By the time we meet them, Chatila and Reda already are down in the lower depths.
Cousins from Palestine, they have spent much of their lives living as refugees on the run.
Chatilas job is to snatch her handbag and run.
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Its mean, its shabby, and its miserably cheap.
Their marks purse contains 5 euros, the price of a couple of coffees.
They wont be able to pay for new passports with that.
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These are people with nothing, which doesnt mean they have nothing to lose.
As Reda observes, it provides him with a temporary comfort.
Reda is a weaker vessel.
Unlike Chatila, Reda cant live with this new picture of himself.
He is constantly trying to stay clean, frequently backsliding.
The two of them live in a squat set up as a hostel.
Drugs always are around.
He just needs a suitable woman to accompany him, posing as his mother.
Tatiana hardly is suitable.
She also wants a sizable cut of the money the aunt sends as expenses.
He citesMidnight Cowboyas an inspiration; others have comparedTo a Land Unknownto the Italian neo-realist classicThe Bicycle Thief.
Sabbahs soft, hangdog features express the pathos of Redas addiction.
Chatila gets things done; he will get to Germany somehow.
