[ muffled music playing ]
TRAINER: Three, two, one,
and shuffle it out. Yep.
Up and over, and up...
[ music continues ]
TRAINER: Keep going!
There you guys go. Keep going. Pick it up.
[ footsteps approach ] [ phone chimes ]
RAMY: Ma, the keys aren't by the door.
Where are they? MAYSA: In my purse.
‐ Okay. MAYSA: Where are you going?
RAMY: Uh, I'm gonna go Mo's. ‐ But what about dinner?
‐ Uh, I gotta go, Ma.
‐ Eat before. You will be hungry there.
‐ Ma, it's‐‐ it's a diner. I'm not gonna be hungry, okay?
I gotta go. MAYSA: Habibi, I made all this food.
Yaani, I'm going to throw it in the garbage?
RAMY: It's not a big deal.
Dad'll eat when he comes home. okay?
‐ No, your dad is eating at work.
He just sent me a message.
And your sister‐‐ [ speaks Arabic ]
she doesn't even answer me anymore.
I don't know where she is.
‐ Ma, she's at the movies, all right?
‐ And why do I have to know this from you?
Why she doesn't tell me? Why doesn't she call me?
‐ Because she's in the movie.
You can't answer your phone when you're in the movie, all right.
You know that. It makes a glow. All right?
[ kiss ] Love you, Mom.
‐ Ramy, habibi. RAMY: What?
‐ Can you help me, please?
‐ Ma, I‐‐I gotta go. What?
‐ I think I have a real problem with my Facebook. Look.
I don't get any "likes." I think the post is not going through.
‐ Ma, it's going through, all right? If it's here, they can see it, right.
Your friends will just like it when they log in.
Right? I‐I gotta go. All right?
[ theme music playing ]
[ movie characters speaking Arabic ]
[ hookah gurgling ]
[ Arabic dialogue continues ]
‐ How was your day?
‐ It was good.
And yours? ‐ [ chuckles ]
[ speaking Arabic ]
FAROUK: Huh.
‐ [ continues in Arabic ]
[ hookah gurgling ] ‐ I could do some exercise.
Maybe lose some weight. I could quit smoking.
Meet some new people.
They said the first month is only $13.
‐ They're thieves, habibti.
That's what they always say.
The moment you put your feet in there,
they make you pay more and more and more. [ continues in Arabic ]
[gurgling]
[ rhythmic music ]
INSTRUCTOR: We're gonna heat things up.
Let's go. Take it down.
[ rhythmic music continues ] INSTRUCTOR: Just pop those hips
like you're pushing the sides of the room out of your way.
Like, move out of the way.
And push it out.
[ music speeds up ]
Push those hips around.
You gotta write your name.
‐ [ pants ] INSTRUCTOR: And work it out!
[ music continues ]
Roll it all the way up.
[ music continues in background ]
[ inhales, exhales ]
[ vehicle approaches ]
[ phone line ringing ]
RAMY: Hey, Ma. ‐ Ramy.
Habibi, where are you?
RAMY: Uh, we're still watchin' the game.
‐ You said you were coming half an hour ago.
Habibi, your father is coming home soon, I have to go to the market.
We don't even have milk.
RAMY: Mom, it's overtime. Look, I can't control that, all right?
I'm gonna call you a car.
‐ You love these apps with cars.
I told you, I don't know who they are.
RAMY: Mom, it's safe. All right?
Let me just call you one, 'cause I'm in‐‐ Oh, shit!
‐ What? RAMY: Look Mom, I gotta watch this game.
I gotta‐‐ look. There's gonna be a blue Camry outside in two minutes. Okay?
I just called it. He's gonna take you to the store,
and then I'll pick you up.
‐ Yaani, you gave them our address?
RAMY: Ma, he's, like, a minute away. All right?
You want me to stay on the phone until he gets there?
‐ No.
[ car honks ]
DRIVER: Ramy?
‐ You know my son?
‐ The name on the account.
I was just making sure I was in the right place.
‐ Oh. Yes, Ramy.
[ music playing softly ]
He loves these apps with cars.
He always does it with his friends.
DRIVER: Oh, yeah? That's great.
I always tell people, why bother with a car?
Payments, gas, maintenance.
Just let me drive you.
If you get thirsty, grab a water bottle.
Got mints, too.
‐ Wow.
Thank you. DRIVER: Mm‐hm.
‐ Can I have a gum? DRIVER: Oh, yeah, please!
They're good. The peppermint ones are nice.
‐ [ sniffs ] I love those.
‐ Thank you. ‐ You see this shit?
You see this lady texting while driving?
Breakin' the law. That's New Jersey law.
You can't do that.
I'm over in Morristown,
they're not any better over there.
‐ Wow. Isn't that too far?
DRIVER: I mean, I go where the rides take me.
Part of the job.
‐ You do this every day?
‐ Yep, yep. Yeah, this is it right now.
I mean,
I was workin' on gettin' this small business thing goin'.
Always talked about it with my dad
before he, um, passed.
I mean, this is way better. Yeah.
I mean, food industry's a killer anyway.
‐ Sorry about your loss.
May God give him comfort in his grave.
‐ Yeah, it's all good, ya know?
Life has its path, it brought me here.
Ya know? This is perfect.
Never know what's next.
Never know who you're gonna meet,
where they're gonna take you.
Every day's an adventure.
‐ So you pick up strangers... all day?
DRIVER: Yeah. I mean, they start off as strangers,
but sometimes they become friends.
‐ Wow.
[ upbeat music ]
[ man singing in Arabic ]
MAYSA: Oh.
[ unlocks door ] ‐ Sorry. Sorry.
Sorry. PASSENGER: That's okay.
‐ How's your day?
‐ It was good. ‐ Great.
PASSENGER: Yeah. ‐ It's nice to know.
There's some water there, if you would like,
and gums and... ‐ Okay.
Thank you. ‐ Mints, too. Help yourself.
‐ All right, cool. Do you have the address?
Do you know where we're going?
‐ Oh, yeah, yeah. ‐ Okay.
‐ Yeah. Let's go.
[ music playing softly ]
‐ You're so pretty.
‐ Oh. Thank you.
MAYSA: Nice face.
Nice straight hair.
Better than Afro.
You know, I think if you add some extensions to your hair,
you'd be perfect.
You know, a long, nice hair like Beyoncé? Wavy.
‐ Wow.
[ car honking in background ]
[ phone chiming ] ‐ Hello?
PAUL: You have to make a U‐turn.
You literally just drove past me.
‐ Oh. Where are you? I can't see you.
PAUL: The address is in the app.
I'm there. You're across the street.
MAYSA: Oh. Okay, okay.
I'm coming. Okay.
[ turn signal clicking ]
[ phone chiming ]
‐ Hello? PAUL: Do I need to cancel this?
‐ Oh, no, no, no, no. Please don't cancel.
No. I'm coming.
PAUL: You just went in the opposite direction.
‐ Yeah, I know, the U‐turn was just too busy.
I'm coming around the block. PAUL: Do it fast, please.
MAYSA: Sorry.
It's confusing with the little dots.
You know? When you go, it moves.
‐ Yo, man. In the car now.
This driver's all over the fuckin' place.
What's up?
[ phone chimes ]
[ sighs ]
[ sniffs ]
‐ Are you smelling food?
‐ You have food in the car?
MAYSA: Yeah. Are you hungry?
Homemade koshary. It's Egyptian dish.
It's vegan. Really. There's no meat.
Here. Please. ‐ I just ate, thanks.
‐ If you ate, then you need dessert.
Baklava. It's very sweet.
Natural, not like candies.
It's made with honey.
‐ Hey, actually, could you just drop me off here to the left?
‐ We still have seven minutes. PASSENGER: It's okay. Here's good.
I want to talk a little before I get back to the house.
It's so nice out.
‐ Okay. PASSENGER: Thanks.
‐ Sure.
[ turn signal clicking ]
[ phone chimes ]
[ man talking on phone ]
[ door closes ] PASSENGER: [ speaking French ]
You mind if I, uh, smoke in the back, too? ‐ [ speaking French ]
‐ Magnifique.
‐ You can do whatever you want. ‐ [ speaking French ]
‐ Ha!
PASSENGER: Hmm.
‐ Oh.
Account liaison.
I "dine and wine" them, as they say.
PASSENGER: Ah.
[ laughs ]
Maybe there are some good people here.
Maybe I, uh, I just needed to meet the right ones. Ah?
Turkey and peanut butter.
[ Maysa laughing ]
‐ D'accord.
‐ [ laughing ] Oui, oui.
[ speaking French ]
Ah...
[ starts car ]
[ passenger speaking French ]
[ both laughing ]
PASSENGER: And I thought I was fucked up.
[ tears paper from pad ]
[ speaking French ]
[ door closes ]
[ laughs softly ]
‐ Hmm. [ speaking Arabic ]
My skin was so young.
‐ [ speaking Arabic ]
[ sighing ]
[ phone chimes ]
[ muffled chatter ]
[ phone chimes ]
[ dramatic piano music ]
[ man singing song in French ]
[ French song continues ]
[ laughs softly ]
JACQUES: Ha ha! Maysa! Bonsoir. MAYSA: [ speaking French ]
‐ Uh, pop the trunk?
WOMAN: [ speaking French ]
‐ [ speaking French ]
‐ No, but I know all about you,
because my husband said that he'd finally met someone,
besides me, who is sensible in this country.
[ laughs ]
This man hates everyone‐‐ actually, everything‐‐
but he comes back to the hotel yesterday,
smiling, and he says,
"I met this Egyptian in New Jersey
who speaks French. [ gasps ]
And she let me smoke in the car." JACQUES: [ speaking French ]
WOMAN: Thank you for picking us up.
I'm Marian, by the way. [ Maysa and Jacques speaking in French ]
These fucking criminal taxi drivers in New York,
either they steal your money and your credit cards...
[ tense music ]
[ phone chimes ]
[ phone thuds ]
[ crying ]
[ indistinct chatter ]
‐ Can I use the bathroom? ‐ I'll buzz you in.
‐ [ exclaims ]
This is not working! Buzz me in!
CASHIER: I already did. MAYSA: [ speaking French ]
[ crying ]
[ Arabic dialogue on television ] FAROUK: Yeah. [ speaking Arabic ]
‐ [ speaking French ]
[ hookah gurgling ]
‐ Noth‐‐ Nothing.
‐ Nothing is... ?
MAYSA: [ speaking Arabic ]
[ film dialogue continues ]
FAROUK: [ speaking Arabic ]
[ Farouk laughs ]
‐ It was so sexy.
[ both moaning, panting ]
[ panting rhythmically ]
FAROUK: Yeah, baby?
[ speaking Arabic ]
FAROUK: Yes! Yes! ‐ [ speaking French ]
[ both moaning ]
[ both laughing ]
‐ What?
[ film resumes ]
[ both panting ]
Wow.
[ laughing ]
[ speaking Arabic ]
[ phone chimes ]
[ romantic music ]
[ man singing in French ]
[ music continues ]