The Girl from Oslo (2021) s01e08 Episode Script

A NETFLIX SERIES
[Layla, in Arabic] I talked to Bashir.
If you come back,
they will forgive you, on one condition.
You must bring Pia and Nadav.
But that's impossible.
[in English] What the hell have you done?
They came to me the fucking Hamas!
[Alex] They just want
to sit down with you.
Yeah. Tell them not to come near me again.
I can't meet them.
[Alex] Arik and I, we
Pia she's our daughter.
The only way to save her
is for Arik to get involved.
[Ali, in Arabic] Go!
[in English] We're gonna sit here
and watch them die, are we?
[Mosh] If they survive captivity,
who knows how many prisoners
Hamas will want to set them free?
[Arik] I know those coordinates.
There used to be a smuggling tunnel,
but we blew it up two years ago.
[continuous rapid gunfire]
[Maski] Hmm.
But why aren't they coming out?
I thought you said the tunnel was blocked.
I don't know. [sighs]
Could it be that
they've been taken by Hamas again?
Hmm, or their pursuers
have already caught them.
I hope, for their sake and ours,
they haven't fallen
into the hands of the Hamas.
- [all pant]
- [Nadav grunting]
[Pia screams]
- [muttering indistinctly]
- [gunfire]
- [Pia screams]
- [Nadav] Run!
[gunfire]
[Pia] Go! [screams]
[all pant]
- [Yusuf] Karim!
- [Pia] Come on! Go, go!
[screams]
- [overlapping shouting]
- [Karim] Go, go, go!
- [Pia shrieking]
- [Nadav grunting]
- [Yusuf, in Arabic] Karim, they're coming!
- [Pia shrieks, in English] Please, please.
[Pia screams]
- [screams]
- [Karim] Keep it on. Keep it on.
- Let's go, let's go!
- [gunfire]
- [Pia whimpers]
- [Karim, in Arabic] Quickly!
[Bill Clinton, in English] Today,
we bear witness to an extraordinary act
in one of history's defining dramas.
[camera shutter clicks]
[child laughs]
[indistinct shouting]
[Pia screams]
[rain patters]
As this is the last meeting
before the hearing,
there are a few things
I need you to focus on.
[Karl] What?
I don't have to repeat
that you must not reveal that Sidi's gone.
- [Karl] No, you don't have to repeat it.
- Good.
Secondly, the police
have still not revealed
in which courthouse
the hearing is taking place.
- [Karl] They want to keep a low profile.
- [Selma] Yes, but I need to know.
[Karl] Eidsvoll, 10:30.
[Selma] Thanks. Here.
Use this. My number is in there.
The other phone is tapped.
I hope you know that.
- Okay.
- Good.
Soon
all this will be over.
[knocks on door]
[Nadav grunting softly]
[Pia] Nadav?
- [panicked] Nadav?
- [Nadav grunts]
[grunts]
[Pia] Nadav!
Nadav, answer me!
[Nadav] Shh We're in Gaza.
[engine revs]
[baby crying]
[toddler] Mama.
[in Arabic] It's okay, dear.
I have good news.
Israel approved the operation
being done in Jerusalem.
- [softly] Praise the lord.
- [Layla] The bad news
They usually take their time
issuing these permits.
But she doesn't have the time.
I know.
[mobile vibrating]
[Layla] Yes?
I'm on my way.
Sorry.
I should go.
Please
What should I do?
Let's pray that the Israelis
hurry up with the permit.
[Pia] Can you at least
tell us where we're going?
[Nadav groans]
What's going on?
[Nadav] Fuck. It's fucking Hamas.
Fuck.
[Karim, in Arabic] You're staying here.
[Nadav, in English]
It's okay, it's okay. It's okay.
- [Yusuf, in Arabic] This is a mistake!
- Shut up and sit.
[soldier patting Yusuf down]
[patting]
- [Nadav groans]
- [Pia, in English] Careful! He's wounded.
[Nadav breathing heavily]
[sighs]
[breathes heavily]
[Karim] Change your ugly clothes.
- Excuse me, Mr
- Pia, come on.
- Pia
- No. It's fine.
Thank you for getting us out.
- I mean it, really.
- [Yusuf] Wait.
[in Arabic] Just talk to Bashir.
I spoke with him.
I did.
You're to remain here. Bashir's orders.
[Yusuf] Karim
Karim! Karim, listen to me!
- [yelps]
- [Pia screams]
- [weapon cocks]
- [soldier yells]
Want me to kill you now
or do you want to wait for Bashir?
I was promised. Bashir gave me his word.
He's coming to have a chat with you.
[heavy cell door squeaks]
- [door clangs shut]
- Karim Karim!
Wait a minute! Wait!
Karim!
Karim!
[Pia, in English] Can someone
please explain to me what's going on?
We're prisoners. [pants]
That's what's going on.
[in Arabic] You can't be serious!
That's the way it is.
He held up his part of the deal.
He brought the hostages to you.
He shouldn't have gone to Daesh
and Ali in the first place.
- [Layla] You promised to let him go.
- No, I promised I wouldn't kill him.
- I'm begging you, Bashir.
- [Bashir] Don't bother.
He's just a kid.
[Bashir] He's an adult
who made a big mistake.
Now, he has to redeem himself.
Redeem himself? Redeem himself, how?
Leave it to me. Wait and see.
I want to see him.
[Bashir] Not possible.
The hostages and your son
will remain in isolation.
Layla
I understand your concern.
Gaza mothers have suffered a lot.
I, too, want less suffering.
That's why I'm doing this.
And that's why
you're the only one who can help.
You're the only one
who can set your son free.
What do you mean?
As you might have noticed,
we haven't announced to the world
that we have the hostages.
Why?
We are going to pretend
that Daesh still have them.
So, Daesh's list of demands still stands:
the release of the prisoners
and Abu Salim.
That means, you won't release my son.
So, the only one who will know
is your Israeli friend.
[Layla] Arik?
I want to send him a message.
[in English] You told us we'll be freed.
We were going home.
[Yusuf] That's what she said.
That's what who said?
Never mind.
Yusuf
That's what who said?
My mother.
Your mother. What?
What does she have to do with it?
Yusuf, who's your mother?
Layla al-Kalani.
Wait. Layla, my mother's friend?
Is that Layla from the Oslo talks?
[Yusuf clears throat]
[whispers] Yes.
You know, I called Layla
before we left for Sinai.
Yeah, I just
I wanted to know if it was safe.
If If it seemed like a good idea.
[Nadav] You called Layla?
Layla said yes.
[breath quivers] I
Oh, my
Did you overhear us?
Yusuf?
Did you overhear us, Yusuf?
You? You were the one who told ISIS?
[shouts] Did you?
- I [sobs]
- [Pia] Answer me!
Did you?
[screams]
Fuck!
Fuck you, Yusuf!
- [Nadav] Pia!
- [Pia grunts]
You little shit!
[yells indistinctly]
- [Nadav] Wait, wait, wait.
- [Pia yells]
- [Nadav] Okay. It's oka
- [Pia screams]
Die!
- Fuck you!
- [sobs] I didn't
Fuck you!
- [pants]
- [shackles clank]
[Yusuf sobs]
- [Pia screams]
- [Nadav] Pia, calm down!
It's okay. Calm down.
- [Pia pants]
- It's okay. It's okay.
- [weeps] I didn't plan
- [Pia] It's all your fault!
[Nadav] Shh. It's okay.
- It's okay. Look at me.
- [Pia pants]
- I'm really sor
- [Nadav] Shut up! Shut the fuck up!
[shouts] I'm sorry!
Pia, come on.
[both breathe heavily]
[phone chiming]
[phone chiming]
Layla?
[Layla] I
[Alex] What is it?
Layla, talk to me. What's wrong?
[voice trembles] They are
They are in Gaza. [gulps]
The kids They are here.
Oh my God. Are you sure?
[Layla] I was just at Bashir's.
He has them.
[Alex] Pia, is she is she okay?
[meekly] Yes.
- [Alex sighs]
- [Layla] I think she is.
That's amazing news. I'm coming now.
- [Layla] Alex
- Yes?
[Layla cries]
Why Why are you crying?
[Alex] Layla?
[Layla] Bashir won't let them go.
Why?
He wants a message delivered to Arik.
Oh, my God.
[sighs]
He's going to use them
as some fucking leverage?
We have to do what he says.
[Alex sighs] Heaven's sake.
[Layla] Alex
If we do what he says
and Arik does too
Pia will be free.
- I think
- [Alex sighs]
[Layla]
there is a way to solve this.
BAKKE & TANGEN LAW FIRM
[mobile vibrating]
[Karl] Alex?
Wh-what do you mean?
How could it be
that we don't have any clue?
We've absolutely no idea
where those kids are
and who the hell has them.
Look, Arik,
we don't know
what really happened in the tunnel.
I wouldn't
rule out the possibility
that the hostages just remained in there.
Their bodies, or? What do you mean?
There's no way of knowing
what happened down there.
- [sighs]
- [phone chimes]
I'm sorry, I have to go now.
[Udi] Arik?
Thanks.
[door slams closed]
What's going on?
Pia and Nadav are in Gaza.
- Bashir has them.
- Fuck!
- [Alex sighs]
- Fuck.
[sighs agitatedly]
[sighs nervously]
Why haven't they gone public?
They won't for now.
They only want to meet you.
And if you don't,
they will tell that you are Pia's father.
[Arik sighs]
[breathing heavily]
Arik
- Listen, you can't fall apart now.
- [phone vibrates]
[phone vibrating]
[breathless] Hello?
Has something happened?
No, no, no, I'm coming.
I'll be right there.
Bye.
I need to go.
[Alex sighs]
Who was it?
Dana.
[breathing heavily]
[sighs]
[chair leg scrapes]
[Dana] What's going on?
[Arik swallows]
[sighs]
I don't know how to say it, Dana. I
- [sighs]
- [Dana] Okay, listen.
Yesterday, Alex was here.
I have to tell you, back then,
I already had a feeling, back in '93.
I I didn't say anything, but it was like
all sorts of little things
that had me suspicious.
You'd come back from those talks in Oslo.
You were
You didn't come back the same person.
You were a stranger.
Even the way you said her name.
Alex told you?
Yes, she told me about Pia
and the rescue mission you planned.
I know everything.
Alex wants to save her daughter.
And from what I understood, it depends on
some deal with the Hamas you won't accept.
So, she came here
and asked me to convince you to do it.
I can't believe it.
What gives her the right to come here?
What? [splutters softly]
I was so humiliated.
I was so angry with you.
And I couldn't see Alex,
and how she was doing everything
she could to protect her family.
And I suddenly realised
that if this secret were to get out,
what would happen to my family?
Huh? How can I protect my family?
[sighs] I know what I have to do.
Dana, I just have to
come clean about it all.
Everything.
About that damned rescue attempt,
about Pia
[sighs deeply]
[sobs] I really admire you
for your noble feelings.
But it's a little late for that,
isn't it, Arik?
What good will it do
if you tell everyone now?
Maybe it will ease your conscience,
but exactly what good will it do
for this family?
- [Arik sighs]
- What good will it do?
What about all this?
All we've worked for
and built all our lives.
Our whole family, this house!
What good will this confession do?
Will it really save our family?
No! I'm telling you, it won't!
You're not going to say a word.
Not one word out your mouth!
This whole rescue mission was treason.
You could go to jail. You know this!
What about Oren and Alma?
They will forever be known
as children of a traitor.
Like the mark of Cain,
no synagogue or getting married.
They won't be able to walk outside!
Is that what you want?
I won't let you ruin our family!
That's not going to happen.
The only thing that can stop this now
is if you go and save Pia.
Do not say no to me!
Go and put an end
to this whole miserable story.
I can't lie anymore. Don't you understand?
Actually, you've been lying
your whole life.
It's time you stopped.
But not now.
Go and end this
quietly.
[bird caws]
- [Selma] Miss me already?
- [Karl] Who are you?
Karl, my friend
trust me on this.
[bird caws]
[Selma] Want to see Pia again,
you have to do what I tell you.
Yes, yes.
But why Abu Salim?
Abu Salim, alive and free,
is a big threat.
You You're gonna fucking kill him,
aren't you?
At the courthouse?
[Selma] This man is someone
my employers have been wanting to
get for a long time.
So you belong to the Hamas?
[Selma] My employers
also have your daughter.
Do you understand?
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
[Selma] Just remember that.
[Alma] Mum, you're really slow.
[Dana] Alma, you get up late
and complain that I'm slow?
- [Alma] I'm sorry.
- [Dana] Never mind.
- Bye. Have a nice day.
- [Alma] Bye.
Wait, Alma, your water bottle.
Another kiss.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Bye, Dad.
- [door opens]
- [Dana sighs]
- [door closes]
- [Arik] Hey.
Hmm.
You're still not sure about it, huh?
Am I right?
I thought we were through with this.
I thought it was done.
Arik, you don't have a choice.
I can resign, Dana.
I can say it's for personal reasons.
We can live a different life.
A simpler one. I
I can
[sighs] I
I
Me, me, me. Why is it always about that?
You can resign.
You can say this is about us.
It's about the life we've built here.
You have to do this to save that.
[Arik sighs deeply]
You know what will happen
if this gets out?
Alright, so make sure it doesn't go there.
Listen to what they have to say,
and keep it under the radar,
like you've done until now.
Go save your daughter.
Go save me and you.
Alex, I told you, I'm doing what I can.
What you did was unforgivable.
But I will meet them to save my family.
And it has to be on my own terms.
[exhales shakily]
[Karl] This is what I'll present
in court tomorrow.
A short summary containing
all the arguments in favour of a retrial.
Very good.
You're leaving already?
My job here now is done,
but I'll see you tomorrow.
We'll travel together to the hearing.
What a day that will be,
God willing.
Does it get easier?
Does what get easier, Karl?
The killing and the bloodshed.
Dispensing with human life as you see fit.
"Slay them wherever you find them.
Drive them out of the places
whence they drove you out,
for persecution is worse than slaughter,
and fight them until fitnah is no more,
and religion is for Allah."
You see, Karl
righteous violence?
Yeah, it's, um it's never easy.
But, sometimes, it's a moral duty.
- Let's hope you're right.
- [door buzzes]
- [door closes]
- [buzzing ends]
- [Karl] Who was that?
- The daughter of your client.
- How come she's here?
- She just arrived in Norway.
From a refugee camp
in Lebanon or something.
- And what about her mother?
- Dead, as far as I know.
[sighs]
WE WANT THEM HOME
[rabbi] Anat is sleeping.
- You know, I told you
- I know, I know.
She doesn't want to see me.
Sit.
Please.
Listen.
There is no way I can undo
the hurt I've caused.
[rabbi] Hmm.
I just want to tell you something.
[rabbi] What?
Your son,
he's alive.
Pia and Nadav, they're alive.
Oh, blessed be the Lord. [sobs]
[whispers] But it's important
that you and Anat
keep it a secret for now.
- I'll wake Anat.
- [whispers] No, no. Let her sleep.
You can tell her later.
Thank you.
[in Arabic] Arik says yes.
But he won't meet with anyone
associated with you or Hamas.
I didn't really get
what you just said.
He agreed to meet someone you trust
who doesn't belong to the organisation.
Have someone specific in mind?
- Me.
- Come on!
- You must be joking!
- I have a vested interest.
Who could be more motivated
to make this work?
Where will you meet him?
In Jerusalem.
Bashir this is a rotten deal.
I don't trust her,
and I don't trust the Israelis.
You're out of line.
We can't agree to this, we can't do it.
I said, you're out of line.
Be quiet!
- If you betray us or betray Gaza
- [Layla] I won't betray you.
But if I succeed
you leave me alone
and release my son Yusuf.
You have an idea
to get out of Gaza, right?
[Layla scoffs softly]
I need paperwork
and permits.
[Bashir] Sorry but the Israelis
tightened the security at the crossings.
Only medical staff are allowed to cross.
However, if you make it
- [siren blares]
- [Bashir]I have a mission for you.
[blast]
[rumbling]
[siren blares continuously]
[resounding blast]
[metal gate screeches]
[guard] Your ID and medical permit.
When is the operation?
Tomorrow.
Who's the family member?
[driver] The mother.
[guard] Turn around and look at me.
[sternly] Turn around and look at me.
Show me your ID.
Mum
- Mum.
- [Layla] I'm here, my love.
[papers shuffle]
Can't you see she's sick?
Mum.
- [woman moans]
- [whip cracks]
[man, in deep voice] Monster.