHUCKLING)

-You're so small.

-EDEK: Ugly little rat.

-(BOTH LAUGH)

This one, I...

I took this photo.

It was the day

of Fela's wedding anniversary.

-I remember.

-Who... Who is Fela?

My sister. She was...

my sister.

I didn't... I didn't know

you had a sister.

I loved her.

Very much.

We were so close.

There she is. Look.

She was so clever

and so beautiful.

And she wrote beautifully.

Just like you.

Like you, Ruthie.

Liebala and Hanka.

They were Fela's daughters.

These are your cousins,

Ruthie.

Don't you think they look

a little bit like me?

I always thought so, yes.

RUTH: (TEARFULLY) Why did

you never tell me, Dad?

EDEK: (TEARFULLY)

Because... (SIGHS)

It's not easy

to have a child who looks like

a child who is dead.

And it is not easy...

to tell them how very much

you love her.

-(SOBS)

-Oh, Dad.

EDEK: Yes. Very much.

I'm so sorry, Ruthie.

-No, Dad.

-Yes.

-No.

-I... I...

I never trusted your strength.

(EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING)

We are very, very strong, Dad.

Where... Where we all lived...

This now...

This house is all yours.

If you want it.

Well...

A house

is just a house, right?

Or maybe not.

I belong with you. You know,

we belong together.

In New York.

Where you made our family.

Yes. Yes,

we are New Yorkers.

Edek.

Chrusciki.

-Oh. (CHUCKLES)

-EDEK: Oh.

From my wife.

-Thank you, Stefan.

-EDEK: Mmm.

Ah, careful though,

because...

Mm. There are 14 egg yolks.

Lots of butter and sour cream.

Well, my mother, I remember

when she made Chrusciki,

she did roll out the dough,

very thin.

And she did fold it over,

and then...

-she fried it in oil.

-(GIGGLING)

Ah. Enjoy.

(IN POLISH)

EDEK: Mmm.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

for everything, Stefan.

-Thank you, Ruthie.

-Mm.

I will not forget you,

my friend.

I have pictures of you

for my wallet.

-Thank you.

-Stefan.

You have been

such a good friend to us.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

It was my pleasure.

Truly.

RUTH: So, you're excited

to get back?

EDEK: Yes.

I'm excited to see Garth

and tell him all about

our adventures

from daughter-father trip.

RUTH: Maybe you can

say hi to him for me.

EDEK: To Garth? Of course.

RUTH: I mean,

just as long as you don't,

like, make too big

a deal about it.

Me, make deal? Never.

(CHUCKLES)

Ruthie?

Yeah?

I think it was a good idea

to bring home

my mother's old teapot. No?

No.

No, yes or no, no?

RUTH: No, yes, Dad.

Always no, yes.

(RUTH CHUCKLES)

(PENSIVE MUSIC

CONTINUES PLAYING)

EDEK: So, did you...

did you finish the book?

RUTH: Oh, I've been

kind of distracted,

but I'll get to it

on the plane.

EDEK: This is good news.

After you, I shall read.

His missing arm,

this I must know.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENON PA SYSTEM)

(PENSIVE MUSIC

CONTINUES PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(INHERITANCE PLAYING)

I think I knew

Before you told me

What I had inherited

I got it from you

The way that I dodged love

and find it embarrassing

I think I knew

I got it from you

I had a feeling

I wasn't dreaming

That you bit back truths

too big to hide

I had a feeling

that I inherited

More than your smile

I think I guessed

Before you'd slipped out

The pain knocks you out

Get it off your chest

To strengthen our blood

You couldn't help

but pass down

I had a feeling

I wasn't dreaming

That you bit back truths

too big to hide

I had a feeling

that I inherited

More than your smile

Look at me, will you?

It didn't build you

You rose from its grave

And it tried to fill you

But it couldn't k*ll you

So look what it did

I had a feeling

I wasn't dreaming

That you bit back truths

too big to hide

I had a feeling

I had a feeling

Hadn't I dig up

what you kept inside

I had a feeling

I wasn't dreaming

That you bit back truths

too big to hide

I had a feeling

that I inherited

More than your smile

(SONG ENDS)

(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)