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FILM 1

You say, �For as long as I�ve been conscious.�

But this is not true.

Rather, you should say, �For as long as I have been unconscious.�

I promised you.

Do you feel it?

I love you.

So, Esenya Andreyevna, shall we begin?

-I�m ready. Where do I start? -With a blank page.

Why did you become a detective?

This seems like an odd choice--

For someone with your looks.

Looks can be deceiving.

Still, what was it?

MOSCOW / 1999

When I was seven years old, my mother was murdered.

They never found the killer.

I grew up, and I swore�

that I would find him.

MOSCOW / 2015

FAREWELL, GRADUATES!

Dear graduates!

You are now degreed legal professionals!

And with some final words of wisdom,

Ministry of Justice Senior Counselor Andrei Sergeyevich Steklov!

Hello! Let�s set aside rank for a minute.

You know that today my daughter is also setting out on her own journey.

Good luck, Esenya.

And good luck to you all.

I don�t know what�s in store for you.

Life has many different paths.

I don�t even know where she�s going, even though I see her more than you.

But just remember this.

If you can�t summon up the courage to take an important step,

or, on the contrary, you�re being pushed to take a reckless misstep,

you can turn to me.

I�ll hear out each one of you with as much care as I would her.

Perhaps even with more care,

because sometimes she talks a lot.

So I�ll do whatever I can for you. We�re colleagues now.

Congratulations! Go celebrate!

I hate you.

What a pleasant surprise.

-I wanted to do something nice. -And prove that you�re in control?

I�m not going to St. Petersburg to work for the prosecutor.

May I ask why?

Because I�m sick of only being known as your daughter.

You don�t like being my daughter?

I do, at home. But at work, I want people to know me for who I am.

What is it?

Your mom wanted a son.

That�s why you�re so headstrong.

What�s wrong with St. Petersburg?

Remember, you used to say,

�A prosecutor works with shadows.

A detective works with those who cast them.�

I don�t want to work with shadows.

I don�t want to just sit on my butt.

I want to find out who killed Mom.

So that�s what it�s all about.

You promised, remember? Have you found him?

-He�s been dead for a long time. -How do you know?

Did you see the body? Do you know his name?

-You just gave up. -That�s enough.

Call them. Tel them thank you, but no thanks.

Esenya Andreyevna, when was the first time you met Meglin?

GRADUATES!

Senya! Let�s go dance!

Sasha, I didn�t know you dance.

I�m not bad.

-Have you been drinking? -Just a little.

-And I haven�t. Would you get me a drink? -No problem.

Just don�t move, okay?

-I�m not moving. -Wait here.

Esenya!

-Hey! -Hey!

-How are you? -Good. And you?

Not so good. I�m bored.

Come on! Look at all the girls in their dresses!

And panties.

-And you? -Me what?

-Are you wearing panties? -Zhenya!

I�ll leave you two alone.

May I borrow your mascara?

I don�t think I have much of a neck.

It�s nothing like yours.

At least there�s no need to worry about jewelry.

-That�s what you worry about? -I worry about a lot of things.

I envy people.

Anulya, have you ever seen my elephant ears?

No, really. I�ve always envied you.

I�ve envied your neck and your legs.

And the jewelry.

-Aren�t you forgetting something? -I�m serious.

And your clothing is always so� eye-catching,

but it�s obviously expensive.

You have both taste and means. I�ve never had that.

But I�m young! I�ll make money.

-I�m a legal professional now, right? -Of course.

And your neck is gorgeous.

And no one in our class has eyes like yours.

And jewelry is a dangerous thing. Men use it to buy us.

-Have you ever had any offers? -To monetize myself?

A couple of times.

I want all the dirty details!

He gave me a necklace.

And then he said, �Let�s go to Seychelles.�

And you?

And I said, �I�m not going with you because you�re a loser.�

Girls! Zhenya is just amazing!

-Liz, are you wearing panties? -Are you?

I am.

Does a new life really begin tomorrow?

-What is it gonna be like? -Full.

But what it�s gonna be full of-- not a damn clue.

Gross. What�s on your mind?

-What�s it to you? -What do you mean?

Who knows when we�ll see each other again! How about some wine!

I�m wondering what�s next.

There�s nothing to think about. It�s all written out.

Where?

On everyone�s forehead. What do you see on mine?

-Bad handwriting. -Come on, it�s right there!

It clearly says �I will sting.�

Sting what-- human hearts with verbs?

No! Verbs describe actions.

To work, to plow, to sweat. That�s not cool.

Interjections-- they�re cool.

I get it.

What do you see on my forehead?

You�ll get married. It won�t work out.

You�ll have willpower. He won�t.

You�ll get a divorce.

You�ll get married again.

You�ll get a divorce again. Same story.

You�ll quit this marrying hobby.

You�ll find solace in work.

You�ll become a lawyer in Yaroslavl.

You�ll be making good money.

You�ll buy a pair of earrings.

That�s it!

Move over! Give me some water!

Come on! Get him!

Vitalya, come on!

Come on, Vitalya, come on!

Come on!

God knows what you�ll think of me, but, oh, well.

For once, I should�ve done what they do in movies.

I should have thrown this out in the trash.

I just can�t.

Are you talking to me?

Living crystals.

Every one of them is different. Gold, platinum.

It�s beautiful.

It�s German.

When Germans do something, they do it right.

I wanted to give it to her today and fly out together tomorrow.

To Germany.

Then she says, �Thank you, Yuri Sergeyevich.

But I can�t accept this. Please don�t.�

At first I thought she was being shy.

Her family isn�t rich. She�s just not used to this.

That wasn�t it.

She met someone else.

Tall, young, handsome.

I got upset at first.

Then I thought, �Why should I ruin the night for someone--

for someone I feel this way about.�

How is she to blame? She only told me how she felt.

I�m just a fool with a necklace.

So I just came out here to get some air.

I�ve been here for about 40 minutes.

I open the box, look at the necklace, and I can�t throw it away.

How can anyone throw away something so beautiful?

You know what?

I don�t need anything from you, not even your name.

Please, take this.

No! No!

If you don�t like it, throw it away. I can�t do it.

Please take it. It�s from the heart. Please.

It�s heavy.

Living crystals.

Stay put.

I haven�t given the order. I can�t see him.

I want you.

What are you doing? I can�t do it like this.

What?

Do you� need to get ready or something?

Something like that.

Are you, you know�

�You know� what?

Are you a woman yet?

So what if I�m not?

Does the constitution say that we all have to fuck?

You�re right.

-Me neither. -Not a woman?

I�ve been with women. I have.

Sanya, you haven�t been with me. Honestly, I don�t think you ever will.

I don�t get it.

Don�t you like me?

-I do. -So what�s the problem?

You�re too� good.

I don�t even know if I deserve you.

You do, you do!

Esenya, of course you do.

You do.

-Let�s go to work! -Copy that!

Are you done?

Let�s go!

POLICE

Did you show them?

You did it.

Did you show them?

You showed them, didn�t you?

-I showed them! -Well done.

She goes like this, and you go like that, right?

Yes! She goes like this, and I go like that!

Well done! So, you showed them, right?

-I showed them! -You did great.

-You�re just tired, right? -Yes.

-Are you tired? -I�m tired.

It�s okay. We�ll talk, and then you�ll go to jail.

Okay?

It�s okay. Stop crying.

Tell me, those deadly earrings this weekend, and the necklace--

-did you make them all yourself? -By myself.

Good job. You�ve done such a good job.

Tell me, and this guy, what�s he like?

What guy?

The one who told you what to say, what to say to the girls.

He did such a good job. You both did.

He�s done a good job, and so have you.

What�s he like?

He�s handsome.

You�re handsome too. You are.

What�s his name?

�You won�t catch me.�

He said that was his name. �You won�t catch me.�

He said you�d be asking.

Yep, that�s his name.

That�s a good name. It�s unique.

Listen, can you do me a favor?

I just can�t get around to it.

You seem to be good with your hands. Will you help?

-No problem. -I�ll come visit you in jail.

-Sounds good? -Deal.

-Take him. -No problem.

-Coming through! -Coming through!

�You won�t catch me.�

Keep your hands off me!

Keep your hands off me!

What�s wrong with you?

Anya was just murdered, and you--

Screw you!

How noble! You�re going to nobly cover your ass your whole life!

-I said keep your hands off! -Calm down.

You wanna lose your stars? Friggin� legal professionals!

Future fat asses of Russia!

You�ll be pushing paper your entire lives!

What are you gonna be pushing around-- whatever your daddy-general lets you?

I�d rather be shoveling shit than prosecutor�s papers!

I�ll be like Meglin!

He cracked him in just two minutes! All it took was psychology!

You�d be looking for him for five years, you morons!

Listen.

My house is empty. Everyone�s out of town.

Get away from me!

If you want, we can go to my place.

-Help yourself. -I�m fine, thank you.

You�re welcome.

Anyone would have done the same.

If you don�t want it, all the better.

Or worse.

I�m a horrible person.

Why?

I agree. I�m just curious why.

I was having a good time, and I forgot.

About Anulya.

We were friends for four years.

Then some scum killed her, and I�m here enjoying myself.

It�s not like you killed her.

Besides, justice has been served. Hurrah.

-He got him fast. -Who�s �he?�

Meglin.

I could have learned more from him than I did at that freaking university.

Here you go.

Are you sure he�s the one who tracked him down?

Yes, my dad told me. This was the third murder at a graduation.

Cases that--

that make others pee their pants

are something only Meglin can handle.

Is he an expert on maniacs?

An expert--

Half the country are experts, but there�s only one Meglin.

What�s so special about him?

His clearance rate is 80%.

No one knows how he finds them.

On paper, he�s just an ordinary major.

In reality�

he couldn�t care less about the cops or the FSB.

He kicks open generals� doors with his boot.

Are you talking about your father?

And yours.

My dad says that he doesn�t report to anyone.

He has a personnel file, but it�s empty.

No r�sum�, no pictures, no biography-- not a damn thing.

So how do I find Meglin?

You can�t.

He just shows up wherever he wants�

and suddenly a maniac floats up to the surface.

Does he kill them?

Well, almost. He catches them�

like butterflies with a net.

He�s got some kind of method.

I ask my dad, �What�s his method?�

No one knows�

the method.

Anulya never liked you.

She�d say, on the outside, you�re okay.

But on the inside�

you�re empty.

Not much to the outside either.

What do you think?

I don�t think about you, Zhenya.

Do you have a pencil?

-I almost hesitate to ask what for? -To hold my hair up.

Ask Iosif Vissarionovich.

Where are you off to?

I�m gonna go. We�re done, right?

I get it.

To see your melancholy knight.

Sasha�s good. And he has a soul.

And I don�t have one?

You have a penis instead of a soul, Zhenya.

Bye.

Cheers, Iosif Vissarionovich.

TWO DAYS LATER

Oh, God!

My beautiful girl!

My baby girl!

My poor girl!

You left us too soon!

No!

No! No!

How could this happen?

No! No!

�HORRIFIC MURDERS� OF YOUNG BOYS�

FSB ARCHIVES

-Hi, Esenya. -Hello.

I heard about your graduation party. I�m speechless.

-I can�t even get my head around this. -Everyone�s shocked.

You and Anya were friends.

Her parents must be devastated. I can�t even imagine.

The funeral was yesterday.

Well, life goes on. Stay strong.

-What do you need? -Case files. Here�s the list.

Those were� Major Meglin�s cases.

I�m actually writing a paper on his method.

Those files are sealed.

-Does your father know? -Of course he does.

He said to sign them out under his name.

I�m not making copies. I�ll just read them.

Hi.

-Why are you here? -Why are you?

I�m actually applying to graduate school.

-You too? -No!

I mean yes.

This is my classmate. He�s also applying to graduate school.

Sorry, Esenya. The files have been checked out.

-What do you mean? Who has them? -I can�t tell you that.

Okay then.

-Good-bye, Elena Vasilievna. -Good-bye.

-Esenya, do you want to-- -Bye, Sasha.

�do something tonight?

Hello.

-Hi, Dad. -Hi.

What are you doing?

-Not much yet. -I see.

I have a favor to ask.

Don�t check out sealed files from the archives under my name.

Is that clear?

Elena Vasilievna ratted me out. Well done.

-Why do you need Meglin�s case files? -I just need them.

I see.

I�m going to repeat the question. Why?

I want to work for him.

-Out of the question. -Why?

-I have a meeting. We�ll talk at home. -I can�t.

I also have a meeting. Bye.

Ivan Mikhalich, greetings.

Thank you for your prayers.

Listen, about Esenya--

I�m very grateful to you, but it�s not going to work out.

No, she does want to. It�s just�

The St. Petersburg weather affects her badly.

She�s allergic to everything.

Listen, can we figure something out later?

INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE

Andrei Sergeyevich, we�re waiting for Dolgov from the DA�s office and�

the other one.

They�re almost here. We�ll start soon.

Good.

Excuse me.

I see your meeting is in full swing.

We agreed to decide everything at home.

I�ve already decided.

I want to train under Meglin.

What do you know about him?

I know he�s the best.

Have you ever thought that if there�s so little that�s known about a person,

it�s for a reason?

He picked out Anya�s killer in five minutes.

I want to work with him, and you know why.

I said we were done talking about it.

What if he�s alive?

What if he�s still out there. Doesn�t that bother you?

-You can�t live for revenge. -This isn�t revenge. This is justice.

Listen to me for once.

He�s never had anyone train under him,

especially a brat fresh out of college.

He turned away detectives who had worked dozens of cases.

Meglin works alone. Period.

You don�t want to go to St. Petersburg? Fine.

You want to get dirty? No problem!

There�s a spot in Homicide in Novosibirsk. A detective trainee.

Siberia. A real job.

The flight is tomorrow. Think about it.

I actually do have a meeting right now.

Andrei Sergeyevich, Meglin�s here.

Hello.

I�m Esenya Steklova.

I just graduated from law school, with honors.

Will you take me as a trainee?

A trainee?

Yes.

Okay.

Can I get your phone number so I can call--

I don�t have a phone.

-Andrei Sergeyevich, everyone�s here. -All right.

Just like that? And you weren�t surprised?

You know that he had reasons of his own.

I know it now.

I was too overwhelmed to think about it.

He could help me.

He was�

a legend.

Did you show them?

You did it.

Did you show them?

You showed them, didn�t you?

I showed them!

-He got him fast. -Who�s �he?�

Meglin.

Meglin works alone. Period.

Will you take me as a trainee?

Okay.

Can I get your phone number so I can call--

I don�t have a phone.

LIPETSK

Help! Help!

Oh, my God! Stop!

Subtitle translation by Maryia Gorman

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