House of Sand and Fog

I'm not there anymore. 419 00:42:51,058 --> 00:42:54,057 I'm staying at the Bonneville now. 420 00:42:54,058 --> 00:42:56,598 I don't know it. 421 00:42:56,599 --> 00:42:59,058 You're looking at it. 422 00:43:12,599 --> 00:43:16,557 I haven't had a drink in three years, Lester. 423 00:43:16,558 --> 00:43:18,057 Oh, I'm sorry. I... 424 00:43:18,058 --> 00:43:20,266 I should have asked. I didn't know. 425 00:43:20,267 --> 00:43:21,641 No, it's okay. 426 00:43:26,641 --> 00:43:29,932 The fog's coming in. 427 00:43:29,933 --> 00:43:33,433 [MAN OVER WALKIE-TALKIE, INDISTINCT] 428 00:43:35,766 --> 00:43:37,432 [WALKIE-TALKIE OFF] 429 00:43:37,433 --> 00:43:40,640 I'd like to ask you a personal question, if I could. 430 00:43:40,641 --> 00:43:42,933 Okay. 431 00:43:44,016 --> 00:43:45,974 Just get it over with. 432 00:43:45,975 --> 00:43:48,516 Why is your husband no longer with you? 433 00:43:53,016 --> 00:43:54,683 I wanted kids. 434 00:43:56,308 --> 00:43:59,598 He didn't want kids. 435 00:43:59,599 --> 00:44:01,807 But I guess if he really wanted me, 436 00:44:01,808 --> 00:44:03,766 he would have wanted them, too. 437 00:44:09,350 --> 00:44:12,308 I think he's a fool. 438 00:44:16,933 --> 00:44:20,516 Maybe we should find you a place to stay. 439 00:44:33,641 --> 00:44:37,640 Do you remember the beauty of the Caspian sea, Esmail? 440 00:44:37,641 --> 00:44:39,849 The water like glass. 441 00:44:39,850 --> 00:44:43,058 The beach sand like gold. 442 00:44:46,516 --> 00:44:49,516 [NADI] It is beautiful here. 443 00:44:50,850 --> 00:44:54,349 Massoud, when must we move again? 444 00:44:54,350 --> 00:44:56,349 Not too soon. 445 00:44:56,350 --> 00:44:58,349 Perhaps once we get a buyer, 446 00:44:58,350 --> 00:45:00,640 we will tell them to wait until autumn. 447 00:45:00,641 --> 00:45:03,057 Would you prefer that? 448 00:45:03,058 --> 00:45:05,766 I will do as you wish. 449 00:45:07,350 --> 00:45:11,391 There was this little runt of a guy. 450 00:45:11,392 --> 00:45:13,349 Kept beating up his wife. 451 00:45:13,350 --> 00:45:15,391 Except she wouldn't press charges. 452 00:45:15,392 --> 00:45:16,932 We'd show up, 453 00:45:16,933 --> 00:45:18,849 and there they'd be at the door 454 00:45:18,850 --> 00:45:21,515 like Romeo and Juliet, arm in arm. 455 00:45:21,516 --> 00:45:24,557 She had welts and bruises all over her. 456 00:45:24,558 --> 00:45:28,057 So one night we get called out there again, 457 00:45:28,058 --> 00:45:29,932 and I slipped down their hallway 458 00:45:29,933 --> 00:45:32,391 and stuffed two eight-balls in his closet. 459 00:45:32,392 --> 00:45:34,765 Turns out he was on parole. 460 00:45:34,766 --> 00:45:38,391 He goes back to jail, she's safe, 461 00:45:38,392 --> 00:45:40,558 and I slept like a baby. 462 00:45:45,267 --> 00:45:47,141 Did I just lose you? 463 00:45:47,142 --> 00:45:48,599 No. 464 00:45:49,641 --> 00:45:52,224 I'm sorry. I, um... 465 00:45:52,225 --> 00:45:55,765 to tell you the truth, I think the wine's distracting me. 466 00:45:55,766 --> 00:45:58,099 I'll send it back. No, it's fine. 467 00:45:58,100 --> 00:45:59,932 You sure? Yeah. 468 00:45:59,933 --> 00:46:04,723 See, when I think of my sobriety, I don't think about wine. 469 00:46:04,724 --> 00:46:07,392 Alcohol was never a problem. 470 00:46:08,558 --> 00:46:10,433 Well, you're a grown woman. 471 00:46:28,183 --> 00:46:29,599 Cheers. 472 00:46:46,016 --> 00:46:49,683 [♪ NADI SINGING IN FARSI] 473 00:47:49,016 --> 00:47:50,932 What are your kids' names? 474 00:47:50,933 --> 00:47:52,557 Nate and Bethany. 475 00:47:52,558 --> 00:47:55,350 Nate is four. Bethany is nine. 476 00:47:57,350 --> 00:48:00,182 Where is your house? In Millbrae. 477 00:48:00,183 --> 00:48:04,224 In a housing development called palomino meadows. 478 00:48:04,225 --> 00:48:07,057 You have to drive through it to get to the mall. 479 00:48:07,058 --> 00:48:09,890 Yeah, I know where that is. 480 00:48:09,891 --> 00:48:13,849 God, I've probably driven by it a dozen times. 481 00:48:13,850 --> 00:48:17,890 I've probably even seen your wife. 482 00:48:17,891 --> 00:48:19,350 Carol. 483 00:48:20,933 --> 00:48:24,182 Yeah. Carol. 484 00:48:24,183 --> 00:48:26,682 [CLEARS THROAT] 485 00:48:26,683 --> 00:48:28,890 What's your situation, Les? 486 00:48:28,891 --> 00:48:31,598 I married my best friend. 487 00:48:31,599 --> 00:48:34,432 And for seven of the last nine years, 488 00:48:34,433 --> 00:48:38,266 I haven't wanted to give her more than a hug or a peck on the cheek. 489 00:48:38,267 --> 00:48:40,307 That's my situation. 490 00:48:40,308 --> 00:48:41,723 What about her? 491 00:48:41,724 --> 00:48:44,392 It's not the same for her. 492 00:48:55,975 --> 00:48:58,474 Do you want to come inside? 493 00:50:11,183 --> 00:50:12,808 Massoud. 494 00:50:26,516 --> 00:50:28,558 We are blessed. 495 00:50:44,933 --> 00:50:47,015 What time is it? 496 00:50:47,016 --> 00:50:48,723 It's 10:00. 497 00:50:48,724 --> 00:50:50,557 Oh, God. 498 00: