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THE BATTLE OF

THE BATTLEFIELD It's a shame for our city to stand before a man Shame on the Vitra

government, which gives one of the most beautiful

villages in Romania the land of a vampire.

I'm a vampire.

Farewell!

Farewell!

I'm sorry for asking you so rudely.

Vampire?

What's a vampire?

One who sucks the blood of the people.

I suck the blood of the people.

You suck the blood of the people?

You suck the blood of the people?

Miseu.

Correct, Miseu.

Mordar.

Correct, Mordar.

No, he's not.

No, he's not.

With all his mischief, with all his amorphous

society, why should I be ashamed of him?

Why should I?

In the end, let him scream like a dog.

Correct, like a dog.

You started telling me the story, but in the evening...

I was telling you, Anifănică.

In the evening, Mitele woke up after dinner.

Mitele?

It's like our show.

Now you know that the police officer doesn't have a watch, a drinker,

a bed, a shower, like all Christians.

You're lying.

And you live with Anifănică?

It's hard.

What can I say?

A big family, a small renumeration, after all.

That's why your wife tells me you should ask the prefect

to increase your salary, because you're losing everything.

You can't live without Anifănică.

The state has no idea what he's doing at home.

He only asks for your debt.

You can't live on 80 lei a month.

A big family, a small renumeration, after all.

After all, Mitele is like that.

You're the fool.

You'll get rid of him if you don't get rid of Anifănică.

How can you not know how to live without Anifănică?

Not like you.

I don't mind if you know how to do things with your mind.

I like to be served by a man with a strong heart.

He's a man of faith.

Anifănică is a man of faith.

He's a coward, too.

Especially a man from a poor family.

A new soul, a new Anifănică.

And the renumeration... The budget...

What's wrong with Anifănică?

Don't worry about the money.

You've got the right man.

The right man...

What do you mean, the right man?

The council paid the committee for 44 stars.

Did they put 44 stars?

They did, Anifănică.

Maybe one or two.

44?

44 stars.

I walked around the city with Zoia and Nazarian.

She said, let's count Gita's stars.

I'm sorry.

It's the council that we should expect protection from.

She didn't mean it in a bad way.

She meant it as a joke.

Don't Nazarian and her know you're our man?

The council and the councilor.

And the councilor.

Why did you count them?

That's right.

44.

14, 15.

Let's count them, Anifănică.

Two in the city hall.

Two in the market on February 11th.

Four.

Two in the city hall.

Six.

One in the boys' school.

Seven.

One in the girls' school.

Eight.

One in the hospital.

Nine.

Two in the cathedral in Sfântu Niculae.

11.

Two in the city hall.

Did you count them, Anifănică?

No, Anifănică.

Two in the city hall, 18.

Four in the school, 24.

Two in the cathedral in Sfântu Niculae, 30.

Did you count all of them?

I'm sorry.

God forbid, Anifănică.

Four in the city hall and four in the city hall.

Four in the city hall and four in the city hall.

One, two, maybe two in the city hall.

Does anyone know?

Victor!

Don't talk to me like that.

It's a big family.

Count them according to the small budget.

Let's leave them alone.

How can we leave them alone, Anifănică?

It's the story of last night.

I'm in a hurry.

You're right, Anifănică.

Tonight, at 10.30, I'll go home, have a drink, and

I'll go for a walk, just to see you for a minute.

I was about to leave.

Your wife, I'm sorry to say, will undress you and put you to bed.

I won't.

It's my duty, Anifănică.

Day and night, I'm always on duty.

So, I'll go to bed at 12.15, undress, take off my coat, undress, undress,

undress, undress, undress, undress, undress, undress, undress...

But I'll leave at 1.20.

I'll take the city hall's board and put it on

the ground, so that it looks like it's a meeting.

When I go through the ground, I see the light

on the windows of the lady's board, like yours.

And the windows are bright.

With high beams.

If you sit on the beams, you can enter the house through the window.

I, thinking about my duty, I say, let's drink something, so that it doesn't spoil.

And I come, like a cat, I sit down and listen.

I hear, and I see, I hear, and I hear, Anifănică, you know, like at the theater.

What?

I, Casărăstos.

Who was he?

Ionescu Popescu, Popa Pritici.

Popa?

Yes, Popa, and Don Techite, and Petcus, and Zapis.

Ionescu?

All of them.

The game was over.

And there was smoke on the windows and on the windowsill.

Popa and Petcus were playing.

I let them talk.

And Casărăstos, Anifănică, I swear... Great, Anifănică, on the government and on you.

And the votes were increasing.

Popa and Mofluși.

Correct, Mofluși.

Let me vote.

Let's vote.

Let's see what happened, Anifănică.

From word to word, Casărăstos says, I swear to

you that I will vote with you, whoever you want.

The one who matters is the vampire...

Sorry, I meant the vampire.

The one who matters is the vampire, like God.

And when we have him, we have all of them.

Listen to this letter.

And take a little letter out of the envelope.

Listen to it.

The devil of Popa doesn't have a job.

He quickly gets out of the game and says, Let me Bury my soul, Ionă Ică, don't read.

Wait, I'll listen to it, too.

Let me light my cigarette.

And Anifănică gets out of the game, lights the cigarette, pulls out the

cigarette, and throws the cigarette on the window, right in my eyes.

He pulls me back, I slip from the window and I fall on the ground, on a wall,

which means three windows, and I'm next to the window.

The wall starts to shatter.

I run out of the house, I jump on the window.

I, as I fell, I get up, I go to the window, and I go to the city hall.

I turn around, but the windows are closed and the doors are open.

What?

What are you writing?

I don't understand.

Guităr, I have to go to breakfast, so I don't make Nenea Zaharia and Zoe wait for me.

They don't have breakfast without me.

And Nenea Zaharia doesn't go out before breakfast.

And moreover, as Zoe is impatient... What do you want from me, Anifănică?

Let me write what I want.

Listen to me, Anifănică.

I don't know if I could touch this thread.

I'm just afraid of my father's bad intentions.

But wouldn't it be bad to untie it with care and then to work on it properly?

How can we work on it?

Wait a minute until I change my clothes.

I'll tell you something else.

Wait, Anifănică.

A

Romanian MUSEUM The police mission is too big.

And Anifănică and Joițica are still in the dark.

The old man's wife is always saying, Guită, Guită,

the football is in the pot and it's all over.

The husband doesn't believe in anything else.

Are you sure?

The child of Conu Fănică.

Moșia Moșie.

Fonțiu Fonțiu.

Oana Jăițica.

Oana Jăițica.

Traimineaco, with the money of Trahanache.

Bye-bye!

Where are you going?

The family is big, you are counting on Bugernică.

What a corrupt society!

There is no morality, no principles, nothing.

Interest, what interest?

The son of the faculty of other inscribers says it well.

Young, young, but baked.

The boy says it seriously.

Where there is no morality, there is corruption.

And a society without principles?

They don't have them.

Miscellaneous, infamous... Here it is.

Here is the name of Conizario Fănică.

Mr. Conizario, he will be here in a moment.

Come here, Fănică.

Neca Zaharia, how is it possible?

Did you leave before lunch?

It's a comedy, a great comedy, Fănică.

Wait, I'll tell you.

Do you have anything else to tell me?

No, don't forget what I said.

I'm listening.

Is it long to tell me?

Can't you say it at lunch?

Do you have a little Patience?

Jăițica, it's a great comedy, Fănică.

Then you should go to Nenea Zaharia, and let Fănică talk to Titi.

Isn't that right, Nenea Zaharia?

She should be so good that she won't be upset if I'm late for lunch.

We have something political to talk about between men.

I'm listening.

Come here.

Where are you going?

Where do you want me to go?

Why don't you come in front of me?

Yes, in front of you.

Neca Zaharia, what is it?

Come out, I see you've changed.

Have a little Patience.

Listen, this morning, at 8.30 A.M., my son came

into the room, he didn't even drink his coffee.

He gave me a pillow and told me he was waiting for an answer.

Who gave him the pillow?

Who?

The honorable Mr. Nae Cățavencu.

Cățavencu?

What does Cățavencu have to do with me and me with Cățavencu?

We are not even related.

We could say that, considering the principles, it's the opposite.

Of course.

Wait a minute.

Honorable Mr. Zaharia Trahanache, President of the Permanent Committee,

of the School Committee, of the Agricultural Committee

and of other committees and local committees.

Honorable sir, in the interest of your honor as a citizen and as a father,

we ask you to pass today, between 9.30 and 10 A.M., from the office of the Department

of Carpathians and the headquarters of the Encyclopedic Cooperative Aurora Economica

Română, where you will receive a document of the greatest importance for you,

of your honorable sir, Cățavencu, Director-Professor of the Carpathians,

President-Founder of the Encyclopedic Cooperative Aurora Economica Română.

What a document!

Don't worry.

I thought about not going.

Not going, not going...

Out of curiosity, I wanted to go and see what's going on.

So, I hurriedly put on my coat and went to Cățavencu's house.

And there he is, at Cățavencu's house, with his minstrel,

bowing with respect and kissing me on the cheek.

Honorable sir, I'm sorry that we got cold together.

He says that I've always treated you as if you were the head of our county.

And, in the end, a lot of delicacies.

I'm serious.

You called me to show me a document.

Show me the document.

He says he's afraid that it will be a painful beating for you.

I should have prepared you in advance.

You, a man, so... so...

And, again, delicacies.

Honorable sir, do you have a little faith in the document?

Take it.

But, sir...

Show me where he wants to take me.

I'm sorry, but I can't tell him.

He should know how I feel.

What did he give you?

You'll see.

He says that I don't understand the moral qualities

of a man and the respect that he should have.

And, in the end, what's the point?

You put your foot in the dust and say, listen, honorable sir, please,

give me the document.

You see, Michelu, when he's in trouble, he gives me a little letter.

He says, to whom and to whom?

To whom?

To Nene Zariu.

Are you serious?

Yes, to my wife.

A little letter, a letter of love, in all the rules.

What are you saying, honorable sir?

It's not possible.

It's not possible.

I've read it dozens of times.

Maybe I know it by heart.

Listen, my dear Zoi, the honorable one, I mean, me, goes to a meeting in the evening.

The meeting is the day after tomorrow.

I, I mean you, have to stay at home because I'm waiting for fish from Bu.

With fish, to which I have to answer on time.

Maybe the minister will call me to you.

It's serious.

He didn't expect me to come, and you, I mean my wife, to your dear son-in-law,

I mean you, who adores you as always and kisses you a thousand times.

It's not possible.

It's not possible.

It's true that it's not possible.

But you're so old-fashioned.

I don't understand.

Plastic surgery is possible.

But so far, I don't understand.

Fănică, you should see the imitation of the sun.

You should say that it's yours.

But you should swear, not something else.

Look, you're like a conceptor.

Leave it, man, tell Michel what's wrong with you.

That's what people do.

We don't have to change it.

Who can imagine where Michel Iaobu can go?

Miserable man!

Man, you have a little bit of Patience.

I told you, I told you.

It's great, my dear, from the Virgin Mary.

Great, I have nothing to say.

But you haven't found the man.

If he saw that he can't live with me, you know what he'll do?

He told me that if I don't give him importance, he'll give it to the public.

Because the newspaper will publish it on Sunday and

he'll be put in jail so that everyone can see it.

I'll shoot him, I'll set him on fire.

You have to bring him here, only.

I'll die with the newspaper.

Ilița, Ilița!

The police are coming!

Do you have a little bit of Patience?

Yes, I do.

It's a lie.

It's not true.

Memories?

A good boy.

Smart, with a book, but a lie.

You can't do that.

In a prefect, in a society without morals and

principles, you have to have a little bit of diplomacy.

The man is a scoundrel!

He's a man's emperor.

And let's not talk about it.

We have something more serious to talk about.

Tonight there's a meeting.

Has it been decided?

Do we put Farpuride's candidate?

What are we going to do?

Tonight I found out that Băscălinea and Cățavencu are going to make a scandal.

We have to tell Ichi to be careful.

Cățavencu's Michel will come tonight with the wind to fight us.

Don't worry, Dario.

Tonight, Mr. Cățavencu, it won't be at the meeting.

It will be somewhere else, at the jail.

Are you going to the breakfast?

Don't worry, Dario.

I'm busy.

How are you, son?

Say hello to Joițică's mother.

At lunch, of course.

Tonight, I'm going to the meeting.

You have to stay with Joițică.

She's alone.

After the meeting, we'll have a friend.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

And don't worry about Michel.

Don't you see how our world is?

In a society without morals and principles, it's not going to be easy.

You're right.

You have to have a little Patience.

What shall I do?

Who's coming, Ghiță?

Fănică!

Zoi, you know... I'm so unlucky, Fănică.

I went to your mother's house.

I came after Zaharie.

I didn't dare to look at him.

I heard everything.

I'm so unlucky, Fănică.

When Ghiță left, I called him.

I told him everything.

Where did he come from?

I don't know.

Look.

In our office, there are documents written by our kind prefect and addressed to you.

This document may be of use to you in exchange for a favor.

You'll have to come to our office to arrange this business for both of us.

How?

When did you lose Zoi's ticket?

Last night, when I left your house.

I had it.

I don't know if I had it when I got home.

Maybe Batista took it and gave it to me.

I had it in my pocket.

How unlucky!

I went to Cățavencu's house.

He offered to give it back to me on condition that we buy the ticket.

I have it in my pocket.

The fight is fierce.

He wants to kill us.

He wants us to die.

Ghiță is coming.

I sent him to Cățavencu's house to buy the ticket.

Ghiță is there.

Of course.

He had to come.

I'll tell you where he is.

Maybe it's not like that.

Maybe it's a trick.

A trick to intimidate him.

I saw Mr. Plaganache entering Cățavencu's house at 10 o'clock.

I was going to the market.

I don't meet anyone at 10 o'clock.

I go straight to the market.

I saw Mrs. Plaganache leaving Cățavencu's house at 11 o'clock.

I was coming back from the market.

I don't have clients at 11 o'clock.

I come back from the market.

I don't understand.

You don't understand?

At 11 o'clock?

No, brother, I don't understand this nonsense.

You saw Mr. Plaganache entering Cățavencu's house at 11 o'clock.

And I saw Mr. Plaganache leaving Cățavencu's house at 11 o'clock.

What?

Maybe it's a trick?

I'll tell you.

Maybe it's a trick, but it's in the interest of the party.

The prefect has to give us the key to Cățavencu's house.

I don't know.

Here you are.

Hello!

Hello, esteemed guests!

And the red one did it.

Hello!

Hello, honorable guests!

Enjoy!

Thank you, esteemed guests, but we're in a hurry.

It's been 12 hours.

And I didn't even notice that it's been 12 hours.

I'm going to the court.

Look what it's about, esteemed guests.

Let's be brief.

First of all, it's said... I mean, let's be explicit.

I like to put the dots on the i.

It's said...

It's said that our party is giving Cățavencu's assistant to the second class.

Which party?

Cățavencu.

What do you mean, which party?

Our party.

Madame Trahanache, Mrs. Tanenea, Zaharia, us and our people.

Let's go and hug Mr. Cățavencu.

And who says that?

Don't laugh, esteemed guests.

I'm not laughing.

I'm starting to talk.

And why, let's say, does the world have to go to the courts?

Mr. Trahanache visited Mr. Cățavencu.

Madame Trahanache visited Mr. Cățavencu.

Mr. Ghință, the policeman, visited Mr. Cățavencu.

From where and to where?

We, let's say, we don't care what the world says.

What does the world say?

Do you want me to speak clearly and eloquently, esteemed guests?

I'm not a traitor.

No.

Dear friends, don't you find it strange that you're more Catholic than the Pope?

Yes, when it's about the Muslim principle, I do.

I mean, I don't say I am, when it's about this, I'm more Catholic than the Pope.

Gentlemen, I don't accept such observations at my home, that you give me to tell you.

I consider them as insults.

Let's not get angry, esteemed guests.

How can I not get angry, honorable ones?

You come to my home, to my home, that I sacrificed my

career and remained in your hands, to organize the party.

Because without me, you have to confess that you could never become a party.

You come to my home, to call me a traitor.

I can't allow you to do this.

Anyway, this is what we have here, from Mr. Catalencu.

He's a typical tyrant.

Tyrant?

Yes, tyrant, like you.

Mr. Catalencu, I give

you as a positive news, that our political friend, Mr. Catalencu, the president of

the Independent Group, is put at the disposal of any change from the administration.

On the contrary, we have strong words to believe that both the old and venerable

Mr. Trahanache, the president of the Electoral Committee, as well as June,

and our honorable prefect, would be convinced, in the end, that the country,

our county, can't be better represented than an independent man, like our friend,

Mr. Catalencu.

Mr. Catalencu, I give you as a positive news, the committee of the Independent Group.

Do you hear me?

There's no time to lose.

Gentlemen, I beg you, some important business calls me only to the telegraph.

I'm sorry, but...

Yes, it's short.

I mean, as I said, knock on the door outside.

All right?

Uncle!

I've been looking for him all over the fair, but he's not here.

Come on, Trahanache, here's what I found out.

I'm afraid of betrayal.

What time is it?

19 past.

19 past?

Until exactly 20 past.

I'm sorry, gentlemen...

We're going, we're going, dear ones, we don't want to be late.

We're going, but think, dear ones, that we are members of the same party.

The same party, as Adil Auri, Brunzoverescu's friend, used to say.

It's treason to conquer the party's interests, but we should know it too.

That's why I've always repeated with our ancestors, with Mihai Bravo and Ștefan

Celmare, I love treason, but I hate traitors.

Farewell, farewell, dear ones.

Farewell!

Did he leave?

Did you see, Fanny, did you hear?

And Gheza, he's not coming.

Fanny, Fanny, we have a terrible misfortune.

Quiet!

Someone's coming.

It's Gheza, for sure.

Sloka!

Who's that?

What are you saying?

It's me.

I'm Gheza.

I'm a voter.

What's your name?

What's your name?

What do you want me to say?

I'm a voter.

Are you tormented?

Sloka, don't let anyone in.

You're all crazy, all of you.

I'm not tormented.

You know me.

You know me from the 11th of February.

It's not about...

I'm a voter.

I'm from Sofieta.

But I'm a voter.

I'm the mayor.

I'm a voter for you.

Send him away, Fanny.

He's crazy.

Calm down.

We'll talk some other time.

What can we talk about?

What can we do?

Don't look at me like that.

I've done a lot of things.

Look at you.

You look like a drunkard.

Like a drunkard.

Be a good man and listen.

I found a letter.

A letter?

Yes.

From Italy to Paris.

I found it on the street.

I've been looking for it since last night.

I've been looking for it since last night.

Until this morning.

I found it in a book.

I thought I found it.

Let me see.

Let me see.

When I found it, I opened it.

I went under a tree to read it.

I couldn't read it.

There's a letter on the back.

I gave it to you.

I put it in my pocket.

This is how you become a member of our society.

And you get letters from the mayor.

Am I right?

Yes.

From the mayor.

I read the letter.

Let me see it.

Oh, my God!

I'm going to beat you!

I'm going to beat you!

I'm going to beat you!

I'm going to beat you!

I'm going to beat you!

Did you drink it?

Yes, I drank the letter.

The letter?

Where is it?

I don't know.

I have it.

I have the letter.

Yes, I have it.

I don't have it.

I have a good owner.

I'm a good man.

I'm a good owner.

I'm a good neighbor.

But I'm the one who stole it.

I'm the one who chose it.

I lost it.

I lost it!

You stole it!

I can't sleep, I'm too tired.

You've been talking all the time.

You're miserable!

What have you done?

You've ruined me!

Panica, take care of her!

What?

Take care of Zaharia.

Zaharia?

What's her name?

Ametiescu.

I'll take care of him.

What are you doing on the stairs?

Panica!

What's the matter?

I'm not mad!

I'm Ametiescu!

Panica!

I'll take care of him!

Panica!

I'm not mad!

I'm Ametiescu!

Panica!

Zaharia knows everything, but she doesn't believe a word you say.

Panica!

What have you done?

Have you been to the hospital?

I've been to the doctor.

He's having a hard time.

He's either a thousand times more mad or more powerful.

We have to help him.

Gita, take the gendarme!

I have to take him to the police right now!

Panica!

Don't go!

They caught him red-handed!

Who?

Zico!

Who?

He knows everything.

I told you not to tell him.

He knows I'm so sensitive.

See?

I told you he was caught red-handed.

Gita, take a look at this.

He's not red-handed.

He's got a little bit of Patience.

What Patience?

Correct!

Sixty-nine with a red Mark.

Good.

Eleven with a blue Mark.

Twelve.

A little more Patience.

One, two...

Five...

Seven...

Ten... Eleven.

Twelve.

Thirteen.

He's not red-handed?

He doesn't even have the right to vote.

Since he married his daughter.

Didn't he give her the house?

If he votes, he'll go to the police station.

Have a little Patience.

But if we can bring him, he'll vote with us.

It's easy for him to vote with us.

He has the process with the Epitrope of the Church next week.

But... to vote with us...

What do you mean, to vote with us?

I mean, how can he vote with us?

To vote with us?

Don't you understand that, Zaharie, it's our word?

I mean, us, our party.

Who do we vote for?

Who do we work for?

We don't know yet.

Have a little Patience.

I don't know, but I'll tell you what my friend Brânzovenescu used to say.

I'm afraid of treason.

What do you mean, treason?

Today, when I smelled something, somehow...

Something, somehow... Something, somehow?

If it's something, in the middle.

Something, in the middle.

Something, in the middle?

Yes, if it's treason, if it's against the party's interests.

But we know what treason is.

Because I said it with our ancestors, with Mita the Elder and Vlad Țepeș.

I'm not Zaharie.

I like treason, but... Do you want a little Patience?

What Patience?

It's not Zaharie.

It's not the time for such things.

Tonight, there's a meeting.

The election starts tomorrow.

Who do we vote for?

Who do we vote for?

Have a little Patience.

Who do you vote for?

I don't understand.

Neither do I.

Let's calm down a little.

Let's calm down, yes, let's calm down.

That's what we're asking for.

What are you, gentlemen, you vagabonds from the streets?

No, Zavracii?

No, Căușași?

No.

Gentlemen, that means we are citizens.

We are honorable, especially the two or three of us.

We are members of the Permanent Committee, of the Electoral Committee, of the School

Committee, of the State Committee of Traian, of the Agricultural Committee and so on.

We vote for the candidate that the whole party puts on the ballot.

Because from the whole party, the goods of the country come.

From the goods of the country, our goods come.

That's right.

That's right, but... But what?

The name of the candidate.

Maybe it's mine, maybe it's Mr. Italiu's, maybe it's Mr. Sade's.

As it is, the interest of the party is mine.

From time to time, we wait for him to come.

The mayor must come.

We don't wait for him to come from the telegraph.

The telegraph doesn't work.

It works.

What's the matter, Altagiru?

Maybe now, when we talk, he'll be our neighbor.

It's impossible, gentlemen.

Yes, it's impossible.

What do you think?

All good and beautiful, as you say, Mr. Neică-Zahăriu, but I'm afraid of treason.

Not from your side.

Not from your side.

But from the other side.

From the other side.

You know, from the other side.

I'm not a gambler, if I know.

Dear brother Pashkinez, please...

You know what, Mr. Neică-Zahăriu?

Let's look at the cards.

Yes, Mr. Neică, let's see.

I told you I'm afraid of treason.

I'm afraid of treason.

I'm afraid of the other side.

The other side.

The other side.

You know, Mr. Neică.

I'm not a gambler, if I know.

Pashkinez again.

God forbid.

I'm afraid of the other side.

What?

The other side of the prefect?

We're not afraid of you, you're fighting with Căţavei.

With Căţavei?

With the ophthalmologist.

With the nebilist.

With the nebilist.

With Căţavei?

Treason?

Traitor Pănică?

Listen, Mr. Neacopţi... Don't expect me.

Mr. Neacopţi!

We... We're afraid of you.

Have you heard?

I don't even allow myself to think about it.

Even a little bit about Pănică.

For me, dear, I want someone to come and think about his wife.

About Juiţica.

About the honorable Juiţica.

I'm sorry, Mr. Neacăţi, but I can't.

At least a little Patience.

For me, someone to come and think about Juiţica, about my friend Pănică, that's all.

He's a man I've been living with for eight years.

Half a year, after I got married the second time.

I've been living with him for eight years, like brothers.

And I've never found a man, at least not so bad.

Do you think he would have stayed here, the prefect?

And he wouldn't have gone straight to Bucharest, if it weren't for me and Juiţica.

And we're talking about Juiţica, not about him.

It's understandable, ladies are more ambitious.

At least a little Patience.

I told you he wasn't a friend.

For the interest of the party.

Who else could have been our prefect?

He would have been found.

Maybe, but I don't believe you.

An independent man, who served the party, the county, the country.

And I remember how he did his job.

And yes, you should all come from the party, and to

think... to pronounce such unparliamentary words.

I'm sorry.

But we...

I'm sorry.

But I have to say that where you don't understand

politics, there's nothing but betrayal.

My dear, what a society!

That's true.

Well said, my son, from the faculty.

Where there's no morality, there's corruption.

And a society without principles will say it doesn't have them.

Betrayal, bravo!

Traitor!

Beautiful!

Greetings!

Greetings!

Did you like the venerable man?

He's cool.

Very cool.

A little manly.

We'll tell him the secret.

We have to wait.

Wait?

Until when?

Tonight, at the end of the meeting, it's as if

you didn't see the venerable man washing his face.

Dear ones, have a little Patience.

The candidate of our committee is Mr. Cățăveicu.

He's a philistine.

And he's good in everything.

The police will arrest him, he'll run until his tongue comes out, and they'll

throw him on Mr. Cățăveicu, who swore to us.

And he's the deputy of our college.

And we'll keep our hands on our chests.

What will you do?

Will you give up your power?

What can I do?

Maybe I'll go to Bucharest, to the central

committee, to the ministry, to the newspaper.

I'll tell them everything.

Traitor!

The prefect and his people are betraying the party for the

philistine Cățăveicu, whom they want to tie to our college.

Traitor!

Traitor!

Traitor!

He's too strong!

Don't insult him!

You must have courage, like me!

You must insult him!

Anonymously!

That's right, I'll insult him!

We'll insult him, the more we are part of the party.

What if he's mad?

I'll call the telegraph.

We'll send someone to write to him.

Who?

We'll have to find someone to call the telegraph.

Come on, Mr. Zovenescu!

I hope we won't pay anything.

You must have courage!

Anonymously!

What time is it?

Five.

It's urgent!

It's exactly 5.06.

The telegraph must be closed.

We'll do this and that.

I've put my hand on Mr. Cățăveicu.

When I killed the boys from a village, he was screaming as loud as he could.

They are protesting in the name of the Constitution!

This is a violation of the Constitution!

I'm telling you, this is a violation of the Constitution!

But we'll get our money back.

We'll get our money back.

I went back home

with the children.

I searched through all the alleys.

I opened the doors, I opened the windows, I broke the walls.

What power can be given by the Constitution?

I went back to the police.

I took out my gun and I shot him in the chest.

He didn't come out.

I threatened him that I had an order from Conu Fănică to hang him like a dog.

It's no use.

All he says is that he's not here.

I'm looking for him, but I can't find him.

He's not at home, he's not here.

Here you are.

Coneștițică!

Gheță!

I'm glad to see you.

I was looking for you, Coneștițică.

Gheță, what's the matter with you?

Are you crazy?

Adina, when I left home, I heard from the doctor that

you went with the gendarme to Cățaveișcu's house.

You took him upstairs and you took him to the police.

How did you do that?

I'm talking to Conu Fănică.

Where's Fănică?

I don't know, I'm looking for him, too.

Why did you arrest Cățaveișcu?

I wanted to take his signature.

Did you take it?

No, Coneștițică.

I looked for him on the terrace, too.

He's not at home.

The signature is hidden somewhere else.

You got me in trouble.

The signature will be published tomorrow, and you made a scandal out of it.

People will follow it with newspapers and newspapers.

What will the Green Bucharest say when they find out that Fănică is in

Cățaveișcu's house and that he's in the state prison?

After the government reassured them that they will all live in peace and quiet.

How can Fănică remain a prefect?

Coneștițică, I forgot to tell you.

After all the threats and threats I made to Cățaveișcu, he told me that I'm still

in prison and that he doesn't want to talk to anyone anymore.

But only to you.

Don't worry, Ghiță.

Take the road and ask him to stay here with me.

I'll wait for him.

Only if Coneștițică... If he's with you, if he's with your family.

Ghiță!

How can I not worry you, Coneștițică?

My heart is breaking.

Don't worry.

Don't worry.

You'll get along with him.

I'll catch up with you in a moment.

Listen... Are you back?

I brought him.

In your letter tomorrow, we'll present an interesting sentimental description of a

high-ranking person from the village to a lady of great influence.

The original will be available tomorrow in our office.

That's all for today.

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

What's the matter with you?

Do we have to choose Cățănencu?

I'm sick of him.

Is it too early to change your mind?

With a Mișel like him, when he's so good to us, fighting would be childish and crazy.

Fănică!

I have to use him.

You have to.

And Cățănencu, after all, can be as good as anyone else.

It's Fănică.

Where could she be?

You're here, Fănică.

I've been waiting for you.

What have you done?

You arrested Cățănencu.

Have you thought about what you've done?

How could you do such a thing?

Why did you do it?

Why?

Why?

You're asking me why?

Because of the mistake you've made.

To avoid the misfortune you've caused by negligence.

So much distraction, so much self-indulgence, a love letter.

You throw it in a bag with the letter and lose it as if you were losing a book.

Like a poster after you've left the police station.

I didn't expect you to be so unjust.

You're a woman in every way, a mother and a child.

You're so negligent, you don't even care about the Romanians, not even in a play.

I'm sorry, Fănică.

I'm sorry.

But that's how it is.

I was a child.

I made a mistake without realizing it.

But now I have to correct it.

Fănică, if you love me, if you've cared for me even for a moment in your life,

get out of my way!

Get out of my way!

You're a man, not a woman.

I wouldn't be unlucky for you, Fănică.

But for me, Fănică, think about it!

That's why I took care of Cățăvencu's person.

You're wrong, Fănică.

Cățăvencu might die today.

Tomorrow, his newspaper will publish my letter.

Oh, God!

How I wish all the newspapers in the world would rot!

How I wish they'd laugh!

A week, a month, a year...

They'll only talk about this adventure.

In this city, men, women and children have no other passion than divorce.

But I have a reason.

Do you know why, Fănică?

What a scandal!

What an infernal chronicle!

What am I supposed to do, Fănică?

Should I die?

Should I die, if you wish?

Because after this, I won't be able to live.

So, if there's no other way out...

Zoi, do you love me?

I love you, but let's run away together.

Are you crazy?

But Zaharia...

But your position...

It's a bigger scandal than ours.

So, there's nothing left for us to do.

Let's support Cățavencu's candidacy.

No way!

Never!

Not even once!

Do you know what Zoi thinks?

She went to the telegraph.

It's an anonymous telegraph.

I stopped her and ordered the telegraph not to send anything without my permission.

But do you know what I think?

That's it!

The prefect and his people are betraying the party for the nihilist Cățavencu,

who killed my colleague.

Betrayal!

Betrayal!

More members of the party!

Whatever happens, we can't support the miserable.

No, no, no!

Tell me...

Let's look for another way out.

I don't see another way out.

There's no other way out.

Then...

Then...

Let me...

Let me be miserable!

Let me die!

Die for me, who loved you, who sacrificed everything for you!

Look where it brought me!

Look how much I paid for your oaths!

It brought me to death!

Because I'm dying before the end of the scandal!

Today, right here!

Today, right here!

It brought me to death and I can escape and let myself die!

Zoi!

Zoi!

Leave me alone!

If your ambition, if your political ambitions put you above my shame, my life.

..

Let me die!

Let me die with the assurance that for a year, for a day, I've worked for no one,

that you've never, never, never loved me!

It's strange...

Zoi, let's see, let's think about it.

There's no time to think, Fanica!

Every minute that passes by, you have to want it.

Let me decide!

Let me decide!

You don't care about the arrest, you only care about yourself.

I ran like a madman, but I didn't run.

Look at the mess they made of their committee!

Do you understand now what we have to wait for after his arrest?

We let him play with his life!

Don't play with his life, Fanica, play with mine!

Because, once again, I'm telling you, no matter how many times you kill me,

I'll live, and then you'll be overpowered with what we have.

You have to give in!

If you don't, then I'll die.

And if you let me die, after you die, anything can happen.

I'm determined.

Yes, I'm determined.

But I won't die until I've fought with all my might.

And I'll fight!

And I'll fight with you!

With all my might, with you, ungrateful and heartless man!

I have to fight with you!

Because now you're the heaviest Thorn in my

side, which stops me from getting my peace back.

Yes, I'm determined and I have to give in to everything!

And to you!

I'm so determined that I even ordered Ghita to go to Catea Vencu's road,

and to enjoy it here, on my side.

Are you crazy?

What did you do?

I did what I thought I had to do.

If you don't want to support Catea Vencu, if you don't want to choose him to get rid

of me, then I, who want to get rid of him, will support him, I'll choose him!

What?

I'll choose him.

I'm for Catea Vencu.

My husband, with all his might, has to be for Catea Vencu.

In the end, the one who fights with Catea Vencu, is the one who fights with me.

Come on, Fani, fight!

Be brave!

You said you loved me.

Let's see... Zoya!

Let me go!

Zoya!

Pray, priestess!

Pray!

Pray!

And forgive me for my mission, which orders us to be scrupulous in our duty.

You know better than I do.

That's the way the police are.

If you have to laugh, laugh.

That's what the show is about.

So, please, forgive me.

I'm sorry, but you're still making excuses.

We don't know how the police works.

In a constitutional state, the police is no more, no less than an instrument.

A clean instrument.

Not the arm that beats, but the will that orders me.

I even wrote an article about this.

I don't know if you've read it.

You should have read it.

I read your newspaper like the Gospel, all the time.

Don't forget about me, I mean, about my mission.

I have others in my soul, Tulmiru, but you have nothing to do with them.

You have a big family, a small budget...

And finally, how could the martyr be here, if there was no execution?

He was a good man.

A citizen?

Don't forget the condition I came here with.

I came to the prefect's house.

I don't want to deal with him.

I can't forgive myself so easily.

I was called by Mrs. Trahanache.

I'll see her in Savoie.

It's about the priest, the priestess, the priestess...

The priestess is not even here.

Please, please, sit down, Mr. Niculecu.

I'll go and tell the priestess that you came.

But I can give her the letter, because I'm in a hurry to go back to the

cell where she threw me out.

Listen...

A great fisherman, a terrible prefect... And this one...

He finally surrenders.

It can't be otherwise.

The dear, the precious, the venerable Mr. Zaharia...

It's as if I hear him in the evening,

proclaiming that I'm a candidate for the college.

The poor fisherman...

The purpose, excuse me, the middleman, said the madman Gambeta.

We have to make the poor fisherman come from the dead.

That's better for him.

He loses his mind, that's worse for him.

He imprisons me, that's better for me.

The poor fisherman, like everyone else, calls me, and I, the politician,

I'm ready to shake his hand with respect.

Anyway, what can you do?

It's not the hand that gives you the mandate.

It's the hand that gives you the mandate.

Where's Mr. Joițica?

I don't see Mr. Joițica.

I'll talk to him.

I prefer to talk to her.

Come in, sir.

Your honor, excuse me if I present myself to you in such an irregular manner.

I have to tell you that I was brought here by the police, from your country,

on orders, and I didn't expect to see you.

That's impertinent.

Because I was told that I was called by others, that I wouldn't even come.

Anyway, if I'm a prisoner here, I'll stay.

If I'm free, and I don't ask for anything more, I'll go back to my country.

Dear and esteemed Mr. Tata Venco, I don't understand why two men with some

pretence of seriousness would engage in such mischief and mischievousness,

such unruly mischief, when their situation is so clear.

I'm a man who likes to play by the rules.

Allow me to say something.

Let's drink.

Let's drink, please.

Let me be mindful.

It's good that it's raining outside.

Dear sir, you like to play by the rules.

I like to play by the rules.

We can solve our situation only by playing by the rules.

Thank you.

Let's drink, please.

Let's drink!

Thank you.

So, dear sir, you don't care what I'm going through.

You have a letter that might compromise the honor of a family.

Forgive me for offending you.

Let me be brief.

You are a practical man.

You have something that I need, and you know how much I need it.

I'll come and tell you.

Please, dear sir, what do you want in exchange for that?

You don't know?

We don't even see each other.

That's not what I'm asking.

Dear sir, a political man... You mean you?

Yes, you.

A political man must, especially in the circumstances in which our country is

going through, in the circumstances of a general movement, a movement that,

if we take into account the past of any constitutional state, especially a young

state like ours... Please, dear sir!

Tell me, what do you want in exchange for that letter?

Briefly?

If that's the case, if you want it to be brief, here it is.

I want you to support me in my candidacy.

Your candidacy?

Dear sir, don't you think you're asking for too much?

Then you, who offered me the time to ask questions, should answer.

Tell me, don't you think you're asking for too much?

Here, what do you say?

No.

What if the Permanent Committee withdraws and we reserve a place for the beloved Mr.

Cățăvencu?

I have no objections.

Dear sir...

What if the state's lawyer is the same Mr. Cățăvencu?

Isn't that a little dishonorable?

What if instead of the vacancy of the mayor, and instead of the epitropephor of

the holy icon, there's the same Mr. Cățăvencu?

And what if the will of the city is being trampled?

Dear sir, a politician has to, he's duty-bound,

especially when he's surrounded by our country.

Surrounded by a general movement.

Movement, what?

If we take into consideration the past of a constitutional state, especially a state

as young as ours, which just came out of... Let's leave the sentences, Mr. Cățăvencu!

These are good for the throat.

I'm the man you want to teach with cold water.

Tell me, where should I be?

Tell me!

What do you want from me?

What do I want?

What do I want?

You know what I want.

I want what suits me after such a long struggle.

I want what I deserve in this city of Gogoman, where there are dogs in the

streets, between politicians.

I want what I want.

I want the mandate of the state.

That's what I want.

Nothing else.

Nothing.

Nothing.

It suits me.

Please, don't fight me.

Support me, elect me.

When I'll be proclaimed mayor of Ceruta, in that moment, I'll have my signature.

In my honor.

In your honor.

And if I can't elect you?

You can.

And if I can't?

I can't elect you.

You must.

It's not good to play with a man like me.

No, no.

I can't elect you.

You must.

You must, if you keep your honor.

You miserable scoundrels!

You shameless scoundrels!

You don't know what you're doing, you don't know what you're doing!

You scoundrels!

You must give me my signature.

You must tell me where it is.

Or I'll kill you like a dog.

Help!

Help!

The mayor!

The mayor!

Help!

Please, for God's sake, don't shout.

Fanny, are you crazy?

Please, don't shout.

How can I not shout?

Michelle!

Michelle!

Michelle!

I'm sorry for what Fanny did.

I'm not sorry.

I must give you my signature.

I can't wait any longer.

I can't wait for a moment in a house where life is in full swing.

Mr. Cacavencu, at last you're a man of mind, a practical man.

Mr. Itali, you don't care who you came from, but what you really need.

I don't understand.

You asked for the deputy's mandate in exchange for the signature.

You swore on Mr. Itali's honor that you, when he was proclaimed, would give him the

signature of the one who would make you elected.

I elect you.

Me and my husband.

You won't give me my signature, will you?

Will you?

I will.

And you understand that when I'm not with you, you'll take the signature?

Everything, Fanny, will be fixed between us.

We are in full agreement, Mr. Cacavencu.

Yes, madam, in full agreement, but...

Fanny!

Fanny, look at yourself!

You can't be the enemy of these men, tell me!

Fanny!

At last, if you want, you can be the enemy.

Whatever happens, happens.

Mr. Cacavencu, you are Zoi's candidate, you are Nene Zaharia's candidate,

therefore, you are my deputy.

You are my deputy?

You have no right!

Nene!

Zaharia!

Hurry up!

Zoi, you don't have to teach him!

No one?

And the young man told us that Fanny and Zoi are here?

No one.

No one.

He was here.

I've been looking for you, I'm coming back, in half an hour.

We must meet before sunset.

Wait for me, don't be late, don't go out, have a little Patience, I'll be back.

And now, let's welcome our beloved Mr. Cacavencu.

Mr. Cacavencu!

We have to make a political arrangement.

We are in peace.

I'll go to Telegras to tell you the candidate's address in Bucharest.

Wait for me at home.

We must be very tactful tonight.

This is the signal.

Again?

Yes, it's me again.

I'm here for that story I told you this morning.

What are you doing?

I'm voting for you.

For whom?

I don't care.

You're suffering.

You're longing for someone.

I'm not longing for anyone.

I don't care.

The administration doesn't want to influence anyone.

You're wrong.

In a constitutional state, especially in our young state, the administration should.

..

I understand.

Honorable, I didn't see you.

I'm a servant.

I'm in peace.

You're lucky.

You drink wine, you drink beer, but for the sake of the people.

To make a pot of wine.

God bless you.

I'm suffering.

Please, leave us alone.

What do you want from me?

I told you we'll start tomorrow.

I'm voting for you.

For whom?

For Mr. Naic.

For whom?

You're crazy.

You're an ambitious man.

You're crazy.

You let him steal your writing.

He's not doing anything.

Let me talk.

Because you're... A chooser.

No, you're a sinner.

A fool.

Yes, a fool.

You're tormented, you're drunk.

You smell like a pig.

That's my smell.

The smell of rum.

Do you want to smell like gas?

For all this, you have to vote for Mr. Catavencu.

For such a chooser, it's better to vote for him.

Miss... You're ironic.

We're voting for Mr. Catavencu.

We support Mr. Iasanu.

You should vote for Mr. Catavencu.

We support him because he's our most honest citizen.

Calm down.

I am.

I am calm.

Because Mr. Iasunu is not like the others.

He's not like the others.

He's not like the others.

Because, once again, a chooser like you, with a clear mind and a clear judgment,

with a political sense, can't be a better representative than Mr. Catavencu.

Honorable Mr. Catavencu.

What's wrong with him?

Go away, you unfaithful fool.

Calm down.

Leave me alone.

We're going to Bucharest.

We'll tell everyone.

What are you going to do?

I'll go to the Central Committee.

Where?

You're lying.

What's wrong with you?

Don't ask me, Mr. Zahariu.

Don't say a word, Mr. Zahariu.

Why?

Because I don't want you to come to me.

Now you understand.

I'm telling you... Calm down.

You won't be trusted more than the honorable Mr. Cipătescu.

The most honest mayor.

The most honest.

The most faithful.

Of course.

Let me tell you that all the gossip about you is only personal.

And you don't even look like yourself.

You look like an insult.

Bravo!

You're a terrible person.

A terrible person.

I understand.

The voters will talk.

The voters will talk.

The voters will talk, of course.

We will talk.

Miss, I have to go.

It's urgent.

What?

At any cost, your second colleague has to choose Mr. Agamemnon Tantanache.

This will be the last thing you'll trust.

I don't know.

I'll go against you.

I'll go against the government.

What are you saying?

I'll go against the government.

I'll go against the government.

I'll go against...

I'll go against the government.

I won.

Honourable guests, this is an important gesture of the day.

Have a little Patience.

You were festive, you know.

After we have spoken from a historical point of view, from a right-wing point of

view, we will try to be as short as possible.

Only if you keep your mouth shut.

Don't interrupt me, please.

Don't interrupt me, please.

After we have spoken from a historical point of view, from a right-wing point of

view, we will try to be as short as possible.

At the year 1821, we will try to be as short as possible.

At the year 1881, we will try to be as short as possible.

Honourable guests, don't interrupt me, please.

Be patient, Mr. President.

The clock is ticking.

There are other honourable guests.

You don't know what you are talking about.

The honourable speaker has promised to finish as short as possible.

What is so short about taking the second sentence from 1821?

Be patient!

Gentlemen, I don't think we should jump to 48.

It's better to jump to 64.

I mean, to 35.

Be patient, Mr. President.

You have spoken.

It seems to me that the President has already given his word.

If you love me, honourable speaker, let's go to the plebiscite.

But, Mr. President... Let's go to the plebiscite.

To the plebiscite!

To the plebiscite!

What did I say, Andar?

Since 1864, I haven't had a single chance to

pronounce the name of the plenipotentiary people.

Let's see where we are before that.

Let's see what he's going to say.

Why is there a plebiscite?

We know what the plebiscite is.

You should explain it.

You shouldn't explain it!

You should explain it, Mr. President!

Honourable speakers, please don't interrupt the speaker.

You are making noise.

I don't even know what's going on here.

Be a little patient!

I'll explain it to you.

Let's start with the plenipotentiary people.

Since 1864, I've been a plebiscite.

Since 1864, I've been a plebiscite.

I know!

The origin of this word is that you are a plebiscite.

I know that you are a plebiscite.

You are a plebiscite!

You are a plebiscite!

You are a plebiscite!

It seems to me that now that we say 1864, you are trying to fight us.

You are talking about history, that all the peoples have 1864 in front of them.

You are talking about 1864!

You are a plebiscite!

Honourable speakers, please be quiet.

We have a question.

Yes, Mr. President?

Since 1864, the plenipotentiary people have a question.

If I'm not mistaken, it seems to me that we are in the year of grace, 1883.

What should we do?

Call the honourable speaker to the question.

Let's leave the plebiscite.

If he loves me, let's move on to the question.

Mr. President, you are welcome to disagree with the question.

I think that we should... No, we shouldn't!

No, we shouldn't!

If you love me, let's leave the plebiscite.

Your wish is my command.

We will only get to the question of the revision

of the Constitution and the Electoral Law.

Do you have a pen and paper?

Yes, I do.

A short speech, if you love me.

Your wish is my command.

No, your wish is my command.

Do you know what my opinion is regarding the revision?

No, we don't.

Let's see Mr. Parfurin's opinion.

My opinion is this.

It's about the revision, isn't it?

Yes, it is!

So, this is what I say.

And together with me, I have to say the same to

all of you, so that you don't fall into extremism.

I mean, I want to say yes, to be moderate.

I mean, not an exaggeration, but a political matter.

I mean, what is the future of the present and the past of the country?

To be either too much, or too little.

Until we have the chance to ask ourselves why.

Yes, why?

If Europe should be watched over us, if I may say so.

What is it?

You don't see the society.

I mean...

It's because of the insults and insubordination, and you don't understand me.

Because of which, in every solemn occasion, it has given proof of tact.

I want to say, in the presence of the people, the nation, Romania, the country.

..

In the end, with good intentions, because Europe, at some point,

will come and recognize it, from which we can say, it depends.

I mean, look at yourselves.

At 21, at 48, at 34, at 54, at 64, at 74, also at 84, and at 94, and so on,

as far as you are concerned.

Because, to give you an example, even our own ancestors hold on to you.

Look at yourselves, it's over.

I have two more words to say.

First of all, this is my opinion.

I give it back to you.

Either it is revised in the first instance, but nothing changes,

or it is not revised in the first instance, but then it

changes here and there, and that's the essential point.

You can't get out of this dilemma, I said.

Hurray!

What is it?

There's a meeting with Ana Joițica.

Why?

There are guests in the office, waiting for you.

All you have to do is to go there.

No, I can't, I'm the president.

All you have to do is ask questions.

Suspend them.

Honorable assembly!

After the important speech given by Mr. Farburidii,

our respected consultant and lawyer...

I think it would be good to suspend the meeting

and to have a little Patience for a few minutes.

I think it would be good to suspend the meeting

and to have a little Patience for a few minutes.

How can you get a young man in his office?

He has his ideas, his opinions.

I respect his ideas, but I'm being honest.

And he's honest, there's nothing to be said.

I respect any opinion.

Let him come to your office with old ideas, with rusty opinions, to always be

afraid of Europe, of gossip, of subversive theories.

That's not good.

I don't respect such opinions.

Let me answer him.

No, listen to what Farburidii is saying.

You didn't understand.

He's saying that, according to history, that's why he's afraid of gossip.

We shouldn't give a bad example to our sisters, who are close to you.

Didn't you hear him?

He said it.

Our sisters are close to you.

Ah, he said it.

Look at you, you're good boys, but you have a big problem.

How can someone talk to you about history, and he's right?

What history?

If it's about history, why don't you learn history first?

Because Romania, from Traian...

It's not like that.

Because our great-grandfather... What great-grandfather?

You think you don't know?

Anyway, first of all, history teaches us that a people that doesn't move forward,

stays on the road, or even goes back.

The law of progress is that the faster you go, the further you get.

That's right.

And I don't get it.

Yes, progress!

Progress without conservation!

We can see that Europe... I don't want to learn about your Europe.

I want to learn about my Romania, and only about Romania.

Progress, my dear!

Progress!

You come to Zadar with antipatriotic inventions, with your anti-patriotic

inventions, and you say that Europe is a public opinion.

It's true.

It seems to me that someone else is talking about public opinion.

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

You don't want to know, do you?

Don't you feel ashamed?

Europe is talking about public opinion.

Do we interfere in their affairs?

No.

We don't have the right to interfere in our affairs.

You are a lawyer.

You are my colleague.

Yes, I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your colleague.

You know the principle of law, just like I do.

Everyone has his own.

Everyone has his own business.

Honest people.

But you haven't met an honest man.

Honest people.

I don't know why, but you've been harassing me for a while.

What's the matter with me?

We are in front of the voters.

I don't care.

Let's fight.

You will be the candidate.

And I will declare that I'm opposed to you.

Electoral struggle.

And we know that electoral struggle is the life of the people.

Why are you rebelling against the truth?

Why are you rebelling against the law?

Why are you rebelling against the law?

Honest people, honorable people.

Listen to me carefully, honest people.

On the one hand, the king of the Carpathians.

On the other hand, the governor of the Constantinople.

On the one hand, the opposition to the throne.

On the other hand, the fishermen in prison.

Scream with the Lord!

Shut up!

Let me answer you with the Lord.

What do you mean we don't know?

We don't see?

We are here.

You are the candidate of the prefect.

I am the candidate of the young group.

Intelligent and independent.

The honorable, the venerable president...

Not the venerable president.

He will declare tonight that he is the candidate of the committee of the Lord.

The committee of the Lord.

If you have the honor to declare the committee of your Lord, what is your Lord?

It is no longer our committee, it is yours.

Shut up!

So, you are not the committee of the Lord?

I am not anymore.

I have always supported the party.

And you, who have always insulted it, are the committee of the Lord.

What do you want?

You are with the economists, the socialists, the

schemers, but you don't care about the people.

You don't care about the unity, you don't care about the people.

Gentlemen, say the word!

With the intelligent, independent, impartial group...

The party of the Lord!

No, I don't get it.

You don't care about the people, you don't care about the people.

Be patient!

How can we put the candidate to a plastic surgeon?

He is a plastic surgeon, that's right.

But until the people realize it, let's take him to court.

Let's make fun of him in the courts.

Think about it!

If it was only your letter to Joițică, I understand.

It's for politics.

The interest of the country is at stake.

The Romanian tried to force you.

You know that Joițică, as a friend of mine, made a plastic surgery.

You don't care about politics.

You have a little bit of courage.

If he is with his mother, how can I give him my mother?

My dear mother, if I don't have Joițică on my side, how can I tell her?

I've never been a diplomat.

But if it's about the plastic surgery, I'll do it.

I don't understand.

Have a little Patience.

This is all for politics.

These two judges, with whom your honourable Mr. Casavencu raised 5,000 lei

from the society, are all for the interest of the country.

We are saved.

I told you to have a little Patience.

Our candidate is Mr. Agamită Dandara.

I'm afraid.

Don't worry.

I'm going to open the hearing.

Announce the candidate, raise the hearing, and we'll go to the preference.

We're waiting for you.

I'll call Casavencu's police.

Don't worry.

I don't ask for the priest's papers.

I mean... I'll go to Casavencu's office.

The hours are ahead.

Enjoy yourselves, gentlemen.

We have a lot to do at the hearing.

Mr. President, please.

Let's close the hearing.

Yes, yes, I see.

You have my word.

The hearing is closed.

Gentlemen...

Honorable...

citizens... Brothers!

I'm sorry, brothers.

I'm a bit emotional.

I'm so emotional, that I'm standing here, to tell you...

that every Romanian, every son of his country, in these solemn moments,

thinks of his country, of Romania!

Bravo!

To their happiness!

To their progress!

To their future!

Brothers, I was forced to do this, and I'm proud of it.

I deserve it.

I'm honored to say that I deserve it.

I was forced to do it because I'm strong, because I'm brave, because I'm

ultra-progressive, because I'm free to change, because I want progress at any cost.

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Three times yes!

Yes!

I want progress, and nothing but progress!

On the political, social, economic, administrative, and.

..

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Honorable!

Please, don't shout like that!

Don't interrupt me, honorable!

Let the honorable shout, Mr. President.

Don't try to interrupt me.

You can, gentlemen, interrupt me, because I have the strength of my opinions.

And...

And financial!

Yes, we are ultra-progressive.

Yes, we are free to change.

But, led by this idea, we founded in our city the Romanian economic Aurora,

the cooperative encyclopedic society, independent of that of Bucharest.

Because we are for decentralization.

We, I, do not recognize, I will not recognize, the epitrophy of Bucharestians,

capitalists, above us.

Because in our district we can do what we do in other places.

Our society has the purpose to encourage the Romanian industry.

Because, let me tell you, from the economic point of view, we are poor.

The Romanian industry is admirable, it is sublime,

we can say, but it is lacking a place to live.

Our society, ladies and gentlemen, we, what do we claim?

We claim the work, the labor, which is not done at all in our country.

The labor!

The labor!

The labor!

Bravo!

Bravo!

Bravo!

Bravo!

And, ladies and gentlemen... Leave it, ladies and gentlemen.

I do not want to interrupt.

In Iasi, for example, allow me this digression, it is sad, but true.

In Iasi, we do not have a single Romanian trader.

Not a single one!

Not a single one!

And with all this, all the losers are Jews.

Explain this phenomenon, this mystery, if I may put it this way.

Bravo!

What does our society say?

What do we say?

Here is what we say.

This state of affairs is intolerable.

We do not even have our palaces.

England has its palaces.

France has its palaces.

Even Austria has its palaces.

Anyway, any nation, any people, any country has its palaces.

Only we have our palaces.

As I say, this state of affairs is intolerable.

It can no longer last.

Bravo!

This is a little silence.

Brothers, this is what the statutes of our society say in the article 3.

In our city, a cooperative, encyclopedic society is being formed, in the name of

the economic Aurora of Romania.

The purpose of our society is for Romania to

be good and for all the Romanians to prosper.

Me too.

Me too, sir.

It will not be a pause.

You were saying, sir, that we should pause.

Yes, yes, sir.

Don't pause, please.

I was saying, yes?

For Romania to be good and for all the Romanians to prosper.

Me too, sir.

What?

What are you doing, sir?

Do you know me, sir?

Encyclopedic.

Romanian.

Aurora.

Be quiet, sir.

Encyclopedic.

Comforting.

Economy.

Society, as they call it.

Encyclopedic.

He's a thief!

He's a thief!

Get out of here, sir!

Get out!

Don't you remember me?

Get out!

Thief!

The organization is a disaster.

We have to work on it, sir.

I know, sir.

I'm at the door.

When I knock three times, you come out and do my job.

Good.

When I knock three times, no one has come yet.

Come to the tribune, ma'am.

Can't you hear me?

No one has come yet, ma'am.

Brothers!

Get out!

Get out!

How can we let a honorable citizen pray for us?

For a candidate?

Because Mr. Catarecu... Silence!

Mr. President!

Silence!

The clock is ticking.

But, sir... Some of the candidates are leaving.

I think it's a good idea, tomorrow, to ask the honorable candidate to stop his

speech for a moment, to have a little Patience, so that we can proclaim the name

of the candidate proposed by our committee.

I accept with pleasure, Mr. President.

Mr. Nică... Be quiet, don't worry!

Honorable candidate supported by our committee is...

Mr. Catarecu!

Have a little Patience!

Sir...

Sir...

Agamită Dandanache!

Traitor!

Be quiet!

Who said the word traitor?

I did!

Have a little Patience!

And who is the honorable traitor?

The one who falsifies the name of the candidate that I have chosen!

The one who forgets, who betrays the interests and the honor of his family!

It's you!

Then have a little Patience, sir!

Get out of my house!

I'm the traitor?

It's me, the honorable citizen!

It's me, the honorable man to come to the Republic to be the traitor?

The traitor?

Who?

Who?

A plastic surgeon!

Honorable citizens!

I wanted to cover up the shame that has been growing in our city for so long!

I wanted to cover up the public opinion of the scandalous beating!

Today, however, I was beaten so cruelly in my dignity that I can't stand it anymore!

This honorable citizen, this venerable man Mr. Zaharia Trahanace... It's me!

He is so naive that he believes that a holographic document... Manica!

Here!

It's me!

Where is he?

Where could Catabencu be?

I don't know.

He ran away, he died, he went underground.

Why should you care?

Why should you care now?

On the contrary, I don't seem to care anymore.

Zoi, think about it!

Our people have been waiting for him for two days!

We are waiting for him every minute!

I have orders to give him a great welcome!

And?

In two days, he will say that he saw Catabencu and that he is not him.

Where is he?

Why didn't he show up?

Why didn't he show up?

I don't know.

I don't care why he didn't show up.

It's enough that he didn't show up.

And you expect him to not show up just because he can't?

What a heart!

What a cruel judgment!

But these two days... How did I live them?

What a constant heart-wrenching!

What a life, what a torture!

Every person that comes in front of me, every figure that I see, every movement

that happens around me, destroys all my strength.

Have mercy on me!

I can't live another day like this!

I'm going mad!

Don't be a child, Zoi!

You don't understand, you don't feel it!

The election will be over in a few minutes.

And your deputy Dandaneche will be proclaimed.

I'm sure...

I'm sure that at that moment Mishel, who is hiding and hiding from the

darkness, will print his infamous publication to answer him.

So, me?

No way!

If he does that, he's lost!

What do I care if he loses me?

I don't want him to answer me, I want him to get rid of me.

I foresaw this.

I foresaw that we would end up here when I saw

the scandal from the other side, from Antunie.

What a curse!

He doesn't know what his plastic surgery is.

He doesn't know that if he were here to receive the payment of these two boxes,

he would get rid of me and I would get rid of him.

Do you want to play cat and mouse with these people?

And you played with my honor, my shame, my life!

And you lost!

Because either they play better than you or we have less luck than them.

What can I do?

What can I do?

Quiet!

Someone is coming!

Wipe your face!

Let's talk, dear ones.

Who is it?

A stranger.

I would like to recommend Mr. Agamitza Tandanac.

Tandanac?

Our candidate.

I mean, our most candidate.

But, sir...

Are you Mr. Tandanac's husband?

No, I am Mr. Tandanac's husband.

Are you his wife?

It was an honor to meet you.

And you are his wife?

And I am his husband.

I, Zaharia Traharac, president of the Permanent Committee, the Electoral

Committee, and... Be a little patient!

All the committees are here.

Very well.

And you, sir?

Mrs. Fănică Tipătescu.

Our mayor.

He is a friend of mine and of my family.

I am glad to meet you, Mr. President.

And I am honored to meet you, too.

I am delighted.

But what brings you here?

I am here for a reason.

You know, the whole opposition fought me.

From one side to the other.

From one side to the other.

I was the only one left.

My family was in my room from 4 to 8.

I was the only one left.

I came here for a reason.

You shouldn't have bothered me like this.

Why would I bother you?

I couldn't help it.

I had to be here.

I understand.

Very well.

Why would I bother you?

I came here for a reason.

I came here for a reason.

I came here for a reason.

I was bored and bored and bored... And I had to do this and that.

I had to keep on going.

I am exhausted.

I am not used to being here.

I don't know what to do.

I don't know what to do, Mr. President.

I don't know what to do.

He's a liar.

It's true.

He was so foolish.

He knew all about me.

Mr. Prefect showed it to me.

You are still laughing, Panica.

I was going to the election to see how we are doing.

We are doing very well.

But, as usual, I have to be there.

I'm glad I found you with your sister.

Look, Panica, for whom I lost my peace.

Tell me if he wasn't as good as Ceavencu.

He is simple, but I prefer him.

He is honest.

He is a good man.

I'll leave you here with Panica and Joitica.

I have to go to the election.

The ballot will open in half an hour.

I have to be there.

You don't have to worry.

We'll go for sure.

We have no opposition.

We are strong, esteemed ones.

You won't have the majority, esteemed ones.

How can I not remember you?

We had another meeting.

I mean, you had another meeting with us.

I say, not the majority, but the unanimity, esteemed ones.

Oh, I see.

Let's drink to that.

Cheers, esteemed ones.

Goodbye, Joitica.

How can I not get along with my sister?

My family, my father's family, they fight.

You fight and you fight.

I'm alone right now, without my mother, without my colleagues.

How can I get along with my sister?

I can't choose.

You didn't choose yourself.

With your merits...

You were overpowered.

Overpowered?

Look, with my merits, you see, how can I get along?

You know, how can I get along?

Ask my sister.

Ask her to tell you.

The Central Committee doesn't want peace.

They say they're not marked.

I heard they're not marked.

I was lucky.

I was very lucky.

You see...

One night, someone...

I won't tell you who, I'm not sure, but I'll ask you.

He came and played with me.

When he saw me, he thought I was his.

Well, I'm not his.

I put him in my pocket and I gave him...

Do you know what he gave me?

What?

A little letter.

A little letter?

Of love.

A little letter of love?

Yes, of love.

I'll read it to you.

From the snow to the cold...

I'll put it on you.

I don't know.

It's a little letter.

It's a small letter.

A small letter.

I'll read it to you.

You'll read it.

I'll put it on you.

You'll put it on me.

I have a colleague in mind.

I'll give him a hand in the war.

My dear colleague, my dear Gheorghe, I had to give you my little horse.

I'll give you a drink from my cup.

Oh, sir, you've done me wrong.

Your duty is to give me a drink and to tell me... No, it's not that.

Oh, sir!

That's how it is with the Cossacks.

What was I supposed to do?

If I didn't think about it, I wouldn't have chosen.

I wouldn't have gone to the Cossacks.

My family consists of four husbands.

In all the rooms, with all the parties.

It's like a hand in the party.

And I'd be left without a colleague.

You see?

You see well.

But you didn't tell us the end of the story.

The letter.

Yes, the letter.

What letter?

The letter of the old man.

Which old man?

The person you chose.

The letter of love.

The weapon of your political power with which you chose.

The letter you want to publish during the war, if not...

Look, the letter.

What happened?

I put it at home, in the safe.

In a safe place.

Isn't the person back?

What do you mean, back?

Look, he chose you and gave you the word.

Do I have to give it back?

How can you be so stupid?

Yes, you have to give it back.

In case of war.

He's simple, but he's an honest man.

Mr. Danache, I have a favor to ask you.

You'll stay at our table.

Please, don't tell the story of the letter to your old man.

You know, it might have a bad effect on their relations.

I don't want any relations!

You're right.

But if you forget it...

Memories are good, but you know, when you're

on the road, you might forget what's important.

What's important to you.

I'll stay at your table, or at yours.

Idiot!

Excuse me, Mr. Danache.

She's the wife of the president of the committee.

The man who brought you here, Mr. Zaharia Trahanaciu.

Mrs. Zoe Zaharia Trahanaciu.

She's the mayor of the county.

It's good that you're in good shape.

I'm on my way.

I have to take him away, so he can calm down.

Don't drink too much, it's bad for your health.

Mr. Danache, you need to rest.

Calm down a bit.

Where are you going?

Come with me, Mr. Danache.

You're my brother-in-law.

You're my brother-in-law.

You're my brother-in-law.

You're my brother-in-law.

And I choose Mr. Agamitza Danache.

For whom did you sacrifice my peace and the woman I love?

Where are you going?

Where are you going to apologize?

I chose the honest Mr. Agamitza.

The admirable, the sublime, the brother-in-law.

The brother-in-law Dan Danache.

What a world!

Did you hear that, Fadnica?

Did you hear that?

Your honest Mr. Agamitza.

He succeeds, he triumphs, he keeps his word.

What should the honest Catavencu do?

He can't do it, he's shaking his hands.

He's looking at me and he knows what I'm hiding.

I can't think straight.

What is he doing?

Where is he hiding the dog?

Where will he throw the wine on me?

Zoya, be a man!

I can't take it anymore.

The honest Dan Danache has taken everything from me.

I can't breathe.

I'm so scared.

Mrs. Ceaicicu!

Ghita!

What?

Mrs. Ceaicicu, I wanted to... Don't hang up!

Did they publish it?

Let me see!

Are you crazy?

Yes, I'm crazy.

Yes, and you should be grateful.

No, Mrs. Ceaicicu, nothing has been published.

Râgnetu didn't even show up today.

After Catavencu ran away, the news started to spread.

They beat him on the head.

And they don't even talk about publishing the newspaper.

They broke the newspaper.

I'll tell you a secret now.

I didn't say anything.

But Catavencu...

I didn't find him, Mrs. Ceaicicu.

It's like he's gone underground.

I forgot to ask you to stay here, Mrs. Ceaicicu.

The new minister, minister number 7, and the telegrapher.

That's why I was looking for you.

The telegrapher?

I don't know, but he's been calling for an hour.

You have to go.

I'm going.

Go!

I'll be right back.

Don't worry, Mrs. Ceaicicu.

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

How can I love this man?

Mrs. Ceaicicu!

You scared me again!

What is it?

Leave me alone!

Don't worry, Mrs. Ceaicicu.

There's someone...

Someone you know.

He's waiting here.

He'd like to talk to you, but only to you.

That's why I sent him to the telegrapher.

To leave you alone.

I lied to him.

It's not true that he's calling for the minister.

I know he'll get mad at me.

He'll beat me, because I sent him to the telegrapher.

Let him beat me.

He's not my boss anymore.

I'm not the one who feeds him.

I lied to him, but for your own good, Mrs. Ceaicicu.

Do you accept him?

Yes.

Who should I accept him to?

To Mrs. Catavencu.

Catavencu?

Here?

Where?

Listen to me!

I beg you, Mrs. Ceaicicu.

Mr. Catavencu!

You wanted to lose me, but you lost Mrs. Ceaicicu, too.

Why did you run away?

For God's sake, why did you disappear?

Mrs. Ceaicicu has a hand in politics.

She has the power to raise 5,000 lei from the society.

Do you know that?

I know, but what can I do?

Have you lost your mind?

You don't know what to do?

Should I give you the police?

Let's change.

Give me the letter.

I gave it to you.

Your letter?

I don't have it anymore.

You're lying!

What did you do to it?

I lost it.

Why can't I kill you?

Kill me, but it's not my fault.

When did you lose it?

Where did you lose it?

In a scandal.

You beat up another writer.

I don't know who.

I had the letter in my pocket.

Tell me the truth!

You lost it?

Yes.

You lost my letter and you don't know where to find it?

No.

You're a lost man.

I can get away, but you're lost.

When you arrested me, I got away.

Now I'm arresting you.

You won't get away until you find the letter.

Maybe I'll find it.

Pray to God I'll find it.

The game is back, Mr. Catavencu.

Your luck is running out.

You're lost.

Yes, you're lost.

Ita!

Ita!

For God's sake!

God, where can I get away?

You can't get away.

You can't get away.

God, where can I get away?

Ita!

Ita!

It's not Ita, it's me.

What do you want?

What do you want with me?

What do you want?

What do I want?

I have a thousand things to say.

I found a letter in your pocket.

It was stolen by Mr. Catavencu.

Leave it.

I found another one.

Don't be upset, Mr. Catavencu.

You'll see, I didn't tell you.

Until I became a politician, or until I became a businessman and an owner,

I was a postman.

You know me, Mr. Catavencu.

Come out for a minute.

And then I gave the letter to Andresa.

If I don't find Andresa, I'll write on it with a pencil.

Unknown Andresa.

Unknown Andresa.

Sometimes he doesn't stop.

Sometimes he dies.

He tells me how everyone becomes.

But if I find Andresa, I'll give it to Andresa.

Until now.

I found another one in Valmasera.

From the mayor's office.

From the mayor's office?

Yes, from the mayor's office.

And today, while I was thinking about how

to make it fit, I wanted to enlarge his hat.

What hat?

The hat I'm wearing.

A letter.

A letter.

A letter.

Yes, ma'am.

We're not going to Otsuica anymore.

We'll see.

It's from the mayor's office.

Andresa, you're in trouble.

Sir, sir, it's urgent.

I'm really lost.

It's urgent.

Man, I'm lost.

I've never met...

Honorable...

Honorable what?

You threw your hat in my neck.

I couldn't.

Andresa, I've met you at home.

Sir, sir, you're an honest man.

You're an admirable man.

Without a doubt.

What's your name?

What else can I say?

I've known you since February 11th.

I'm a citizen, too.

How can I thank you?

What do you want from me?

I'm your servant.

Who do I vote for?

It's up to you.

Who do I vote for?

For Mr. Agamitza Dandanachi.

Mr. Casavencu, you can still talk?

And still be ironic?

You're great, I must say.

What did you say?

Is it true?

Yes, it's true.

For Mr. Agamitza Dandanachi?

Yes, it's true.

It's the only truth Mr. Casavencu has ever told his wife.

Then I'll go with you.

What did you say?

Mr. Casavencu... It's good.

Write down this honest citizen's vote.

Please.

And you?

Agamitza Dandanachi.

Bravo, Mr. Casavencu.

You're a man of good faith.

I'm going, it's getting late.

Please believe me, sir.

I can't believe it!

I can't believe it!

Don't shake my hand, or I'll cut your finger!

Forgive me!

Get up!

You're a man, aren't you ashamed?

Get up!

Forgive me!

You're a bad man, you proved it.

I'm a good woman, I'll prove it to you.

Now I'm happy.

I don't care if you wanted to hurt me, but you couldn't.

God didn't help you because you're bad.

And because I'm going to help you, I'll always be as good as before.

Don't worry!

On my word of honor, you're fired.

I salute my vote!

On one condition.

After the election, there will be a public demonstration.

You'll lead it.

I'll lead it.

You'll preside over the people's banquet.

I'll preside over it.

You'll lead it.

You'll greet the candidates, the elected deputy and the mayor.

Did I make myself clear?

Yes.

Go and lead the banquet.

Isn't this the room behind?

Madame!

Thank you, you're too gallant.

Go, quickly!

I'm going.

I'll see if they won't leave.

I salute my vote!

It's true, they won't leave.

It's true, they won't leave.

Has Gita gone mad?

No, she hasn't.

She sends me telegrams for no reason.

She makes up stories for me.

And she's mad.

Where is she mad?

Here, at our place, dear ones, there was a great fight, whatever you call it.

There were great comedies.

You're right.

Infamous ones.

The world is laughing at them.

A charlatan...

A scoundrel...

He's making fun of Pipătescu.

He's making fun of Pănică.

He's making fun of the mayor.

Yes, yes, he's leaving.

He's not the mayor anymore.

He wants to make fun of me and my family.

And now he's writing a love letter to Pănică, the mayor, to his niece, his wife.

He's imitating his son-in-law.

He knows how to swear, nothing else.

He's even learning calligraphy.

You're crazy, Căsăre.

It was a real case for me.

What do you mean, a real case?

Căsăre was married.

To you.

What do you mean?

I mean, unmarried.

Who?

I mean, Căsăre.

When I was a little boy, either with my friends

or during a war, I used to hang out here.

I don't get it.

Is he crazy?

He's mad about the mayor.

He's writing a love letter to the mayor.

Did you see that?

Mr. Mayor, the storm is coming.

The cold is coming.

Mr. Dan Danache, the table will be ready in a moment.

Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor, do you like your son-in-law?

Smart, but I think he's a little crazy.

You used to tell him everything, about his studies, about calligraphy.

You used to say it was a real case for me.

Mr. Dan Danache, you promised me you wouldn't remember this story.

Did I promise you?

When did I promise you?

Who did I promise you?

What did I promise you?

Oh, yes, of course.

Oh, yes, of course.

Long live Mr. Dan Danache, our son-in-law!

Long live!

Long live Mr.

Dan Danache, our son-in-law!

I woke up, and now I'll tell you about... my visit.

I'm a brother to them.

I, who have 48 members in my family, and I, as an impartial Romanian,

who can say that,

as I said, it's a pleasure to live here.

Hurray!

So that's what you were saying?

You're a good man.

Bravo, I'm glad.

Venerable Mr. Căzăhachiu, I don't swear that these little passions should disappear.

That's what I like about you, bravo.

Long live!

Long live the venerable and impartial Mr. Danache!

Hurray!

Why do you love me?

Because we all love our country.

We are all Romanians, more or less honest.

To the health of our beloved prefect, may he live for the happiness of our county!

Hurray!

Have a little Patience!

Venerable Mr. Danache, I don't know the prefect.

I have friends.

To the health of the prefect, may he live for the happiness of his friends!

Hurray!

After centuries of struggle, which lasted almost 30 years, our dream came true.

What were we a while ago, before that crime?

We fought and we progressed.

Yesterday, darkness.

Today, light.

Yesterday, bigotism.

Today, free fanaticism.

Yesterday, sadness.

Today, joy.

These are the advantages of progress.

These are the advantages of a constitutional system.

Hurray!