Where Hands Touch

487 00:34:29,023 --> 00:34:30,458 I can't believe I lent you my bike. 488 00:34:34,724 --> 00:34:36,552 My mother had them made for us. 489 00:34:36,596 --> 00:34:37,639 For me and father. 490 00:34:37,684 --> 00:34:41,121 Does she have one too? 491 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:42,862 She's dead. 492 00:34:42,906 --> 00:34:45,213 Oh, I-- 493 00:34:45,257 --> 00:34:47,911 I'm sorry. 494 00:34:47,955 --> 00:34:50,523 Is that why you come here? 495 00:34:50,565 --> 00:34:51,176 To think of her? 496 00:34:54,004 --> 00:34:57,269 Sometimes. 497 00:34:57,312 --> 00:35:00,881 Mostly I think of what would it would be like to fight. 498 00:35:00,924 --> 00:35:05,277 To stand up for Germany, like my father did. 499 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,845 Do you think you could take a life? 500 00:35:08,889 --> 00:35:11,457 Kill a human being? 501 00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:13,807 Of course I could. 502 00:35:13,850 --> 00:35:15,678 I could kill a Russian soldier with ease. 503 00:35:18,420 --> 00:35:22,990 LEYNA: Ooh, my mother will think I've been up to something. 504 00:35:23,033 --> 00:35:24,731 Use my jumper. 505 00:35:24,774 --> 00:35:25,384 It's easier. 506 00:35:32,652 --> 00:35:34,306 Aren't you afraid? 507 00:35:34,349 --> 00:35:36,177 Of what? 508 00:35:36,221 --> 00:35:37,918 Fighting. 509 00:35:37,961 --> 00:35:39,659 War. 510 00:35:39,702 --> 00:35:40,877 Does the war frighten you? 511 00:35:40,921 --> 00:35:43,576 Yes. 512 00:35:43,619 --> 00:35:45,665 My father fought in the war. 513 00:35:45,708 --> 00:35:46,405 He did? 514 00:35:46,448 --> 00:35:47,101 For Germany? 515 00:35:50,235 --> 00:35:50,844 Of course. 516 00:35:53,673 --> 00:35:54,891 BBC PRESENTER [ON RADIO]: Here is England. 517 00:35:54,935 --> 00:35:56,154 Here is England. 518 00:35:56,197 --> 00:35:57,633 Here is England. 519 00:35:57,677 --> 00:36:00,549 Here is the BBC midnight news. 520 00:36:00,593 --> 00:36:02,072 [door closes] 521 00:36:02,116 --> 00:36:05,163 The Allies' advance into mainland Europe continues. 522 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:08,340 British Elite Forces, along with US troops-- 523 00:36:08,383 --> 00:36:09,645 Did my father fight for Germany? 524 00:36:09,689 --> 00:36:11,038 Beg your pardon? 525 00:36:11,081 --> 00:36:12,213 BBC PRESENTER [ON RADIO]: --have today captured 526 00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:13,388 the French port of Cherbourg-- 527 00:36:13,432 --> 00:36:14,911 He fought for the French. 528 00:36:14,955 --> 00:36:17,697 A Tirailleur Senegalais. 529 00:36:17,740 --> 00:36:19,786 BBC PRESENTER [ON RADIO]: --from the western front. 530 00:36:19,829 --> 00:36:21,179 The victory included-- 531 00:36:25,313 --> 00:36:29,448 You told me he was sent here to fight. 532 00:36:29,491 --> 00:36:31,754 You didn't tell me he was sent here to fight us! 533 00:36:39,022 --> 00:36:40,981 It's his language! 534 00:36:41,024 --> 00:36:43,679 He was part of the Occupation by the time we met. 535 00:36:43,723 --> 00:36:45,333 He didn't fight you. 536 00:36:45,377 --> 00:36:47,944 Or me. 537 00:36:47,988 --> 00:36:50,077 Of course he did. 538 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,908 I am German, even if you want to pretend you are not. 539 00:36:54,951 --> 00:36:57,693 Even if you want me to pretend I'm not. 540 00:36:57,737 --> 00:37:00,479 I loved him. 541 00:37:00,522 --> 00:37:02,829 It was from that place that you came. 542 00:37:02,872 --> 00:37:06,180 A place even Koen cannot claim. 543 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:09,879 You have made me an enemy twice. 544 00:37:09,923 --> 00:37:11,664 If you think I've made you the enemy, 545 00:37:11,707 --> 00:37:14,928 Leyna, then look around you! 546 00:37:14,971 --> 00:37:16,277 Look, Leyna. 547 00:37:16,321 --> 00:37:19,454 And the next time you are with that son of a Nazi, 548 00:37:19,498 --> 00:37:21,282 you know this-- 549 00:37:21,326 --> 00:37:26,374 If his father catches you with his boy, he'll kill him. 550 00:37:26,418 --> 00:37:28,028 Before he comes and kills us! 551 00:37:31,336 --> 00:37:34,513 [chatter] 552 00:37:56,883 --> 00:38:00,495 I've forgotten my gloves. 553 00:38:00,539 --> 00:38:01,191 I'll wait. 554 00:38:04,499 --> 00:38:06,327 No, you go on. 555 00:38:06,371 --> 00:38:07,285 I'll be just a moment. 556 00:38:10,592 --> 00:38:11,332 It's your choice, Leyna. 557 00:38:37,445 --> 00:38:40,187 You're always here. 558 00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:41,449 Outside the factory. 559 00:38:46,715 --> 00:38:48,369 Are you cold? 560 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:50,371 No. 561 00:38:50,415 --> 00:38:52,591 Are you? 562 00:38:52,634 --> 00:38:54,244 Yes, it's the coldest summer. 563 00:38:57,552 --> 00:39:00,686 I've lost my gloves. 564 00:39:00,729 --> 00:39:02,122 I told my mother I left them. 565 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,181 [heavy breathing] 566 00:40:07,883 --> 00:40:11,147 [planes flying overhead] 567 00:40:15,674 --> 00:40:17,023 I have to go. 568 00:40:17,066 --> 00:40:19,460 I don't want my mother to be more upset with me. 569 00:40:19,504 --> 00:40:20,809 I wanted to give you something.