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Shall I keep on walking?

Good, turn right now, turn around.

Come to me slowly, to see what it looks like.

I think I'll take a closer shot.

The close up is very cool, and you're looking good.

Now say something, to check the sound level.

Like in the store?

Yes, like in the store, here you go.

1, 2, 3, 4...

Ok, it's very well. You should talk a little louder.

Can we start? Are you ready for it?

Yes, although...

Although what?

Although I don't know what it is going to be like...

I've thought we were done with it at the store...

It's just a completion, I've told you.

And now come towards me and tell me the story about the snails.

What?

But what's the connection with the store and the rest?

It has nothing to do with it...

It has not, but I like it very much.

How you would pick them from the grass.

This is what I told you long ago.

It's not to be shared with the others, on TV...

Come on, Dorina, tell me...

You are disgusting...

That's why you've brought me here?

Things about snails? This is how you call it: a thing?

Thanks, but I don't need it. Neither to tell you.

Dorina, come on, wait. Where are you going?

Dorina, we have something to do.

I didn't know that the thing with the snails was so important for you.

It was only a suggestion... Dorina.

I will stay on this paved way and stay so until your anger goes away.

Dorina, look at me!

See? I'm lying here like an earthworm, look!

I had no idea that you are so fond of that...

If you don't want, we won't even talk about it.

Come on, stand up, you're ridiculous.

But you aren't mad at me, right? Are we friends again?

What on earth do you know about my life?

So you could ask me if I'm mad or not?

How much do you know about me?

And since when are we friends? Have we ever been?

In kindergarten? In the 1st grade?

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Dorina, if I'd known that this story about the snails would upset you...

But it'd have been beneficial for the report, it was the poetical part.

Radu, you are exhausting, you're getting on my nerves.

I shouldn't have accepted it from the very beginning.

Come on, tell me, please, please, please.

Come on, tell me, please, please, please.

When I was a little girl, I loved to collect snails after the storm.

During summer time, at my grandparents, it was always raining.

I'm still going there too, but it doesn't rain like it used to.

It rarely rains.

But then, when I was little, it rained every day.

As far as I remember...

And I always liked to collect snails,

after the rain.

They seemed to be so helpless...

So slow, so lonely...

I thought they were my friends, don't know why.

My sex life

Dad, so early?

Morning...

Good morning, Dad...

I was saying that you woke up early today.

Look who's talking! Look what's there.

Yes, I couldn't get too much sleep.

- Maybe because of the rain too. - Has it rained?

First with thunder and lightning, then slower.

I haven't heard anything.

Andrei woke up at a certain moment, too.

There is no coffee left, you know.

And we also have to buy some sugar, carrots, and potatoes.

When I went to the factory,

your poor mother used to give me a thermos full of coffee.

Now those thermoses aren't being produced anymore.

It was Russian. I can still remember it. Black and white.

- With a stork on it. - I know it. I took it once in a camp.

I would empty it till the factory.

I would have changed three buses

plus a special ride, because it was on the other side of the city.

I would get up at 4 a.m., and be at work at 6 a.m.

Yes, Dad, I know. But after making the subway was easier.

Easier my ass! Had we already moved from Secui street

and the bus station was so far away.

I had colleagues who worked on the subway

a whole fucking story!

Dad, are you going to the market? I'll put down what you have to buy.

What list? Do I look as if I need a list?

Ok, Dad, I'll go.

Be careful, Andrei may wake up.

Don't get him anything to eat until I come back.

Just stay with him, ok Dad?

Hold on, I've heard you. I'll stay with him, ok.

I thought you weren't listening.

You young guys, you haven't got a clue about what we've been through

raising with you the bare minimum.

You were this small when your mother came back with you from maternity.

This small!

And there was nothing to eat in the whole house.

And she tidied up, went to the market. Because I didn't know a thing.

- Did I know how to cook? - No, Dad, you didn't.

I knew that I had to bring food home, to have supplies!

But there was nothing to buy! Now there's everything.

Dad, where is that brown bag?

The brown bag?

I'm talking about that brown bag with pockets in which you bring apples.

That brown bag?

It's out of order, dear.

But the little light is on...

Maricica, the light doesn't matter. The elevator should work.

Wait and see what I'm going to do that one.

I bet he's in his cabin. Smoking and drinking coffee.

That scumbag!

Morning, neighbor!

Going to work?

No, to the market.

To the market? Don't forget to pay the utilities!

- Today is the last day. - I'll tell my father.

I already told your dad twice.

But he didn't hear me.

If you don't have money, at least pay for the warm water and heat.

- Otherwise we will get penalties. - Ok!

I'll be here until 8 p.m. After that I'll put you on the bad list.

Don't say I didn't warn you! I'm sorry!

Oh, good afternoon!

Good afternoon? Come on, mister, why are you even paid?

When will the elevator work? On Thursday? Or when?

My dog needs to pee every day.

Come, Bijou. I'm begging you, fix it!

It's not possible, walking my dog on the stairs.

He's going to pee on me someday.

Well, you went shopping, Dorina.

Yes, I did.

When I was young, I used to do the same, too.

She's got enough money to go shopping.

But she didn't pay the utilities.

- Do you know where she works? - No idea.

- In a sex shop. - Unbelievable, who told you that?

- I have my sources. - I can't believe it.

It's expensive to have a wedding. The guests are drunk, it's complicated.

Anyway, I didn't say a word! If only your mother was still alive to see you.

Dorina, are you listening to me? Or am I talking in vain?

I'm listening, dad, but it's not the first time you're telling me this.

Give me that onion.

Whatever, but that employer of yours... The government who gave its approval

and all those guys in the Senate...

The clients who enter the store...

If only I had the power...

Dad, do you want me to quit my job and live with all 3 of us from your pension?

God forbid! And even if I wanted to, it would still not be enough.

Dad, I have a job. You are retired. Why would you be ashamed?

It's not the best job in the world, but why would you be ashamed?

How could I not be? I can't tell anyone what you're working on.

Dad, I do some honest work. I work and I'm paid for it.

I'm not a prostitute, I don't steal, I don't kill.

But it's exactly as if you were, right?

It's as if you were prostituting yourself you would steal and cheat.

From whom, Dad, whom?

From the honest people of this country!

From those who don't have anything to put on the table.

And even from me!

This is why those kids died at the Revolution in 1998?

For you to mock it!

Some people slip, but not every day.

So, are we going out?

Come on, girl, let's go on a walk, listen to the birds, laugh.

I don't know, I'd like to stay with Andrei.

He's grown up and now he's so funny.

How old is he?

One year and a half, but he look older.

He's a big boy now. Your father can stay with him, he's retired.

We'll see.

Or you can bring Andrei and put him in a pram and that's it.

We'll see, there's plenty of time until Sunday.

Yeah, you're right. I have to go. Kisses, bye, take care!

Fuck, I've completely forgot. Aurelian told me to call him.

He wants to tell you something.

- I'll call him. - Now, he said it's important!

- I'll call him! - Ok.

Why didn't he call me directly?

I don't know, you know how Aurelian is.

I think his wife is always nagging him and he executes.

- Call him, ok? - I will!

Kisses! Do you want me to stay with you until Marcel arrives?

No.

- Are you sure? - Yeah!

- Ok, bye! - Bye!

What the fuck? Is he insane?

- What night shift? - From 8 p.m. until 6 a.m.

What? Who the heck buys sex dolls at 4 a.m.?

What the fuck...

You can do whatever, but that's what Aurelian said.

Until 6 a.m.

Who buys this shit during the night?

Screw it, what the fuck!

He's going to become bankrupt!

I can't believe it.

You get to work in a sex-shop by chance or

because you don't have a choice.

And you tell yourself that it will be a temporary job.

That you'll find something else soon

and it's still a job and you shouldn't be ashamed.

What is it? What?

You look familiar.

So, single? One child. Do you have a child?

Yes, I have a little boy.

- And how old is he? - A year and a half.

Congratulations. And why are you unmarried?

We're about to get married. The boy's father works abroad.

How long?

- For a year and a half... two. - Aha, two.

Highschool, two years of university. And you quit?

- Only for the moment. - May I ask you why?

My mother died and my father became ill.

- And now you live with him? - Yes.

- Is he retired or still working? - Recently retired because of his illness.

I see...

I'll be damned if this isn't a customer!

Good evening!

- Good evening, I saw it was nonstop... - It is, please come in...

- We have fresh stuff for you! - Good evening!

My name is Dorina and this is Marcel.

Who would you like to talk to?

With you.

Come in, please.

Are you looking for something or? You just wanna look around?

- No, no, nothing special... - Come in, please!

Look around.

Come in, come in.

Hey, give it to me!

Take it, man.

Long life! You're such a boss!

You're overwhelming me, but I'm just an ordinary sales person.

I have an ordinary life, not to mention a child.

Got it! Do you love your husband?

I don't have one, I had, he's abroad.

- So I still have a chance? - What chance?

I'm ready to wait. I'm sure you're the right person for me.

- Can I have a glass of water? - Of course.

- I can get it. - No, you take care of the gentleman.

Yes...

I went outside for a smoke. The manager doesn't usually let us.

He's afraid we could start a fire.

He's cautious.

It's bad for your health too.

- Have you ever smoked? - No!

I've never had this vice.

Here's your water.

Good bye, have a nice time and come back!

Good bye!

What a strange fellow. When I see these perverts I wanna kill them.

- What did they do to you? - What do you mean?

They drive me crazy. Have you seen this one?

Who knows what's in their heart?

We can't judge them on a first look.

Those guys? Who come at 2 a.m. to buy porno tapes?

Can you imagine what he's thinking if he didn't resist until morning?

I'm surprised he didn't get himself a toy also.

If I think about it,

they should prefer a man to serve them, not a woman.

A woman like you would be embarrassed.

Why would I?

Not you, him!

These types of men prefer to chat with a guy about this stuff.

Maybe he would find me appealing.

- Don't you think? - And not me?

Absolutely not. They care about the women like I care about the weather.

I don't care if it rains or snows.

- Or if it's sunny... - Do you wanna talk about the weather?

No, sorry, I don't wanna talk about anything.

Anyway, one customer per night is not enough. Aurelian is a scumbag!

He and his stupid ideas.

Marcel!

- Yes! - Is it you?

Yes, me, who else?

Why aren't you sleeping?

I slept for a while.

How much can I sleep?

You wanna get up?

No, I'll just stay like this.

- If you wanna get up, just tell me, ok? - Yeah, yeah.

Did you bring me anything good?

Mom, you're not allowed to eat sweets!

Not sweets, maybe some tomatoes.

I'll get you some, but not right now.

Why not now?

You want them right now? I just came from work.

If you're tired, forget it. I was just craving tomatoes.

Why did you get out of bed?

I wanted to do it by myself.

If you had told me last night now I would've brought tomatoes.

I would like some tomatoes.

I haven't eaten in a while.

Damn those tomatoes, I'll buy you some.

- I've just come home from work. - If you're tired just go to sleep.

I'll go, don't worry, I'll stay a bit longer.

What are you doing? Are you smoking?

No, mom!

I told you not to smoke anymore!

But I'm not, I'm having a beer!

Your father died because of cigarettes.

I don't want you to die too.

I won't die, mom.

Are you sure you're not smoking?

No, mom, I'm not smoking.

But I can smell cigarettes.

It's from the neighbors, mom.

- You're not smoking, aren't you? - No, I'm not.

You're lying!

And why aren't you telling him?

Are you crazy? Do you want him to start yelling?

If he doesn't have an initiative, what should I do?

He'll end up saying I got the idea from there.

Get what idea and where?

I don't know, girl! Perversities, stuff, things.

You know that if a man is determined to do something

he'll do it eventually.

Well, you'll just be fine.

We will, yeah...

The problem is I'm also pregnant...

Really? Congratulation!

Well, you should have said so from the start!

Is it a boy or a girl?

I don't know, I haven't been to the doctor yet.

I'm just 1-2 months old.

And we're staying here drinking lemonade? Let's celebrate!

I didn't think I'll see the day to see you as a mother!

Don't shout!

It's not much of a celebration. Adi, for instance, doesn't know yet.

Why?

Well, I don't know how he's going to react.

What he'll say.

I don't know.

Do you even want the baby or not?

I don't know...

Did you want yours?

Yes, I did.

And...him?

He didn't.

And why did you keep the baby?

I do wonder sometimes...

I worked in the sales sector.

Public Relation, Direct Sales.

- Which department, please? - Toys and accessories.

- Teddy bears, dolls, cars? - Yes!

Really? I feel like you're lying.

- Did you really sell those? - Yes!

A few shots without moving the camera.

Alright, but I'll be numb and it won't look good.

C'mon, leave it running and we'll see at the editing.

Fuck, it's uncomfortable.

It was better with the stand and the setting looked neater.

Man, I asked you something. Is it that hard to stay still for 1 minute?

Just a minute. Room tone.

Doesn't matter, we'll put music or voice-over.

Hey, what are you doing?

Are you out of your mind?

Wait, I'm a bit busy, wait a sec I've got something to do.

What's up, man?

Forgive me for a second, aren't you Dorina?

- Dorina If... - Ifrim!

Ifrim, exactly! What a memory I have!

When you were younger weren't you passionate about snails?

- You played with them... - What snails?

Well, it doesn't matter. I'm Radu, Radu Cocisi.

Don't you remember me? We went to the same kindergarten.

Then 1-4 grades.

Our schoolmaster was Mrs. Lucica.

Don't you remember, we stayed at the same table.

I don't know what to say, vaguely, maybe.

We stayed at the same desk just in the 1st grade.

Then we were moved to stay only boys with boys, girls with girls.

Cornel, Alexandrina, don't you remember?

Boy, did years pass or what? But I have a good memory.

How are you?

I'm fine.

- What did you say your name is? - Radu Cocisi, for fuck's sake!

- Don't you remember? - What are you doing there, Radu?

Wait 1 minute, for God's sake!

- But we're at work! - Just one minute, please!

I'm tired of their moods.

What are you working at? Maybe we'll see each other for a drink?

- I work. - Where do you work? If it's not a secret.

I'm a cameraman, director of photography, you may say.

I work in a sex shop.

Super, super cool.

And where exactly do you work?

Yes, it's close, on Magheru, in a gangway.

Very interesting, where all those travesties rumble around in that area...

It's a job like any other job.

I sell some stuff, I get paid for it, I keep the books.

C'mon, Radu, what the hell?

Well, I can't stay anymore.

Then, maybe I'll drop by the shop one day, ok?

Kisses. I'm Radu Cocisi, right?

It was really nice to see you.

Bye then, kisses. We'll be in touch.

Give me a break, I said a minute.

And I tell them that it's a job almost like any other job.

That I have a norm, a plan to achieve.

But they think exactly the opposite. And I have a hectic existence.

That I'm experienced,

I'm special, that my sex life...

Man, if it were... if it were...

1 a.m. or 2 a.m., but 6 a.m.?!

What was he thinking about?

He thought he'd make everybody crazy!

I know, Marcel, I know, you've said it before...

It's almost like a... chorus line with you...

Hey, the Spanish have such a busy night life.

They fuck a lot and have dark circles under their eyes.

But in Romania...

In Romania they kept sleeping.

even at the Revolution they slept.

No shit! We really have nothing else to do!

Tell me, what did you do at the Revolution?

I don't know, Marcel. I stayed in the house, sleeping.

You see? Exactly what I was saying!

I was five years old, Marcel! What should I've done?

I don't know.

What exactly did you do, may I ask?

What I did, I was there!

Where exactly? You were 12-13 years old.

14!

You say your parents let you leave the house at 14?

They didn't let me... But I alone decided to go.

Did you go alone? And where did you go alone at night?

I was in the neighborhood...

But you should know that it was dangerous...

One of them even slapped me and sent me home...

Slapped you...

Yeah, I still remember that!

But Marcel, you suffered... You were a martyr!

Weren't you on TV for this reason? Did they give you an award?

Can you imagine? Esteemed audience, a slap given to a kid,

it will become a trauma. What about the consequences?

To hell with you!

Nobody can say a thing without you mocking them!

That slap really hurt me!

Forgive me, Marcel, I was joking.

It was a joke.

Forgive me, please...

This is nothing to joke about.

What are you doing? Aren't you sleeping?

I was watching TV...

I asked you not to smoke in the living room.

Only on the terrace.

I only smoked a few cigarettes.

A few? The ashtray is full.

Let's go to bed, I think it's past 3 a.m.

I'm staying a bit longer.

And anyway, I think I'll go out.

Go out? Where could you go at this hour?

I'll go to that new shop to see how things are going.

Yeah, right! Alex told me something...

- You have night shifts now. - Now the shop closes at 6 a.m.

6 a.m.? You dumb?

You think so?

I think it's a pretty good idea.

There are many shops open at this hour, gas stations, and restaurants.

Why not a sex shop?

The first non-stop sex-shop in Bucharest!

And why don't you tell me?

Why do I have to find out from others? Since when do you do what you want?

Why are you being so aggressive?

I wanted to tell you but I didn't get the chance.

And anyway you said you don't care about this stuff.

I beg your pardon?

- You said so! - You didn't have time, did you?

Carmen, why are you reacting like this?

- I wanted to tell you, but... - But what?

What stopped you?

And I can't understand how this goes.

But where was I? Was I sleeping?

Carmen, it's just a figure of speech...

We'll talk about it in the morning.

C'mon, really, you know now.

Why are you upset?

Kisses, bye!

Don't you put that stupid hat on, you look stupid.

You think so?

Ok...

Kisses, bye!

I'm bored to death and very sleepy. Aren't you?

Yes, a little.

Look, we should ask him, you know...

For a night bonus or something.

It was better before.

It ended at 12 p.m., you went home, watched some TV, and ate something.

Drank a beer!

Boy, I feel like screaming! I'm so angry!

- Come in people, it's open! - Shut up, Marcel!

- It's nonstop, come and buy! - Shut up!

- Come in! - It's open!

What's the problem? I can be a boss too!

A flower shop boss! But not with roses or other weeds!

No!

Listen up, we're going to outsell!

We sell snowdrops!

Snowdrops?

Yes, yes! What a brilliant idea to sell snowdrops in the summer!

During summer, yeah...

Yes, as some sell strawberries and grapes in the winter.

We'll sell snowdrops in the summer!

Snowdrops, lily-of-the-valley.

Spring crocuses!

Snowdrops, lily-of-the-valley, spring crocuses!

- You're kinda crazy. - Why?

You think the snowdrops grow in greenhouses or you import them?

Yeah, this is not my business. It's their job to grow them.

You're talking nonsense, Marcel!

I'm not! This is only the beginning!

What others got and I haven't? What couldn't I become a boss?

Maybe because you haven't got money, you see?

You don't have money, ambition, brain and relations.

- Good evening, Aurelian... - Good evening.

You're working here as a bodyguard because I don't wanna let her alone.

And you begged me to hire you, right?

We've got some bills...

Right, because I have an ill mother...

Right and your father is kind of dead.

He isn't ''kind of dead''. He died. Period.

That's what I've said.

No, you said ''he's kind of dead'', which is a kind of mockery.

And I won't allow it!

- You won't allow it, huh? - The sales went better tonight.

A customer has just left the shop. It begins to move.

Excuse me, Dorina, I wasn't talking to you.

No, but I thought that if you turned up at midnight you wanna know how business is.

I know how it's going on, I'm not dumb. What are you doing?

- Save this beggar's ass? - But she didn't...

This one who was screaming in front of the shop?

What beggar? Fuck you, boss!

You think that if you're paying me a shitty salary you can do whatever?

- Yes. - Yes?

Well, wrong, no!

I'm not your beggar and you're only my boss. Leave me alone!

Only the boss got it?

And you've got to respect me as an employee!

You may no longer be my boss if I sue you!

Yeah, I dare you!

- Please, we're all exhausted. - Please shut up!

- We can't work like this... - Shut up!

You are being childish, both of you.

The business started to move on.

Look, I was just talking to Marcel that these night shifts are amazing!

C'mon, why are you lying?

Why are you lying? We just had a chat

about how bad it is, how stupid it is!

Look, I quit, I'm leaving. I can't stand all his shit!

Interesting, just go on...

C'mon, that's why I came, to hear your opinion.

- If you ever call me a beggar again... - It's true, Aurelian...

- C'mon, screw it, no, Aurelian! - It's true!

I was sure...

And I appreciate that you admit it.

But what exactly did you talk about?

Let's see what's going on.

Look, Manu, a night sex-shop!

It's non-stop, see?

Yes, so?

So what does it matter?

Well, it wasn't before.

I'm positive.

When you no sooner pay attention, then you're grabbed!

You're talking nonsense. Who grabbed who?

Never mind, it's not your business anyway.

What did you say?

C'mon, since when are you so smart?

I'm not, but I've got some activity in my head.

That's why you are so smart.

Bro, give me a cigarette, please!

Not again, man. Every night? Every single night?

C'mon, if I had money, I wouldn't ask you for one.

Don't be a scumbag, just give me one.

- Thanks... - Just take it.

- Bless you! - Light?

Fuck your light.

Hey!

- Is it open? - Yes, come in.

Hello!

- Good evening, can we come in? - Yes, of course.

Let's go inside, Manu!

It's crowded. Are you all shop assistants or just friends?

All, all. Smoking is not allowed in this shop, you know.

Customers are allowed.

It's okay then, everyone is happy. I think your boss is...

My friend, I can tell by your face that you're the biggest slick in here right?

- I wanna tell you something. - I'm listening.

Manu, come over here.

- Why? - So I can introduce you to the sir.

She is Manu.

- Manu. - Aurelian, pleased to meet you.

Aurelian? Excuse me for being so frank, but you have a stupid name.

A man should have a short name. For example, I'm Gelu.

- Got it? - Yeah, and I'm Aurelian.

- Are you upset because I said this? - No, no, it's ok.

Good, look what I want.

Me and Manu we want to try something extreme, get it?

- Can you help us? - Yes, it depends what you want.

- I don't like this guy, he's weak. - Please don't interrupt us.

What?

Those first days, after I started work,

I had this urge to laugh at everything.

Everything seemed very incredible, funny and unreal!

Sorry, we don't have that.

What fucking sex-shop is this?

- I wonder how your boss keeps you. - I'm the owner.

- Really? - Yes.

- And you don't have... - No.

Are you making fun of me?

- I don't like mockeries. - Neither do I.

Wow, you're having so much fun over here!

- Marcel! - Gelu, I want to go now.

- Marcel! - We're not going anywhere.

I'm sure this is only some misunderstanding that we can try to fix.

- Are you sure? - Very sure.

- Aurelian, may I? - What?

What are you doing? Taking the client out? What is this?

- I want to leave now! - We're not going anywhere.

- Gelu, I wanna go! - No, we're not.

C'mon, what are you doing? Are you out of your mind?

I just wanted to have a little fun and you?

What have you done, you crazy fucks?

I've never wanted to hurt you. But you're nuts!

- Leave the knife down... - No one will show you the door.

The gentleman wanted something, and the boss said it's not possible.

- Why don't you tell me your wish? - Dorina!

Leave her alone. If the woman wants to know, let's tell her.

No problem.

- We can do this. - Dorina.

- You're an idiot. - But I didn't want to...

How could you bring a knife in a shop?

It's a criminal case. What if he calls the police or has a gun and shoots you?

- What gun? We're in Romania, not America. - You're stupid, that's it.

- I didn't want this to happen. - You're just stupid.

- Hey, you! - What?

- Go back! - Go fuck you with that knife!

- Beat it! - You think you're slick, huh?

- Beat it! - Go fuck yourself!

- Manu, where are you going? Wait! - Fuck you, motherfucker!

I don't wanna wait!

Hello, is anyone here? Roger, roger.

Reception.

Tell me what did he tell you?

He had a wet dream.

Thanks, you puzzled me as usual, Dorina.

I asked you what exactly!

And how that asshole, Aurelian, vanished in thin air.

He was running like a rabbit.

He's not as stupid or idiot as you think he is.

Wait a minute, you're on his side?

- On Aurelian's side? - He's a human like us.

It's got so late...

Or so soon...

We sit here without even knowing what happens outside.

I go crazy inside. we never see the light from here.

But it's still night.

Yeah, Marcel, but even during the day we can't see shit!

It's the same every hour.

It's night all the time.

Every time it's night.

- Good morning! - Good morning!

Miss Madalina, right? I'm Adi, Angela's friend.

Oh, you're Adi. And what are you doing here?

I was waiting for you. I knew you're leaving work at six.

Why didn't you come into the store?

Well, Angela told me this is your route.

Ok... but why were you waiting for me?

Can I walk with you to the bus station?

- I wanted to meet you for a long time! - Why don't you call me by my name?

Oh, sorry...

- I know that you have a kid and... - And what?

- What if I have a kid? - Well, I don't have one.

- It's easy to make one, harder to grow. - Especially if you're a single parent.

Adi, I'm in a rush, do you wanna tell me something or not?

I only wanted to meet you... and tell you something.

Tell me.

- You know, Angela is pregnant. - Yeah, she also told me this Sunday.

- She told you? - Yeah, congrats! It's a big thing!

Well, that's the thing, I don't know if it's mine.

- What? - Don't get me wrong, I care about her.

But I'm not sure because she has this job...

If you're not sure, just take a test. But why aren't you speaking with her?

I just wanted advice. I know your kid is a bastard and...

What were you thinking?

Shame on you! What were you thinking?

You're just a dumb hypocrite! This girl needs you!

And my kid has a father.

His father!

No one dreams about working in a sex shop.

No one thinks they're going to end there.

All the kids want to become doctors, actors, engineers.

- How's going? - Look!

- Here we have... - We have nothing!

- I don't know what you're working on. - What do you mean?

I'll give you money, just do something!

Nice to meet you! I'll tell Dorina about you.

- Same here, see you around! - Bye!

Adi, don't be a scumbag, I'm Dorina's friend!

What?

It's not my friend, I've just met him. I don't remember him.

Angela, you don't have to blame it on me.

Adi is not trustworthy.

He waited for me after work to tell me some nonsense.

Want me to come earlier?

I have a kid with a program, I can't come like this.

Call Aurelian, he'll understand.

No, please, I can't.

Trouble at work?

Why are you like this with me?

But what have I said? Now you're getting on my nerves.

Who's the boss in this house? Me or you?

- Haven't you bought milk? - What milk?

I've told you to buy some milk for Andrei.

I forgot. Plus, the elevator is broken.

I'll get some.

And then I wanna sleep. I might leave a little earlier.

This boss of yours fucks with you however he wants!

No one fucks me, dad! But if you like this saying...

Don't get on my nerves, I made you, I'll kill you!

Look where we got!

- Good evening! - Good evening.

Didn't know it was you. I can't see anything through these windows.

- Neither the other way around. - Yes, they're matte.

Thank you, I haven't received flowers in a long time.

Can I come in?

Of course!

- Miss Dorina! - Yes.

If we're alone in here, I would like to say that I love you!

Thank you!

I haven't slept all night and I'm ok with you having a child!

I don't know what you're talking about.

You said you're single with a child!

And I thought about it and it's ok for me!

It's super cool that you have a child!

You see, I'm a very delicate person with a high sense for art, but...

I don't think I'm fertile.

What?

I will be the best husband ever!

I have enough money to take care of you and I will love your child like it's mine!

- Wait a minute... - Yes...

Wait...

You went far with this.

Very far.

Far, far away!

I never said I'm going to marry you

and for the moment I never thought about it!

Thank you for saying ''for the moment''.

I'll wait.

I'll wait.

This is not a waiting room. This is a shop after all!

Clients can come at any moment, not to mention the boss, please!

- Mr. Nastase, what are you doing? - I'm crying!

That's not what a man does when a woman says no.

- No? - No.

- But how? - When a man is rejected, he...

He stays with his head up and doesn't show her he suffers.

- But I'm in pain! - Aren't we all?

But men need to stay men!

Women need time to fall in love.

That means there's still hope.

Sure, all women take their guard down if men remain men.

- Be a man, Mr. Nastase! - Got it!

Good job!

Remain calm, you got this!

That's how you get a woman! Not crying.

Think about what I told you and go home!

No, I don't want to!

- Then go to the park! - No!

- Watch TV, read a book! - No!

You can also come tomorrow!

- I'm going to be here. - You promise?

I promise.

And you'll wait for me?

- Yes, I'll wait for you. - Thank you!

Miss Dorina, can I kiss your hand?

Thank you!

You made me a happier man!

I'm a happy man!

I'm so happy!

I'm so damn happy!

Sorry for being late!

I didn't wanted to come, but I couldn't leave you alone.

Aurelian got on my nerves last night!

And officially I'm not working here anymore,

but I thought to come in and say hi.

Why do you look sad? Has something happened?

No, nothing happened.

Only that pervert from yesterday.

That pervert brought me flowers and asked me to marry him.

- What? - Yeah, exactly.

Look, the flowers are there.

You thought I bought them myself? No!

Flowers are for dead people and old ladies!

I wasn't talking about you, but look at that flower bouquet!

Yeah, he didn't bring me snowdrops in the summer like others.

- Stop mocking me, it was a great idea! - I'm not mocking you, I'm just tired.

Sometimes I'm so tired that I think about accepting.

- What? - I don't know, anything!

To marry that guy for example.

What if I told you to marry me?

You?

Yeah, me!

I dare you!

- Here and now? - Yeah!

What importance does it have?

- Dorina, do you want to marry me? - Marcel, are you nuts?

Marcel, I was joking.

I'm... sorry.

We're workmates, not lovers.

Well...

Workmates can also marry and fall in love!

And I'm not your work mate, I was fired!

You weren't fired, Aurelian likes to mock you.

He seems a scumbag, but he's a good guy.

How do you know this?

Have you been friends? Did he tell you these?

Have you been at his place? He's just a jerk.

Even his business is a mess!

A decent man wouldn't have open a sex shop.

He should've open a bakery or a milk factory!

- That's what my dad said... - Aurelian is a weed!

Ok, Marcel, he's whatever you want him to be, but please stop!

Ok, I'll stop.

If you say so.

Forget it...

Good evening!

- Good evening! - How's it going?

So and so.

Are you still working here? Haven't you resigned?

I'm on my free time!

Go spend your free time elsewhere!

- I'll walk when I want, ok? - Marcel didn't want to mock you!

He was thinking about this business and how there are no sales during the night.

It will get better after people will be aware that we are nonstop.

You'll see!

What are those?

What's that?

Some flowers.

I can see that.

Did you buy them?

Or you?

- Who brought them? - A client.

Clients bring flowers?

Nice!

It means they love the shop if they bring flowers!

Flowers in a sex shop!

Interesting.

Maybe we should hang some flowers here or outside!

Flowers would make this the shop feels like home, right?

Marcel?

- It could be a good business! - Again, Marcel?

Yeah, but not usual flowers!

What about flowers off season sold off season?

- Marcel! - No, let him finish!

Look, it's my idea, I'm just telling you, I'm not selling you this idea!

For example: snowdrops!

Hyacinths, axes, winter flowers!

To be sold during summer, got it?

No one expects to find snowdrops in the summer, right?

- Yeah, it would be, but it's stupid. - Why?

Because during summer you can find whatever flowers you want!

I buy snowdrops in the winter because they announce a new season.

What purpose do the snowdrops have during summer?

- Those are just some damn flowers! - But flowers without a story can't sell!

- What story do these toys have? - Well, they have one!

They hint for the public's fantasies, to a target public.

They work with your subconscious.

They take your fantasies to the next level, they open some possibilities.

And snowdrops can't?

You'll see, you scumbags!

Why are you like this?

What did I said?

Snowdrops sold during summer...

Pay attention to the road!

- What have you said? - Watch where you walk!

Go away or I'll smack your butt!

Hey...

You dumbass!

Who gave you the flowers after all?

From a client, I've told you.

Ok, so it's a client.

Ok, but which one?

A regular client.

A client who today asked me to marry him.

And what did you say?

That's what I'm going to think about.

- He knows that... - He knows it all.

All?

That I'm single with a child.

- Quite hard, isn't it? - Not at all.

- It was never hard. - Why are you saying this?

I try to be nice with you and protect you and that's how you treat me?

You don't let me help you with anything.

You know this hurts me.

- The kid is ok? - It's not your business.

How couldn't I? It's my child!

The father is the one who raises that child!

Not the one who slept once with a woman!

It wasn't just once...

Are you a scumbag?

You're here to mock me that I was once in love with you?

When I just took your part in the fight with Marcel

Saying that you're a good man.

Are you defending me against this scumbag?

Fuck him and his snowdrops!

I don't need you to defend me!

- He's a no one! - Aurelian, I'm sick of this!

- Do you want to tell me something new? - Yeah, I wanted to know how the kid is.

The kid is fine, we both are.

- You don't wanna talk? - What should we talk about?

- About what? - About what?

I answered your question, now leave me alone.

You seemed tired, want to switch to the day shift?

No.

I'm fine like this.

I have all the day free, I can stay with Andrei.

For you...

I did it.

What?

- What? - I made this night shift for you.

Really!

You think I don't know how bad is for the business.

For me? The night shift?

Why?

That's how I can give you a bigger pay.

A night pay at least, if you don't accept.

And it's also legal, so...

If you say so...

I quit.

I'll look for another job.

Sorry, but are you insane?

Where could you find another job? That fast and paid well?

Will you live from your father's remuneration?

And the kid too?

He's the first who will suffer. I don't want this to happen.

What don't you want?

Say it one more time! What don't you want?

Don't scream! I don't want the kid to suffer. I did this for him.

- I was thinking about him and you. - Get out!

- Doina! - Get out!

- I just want to... - Get out now!

- Winter flowers, do you get it? - Yeah.

No, no carnations, only winter flowers.

- Iris too? - No, no iris, only winter flowers.

Lily-on-the-valley?

Yeah, yeah!

- Hey! - Yeah!

But correct is lily-of-the-valley!

I like it very much! And check this out.

I'd go for it.

Because I know forests, I know places.

Man, you didn't get me right.

I know places, forests...

- It's summer! - Violets!

Violets, but in the summer!

I care about you and I've come here as a man...

A man?

A man, you mean?

When did you become a man, Aurelian?

Where were you all these years... man?

Where did you hide... man?

I was here, Dorina. Here, by your side.

Aurelian, you want me to throw these flowers in your head?

You want me to throw the1m at the window? To cry?

When did you stay by my side, Aurelian? When?

When you wanted to pay for my abortion?

When you begged me not to tell your wife?

When you didn't show up at the hospital...

At least to bring me some fucking snowdrops.

If you can remember.

I gave birth in the spring.

On 4th of March.

4th of March. Does it ring a bell?

I know I was a coward, but I do everything I can.

You see that I'm trying, even with this night shift.

Forget about that damn shift!

It's not about it, Aurelian!

I mean it could be something.

It's fucking cool!

Fucking cool!

I just say it's an idea, alright?

The best idea I've ever heard!

Exceptional. We'll be rich!

Very rich!

Come on, calm down, please! Good evening?

Dad, has something happened?

Dad, I'm talking to you! Where's Andrei?

- So this is where you're working. - Dad, listen to me!

- By taxi. - Dad, you don't have taxi money!

- Dad, what has got into you? - Andrei is fine, he's sleeping.

He's sleeping, but with who?

- Is this gentleman a client? - Dad, please answer me!

Relax! Our neighbor on the 6th floor is watching him!

- Really? - Who's the gentleman?

- The owner of the shop, dad. - Oh, nice to meet you!

I'm Costache Ifrim, Dorina's father.

Aurelian, pleased to meet you.

- I want to tell you something... - Dad, please...

Forget it girl, I'm happy to meet him!

For a long time I wanted to see where do you work!

Go home, what have we talked about today?

We talked about how it can't go on like this! You're embarrassing me!

Everything in here it's a shame, especially for you, mister!

Because you're involved in such things!

- '-May I ask why? - No! People like you mock this country!

She doesn't steal, she's not a prostitute.

She's got a child, but the father of him promised her to marry her someday!

Now he's abroad, when he comes back she will no longer work with you!

Aurelian is not interested in my life, what are you doing?

- What I should have done a long time ago! - I'm interested, why shouldn't I?

- See? He's interested! - So the father promised to marry her?

- Yeah, he said so! - Very interesting!

May God keep me alive until then...

Please go, Aurelian. Let me speak with my father!

Maybe I'll hang around until the father shows up!

- My daughter will no longer work for you! - Father, please!

- No, absolutely not! - And what will she do?

Didn't you hear me? Do I have to repeat?

The child's father will take care of her!

- The child's father... - Aurelian, don't you dare!

Don't you dare! Please leave!

- Good evening! - Good evening!

What a crowd! These clients are restless!

Marcel, have you been drinking?

Me? Drinking during my work hours of the job I've lost?

No, I went for a walk.

And he is my friend named...

What's your name?

- Who asked what I was doing? - What's your name?

Grigore! Mister Grigore, alright?

- I have nothing to complain about. - Marcel, you're drunk!

You're drunk! And I have nothing to tell you!

- I'm no longer your client! - We're business men!

- Get out now! - What did you say?

- What did you say? - Please, Mister!

- Miss! - I'm disgusted with everything!

- Dorina, let's go! - Dad, please, go home!

- We go together! - Are you Dorina's father?

It's good to have a father!

- Mine ''kinda'' died! - Marcel!

It's not nice to talk like this about a parent who raised you!

- What's fair is fair! - Shut up!

- I wasn't saying that, he is! - Marcel!

If you're still here,

I would like to ask you for the blessing of marrying your daughter!

Bravo!

- Dorina, who's this man? - A workmate.

A workmate but from today I'm Dorina's husband!

- You're talking nonsense! - Leave me alone!

Take your hands off me!

Dorina, is he the father of your child?

Yes, I'm the child's father!

Mr... Aurelian, Dad, what's wrong with all of you? Stop it!

Everybody go to their house, please!

- But I don't have a home, miss! - Shut up, man!

Dorina, so this is how your child's father looks like!

Thank God your poor mother is not here to see how awful you are!

Let my mother out of this!

You tortured her enough when she was alive with your ego!

Now you know how to say ''your poor mother''.

But you didn't cherished her while she was alive.

''Your poor mother!''

If this is as the lady says.

it sucks...

Shut up, man, you don't understand!

Mr. Ifrim, I'll take you home, I have a car.

What's it to you, Aurelian? Since when you're so helpful?

You're such a kind man! You have such a warm heart!

Forgive me, dad, but you have started it all with your inspection.

- Let me walk you home! - I don't want to!

I'm going alone!

- Let me out! - Ok...

Come, and now everyone can go to their home.

But I have no home, lady!

Shut up, mate!

I was right! This is not an honest job!

Ceauşescu wouldn't have allowed something like this!

You're mocking this country!

And you Dorina, from now on, you're not my daughter anymore!

You can take your man and go wherever you want to!

I don't care about this anymore!

Dad, stop it with these speeches!

How can I not be your daughter?

Forgive me if I upset you! I didn't want all this to happen!

- And he was just joking! - What kind of joke is this?

He isn't the child's father. Me and Marcel we're just workmates.

Well done, Marcel, dad really believes in you.

I wasn't joking, I really asked your hand in marriage!

- Really? - Shut up!

Ok, Marcel, then I was joking too.

I was exhausted, I was thinking about other stuff.

Forgive me, please!

You shouldn't joke about something like that!

I was really serious when I asked you to marry me!

- I did a proper asking! - Correct!

So this is where the flowers are from! You both lied to me!

- What flowers? - Aurelian, you're driving me crazy!

I told you they aren't from him. Nobody lied about them!

- From that idiot! - Somebody asked me to marry him!

- But it wasn't Marcel! - What do you mean?

I mean Marcel did it too, but I thought Marcel was joking.

- I was just joking! - Well I wasn't!

- But you've thought? - You know what, stop it!

- Dorina, what's going on here? - I don't know father, I swear!

You all want something from me, but I can't answer you all!

And now leave me alone, please, this is it, go home!

But I already told you, I don't have a home!

- Shut the fuck up! - I should shut up?

I won't leave until I find out if he's the father of the child or not!

I'm the father of the child!

You're lying! This is not true, please, Dorina!

- Tell him he's lying! - Mr. Ifrim, I'm the father of the child!

- Dorina, who's the child's father? - I'm the father!

- Dorina, I'm the father! - Shut up!

Mr. Ifrim, wait a second!

I'm the father of the child!

Usually in a sex shop it's more quiet than in a grocery store.

Or even a park.

It's weeks, months in a row when nothing happens.

And hardly anyone enters the shop.

Hey, girl, do you know this shop is vacant?

- What do you mean empty? - Empty, do you want me to spell it?

- Look for yourself! - Maybe you haven't looked carefully!

Maybe I need glasses or I'm dreaming!

It's my problem if it's true!

Aurelian, excuse me, but it's also my problem!

I really care about this girl and today I asked her to marry me!

I wanna know, not that it'd change anything about Dorina!

Who is an amazing woman, but I wanna know!

What do you want me to tell you?

If you didn't understand, it's ok.

- I want to hear it! - You want me to say yes?

Yes! There, it's true! Yes, yes!

Yes! Are you happy now?

Aurelian, hold on a second, man!

I'm not going in!

Manu!

Manu!

Manu, don't be like this!

- But why, Aurelian? Why? - Why what? You're driving me crazy!

What should I tell you now! Go home and sleep!

And when you wake up think how all this is real!

It wasn't a dream, it's all true!

- All of it! - But I love Dorina!

- And I didn't say this to her! - We're all suffering, ok?

- What are you doing here? - What?

- You want me to call 112? - Ok, I go!

Hey, hey!

This is how you make business? You throw the customers outside?

- Come with me and let's have a drink! - I'm not going.

- Come on, it's on me! - I'm not going!

Man, it's about that lady, right?

Nice girl, but she's a little crazy!

You know why she's nuts?

I told her to get me something and she said she will work it out.

- Marcel, go home and sleep! - She's an amazing woman!

- Unbelievable! - Who are you talking to?

Men, are you crazy? You want me to call the police?

For God's sake, I can't stay here?

Democracy, sex-shops, night life.

Isn't this what we died for in the Revolution?

You have no idea what you're saying, my boy!

Not for people like you, those kids died at the Revolution!

They died for me and Manu, we are the future!

- Future, a shit! - Come, Marcel, let me take you home!

- You stay with all the slick! - I was at the Revolution!

Let the man speak! Don't you see he wants to stay!

Leave him here with me!

I was out on the streets, to see, to know how it is.

To tell my kids one day!

You're totally crazy. Bye, bye!

Bye, boss!

Where have you been? Did they beat you?

A guy slapped me in the face and sent me home!

A slap? So what's the big deal? And your folks let you like that?

They didn't, but I went alone!

I though you're going to tell me something new, that you're a hero!

- But you're talking bullshit! - It's not, I really got slapped!

Well, big deal. At that age you get slapped by everybody!

Hey, I was really hurt by that slap!

- You make me laugh, but for a slap? - Don't you dare to laugh!

Why shouldn't I?

Hey, don't laugh, man!

Look where the Revolution hero was hiding!

- Look at him now! - Don't laugh!

I told you not to laugh!

I asked you not to laugh!

I told you not to laugh!

You won't forget this, you mother fucker!

I'll kill you, man!

I'll kill you!

Stay right where you are!

Who are you going to cut?

- Be careful! - Who are you going to cut?

I'll kill you!

- I'll kill you! - Please!

I'll kill you!

Stop it! You want to kill him?

Let him go!

I never imagined that I was going to work in a sex shop!

But this feeling lasted only for a week, I think.

A week that really made me feel good working here.

Then...

Dorina, this is a story about your life, girl.

My life...

Who's interested in my life?

Come on, Dorina, I promised, I even got the camera.

I don't know if I'll...

I don't feel capable. After all that happened.

Come on, Dorina, it will be fine, you'll see.

It will be ok.

This is what all of you say.

Count a little, please!

- Simply count? - Yes.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...

It's good.

Can we begin?

Good.

It's recording!

And what do you want me to say?

About the shop... About you.

What do you do here, stuff like that.

Ok, good, talk a little louder!

Ok, good. Are you ready?

- Yes, although... - Although what?

Although I don't know how it's gonna get here in the park.

I thought we were done in the shop.

It's something extra, I told you.

Come to me and tell me that thing with the snails.

What?

But you're not still angry? We are friends again, right?

What do you know about my life so you can ask me if I'm sad?

How much do you know from it?

I only told you to get up because you look stupid.

I sometimes saw them from the yard

how they tried to cross the road.

And I would hurry to take them on the other side.

Before the cars could crush them.

Or the animals.

But I couldn't take care of all of them.

I couldn't.

Mr. Tase, you come here every day.

- You want to marry me, right? - Yes!

Last night I wrote a poem for you, if you let me read it for you.

Please, it's a short one.

Please!

Ok, but quickly, and if a client enters, please stop.

My muse with white shoulders and coral-like hair.

I wander through the world seeking my happiness.

For I fade because I miss you, sweet dragon-fly.

Nowhere, in the world, is there another creature?

- Yes, beautiful. - Thank you!

It's not finished yet, I repeat the word ''world'' too much, but...

I've written several poems, some of them are better.

I have a poem which is very dear to me.

I haven't finished it yet, but it's very beautiful.

It starts like this...

a film written and directed by Cornel George Popa.

This is the one.

Many things are not as they used to be.

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