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HOUSE UNDER THE ROCKS

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And then, you know... We, the prisoners nicely covered these bomb craters.

We put all kind of things into it, like rags,

or good black soil.

Hey, Ferenc!

They had watermelons there, as big as a bucket!

Because the roots had enough space to grow.

I wish I could plant some grapes once more...

I'd work so hard, I'm telling you!

You'd see the fruits it could bear!

Do you hear me?

- Are the cigarettes for sale? - Everything is for sale here...

But not for money, hey! To hell with that!

- What then? - Wine! Brandy! Only wine rules these days!

- Wine is like God, nowadays! - Hearts must be mended! That's right...

That's why I'll give you one anyway, sweet father.

Even though you lost the war, but to hell with it...

Moreso your folks are all the happier that you're still in one piece.

You can be king of your own garbage dump, now!

From there you'll know how to start!

He'll surely fail! They all do!

Ferenc! Ferenc, hey!

Lookee here! We're home!

A carp...

It's been five years since I saw a carp.

Aunt Tera! Who are we burying here?

Grandma! Aunt Tera dug up some clothes from the grave!

Is it not too early for that, Tera?

There will be no more war.

There will be. There won't be. What does that have to do with you?

Or are you waiting for Ferenc, perhaps?

And even if he would return... Anna died.

Why should my son stay here any longer? Or even my grandchild, for that matter...

Aunt Tera!

He left from here, he'll return here too.

We'll see!

- She died? - She did.

I've been keeping this bit of old-wine for you.

Drink! It will give you some strength.

I'll warm up some food!

I'll wash up first.

- Give me some water! - Of course!

I have some nice warm water in this pot.

Are you all right, Ferenc?

No, I am surely not, Tera.

You'll take a hot foot-bath then!

That's the best remedy.

Hurry up! Better if your brother-in-law doesn't see it!

- What is she taking away again? - I gave her some milk. Ferenc came home.

So what? We gave up your part of the vineyard for her sake!

And now she takes wine away from here?

Dear father! Why aren't you shaving?

May God grant you a good morning!

Good morning!

How's it going, old friend! Are you still like this?

This razor is too heavy.

Is it really you, Gyurka?

Careful! Give it to me! I'll do it!

Just like we did in Russian captivity.

Do you remember that crazy Friedman?

The one who made a razor from a spoon handle?

When I let him shave me for the first time with it, well...

Good morning, Tera!

Good morning!

- I'm practising, so that I won't forget! - Give that to me, will you!

Here.

Poor thing. You could have waited with that a bit longer!

No help is needed here!

Well, your hand is a bit lighter, that's for sure!

I used to shave my poor father too,

when "a wind hit his right side" (had a stroke).

Anna wasn't even allowed to touch him. Marie neither.

My poor father used to say back then,

Your fingers, Tera, are as gentle as down-covered birds!

Did you hear the drummer?

What was the news?

On Sunday, they're going to divide the Keresztes vineyard.

You know which one, right?

The one next to the banks. Close to the old poplar-tree.

I was thinking that maybe we register for some of the land together! You and me!

I won't register.

You won't?

No.

I don't want anything that belonged to others.

To others?

It only belonged to the Count, nobody else!

Or do you feel sorry for him perhaps?

Count or no Count, I still don't want it!

Why are you aggravating that poor sick man? Be happy he's alive!

I'm not aggravating him!

Now is the chance to make better lives for ourselves!

And I was thinking that perhaps we could do it together!

We suffered for it, so we deserve it!

You can register yourself for some land! We don't want what belonged to others.

We don't want anything we cannot pay for.

Am I right, Ferenc?

You hardly need to pay anything at all. And even that, just later.

Let alone for that! Only to have some further troubles from it later on?

Troubles?

Who knows what the future brings?

Carnivals are followed by fasting!

Well, get better, old friend!

Pull yourself together!

Pruning is upon us soon!

And we must work to stay alive.

Are you... with Furedi then?

I think so.

Well, God bless you!

Here's some good fresh milk, Ferenc! Drink!

From this you'll gain strength!

You're so good to me, Tera.

May God's curse fall upon me if I ever forget that!

Listen, Tera! What do you want from my son?

- I don't want anything. - You don't want anything?!

Why do you live with him then? Why are you hiding him from people?

Where else am I supposed to live? There is no other room.

If you had a drop of modesty in you, you'd already be gone from there long ago!

You, shameless one! You!

I won't go anywhere! Half of that house belongs to me!

I wouldn't go, not even if your son asked me to! I still wouldn't go!

I'll dig out your eyes! You, hunchbacked whore! You!

Let her go! You old madwoman!

You come here to fight with this wretched creature? Begone, I tell you!

I'll drive you away from my son!

You pain-in-the-gut! You!

Ferenc!

Ferenc!

Get away from my vineyard immediately! We're done!

What were you thinking? That I would employ a woman for spraying?

There are more than enough hired hands to do the job!

My dear sweet Mr. Furedi! Please let me at least finish this last spraying!

And by the next one, Ferenc will be around, too!

- Did you bring our piglet? - Yes, I did.

Oh! May God bless you for that!

Piggy! Sweet little piggy!

Have a heart! Dear Mr. Furedi!

Well, take it away!

Is your Aunt Tera at home? He?

No, she isn't.

My dear mother!

Come, wake up, my sweet boy! Come on!

This cursed dark room will never heal you. Only the sun will do that!

Come, my son! Come!

That's it! There!

- The blanket! - To hell with it! The Sun is shining outside!

Come, come, will you! That's it!

Dear father!

Sit down, my son!

I brought you some cabbage-pie. You always used to like it.

It should have been me who was at your side! Your birth mother!

This hunchbacked one just keeps you rotting away in the damp!

Don't criticize her, mother!

- She saved my life! - Only for herself! That's why she's hiding you!

Come home with me, my sweet son! Leave this house behind!

I'm not going!

I can't desert my son's heritage.

- Would you have some wine too? - Of course, I do, my son!

I got some good red wine!

It will turn into blood in your veins!

That was good!

- Will it be a good harvest? - The vineyard is beautiful, my dear son!

During the daytime two women are already picking the muscat grapes.

And are the carps still swimming, sweet mother?

The water sparkles with them from dawn till dusk. Like pearls!

- Are you cooking some fish, aunt Tera? - Something like that.

From now on you can eat fish or meat!

Your father will always bring some home.

- Do you need some help? - Only from the man of MY choice!

Stop here, will you! My container is full!

- Oh! I can't reach it! It's too high! - Why didn't you grow taller then?

That's enough! He is not that young anymore! He can't carry this much!

I can carry you too at the same time, my dear!

She deserved it! That's right!

- This Ferenc recovered quite well, didn't he? - He should find himself a wife!

You could look for some good woman for him, Mr. Furedi! You're good at that!

Well, I don't deal in such delicate goods.

That's a pity! I would trust you to help in this!

Poor little orphan!

He would need a mother!

That's right, son. You are still young, and there are lots of pretty girls around, too!

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

- Thy kingdom come, - Thy will be done.

Well, I was a tiny bit late. Jump on, quickly!

Is this the right thing to do, Mr. Furedi?

Surely you're not afraid, are you Ferenc?

A new woman means a new temperament.

And I don't wish to go away from this mountain.

She'll be happy with you there! She's that kind of woman. I know her!

Come on now, let's go! Jump on!

Listen to me. We'll get you the kind of woman that you'll

you'll be blessing my name till the end of your days!

Come in Ferenc! Come!

Give that to me!

All of them are empty. Aunt Rozi sold everything.

She has a good head for business.

Here. Put the wine into the demijohn. I'll find the old woman in the meantime.

I wish you a good day!

Good day.

My kiss to your hand.

Look!

God created them for each other.

Zsuzsa! Come here!

Well, Ferenc! How do you like the bride?

I am afraid, this time you might have been mistaken, Mr. Furedi.

Look. I'm a widower.

And I'm also worn out by the war.

Young girls like her don't dream about a man like me.

In nomine Patris et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

In nomine Patris et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

Ego conjugo vos in matrimonium,

In nomine Patris et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

Make way for the wagon! Make way!

Well then! We can go now! Let's go! Let's go!

Lajos! Sound the March!

Long life!

Sing that, Hey, stars, stars.

If only you could talk.

You would tell everything about the girls.

Because the girls in the dark

Always sit in the laps of the guys.

Now, my son!

All I can tell you, is to be smart! Be careful!

Well, come, children!

We brought you here, my dear friend, Ferko,

the rest is your job.

May you two be helped by the Good God.

My friend.

Lajos! The next one!

This work can wait, Zsuzsa.

How strong you are, Ferenc!

Poor folks need strength.

You'll see! I'll make this small room so beautiful, you won't even recognize it!

It's so cold in here!

I'll put some wood on the fire, okay?

Go and fetch some wood, will you!

There is enough under the fireplace.

It doesn't matter. Just bring some more anyway!

A cold wind blows outside. We need a lot.

I'm telling you, go!

All right then.

Tera! Tera!

Tera! Tera! Tera!

The knife!

I don't want to live!

I don't want to live!

Why don't you let me die?

I was born on that mountain. I grew up there.

I don't want to live here!

You won't stay here, for sure! Not a single day! Understood?

You won't turn my house into a circus!

Be sensible, Pal! What do you want?

It's so good that you are here, Zsuzsa!

I can't imagine the winter here without you.

- I am just afraid. - Of what?

- This is such a tough life for you. - I don't ever want to leave this place.

You are such a good man, Ferenc.

You never asked me where I came from.

Only fools keep looking into the past.

- What is that tasty thing in it? - Raisins.

I've never eaten it like this before. It's very good.

What do you want here?

I brought this girl back.

You know that we have no place for her here.

Be reasonable, brother-in-law!

What do you mean, there's no place for her here?

Half of the house belongs to her.

And half of the vineyard, too.

- Her wine is also here. - She can take her wine.

But nobody will move in here that's for sure.

Of course I will!

Take that picture down from there! That's the place for MY bed!

Tera, stop! Don't you dare touch it!

If nothing else, this corner belongs to me still!

Get out!

Zsemlye! Zsemlye, come on! Zsemlye!

Go away from here!

I told you! You'll never set foot into my house again!

I swear on it!

We can't just leave that poor cripple on the streets.

She might harm herself in the end.

But how can the three of us live here together? What am I anyway?!

Which house has no cripples or old folks in it these days?

We'll live the way we can.

All right then. We'll live the way we can.

Come then!

The cellar will be good enough for me.

My grandmother hid there too. That's where death found her.

Allow me at least to die here, next to you!

Oh, our Anna! Our poor little Anna!

Keep my heart away from envy!

And from the shame of curiosity.

I'll just open the door a little bit.

There's not enough air in here.

I'll just check if the child is covered with the blanket!

He was coughing in the evening!

Aunt Tera!

Don't struggle with that, Zsuzsa! It's not for you! Just go, and make some breakfast!

Are you building something, Ferenc?

When the spring comes, if God helps us!

Poor Tera needs to have some shelter!

But houses also require some wood!

Your task is to look after the forest. Mine is to get some wood for the roof.

Your stockings, Gyurika. I'll bring you your shoes and then we'll clean ourselves, okay?

I want to get dressed with Auntie Tera!

- Auntie Tera! Auntie Tera! - I'm coming, my little starlet!

Here I am, my little star!

Come! That's it! Oh, you!

- I just saw such a nice bunny rabbit in the forest! - What did it look like?

- It had such big ears, you know! - This big?

And it had huge red eyes! It was black!

Come on, not like that!

Ferenc likes it lighter! And with lots of caraway seeds.

I'll bring lunch for him today.

- I thought you never wanted to go to the Furedi's vineyard! - Now, I do!

- Where are they going? - They're being resettled.

- Poor people. - Like Hell they're poor!

They'll be given rich lands on the other side. The kind they have never seen before!

And houses too. And all the real estate.

Auntie! Give me my hoop, please!

Ah! To hell with such useless things! We hardly have enough space for ourselves!

- Let's move! - Janos!

- Are you also leaving? - Good day to you, Zsuzsa!

- I am leaving. - You haven't even said good bye to us.

Well, you know I didn't want to be dissuaded again.

Me and Ferenc have already missed out on this chance before.

Last spring, when we didn't register for land.

And now, that this opportunity came, I thought

I won't listen to anybody's advice this time!

I'll just set out and do it on my own!

And you know, we used to be very close friends, Ferenc and I.

Even in the war.

- It's not so easy for me to say goodbye. - We should leave this place, too.

It's not too late for that. If Ferenc will write me a letter,

I'll come back for you two.

All the best, Zsuzsa!

Wait!

Give this to Ferenc!

Such a nice knife!

We used it together in the war.

Ferenc always wanted one like this.

But maybe not! A knife as a gift can cut the friendship between people!

But I would advise you two to move there too,

And then we'll cut the bread with this knife together, all right?

- That would be nice! - Well, God bless you, Zsuzsa!

Tell Ferenc not to be mad at me!

Laci! Gyuri!

- I wish you happiness! - That's right! I could use that!

I brought you your lunch!

Half of this belongs to Mr. Furedi.

The other half we can use for the roof.

Don't you worry, we'll have our own house before the spring.

Ferenc!

The ones who are being resettled have just left today.

I've met Janos among them.

He said he could get us some land, too.

And a house!

There are vineyards and water there, too!

And a lot of fish, he said!

Didn't you say before that you never wanted to leave this place?

Well, I'm just saying.

I would be the only one there with you. No one else.

They needed the Gendarme to take me away from here to join the army, you know.

I'm deeply rooted into this place like a tree.

When it grows on a rocky mountain.

But so many people are starting fresh these days!

We cut down the old reeds as well.

And we set fire to the decaying parts to make space for the new growth.

We'll stay here.

You'll live with me here, or nowhere at all!

God bless you!

I can see you worked hard, Ferenc! Even though you have some distraction!

- Indeed, I have some. - What about the turning of the soil?

- That's done, too, Mr. Furedi. - Well, come and see me on Sunday!

- How should I pay you? In wine or in wheat? - It doesn't matter, Mr. Furedi.

That's good.

- Put this sheaf on the wagon! I need it for the roof of my hutch. - All right.

Long time no see, Zsuzsa!

I would need some cotton, from that brick-colour sample.

Find me some, Mr. Furedi! We'll pay for it.

I'll have it by the evening. You can come for it. I'll trust you with the price.

- Leave me alone! Hey, you became so proud since I had found you a husband!

- There was a time when you treated me differently! Remember? - No, I don't!

- I piled it up there! - Good! - I roped it down, too. - All the best!

- What did he want from you? - Nothing.

Ferenc.

What will become of us here?

- We'll have a house in the spring, don't you worry! - In the spring?

But it's not even winter yet!

How can we bear it for that long?

We must. People can bear a lot.

What a huge bumble bee!

Somebody is going die soon!

I'll sleep with the child tonight.

I am tortured by the cough. The cellar is too damp.

So, finally you've come to see me, Zsuzsa?

What are you talking about?

Sooner or later every woman pays a visit to me.

Let me go!

- Where were you, Zsuzsa? - Don't you see? I brought some firewood.

You know, we're going to bake bread today.

Such a good world you live in here! You even have time to play music!

Whoever has something to do is busy doing it!

Doing it! But HOW is she doing it?

Why don't you put more flour under the dough, you poor girl?

I'm not poor! Poor is the devil, for having no soul!

Am I the devil for you, perhaps?

Me? Who suffers with you in my house? Who is forced to hide in the cellar because of you?

- Look, who's talking! - Am I the woman of the house or not?

I was the one who cleaned his household while he was on the battlefield.

Where were you then? Eh? Where were you then?

My poor son. You have enough problems.

Suffering from three women at the same time.

True enough, you are still a young man. Strong, too.

You earn your daily bread.

You should be the master of your own house.

It doesn't matter that you have to share the house with that cripple.

I brought my woman into the same room, where the old ones lived, too.

And still had six children somehow!

Your mother wasn't grown on the grapevines either, you know!

I had to teach her!

Of course, one must handle his woman firmly!

'Cos, don't you forget, my son! Life is hard around here!

So, don't be sorry to use your hand on her!

All right. I'll put my house in order!

So help me God!

I'll break them all! I will! All of them!

Hell and fire! I learnt how to kill!

Even myself, if need be...

What's it matter to me anymore?

Hoho! My son! Don't be stupid!

It's not killing that's needed here, but a couple of SLAPS only!

And at the right time, for that matter!

Slaps? To hit that woman?

My father!

If only I didn't love her so much!

Well, don't listen to me, if you think like that!

Run away!

Today! Or tomorrow. But tomorrow might already be too late!

'Cos what do humans become around here?

They just burn out like this old mountain that used to be a volcano.

And they will all be left with hearts of stone in the end.

Hard stones. Cold stones.

This is such a dead world!

A world of stones.

Give me something to drink!

Am I right?... stones...

Ferenc!

- Lie down! - I won't!

- I said, lie down! - Go away!

I hate you! You are a coward!

A nobody!

A nobody?

- Ferenc! - Get out!

Go away, Karo! Go! Don't you hear me?

Get away from here, Karo!

Well, what is it, Zsuzsa? Are you waiting for me?

Leave me alone! I don't want it!

Good. If you don't want it.

But do you know what you really want?

You are almost frozen to your bones. Drink a bit of brandy!

Tera.

If you have a bit of humanity left in you,

and if you fear God, then clear out of this house!

I won't go.

Half of this house is mine. I'll stay here.

We'll see.

Hit me, Ferenc! Hit me!

I deserve it!

Do you?

Hit me! Beat me!

I want it, do you understand? I don't want to be unhappy!

Help me, Ferenc! Save me for your sake, please!

- This wretched beast could freeze to death because of you both! - TERA!

Is that what it takes to make a woman faultless? Who cares about her?

All right, my dear Tyutyu. It's nice and warm here. I'll look after you! Don't worry!

Public announcement!

The public authorities declared a forest cleaning duty from tomorrow morning.

Those, who are willing to participate can claim their share of the cut trees.

Applications are accepted on the 20th day of the month, in the morning, at the site.

You.

Why don't you come again? I wait for you every day!

I'll never come again! Do you understand?

Fox! Everybody! A fox!

Fox! Everybody! A fox!

Hey!

You stole my chicken! You shit!

You stole my chicken!

God favours you, Ferenc!

He took care of this, too.

Well, it's only us now.

You'll see! We'll find the way to each other's hearts now!

And everything will be, as it used to be! Would you like that?

But you're just sitting here, and the fire goes to sleep beside you!

I'll light it up, all right?

Do you still remember when I lit the fire here for the first time?

Now things will be just as beautiful again.

- Impossible. Never the same again. - What are you saying?

It's all over.

Tera was killed by me.

My Lord God!

Zsuzsa!

Zsuzsa!

My dear little son!

Get dressed! We're leaving.

Dad! Look at how the reeds are burning!

They are burning last year's reeds!

The old decaying ones!

The ones that cannot be used for anything!

So that new ones can grow in their place.

The spring is here!

Soon the birds will start chirping!

And the grapes will need pruning.

My dear son!

Go to your grandparent's house!

Your father...

must leave now.

A good day to you!

Thank you.

Are you transporting wine?

I get a little corn in return on the other side.

For my pigs.

Have you become a farmer then?

Due to circumstances.

Well, I, myself became a murderer.

Due to my circumstances.

THE END.

Custom ENG subs: Ypse + Moviola (2013)