Original subtitles

Russian Television and Radio Company presents

Produced by Alexander Akopov

RACCOON-KINO

Oleg Yankovsky Sergey Garmash

in a Valery Todorovsky film

THE LOVER

Lena.

This stupid renovation...

Lena!

Miss, I'll go get the paint.

Lena...

My God... Lena...

Lena...

Lena...

Lena...

My God... Lena...

Lena...

God, what happened here?

Honey... Hold on...

Well, what should I do?

Ambulance? My wife is sick.

I don't know, she is unconscious.

No, I can't bring her back to consciousness.

It's Charisheva.

Helen Charisheva. 37 years old.

10 Stolyarny lane, apt. 9.

Mitenka, come.

Throw a handful of dirt so that Lena will be comfortable there.

I see ghosts everywhere...

Mitenka, let's go...

I really believe in afterlife, you know.

People have to believe in it. It makes life easier.

Mitya, take a pebble. This one is good, a soft one.

Dmitry, hold on. You still got a son.

Now Lena is sitting on a cloud looking at you

and she's happy,

because she sees all herfriends and how much we all love her.

Where did it go?

Who is it? Nina?

I'm sorry, I didn't recognize your voice. It's Vera.

Nina, Lena died.

This Saturday. In the morning. Instantly.

We are all shocked. She had a heart attack.

I'll call you later, okay?

Mitya, I'll clean up and then we'll have some more tea,

while Petya sees his girlfriend home.

I won't leave you alone.

Vitya, our administrator, brought the bus and the wreaths on time.

Vitya is nice, don't you think?

They are all nice.

You were never excited about meeting our orchestra.

Vera, let's drink to the peace of her soul.

Eat something.

You've got to eat.

I'm proud of you, you looked so well out there.

I say let's call it a night.

You are the best, you arranged everything.

- Do you sing at all wakes? - Not at all.

- Are you holding a grudge? - So it's just at Lena's, right.

- Don't smoke now. - What do you mean?

- I haven't smoked for 10 years. - Don't do it.

You want to make Petya an orphan?

Lena fought your cigarettes. You promised her, remember?

I promised her, but she's gone now.

What do you mean she's gone? She is here.

You know, I don't want tea. Go home. Have a rest...

I can't leave you alone right now.

I won't leave you alone. By the way,

when Petya sat at the table with his girlfriend,

someone stroked my hair like that.

- Who could that be? - She was here.

You know what?

She is here right now.

Let's go?

Where to?

Do you hear it?

No.

No, not here.

- Stop it. I'm scared. - Oh, come on.

Your best friend... Go home.

Go home, chicken! That's it.

Dad?

Why did she die?

This is not fair.

Why? She was the best.

Why didn't you save her?

Dammit...

Thank God...

Dad?

Dad?

What?

Dad, I've read in a medical encyclopedia

that a heart attack can be provoked by stress.

Could Mom've been under stress and we didn't know about it?

Maybe...

Maybe, you are right...

- Is it okay? - A little more would be fine.

Everything will be perfect. Thank you. Have a nice day.

Now l just paid for the gravestone,

I'll pay the fence next week, when it's up.

- Petya's back in school? - Yesterday.

Don't worry. Kids get fast over such.

- Mom can cook for you. - Thanks.

They need Lena's picture for the gravestone.

Let's take one I shot at Mom's country house?

Stas, this is very important. How did Lena feel about me?

- What do you mean? - You two were friends.

She always admired your kind heart. From the side it's...

Mitya, she... She loved you so much.

- I guess she was a little jealous. - I made her jealous?

Your students are so young, they often come to your place.

- They come with their essays. - Essays, umbrellas...

It doesn't matter. Let's go.

What do we have for dinner?

- Want some chicken cutlets? - Are you serious?

Sure. When you were little I used to cook for you.

Dad, yesterday the stray kitten mom used to feed, waited for her outside.

Who was that tall guy with a beard at the cemetery,

the one that kept on crying.

That's a tenorfrom the Philharmonic Society, Mom accompanied him.

Someone called from the radio show 'Russian Thought'.

Said that you know her. Last name is Verbitskaya.

I don't.

He said, if you don't remember her,

she is the woman...

whose car got stolen when she came to see you at the university.

And a private detective found it.

Dad, I've got to go now.

Good.

My honey, my beloved man,

I'm crying while I write this letter.

I realised that I can't leave Mitya right now.

But not a single second I stop thinking of you.

Let's wait for the New Year.

Life itself will help us.

- Miss Valueva? - You scared me!

- Hi! Are you mad at me? - Of course not! You lost weight.

Mitya. Lena's husband.

We're so sorry. I can't believe she's gone.

Pardon me? I don't hear well after what happened.

- We are all sorry. - And I'm out for a walk.

I'm on the way to a concert.

- That's good. Life goes on! - Does it?

- You've got to stay active. - I am very active.

Misha, just you, I'm coming. Mitya, what happened actually?

To me? My Lena died, everything else is just fine.

Honey, you must pull yourself together.

Look at yourself. Your eyes are red. You need to sleep more.

I wanted to ask you something. You were her best friend.

Did she have someone else?

A man, a lover... You know what I'm talking about?

Are you out of your mind? I don't have to listen to this.

Your child's mother? How dare you think so?

I won't hurt him. Who is that?

The tenor with the beard?

- He's doesn't go that way. - If you lie to me I'll kill you.

I found a letter. She wrote to him.

- To whom? - To Vanya?

What do you mean? To Vanya?

How should I know? Now I'm totally confused.

We've a tune-up engineer, Vanya. She wrote him work-notes.

I did too. Leave me alone. I don't want to see you again.

Go home. Realise it, Mitya! She died!

Tell him journalist Verbitskaya sent you.

He'll help you even if you are in trouble.

I want you to make a program about our language.

You're so good liked.

Promise that you'll get over it.

Give me your word that we'll meet again someday. Okay?

I've got to run now. See you.

Who's here for the first time? Come in.

Miss Verbitskaya recommended you.

Verbitskaya...

Is she the one whose TV was stolen? I don't do this anymore.

I've other work.

I want you to find my wife's lover. It's important.

- Where's your wife? Lives with you? - She died last week.

I'm sorry.

This is what I found after she died.

Septembertickets. Used them not long ago.

His name is lvan.

Her friend blabbed it out. But it could be different.

Ivan... A rare name.

- Do you suspect anyone? - No.

You want me to find him only?

What?

Is he the only one you want me to find?

Or all the other ones she might have had too? Huh?

- Who is it? - It's me, Dmitry. Ivan.

- Ivan who? - I'm here for the letter.

Get lost.

Come on, the letter was for me.

Can I come in?

Yours?

Mine.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, she liked to flip pages on the way here.

I live five tram-stops away from your place. A 15-minute trip...

My book collection, you know...

I don't care about your books. Get out of here.

Calm down.

For whom is it? You think I'll drink to brotherhood with you?

You don't have to.

My son comes from school. Get out now!

Only a moment... May I take a look?

I didn't have time to look around.

Dad! What happened?

This guy and I... discussed floorfinishing.

Didn't you tell him we don't want it?

But they keep pushing.

Please, come here, the elevator is so empty.

- Wood. - Paper.

- Printing machine. - Bills.

- Money. - Money is good. Go on.

- Grivens. - Love.

Cabbage.

Cabbage. I want you to pay more attention

to this secondary combination. From a vegetable we eat

this word turned in a name for money. That's good.

A lie.

- A lie what? - Money. A lie.

- A lie? Why a lie? - A bed.

A bed... a bed...

A girl... A whore... A bitch...

A whore... That's it!

A whore. Right.

Dad!

Dad!

Do we have a serious picture for the gravestone?

On all these pictures Mom is smiling.

- Dad, I recognized him. - Whom?

The craftsman who came for the floor.

He taught me to swim when I was little.

Mom and I were on vacation, and you joined us later.

What?

He looked a lot like that guy.

I could be wrong.

He had a military belt.

Sorry, a woman used to take this tram.

Young. Blue eyes. Five stops.

Usually she read a magazine...

I remember. Yeah, she read.

She wore a light-colored cloak or a green jacket. Blue eyes.

- Yeah, she often takes this tram. - Really?

Usually she sits over there.

Sits? She died.

That's my house. First floor.

Very convenient.

The tram stops near my house and near yours.

She didn't have to walk at night.

- We've got to talk. - Let's talk.

Do you have a military belt?

Of course. And a military cap, too.

I am a resigned army officer.

Did you go to Lo with her, ten years ago?

Ten years ago. That can't be. You are lying.

Lying about what? I haven't said anything yet.

You've been living here for 10 years, right?

Not really, I come and go.

So you went to Lo 10 years ago.

You met her there.

You didn't really hurry to see her.

And I flew there by plane.

Slow down, or I'll break your nose.

Let's go to your place.

What for?

You've been at my house. Now let's see yours.

Okay.

Come in. I won't offer you anything to drink.

She used to come here?

Right.

You can see where I work at later.

I work right around the corner.

Interested?

Okay.

I want to know the truth. All of it.

I see.

Okay, I'll make it short.

I met Helen Anatolyevna 4 months

after you two got married in Suponevo army town.

We saw each other with short intervals

till the moment you know.

Any more questions?

Suponevo?

Where is that? And what was she doing there?

Her orchestra gave a concert for commanding staff there.

- And Vera was there, too? - She was there.

She sang the 'Where are you, Spring days' romance.

We had piano with a missing pedal.

So what?

They got me to fix it.

We celebrated my promotion to captain that day.

So, you aren't even a general.

I could've become one. Forget it.

- You're ready? Leave now. - No, I want to hear the rest.

Okay, drunk to the bone...

With the first one you saw...

On that piano, right?

- Have a nice day. - I'm not in a hurry.

Shall I kick you out of the window?

Your windows have sprinkles, no?

Let me hear it.

Okay, stay here.

You're lying. I don't believe that she'd sleep with a drunk captain

she met for the first time in her life, in some stinking bed...

We had just got married...

In the middle of nowhere. Fucking a drunk officer.

Shut up. It's enough.

- We didn't fuck. - What did you then?

- Nothing. Then I followed her to Bryansk. - And then?

Then to Orel, to Voronezh... Then here.

I went to the concert hall. She sent me away. I came again.

How could you follow her, you were in the army?

I got vacation for my promotion, after I came back.

After you came back?

I don't want to meet you again. So let's finish this.

I've heard enough.

Just stay away from me, got it. I'll get over it.

It's buried with her.

Petya!

We've got to throw this crap away.

To hell with it.

Petya, do you hear me?

What that?! A cockroach...

Where is that boy? We have cockroaches!

Where is he?

Petya! We have cockroaches!

Vera! I'm sorry for being rude to you.

Mitya, you did nothing to be sorry about.

Explain to me why that whore's been lying to me for 15 years?

I'm sorry for calling you a chicken.

That's okay.

Why didn't she leave me? Tell me!

I'm not rich, she had a job.

I'd never forced her to stay.

She really loved you, Mitya. She just pitied him.

Pitied him? You chicken! 15 years? What's that nonsense!

I don't know, Mitya... We never discussed it.

She never talked to me about it. Really.

How are you, lvan Alexandrovich? Thank God I finally found you.

- I'm at work. I'm busy. - I've got people waiting.

I see you have a flower garden here.

Let a goat into the garden, you know.

You are issuing passports?

You passport goat.

What a career.

- Calm down. It's for a friend. Dmitry. - Let's go outside.

We have to talk ready.

You thief! You bastard! Now I rememberyou.

How many years have you two been cheating on me?

I rememberyou. I saw you running with flowers in your hands.

Those flowers were for her, right?

I saw you here and there. Wearing suits, shining shoes...

What happened to those shoes, you bastard?

What do you want? You risk your life, you know?

- Dima! - Leave and never come back.

I want to know how you stole my wife from me.

You stole herfrom me. You ruined my whole life.

You took everything I had. If it wasn't for you, she'd be alive.

I'll kill you. You hear me, bastard?

You killed her! You!

Hey! Who are you? Get up!

Who are you?

- I'm a painter. - A painter? What are you doing here?

I wait for my partner.

I've talked to your boss. End of renovation. Take your stuff.

That's not my stuff. That's plumbers'.

Take it and get out of here! And leave the keys.

- A woman gave us the keys. - She is dead. Now leave.

She used to come to you after her rehearsals, right?

In the mornings, right? At least she came home at night.

Sometimes.

What do you mean? "Sometimes"?

Calm down. As you know, she used to go on tours.

Did you follow her orchestra?

Sometimes.

Your ass is asking for a kick.

You gave her presents.

Shining tights? Underwear?

I gave her French perfume.

- Where was the first time? - At 'Moskva' hotel.

- When? - In October.

- At night? - In the daytime.

- Tell me more about it. - In my room.

I see. It wasn't in the street. Did she talk about me?

- That her husband's waiting? - I don't remember.

What, you don't remember?

It was like a dream. I don't remember.

Where was I then?

Dmitry, can you tell me something?

Did she ever try to leave you?

Like, packed her stuff and left?

- And you caught her outside? - Well...

I said something, she went mad...

So she didn't lie to me. Good.

You think she would come to you? Nothing like that ever happened.

Okay, I see. So she tried...

Listen, don't be stupid!

You meant nothing to her.

She wouldn't lie to me for so many years if it was important to her.

You meant nothing to her! You're an invisible man.

You're nothing! Just pants.

You are pants with balls, that's all.

Dad, what are you doing?

The perfume went sour, son. So I emptied it.

Dad, I'll live at grandma's place for a while.

It's closer to school.

Sure. And she cooks for you.

See, Vasya, my pipe broke, cigarettes are shitty.

Cats shit in the stairway...

Dmitry Alexandrovich,

you have a transcription lesson in the lingophone class.

Your students are waiting.

You know, my family status's changed a little. But my memory is still fine.

I can't do the transcriptions right now.

- Are you married? - Recently.

Watch over your wife while she's alive.

But especially, after she dies.

Good bye.

Hello there. Why haven't you come? You promised me.

Ksenia, I'm too busy at work.

Besides, I live a widower's life, you know.

Everything is in ruins.

What made you come here? I'm sorry, I don't remember.

I want to know your secrets.

For most people a word has just one meaning.

Its sound, when you hear it.

Or its writing when you see it.

But the professionals know its true,

that sometimes there's also a hidden meaning.

That was really something.

I haven't had anything like that, never before.

Excuse me.

A disaster. My husband's mother is coming today.

I've got to hurry to cook dinner, or Rustem will kill me.

That was really something...

- What will you tell your husband? - Nothing.

- You won't tell him anything? - What should I tell him?

That you attacked me like a lion, and tore me apart?

And he won't suspect it? Not sense anything?

What should he sense?

Besides... Why do you care about my husband?

- Don't worry about him. - But I do. He's a man, after all.

You better worry about yourself. You mess around, you know.

Or did I start it?

Okay, stop it. Everything was so fine.

What an idiot.

Whores...

Wait! Explain to me. You are such a nice woman,

you're not wearing any sign that says 'whore'.

You are crazy. Stop this nonsense.

That's how it goes, dressed again and you're fine.

Dressed again and you're fine. That's how it goes.

Mitya, I want to talk to you in private.

Stas forbid me to talk to you, but I do.

- This is the perfect time. - Way to go! You never lose your spirit.

I didn't want to talk about it while Lena was alive, we have

to do something about Petya's stuttering, before it's too late.

- Whose stuttering? - Petya's.

I loved Lena so much.

She was my only niece. The two of us raised her. Gave her all we could.

- We did what we could do for her. - Thank you so much.

Neither Lena nor you suffered from it.

So, as a doctor, I think it's not genetic.

He could only inherit it from a close relatives.

Besides, we have a wonderful doctor at our hospital.

He will come to see him at home every day.

I don't hear any stuttering. Petya speaks perfectly.

Mitya, stop it.

I never understand if you are joking or if you are serious.

I'll take care of it, now you know.

Stas, I'm sorry, but I think your Mom is interested in me.

She is a young woman, and I'm a widower...

So you better talk to her, okay?

That's weird. She was so easy, always smiling, always calm.

I don't remember her raising her voice.

One can't play that game long.

One can't pretend it.

She cried sometimes. Otherwise we wouldn't talk now.

- Tell me... - What?

How?

She was making coffee. Then it happend.

The doctor said that she died instantly. As if she fell asleep.

Just lay down on the floor and that's it.

- She was making coffee. - I knew it would happen.

- Come on. How could you know that? - I felt it. A week before.

It was the last time.

She said that she had packed her records to move them to my place.

So that they would wait for her, it would make it easier for her.

Vanya, you know...

I understood last night why she would cheat on me.

When was it, in October?

When you came to Moscow?

I had a stupid love affair with a lab assistant.

I guess she felt something,

she was so young...

She felt? She knew that you were cheating on her.

Cheating? So she was just taking revenge on me.

Stupid girl, I hurt her.

She wanted revenge. The silly.

Then you came along...

And spoiled everything.

I can't look in my son's eyes.

By the way, when he was born,

did you visit her at the hospital, lvan?

No, at the time I got married.

I was far away from here.

You are married? Where is she?

Excuse me,

you don't have Legeros, Cuban cigarettes?

No.

My marriage lasted 3 years.

I don't know how yours was, but mine,

believe me, was a bitch.

Stop it, Dmitry.

I didn't know you were a gentleman.

Mine was a bitch, and bitches get periods...

That's all there is to say. Do you have any stronger arguments?

Partagos?

- All we have is there. - Give me something.

Why don't you give us a break?

Because he likes you.

Whom? That old creep?

What about me?

Do you like him?

I better shut up.

What's so great about him?

He is funny.

And I'm not funny?

No.

So, you like him more.

How should I know. I haven't had sex with him him.

You are making me blush...

Vanya, what is it she liked with you?

Are you a genius in sex?

Or do you have a 30 cm dick?

I see, you are good in music, and I'm not.

Do you sing, Vanya?

'Once, on a firing ground, at night,

'ln a restricted area, a soldier on the watch farted,

'And an officer heard the long drawn-out sound,

'And he from that sound he got in a terrible mood.

'They held a trial and sentenced him to death,

'And a warrant officer stood up and started to protest... '

Come on, lvan, let's go...

Do like I do...

Or you'll die like a dog.

Yes.

Yes...

Yes, uncle Stas, everything is fine.

Dad is okay. He works a lot.

Yes... Thank you.

Okay. Bye.

It turned out that I loved Lena very much.

Yes. If there's Heaven, she is there.

Listen to me. I can't hold it in anymore.

- I'm close to busting. Help me. - I'll do what I can.

You asshole. You moron. Idiot. Did you see it?

Did you? Did you?

- Did see what? - She screwed someone else.

- Who? - My wife of course!

What are you talking about? Shut up! That's a lie, Mitya.

Shall I beat you up first?

I found a letter. The worst thing is that she's dead.

Do you understand it. That I can't ask her.

I can't talk to her or kick her out.

She lived with another man. She had a second family.

She had our family, the one you often visited.

And a second one you have never seen... Or have you?

Wait a second...

All those years she lied to me, every single day.

She lied to you too. And to your mother.

She dated this man.

This fucking officer.

She could've found someone better. Why did she do it?

You have known her very well.

You two could often spend hours talking together.

You liked to come to our place. Now tell me...

Help me...

Help me... please.

Tell me, why?

Help me...

Fifth stop.

And this tenor... this handsome guy flirted with her.

Played with her. That bastard!

- That Sinelnikov? With glasses? - Right, Sinelnikov.

That bastard. She was a beautiful woman, after all.

Many men looked at her. She was very attractive.

She attracted a lot of male attention.

Is that your poetry? Now I see.

What do you see?

Unlike you, I left everything, I lost everything.

I lost army, family, my pregnant wife.

I have nothing left. Just this letter.

It isn't even finished.

That's all I have.

You retired from the Army... You could command parades by now.

You could be a decent man.

She used to watch TV from here.

She would lie on the couch like this and watch TV.

Her arms ached after the rehearsals.

- Did you massage her fingers? - I did.

- Vanya! - Yes?

I rememberthe first time I saw you.

We came back from a visit to a doctor, when she was pregnant.

I went to buy her some ice-cream, I turned around and saw she

talked to a man.

Then she came to me, across the street. Do you remember?

She was almost hit by a car.

My heart missed a beat. You were that man.

She told me it was a friend. And I didn't understand.

I still remember how you leave,

your sticky-out ears.

I wish I'd stopped you then, and asked about it.

- Now it's too late. - Yeah.

Galya, come here... My daughter.

You came with your Mom? Where is Mom?

Mom is at aunt's place.

And you stopped by... Good girl.

Good girl.

Dmitry, look. That's my daughter, Galya.

Your daughter?

Came with her mom to visit relatives.

- Hello. - Hi, there.

She looks so much like you. So pretty.

I must go now.

When did we meet last time?

Two years ago? No, one and a half. Good girl.

No, don't. Don't take your shoes off. Come in.

And I'm home... It's my day off.

Well, I'm off.

She is a real girl already.

- Good bye. - Good bye.

I'm coming...

I'm coming.

I'm coming.

- Where's the letter? - What letter?

My letter from Lena. Where is it?

It's gone. It has never existed. That's how it is.

I tore it to pieces. Forget about it.

Vanya, go home to your daughter.

There is no letter. And we have nothing unfinished.

Nothing left. Go now.

No, there is something.

What do you mean?

About Petya?

Yeah, about him.

Don't be stupid.

I don't even want to talk about it. Look in the mirror someday.

I don't want to talk about it. It makes me sick.

Why does he stutter, just like my daughter? Can you tell?

Have you ever thought about it? Think about it!

Did she tell you you're his father? I want the truth.

- No, she never did. - So what do you want?

Me? The truth!

Do you want to put it on me now?

Are you accusing me for not letting her go?

Huh? She never moved to you.

You can't change it.

Well.

I'll talk to him myself.

If I see you near him I'll kill you.

I'll kill you if you come close to my son!

- How are you? - Petya!

Dad, what are you doing here?

Petya, you are all I've got.

I won't give you to anybody. You are mine.

Mine! Petya!

- You hear me? Mine! - I'm yours, Dad.

Dad, what happened? I heard you.

Please, excuse us.

Dad, are you drunk? Why don't you shave?

We've got to talk.

We must discuss our life. It's very important.

Later. I'll stay over night at grandma's place, okay?

See you.

Wait! Petya! Can't you come over today?

Why am I the last person you are telling this?

Why am I the last?

Aren't you a little young to date girls?

Isn't it too early for partying?

Your Mom died not that long ago! Don't you think so?

Your only mother!

Thank God they gave a nice place for Lena's grave.

Yeah, the place is good.

Even, not far from the entrance, and the earth is loose.

Yeah, it's good.

It is no problem when it's high water.

Yeah, if the ground is heavy, it may get flooded.

Dmitry did a good job.

I don't want to disturb you, but I've got to talk to you.

Dmitry, do you want cottage cheese? Petya didn't eat it, ran off to school.

I don't want cottage cheese. I have something to tell you.

Lena had a lover.

Lena had an affair with another man.

A lover, right?

All the time we've been married.

From the first day she met him she slept with him.

And so on... I don't blame anyone for it.

It was low, may God be her judge.

But there's one question.

- Don't blame anyone... - So what? - Put all your quarrels aside.

What I want to know is:

Did Lena ever speak to you about my fatherhood?

Did she ever speak about someone else's fatherhood?

Or did she say she was sure about who his father is?

Did she ever mention anything?

- I don't feel well. - We are old. We don't understand.

Okay. You don't understand me. Did any of Lena's close relatives...

...stutter? Did anybody in Lena's family stutter?

- Her Dad, grandfather or grandma? - Why, does lvan stutter?

I'm gonna die.

- Ivan? - I'm gonna die.

- I don't know... I'm dying. - Don't die. Don't.

I don't feel well. I'm sick.

We are sorry, Dmitry.

I kept telling her to dump him.

- Yes. - Forgive us if you can.

- And Petya is your son. Don't worry about it. - Yes.

Petya.

Hello, Petya.

- Do you recognize me? - No.

- I came to Lo, when you were little. I taught you to swim. - So what?

I had a military belt and a cap, remember?

We jumped into the sea from the rocks.

You were so small, and very funny.

You weren't afraid of diving but you were afraid of a chicken.

- Dad, I'll come home today. - You can have the records.

- What records? - Her records. I found them.

Petya, we need to talk. Dmitry, you start or me?

Dad, what happened?

Petya, you are a grown up. My name is lvan Alexandrovich.

Call me Vanya.

It is so that your Mom and I were in love.

Stop lying. She never loved you.

Let's not argue. Let facts speak for themselves.

Petya, during 15 years I've been very close to your Mom.

Dad, what is he talking about. Kick his ass!

- That can wait... - Don't. That's enough.

Son, this man thinks that he can prove

that your real father might be a soldier, a tank driver.

Your biological father.

- What tank-driver? - He thinks so.

- Are you? - I used to be a tank driver.

Petya, you are a grown-up, and you should know it.

Decide yourself if you want to know it.

Son, this is absurd. He has no proof.

I just wanted to make sure that he doesn't talk you into anything.

Dad, what did Mom say?

Petya, we can check it if you want. It's possible.

It's up to you. We won't do it if you refuse.

Can he do anything to himself?

He'll get his ass kicked, that's all.

Give it to me.

Tell me the truth.

Did you ask her about Petya?

- I did. - And what?

With her words?

- "My poor boy, my sweetheart." - Who?

Me.

And that's it?

You know her,

she never said anything she didn't want to.

You are right... She knew how to keep a secret.

She would just smile and say nothing.

I went crazy trying to read her mind.

Petya is the same.

Yeah, he's like her.

We should have killed her, lvan.

We should have. Right there, and that's it.

Okay,

Thank God, they found him.

Lena, we've got to talk.

You've got to talk to me.

Lena, we need to talk.

Why did you do it? You betrayed me.

Why didn't you tell me?

Lena, we need to talk.

Why did you do it?

That betrayal.

You could have explained it to me.

Okay, okay...

This is wrong, Lena.

It's wrong!

You can't do such. You have to tell me.

Once I had a dream, that you had moved away...

to Chile.

Really. You could just... have told me everything.

I don't know your address.

I don't even know the address.

If Petya gets married, how can I let you know it?

If Petya gets married, how can I let you know it?

You'll never find it out. You never will...

Never...

Good boy, if you eat it means you are getting better.

Eat, eat. Food will make you stronger.

- Is Petya doing alright? - He's doing well.

You really scared me. You almost killed yourself.

When my Dad died, I didn't want to live either.

He meant everything to me, you know.

But I got over it.

- You've got to get over it. - I'm getting over it.

Forgive me, Dmitry.

I didn't know what it meant to you. I didn't understand it.

I mean I knew that it was bad. I told her that.

But Vanya is a nice man, you know.

He treated her so well.

I can't even tell you how well.

And you are so loyal, too.

So honest.

Come here pussycat. Where have you been?

Look at that sausage I've got for you.

What? Want another one?

Good boy... Have another one.

Ivan!

- Ivan! - He is out.

- Where is he? - He moved out.

- Where to? - I don't know.

- Did he leave his address? - No, he didn't.

Are you a friend?

Sorry for disturbing.

Fifth stop.

This is it.

Mister, wake up, you've got to get off.

This is it, the last stop.

Mister, wake up!

Mister!

Cast

Charishev - Oleg Yankovsky

lvan - Sergey Garmash

Petya - Andrey Smirnov

Directed by Valery Todorovsky

Written by Gennady Ostrovsky

Director of Photography - Sergey Mikhalchuk

Production Designer - Vladimir Gudilin

Music by Alexey Aigui

Sound by Sergey Chuprov