What could change after a year of investigations?
It's just an action I have to take
Let's give him a chance...
Maybe this way he could change his mind before issuing the verdict
Based on what I know about him...
I'm sure he didn't do it for the money
I thought I'd drop by to say farewell before they take you to court tomorrow
Hello, welcome, although you could have saved yourself the trouble
Or am I mistaken?
Jabal, you're aware that you will be sentenced to death
and they would surely execute it except that politicians are not signing death sentences
So the best case scenario means you'll be sentenced to life in jail
In short, you will die from old age in prison
I don't fear anything
I'm not even a bit worried about that, I care less
Yes you do, you have so much to care about
If you can only spit it out and tell me where you hid all the cash money
that your victims had
In that case I can guarantee a different sentence
You're back to the same old story
You've been asking me the same question it's been a year now
and I've been giving the same answer
You're not tired of asking the same question?
We're not convinced, we're talking about 70 million dollars
a sum this large can't disappear in thin air just like that
Colonel, We could never kill people in the pursuit of filthy money
The man you're seeing now confessed of killing all those who were massacred
I care less about their money
I thought you knew me better than this
but it seems I was mistaken
Then why did you kill them?
Write this down
You did it to avenge your brother?
And you're still asking the same question
and you're still taking this lightly
This was my brother
He's part of my soul and even if those scumbags traveled to Mars
I would have followed them there and did the same thing
If you think my brother's death isn't worthwhile doing everything I did...
I consider it more than worthwhile
And a settlement that changes your sentence from life in prison to a few years...
Isn't it worth considering? Where's the money?
I told you this 70 million times
I have nothing to do with the money issue
If you're going to keep wasting your time...
I suggest you spare yourselves all the effort
and give me a death sentence
Get out of the car!
Stop it right there! Freeze!
Stop!
Freeze!
"A huge incident took place today in Baabda's Palace of Justice cells"
"A few minutes back, the ISF issued a statement"
"saying that the fugitives who fled on the early hours of this morning"
"amounted to 69 prisoners"
"The ISF managed to capture 15 inmates"
"The police force continues to track down the remaining inmates until this hour"
"The ISF also warned the citizens from the dangerous situation"
"and confirmed that raids are ongoing in order to arrest the fugitives"
"Oh mountain far away..."
"our loved ones are there with you"
"you twinkle like a star..."
Abu Mazen... Give the officer a lift
Where to, officer?
To the end of the road, next to the checkpoint
Come up
A smoke?
Here you go, officer
You're not from this area, right?
Right, I'm just stationed here and the operational readiness is decreased
Why? What's wrong?
Fugitives ran away from a prison in Beirut and some of them live around here
Jabal Sheikh Al Jabal is one of them
- God bless you, officer - Thank you
- Thank you, sir - You're welcome, officer
- Thank God for your safety, boss - Thank you my friend
- Give me that mobile, please - Here you go
Firas?
Slow down over here
Could you back up a bit?
- "Al Hayba Dam" - Now park it here
Thank you so much, Abu Mazen have a nice trip
May God be with you, Boss
"Al Hayba Dam The Plain District"
"Maximum Capacity of the Water Purification Plant"
"At the Bottom of the Dam 12000 Cubic Meters Per Day"
"Lake Permanent Storage Capacity One Million Cubic Meters"
"Providing Water for 27 Villages"
That's a sight for sore eyes, Boss
Hello my dear friend
Let's move, Boss
"Al Hayba Dam"
Hello, sir is everything alright?
Lock the gate and follow me
"Tomb Of The Late Sakhr Sheikh Al Jabal"
I know you were waiting to hear these words from me"
"It's done, Sakhr"
Your blood did not go in vain
Anyone who had anything to do with your murder... I smashed him
I swear it to you, sonny
He moved heaven and earth to kill them one after the other
This Jabal... your brother
And you know my rock... your brother
Rest in peace, Brother
Rest in peace, father Sultan
I hope I can join you in the heavens
I was told your case is extremely difficult and you could never get out of jail
But I never believed them for a moment
A feeling deep down was telling me...
Jabal's coming back to you, Nahed Omran, he's coming back
and here you are, standing in front of me like the mountain that you are
Standing strong like a lion my dearest lion
Walk with me your village is waiting for you
so you may start fixing what went wrong in your absence
Walk with me, sonny you have so much work to do
So much work is waiting
- Do you play this game? - I'm not that much into it, sir
Let's have some fun there's nothing else to do, right?
In all cases we were laying down on the job
My apologies, sir I just went to the bathroom for a few seconds
Who asked you where you went?
Do you know what I'm betting you over?
I have nothing to bet over, sir
I have nothing but what you're seeing in front of you
Never underestimate yourself, man
Heads or tails?
Please, sir, calm down! It's not really worth all this!
I asked you a question heads or tails?
Tails
It's tails
What a lucky jerk
From this day onward... never leave the gate unguarded!
Keep your eyes open!
Keep a bottle next to you or try to hold it
Affirmative, affirmative, sir
We have a lack of security cameras in the dam
- Get someone to take care of this - Affirmative
Go to the square and trim your beard
Right away
"We're receiving news respectively with regard to the identities of the fugitives"
"among whom Jabal Sheikh Al Jabal"
"the mastermind and the executioner of the carnage that took place in Beirut last year"
"and resulted in the death of a ring of corrupt businessmen"
"involved in the Seventies Case"
"Preliminary information noted that he fled toward the border"
"and more precisely to his hometown in Al Hayba"
Potatoes, come get your potatoes
Best produces for 10.000 a kilo
Apples, come buy the best apples
2 packs of lettuce for 4.000
Fava beans, one kilo for 10.000
"Al Hayba Café"
Potatoes, come get your potatoes
Tomatoes and cucumbers, the best there is
Apples, come get the finest apples
2 packs of lettuce for 4.000
So Jabal's escape is not a joke?
You're playing the fool trying to convince us you know nothing about it?
The whole country knows about his escape
I hope everything works out for the best
We couldn't have asked for any better news
Jabal's now back to join his parents and tribesmen
He will always be our boss
and to be honest... Al Hayba isn't the same without him here
Mayor, to be honest... during his absence this year we were blessed nonetheless
Look at the market thriving and people are making more than ends meet
We wouldn't be enjoying all this if he hadn't donated his land to the Dam
which has brought us all these blessings
You're right about that but from now on the police patrols won't ever stop
That's all you're worried about now?
What's important is that the boss makes it safe and sound to Al Hayba
- We're praying for that - Amen to that
Amen
- Stop playing with the water, you fools! - Get back to your houses!
- I need to shave, please - You were just here the other day
- I need some trimming, that's all - No problem, come with me
We don't want anyone to get wind of this!
You're blessing Al Hayba with your return, Boss!
Thank God for your safety
Thank you, dear men Hold it! Hold it!
Weapons down magazines in your holsters
I don't need any unnecessary commotion the police are all over the place
They missed you, sonny
- Thank God for his safety, Mrs. Nahed - Thank you, Umm Ali
I missed you, Abu Ali
We missed having you here, Boss
Umm Ali I missed you all, guys
Where's everybody?
Everybody's at work we only told Mrs. Nahed
Just as you ordered
Ali's in the warehouse, we were calling him but his phone is off
- Mrs. Mona and Rima are in the Co-op - What's this Co-op?
It's a long story, go have some rest and I'll tell you all about it
Fine, where's Shaheen?
After me, Umm Ali let's start preparing for lunch
"It was a very long and hard year, Boss"
"It would have been much easier if I were in jail"
"That way I could have seen you at least"
I was in solitary, Abu Ali we were in a underground prison
I could barely see my lawyer
What's behind all the strict measures?
Are you really asking what's behind the strict measures?
I was facing a pile of criminal cases and a ton of sentences in absentia
Cases I was really involved in and cases I never knew anything about
Questioning never stopped with endless interrogations...
and tribunals and appeals
I was eagerly waiting for the sentence
Day after day and month after month
At least when I was in jail I had people I could see
They're all prisons at the end of the day
and your place is right here in your home
Please, Umm Ali...
- "No, what are you doing?" - What's wrong with my mother?
She looks a bit irritated
You better take this time to rest and change your clothes
There's always time to discuss everything
Abu Ali, spit it out what's going on?
To be honest, Boss I don't know where to start
Between you and me, Mrs. Nahed... after you went down to Beirut...
She regained consciousness and didn't see you in front of you
and she saw Sultan's cloak on Shaheen's shoulders
"She couldn't stand it"
"She started seeing him taking all the decisions"
"She started waiting for him to make the slightest mistake"
"With each passing day without you here she started hating the situation even more"
Particularly after what happened between him and Ali lately
Ali and Shaheen?
Ever since you went to jail problems started escalating between them
"Shaheen changed his behavior toward Ali and started neglecting him"
"He stationed him at the warehouse arguing that he's needed there for work"
"Shaheen never forgot his father's murder"
"What's behind reopening that wound? No one really knows the answer"
On the other hand, after Abu Fares' death...
Shaheen tried to calm things down with Tal Asfar
to secure Al Hayba road which passes through Tal Asfar
but Abu Fares' kids especially that scumbag Sameeh
He was always out of line
He committed armed robberies and humiliated people
to the point that they dared to cross the line with us and with me in particular
So you're Ali's father?
Don't make any trouble and leave, sonny?
You're calling me sonny?
How dare you call me like that you old stupid cripple?
I wouldn't even spit on you!
Firas! Firas!
Calm down
Leave him, let's see what he can do
Firas!
Go, Firas
I let it pass, Boss
I kept it to myself for many days
Ali kept asking me why I seemed upset
Eventually Firas told him about what happened
And you know Ali like the back of your hand
He couldn't let it pass he went mad
"and he completely lost his mind"
"Welcome to Tal Asfar"
Why did you leave like a madman without consulting anyone?
You take me for a fool in this house?
When I saw you blocking the way like this I though you're joining me
Get back and let's not make this any worse!
Shaheen, please do not interfere it's my business, stay out of it
But what you're about to do will backfire against all of us
You think it's worth it to start a war because of a stupid kid?
It's more than worth it
Do you really think I could let this pass and forgive that scum?
It's my father who was humiliated
I have a question for you
Would it have been worth it if it was your father who was humiliated?
My father?
I forgave an even bigger offense I hope you didn't forget that, Ali
Fine, your father's dignity is equal to mine
I promise to get that dog to apologize from your father
Deal, we'll see
What are you going to do?
I'm getting that dog wherever he may be
I want to settle this before he gets us in real trouble
Calm down, Abu Ghazi
This is easier than you think
You could make all the people of Tal Asfar bring Sameeh like a dog
and this way you can make him apologize to Abu Ali
How is that? I'm listening
The dam is in your land and the water is yours
and the faucet is at your disposal
If we close it up a notch they'll go thirsty
So Shaheen deprived Tal Asfar from water to please Ali
What? How could he deprive a whole village of water?
Wadeeh the dam engineer is one of his close friends
He never refuses anything he asks for
Wadeeh the dam engineer
By the way, how did they build that dam so fast?
Everybody found that strange, Boss
2 or 3 weeks tops after you went to jail...
We heard they secured the dam's funding
In a glimpse of an eye the dam was completed
The bulldozers worked around the clock and drilling never stopped
jackhammers worked overtime
I've never laid my eyes before on some of the machinery used in the project
Construction workers worked nonstop night and day
Young people from Al Hayba tried to find work at the dam
they thought they could make some money there
They turned them all down
They claimed they have more than enough workers
When the dam was built and rainwater started filling it...
agriculture thrived, agricultural projects emerged and Co-ops were created
One of the Co-ops was open here in Al Hayba
- Abu Sultan? - Jabal?
I'm glad I listened to the news to know that you got out of jail
How dare you say I got out of jail? I escaped like a fugitive
Thank God for your safety, dear brother
One second, what's that bump that just hit me?
This is Sakhr, we were working on him in your absence
Finally some good news that's a great choice for a name
- Congratulations - Thank you
- Thank God for your safety - Thank you, Rima
Abu Shaheen? Come over here, boy
What's that? Your mustache started showing, boy?
- Yes, he's growing up - My sweet nephew
Jabal, your banquet is ready
What can I tell you? They're looking all over the place
- You didn't hear the news? - Not really, what's going on?
You'll see for yourself it's the same record all over again
Can you pose like this, sir?
Now hold
What's this?
How did you get up there? Down, boy
Get down!
Damn sheep!
Out! Out! What's going on here?
What's going on, guys?
Why did you leave your sheep in the square like this?
This thing has went too far, Abu Ahmad
We can't disregard what's going on
We have nothing to do with Sameeh's actions!
Why did they deprive us of water?
What are you saying? Who deprived you of water?
Tell me everything maybe I can help you out
Ever since that problem between Abu Elie and that scumbag Sameeh...
Shaheen deprived us of water and you know how precious water is
- We're about to lose our crops - The dam was built for everybody
and everybody should benefit from its riches
Let him get Sameeh if he has a problem with him and we'll be by his side
but he can't deprive our whole village of water! That's unbearable!
We're men and we know how we can get our right back, right, guys?
- Absolutely right - You're right
- This thing is about to blow up - Calm down, fellas, calm down!
I will talk to the boss Shaheen and we'll sort this out
Shaheen is obstinate about this
He said we can't get our water back unless Sameeh apologizes to Abu Ali
So you brought your sheep to graze in the middle of the square between our stores?
And you think it's fair that our sheep die from thirst?
Listen up, people, we and our sheep won't be leaving the square
before we get our water back
You must have lost your mind you guys!
- Bon Appetit - Thank you
How I missed your cooking, Umm Jabal
Bon Appetit
So sweetheart, tell me how did you manage to escape from Beirut?
There's always a solution, Mother
I barely arrived to the truck stop and I found one of our men
He untangled the trailer and headed straight to The Plain
But they set up checkpoints all over The Plain searching for you
How'd you pass?
We saw a police officer waiting for someone to pick him up
and the rest is for you to decipher
What's important is that you're back safe and sound
you brought back joy to this house which was empty and lost without you
How's work, cousin?
It's even better than it was the day you left us, cousin
Great
What about the girls? I've heard something about a Co-op
- Yes, the NGO - Come again?
It's a Co-op that encourages agricultural businesses in the region
and provides agricultural supplies
We're also providing work opportunities to a lot of people from Al Hayba
And now we're working on building an organic fertilizer plant
Fine but where are you getting all the funding for all these projects?
Through grants and donations
Sometimes we're benefitting from funding offered by European countries too
That's great
Looks like this dam is a very good omen to the village