Original subtitles

studio Monoklis

presents

Hey, who didn't get any yet? Hurray!.. Happy birthday to you!

a film by Giedre Beinonute

Quinces are vitamins...

The Balcony

Hurray!

Happy birthday to me...

Emilija, stop it.

Open the door!

There's nothing l can hear, for l'm on the air.

Open the door, or l'll tell yourfather.

Hurray!

Fireworks!

Now go downstairs and pick up everything.

Long live fireworks of quinces! Quinces are very healthy!

Hurray!

Where're you from?

Will you be living here?

Maybe you are not a Lithuanian?

Ponimaesh?

Today is my birthday,

but my mom didn't allow me to have my fnends over.

Want some quinces?

Catch!

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a tiger by the toe.

lf he hollers let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Oh, hello.

So we are neighbours?

lt seems that way.

l'm Danguole. lt's nice to meet you.

Henrikas.

Hush.

Good weatherto move in.

Yes, it is.

Look at his hat. lt's foreign.

And where's Mom?

ls yourwife at work?

No, she's...

lt's just two of us.

Ah...

We're divorced.

Yes, l understand.

Good morning.

lt's time to get up

and do morning exercises.

Where is he?

Put your slippers on.

Daddy!

Oh, wait...

Wait, hold it.

Thanks.

Who drew here?

But Daddy!

Will you be back for lunch?

Rimas!

Daddy!

Daddy, please, open the door.

Please...

Daddy, please, open the door.

Don't get behind the wheel!

lt's not fair.

Bye.

Daddy, no!

Abee.

Ahornet.

l say, it's a bee.

Ahornet.

Abee.

Ahornet is betterthan a bee, because it's bigger.

No, a bee is bigger.

Good afternoon.

Some bees can be bumblebees,

and they're big and have lots of hair.

But hornets command the bees.

Bees make honey, and hornets do not.

Hornets also make honey,

only they don't make it for people, only forthemselves.

Do you know what artificial honey is made from?

No.

So from what?

From artificial flowers.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon, children.

Coming back from school?

Yes.

Bye.

Hi.

Hello.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Do you know why everybody pops balloons?

No.

Because they're full of air.

Funny.

Come outside, l'll give you a stick of gum.

OK.

May l ride your bike?

Ruta!

Go home, do you hear me?

Oh, hi! What're you doing here?

Nothing.

Do you want to play?

Nope.

What's yourname?

Rolanas.

Rolandas?

No, Rolanas, after Romain Rolland.

l'm Emilija.

After a maid who slept with Count Tishkevichius

and gave birth to my illegitimate great great grandfather.

So when're you going to ask me out?

When l have the money, then l will, definitely.

Come on, you're not ready at all...

How much money do you have?

One ruble.

Give it to me.

And what do you think about the new boy?

He's strange.

Arune said he's from Vilnius.

lt would be very interesting to know, why he moved here

And what do you think, Emilija?

What?

l don't know. He's OK.

And what about you?

He is quite nice, l like him.

ln fact - l'm in love.

Does it hurt?

Kvass is coming.

Good guys in good forest Were dnnking a good kvass...

Are you through?

l want kvass ternbly...

Which one is mine?

This one.

So small?

And whose's this one?

lt's mine.

This one is nicer.

Let me trough.

l'm going first...

What kind should l make?

Make a wish.

Drink it faster. l want it too.

Already.

Now, bury it.

Swear on your mother's life, that you'll keep this secret.

l swear.

And if you evertell anyone, something bad will happen.

Yes, you'll get mumps.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Who's there?

lt's me, your neighbour.

What are you doing?

l'm going to sleep.

Do you want me to put some music on?

OK.

Emilija, are you nuts?

Where does this music come from?

l don't know, from the neighbours.

Well, you like it?

l do, l do.

Can you turn it down?

Dog-where dog-is dog-your dog-mom?

Dog-at dog-work.

Dog-what dog-is dog-she dog-doing dog-there?

Dog-she dog-sews.

Dog-maybe dog-it dog-is dog-sister.

Dog who dog is dog there?

Oh, it's the neighbour.

Hello.

Hello.

Dog-hi.

l left my keys at home...

Meaning, can l climb over your balcony?

Well... OK.

Dog-cool...

Dog-is dog-he dog-your dog-neighbour?.

Yep.

Dog-cool...

Dog-have dog-you dog-ever dog-been dog-at dog-his dog-place?

No, l haven't. Stop it.

Why?

Oh, how interesting this is.

What's your name? Mine is lna.

Rolanas.

Rolandas?

No, Rolanas.

After Romain Rolland.

Daddy, may l sit in the front?

Will you get an Aat school, comrade superior?

l will.

Then you're allowed, comrade supenordaughter.

ls a poem in your head?

lt's there.

Emilija!

What is it? Oh, lna...

Good morning!

Good morning, sleepyhead!

Good move... No, that's nonsense...

Oh, hi.

Hi.

Today's my Daddy's birthday.

But it's already over.

Look overthere.

No do-overs... No do-overs!..

That's it, you've lost.

What are you doing?

Go to the shop, you've lost.

Give them to me.

Put the queen to its place!..

Daddy!

l baked an apple pie

and forgot the apples.

l open the oven, take it out and it's a pancake.

What can you do!

What can you do...

ls he your grandson? - Yes.

And mine is overthere.

Rolanas, lock the door.

Ok, grandma, bye.

lt's cold...

l can warm your hands. Do you want me to?

No.

Let me... l'll warm them.

l don't want you to.

Ruta, look!

He's here!

Hi.

Hello.

How's it going?

Good.

Ruta!

l'll get it.

OK.

Why do you memorize poems in such a funny way?

How do you know?

l can hear everything.

l have to. l intend to be an actress!

And l'll be a soccer player or a drummer.

Or l could guard you.

Me? How?

l'd attach a box to you,

and l'd have a similar one attached to me.

And if something happens to you,

l'd know and l'd save you.

Nonsense.

Sense.

And what if l'm far away?

lt would still work.

But if l'm very very far away?

Would still work.

Even around the corner?

Even if you're in anothertown, it would work.

Emilija!

Why don't you invite yourfnend inside?

lt's raining and it's cold.

lt's not cold.

You'll get sick.

ls there no other place fora date, but the balcony?

Mom...

What?

lt's not a date!

And what is it then?

But it's not a date at all.

How's this a date?

l don't know.

You're in check.

Mom, will we have a telephone?

l don't know.

Maybe we will,

then everybody will have telephones.

Good afternoon.

Hi.

The meal perhaps has gotten cool already.

Want to listen?

No.

And why did yourparents get divorced?

And how does divorce work?

l don't know. There is court.

lt's from Germany.

Have you been there?

No, my mom was.

She's an opera singer, she had a concert there.

Where?

At the court?

Oh, no... ln Germany.

ln the court l had to say with whom l preferto live:

Daddy or Mom...

l'll also say ''with Daddy''.

Your parents aren't divorced.

They will be.

Why?

Because.

Then you'll have to leave.

Today a circus on a balcony, and tomorrow maybe you'll steal?

Do you want me to get fired from the militia?

You're shaming us in front of the neighbours.

ls there no room inside and so you climb out here...

What kinds of games are these?

l don't want to see you on the balcony anymore!

But l...

You are completely nuts, Emilija!

And don't make me repeat this!

What were you thinking?

What if you squashed? What would we do then?

l'll put a lock on the balcony...

You won't...

Don't contradict yourfather!

l'm not...

And now l'll get the belt!

Daddy, don't...

All other kids are like kids...

Or maybe he pushed you?

Don't involve neighbours in this.

Maybe he did?

He didn't.

What's going on?

lf you were home more often you'd know.

Don't start again with this nonsense.

Why is it nonsense? Why is everything l say nonsense?

Because it is.

Kids, go to bed!

Move!

Watch where you're going.

Are there at least candles at home?

They have to be in the little drawer.

Which one?

Lowerone.

Hey!

Hey!

l heard everything.

Are you crying?

What?

Crying?

What are you talking about?

l'm asking if you're crying.

Are you?

Not anymore...

The electncity went out in ourflat

and Daddy's putting a lock on the balcony

l know, in ourflat it went out as well.

But l have a lighter.

l can read you a sci-fi book, OK?

OK.

Everyone who has ever lived in this Universe has a shining star.

Every star is a Sun and planets orbit every sun.

So there's almost no doubt, that there's enough room in the sky

for every member of the human family

starting with the very first anthropoid,

creating his own heaven or hell as big as the world...

With lichen and mould overgrown all around

Atime-honoured castle there looms!

lts true high-born rulers now sleep below ground,

Yet Trakai outlasted theirtombs.

While centunes run, its grim ruins grow older,

Deserted and lonely, they gradually moulder.

When overthe castle the wind bursts to moan

The lake lying round climbs its walls:

Awave ndes a wave, and a mouldering stone

Works loose and submissively falls.

Could you quiet down?

The towers keep crumbling and day afterday

So many a heart fill with gloom and dismay.

Old castle!

Long centunes echoed your name!

Great men rose to glory with you!

You saw the Great Vytautas' powerand fame,

His regiments on a review.

Where is now yourmight that was dazzling with glory?

Where is your antiquity lauded in story?

You walls, dark and ruinous, covered with grime...

l don't understand.

What's happening to the electricity?

Maybe the giants of Trakai castle know something about it?

Daddy!

Pardon me.

Hi.

Put the bishop back!

Knight B1-C3.

Bishop F8-B4.

Playing?

Yes.

Good, you're playing.

l'm going shopping, OK?

OK.

Bye bye.

Bye.

Rolanas...

My motherwent shopping.

l'll try to remove the lock.

OK.

Hi.

Hi.

Have you already solved problem 340?

l don't know, l'm not sure...

l don't really understand the problem.

Could you check?

OK.

What's that?

Read it.

Emilija, l want to invite you on a real date tomorrow at 3:30. You pick a place.

Mom!

So what's your answer?.

l'll think about it.

Wait forme at the bus stop, outside of town.

Mom, what kind of soup is this?

Fish soup.

ls it bad?

There's a lot of bones.

Fish don't have real bones, they have fishbones.

That's life, my dear.

This is the tale of the wolf that swallowed...

a fishbone.

Children, Daddy wants to tell you something.

Rimas...

And what does Daddy want to say?

Don't start.

You know. Tell the kids.

To tell what?

lt is you who has started so nicely.

Stop it!

Tell them.

Tell what?

Ashort poem...

Mom is milling, Daddy...

Daddy will live separately for a while.

What happened?

Hit heron the back.

Did it go down the wrong pipe?

What is it, a fishbone?

Come on, cough.

Jesus, a fishbone is stuck.

Cough more...

You see, in those times love was very rare.

One should complain less

and then everone will think you're happy.

But it's even betterfor men, if you nag them...

That's why grandpa looked so contented,

when l commanded him...

Rolanas, you know what...

Today l can't.

What?

Afishbone got stuck in my throat

and now l'm going to the hospital.

l see.

Well, see you later.

Bye.

lf l got married to a man l loved,

perhaps it would have been more interesting.

But l was matched up with Pranas,

we got married and did what we should.

Stop fussing.

Get in the car!

This one's Emilija's.

This one is mine.

And somewhere there're Ruta's and Manja's.

What's this?... Quickly to bed both of you!

Can l read a book for a while?

No books! l'm turning the lights off.

Good night.

Good night.

Rolanas...

Rolanas...

Shall we go?

lt's forthe dogs.

Yes.

Cast:

Written and directed by Giedre Beinonute

Director of photography Audnus Kemezys

Set designer Algirdas Garbaciauskas

Costume designer Jurgita Petrulyte

Composer lndre Stakvile

Sound director Saulius Urbanavicius

Editing director Giedre Beinonute

Producer Jurga Gluskiniene

Trakai castle''translated by Lionginas Pazusis

Translated by Gabija Ramsaite, Dalia Cidzikaite and Chnstopher M.Kahill