All language subtitles for The.Goldfinch.2019.1080p.BluRay.x264-GECKOS-HI

[Theo] In Amsterdam,
I dreamt I saw my mother again.

She was just as glad to see me
as I was to see her.

Same beautiful pale blue eyes.

Everything would've turned out better
if she had lived.

As it was, she died when I was a kid.

- And when I lost her...
- [seagulls squawking]

I lost sight of any landmark
that might've led me some place happier.

You see, her death was my fault.

Everybody used to tell me
that it wasn't,

that it was a terrible accident.

which is all perfectly true.

And I don't believe a word of it.

It was my fault,

just like everything
that's happened since.

The painting.

The painting.

All my fault.

I lost something
that should have been immortal.

I didn't mean to do it,

because what I've done cannot be undone.

It doesn't matter that I'm going to die.

But for all time...

for as long as history is written...

that painting
will be remembered and mourned.

[footsteps approaching]

[breathing heavily]

[male social worker]
As best we can tell...

he made his own way back

to his mother's apartment
from the museum.

He waited there for her all night
to come back and when she didn't,

he rang the emergency number
they were showing on TV.

When they realized his age,
they alerted us.

[female social worker]
I don't know if you're aware,

but Theo's father left the family
about six months ago.

[Mrs. Barbour] I wasn't aware.

My son and Theo were friends
in elementary school.

To my knowledge, they haven't seen much
of each other for a while.

I'm afraid I don't quite understand.

Uh, right now...

he is a minor child
in need of temporary emergency care.

When we asked Theo
if he could think of anyone

that might be able
to help for a while,

he suggested you.

Come in, come in.

I'm afraid Andy isn't up yet.

You can rest here if you like.

[Mr. Barbour]
Let's get you squared away.

Oh, here we are.

You'll be...

You'll be feeling awfully rough.

Hell of a thing to happen.

Good Lord.

In the circumstances,
I wouldn't see the harm in pouring you,

what my father used to call a minor nip,
if you should want some.

Chance.

Which of course you don't.

Quite unsuitable.

[Mrs. Barbour] We're perfectly happy
to have you, Theo.

I hope you'll make yourself
as comfortable as you can.

[Andy] What's happening?

[Mrs. Barbour] Shh. That's Theo.
His mom passed away.

[knock on door]

Someone to see you, Theo.

[Andy] Wow.

Disturbing.

Yeah.

[Mrs. Barbour] No, apparently no one
has any idea where he is.

He wasn't paying child support.

He left debts. He more or less
flew town without a word.

I don't think we had a choice.
We couldn't very well turn the boy away.

No. Just for a few weeks.

[Mr. Barbour] Do you sail, Theo?

No, sir.

That's a pity.

Andy had the most outstanding time

at his sailing camp
up in Maine last year.

They were the worst two weeks
of my life.

Nonsense.

You lack confidence. That's all.

Would you like me to ask Etta
to make you something else to eat, Theo?

I'm not hungry.

Thank you.

Where's his dad?

Good question.

Oh, my God!

[gasping]

[breathing heavily]

Try this on, Theo.
It's an old one of Platt's.

It's so cold outside.

Outside?

I think you should
go back to school next week.

The sooner we get back
to a normal routine the better.

Keeping busy is the only thing for it.

Perhaps you could go this afternoon?

To your apartment.

I could come with you.

I meant to clean up
while I was waiting for her.

You get what you need.
I'll tidy this up.

Just your school things.
The rest can wait.

[school bell ringing]

[woman on PA]
Also, basketball practice

has been moved to 4:00 on Thursday.

Tickets for next week's lacrosse final
are available in the admissions office.

Go Vikings!

Hey, Tom.

Hey.

I heard and all.

Yeah.

Yeah, tough luck.

That really bites.

[Young Theo] The only reason
we were at the museum

was because my mom was bringing me in
to see the principal.

About the cigarettes.

Yeah. My mom blew up
over that shit, too.

So, uh, I gotta go.

Later.

[girl] Where are you going?

- [boy 1] Creep-io!
- [boy 2] Loser!

I'm going to go swimming every day.

You can't swim by yourself.
You're not allowed.

[Mr. Barbour] Everyone's going to swim.

The cure for anything is salt water.

Greatest gift my father ever gave me
was the sea.

The love for it.

The feel.

What's he going to do while we're away?

Who's the artist I like, Samantha?
With the grand skies?

[Mrs. Barbour] Maxfield Parrish.

[Mr. Barbour] Maxfield Parrish,
that's the one. Great towering clouds.

When I was a boy on the water,

skies just like that. Magical.

Red and orange sunsets.

Arcadian.

Best to leave that to Esperenza, Theo.
She's used to doing it.

And the same with your dishes.

[object clatters]

Oh.

That is a lovely ring.

Is it a family thing? Your...

Your mother's side?

Yes.

Lovely. Carnelian.

The intaglio.

And the engraving on the inside says...

"Blackwell."

You should keep it somewhere safe.

I thought these might help.

If you take one at night,
it'll keep you from feeling scared.

It's perfectly understandable.

We all feel afraid sometimes.

[detective 1] We're just trying to
build up a general picture.

Little bits of the puzzle.

Now, how long would you say you were

in the museum
before the first explosion?

About an hour.

[detective 1] Look at the map.
Where were you when it happened?

Which room were you in?

The last one before the gift shop.

[detective 2] Thirty two.

But your mother wasn't with you?

No.

She wanted to go back
and see a painting again.

Which painting?

The Anatomy Lesson.

It's a Rembrandt.

[detective 2]
Why didn't you go with her?

Theo?

I said I'd meet her in the gift shop.

What do you remember about the incident?

[security guard] Move! Get out!

[detective 1] Like, did you smell
anything before it happened?

I don't remember.

Did you see anything unusual?

I don't remember.

[detective 1] Anything at all?

Where were you
when the blast happened? Here?

Or here?

I don't know.

I know all these rooms look alike,

but maybe if you could remember
where you were,

we can start
to piece this thing together.

I'm not sure I see the point
in putting him through all of this.

Theo hit his head.

He has some memory impairment.

Nobody seems to have thought to ask
if he was hurt or not.

Is that true?

All right.

Afterwards, when you came round...

did you see people?

Yes.

What were they doing?

They were dead.

[school bell ringing]

[door opens]

You told Beeman
the cigarettes were mine.

I was just standing next to you!

Jesus.

[Young Tom grunts]

Get up!

[Young Tom scoffs]

[door opens]

Right. Okay.

Are you absolutely sure
you wanna do that?

Do what?

Your rook is in danger,

but I would suggest
you take a look at your queen.

[sighs]

Sorry things are so fucked up.

She was awfully nice.

[doorbell buzzes]

[door opens]

Excuse me, I, uh...

He told me to bring it here.

I'm Hobie.

Come in.

Is that him?

The man who gave you the ring?

Yes.

His name was Welty Blackwell.

He was my business partner.

He was the business, really.

Handled the clients and sales.

You...

You said he gave it to you?

You mean in the gallery? After?

I'm glad he wasn't alone.

He would've hated that.

You're the boy, aren't you?

Whose mother was killed there?

Have you eaten?

You like the family you're staying with?

The Barbours?

It was in the papers.

About her taking you in, I mean.

Orphan's plight type thing.

I've done some work for her family
in the past.

What's your favorite subject in school?

English, I guess.

You have a favorite author?

Tolkien.

Edgar Allan Poe.

My dad says he's second-rate, though.

He says he's the Vincent Price
of American letters.

[laughing]

I don't think that's fair, though.

No, I don't either.

And where is he in all this, then?

Your father?

Oh, I don't know.

He ditched us.

[chuckles]

Good riddance.

He could be okay sometimes, I guess.

He used to be an actor.

And when we watched movies,

he used to tell me how they did
the special effects and all.

But he drank.

Like sometimes when he picked me up
from school and...

Anyway, he's gone now.

Well, you've pitched up
with an interesting family anyway.

[Welty] Now all that remains
is a handful of paintings.

The Goldfinch is one of them.

[Young Pippa] It had to live
its whole life like that?

Trapped?

Is she here?

[Hobie] Pippa?

This is Theo.

He wants to say hello.

Not too long, pigeon.

You need to rest.

[door closes]

I know you.

Are we friends?

Sorry. I've forgotten things.

I didn't remember my room
when I came home.

What's your favorite piece of music?

Beethoven.

You look like somebody
who listens to Beethoven.

Is that what you wanna do?

Be a musician?

I'm not supposed to listen to music,
'cause of my head.

It's horrible.

What Beethoven do you like?
I've got some Glenn Gould.

It's my favorite.

It's medicine.

I think it's morphine.

You get tired during the day?

Yeah.

I didn't use to.

Me neither.

Now, I can't stay awake.

I'm sorry.

I know it's rude,

but would you mind
if I just close my eyes for a bit?

You can listen to some music,
if you like.

[ethereal classical music playing
on headphones]

[Mrs. Barbour] You like it?

John Singleton Copley,

a great Colonial portrait painter.

It was my grandmother's.

She loved it, too.

[optometrist]
This option two or three?

Three.

Okay.

And now,
how about this is choice five

or choice six?

[Young Theo] Six.

Why can't she listen to music?

She can, sometimes.

It just tends to upset her.

She thinks she has to practice,
prepare a piece for school.

They say that she could play
on some amateur level one day...

but so many changes.

Her aunt is taking her to Texas.

I thought she lived here.

Well, she did.

Welty was her uncle

and her legal guardian,
after her mother died.

But now,
Margaret is Pippa's nearest relative.

Blood, anyway.

And she thinks
she'd be better off with her.

[Young Theo] What's she like?

She seemed nice, I guess.

She said she's got horses
and a swimming pool.

I don't ride.

Do you?

No.

My mom did.

She used to have horses
growing up in Kansas.

There was this one,
used to get so lonely...

he would come and put his head
through the window...

just to see what was going on.

Is your mother dead, too?

Yes.

Did yours get sick?

No.

Will you stay
with the family you're with?

No.

They're all going away for the summer.

Then what?

I don't know.

I wish you weren't going.

Do you remember seeing me?

When?

Right before.

I remember you.

I was there.

I was there.

[Hobie] You should get
some rest, pigeon.

And I told Theo
I'd show him the workshop.

[jazz music playing]

You like old things.

Must be interesting for you
at the Barbours', then.

The Chippendale? Queen Anne?

It's nicer here.
You can see how they're made.

At the Barbours', they all
kind of look like stuffed animals.

[Hobie laughs]

You can help me sort through
these cherrywood veneers.

Looking to match the case
for this clock here.

[footsteps approaching]

Theo, you remember Platt.

Who do I have to blow to get
a cup of coffee around this place?

Go back to your room.

- Chance, just...
- No. Not this time.

Go back to your room.

- [slams table]
- Now!

[slams table]

[door closes]

[Andy] Something happened at school.

Something bad.

Has he been expelled?

No one will talk about it.

Mother loves Platt the best.

Daddy loves Kitsey best.

Mother loves Platt.

She loves Toddy a lot, too.

[upbeat music playing]

[Hobie clears throat]

I can't tell.

Well, one way is to check the wear.

If it's too even, like here,
then it's reproduction.

Antiques always wear asymmetrically.

Another thing, here, this.

It's machine-cut.

You feel it?

[Hobie imitates machine cutting]

Hmm.

But here...

hand-planed.

So this one is fake.

[chuckles] Well, no. It's only fake if
you try to pass it off as an original.

This is a reproduction,
and not a very good one.

There are things you can do
to help the reimagining.

Period wood, acid, gold size, lampblack.

You can rust old nails in salt water.

You'll get a feel for it.

The new one's flat. It's dead.

But this one...

That glow.

That's hundreds of years
of being touched, used.

That's life.

What do you know about Texas?

You can't walk anywhere
and they have the death penalty.

But it'll be better for her there.

The climate is good for convalescents.

She should go to the planetarium,

although it's inferior to the Hayden.

Do you wanna go get a burger?

I thought you were watching your weight,
so you'd fit into your prom dress.

[gasps]

Oh, oh, oh...

[both] Oh.

Well, I've been making a corsage
for your dress,

and it goes
a little something like this!

[both giggling]

[Mrs. Barbour] Theo...

I have a proposal for you.

Would you like to come to Maine
with us this year?

- Yes!
- [jazz music playing]

Please! That would be...

Yes, please.

Good. We'll see how you like sailing.

You think it's going to be fun,
but you'll hate it.

How come they decided to ask me?

Don't be a dunce.

They've grown quite fond of you.

I think they might make
a family announcement in Maine.

Announcement?

I think they might wanna keep ya.

[gasps]

[Young Theo] Andy says we'll be sick.

He has to carry a baggie on board
just to throw up in.

[Hobie laughing]

- I'm afraid I'm the same way.
- [laughs]

You might just discover
you wanna be a sailor

or a marine biologist.

You never know
what's going to decide your future.

[Young Theo]
I got deck shoes, like you said.

And I got a sweater.

Theo...

I have a surprise for you.

[Larry] Hey, buddy.

Long time no see.

Hi.

I'm Xandra. With an "X."

So we just got into LaGuardia
about two hours ago.

I'm out in Las Vegas now and, uh...

Well, things are pretty different
for me.

Son, we're straight off the plane.

And, well, we wanted to see you
straight away, of course...

but also need the key to the apartment.

Yeah, we couldn't get in there.
We tried already.

Yeah, I'm here
to start taking care of stuff.

[Xandra]
You should be proud of your pops.

Fifty-one days sober.

Did it all on his own.

Detoxed on the sofa,
basket of Easter candy and Valium.

Because I couldn't take it.

My mom's the kind of lush
who would throw up in her own glass,

and then drink it anyway. [chuckles]

[Larry]
I guess I should have called, but...

Well, I figured it was easier
just to come and get you.

Get me?

You got a nice little place here.

[Larry] No, it's more hers than mine.

What do you got there?

A picture.

No, I told ya.
Don't haul a lot of junk, all right?

You know,
the movers will bring most of it.

You know, your mother wasn't
so easy to get along with.

But there's two sides
to every marriage, you know?

And she sure could hold a grudge.

But God knows she didn't deserve...

"Desert End Road."

It's like you're moving
to some mining colony on Jupiter.

I wonder if your school will be
one those places you read about,

with gangs, metal detectors.

Okay. We're off.

Have a good trip, all of you.

Goodbye, Theo.

You're an awfully good guest.

Hey, wake up, buddy.
Come on, you're holding up the line.

Jeez, he's as white as a sheet.

Why don't you, uh, give him
one of those? You know?

Here, this'll help.

Shoes.

[dog whining]

What is that?

That's her dog.

[Xandra] Popper, you get back here.

He stayed by himself?

- [Xandra] Come here!
- [Popper barking]

He's got a water fountain.

Grab these other bags, will you?

Pop! Would you... Larry, get the dog.

Popper!

Popper!

[Larry] Jesus, Xan,
there's shit all over the floor!

[Xandra] You don't think
I can see that, Larry?

Popper, come here.

Damn it, I stepped in it.

[TV playing]

I thought he'd stopped?

Mmm?

Oh. That's just a beer.
He doesn't touch the hard stuff anymore.

Take the trash out, will you?

[Young Theo] Where does it go?

There's a house down the street
with a dumpster outside.

Just stick it in there.

Won't they mind?

Who?

We're the only ones here.

[gasping]

[Theo] I wear bespoke suits.

I swim twice a week.

I socialize with people I can't stand.

I'm relaxed...

personable.

I don't indulge in self-pity.

It is true what I read.

We're so accustomed
to disguise ourselves to others...

that in the end...

we become disguised to ourselves.

[Theo] Warmer.

Warmer.

Warmer.

Yes.

Really?

No, but it's so beautiful.

How would you know?

Most people wouldn't.

I've seen pieces he's worked on that

I could've sworn
were completely genuine.

This is genuine Connecticut Queen Anne.

But the pediment and the legs
were damaged,

so the finials and the legs
were salvaged from a different piece.

What? These?

Mmm-hmm.

You feel that?

[whispering] Yeah.

Wow.

And...

here.

You feel that?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Everett] What are we looking at?

Come and see what Hobie made, Everett.

Oh, I didn't make it.

I just patched the poor thing up.

Not worth much now, of course...

but maybe we can find a home for it.

What do you think, Pip?
Shall we take it?

[Pippa chuckles]
It's bigger than our bedroom.

I'm gonna take these two to lunch
and then on to the airport.

What? Can't you come with us?

Oh.

No, no, I can't.
I have a client meeting, so...

You're such a businessman these days.

Well, one of us has to be.

All right, let's go.

Yes. Uh, well, it was so lovely
to see you again.

It was great to finally meet you, Theo.

If you're ever in London,
come and stay with us.

She was exaggerating about
the size of the flat, sort of.

[both chuckle]

[Lucius] I can recommend the poularde.

That's fine. Thank you.

[waiter] Mmm-hmm.

- Thank you.
- Very good, sir.

This is a pleasant surprise, Mr. Reeve.

Lucius, please.

Are you looking
for another piece to buy?

I want to talk about the piece
you've already sold me.

The Affleck?

- It is beautiful, isn't it?
- Yes.

Except that it isn't, is it?

Thomas Affleck, I mean.

The phoenix ornament is.
I'm fairly certain about that.

But the rest of the chest is not.

Antique, but unremarkable.

Mr. Reeve, I can assure you
that if there's been a mistake...

Oh, but there has been, Mr. Decker.

You sold a fake to someone
who can tell the difference.

To be honest...

I am still quite new at all this,

and I am certainly not an expert
at Philadelphia Chippendale.

Here's the problem.

I know exactly who put the little
Frankenstein's monster together

that you sold me.

Your partner.

My partner had nothing to do with this.

Oh, I think he did.

I've seen his handiwork before.

"Changelings."

That's what he calls 'em, isn't it?

A pair of finials from here,
a set of legs from there.

Just enough of a genuinely collectible
piece to fool the buyer, and voilà.

I'm happy to buy the piece
back from you, Mr. Reeve.

At a premium.

I don't see what else I...

- I know you.
- What?

I've been in this business
for a long time.

We all know poor Hobie was going under,
swimming in debt.

Then along you come, the wunderkind.

The knowledgeable,
charming young salesman.

Suddenly the business is thriving.

But I know you, Mr. Decker.

I know all about you.

Theo?

It's Platt.

Platt Barbour.

Platt. Good Lord.

Long time. How are you?

How's Andy?

[Platt] You know how Daddy had...

They used to call it
"problems with his nerves."

Bipolar.

I didn't know.

He was always very kind with me.

Yeah.

A few years back,
he came off his medication.

You know how he loved sailing.

He decided to go out
off the Northeast Harbor.

I went with him.

Andy came too, just in case
Daddy got storm giddy, you know?

[sighs]

Of course, Andy didn't wanna go.

He always hated the water.

Anyway, the wind blew up

and we were trying
to reef the mainsail...

and Daddy started just...

shouting all this poetic bullshit.

Next thing, he's overboard,
and we're trying to haul him back in.

And we get broadsided.

This big wave just...

And they both went.

Andy hadn't tied his jacket on properly.

He was always such a fucking klutz.

God, Platt.

Do something for me?

[Platt] She's back here.

We're very informal now.

Mom? I've got a guest for you.

Mrs. Barbour?

Theo.

I can't believe it.

[Mrs. Barbour] So handsome.

Isn't he, Platt? Hmm?

Yeah.

Now, you must tell me,
what have you been doing with your life?

Uh...

Dealing antiques.

[gasps]

Antiques. How marvelous, Theo.

American furniture, mostly.

You should come by.

You know how I love old things.

When you were a child, I used to
catch you studying my paintings.

You'd always go straight
to the very best ones.

The Peale, the Lane, the Copley.

I used to think, "Ah, a kindred spirit."

Mrs. Barbour...

I didn't know about Andy.

Mmm.

I can't believe it.

[whispering] I am so sorry.

I don't need to tell you about loss.
Hmm?

You were always
such a good friend to him.

Thick as thieves, the pair of you.

Your funny little games.

[Platt] So...

do you see any of your old school crowd?

No, not really.

[Platt] I see a little bit of Tom Cable,
now and then.

[door opening]

Really?

- [footsteps approaching]
- Sees my sister...

on occasion.

Don't exaggerate, platypus.

I ran into him a couple of times.

So you really are here.

I didn't believe it when Platt rang
to say you were visiting.

It's great to see you, Theo.

I'm sorry, this is just so weird.

You must have been seven or eight
the last time I saw you.

A long time ago.

I'm so glad you came back to us.

Just like old times.

Hmm?

The lowboy goes
all the way back to Salem.

1760s.

My grandmother's house, I remember,
when I was a child...

Oh, take my breath away.

You know, I'm amazed
you came back to us.

I always thought you'd hate us.

We were so horrible to you, Toddy and I.

You were only little.

I know.

And look at us now.

Almost exactly like people.

Well, if we're forgiven,
make sure you come back again.

[elevator bell dings]

Hmm.

[snorting]

[Young Theo] Dear Pippa...

How are you?

I've been thinking about you.

I hope things are wonderful
for you in Texas.

I have to say...

I sort of hate it here.

[Young Pippa]
Do you remember your mother?

[Young Theo] Yes.

[Young Pippa] What do you remember?

[Young Theo] She had dark hair...

and she was really pretty.

She laughed a lot.

And she liked galleries.

[Young Pippa]
Is that why you were there?

[Young Theo] Do you remember seeing me?

[teacher] "However mean
your life is, meet it and live it.

It is not so bad as you are.

Love your life, poor as it is."

And what do we think about
Thoreau's anti-commerce stance?

[girl] I think it's stupid.

I mean, if everybody just dropped out
and moped around in the woods,

what kind of society would we have?

It's irresponsible.

[girl] Right.
If it was just people like him,

we wouldn't have stores,
or television, or roads.

[teacher] Uh...

Twat.

[teacher] Right.

But he might be arguing
the opposite of that.

Does anyone have a differing opinion?

Huh!

Harry Potter.

Fuck you.

Where's your snowboard?

Huh?

Your T-shirt.

There's not much boarding in the desert.

No. I don't know how to snowboard.

I just hate the sun.

[1980s pop music playing]

Theo.

Boris.

Where are you from?

Russia, Australia, Poland...

New Zealand, Texas, Alaska, Canada.

Sweden.

Originally from Ukraine.

Jesus.

Yeah, we travel.

My father digs mines.

People hate us everywhere we go

because the company promise
they won't fuck up the environment,

then they fuck up the environment.

Huh!

But I figure here who cares?

You want to get drink?

What?

Drink. I have beer at my house.

Uh...

Okay.

What are you doing?

Told you.

Hate the sun.

[1980s pop music continues playing]

No.

Do you have any neighbors?

All the houses around mine are empty.

[sighs] Same.

They built this shit way too far out.

Now desert is reclaiming.

Ha!

Desert and the banks.

You want vodka?

No, thanks.

My dad drinks it all the time.

So much, he can't feel his feet.

Literally. It's got a name.

My...

My dad says he's stopped drinking.

[Young Boris chuckles]

Sure.

[Young Theo laughs]

You want food?

I've got bread, sugar.

No, thanks.

Is there anyone here?

No.

My dad won't be back tonight.

It's just the two of you?

Yes. My mother is dead.

Mine, too.

Mine was alkie.

Got drunk and fell out of window.

Mine got killed in a bombing.

Yeah.

Life, eh?

[helicopter approaching]

[Young Theo exhales]

[1980s pop music playing]

[both laughing]

[whining]

[Popper barking]

What's this?

Uh, vitamins.

Xandra said she got them
from this bodybuilder guy.

Vitamins?

That's not "V" for vitamin, Potter.

It's Vicodin. Can get you high.

[upbeat music playing on stereo]

You think she sells?

Her? No.

She manages a bar on the Strip.

Oh! Then she can't be selling drugs.

[laughs]

I thought you were from New York?

Oh, God, she's hot.

Would you mind?

If me and her...

Ugh.

You don't like her?

No.

I think my dad was seeing her
when my mom was still alive.

He used to say he was
going on all these work trips...

but I think he was coming here.

So?

That's on him.

Don't blame her.

Or the little dog here.
What's he called?

Popper.

What are you...?

[Young Boris] Hey.

[Young Boris speaking
Ukrainian and Russian]

[whining]

[in English] Good boy.

That cost $20.

It would've cost $20.

[doorbell rings]

[Popper barking]

[Young Boris exhaling]

[man] Look at that. Cute fella.

You can put him down. Go ahead.

Stay.

What's your name, kid?

Theodore Decker.

Another New Yorker, right?

Yes, sir.

Pleased to meet you. I'm Naaman Silver.

Is your dad home?

No, sir.

"Sir." Nice manners.

Do you know when he'll be back?

No, sir.

Would you like to come in and wait?

You're a good kid, Theo.

I won't, thank you,
because I don't really

like to bother a man when he's home.

Just tell him I called.
And you take care.

God bless.

[car door opens]

[TV playing]

Yes! There you go!

You see, that's what you get
when you exercise discipline.

You gotta approach it like an investor.

That's me. Pure Scorpio.

You believe that stuff?

Half the sports books in Vegas
have an astrologer on speed dial.

You look for the edge where you can.

This year, 53% on what?
A thousand plays?

That's a good year.
That's a damn good year.

This fucking game, baby.

I wanna open up a savings account
for you, okay?

I put 10,000 aside, so...

You don't have to do that.

I know I don't have to do that.
I know that. I want to.

Just give me
your Social Security number,

when you've got a minute,

and I'll open it up for you.

It's just, you know,

I'm glad you're here, kiddo.

You and your mom...

You know, you two were always so close.

[sighs]

I'm glad you've given me
a second chance.

There you go! Are you seeing this?

You're bringing me luck already.
This is unbelievable!

We got two more games today.
We gotta pace ourselves.

This is great. Oh, man.

We gotta keep that dog
out of the house, too.

The dog is bad luck.

Help me with that, okay?

Is there any more ice cream?

Whoo!

[TV playing]

[man screaming on TV]

We should trip together.

Drop acid.

That girl, the thin one in civics?

Kayley.

She says
her mother's boyfriend can get some.

Have you done it before?

[chuckles] Once.

It was fantastic.

- What does it...
- [door opens]

Shh!

[door closes]

My dad, he'll kill the dog. Hurry.

Popper. Come here.

[Boris's father speaking
Ukrainian and Russian]

[speaking Ukrainian and Russian]

[Boris's father shouting
in Ukrainian and Russian]

[Boris groaning]

[Young Boris in English] Very exciting.

If you ever go to Ukraine,
people will treat you as big star.

[Larry] Yeah?

You didn't tell me
your father was in movies, Potter.

I mean, it was only one or two,
you know.

It was mostly, you know, TVwork.

Hey, listen, Theo,
I'm gonna take Xandra to the MGM Grand

for Thanksgiving dinner.

You wanna come?

We thought we might just
do our own thing, Dad.

We'll probably go
to Boris' house for dinner.

[Xandra scoffs]

But I guess I could come with you guys,
if that's what you'd rather?

The reservation's been made
already, so...

Well, I'll let you two work it out.

Boris, do you like cop movies?

- Sure.
- Yeah?

I made one with Mickey Rourke.
You wanna see it?

- For real, man?
- [Larry] For real.

[gasps]

This was delicious.

Thank you.

[Larry] Mickey hated me, by the way.
[clears throat]

I don't know
what the problem was,

'cause I thought he was pretty cool.

But, you know,
the guy was just threatened by me...

for whatever reason.

I mean, we even worked out together
a couple of times.

You want me
to change the reservation or not?

I never said I didn't want you to come.

I never said you did.

[Larry] Got it.

What are you two really gonna do anyway?

We'll probably just watch TV here.

Do you want me to bring you
those cocktail sausages

and the hot wings that you like?

Great.

Cool. I'll hook you up.

But you stay outta my cigarettes.

- "Every man, every woman...
- [Young Boris vocalizing]

- "...carries one true home."
- [Young Boris singing in Ukrainian]

[Young Boris vocalizing]

English!

In English, you fucker!

[Young Boris continues vocalizing]

Oh! Fuck! Oh, my fucking mouth.

[Young Boris laughing]

[man on TV] My wife, Dawn,
and our kids, Sebastian and Casey.

Ha!

Did you hear that?

What?

The man talking?

He just wished happy holiday
to his kids, Bastard and Casey.

Don't be stupid.

That's what he said.

That's hard, eh?

Casey's okay.
But calling your son Bastard on TV...

- That's not what he said.
- Then what did he say?

- How the fuck should I know?
- Then why argue?

Americans always call their kids
stupid fucking names

like Apple, and Blanket,
and Bear, and shit.

[man on TV] Families enjoying the first
skate of the season in New York City.

[Young Boris]
You and your mother go there?

No. It was for tourists.

What did you do?

Nothing. We just...

She made turkey.

We sang songs.

[folk rock music playing]

Can't we just swallow them?

It hits harder this way.

[snorting]

[toasts in other language]

[Young Theo exhales]

[in English]
How will we know when it starts working?

[thunder rumbling]

My dad killed a man.

In mine, in New Guinea.

Bullshit.

No.

It's true.

He did it with a...

What do you call it?

Pipe wrench.

[Young Theo] Hmm.

Tried to make it look like
loose rocks had fall on him.

We had to leave right after.

Now you.

A secret.

I dream about my mom.

I dream...
somebody tells me where she's living.

It's like
some old slum building across town.

And I run there...

and I run up the stairs...

but she's gone.

She's always gone.

It's not secret.

She won't see me
because it was my fault.

She was taking me to see the principal

because they'd said I'd been smoking.

And it was raining, and we were early...

and that's why we went into the museum.

It was my fault she died.

And now she won't see me.

Swim, Potter.

[melancholy rock music playing]

[gasping]

[breathing heavily]

[continues breathing heavily]

Where am I?

Where?

[Welty whimpering]

Pippa!

Where is she?

I haven't seen you for so long.

Emile.

- [coughs]
- You should stay still.

Not here. Not here. Don't leave it here.

Not here. Don't leave it here.

Take it.

Take it.

They mustn't see it.

They'll take it.

They took all the light bulbs.

[coughs]

They...

That? You mean that?

It's okay. Here.

Take it with you.

[gasps]

[speaking French]

[in English]
Promise! Promise you'll take it.

Uh-huh.

[coughing]

I have to find my mother.

[straining]

Hobart and Blackwell.

Ring the green bell.

[Welty coughing]

[officer] Clear on the side!

[police radio chatter]

[gasping]

[Young Boris shushing]

It's just me, Potter.

Potter. [continues shushing]

[Young Boris speaks other language]

[in English] Sleep. Sleep, Potter. Shh.

- [Young Boris shushing]
- [Young Theo whimpering]

[Larry clears throat]

Theo, you got a minute?

Sure. What's up?

[Larry clears throat]

You know I said I'd had a good year?

Well, I'm looking
to make some big changes.

A buddy of mine
is opening up a restaurant.

Wow. That's great.

Yeah. It's a great opportunity.

But, you know, it's just, well,
restaurant taxes, liquor license taxes.

It's a big initial outlay.

Oh. Well, if you need the money
from the savings account, you can...

The...

Right. No, I, uh...

Right.

I appreciate that, pal. I do.

But what I need you to do is...

I need you to call this guy Bracegirdle,
your mom's attorney.

There you go.
I've written everything out.

You tell him that I'm sending you
to a private school,

and you need this amount
transferred to this account.

$65,000?

As long as the money's being used
for your benefit, it's legal, right?

And this restaurant,
it'll be for all of our benefits.

Thing is, if we angle this right?

You know, we could save, like, 30,000.

But why...

Theo, I don't have time
for this right now.

I need you to make this call because
the offices will close back East.

And if you need to sign documents,

you tell him
to fax to this number, okay?

But why do I have to do it?
I mean, it...

Hey. You're gonna do this, all right?
You've got to.

I'm in a real fucking tight spot here.
Do you understand that?

You got it? Just a temporary thing.

- But I need the money now!
- [crying]

I mean, 'cause this opportunity... Hey.

This opportunity could go away,
if I don't get on it right now.

Stop!

Stop with the crying.

[dialing phone]

Just what's on the page.

[phone ringing]

[receptionist] Bracegirdle and Wise.

Can I speak to Mr. Bracegirdle, please?

This is Theodore Decker.

[receptionist] Please hold.

[Bracegirdle] Theodore,
I'm glad you phoned.

I've had no way of getting in touch
with you directly.

I wanna go to private school.

Did my mother leave me some money?

Not exactly.

But you do have a 529
which can be used for your education.

So, if I asked you to send me $65,000?

I'm afraid
the funds can only be released

directly to the school of your choice.

It was set up by your mother to ensure

it could only be used
for your education.

I don't know if I should tell you this,

but an unauthorized person
has twice tried

to make a large withdrawal
on the account.

Someone with access
to your Social Security number,

purporting to be your attorney
out there.

Do you know anything about that?

No, I don't.

Thank you anyway.

[beeps]

God damn it! No!

Fuck! God! Fuck!

No! No! No!

Fuck!

[panting]

[Young Boris]
He told me you had fortune.

My dad?

You think if I had a fortune
I wouldn't have told you?

I don't know.

There are lots of things
you don't tell me.

But that's okay.

I know what will make you feel better.

Believe me, Potter.

This is going to be
one of the great nights of your life.

[dreamy electronic music playing]

[Theo] It's like a movie.

It's all flat and black and white.

Would be nice
if we could've had color, though.

Maybe if you paid more.

[Young Theo] Shit.

No one was supposed to be here.

Act normal.

They've got sparks coming out
of their mouths.

Normal. Normal.

You're still in your work uniform.

Theo...

your dad's had a car accident.

It was about two hours ago.

His blood alcohol was.39.

He was driving west into the desert...

[crying] like he was leaving.

Right.

Right. So, when's he coming back?

No, Theo.

What I'm saying is is that he's dead.

He's dead.

He's dead, he's dead.

[sobbing]

[Xandra wailing]

[TV playing]

What are you doing?

I didn't think you could see me.

You're too young to drink.

Apologies.

[both laughing]

What's wrong with you?

[laughing continues]

[shouting] What is wrong with you?

You can't cry? Your father is dead.
Your own father.

Oh, you think it's funny?

Yeah, well, let me tell you something.

You might not have had
a lot of time for your dad,

but you are his kid...

through and through.

[sighs in relief]

They've gone.

And she's out cold.

What are you doing?

[Young Theo]
I'm looking for money.

I'm leaving
before people start showing up.

- Come with me.
- Where?

- New York.
- What?

I can't stay here with her.

Because of what she said?

She's in mess, Potter.

I feel sorry for her.

Don't.

[Young Boris] We should plan this.
Crazy to go tonight.

I can't stay here!

She'll put me in a home.
You understand that?

Look, I'm a minor.

I've got no family, no friends out here.

We have to go.

Now.

What about Popchik?

We'll stop at yours, grab your things,
and then go to the bus station.

I can't leave now. Give me more time.

What? I don't have time.
They'll come for me.

- Just one day.
- Why?

Because I...

Because what?

There's something important
I have to tell you.

Boris, what?

What do you have to tell me?

You shouldn't go. It's a mistake.

I have to go.

Now, are you coming or not?

You go ahead.

I'll follow.

One or two days.

You have to come. Promise me.

We'll go to Brighton Beach. That's where
all of the Russians hang out.

- And we can go to school together.
- Potter.

And...

Good luck.

Look after Popchik.

[soft rock music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

[doorbell buzzes]

[Hobie] I hope this will do.

It's Welty's old room.

Please don't make me go.

You need to get out of those wet things
and get some rest.

We'll talk when you're feeling better.

And no one's gonna make you go.

You can stay as long as you like.

Both of you.

[music continues playing]

I'm not going to drag you there again,

but you have to decide.

Chinois china or Birds of the Nile?

[laughs]

Birds of the Nile.

Oh, ow!

[gasps]

Oh.

Theo.

It wasn't quite as romantic
as I hoped it would be.

They're beautiful.

What?

No, nothing. They're gorgeous.

It's just, do you think they'll be
quite right for the actual day?

No.

Emeralds, I adore them...

but they're not really my stone.

Mother can't wear green either.

Whatever you think.

Oh...

Darling, I've hurt your feelings,
haven't I?

Look, I will wear them.

- You really don't...
- I want to.

[glass clinking]

Kitsey said no speeches today...

so this is a toast.

To my best friend and her husband-to-be.

To Kitsey and Theo.

[all] Cheers.

[Theo] I hope you don't
already have this.

No. You'll never ever believe this,

but I saw this show in Boston
when I was in college.

[people laughing]

Is that that boy? Longstreet?

Forrest Longstreet.

He was in Andy's class, wasn't he?

That's right.

He didn't invite Andy
to a birthday party, I remember.

I don't think
Andy would've wanted to go.

Perhaps not.

You knew him better than I did.

I don't think I ever saw him for...
[sighs] For what he was.

I think I was always trying to
make him into someone else.

After he'd gone...

[exhales] I thought
everything would be broken forever.

And then you came back.

And I thought
I'd never be quite so happy ever again.

[sniffles]

I hope you don't mind

if I speak from the heart...

but I always did think of you
as one of my own.

I know this must have been
distressing for you.

So I'd like to offer you
some compensation.

Say, an additional 10,000?

I know you were there.

Room 32.

I know you were there,

and I know what else was in that room.

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

The Metropolitan Museum,
the day of the bombing.

I don't wanna talk about that.

My mother died in that explosion.

I know she did.
Welton Blackwell died too, in room 32.

You know, if your partner

hadn't gone around telling half the town

how you turned up at his door
with Welty's ring,

I might never have made the connection.

What connection?

The connection
between you and the painting.

The painting you brought to Mr. Hobart,
who subsequently made you his ward.

- I'm not his...
- Or whatever you are to him.

The painting
you two have been farming out,

using it to raise money.

This painting.

Fabritius' The Goldfinch.

Destroyed in a mindless terrorist attack
on a New York museum.

Oh, poor, brave little bird.

Lost forever.

You've been irresponsible enough,

letting those street thugs
handle something so delicate.

What I'm suggesting is...

you sell it to me for, say...

half a million dollars.

Otherwise, I'm sure the police
would be quite interested...

What the fuck
does this have to do with me?

All right.

The FBI received a tip
that a criminal gang in Miami

was using the painting as collateral
in a drug deal.

But that proves that it didn't burn
in the explosion, wouldn't you say?

[laughing]

I would advise you
to think about my offer.

I am quite prepared to go to the FBI.

[Theo] Be my guest.

Whenever you'd like to talk about
the other matter, call me.

[doorbell rings]

[Em] Kitsey's not here, Theo.

[Theo] I thought she'd be back
from work by now.

She's not answering her phone.

[Em] I don't know when she'll be back.

[Theo] Okay.

Can I wait for her here, please?

I think you better come back later.

[Theo] Are you serious?
I just want to wait in her room, Em.

I don't...

[Em] I live here, too.

You can'tjust come barging in here.

I'm sorry. It's a bad time.

[door closes]

[Tom] It's all right.

It's gonna be fine.

You all right?

[Kitsey] Theo.

It's so late.

You should've called me.

Are you hungry?
I can make us something to eat,

if you like?

Oh! Maybe a glass of wine?

Em said you stopped by earlier.

Oh. Darling, will you open this?

Please don't.

I'm sorry?

I saw you.

[Kitsey] Oh.

You don't mean Tom Cable, do you?

He's an old friend.

Please, Kitsey. No more secrets.

[Kitsey] I didn't think it would matter
until the wedding.

I tried to break things off
a while back, but...

But you love him.

I don't expect you
to know what it feels like

to be in love with the wrong person.

Theo...

does it really matter
as much as all that?

You know it doesn't.

Not really.

I know about your things.

My things?

Take all the drugs you want,
I don't care.

This marriage makes sense.

Mommy loves you so much.

It's a good match.

We like each other and we get on.

Head not heart?

If you like.

[store owner] $2,000.

Reilly and Britton, of course.

First edition, first printing.

As you can see, in beautiful condition.

I'll take it.

[store owner] For yourself?

No. A gift.

Lucky person.

Oh.

Look at this.

Stored in some unheated shed
in Watervliet.

It's amazing it survived at all,

but look at the grain, though.

What?

I didn't want to bother you.

Bother me with what?

This guy Reeve, Lucius Reeve...

I sold him the chest-on-chest
with the Affleck ornament.

And?

I sold it as an Affleck.

I should have never, never.
But I didn't know what to do.

We had the IRS calling every other day,
and now he's got it in for us.

Well, give him the money back.

I've tried. I don't know what he wants.

Dealers live by their reputation, Theo.
It's an honor system.

If word got out that...

I'll put it right, Hobie.

I'll offer him more than what he paid
for the piece.

I'm sure he just wants money.

Hobie?

[door opens]

[footsteps approaching]

Pippa?

Hello, lovely.

Are you gonna change the sign?

No.

I didn't ask him to.

I know you didn't.

But Hobie's always saying
you've turned things around.

Quite the salesman.

And who'd have thought it?
Antique furniture?

[Theo] Do you miss it?

New York?

Don't let me forget,
I've got a book for you.

- Yeah?
- Mmm-hmm.

I've got something for you, too.

[Pippa] It's good timing.
I finished my book on the plane.

I've got you The Rings of Saturn.

Everett said he thought you'd like it.

- Is it good?
- Mmm-hmm.

Great.

I'm really glad you're happy, Theo.

I can't believe I haven't even met her
and you're getting married.

Yeah.

It was all pretty fast.

Well, I guess when you know, you know.

Okay. I'm bushed.

Time for bed.

Night.

[door closes]

[classical music playing]

[man] I remember the feeling of,
"Who is this guy?"

That each voice is so clearly etched
in the eloquence,

with which he was able to play
the left and the right hands,

so they sounded almost like
it was a duet played with yourself.

[Theo] I'm sorry.

I thought you'd like it.

[Pippa] I loved it.

It just reminded me of that world.

- It was really hard, you know.
- [soft music playing]

You just practice, practice, practice,
six hours a day.

And then everything stopped that day.

Now I can't even go
to a concert. [sniffles]

And Welty...

you know, he was only with me that day

because I was making him take me
to an audition.

It was my fault, Thee.

Come home.

Home here?

Yes.

What about Everett?

When I was with Welty...

when he gave me this ring...

something happened between us.

Like the way he guided me to the shop.

The minute I was there, it felt right.

And antiques?

Why would I be interested?
Who would've known that?

But I was.

It's like he sent me
exactly where I needed to be.

And to who I needed to be with.

Pippa.

- I...
- I know.

I know.

Don't think I don't.

Yes.

I miss it.

New York.

But I'll tell you why I don't come back.

Because at least in London...

I don't think about it...

every second of the day.

But I miss it. [sniffles]

I miss Hobie.

And I miss you.

We [sniffles] are
an awful lot alike, Theo.

What we both went through...

I don't think we can lean on each other.

If one of us went down...

the other would go with them.

Theo, I'm sorry.

No. No.

I'm sorry. [sniffles]

[sighs]

It's okay.

[phone ringing]

[Jerome] Yo.

[Theo] Jerome? I need some.
Where do I go?

[Jerome] Hit up my girl Katrina.
Bar G-Slack off Avenue B.

- [music playing]
- [indistinct chattering]

Does Katrina work here?

Katrina?

I'm a friend of Jerome's.

He said she might be able to help me.

What's her second name?

Help you with what?

It doesn't matter.

[man] Hey.

Potter!

[Theo] Boris?

[both toasting in Russian]

[in English]
How did you know I'd be here?

I didn't.

You weren't looking for me?

What?

This is just accident?

Yes.

All right.

To accident, then. Mmm?

They serve food here?

Not usually.

What do you do?

This, that.

Many things, you know. Just getting by.

[chuckles]

You living in New York?

No. I travel a lot. Sometimes here.

Sweden, Belgium, Germany.

- Russia?
- Not so much.

I thought maybe you went back
to Russia

because you never came.

Well, very fucked-up time.

For a while, I worked for Mr. Silver.

What?

I was living with Xandra at the time.

What?

My dad had moved. I had nowhere to go.

We ended up getting along.

Mr. Silver would come round.

So for a while, I am his assistant.
Do this, do that.

I can't believe you're here.

Do you know what I did in college?

Conversational Russian, because of you.

It used to make me think of you.

[sighs]

Potter...

I am so sorry for what I did to you.

Forget it.

No, I can't.

Are you happy?

Not very.

A girl?

Look, it's not that. It's...

I'm engaged to be married.

I don't know why I'm telling you this...

but I saw her kissing another guy.

Old friend of mine. Tom Cable.

The asshole with the cigarette,
when you were a kid?

And you love her.

But not too much, I think.

It's complicated.

There is someone else?

All right. Enough of this.

Let's go somewhere. Let's get a taxi.

A taxi?

- [bangs table]
- [both laughing]

You've got a fucking driver. You?

I have a fucking driver!

Gyuri, say hello to Potter.

Hello, Potter.

Hello, Gyuri. [laughing]

Watch the...

Watch, you're spilling it!

Hold it still!

[snorts]

[both laughing]

Come work for me.

Fate brings us together again.
And you are not happy.

I want to repay you

because everything good
that has happened is because of you.

That's great.
I got you started as a drug dealer.

Not drug dealing. I have a good life.

We could...

I am so sorry, Potter.

So sorry for what I did.

- Forget it.
- I can't forget it.

That I should treat you so badly.

And I have tried, I swear to you,
I have tried to get it back.

I thought
you might have heard about Miami,

and I wanted to tell you that nothing,
nothing could be traced back to you.

No.

You never opened it?

All these years?

How could you not fucking open it?

Shut the fuck up. What are you...

You had stayed, I would have...

I would have given it back to you.
I promise.

Told you that I had switched it.

But you wouldn't wait.

You had to go straight away,
and I was scared

to tell you that I'm so ashamed.

Still so ashamed!

Bullshit! Nobody knew about it.
No one has ever...

You are a blackout drunk, Potter.

You showed me it.

At Thanksgiving. Totally wrecked.

You unwrapped it and showed me.

And I wanted it. But not to sell.

I swear to you.
You cannot sell something like that.

I don't believe...

I don't believe one word you're saying.

This is the back of the painting.

The verso prove that we have it.

The painting was used
as collateral on certain deals.

Until Miami.

And I swear to you, Potter, I swear...

- What are you... Wait, Potter!
- [brakes screech]

Please, stop!

Move! Get out!

[crying]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[Hobie] He came to see me today.

Reeve.

He had photocopies, bills of shipping.

Dozens.

[Theo] All right. Listen...

I wanted to tell you.

I was just trying to settle some debts.

I didn't know how to get out from under.

No, no, you don't have to tell me.

Business turning around
and it suited me...

to keep my head in the sand.

No, no, that's not what I'm saying.
This is all my fault.

And I'll fix it.

That's not why he came.

Is it true?

Please tell me it isn't true.

Hobie...

I called him a liar and threw him out.

Now, tell me.

Is it true?

The painting?

Yes.

Do you know
the history of that painting?

Do you know that it was
his last painting because he died?

Died in an explosion. A stupid accident.

And one of the only things
that survived...

like a miracle...

was that little bird.

Like nothing
that had been painted before.

And somehow, miracle after miracle,

it survives through centuries.

Until you.

Hobie, I never meant...

I didn't know what it was at first.

And then, I don't even know
why I kept it.

I was just trying to keep it safe.

It wasn't yours to keep!

My whole life,
everything I've tried to do...

I don't know.

I don't know, maybe it's ignoble
to care too much about objects.

But, Theo...

that painting, pulled from the fire...

passed down, saved, preserved...

so it could be handed on.

And handed...

We die.

We all die.

But to destroy, to lose something...

that should have been immortal...

Is it lost?

[exhales]

[sniffles]

Hobie...

I never meant you any harm.

Never.

[door opens]

[door closes]

- [indistinct chattering]
- [jazz music playing]

Cheers. Happy for you two.

[Kitsey] Thank you for coming.

Come over and say hi to Anne.
I think she's over there by the corner.

Everything okay?

The best thing that ever happened to her
is when you came along.

Did your mother know, Platt?

She said from the beginning,
it was just an infatuation.

Women always love assholes, am I right?

We need more drinks.

Oh, hi.

Which one is she?

Is that her?

Loveliest lady in the room.

Go tell your lovely lady
that you have to leave.

What are you doing here?

I have a ticket for you
but we must go now.

- Where?
- Amsterdam.

Why the fuck would I go to Amsterdam?

'Cause you want it back.

- I'll find you later, okay?
- Yes.

Oh, there you are.

You must meet my godmother,
Anne de Larmessin.

What are you doing? [chuckles]

Hmm?

I'm going.

You can't. There's more photographs.

I'm going to be away for a few days.

Make up an excuse for me.

Are you coming back?

Take care, Kitsey.

[Theo] Before and after.

Everything is before and after.

In the middle is the painting.

The one thing you did.

You crossed the border
into another country.

And now you can never go back.

You cannot sell a painting
like that, Potter.

It's quickest way to get caught.

People with goods, they front you,
hold painting as collateral.

You sell the goods, you give them
their cut, painting is returned.

[Theo] Who?

Who took the painting?

A German guy I know.

Deals in stolen art.
Calls himself Sascha.

Was involved in setting up the operation
with those Miami assholes.

And then, he went missing.

Now Sascha is feeling heat
from FBI raid.

So he is willing to offload it for cash.

Glad to see you again, Potter.

- You know, that's not actually my name.
- So?

Sascha is here with the painting.

Victor got in touch,
said he had a buyer.

An American businessman.

And who's this American businessman?

That would be you.

You want the painting back?

Yes?

[Theo] Yes.

I am going to do this.

I'm going to make
everything right again.

[sighing]

40,000. My money.

This they get to keep.

That way, they don't look so close
at bank draft.

By the time they realize is no good,
we are long gone.

Now story is...

you are based in New York,
very rich man.

Is just for show.

[man speaking other language]

[speaking Russian]

[groans]

[glass shatters]

There's someone in the back.

No one there.

[men speaking indistinctly]

[Boris] Right, I'll see you later.

A lot of trouble...

but worth it, yes?

Yes.

- [man] Merry Christmas.
- [gun cocks]

Don't be a prick, Boris.

Do it over there.

[groans]

[groaning]

[Theo] Carel Pietersz...

known as Fabritius...

born in Holland in 1622.

He's only 32 years old,

but he's already considered
one of the greatest painters

in an age of great painters.

He's painting in his studio in Delft

when a nearby gunpowder store
accidentally explodes.

Neighbors pull a wooden panel
from the rubble...

and on the panel is painted a goldfinch.

For hundreds of years,
it is passed hand to hand.

It survives.

Until me.

To have kept it shut up in the dark
all these years.

A thing made of light.

[inaudible]

That only lived in light.

I would've given it back.

I swear.

But it was too late.

Things done that can never be undone.

Things that come together.

And things that fall apart.

[Boris grunting]

[Boris] Hey.

[straining]

[Theo vomiting]

[Boris] Stop.

Hey. Hey. You need to walk.

Yes?

All right. Okay. Come on.

All right.

Okay.

Let's go.

There he is. That's it.

Come on.

[Boris] The Chinese boy...

maybe he runs back to Sascha.

Gyuri knew this place in Frankfurt
that Sascha used to use.

Place is like fortress.

Cameras, locks, pass-codes and shit.
Need army to get in.

Or police.

Eat. You should.

All right, so, problem is
police need probable cause.

Gyuri has cousin,
works in very expensive bar.

Now he goes to the police
and says he sees two Germans arguing,

and one of them leaves behind folder.

And inside the folder?

Photograph of Goldfinch,

newspaper articles, and FedEx envelope
with Sascha's address. [chuckles]

Next day, is like movie.

SWAT team
fucking breaking down the door.

I didn't see it happen. I wish I had.

To see the look on Sascha's face,
being dragged out.

And yes.

It is there.

Your bird.

They find it...

and it is safe.

[sighs]

You are welcome.

But there is more.

They find other paintings.

Stolen paintings. And also...

a Rembrandt.

Now drink more coffee.

Listen to me.

Is important.

You talk about bad things you have done.

And you blame yourself.

You wish...

wish you were dead.

So we have done bad things.

But maybe sometimes
good can come from bad.

If you hadn't,

if I hadn't...

maybe none of these paintings
would be found.

Maybe it's like...

huge fucking weather system
rolling over,

and we just get blown,
and maybe is fate or...

Why give name?

Just...

life.

Eh?

Your bird is safely back in the world.

Happy Christmas, Potter.

[Theo's mom] Theo...

there's too much to see.

There's The Anatomy Lesson.

And we should see Frans Hals, too.

Oh.

Look.

I like this one.

The Dutch invented the microscope.

They wanted it
all as detailed as possible.

Even the tiniest things mean something.

Like that wilted leaf there.

That's the painter sending you
a secret message...

telling you things don't last.

Sorry.

[whispering] This is the one
I was talking about.

This is the painting I love most.