1 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,153 - Ladies... - Mr Judge... 2 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,278 Have you heard... 3 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:37,031 Hello? Yes. Third line? Yes. hello! 4 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,430 - If you can, please... - What do you want? 5 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:44,275 - A tickit... - Go to the ticket officel Yes, yes! 6 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,112 Third line for the express, Sir! 7 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,117 - Take care of the ducks! - Yes! 8 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,270 Professor! I'm honoured, Professor! 9 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,038 - Good evening. - Good evening. 10 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,071 Does personnel train from Bucharest arrive at 6:21 p.m.? 11 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,591 - Precisely. Going somewhere? - Me? No. 12 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,671 Please come in! Please! 13 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,754 - Waiting for someone? - No, no. Something... 14 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,192 - Something important? - No. A book... 15 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,390 Great passion for books, Professor... Yes, yes, great passion! 16 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,878 Last night we had a discussion of it, me, the judge and our pharmacist. 17 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,078 Pascu was saying: "A fine fellow Miroiu, maths teacher” 18 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,111 "but he's always got his nose in the books!" 19 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,719 - He's exaggerating. - Not at all, mate. 20 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,156 No one sees you at the cafe, For a plum brandy or a game of poker... 21 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,557 - Right, I have no time. - Hal You're kidding! 22 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,074 Come, as if we have the time. 23 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,513 - What do you want? - A tickit. 24 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,160 - How far? - Up tu Juravat. 25 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,238 - Third class? - Third, third. 26 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,320 To the henhouse! Quick! 27 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,157 A duck on the railway! The train will run it over! 28 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:28,878 Ichim, if the train squash a duck again, you'll pay for it! 29 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:38,112 My regards, Miss Cucul Take care, the Scorpion's herel 30 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,236 Is it true, Mr Ispas, that the Fast train run over the turkey? 31 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,551 Madam Voinea is saying so. as the postmaster told her husband. 32 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,277 Brilliant! I can't believe my ears! 33 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,631 First of all, Miss, not the Fast train, but the Accelerated! 34 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,913 And not a turkey, but a duck! A big duck... 35 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,670 My wife got it cooked this afternoon, with cabbage. Delicious! 36 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,751 - Absolutely delicious! - Oh, really... 37 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,557 Hello? Yes. On the second line. Hello! The Personnel train's arriving. 38 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:12,874 Not now, after the Express. 39 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,555 Mr Miroiu, what about your mission as a teacher? 40 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,435 - Here? What mission? - Yes, yes! 41 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,477 - The Express is arriving, Sirl - Here's your mission! 42 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,313 The Express is a scandal! Since they put it into circulation, 43 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,317 all the girls in the upper grades have lost their heads! 44 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,556 What a dissipation, coming to the station so often? 45 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,315 And what for? To wave and beckon to all those... 46 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:32,879 The Express doesn't even stop. What if it did stop? 47 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,793 - Heaven forbid! - Luxury Train, Miss Cucu. 48 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,150 - They never notice us. - Profligate train, Mr Ispas! 49 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,039 Look at it, full of roulette gamblers and floozies! 50 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:42,952 - Yes. but marvellous still... - Floozies, Sir! 51 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,594 - And you're standing at attention! - Why. those are the rules! 52 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,956 My congratulations. Mr Ispas! You're hailing debauchery! 53 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,394 Zamfirescu! Zamfirescu... 54 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,629 Zamfirescu Eleonoral 55 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,234 Closer! 56 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,437 Come closer! 57 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,836 So, the schoolgirl of your age, at the railway station? 58 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,911 - Miss... - Shut up! What are you doing here? 59 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,195 - Miss... - That's enough! 60 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,439 And why is your hat on one ear, and the apron tighting your waist? 61 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:33,911 - Are you having a ball? - You see, Miss... 62 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,072 - Shut up! - Since you ask, let her answer 63 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,471 Answer what? There you go. answer mel 64 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,633 - What to answer? - What I've told you so many times! 65 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,832 The pupils in the higher and lower grades are strictly forbidden, 66 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,032 especially the higher grades, to go to the station at day or evening. 67 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,516 Particularly at the times when the Express passes through! 68 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,629 - Miss, have you ever been to sea? - What do you mean? 69 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,674 In a provincial town like this, the station is, in a way, the sea, 70 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,360 the unknown, the infinite... 71 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,149 You may gol we'll have a talk tomorrow at school! 72 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,958 IT you., Professor lecture your female students in this way. then... 73 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:20,039 Speaking of mathematics, it's just fair that my schoolgirls study the infinite. 74 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:21,793 - There it is! - Who? 75 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,593 - Have you got it? - Hold it. your stars burn my fingers. 76 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:05,273 - Thank you! - Youre welcome. 77 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,910 But I had no idea the stars to be so expensive! 78 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,753 It seems. my friend Miroiu, the ordinary mortals can't afford Heaven. 79 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,717 I am just happy with the music. 80 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,396 - What news from the capital, Mr Udrea? - There's always something new there. 81 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,831 - I heard the heat is unbearable. - Yes. Bucharest is hot as a hell! 82 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,038 But a hell with a symphonic orchestra, while our paradise... 83 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,119 Miss Cucu? What a surprise! 84 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,238 Is here some school staff meeting here at the station? 85 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,312 What's on the agenda? The train timetable? 86 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:42,351 - You've brought him what? A book? - It's the book. no doubt! 87 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,269 - The book... Have you looked into it? - No! 88 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,357 It was exactly as the bookseller gave it to mel 89 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,711 Wrapped, tied, sealed... 90 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,316 I even asked him to write "Fragile” on the package, to avoid problems! 91 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,439 - You know how much is Miroiu's book? - How? 92 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:31,473 - 22,000 leil - How much? 93 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,158 22,000 leil 94 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,954 - 25,000 lei! - No way! 95 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,913 - The salary for a year? - I saw it with my own eyes! 96 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,270 - Really? - Really! 97 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,280 30,000 lei? What book can it be? 98 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,791 There's something fishy about this! I can feel it... 99 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,716 The Fast train! The Fast train is coming, Sir! 100 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,071 - Take care of it! - Yes, Sir! 101 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,119 Good boy... 102 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,631 Nobody gets on. nobody gets off. It stops here still, what for? 103 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,630 Hi therel Get off! 104 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,440 - Do be so kind! - What happened? 105 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,353 A passenger has no ticket. Without a ticket, Sirl 106 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:18,949 Without a ticket? I'm right there! 107 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,510 - Please come here, in my officel - Come on... 108 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,276 - Have you got a ticket? - Haven't! 109 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,509 - You've got no ticket? - None. 110 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,797 - Then you have to pay. - And the fine! 111 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,632 - And the fine. - It's done. 112 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,679 - How that? - Look, Sir. what she gave mel 113 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:26,632 Sinaia Casino... Good for 20 lei, good for 100 lei... 114 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,071 - These are casino chips. aren't they? - Yes, from the roulette. 115 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,558 - I had no time for exchange. - And that's how you want to travel? 116 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,913 - It's all I have. Aren't they valid? - What class did you find her in? 117 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,070 First. 118 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,993 She locked herself in a compartment and wouldn't let anyone in. 119 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,310 - I had a migraine. - What? 120 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,670 Get on the train, mister. go ahead. She's staying here! 121 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,910 - Here where? - Herel 122 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,158 No way, don't move anyonel You're not leaving without me! 123 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:57,911 - I1 have to, I'm with the Fast train! - You can't leave without me! 124 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,550 What a shame! Three men against a woman! 125 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:30,073 - Madam. I'm not... I'm not... - Are you not what, you what? 126 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,953 Getting me off the train, in the night, in the middle of a field! 127 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,556 - Pardon me, this is not a field. - In the middle of a forest then! 128 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,279 What do you want? Money, life? 129 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,837 - Ichim let the train start! - The train is leaving! 130 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:53,234 Why on earth did I let him in charge of the Fast Train? 131 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:54,680 It left! 132 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,549 Stop! Stop...! 133 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,392 Give me the key, Madam, or the people might be killed! 134 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,269 - There it is! - Let me open it! 135 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,676 - Stop! - Stop! 136 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,516 We must write a report. Those are the rules! 137 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,472 - Leave me alone, I'm tired... - It's my duty! 138 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:06,918 - Must, duty... - Maybe you have papers, an ID card. 139 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:15,472 I don't have any papers, no ID card, no... nothing. 140 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:18,877 I want to die. 141 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:49,917 There is no train at this hour The next one arrives at 11:35. 142 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:51,394 But it doesn't stop. 143 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:56,196 Until 11:35, there's no train to run you over. 144 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,311 Madam, forgive me for unwanted intruding. 145 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,638 but I think you're probably coming from Sinaia. 146 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,473 - Probably. - And perhaps. going to Bucharest. 147 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:20,750 Perhaps. 148 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,990 That's good. but in Sinaia might be someone who knows you, 149 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,879 whom we can call. 150 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:37,078 - Alright. Call Sinaia, Hotel Palace. - Who should I ask then? 151 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:39,669 No, I'd rather diel 152 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,037 Didn't I tell you there's no train until 11:35? 153 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,839 - Well, I'll wait till 11:35! - But why do you want to die? 154 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,600 Why here? To get me into trouble? 155 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,758 Investigation, reports, and all this after a 23-year career? 156 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,515 - Madam, you must live. - Where, here? 157 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:56,994 You will leave here. 158 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,559 Then why did you get me off the train? 159 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,950 - Because you had no ticket. - We'll pay for the ticket. 160 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,670 - Who's "we"? - L... Tomorrow, early... 161 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,189 I'm not going to wait until tomorrow here, in the field! 162 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,271 What field, Madam? You are in an urban community! 163 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,711 - Court, hospital, high school... - Are there any hotels here? 164 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,797 Why., of course! Hotel Metropol., in the centre. 165 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,672 But what's the point of it, I have no money! 166 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,997 That doesn't matter. Having no documents in the first place. 167 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,835 Why don't we take her to the hospital? We'll say she's got an accident. 168 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,594 - No way, Sir not the hospital! - Then the police. 169 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,872 - With no papers. it's the only solution! - Leave me alone! You're just... 170 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:41,830 - I'm cold, I'm sleepy. I'm hungry! - Let us give you something to eat. 171 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:43,669 What? 172 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,110 Some duck and cabbage, which left from lunch. Absolutely delicious! 173 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,753 The Accelerated train ran it over yesterday. 174 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,994 I don't eat ducks run over by the Accelerated train! 175 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,710 What a night, what a nightmare! 176 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,837 I can't stand it anymore! 177 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:03,558 - I'll sleep here! - Here? It's impossiblel! 178 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,115 - But where? - Madam, I don't know if... 179 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:13,434 Well, I have a modest house and if you wish... If you want... 180 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,115 I'll go to sleep at an acquaintance. The music teacher, Udrea... 181 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,800 Oh, good ideal You can rest, feel a bit better. 182 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,076 And tomorrow morning we'll write the report. 183 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,669 - Is it far? - Five minutes from here. 184 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,792 All right. Come on! 185 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:29,960 Good evening. 186 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,353 This way, please. 187 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,357 Professor, you forgot your book! 188 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,237 Haven't you seen the dress she's wearing? 189 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,359 Bare arms. bare neck. naked back... Half naked! 190 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,192 High Society... 191 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,313 Her perfume filled the entire station. 192 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,034 Where is Miss Cucu to see her? 193 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,998 One moment! 194 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:37,552 - You haven't electric light? - No. Yes, but it isn't working yet. 195 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,791 Not until the autumn, when the power station is ready. 196 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,791 I'm not going to wait until then. 197 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:57,116 You see, the main streets are paved., but the outskirts must wait another year 198 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,233 Too bad, I came a year too early. 199 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:32,999 - Do you live here? - Yes... What, too bad? 200 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,474 Yes... 201 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,190 Of course, not very nice, But good enough for me. 202 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:43,276 So close to the school... Maybe I missed to tell you. I'm a teacher 203 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,519 - It's obvious. - What makes it obvious? 204 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,319 Everything. 205 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,554 Marin Miroiu, a maths teacher 206 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,917 - No! - What's wrong? 207 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,713 - They can see youl - So what? 208 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,958 - A woman here, at this hour? - The street is empty. 209 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,554 It's now. not later when they'll leave the cinema. 210 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,553 Today's Wednesday and Wednesday and Saturday are cinema days. 211 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,557 So Wednesdays and Saturdays you can't have women here? 212 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,678 You are more than a woman, you'd cause a sensation! 213 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,993 Believe me, I'm a serious man, I'm responsible! 214 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,236 All the time? Or only on Wednesdays and Saturdays? 215 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,075 I wonder what you'll do, 216 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,077 if the place got movies every day of the week. 217 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,078 I will move. 218 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,717 Madam, the Judge can see you from across the street! 219 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,877 - I can't see anyone there. - They're behind the curtains. 220 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,399 They're always hiding there. 221 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,112 Don't they go to the cinema on Wednesday? 222 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,232 Yes. but the old lady Grigorescu stays at home with the nanny and children. 223 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,755 Then, there's Zamfirescu - tax collector, Visan - from the Regional... 224 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,879 - That makes quite a crowd... - Whole town's behind the windows, ma'am! 225 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,959 - No., they're sleeping. - They can see us even in their sleep! 226 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,276 They'll have a nice dream. 227 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,909 What happened? 228 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,069 The mouse... 229 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,639 - You have mice? - Only a little one. 230 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,469 Don't worry, it behaves. Just likes to run among the books at night. 231 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:32,517 Come on, go to sleep, this isn't the right time. 232 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,949 Come on! Good boy! 233 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,233 So many books! I have never seen so many. 234 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:45,914 They aren't that many. 235 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,510 Who is that old gentleman there? Your grandfather? 236 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,750 No. Kepler 237 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,156 - Kepler? - Yes. 238 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,353 - And the other one? - Copernicus. 239 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:01,071 - I think I've heard that name before. - Probably. he is quite well-known. 240 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,915 - And why to keep them there? - Just that... I think of them sometimes. 241 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:10,833 - You're so strange! - And you're sleepy. Well, I must leave. 242 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,678 - The bedroom is there. - And where's the bathroom? 243 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,472 Not a proper bathroom... but the bath... Perhaps it was a place for cooking. 244 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:24,353 Or a pantry. Since I mostly eat at the restaurant. I turned it into... 245 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,957 - Does it have a shower? - Yes... yes, yes! A kind of shower... 246 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,914 It's a watering can, a rope, a ring... 247 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:34,355 How clever! 248 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,513 There's also a fountain in the garden. I'll get you water; fill the watering can. 249 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,513 - Water supply is due next year as well... - Surely that too... 250 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,832 No! That doesn't interest you! It's some old book. 251 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,634 - Believe me, it's a cast-off... - Alright. 252 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:00,953 Well then, I... leave you here. I'll sleep at a colleague, a composer 253 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,153 A very interesting man. Good night. 254 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,632 I'm not sleepy anymore. I'm hungry now. 255 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,759 Very well, me tool Let's find something. 256 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,279 - Did you enjoy it? - So-so... 257 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,040 - Are you looking for someone? - The seventh grade! 258 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,157 I didn't see anyone from the seventh grade. 259 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,878 - I'm over 18 years old! - Bravo, Mr Udreal 260 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,560 Some are inspecting. others are kicking up a fuss! 261 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,280 You're right, Miss, as always. 262 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,317 Did you see Dolores del Rio? 263 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,954 Yes, there's nothing special about her! 264 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,953 But there is, Miss Cucu, there is! 265 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:15,399 I've seen Dolores del Rio in Bucharest, in the talkies. 266 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,557 - Does she have a voice? - Yes! And she truly can sing! 267 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,234 And when the gangster tells Dolores: 268 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:24,314 "I love you, a blond beast! You are my dream woman... 269 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,152 Mr Udrea, please walk with me a bit! 270 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,556 - At your disposal, Miss. Going home? - No. 271 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:29,914 - To the station? - No. No. 272 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,350 To your friend, Mr Miroiu. 273 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,994 But what for? Sorry, is he expecting you? 274 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,078 Him... No! I want to ask him questions. 275 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,870 Miroiul Miroiul 276 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,633 Miroiu's not a bad name. 277 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,196 - Miroiu, it's me, Udreal - It's him, my friend. 278 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,671 The music teacher, The one I want to sleep at. 279 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,798 - I'll go talk to him. - Mr Miroiu! 280 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:10,153 - And who's that? - The physics-chemistry teacher 281 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,551 - And what does she want? - I have no idea. 282 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,076 - Mr Miroiu! - Do respond. what are you waiting for? 283 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,675 Yes... One moment! 284 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,559 - What do you want? - Nothing. 285 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,151 - Miss Cucu is here to talk to you. - Why. anything happen at school? 286 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,279 - No. At your place. - My place? Here? 287 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:43,309 Yes! I would like to see something. if you don't mind! 288 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:52,230 - Is your mistress here? - Madam. you don't know me! 289 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,436 - Your fiancee, maybe. - Madam. you don't know her! 290 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,431 When a woman visits a man at night... 291 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,752 - Oh my, she's coming! - Let her come. 292 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,514 And find you here? God forbid! 293 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,399 - But who's this woman after all? - She's the city. ma‘am, all the city! 294 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,118 Madam. you have to disappear! 295 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:12,639 I'm not going to jump out of the window. I must warn you! 296 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:16,833 - Just a minute, to see what they want! - I'm sleepy! 297 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,116 - You said you wasn't anymore. - Well, I'm now! 298 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,392 - Please! Now, now! - I'll count to one hundred. 299 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,831 - If they don't leave until I reach 100... - I beg you! 300 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:33,196 One, two, three... 301 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,278 four, five, six... 302 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,674 It takes too long, sir! 303 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,358 Too bad you've missed the movie! At one point... 304 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:53,794 I hope you've come not for narrating the whole film. 305 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,998 Just one scene... At one point, The hero doesn't know how to hide... 306 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:01,711 - What's this? It smells of perfume! - I don't sense anything. 307 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,916 How come you don't sense it? The smell makes you dizzy! 308 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,150 Miss Cucu, I'm sorry, it's late, and I want to know why... 309 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,069 - Mr Miroiu, I know everything! - Everything? 310 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:15,274 Is it true? It is true that you paid 22,000 lei for a book? 311 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,792 - That's right. - Now do you believe it? 312 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:25,915 - So you've told her all at once! - Miss Cucu doesn't ask, she interrogates! 313 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,237 Perfect! Then tell her you lent me three thousand lei for the book. 314 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,790 - 3100! - And one hundred. 315 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:46,158 - Please, another one hundred. - I'll be patient till one thousand. 316 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,317 - What's got into you? - Patience, wait... 317 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,553 Alright. And now if this vital interest has been clarified, 318 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,075 I wish you sweet dreams. 319 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:14,913 Mr Miroiu, when someone, a teacher, pays 22,000 lei for a book, 320 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,479 let me tell you that... 321 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,713 I'm not going to let you anything. Miss, I can do whatever I want with my money. 322 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,996 Your money? What money? 323 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,674 You still owe the pub 500 lei for last month! 324 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:26,875 I have a credit up to a thousand. 325 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,310 You do your hair only every other month. 326 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,391 - That's the fashion in Paris. - And you know what I heard? 327 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,791 - You mend your socks by yourself! - No! That's infamy! 328 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,436 - Don't believe that, it's liel - I know what I'm talking about! 329 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:44,513 And in my opinion, to give 22,000 lei for a book, isn't it insane? 330 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:49,072 Maybe, but it's my own insanity. And I won't account to anyone! 331 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,957 - Account, no, but... - I must explain something... 332 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,914 I told her to wait until tomorrow morning, 333 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,595 But she cannot sleep peacefully, till she knows everything. 334 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:06,038 - Ignorance causes her insomnia. - How can you speak like that, Mr Udrea? 335 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,993 - Where's the book? - Over there. 336 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:16,392 - I'd like to seeit! - No! 337 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:21,990 - What, you refuse to show it to me? - Yes, I do. 338 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,958 And if it's necessary, I can let you to pry into my clothes, 339 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,429 but for you to inspect my readings Is out of the question. 340 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,793 My private life isn't in the wardrobe, Miss, but in my bookcase. 341 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:39,356 - I'll ask just one more question! - Don't ask, Miss, for I won't answer 342 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:44,199 Mr Udrea, let's go!l Surely. there's something to hide in this house! 343 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:49,434 Udreal See the shrew home and be back, I need you. 344 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,433 - Mr Udreal - Coming! 345 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,433 Allegro prestissimo and da capo. 346 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,314 999... 1000. 347 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,234 You were right, long hair suits you. 348 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,880 - What? You've heard anything? - Everything. 349 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:21,835 - It is true that... - No, it isn't. 350 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,477 Show me the book. 351 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,432 You don't want to? 352 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,515 You don't know me, I don't know you... I am here for one night. 353 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:02,315 It's a book... How should I put it? A rare book! 354 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:09,755 Last winter I'd ordered it from abroad. I thought I'd never get it. 355 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,034 When I lost all hopes. the bookseller in Bucharest told me it arrived at last. 356 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:45,358 - I don't understand. - I told you, it's an old book. 357 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,517 Astronomy. 358 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:53,832 Look! Uppsala, 1763. 359 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:57,870 - That's why it is so expensive? - It's cheap! I was lucky to get it! 360 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,033 For years I've been dreaming, looking for it... Saving money for years. 361 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,915 - Tutoring... - Mending your socks... 362 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:11,518 Yes, sometimes. But now, now I have it, now I can check! 363 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:16,119 - I can learn. know... - Know what? 364 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,556 You don't want to tell me? 365 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,269 - I found a star - Where? 366 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:34,397 - On the sky. - I don't believe you. 367 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,916 It's herel 368 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:52,314 - You said it's in the sky. - This is the sky. 369 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,916 North Star Ursa Minor 370 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,119 Ursa Major - seven stars, four and three, Alcor... 371 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,716 A star I discovered is here. 372 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:08,069 - You'd better show it outside. - It's invisible. 373 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:14,231 - I don't understand. - I found it on paper. by calculation. 374 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,715 Can't you understand? 375 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:26,709 - The book. what do you need it for? - It's a celestial catalogue, an atlas. 376 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,598 A catalogue by Van Mersch! 377 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:32,992 My star is absent from any star catalogue. 378 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:36,351 Either Ptolemy or Kepler Yes, and even him! 379 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,357 At one point I thought it's on Herschel, 380 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,875 but Herschel's was a double star 381 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,675 The one who could have it was Van Mersch, because he had the courage! 382 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,871 You need courage to find the star? 383 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,555 Yes. that's why I believe in his theory of black stars. 384 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,435 School and University astronomers, they all mock him. 385 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:58,349 They call him the amateur an astrologer! 386 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:03,031 Of course a man of unorthodox vision they call an astrologer. a charlatan, a fool. 387 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,555 I wouldn't be surprised if I'm called a fool too. 388 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,718 At school, they already think I'm crazy. 389 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,440 But my star exists, it's there! 390 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:16,111 There, above, in the sky! Come on! 391 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,950 Do you see Ursa Major? Seven stars, four three. 392 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:27,111 Look up! There's my star 393 00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:32,757 Some nights it's cold, indifferent, other nights, it's so close... 394 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:36,999 So close it is. that if I give a cry, I think it would hear me. 395 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,957 Miroiul 396 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,196 Mr Udreal I'm glad you've comel 397 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,399 You don't know me, but I know you. Come in, please. 398 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:05,509 Madam, I... Why not to you tell me you are not alone? 399 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,159 Madam, please believe me, that if I had known... 400 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,318 - Come on. Udrea. We're leaving. - Where? 401 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,990 - To your place. I'll sleep there. - Why? 402 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,630 - I'll explain. - And madam? 403 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:22,157 - Madam stays here. - Did you have an argument?... 404 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:29,678 Do you know what he said? That he discovered a star 405 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:34,960 He might have. Isn't he an astronomer? I composed a symphony too. 406 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,869 A symphony in four parts: allegro, andante, scherzo and... 407 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,840 And allegro again. Let's go. 408 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,759 Mr Udrea, tell me about the symphony. 409 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,598 It has four parts. 410 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,355 - Has it ever been performed? - No. Because they keep thwarting. 411 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,397 - Who? - Everyone. 412 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,353 Local authorities, the school management... 413 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:05,316 - Udrea, it's late. - You've said... the school management... 414 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:09,554 You see, Madam, I wanted to play the symphony with the school orchestra. 415 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:14,111 - Oh, so it has an orchestra... - No... but I could've organized it. 416 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:18,273 Because, after all, what do we need: eight violins, two cellos, 417 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,155 an alto, a contrabass, brass and percussion instruments 418 00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:25,278 we can easily take from the regimental band. 419 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,637 - But they won't give you these. - Exactly. 420 00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:33,715 Even if they would, I still don't have an English horn! 421 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:37,236 - Can't you manage without it? - Heaven forbid! 422 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,478 It could work until the scherzo, 423 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:45,515 but for the scherzo, without an English horn, I'm dead! 424 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:56,113 The brass section enters... Then the violins... 425 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,672 And now. the English horn. Let me show you! 426 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,155 What use if I don't have an English horn! 427 00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:03,279 - Can it be some another instrument? - Impossible! 428 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,518 Even if I were to wait for 1000 years, I wouldn't play it without English horn! 429 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:12,511 - And it can't be bought? - Why, in Bucharest, but it's expensive. 430 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,996 I keep putting money aside, but it's still long to reach a goal... 431 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:18,271 I even made a subscription list. 432 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:22,354 "For the purchase of an English horn for the execution, in first audition * 433 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,558 “of Radu Udrea's Symphony no. 1in E flat major" 434 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:31,278 - And how many are subscribers? - One until now: him! 435 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,754 I tried everywhere, I asked everyonel 436 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:40,078 At the City Hall, the school committee, the Merchant’s council... 437 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,551 I'm the laughingstock of the town. People say I'm crazy. 438 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:48,036 - You too? - Yes, him too. 439 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:52,318 - What do you mean - me too? - I'll explain. We're leaving. 440 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,879 - Good night. - Good night. 441 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:21,116 - The mouse! - You may go. I'll be soon, right? 442 00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:24,232 Right, but I do not understand... 443 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,950 - It moves, there... - No, it doesn't move. 444 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:44,398 - Anything else? - Will you please show me the star 445 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:50,113 - But then you said... - But then you were... And not anymore. 446 00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:09,396 - Don't you ever look at the sky? - Sometimes, to see about the weather 447 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,798 To know what to wear, which shoes to choose... 448 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:19,398 Yes, this the sky can tell you, but do you ever look at the stars? 449 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,194 I don't have the time, I'm very busy. 450 00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:25,716 - Really? - I have so many things to do. 451 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:31,111 - Even at night? - Especially at night. 452 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:55,790 There's Ursa Major! Four stars, and then three. 453 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,314 Yes. I can see that. 454 00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:01,593 Can you see a little star, next to Ursa Major's sixth star? 455 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:05,318 - On the left? - Yes, there. 456 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:11,718 That's Alcor And next it must be my Unnamed Star 457 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,873 - Why it's unnamed? - Because I'm not sure. 458 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,555 I can't find a proper name for it, None that I like. 459 00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:24,359 I need a name to go well with Alcor 460 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,909 Alcor and... 461 00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:32,839 - Are you sure it's there? - It must be! 462 00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:39,518 I know its orbit. the path it travels for thousands of years into the dark, 463 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:43,156 invisible, unknown, unsuspected... 464 00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,191 And it will never be seen? 465 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:48,790 - Never - Too bad. 466 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:53,678 It could be, if it deviated from its path. 467 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:56,553 - Is it possible? - Impossible. 468 00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:01,111 Stars never deviate from their path. 469 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:34,754 A train? Maybe it's my train. 11:35. 470 00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:38,717 Are you unhappy in life? 471 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:44,233 Unhappy...? I don't think so. 472 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:57,839 I get bored. Always the same figures, same gestures, the same looks! 473 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:05,078 Sometimes I feel like screaming! Then it passes. 474 00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:10,117 Sometimes I feel like slamming the door. running! 475 00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,156 Then it passes. 476 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:19,070 I ran away several times, but I keep going back. 477 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:24,474 At least, here I saw something new. 478 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:29,035 Ursa Major, Alcor... 479 00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,751 Tonight, when I saw you getting off the train, 480 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,878 I thought for a moment, that you came from another world. 481 00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:56,075 - Maybe I do come from another world. - No. 482 00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:59,511 A star never deviates from its path. 483 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:03,031 My path passes through here. 484 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:22,393 My name is Mona. 485 00:49:23,720 --> 00:49:28,351 Mona... It's a star's name. 486 00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:33,392 Alcor... and Mona. 487 00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:21,874 How beautiful is everything! The morning. the garden, your house... 488 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:26,153 - My house... Last evening you said... - Last evening... 489 00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:29,716 After that it's been a night. And what a night! 490 00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:32,309 There are nights that change the days. 491 00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:39,559 - What color are your eyes? - Colourless. 492 00:55:39,960 --> 00:55:43,396 - Open them. - No, I'm afraid. 493 00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:48,310 - Why? - That you're not herel 494 00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:53,717 - That this isn't real... - Me too. 495 00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:48,355 - Good morning, Mr Miroiul - My compliments. Where to so early? 496 00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:52,078 I, just to get some fresh air I couldn't sleep. 497 00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:56,916 I had a very restless night. You see, at my age... 498 00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:06,559 Now I'm going to the market. They've got some pears... wondertul! 499 00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:08,751 Pears! I want some! 500 00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:11,795 I'm hungry! 501 00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:15,075 - Goodbyel - Goodbyel 502 00:57:19,880 --> 00:57:21,791 - Who was that? - Madam Grigorescu. 503 00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:23,757 - Oh, the one who lives across. - Yes. 504 00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:27,356 She might have heard me... Further proof this is real. 505 00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:29,073 - That I am here. - Mona... 506 00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:31,671 In fact, I don't care if she heard me. 507 00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:35,555 Because I'm staying here. 508 00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:42,469 - You're staying here? - Yes. For my entire life. 509 00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:50,080 Provided I won't starve. There are pears in the market. 510 00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:56,475 - Is this true? - About me starving? Or me staying here? 511 00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:02,234 For your entire life... In an evening dress? 512 00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:07,109 Only during the day, because at night... 513 00:58:23,920 --> 00:58:28,073 Because I do have one more condition: that you never wear this hat again. 514 00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:29,634 As you wish, Madam. 515 00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:56,189 Marin Miroiul You are very cute. 516 00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,839 I'm late. 20 minutes to 8. I'm going! 517 00:58:59,920 --> 00:59:02,355 Even at 20 to 8, you are very cute! 518 00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:59,390 - What would you like, Professor? - A bottle of perfume. 519 00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:02,034 - Chanel. - Chanel? Here? 520 01:00:02,160 --> 01:00:05,437 I never have it, no one ever asks, here wouldn't be anyone to buy it! 521 01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:06,630 Too bad! 522 01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:08,677 Professor; it is true, what I heard? 523 01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:10,029 Yes. 524 01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:13,074 - Yet. I don't manage to ask you. - Still, it's yes to all... 525 01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:03,993 - Bonjour. Mona. - Bonjour, Grig. 526 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:11,072 - Did you sleep well? - Yes. And you? 527 01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:19,876 I didn't sleep at all. I played cards until five in the morning. 528 01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:23,716 Then I went to the hotel, I thought you were there. 529 01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:29,034 - I was not. - No, you were not. 530 01:01:30,240 --> 01:01:34,279 I had a quick bath, I changed and started to look for you. 531 01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:39,516 - And you found me. - Yes. I always find you. 532 01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:50,869 I thought you might cross the street, so I went to another hotel. to Caraiman. 533 01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:53,355 - Wrong. - Yes, wrong, you weren't there. 534 01:01:53,440 --> 01:01:55,636 Someone in the hotel saw you heading for the train station. 535 01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:57,114 Excellent. 536 01:01:57,240 --> 01:01:59,675 And, at the station, the guy at the bar saw you getting on the Accelerated train. 537 01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:01,120 You have many informers. 538 01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:02,918 - Yes. I pay them well. - I know. 539 01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,230 Then I called Bucharest, home. You weren't there. 540 01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:07,920 I telephoned the train station to be sure the train wasn't delayed. 541 01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:10,680 It wasn't. Then... 542 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:17,792 Did you sleep here the night? You? 543 01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:22,997 Then I began to worry. 544 01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:25,753 - You? 545 01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:28,554 - I don't believe it. - Very. 546 01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:31,959 - For five minutes. - Yes, of course. 547 01:02:32,040 --> 01:02:33,599 Because at the end of those five minutes I remembered 548 01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:36,194 that you'd got no penny in your purse 549 01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:41,116 and that, perhaps they put you off at some nearest train station. 550 01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:44,751 - You are very intelligent. -lam. 551 01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:52,078 So I got into the car and I drove from one station to the other. until here. 552 01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:54,916 The station master was very nice... 553 01:02:57,240 --> 01:02:59,436 - Monal - Grig? 554 01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:02,752 Admit that our argument last night was a stupid thing! 555 01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:05,116 - Very stupid. - Admit that I had no guilt! 556 01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:06,196 None. 557 01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:08,794 I told you a thousand times not to stand behind me when I'm gambling! 558 01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:10,029 Especially if I'm losing! 559 01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:13,436 I'm a gambler; I have my omens! 560 01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:17,918 - It's only normal. - I'm glad you're so understanding. 561 01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:22,035 And after you left, I started winning. 562 01:03:22,120 --> 01:03:25,033 - Right after I left? - A bit later 563 01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:28,360 - About what time? - Around twelve. 564 01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:35,279 - But why? - Just some thought about omens. 565 01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:39,919 I started winning and entered a formidable series. 566 01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:43,431 - Until the morning. - So I brought you good luck. 567 01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:49,076 - Mona, are you angry with me? - Not at all. 568 01:03:49,160 --> 01:03:51,436 - Not at all? - Absolutely not. 569 01:03:51,640 --> 01:03:54,473 You are a delightful girl. 570 01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:58,476 And now, let's go. 571 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,754 No! I'm staying. 572 01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:07,993 - Where? - Here. 573 01:04:19,120 --> 01:04:21,953 Dear girl, it's too late or too early for joking. 574 01:04:22,080 --> 01:04:25,391 I'm tired, I haven't slept all night. 575 01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:28,433 - Let's go. - You're going alone, Grig. 576 01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:34,113 - Why? - Because... 577 01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:37,435 Because last night I discovered something. 578 01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:42,917 Here in this house - you make discoveries? 579 01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:45,353 Yes. 580 01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:53,470 We, all our world, lead a sad. stupid life. 581 01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:58,310 - But comfortable. - Grig. I was unhappy. 582 01:04:59,640 --> 01:05:03,838 I often cried without knowing why. 583 01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:06,998 No matter how much money, dresses, jewellery I had, 584 01:05:07,120 --> 01:05:09,873 I still felt there's something missing. 585 01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:13,356 - Without knowing what. - And now you do know? 586 01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:15,549 Yes. 587 01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:23,352 You've known it herel 588 01:05:23,600 --> 01:05:27,434 I washed in the garden, at the fountain! 589 01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:39,629 You washed here? 590 01:05:40,800 --> 01:05:43,110 You - who in Bucharest have two baths a day 591 01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:45,999 in a lavender water, at 25 degrees and five tenths, 592 01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:51,673 not a tenth more, not a tenth less? 593 01:06:03,320 --> 01:06:07,518 Then it's serious, very serious! 594 01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:36,154 - Sir? - He's my brother. 595 01:07:42,320 --> 01:07:48,191 Sir I am very honoured! Marin... Marin Miroiu. 596 01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:52,274 Delighted. Even more so, as I want to ask you some questions. 597 01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:53,276 Grig! 598 01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:55,311 Am I your brother? If so. I entitled to ask you questions. 599 01:07:56,200 --> 01:07:58,794 Sir. please explain what happened here last night. 600 01:07:59,120 --> 01:08:01,316 - Sir... - This girl left my side yesterday. 601 01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:04,597 I find her in your house, speaking as if from another world. 602 01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:11,035 - So what happened? - Sir I have the honour.. 603 01:08:11,160 --> 01:08:15,677 I mean... please do me the honour of having Mona's hand. 604 01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:30,032 That's another matter 605 01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:36,114 Young man, your request takes me by surprise. 606 01:08:36,240 --> 01:08:37,753 And me too. 607 01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:40,997 I can't give you an immediate answer 608 01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:44,636 - I understand. It isn't so simple. - No. 609 01:08:47,920 --> 01:08:51,072 Before I give you my consent, because, if I'm not mistaken 610 01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:53,629 - that's what you want from me... - Yes. 611 01:08:53,720 --> 01:08:58,032 Before I give you my consent - and blessing, 612 01:08:58,120 --> 01:09:00,430 I need to know who I leave her with. 613 01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:05,191 - I'm a maths teacher - And can I be so bold, how much? 614 01:09:05,280 --> 01:09:11,196 How much, what? How much do I earn? Not much for now, about two thousand. 615 01:09:11,280 --> 01:09:14,750 - A day? - A month! 616 01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:16,678 Two thousand, it's fine. 617 01:09:17,840 --> 01:09:22,277 She's a practical, thrifty girl... 618 01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:26,831 And now leave us alone for a moment! 619 01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:32,358 Pleasel 620 01:10:13,080 --> 01:10:19,031 So you did cheat on me. You've cheated on me with this loser! 621 01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:21,477 You do not know him, Don't speak about him like that. 622 01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:26,470 - I saw him. - Yes, but in the daylight. 623 01:10:27,240 --> 01:10:30,358 During the day he's clumsy and shy. 624 01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:34,879 He doesn't have your confident smile, your flawless elegance! 625 01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:40,598 But at night... At night something miraculous happens. 626 01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:46,231 - Ursa Major, Alcor... - Mona, I understand you. 627 01:10:47,480 --> 01:10:51,030 You hate your life, you're bored, You want to change. 628 01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:55,718 We all get bored. We all start hating it. 629 01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:59,549 We all want to change, at least once, for five minutes, 630 01:10:59,960 --> 01:11:02,600 but take great care, those five minutes pass. 631 01:11:02,920 --> 01:11:06,276 Maybe, but they leave marks. 632 01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:11,030 Mona, you are a luxury animal. 633 01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:15,836 You're made of a little perfume with a lot of laziness and some fantasy. 634 01:11:16,720 --> 01:11:19,075 Do you think all these will survive here? 635 01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:23,675 Grig. something happened to me. 636 01:11:25,400 --> 01:11:28,199 You'll have a good sleep and it'll go away. 637 01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:37,871 It will go away... And what if it won't? 638 01:11:39,200 --> 01:11:43,637 Do we love each other, are we happy? 639 01:11:44,520 --> 01:11:48,354 My dear, you use a vocabulary I do not know, that's not mine. 640 01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:52,549 Love, happiness... Just words! 641 01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:55,200 But when I come into the Athenaeum Palace, 642 01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:58,477 I am proud to have you on my side and everyone's head turning after us. 643 01:12:00,480 --> 01:12:04,439 As for happiness, we have no time to be happy. 644 01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:07,755 We barely have the time to live well. 645 01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:13,633 Grig, you're not jealous at all? 646 01:12:20,440 --> 01:12:23,398 Upon my word - I'm not jealous. 647 01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:28,272 It is strange, but that's it. I do not want to offend you. 648 01:12:29,120 --> 01:12:32,158 You know I'm ready to beat up anyone who's staring at you, 649 01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:36,513 but this time I'm not jealous. 650 01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:40,918 I'm under the impression that all that's happened. or you claim has happened. 651 01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:48,794 it's not been here, in our world, but far away, maybe on Ursa Major 652 01:12:57,680 --> 01:13:01,150 What's happening here? What happened in this house? 653 01:13:01,880 --> 01:13:04,156 The whole town is rattling! 654 01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:22,475 Who are you. where from, Sir? What are you looking for? 655 01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:25,557 And why are you looking at me like that? 656 01:13:25,960 --> 01:13:30,557 - I'm looking at... my sister - Me? I'm your sister? 657 01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:34,633 This is what my sister will look like in a few years' time. 658 01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:39,791 - Sir why would she look like that? - Because she wants to stay here. 659 01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:42,400 Because she wants to live here. 660 01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:53,918 You want to stay here? 661 01:13:57,280 --> 01:14:00,079 - Leavel - Leave? 662 01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:05,432 - You are too beautiful. - That's not an argument. 663 01:14:06,080 --> 01:14:08,549 I was beautiful too, once. 664 01:14:10,400 --> 01:14:13,438 At least, that's what they used to say... 665 01:14:14,120 --> 01:14:16,191 That's an argument! 666 01:14:17,760 --> 01:14:20,798 Believe me! Leavel 667 01:14:21,640 --> 01:14:24,712 - What about him? - Miroiu? 668 01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:29,913 He has another life, his own. 669 01:14:43,880 --> 01:14:48,750 - Mona, are you coming? - Do you want me to? 670 01:14:49,680 --> 01:14:51,273 Don't you? 671 01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:54,592 What's this frenzy, Sir? 672 01:14:54,840 --> 01:14:58,037 I waited for you all the night, not closing my eyes! 673 01:14:58,160 --> 01:15:02,597 - Please forgive me, Udrea. - I could, because I wrote a sonata. 674 01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:08,752 That's what I do when I'm waiting for someone and one never comes... 675 01:15:23,960 --> 01:15:28,033 Mr Udrea is a composer He wrote a symphony. 676 01:15:28,120 --> 01:15:30,270 - He needs an instrument. - Madam.... 677 01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:32,437 Very well, maestro. 678 01:15:33,200 --> 01:15:35,350 Let's see what can be done. 679 01:15:38,360 --> 01:15:40,351 Here, let me help... 680 01:16:25,760 --> 01:16:31,756 My dear, you're right, I can't stay in an evening dress all my life. 681 01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:37,830 - You're leaving? - Yes. 682 01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:41,717 And you're not coming back? 683 01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:46,793 Oh yes, every night. 684 01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:51,749 I'll never see you again. 685 01:16:54,000 --> 01:17:00,110 Marin Miroiu, near Alcor there's a star that bears my name. 686 01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:02,716 You've never seen it, but you know it's there. 687 01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:06,111 I'll always be here. 688 01:19:35,960 --> 01:19:37,792 Are you leaving? 689 01:21:38,440 --> 01:21:42,070 The End