1 00:02:54,695 --> 00:02:57,528 SOLARIS 2 00:02:58,195 --> 00:03:02,403 Part One 3 00:07:07,653 --> 00:07:09,362 Kris, come here. 4 00:07:10,653 --> 00:07:11,987 You're just in time. 5 00:07:13,153 --> 00:07:15,945 He takes a walk every morning for at least an hour. 6 00:07:16,153 --> 00:07:18,653 I forbade him to come back earlier. 7 00:07:18,903 --> 00:07:21,945 He's had a lot of work, sometimes staying up all night. 8 00:07:22,153 --> 00:07:24,695 These Solarists. 9 00:07:25,695 --> 00:07:29,528 He reminds me of a bookkeeper, preparing his accounts. 10 00:07:31,278 --> 00:07:32,903 We expected you yesterday. 11 00:07:33,570 --> 00:07:35,862 He wanted to run away when he saw me. 12 00:07:39,778 --> 00:07:40,862 Hello. 13 00:07:45,653 --> 00:07:46,695 Hello. 14 00:07:52,195 --> 00:07:55,237 I probably shouldn't have bothered you today. 15 00:07:59,528 --> 00:08:03,403 How old you and I have become. I've only just realised that. 16 00:08:04,362 --> 00:08:05,695 What are you apologising for? 17 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,111 Does he understand that everything depends 18 00:08:08,112 --> 00:08:10,487 on his first report from the station? 19 00:08:10,737 --> 00:08:14,653 Everything we've received so far has been confusing or incomprehensible. 20 00:08:15,028 --> 00:08:17,862 If he confirms that the work can't continue for some reason, 21 00:08:18,070 --> 00:08:21,653 the station can be taken out of Solaris' orbit. 22 00:08:23,070 --> 00:08:24,487 He understands. 23 00:08:25,528 --> 00:08:28,112 You promised to talk to him. I brought the film. 24 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,112 That's what I came here for. - Yes, of course. 25 00:08:33,278 --> 00:08:36,487 Can the boy stay with you for a few days? 26 00:08:36,778 --> 00:08:39,487 I have a lot to do and no one to leave him with. 27 00:08:39,945 --> 00:08:43,945 Anna will look after him. She'll have more free time now. 28 00:08:53,278 --> 00:08:54,695 When does he leave? 29 00:08:55,862 --> 00:08:58,903 He'll be gone by tomorrow morning. 30 00:09:10,528 --> 00:09:12,278 It's so pleasant here. 31 00:09:13,778 --> 00:09:17,569 This house reminds me of my grandfather's house. 32 00:09:17,570 --> 00:09:19,362 I liked it. 33 00:09:19,862 --> 00:09:22,862 So we decided to build one just like it. 34 00:09:24,070 --> 00:09:25,945 I don't like innovation. 35 00:10:54,153 --> 00:10:55,737 I'd better get going. 36 00:10:58,945 --> 00:11:01,070 I have a lot to do. 37 00:11:04,153 --> 00:11:05,653 Don't you want to see this? 38 00:11:06,987 --> 00:11:09,778 I've already seen it many times. 39 00:11:13,612 --> 00:11:15,862 On the 21st day of our expedition, 40 00:11:16,278 --> 00:11:18,195 radio-biologist Vishyakov and physicist Fekhner 41 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,403 went on an exploratory flight over the Solaris Ocean in a hydroplane. 42 00:11:25,112 --> 00:11:28,195 When they failed to return after sixteen hours, we declared an emergency. 43 00:11:29,112 --> 00:11:32,528 The fog was thick and we were forced to call the search off. 44 00:11:33,653 --> 00:11:35,945 All of the rescue craft returned to the station 45 00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:40,820 except for the helicopter operated by Burton. 46 00:11:41,528 --> 00:11:44,528 Burton returned an hour after dark. 47 00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:48,153 Once out of the helicopter, he ran to his quarters. 48 00:11:49,195 --> 00:11:51,570 He was in a state of shock. 49 00:11:52,195 --> 00:11:54,570 This was highly unusual 50 00:11:54,653 --> 00:12:00,195 for a man with eleven years of experience in space-flight. 51 00:12:00,237 --> 00:12:01,987 He recovered in a couple of days, 52 00:12:02,070 --> 00:12:04,945 but he would never leave the station 53 00:12:05,028 --> 00:12:08,987 and refused to approach the window overlooking the Ocean. 54 00:12:09,237 --> 00:12:11,570 Later he wrote to us from the clinic. 55 00:12:11,653 --> 00:12:16,070 He was preparing a statement of great importance, 56 00:12:16,153 --> 00:12:19,320 one that would decide the fate of Solaristics. 57 00:12:19,403 --> 00:12:23,195 Excellent. Let's hear what he has to say. 58 00:12:26,278 --> 00:12:30,112 At this time, let us give the floor to Burton. 59 00:12:30,612 --> 00:12:32,528 Thank you. 60 00:12:39,903 --> 00:12:43,612 When I first descended below 300 meters, 61 00:12:44,112 --> 00:12:46,570 I had trouble maintaining altitude. 62 00:12:46,653 --> 00:12:48,612 There was a strong wind. 63 00:12:51,445 --> 00:12:55,070 All of my attention went towards operating the ship. 64 00:12:55,945 --> 00:12:59,695 I did not look out of the cabin. 65 00:13:00,820 --> 00:13:05,487 As a result, I wound up in a fog. - Was it an ordinary fog? 66 00:13:05,570 --> 00:13:09,028 Of course not. 67 00:13:09,112 --> 00:13:12,778 It seemed to be colloidal and viscous. 68 00:13:13,778 --> 00:13:16,237 It coated all of the windows. 69 00:13:17,112 --> 00:13:22,653 Because of the fog's resistance, I began to lose altitude. 70 00:13:24,112 --> 00:13:26,070 I couldn't see the sun, 71 00:13:26,153 --> 00:13:29,612 but the fog glowed red in its direction. 72 00:13:31,570 --> 00:13:35,445 After half an hour I came out into a large, open space. 73 00:13:35,903 --> 00:13:40,445 It was almost round, a few hundred meters across. 74 00:13:42,820 --> 00:13:47,945 At that point, I noticed a change in the Ocean. 75 00:13:48,612 --> 00:13:50,945 The waves disappeared. 76 00:13:51,112 --> 00:13:54,528 The surface became almost transparent, with clouded patches. 77 00:13:55,112 --> 00:13:58,112 Yellow sludge gathered beneath it. 78 00:13:59,195 --> 00:14:05,153 It rose up in thin strips and sparkled like glass. 79 00:14:05,695 --> 00:14:10,445 Then it began to seethe, boil and harden. 80 00:14:10,653 --> 00:14:13,945 It looked like molasses. 81 00:14:15,028 --> 00:14:20,237 This sludge or slime gathered into large lumps 82 00:14:20,862 --> 00:14:24,653 and slowly formed different shapes. 83 00:14:25,445 --> 00:14:28,528 I was being drawn into the fog, 84 00:14:28,737 --> 00:14:31,237 so I had to struggle against this for some time. 85 00:14:32,737 --> 00:14:37,945 When I looked down again, I saw a sort of garden. 86 00:14:38,278 --> 00:14:39,778 A garden? 87 00:14:41,195 --> 00:14:43,820 Attention, please. 88 00:14:43,903 --> 00:14:48,695 I saw shrubs, hedges, acacia trees, little paths. 89 00:14:48,778 --> 00:14:50,987 Everything was made of the same substance. 90 00:14:51,070 --> 00:14:55,195 Did these trees and plants have leaves? 91 00:14:56,028 --> 00:14:58,903 These shrubs and acacias? 92 00:14:58,987 --> 00:15:03,112 No, I already said they were all made of plaster, but life-sized. 93 00:15:04,195 --> 00:15:07,528 Then everything began to crack and break. 94 00:15:09,278 --> 00:15:12,945 Yellow sludge poured out of the fissures. 95 00:15:13,028 --> 00:15:16,237 Everything began to boil even harder, and foam appeared. 96 00:15:18,695 --> 00:15:20,653 You can see for yourselves. 97 00:15:20,737 --> 00:15:22,862 I used a camera from time to time. 98 00:15:22,945 --> 00:15:27,320 Everything I saw before and after should be on film. 99 00:15:27,570 --> 00:15:31,237 Then I propose we interrupt these discussions 100 00:15:31,487 --> 00:15:35,778 and see everything with our own eyes. 101 00:15:37,195 --> 00:15:42,028 All right, show us your film. This is very interesting. 102 00:17:20,237 --> 00:17:22,070 Is that it? 103 00:17:22,612 --> 00:17:24,403 That's all of your film? 104 00:17:24,945 --> 00:17:26,737 Yes, that's everything. 105 00:17:27,153 --> 00:17:31,153 But we don't understand. You filmed clouds. 106 00:17:32,403 --> 00:17:34,737 Why did you film clouds? 107 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:38,320 That must be the fog I told you about. 108 00:17:41,653 --> 00:17:43,862 I wasn't expecting this. 109 00:17:46,362 --> 00:17:50,028 All of this could be the result of Solaris' bio-magnetic current 110 00:17:50,112 --> 00:17:52,278 acting on Burton's consciousness. 111 00:17:52,445 --> 00:17:56,278 We now know the current is not only a gigantic cerebral system, 112 00:17:56,362 --> 00:17:58,778 but a substance capable of thought processes. 113 00:17:58,862 --> 00:18:01,487 That hypothesis is questionable. 114 00:18:02,778 --> 00:18:05,778 Were you feeling sick that day? 115 00:18:06,403 --> 00:18:09,487 The next part is meaningless. 116 00:18:14,403 --> 00:18:16,237 Let's pick up here. 117 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,737 I discovered something floating in one of the openings. 118 00:18:21,278 --> 00:18:24,403 It looked like Fechner's spacesuit. 119 00:18:24,653 --> 00:18:28,278 Its shape was that of a person. 120 00:18:29,362 --> 00:18:33,070 I turned around - I didn't want to lose sight of that spot. 121 00:18:34,112 --> 00:18:38,070 At that moment, the figure rose slightly, 122 00:18:38,903 --> 00:18:43,487 as if it were swimming or treading the waves. 123 00:18:46,820 --> 00:18:50,695 This person had no space suit, and he was moving. 124 00:18:50,778 --> 00:18:52,737 I don't understand. 'Person'? 125 00:18:53,445 --> 00:18:55,778 Yes, person. 126 00:18:58,278 --> 00:19:01,612 Just a minute. Did you see his face? 127 00:19:01,695 --> 00:19:03,112 Yes. 128 00:19:08,945 --> 00:19:11,278 What person? 129 00:19:15,612 --> 00:19:17,862 Who was it? 130 00:19:19,612 --> 00:19:21,653 It was a child. 131 00:19:21,737 --> 00:19:24,695 What child? Had you seen him before? 132 00:19:24,778 --> 00:19:28,695 No, never. In any case, not that I remember. 133 00:19:29,903 --> 00:19:32,278 When I flew closer to him, 134 00:19:33,945 --> 00:19:36,987 I noticed something awful. 135 00:19:37,070 --> 00:19:38,820 What do you mean? 136 00:19:43,195 --> 00:19:46,070 I couldn't make it out at first. 137 00:19:46,528 --> 00:19:51,820 Then I saw that he was unusually large. Gigantic. 138 00:19:52,445 --> 00:19:56,945 He was about four meters tall. 139 00:19:57,195 --> 00:20:01,737 He had blue eyes 140 00:20:02,237 --> 00:20:03,862 and dark hair. 141 00:20:03,945 --> 00:20:06,570 Perhaps you're not feeling well? 142 00:20:08,903 --> 00:20:12,695 We'll postpone the meeting. 143 00:20:13,987 --> 00:20:16,278 I'll continue. 144 00:20:22,695 --> 00:20:26,737 He was naked, absolutely naked, 145 00:20:27,362 --> 00:20:29,653 like a newborn. 146 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,278 He was wet, or rather, slippery. 147 00:20:35,987 --> 00:20:37,945 His skin was shiny. 148 00:20:38,278 --> 00:20:42,612 He rose and fell like the waves, but he was moving by himself. 149 00:20:42,695 --> 00:20:45,653 It was disgusting. 150 00:20:57,237 --> 00:21:00,903 I'm sorry. I'll move ahead a little. 151 00:21:01,903 --> 00:21:04,445 There isn't much more. 152 00:21:04,903 --> 00:21:10,570 Burton's statements appear to be the result of a hallucinatory complex 153 00:21:10,653 --> 00:21:13,487 brought on by the planet's atmosphere, 154 00:21:13,570 --> 00:21:15,695 as well as symptoms of depression 155 00:21:15,778 --> 00:21:19,195 exacerbated by inflammation of the associative zone 156 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,862 of the cerebral cortex. 157 00:21:21,945 --> 00:21:25,153 This report in no way, or in almost no way, 158 00:21:25,237 --> 00:21:27,612 corresponds with reality. 159 00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:30,945 What do you mean 'almost'? 160 00:21:31,028 --> 00:21:33,862 Excuse me, I'm not finished yet. 161 00:21:33,945 --> 00:21:37,737 Professor Messenger offers a different opinion. 162 00:21:37,820 --> 00:21:42,903 He believes that Burton's statements could be founded in reality 163 00:21:42,987 --> 00:21:47,278 and merit further study. 164 00:21:47,362 --> 00:21:48,903 That's it. 165 00:21:50,445 --> 00:21:52,862 I saw it all with my own eyes. 166 00:21:56,570 --> 00:21:59,903 I would like to offer another opinion. 167 00:22:00,695 --> 00:22:04,112 We stand on the brink of an enormous discovery, 168 00:22:04,362 --> 00:22:09,445 Our decision should not rely on the observations 169 00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:14,278 of a man without any scientific qualifications. 170 00:22:15,153 --> 00:22:19,320 Although any researcher may envy this pilot, 171 00:22:19,778 --> 00:22:24,112 his presence of mind, his gift of observation. 172 00:22:24,820 --> 00:22:28,362 Moreover, in light of recent information, 173 00:22:28,903 --> 00:22:34,570 we are morally obligated to continue the exploration. 174 00:22:35,445 --> 00:22:38,195 I can understand how Professor Messenger feels. 175 00:22:38,278 --> 00:22:39,987 I understand him. 176 00:22:40,070 --> 00:22:43,112 But let's take a look at the road we've travelled. 177 00:22:43,237 --> 00:22:49,195 Solaristics is exactly where it began. 178 00:22:49,695 --> 00:22:53,195 Years of work have been in vain. 179 00:22:56,445 --> 00:23:01,362 Everything we now know about Solaris is negative 180 00:23:01,945 --> 00:23:06,862 and has come to resemble a mountain of disjointed, incoherent facts 181 00:23:06,945 --> 00:23:10,445 that strain credulity. 182 00:23:11,653 --> 00:23:15,028 We're in exactly the same situation today. 183 00:23:16,778 --> 00:23:18,862 Solaristics is degenerating. 184 00:23:18,945 --> 00:23:21,653 But what we're talking about is far more serious 185 00:23:21,737 --> 00:23:23,403 than just the study of Solaristics. 186 00:23:23,653 --> 00:23:27,320 We're talking about the boundaries of human knowledge. 187 00:23:27,445 --> 00:23:31,278 Don't you think that by establishing artificial barriers 188 00:23:31,362 --> 00:23:35,778 we deliver a blow to the idea of limitless thought? 189 00:23:36,403 --> 00:23:42,112 By limiting our movement forward, we facilitate moving backwards. 190 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,778 I nevertheless repeat my question. 191 00:23:44,987 --> 00:23:46,862 What do you mean by saying 192 00:23:46,945 --> 00:23:49,862 the report of my observations in almost no way corresponds with reality? 193 00:23:50,570 --> 00:23:55,445 I saw everything with my own eyes. What do you mean by "almost"? 194 00:23:55,528 --> 00:24:00,403 "Almost no way" means that some real phenomena 195 00:24:00,487 --> 00:24:03,778 could have triggered your hallucinations, Burton. 196 00:24:05,528 --> 00:24:07,612 When it's windy, 197 00:24:07,695 --> 00:24:12,278 it's easy to confuse a swaying bush with a living being, 198 00:24:12,737 --> 00:24:16,445 to say nothing of a foreign planet. 199 00:24:16,737 --> 00:24:20,278 I meant no offence, Burton. None. 200 00:24:20,445 --> 00:24:24,903 I'd like to know what impact Professor Messenger's opinion will have. 201 00:24:25,695 --> 00:24:27,903 Practically none, 202 00:24:28,153 --> 00:24:33,778 which means that exploration in this area will be discontinued. 203 00:24:34,112 --> 00:24:35,945 Just a moment. Yes... 204 00:24:36,028 --> 00:24:37,612 I'd like to make a statement. 205 00:24:37,695 --> 00:24:40,070 The commission has not offended me, 206 00:24:40,153 --> 00:24:42,153 but it has offended the spirit of the expedition. 207 00:24:42,237 --> 00:24:44,820 Therefore, I consider it my duty to announce... 208 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,862 And so on... 209 00:24:52,153 --> 00:24:54,612 Nowadays it's considered good manners to laugh 210 00:24:54,695 --> 00:24:58,070 when Burton's report is mentioned. 211 00:24:59,903 --> 00:25:01,862 Thank you, Burton. 212 00:25:01,945 --> 00:25:05,570 We've known you for a long time, but I never knew anything about you. 213 00:25:08,987 --> 00:25:11,362 You know, you were very handsome. 214 00:25:11,445 --> 00:25:14,945 That's not true, but thanks anyway. 215 00:25:15,612 --> 00:25:17,403 Excuse me. 216 00:25:23,028 --> 00:25:25,987 Well, Kris, what do you think? 217 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,320 If you don't mind, 218 00:25:30,403 --> 00:25:34,778 I'd like to speak to your son alone. 219 00:25:35,112 --> 00:25:39,278 I don't want to look like a fool in front of you yet again. 220 00:25:41,570 --> 00:25:44,570 I'll wait for you outside by the swing. 221 00:25:50,112 --> 00:25:52,528 What a ridiculous man. 222 00:25:52,653 --> 00:25:55,903 You have no reason to say that. 223 00:25:56,820 --> 00:25:59,278 He's ill at ease. 224 00:25:59,528 --> 00:26:02,653 He thinks he's getting in the way of our farewell. 225 00:26:06,362 --> 00:26:08,362 He's a tactful man. 226 00:26:08,445 --> 00:26:12,112 If he decided to come, it's because he considers this important. 227 00:26:13,778 --> 00:26:18,237 Although, I admit, I'd rather not see anyone now. 228 00:26:18,445 --> 00:26:20,778 You and I rarely get a chance to talk. 229 00:26:27,237 --> 00:26:29,862 I'm glad to hear you say that. 230 00:26:31,570 --> 00:26:33,820 Even if it's on the last day. 231 00:26:46,112 --> 00:26:48,278 The last day. 232 00:26:51,362 --> 00:26:56,945 One always feels awful after a big farewell. 233 00:26:58,570 --> 00:27:00,195 Here comes your aunt. 234 00:27:00,278 --> 00:27:03,612 Let's meet after lunch. We need to talk. 235 00:27:03,903 --> 00:27:08,737 Why did you have to invite this Burton today of all days? 236 00:27:10,612 --> 00:27:14,278 Where are the guests going to sleep? Next to you, or in the room upstairs? 237 00:27:16,278 --> 00:27:18,612 Upstairs, I suppose. 238 00:27:20,112 --> 00:27:23,695 Well, I'm off to my meeting by the swing. 239 00:27:23,903 --> 00:27:26,278 - But... - Just a moment. 240 00:27:28,612 --> 00:27:31,487 You and your rooms can wait. 241 00:27:40,612 --> 00:27:42,778 Listen, Kris... 242 00:28:00,778 --> 00:28:02,653 What happened? 243 00:28:03,070 --> 00:28:06,028 - What's standing over there? - What are you afraid of? 244 00:28:06,112 --> 00:28:08,028 In the garage, staring at me. 245 00:28:08,112 --> 00:28:09,695 It's a horse. 246 00:28:09,778 --> 00:28:11,903 Don't. I've seen it already. 247 00:28:11,987 --> 00:28:14,070 Come along. 248 00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:20,195 He's gentle. Look how beautiful he is. 249 00:28:26,987 --> 00:28:32,695 You understand, I think Solaristics has reached an impasse 250 00:28:32,778 --> 00:28:35,778 as a result of irresponsible daydreaming. 251 00:28:36,903 --> 00:28:38,778 I'm interested in the truth, 252 00:28:38,862 --> 00:28:41,945 but you want to turn me into a biased supporter. 253 00:28:43,778 --> 00:28:47,362 I don't have the right to make decisions based on impulses of the heart. 254 00:28:47,445 --> 00:28:50,528 I'm not a poet. I have a concrete goal: 255 00:28:50,612 --> 00:28:53,695 either stop the research and remove the station from orbit, 256 00:28:53,778 --> 00:28:57,528 thereby legitimising the Solaristics crisis, 257 00:28:57,903 --> 00:29:00,528 or take extreme measures. 258 00:29:00,612 --> 00:29:03,695 Perhaps bombard the Ocean with heavy radiation. 259 00:29:03,778 --> 00:29:05,820 - Not that. - Why not? 260 00:29:05,903 --> 00:29:10,278 Didn't you say research should continue at any price? 261 00:29:10,695 --> 00:29:16,278 You want to destroy that which we are presently incapable of understanding? 262 00:29:17,445 --> 00:29:21,445 Forgive me, but I am not an advocate of knowledge at any price. 263 00:29:22,195 --> 00:29:26,653 Knowledge is only valid when it's based on morality. 264 00:29:28,237 --> 00:29:32,362 Man is the one who renders science moral or immoral. 265 00:29:32,445 --> 00:29:34,153 Remember Hiroshima. 266 00:29:34,237 --> 00:29:36,612 Then don't make science immoral. 267 00:29:37,112 --> 00:29:39,112 It's strange... 268 00:29:41,945 --> 00:29:44,987 Strange. There's nothing strange about it. 269 00:29:46,945 --> 00:29:51,070 You yourself can't be certain that what you saw 270 00:29:51,153 --> 00:29:53,820 wasn't just hallucinations. 271 00:29:53,903 --> 00:29:55,737 Thank you very much. 272 00:29:55,820 --> 00:29:58,195 It's seems there's nothing more to discuss. 273 00:30:02,903 --> 00:30:04,778 - What happened? - I'm leaving. 274 00:30:04,862 --> 00:30:06,612 Where are you going? 275 00:30:08,945 --> 00:30:11,112 He's an accountant, not a scientist. You were right. 276 00:30:11,195 --> 00:30:14,362 You and I are friends, but that doesn't mean you can say that about him. 277 00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:19,028 Fine. You and I have known each other for twenty years. It had to end someday. 278 00:30:19,612 --> 00:30:22,028 Are you leaving the boy? 279 00:30:33,737 --> 00:30:37,195 What did you have to offend him for? You're too harsh. 280 00:30:37,278 --> 00:30:41,570 It's dangerous to send people like you into space. 281 00:30:41,653 --> 00:30:45,112 Everything there is too fragile. Yes, fragile. 282 00:30:45,195 --> 00:30:49,195 The Earth has somehow become adjusted to people like you, 283 00:30:49,362 --> 00:30:51,195 although at what sacrifice. 284 00:30:51,695 --> 00:30:55,862 What, are you jealous that he'll be the one to bury me, and not you? 285 00:31:13,737 --> 00:31:18,737 Thus, it had been established that the Solaris Ocean is a distinctive brain. 286 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,778 Right after that, an even more daring hypothesis came out, 287 00:31:22,862 --> 00:31:25,903 suggesting that the Ocean is a thinking substance. 288 00:31:26,945 --> 00:31:30,612 Incidentally, this hypothesis 289 00:31:30,695 --> 00:31:34,320 still cannot be confirmed or refuted. 290 00:31:35,237 --> 00:31:37,945 It's a program about Solaris. 291 00:31:39,112 --> 00:31:42,153 There are few believers left. 292 00:31:42,237 --> 00:31:46,028 First of all, there are those connected to the fate of the Solaris station. 293 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:49,695 On this huge station built to house 85people 294 00:31:49,778 --> 00:31:51,528 there is now a crew of three. 295 00:31:51,612 --> 00:31:54,278 They are: astro-biologist Sartorius, 296 00:31:54,362 --> 00:31:56,653 cyberneticist Snaut, 297 00:31:57,903 --> 00:32:00,862 and physiologist Gibarian, who deal with the problem... 298 00:32:02,570 --> 00:32:04,487 I'm calling from the city. 299 00:32:04,695 --> 00:32:06,487 Burton. 300 00:32:08,112 --> 00:32:11,445 Anna, leave for a minute. We need to talk. 301 00:32:17,987 --> 00:32:23,237 I didn't talk to Kris about what was most important: 302 00:32:23,903 --> 00:32:28,778 about Messenger, who voiced a different opinion at that meeting. 303 00:32:29,820 --> 00:32:34,320 He became very interested in Fechner, who died in the Solaris Ocean. 304 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:39,612 It turns out that Fechner has an orphaned son. 305 00:32:39,695 --> 00:32:43,153 He had left his family. 306 00:32:43,612 --> 00:32:48,820 Messenger and I paid a visit to Fechner's widow, 307 00:32:49,987 --> 00:32:52,945 and I saw this boy with my own eyes. 308 00:32:53,028 --> 00:32:55,195 You never told me about that. 309 00:32:55,278 --> 00:32:56,945 I never got the chance. 310 00:32:57,820 --> 00:33:01,112 Fine. Go on. 311 00:33:01,362 --> 00:33:06,362 This child was identical to the one I saw on Solaris. 312 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,070 Of course, he wasn't four meters tall. 313 00:33:11,112 --> 00:33:14,278 He shouldn't think about this too much before launch, 314 00:33:16,528 --> 00:33:19,278 but he should keep it in mind. 315 00:39:06,403 --> 00:39:08,445 There's no point in keeping these papers. 316 00:39:08,528 --> 00:39:11,278 The ones to hold on to are in my room. 317 00:39:29,278 --> 00:39:33,612 My research notes, my thesis... I held on to so much. 318 00:39:42,195 --> 00:39:46,737 If something should happen, I'll find someone to take care of them. 319 00:39:47,487 --> 00:39:49,903 I'll come up with something. 320 00:39:50,070 --> 00:39:53,862 Don't look for that film. I'm taking it with me. 321 00:39:53,945 --> 00:39:56,320 Remember? The one of the bonfire? 322 00:39:56,403 --> 00:39:58,695 Yes, of course. 323 00:43:07,528 --> 00:43:10,612 - Ready, Kelvin? Ready, Moddard. 324 00:43:10,820 --> 00:43:13,112 Don't worry about a thing. 325 00:43:13,195 --> 00:43:16,445 Have a great trip. Send our regards. 326 00:43:16,653 --> 00:43:21,278 - When is launch? - You're already flying, Kris. Take care. 327 00:43:53,862 --> 00:43:57,487 Solaris station. Do something. 328 00:43:57,570 --> 00:44:01,445 I'm losing stability. This is Kelvin, over. 329 00:45:55,112 --> 00:45:57,403 Hey, where is everyone? 330 00:45:57,487 --> 00:45:59,862 You've got guests. 331 00:47:30,445 --> 00:47:32,278 Dr. Snaut? 332 00:47:57,945 --> 00:47:59,362 Snaut? 333 00:48:08,737 --> 00:48:11,278 I'm Kelvin, the psychologist. 334 00:48:13,028 --> 00:48:16,653 It looks like you weren't expecting me. 335 00:48:19,028 --> 00:48:21,945 Did you receive the radiogram? 336 00:48:25,695 --> 00:48:29,362 Yes, of course. 337 00:48:44,653 --> 00:48:46,653 What's with you? 338 00:48:50,487 --> 00:48:53,403 Forgive me. 339 00:48:55,695 --> 00:48:58,862 Where's Gibarian? Where's Sartorius? 340 00:48:59,278 --> 00:49:01,487 Sartorius is in his quarters. 341 00:49:01,570 --> 00:49:03,278 Gibarian is dead. 342 00:49:03,403 --> 00:49:05,195 What do you mean "dead"? 343 00:49:08,695 --> 00:49:11,237 Suicide. 344 00:49:14,612 --> 00:49:16,778 I beg your pardon. 345 00:49:17,195 --> 00:49:19,320 I knew Gibarian and he would never have... 346 00:49:19,403 --> 00:49:24,153 He was almost always in a state of deep depression 347 00:49:24,820 --> 00:49:29,153 ever since these disturbances began... 348 00:49:34,070 --> 00:49:38,153 Why don't you go rest, take a bath? 349 00:49:38,237 --> 00:49:42,820 Take any room and come back in an hour. 350 00:49:43,278 --> 00:49:47,862 I would like to see Gibarian - I mean, Sartorius. 351 00:49:48,195 --> 00:49:49,737 Later. 352 00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:53,278 I doubt he'd see you now. He's upstairs, in the laboratory. 353 00:49:53,362 --> 00:49:55,528 Listen, Snaut, 354 00:49:55,612 --> 00:50:00,487 I understand that something extraordinary has happened and perhaps... 355 00:50:07,237 --> 00:50:09,362 Dr. Kelvin... 356 00:50:12,070 --> 00:50:17,612 You understand... Come back in an hour. Please. 357 00:50:19,278 --> 00:50:22,112 Go and rest. 358 00:50:23,445 --> 00:50:28,112 Listen, there are only three of us: you, me and Sartorius. 359 00:50:28,195 --> 00:50:31,070 You know us from our photographs. 360 00:50:31,153 --> 00:50:34,112 If you see something out of the ordinary, 361 00:50:34,195 --> 00:50:38,320 something besides me and Sartorius, try not to lose your head. 362 00:50:38,403 --> 00:50:40,028 What would I see? 363 00:50:40,112 --> 00:50:43,362 I don't know. That sort of depends on you. 364 00:50:43,445 --> 00:50:45,112 Hallucinations? 365 00:50:45,195 --> 00:50:49,028 No. Just remember. 366 00:50:49,612 --> 00:50:52,945 - Remember what? - That we're not on Earth. 367 00:50:53,945 --> 00:50:58,070 You know, it would be better if you came back in the evening, or at night. 368 00:50:58,153 --> 00:51:01,403 No, let's make it tomorrow morning. 369 00:52:44,695 --> 00:52:48,112 A. GIBARIAN 370 00:52:54,237 --> 00:52:56,362 HUMAN BEING 371 00:53:29,278 --> 00:53:31,278 FOR K. KELVIN 372 00:53:49,153 --> 00:53:51,278 Hi, Kris. 373 00:53:58,778 --> 00:54:01,403 I still have a little time left. 374 00:54:01,570 --> 00:54:04,278 There are some things I must tell you, 375 00:54:04,737 --> 00:54:07,320 and some things I must warn you about. 376 00:54:07,403 --> 00:54:11,570 By now you're at the station and know what happened to me. 377 00:54:12,028 --> 00:54:16,445 If not, Snaut or Sartorius will tell you. 378 00:54:17,445 --> 00:54:21,987 What happened to me... 379 00:54:24,903 --> 00:54:26,820 is not important. 380 00:54:26,903 --> 00:54:31,028 Or rather, it cannot be explained. 381 00:54:31,112 --> 00:54:35,070 I'm afraid that what happened to me is only the beginning. 382 00:54:37,153 --> 00:54:39,862 I wouldn't, of course, want it to happen... 383 00:54:39,945 --> 00:54:44,403 but this could happen to you and the others. 384 00:54:45,695 --> 00:54:51,320 Here, it could probably happen to anyone. 385 00:54:51,403 --> 00:54:54,028 Just don't think that I've lost my mind. 386 00:54:54,112 --> 00:54:57,653 I'm of sound mind, Kris. Believe me. 387 00:55:01,737 --> 00:55:04,362 After all, you know me. 388 00:55:06,653 --> 00:55:10,612 If I have enough time, I'll tell you why I did everything. 389 00:55:10,987 --> 00:55:15,278 I'm telling you this so that, if it does happen to you, 390 00:55:15,362 --> 00:55:19,278 you'll know it's not madness. 391 00:55:19,362 --> 00:55:21,403 That's the most important thing. 392 00:55:21,487 --> 00:55:26,028 As for continuing research, 393 00:55:26,112 --> 00:55:29,195 I'm leaning towards Sartorius' proposal, 394 00:55:29,278 --> 00:55:34,445 subjecting the Ocean's plasma to heavy radiation. 395 00:55:35,737 --> 00:55:39,862 I know it's prohibited, but there's no other choice. 396 00:55:39,945 --> 00:55:41,612 We... 397 00:55:42,737 --> 00:55:45,695 You will get mired in it. 398 00:55:47,570 --> 00:55:53,112 It may offer a way of breaking this deadlock. 399 00:55:54,487 --> 00:55:58,153 This is our only chance to make contact with this monster. 400 00:55:58,237 --> 00:56:00,945 There is no other choice, Kris. 401 00:56:01,403 --> 00:56:03,612 If... 402 00:59:19,112 --> 00:59:22,487 Dr. Sartorius, I am Kelvin. 403 00:59:22,570 --> 00:59:25,278 I arrived two hours ago. 404 00:59:37,070 --> 00:59:41,112 Look, this is ridiculous. 405 00:59:44,778 --> 00:59:47,737 Either open up or I'll break down the door. 406 00:59:47,903 --> 00:59:51,487 All right, I'll open the door, but don't come in. 407 00:59:51,570 --> 00:59:53,945 - I'll come out. - Good. 408 00:59:57,278 --> 00:59:59,570 My name is Kelvin. 409 01:00:02,028 --> 01:00:04,362 You must have heard of me. 410 01:00:04,445 --> 01:00:07,612 I work, or worked, with Gibarian. 411 01:00:07,695 --> 01:00:08,862 Continue. 412 01:00:08,945 --> 01:00:13,320 Snaut told me about Gibarian. 413 01:00:14,153 --> 01:00:17,362 Then you already know the story. 414 01:00:17,445 --> 01:00:20,362 Yes, it's horrible. 415 01:00:21,153 --> 01:00:24,028 I don't know the details, but he's dead. 416 01:00:24,112 --> 01:00:27,403 That's not the problem. We all die. 417 01:00:27,570 --> 01:00:32,195 But he insisted on being buried on Earth. Is space really such a bad grave for him? 418 01:00:32,945 --> 01:00:36,028 But Gibarian wanted to be in the ground, with the worms. 419 01:00:36,112 --> 01:00:38,695 I wanted to disregard it, but Snaut insisted. 420 01:00:38,778 --> 01:00:42,028 - Have you ever heard of Burton? - He was the pilot who... 421 01:00:42,112 --> 01:00:45,112 Yes, he was in the search party for Fechner. 422 01:00:45,195 --> 01:00:48,237 Fechner died a magnificent death, but Gibarian was a coward. 423 01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:51,778 There's no point talking badly of him now. 424 01:00:52,570 --> 01:00:55,862 It's at least worth talking about duty. 425 01:00:55,945 --> 01:00:57,695 Duty to whom? 426 01:00:57,778 --> 01:00:59,778 - To truth. - You mean to people. 427 01:00:59,862 --> 01:01:02,653 You won't find truth there. Look. 428 01:01:08,237 --> 01:01:12,445 Your position is absurd. Your so-called courage is inhuman. 429 01:01:13,362 --> 01:01:15,112 Do you hear? 430 01:01:21,112 --> 01:01:24,778 Go away. You're too impressionable. 431 01:01:24,862 --> 01:01:28,403 You must get used to everything. Good day. 432 01:04:31,987 --> 01:04:34,987 I spoke to Sartorius. 433 01:04:35,153 --> 01:04:37,445 He's a terrible person. 434 01:04:37,612 --> 01:04:40,237 He's a very talented scientist. 435 01:04:46,653 --> 01:04:50,862 I think I'm a little sick. 436 01:04:51,778 --> 01:04:56,070 There's nothing wrong with you. You just won't take advice. 437 01:04:56,153 --> 01:05:00,653 Snaut, aside from the three of us, is there anyone else on the station? 438 01:05:00,737 --> 01:05:02,612 Did you see someone? 439 01:05:04,528 --> 01:05:07,778 What were you warning me about? 440 01:05:07,862 --> 01:05:10,028 Whom did you see? 441 01:05:10,112 --> 01:05:13,653 Was it a human being? Is she real? 442 01:05:14,820 --> 01:05:18,737 Can she be touched? Wounded? 443 01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:23,112 You saw her today. 444 01:05:25,195 --> 01:05:28,320 And you? Who are you? 445 01:05:34,028 --> 01:05:35,737 Quiet. 446 01:05:47,653 --> 01:05:50,612 - Where did she come from? - Leave me alone. 447 01:05:53,278 --> 01:05:55,028 You're afraid. 448 01:05:59,445 --> 01:06:01,112 Don't worry. 449 01:06:03,070 --> 01:06:05,320 I won't think you're insane. 450 01:06:05,403 --> 01:06:10,112 Insane? God, you know absolutely nothing. 451 01:06:10,195 --> 01:06:12,112 Insane... 452 01:06:12,945 --> 01:06:15,237 That would be a blessing. 453 01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:24,278 Listen to me, Snaut... 454 01:07:30,945 --> 01:07:32,487 It's all so senseless. 455 01:07:34,112 --> 01:07:38,320 They won't understand me. They think I've gone mad. 456 01:07:47,695 --> 01:07:49,903 Do you see, Kris, how it's not entirely absurd? 457 01:07:49,987 --> 01:07:53,362 I have to do this because I'm afraid they'll come in here. 458 01:07:53,445 --> 01:07:55,320 I mean Snaut and Sartorius. 459 01:07:55,403 --> 01:07:58,028 They themselves don't understand what they're doing. 460 01:07:58,112 --> 01:08:00,612 I'm afraid, Kris... 461 01:08:01,278 --> 01:08:03,445 I can't... 462 01:08:04,195 --> 01:08:06,862 Nobody will be able to understand. 463 01:08:06,945 --> 01:08:10,237 Open up. You hear, Gibarian? Open up. 464 01:08:10,320 --> 01:08:14,445 Don't be stupid. It's just us - Snaut and Sartorius. 465 01:08:14,528 --> 01:08:16,695 We want to help you. 466 01:08:16,945 --> 01:08:19,362 They want to help me. 467 01:08:20,528 --> 01:08:23,195 Just a second. Stop knocking. 468 01:08:32,778 --> 01:08:35,237 I am my own judge. 469 01:08:38,445 --> 01:08:40,653 Have you seen her? 470 01:08:41,320 --> 01:08:45,112 Kris, understand that this is not madness. 471 01:08:48,112 --> 01:08:53,112 It has something to do with conscience. 472 01:09:03,070 --> 01:09:07,612 I really wanted you to get here in time, Kris. 473 01:13:53,070 --> 01:13:55,028 Where did you...? 474 01:13:59,737 --> 01:14:01,778 It's so nice. 475 01:14:14,820 --> 01:14:18,403 But... but it's not... 476 01:14:20,695 --> 01:14:23,278 How did you know where I...? 477 01:14:23,403 --> 01:14:25,778 What do you mean, "how"? 478 01:14:32,278 --> 01:14:35,112 Don't, Kris. That tickles. 479 01:14:46,737 --> 01:14:49,695 Where are my shoes? - Shoes? 480 01:15:05,778 --> 01:15:08,612 No. They're not there. 481 01:15:20,445 --> 01:15:22,278 Who's this? 482 01:15:44,820 --> 01:15:46,487 it's me. 483 01:15:56,237 --> 01:15:58,028 You know... 484 01:16:01,237 --> 01:16:03,737 I have the feeling... 485 01:16:07,737 --> 01:16:09,987 as if I've forgotten something. 486 01:16:20,945 --> 01:16:23,112 I can't understand it. 487 01:16:27,778 --> 01:16:29,403 Do you love me? 488 01:16:29,487 --> 01:16:33,778 Don't be foolish, Hari. As if you didn't know. 489 01:16:34,278 --> 01:16:37,112 I'm going out for a moment. Wait for me. 490 01:16:37,195 --> 01:16:41,320 - I'll go with you. - No, Hari. I'll be back soon. 491 01:16:44,820 --> 01:16:47,362 What is wrong? Why? 492 01:16:50,778 --> 01:16:53,945 I don't know. I can't. 493 01:16:54,028 --> 01:16:55,945 You can't what? 494 01:16:56,945 --> 01:17:01,403 It feels like I... I have to see you... all the time. 495 01:17:03,487 --> 01:17:05,820 What are you, a child? 496 01:17:05,903 --> 01:17:08,778 I have work to do, Hari. 497 01:17:16,278 --> 01:17:18,945 I'm behaving foolishly. 498 01:17:20,903 --> 01:17:22,820 And so are you. 499 01:17:22,903 --> 01:17:27,028 Running around all dishevelled, like Snaut. 500 01:17:28,237 --> 01:17:30,987 - Like who? - Like Snaut. 501 01:17:33,112 --> 01:17:35,903 Listen, how do you... 502 01:17:39,487 --> 01:17:42,862 Well, I have to go. If you want, we can go together. 503 01:17:44,487 --> 01:17:47,862 But you won't be able to get into a suit with your dress on. 504 01:17:48,112 --> 01:17:50,028 Get undressed. 505 01:17:53,695 --> 01:17:56,612 Kris, help me. I can't undo it. 506 01:18:43,112 --> 01:18:45,403 Why are you looking at me like that? 507 01:19:04,695 --> 01:19:09,403 SOLARIS Part Two 508 01:20:23,695 --> 01:20:25,528 Get in. 509 01:20:26,153 --> 01:20:27,945 - What about you? - I'm right behind you. 510 01:20:28,028 --> 01:20:30,320 I have to shut the hatch. 511 01:20:33,112 --> 01:20:35,987 Is everything all right? Are you comfortable? 512 01:20:36,070 --> 01:20:38,362 Yes. Hurry, Kris. 513 01:22:52,862 --> 01:22:54,737 You could at least knock. 514 01:22:54,820 --> 01:22:57,737 It sounded like you were talking to someone. 515 01:22:58,070 --> 01:23:00,028 All the more reason. 516 01:23:00,237 --> 01:23:02,153 So you had guests? 517 01:23:02,237 --> 01:23:06,070 Well, I see you took good care of them. 518 01:23:07,570 --> 01:23:10,987 It's nothing. You won't die from it. 519 01:23:11,778 --> 01:23:14,362 Did you at least start out modestly? 520 01:23:14,528 --> 01:23:18,487 Narcotics, poisons, barbiturates? 521 01:23:19,070 --> 01:23:22,320 If you plan to behave irresponsibility, you might as well leave. 522 01:23:22,403 --> 01:23:25,903 Sometimes you become a fool without wanting to. 523 01:23:25,987 --> 01:23:30,195 Don't tell me you haven't tried a rope or a hammer. 524 01:23:30,820 --> 01:23:34,695 Did you happen to throw the inkwell like Luther? 525 01:23:43,320 --> 01:23:45,528 So, 526 01:23:46,237 --> 01:23:49,653 one, two, and into the rocket, 527 01:23:49,737 --> 01:23:51,528 and that was that. 528 01:23:52,278 --> 01:23:55,903 Next time, don't panic. 529 01:23:56,362 --> 01:24:00,570 And push the button from the corridor. You could get burned. 530 01:24:01,070 --> 01:24:03,778 - What was that? - I don't know. 531 01:24:03,862 --> 01:24:07,403 Then again, we've managed to determine a few things. 532 01:24:08,612 --> 01:24:10,320 Who was it? 533 01:24:10,403 --> 01:24:14,028 She died ten years ago. 534 01:24:14,778 --> 01:24:19,278 What you saw was the materialisation of your conception of her. 535 01:24:19,903 --> 01:24:22,903 What was her name? 536 01:24:31,487 --> 01:24:36,945 Everything began after we started experimenting with radiation. 537 01:24:37,945 --> 01:24:41,903 We hit the Ocean's surface 538 01:24:41,987 --> 01:24:44,903 with strong X-ray beams. 539 01:24:46,403 --> 01:24:47,695 But it... 540 01:24:47,778 --> 01:24:52,237 Incidentally, consider yourself lucky. After all, she's a part of your past. 541 01:24:52,570 --> 01:24:56,528 What if it had been something you had never seen before, 542 01:24:56,612 --> 01:24:59,237 but something you had thought or imagined? 543 01:24:59,945 --> 01:25:01,528 I don't understand. 544 01:25:01,612 --> 01:25:05,445 Evidently the Ocean responded to our heavy radiation with something else. 545 01:25:05,528 --> 01:25:10,362 It probed our minds and extracted something like islands of memory. 546 01:25:15,403 --> 01:25:17,112 Will she come back? 547 01:25:17,195 --> 01:25:18,778 She will... 548 01:25:18,903 --> 01:25:20,945 and she won't. 549 01:25:24,737 --> 01:25:28,070 - Hari the Second. - There may be an endless number of them. 550 01:25:28,153 --> 01:25:30,153 Why didn't you warn me? 551 01:25:30,237 --> 01:25:32,320 You wouldn't have believed me. 552 01:25:32,403 --> 01:25:37,070 I was afraid and acted not entirely... 553 01:25:37,153 --> 01:25:40,570 Don't be too hard on yourself. We've had enough of Gibarian. 554 01:25:41,320 --> 01:25:44,487 There's talk about liquidating the station. 555 01:25:45,028 --> 01:25:47,695 That's why I was sent here. 556 01:25:49,070 --> 01:25:53,070 If I submit a report, will you sign it? 557 01:25:53,278 --> 01:25:56,445 And what if we suddenly make that long-awaited contact? 558 01:25:57,612 --> 01:26:03,195 Night is the best time here. It somehow reminds me of Earth. 559 01:26:03,778 --> 01:26:07,237 Attach strips of paper to the air vents. 560 01:26:09,737 --> 01:26:15,237 At night it sounds like the rustling of leaves. 561 01:26:15,903 --> 01:26:19,403 It was Gibarian's invention. So simple, like all genius. 562 01:26:19,487 --> 01:26:21,487 I adopted it right away. 563 01:26:21,570 --> 01:26:26,028 Sartorius made fun of us, but he has one in his room. 564 01:26:26,528 --> 01:26:29,320 He hides it in the closet. 565 01:26:30,695 --> 01:26:33,153 You should rest. 566 01:26:33,237 --> 01:26:36,903 If you can, come to the library later. 567 01:26:36,987 --> 01:26:40,237 I've prepared a list of books for you. 568 01:28:29,778 --> 01:28:32,445 Snaut, is that you? 569 01:28:39,445 --> 01:28:43,237 Kris, where are you? 570 01:28:44,528 --> 01:28:46,737 Come here. 571 01:30:22,945 --> 01:30:26,570 - It's so dark. - Come here. Don't be afraid. 572 01:31:24,570 --> 01:31:27,695 The door opens the other way. 573 01:32:24,528 --> 01:32:27,403 Hold on. I'll be right back. 574 01:33:16,237 --> 01:33:19,862 When I saw you weren't there, I was frightened. 575 01:33:23,153 --> 01:33:24,987 Hello, Kris. 576 01:33:26,320 --> 01:33:29,070 I can barely hear you. Speak louder. 577 01:33:29,945 --> 01:33:32,237 What are you doing right now? 578 01:33:33,487 --> 01:33:35,445 Nothing. 579 01:33:35,612 --> 01:33:39,903 Sartorius has invited us to his laboratory. 580 01:33:40,362 --> 01:33:42,070 How are you? 581 01:33:42,153 --> 01:33:44,737 Fine. I'll try to make it. 582 01:33:58,820 --> 01:34:01,737 Kris, what's wrong with me? 583 01:34:17,278 --> 01:34:20,820 Perhaps it's epilepsy? 584 01:35:15,403 --> 01:35:17,445 This is my wife. 585 01:35:19,403 --> 01:35:21,112 Hello. 586 01:35:24,112 --> 01:35:26,153 Hello. 587 01:35:28,403 --> 01:35:31,403 - We've been waiting for you. - I was busy. 588 01:35:33,070 --> 01:35:36,778 - How lovely. Are these yours? - No, they're Snaut's. 589 01:35:38,403 --> 01:35:44,153 So, as far as I can tell, they are constructed... 590 01:35:44,237 --> 01:35:46,320 Let's just call them 'guests'. 591 01:35:46,403 --> 01:35:48,195 Fine. 592 01:35:48,653 --> 01:35:53,445 While our structure is made of atoms, theirs consists of neutrinos. 593 01:35:53,695 --> 01:35:57,987 But neutrino systems are unstable. 594 01:35:58,403 --> 01:36:01,903 They seem to be stabilised by Solaris' force field. 595 01:36:07,112 --> 01:36:09,778 You have a superb specimen. 596 01:36:11,070 --> 01:36:13,320 That's my wife. 597 01:36:13,528 --> 01:36:16,403 Wonderful. Perfect. 598 01:36:19,653 --> 01:36:22,945 Then take a blood sample from your wife. 599 01:36:23,028 --> 01:36:24,695 Why? 600 01:36:24,778 --> 01:36:26,987 It'll sober you up a little. 601 01:37:02,320 --> 01:37:05,153 What do you think? 602 01:37:06,737 --> 01:37:09,195 - Snaut? - Enough of all of you. 603 01:37:11,403 --> 01:37:14,362 I burned the blood with acid, but it's restoring itself. 604 01:37:14,445 --> 01:37:16,028 Regeneration? 605 01:37:16,112 --> 01:37:21,445 In essence, immortality - Faust's problem. 606 01:37:21,528 --> 01:37:23,237 Excuse me. 607 01:37:27,362 --> 01:37:29,737 There's no need for cotton. 608 01:37:30,820 --> 01:37:33,820 Are you qualified to perform an autopsy? 609 01:37:33,903 --> 01:37:36,987 I've already told you - she's my wife. Don't you understand? 610 01:37:37,153 --> 01:37:40,737 I think these experiments are more humane than testing on rabbits. 611 01:37:41,487 --> 01:37:42,820 Don't you agree? 612 01:37:42,903 --> 01:37:44,903 It doesn't matter. 613 01:37:44,987 --> 01:37:47,195 It would be like cutting my own leg off. 614 01:37:48,695 --> 01:37:51,278 Did you feel pain when you broke through the door? 615 01:37:51,362 --> 01:37:53,987 Pain? Of course. 616 01:37:54,278 --> 01:37:57,487 So if I ever catch you doing anything... 617 01:37:57,570 --> 01:38:00,237 - You're lucky. - How? 618 01:38:01,112 --> 01:38:03,195 It's meaningless, 619 01:38:03,278 --> 01:38:05,820 yet you've managed to establish emotional contact with them. 620 01:38:05,903 --> 01:38:09,112 It may be pleasant... - What are you, jealous? 621 01:38:09,403 --> 01:38:10,945 Perhaps I am jealous. 622 01:38:11,028 --> 01:38:13,653 No, you're not jealous. After all, you're not guilty of anything. 623 01:38:13,737 --> 01:38:15,778 - Of course. - But I am guilty. 624 01:38:15,862 --> 01:38:17,445 Of what? 625 01:38:17,737 --> 01:38:21,778 When you turn into an utter cripple with no arms or legs, call us. 626 01:38:22,320 --> 01:38:25,653 We'll empty your chamber-pot. 627 01:38:25,903 --> 01:38:29,570 - But whom have you wronged? - You, among others. 628 01:39:15,862 --> 01:39:19,278 My father shot that. Well, I shot a little. 629 01:42:14,528 --> 01:42:16,237 Listen... 630 01:42:33,903 --> 01:42:36,112 I don't know myself at all. 631 01:42:37,612 --> 01:42:39,695 I don't remember. 632 01:42:40,778 --> 01:42:45,278 When I close my eyes, I can't recall my face. And you? 633 01:42:45,570 --> 01:42:47,320 What? 634 01:42:48,570 --> 01:42:52,237 - Do you know yourself? - Like all humans. 635 01:43:02,487 --> 01:43:06,653 That woman in the white coat hated me. 636 01:43:06,737 --> 01:43:11,070 Don't make things up. She died before you and I met. 637 01:43:13,028 --> 01:43:15,862 I don't understand why you're deceiving me. 638 01:43:16,737 --> 01:43:18,945 I remember perfectly. 639 01:43:19,237 --> 01:43:23,320 We drank tea and she didn't want me there. 640 01:43:24,153 --> 01:43:27,528 Naturally, I stood up and left. I remember perfectly. 641 01:43:28,903 --> 01:43:31,153 What happened after that? 642 01:43:32,737 --> 01:43:34,903 After that, I went away, 643 01:43:35,445 --> 01:43:38,403 and we never saw each other again. 644 01:43:38,778 --> 01:43:40,695 Where did you go? 645 01:43:40,945 --> 01:43:42,903 To a different city. 646 01:43:43,070 --> 01:43:45,737 - Why? - I was transferred. 647 01:43:46,737 --> 01:43:49,237 Why did you leave without me? 648 01:43:51,320 --> 01:43:53,445 You didn't want to come. 649 01:43:56,070 --> 01:43:58,278 That I remember. 650 01:44:56,195 --> 01:45:00,320 Forgive me. I thought you were already awake. 651 01:45:00,403 --> 01:45:02,153 What happened? 652 01:45:02,237 --> 01:45:04,487 The regeneration is slowing down. 653 01:45:04,570 --> 01:45:08,403 For two or three hours we can be free of them. 654 01:45:08,653 --> 01:45:11,612 You came in the middle of the night to tell me that? 655 01:45:12,403 --> 01:45:16,320 I'll tell you why I came. 656 01:45:16,778 --> 01:45:19,278 Sartorius and I were thinking: 657 01:45:19,737 --> 01:45:23,903 If the Ocean derives guests from us while we dream, 658 01:45:24,403 --> 01:45:27,820 Perhaps it makes sense to transmit our waking thoughts to it. 659 01:45:28,028 --> 01:45:31,237 - How? - With beams of radiation. 660 01:45:32,028 --> 01:45:35,737 Perhaps it will understand and spare us from all these apparitions. 661 01:45:35,862 --> 01:45:39,528 Again these ridiculous X-ray sermons about the greatness of science? 662 01:45:39,737 --> 01:45:43,820 We'll modulate the beam with the brain waves of one of us. 663 01:45:43,903 --> 01:45:46,278 And 'one of us' means me, of course. 664 01:45:47,320 --> 01:45:51,237 An encephalogram. A transcription of all my thoughts. 665 01:45:51,320 --> 01:45:55,737 What if I suddenly want her to die? To disappear. 666 01:45:55,903 --> 01:45:59,570 Entrust everything to that... that mass of jelly? 667 01:45:59,737 --> 01:46:02,320 It's already invaded my soul. 668 01:46:02,403 --> 01:46:05,320 Kris, we're running out of time. 669 01:46:05,403 --> 01:46:10,070 Sartorius has proposed another project: the annihilator. 670 01:46:10,278 --> 01:46:13,945 Self-destruction of the neutrino systems. 671 01:46:16,028 --> 01:46:18,778 What is this? Blackmail? 672 01:46:19,070 --> 01:46:22,528 I convinced him to start with the encephalogram. 673 01:46:22,945 --> 01:46:27,362 But forget about this for now. 674 01:46:28,570 --> 01:46:32,570 Tomorrow's my birthday. Consider yourself invited. 675 01:46:32,695 --> 01:46:35,487 - Liar. You just want to make up with us. - Yes, I do. 676 01:46:35,570 --> 01:46:38,195 Don't shout. She sleeping. 677 01:46:41,445 --> 01:46:43,237 Sleeping? 678 01:46:44,070 --> 01:46:47,070 She's already learned how to sleep? 679 01:46:47,903 --> 01:46:50,778 This will all end badly. 680 01:46:50,945 --> 01:46:53,862 - Well, what do you propose I do? - Nothing. 681 01:46:54,070 --> 01:46:57,445 So you'll come? Tomorrow, in the library. 682 01:47:01,237 --> 01:47:03,778 We'll set the table. 683 01:47:04,320 --> 01:47:09,028 At least there are no windows in there. 684 01:47:09,362 --> 01:47:11,403 In the meantime, let's go. 685 01:47:12,070 --> 01:47:14,070 Sartorius is waiting. 686 01:47:17,070 --> 01:47:18,737 She's sleeping. 687 01:47:18,903 --> 01:47:21,070 Will she follow me? 688 01:47:22,070 --> 01:47:24,695 Don't lock the door. 689 01:47:27,528 --> 01:47:29,278 What door? 690 01:47:30,403 --> 01:47:32,862 It's just an apparition. 691 01:48:27,403 --> 01:48:29,403 Wait. I'll be right back. 692 01:48:30,153 --> 01:48:31,862 Where are you going? 693 01:49:07,278 --> 01:49:10,737 Forgive me. 694 01:50:06,778 --> 01:50:08,862 Why aren't you asleep? 695 01:50:12,862 --> 01:50:16,153 - You don't love me. - Stop it, Hari. 696 01:50:18,778 --> 01:50:21,612 - We have to talk. - About what? 697 01:50:26,403 --> 01:50:29,695 You understand that I don't know where I came from. 698 01:50:30,237 --> 01:50:32,778 - Perhaps you know? - What's wrong? 699 01:50:32,862 --> 01:50:35,278 Stop. Don't interrupt. 700 01:50:36,570 --> 01:50:38,570 If you know, 701 01:50:39,903 --> 01:50:42,945 but you can't tell me now, 702 01:50:43,528 --> 01:50:46,570 perhaps one day you will. 703 01:50:47,237 --> 01:50:49,070 What are you talking about? 704 01:50:49,237 --> 01:50:51,862 I don't understand a thing, honestly. 705 01:50:53,028 --> 01:50:55,237 You don't want to tell me. 706 01:50:56,737 --> 01:50:58,945 You're afraid. 707 01:50:59,695 --> 01:51:02,403 Then I'll tell you. 708 01:51:04,278 --> 01:51:06,028 I'm not Hari. 709 01:51:07,070 --> 01:51:09,403 Hari is dead. 710 01:51:09,945 --> 01:51:12,362 She poisoned herself. 711 01:51:13,487 --> 01:51:16,487 I'm somebody else. 712 01:51:16,570 --> 01:51:18,612 Who told you this? 713 01:51:19,237 --> 01:51:22,445 - Sartorius just told me. - Last night. 714 01:51:26,362 --> 01:51:29,070 It would have been better if you had told me yourself. 715 01:51:29,237 --> 01:51:32,195 My God, what's the difference? 716 01:51:37,570 --> 01:51:40,237 How have you lived all this time? 717 01:51:41,278 --> 01:51:43,278 Were you in love with anyone? 718 01:51:43,362 --> 01:51:45,028 I don't know. 719 01:51:45,112 --> 01:51:46,945 Did you ever think of me? 720 01:51:47,153 --> 01:51:50,278 Yes, but not all the time. 721 01:51:52,487 --> 01:51:54,987 Only when I felt unhappy. 722 01:52:01,153 --> 01:52:05,862 You know, it feels like somebody is manipulating us. 723 01:52:07,653 --> 01:52:12,695 And the longer this fog lasts, the worse it will be for you in the end. 724 01:52:13,028 --> 01:52:15,403 Particularly for you, Kris. 725 01:52:16,945 --> 01:52:18,987 How can I help you? 726 01:52:21,362 --> 01:52:22,862 Tell me. 727 01:52:22,987 --> 01:52:28,653 And her, the other one, what happened to her? 728 01:52:37,570 --> 01:52:39,403 We argued. 729 01:52:40,278 --> 01:52:43,320 Towards the end, we argued a great deal. 730 01:52:43,528 --> 01:52:46,487 I gathered my things and left. 731 01:52:47,862 --> 01:52:51,320 She made me understand without saying it directly, 732 01:52:51,987 --> 01:52:56,237 but when you live with someone for a long time, such things aren't necessary. 733 01:52:57,903 --> 01:52:59,987 I was certain they were just words, 734 01:53:00,070 --> 01:53:03,153 but then I remembered that I'd left 735 01:53:05,153 --> 01:53:07,778 the laboratory specimens in the refrigerator. 736 01:53:09,403 --> 01:53:13,570 I had brought them from the laboratory and explained how they worked. 737 01:53:13,653 --> 01:53:15,403 I was afraid. 738 01:53:15,903 --> 01:53:18,237 I wanted to go to her. 739 01:53:18,362 --> 01:53:22,195 But then I thought it would look like I had taken her words seriously. 740 01:53:22,695 --> 01:53:25,862 After three days, I couldn't take it anymore and I went to see her. 741 01:53:26,028 --> 01:53:29,112 When I got there, she was already dead. 742 01:53:29,570 --> 01:53:32,403 There was a needle mark on her arm. 743 01:53:34,778 --> 01:53:36,778 Like this? 744 01:53:45,403 --> 01:53:48,070 Why did she do it? 745 01:53:49,237 --> 01:53:53,487 She probably sensed that I didn't really love her. 746 01:53:57,903 --> 01:53:59,778 But now I do. 747 01:54:11,612 --> 01:54:13,612 - Kris. - What? 748 01:54:14,570 --> 01:54:16,403 I love you. 749 01:54:21,945 --> 01:54:24,195 Sleep. 750 01:54:24,278 --> 01:54:26,237 I don't know how to sleep. 751 01:54:28,028 --> 01:54:33,403 It's not sleep. It's somehow around me. 752 01:54:35,862 --> 01:54:40,695 It's as if it weren't just inside of me, but much farther away. 753 01:54:41,320 --> 01:54:45,487 It's probably still sleep. 754 01:55:25,945 --> 01:55:29,403 So, it looks like our guest of honour isn't showing up. 755 01:55:33,445 --> 01:55:36,778 - Why? - Perhaps he has guests. 756 01:56:32,778 --> 01:56:35,612 Everyone's already here? 757 01:56:38,903 --> 01:56:42,028 You're an hour and a half late. 758 01:56:48,570 --> 01:56:51,112 What's that you're reading? 759 01:56:56,778 --> 01:56:59,028 It's all rubbish. 760 01:57:01,237 --> 01:57:03,070 Rubbish. 761 01:57:04,903 --> 01:57:06,737 Where is it... 762 01:57:12,570 --> 01:57:14,278 Here. 763 01:57:17,570 --> 01:57:20,445 "They come at night. 764 01:57:22,153 --> 01:57:25,112 But one must sleep sometime." 765 01:57:26,237 --> 01:57:28,612 That's the problem. 766 01:57:29,945 --> 01:57:33,862 Mankind has lost the ability to sleep. 767 01:57:39,903 --> 01:57:44,945 You'd better read. I'm a little excited. 768 01:57:47,237 --> 01:57:50,195 "I know only one thing, señor. When I... 769 01:58:01,737 --> 01:58:06,070 When I sleep, I know no fear, no hope, no trouble, no bliss. 770 01:58:06,153 --> 01:58:08,362 Blessings on him who invented sleep. 771 01:58:10,737 --> 01:58:14,320 The common coin that purchases all things, 772 01:58:14,403 --> 01:58:16,445 the balance that levels shepherd and king, 773 01:58:16,528 --> 01:58:18,737 fool and wise man. 774 01:58:18,820 --> 01:58:21,403 There is only one bad thing about sound sleep. 775 01:58:21,487 --> 01:58:24,653 They say it closely resembles death." 776 01:58:24,737 --> 01:58:29,570 "Never before, Sancho, have I heard you speak so elegantly as now." 777 01:58:32,487 --> 01:58:37,570 That's good, but perhaps you'll let me say something now? 778 01:58:38,570 --> 01:58:41,362 I propose a toast to Snaut, 779 01:58:41,945 --> 01:58:46,737 to his bravery, to his devotion to duty. 780 01:58:46,820 --> 01:58:49,612 To science and to Snaut. 781 01:58:49,903 --> 01:58:53,195 Science? Nonsense. 782 01:58:54,403 --> 01:59:00,278 In this situation, mediocrity and genius are equally useless. 783 01:59:01,445 --> 01:59:06,737 We have no interest in conquering any cosmos. 784 01:59:07,570 --> 01:59:11,737 We want to extend the Earth to the borders of the cosmos. 785 01:59:12,403 --> 01:59:14,862 We don't know what to do with other worlds. 786 01:59:14,945 --> 01:59:17,528 We don't need other worlds. 787 01:59:17,653 --> 01:59:20,737 We need a mirror. 788 01:59:21,070 --> 01:59:25,153 We struggle for contact, but we'll never find it. 789 01:59:25,612 --> 01:59:28,153 We're in the foolish human predicament 790 01:59:28,237 --> 01:59:32,070 of striving for a goal that he fears, 791 01:59:32,237 --> 01:59:34,362 that he has no need for. 792 01:59:35,195 --> 01:59:39,362 Man needs man. 793 01:59:46,987 --> 01:59:49,278 Let's drink to Gibarian. 794 01:59:49,445 --> 01:59:51,403 To his memory. 795 01:59:51,487 --> 01:59:54,653 Even though he was frightened. 796 02:00:07,237 --> 02:00:10,153 No, Gibarian was not frightened. 797 02:00:13,445 --> 02:00:16,153 There are worse things. 798 02:00:18,445 --> 02:00:21,653 He died of hopelessness. 799 02:00:23,570 --> 02:00:26,987 He thought all this was happening only to him. 800 02:00:27,070 --> 02:00:29,112 My God. 801 02:00:29,903 --> 02:00:31,987 All these heartbreaking lamentations 802 02:00:32,070 --> 02:00:34,195 are nothing but second-rate Dostoevsky. 803 02:00:35,028 --> 02:00:36,903 Who are you to judge? 804 02:00:36,987 --> 02:00:39,695 I know why I'm here. I'm working. 805 02:00:40,403 --> 02:00:43,028 Man was created by nature so he could learn her ways. 806 02:00:45,320 --> 02:00:49,028 In his endless search for the truth, man is condemned to knowledge. 807 02:00:49,445 --> 02:00:51,820 Everything else is whim. 808 02:00:53,237 --> 02:00:55,653 Permit me to ask, my esteemed colleague: 809 02:00:55,737 --> 02:00:58,320 Why have you come to Solaris? 810 02:00:59,320 --> 02:01:02,987 - What do you mean, why? - Well, are you working a lot? 811 02:01:03,070 --> 02:01:06,195 Forgive me, but aside from the romance with your ex-wife, 812 02:01:06,278 --> 02:01:08,528 nothing seems to interest you. 813 02:01:08,612 --> 02:01:11,820 You spend all day lounging in a bed of noble thoughts, 814 02:01:11,903 --> 02:01:14,820 and that's how you carry out your duty. 815 02:01:15,070 --> 02:01:17,903 You've lost touch with reality. 816 02:01:18,195 --> 02:01:20,403 Forgive me, but you're simply an idler. 817 02:01:20,487 --> 02:01:22,070 Enough. 818 02:01:22,153 --> 02:01:25,820 Let's try to be pleasant. We'll drink to Gibarian. 819 02:01:25,903 --> 02:01:27,987 Not to Gibarian, but to Man. 820 02:01:28,070 --> 02:01:30,195 Are you saying Gibarian was not a man? 821 02:01:30,278 --> 02:01:33,737 Stop it, Kris. Let's not fight. 822 02:01:33,903 --> 02:01:38,737 After all, it's my birthday. It's my day. 823 02:01:38,862 --> 02:01:40,570 Of course. 824 02:01:41,570 --> 02:01:44,903 I think that Kris Kelvin 825 02:01:46,070 --> 02:01:49,028 is more consistent than both of you. 826 02:01:49,153 --> 02:01:52,237 In inhuman conditions, he has behaved humanely. 827 02:01:52,320 --> 02:01:55,862 And you act as if none of this concerns you, 828 02:01:55,945 --> 02:02:00,820 and consider your guests - it seems that's what you call us - 829 02:02:00,903 --> 02:02:04,028 something external, a hindrance. 830 02:02:04,362 --> 02:02:08,278 But it's a part of you. It's your conscience. 831 02:02:12,112 --> 02:02:14,403 And Kris loves me. 832 02:02:17,737 --> 02:02:20,778 Perhaps it's not me he loves, 833 02:02:21,445 --> 02:02:25,112 but he's simply protecting himself. 834 02:02:26,195 --> 02:02:28,820 He wants me alive. 835 02:02:29,570 --> 02:02:32,028 That's not the point. It doesn't matter why Man loves. 836 02:02:32,112 --> 02:02:34,195 It's different for everyone. 837 02:02:34,570 --> 02:02:37,237 It's not Kris. 838 02:02:37,737 --> 02:02:39,445 It's you. 839 02:02:39,528 --> 02:02:42,445 I hate you all. - I would ask you... 840 02:02:42,528 --> 02:02:46,028 Please don't interrupt me. I'm a woman, after all. 841 02:02:46,112 --> 02:02:48,153 You're not a woman and you're not a human being. 842 02:02:48,237 --> 02:02:50,153 Understand that, 843 02:02:50,237 --> 02:02:53,153 if you're capable of understanding anything. 844 02:02:55,612 --> 02:02:58,612 There is no Hari. She's dead. 845 02:03:01,820 --> 02:03:05,445 You're just a reproduction, 846 02:03:05,903 --> 02:03:08,320 a mechanical reproduction. 847 02:03:08,403 --> 02:03:11,487 A copy. A matrix. 848 02:03:20,278 --> 02:03:21,903 Yes. 849 02:03:24,237 --> 02:03:26,195 Perhaps. 850 02:03:35,070 --> 02:03:36,737 But I... 851 02:03:37,320 --> 02:03:40,862 I am becoming a human being. 852 02:03:44,487 --> 02:03:47,487 I can feel just as deeply as you. 853 02:03:48,820 --> 02:03:50,903 Believe me. 854 02:03:53,070 --> 02:03:55,945 I can already get by without him. 855 02:03:57,695 --> 02:03:59,112 I... 856 02:04:02,237 --> 02:04:04,153 love him. 857 02:04:06,403 --> 02:04:08,695 I am a human being. 858 02:04:09,403 --> 02:04:10,903 You... 859 02:04:12,237 --> 02:04:14,820 you're very cruel. 860 02:05:09,445 --> 02:05:12,028 Get up. Get up right now. 861 02:05:20,237 --> 02:05:22,320 My dear man. 862 02:05:27,737 --> 02:05:30,320 Nothing could be easier. 863 02:05:34,570 --> 02:05:37,237 We've wasted time arguing. 864 02:05:37,945 --> 02:05:42,570 We're losing our dignity and human character. 865 02:05:45,112 --> 02:05:49,570 You're human, each in your own way. 866 02:05:50,695 --> 02:05:53,237 That's why you argue. 867 02:05:54,653 --> 02:05:57,070 I hope I'm not bothering you. 868 02:06:00,820 --> 02:06:03,320 You're a good man... 869 02:06:03,612 --> 02:06:06,987 but you look awful. 870 02:06:14,237 --> 02:06:16,695 I've really lost heart. 871 02:06:17,862 --> 02:06:20,903 Help me out, will you? 872 02:06:24,945 --> 02:06:30,153 Doesn't a man who's ready to give up his life 873 02:06:30,237 --> 02:06:35,153 just to make cursed contact 874 02:06:35,237 --> 02:06:38,862 in order to know more about it have the right to get drunk? 875 02:06:38,945 --> 02:06:42,403 He has every right. 876 02:06:43,987 --> 02:06:47,903 Do you believe in our mission, Kelvin? 877 02:06:49,278 --> 02:06:51,237 I'm not going to bed yet. 878 02:06:51,445 --> 02:06:53,862 It's important not to fall asleep. 879 02:06:54,612 --> 02:06:57,278 I'm going to see Faust. 880 02:06:58,445 --> 02:07:02,320 In the laboratory, our Faust - Sartorius - 881 02:07:02,403 --> 02:07:05,403 is seeking a remedy for immortality. 882 02:07:05,487 --> 02:07:07,362 While we... 883 02:07:20,487 --> 02:07:26,028 Listen, let's open these hatches and shout down below. 884 02:07:26,487 --> 02:07:29,028 It would suddenly hear. 885 02:07:29,445 --> 02:07:33,070 But what should we call it? 886 02:07:34,528 --> 02:07:39,653 We could show violence to it. 887 02:07:40,403 --> 02:07:42,987 Or, better yet, pray to it. 888 02:07:43,070 --> 02:07:44,528 What's wrong? 889 02:07:44,612 --> 02:07:47,320 I think I shut the door to the library. She's there alone. 890 02:07:47,403 --> 02:07:49,778 Go. I feel better already. 891 02:07:49,862 --> 02:07:52,278 The station is changing its orbit. 892 02:07:52,778 --> 02:07:58,403 At 5am there will be thirty seconds of weightlessness. 893 02:07:58,903 --> 02:08:01,320 Don't forget. 894 02:11:23,403 --> 02:11:26,237 Forgive me, my darling. I was lost in thought. 895 02:11:28,403 --> 02:11:30,778 Is something wrong? 896 02:11:31,945 --> 02:11:35,070 No, nothing. 897 02:11:36,237 --> 02:11:38,403 Everything's fine. 898 02:15:30,612 --> 02:15:32,903 She drank liquid oxygen. 899 02:15:34,903 --> 02:15:37,570 She did it out of despair. 900 02:15:37,862 --> 02:15:39,987 It'll get worse. 901 02:15:40,070 --> 02:15:43,403 The more she's with you, the more human she'll become. 902 02:15:43,945 --> 02:15:47,528 - Learn from Sartorius' example. - Thanks for the advice. 903 02:15:52,153 --> 02:15:54,403 What do you intend to do? 904 02:15:54,570 --> 02:15:57,403 Wait until she returns. 905 02:15:57,570 --> 02:16:00,737 And then what? Leave the station? 906 02:16:05,112 --> 02:16:10,528 Kris, she can only live here, on the station. You know that. 907 02:16:12,070 --> 02:16:14,362 What can I do? 908 02:16:14,862 --> 02:16:16,570 I love her. - Which one? 909 02:16:16,653 --> 02:16:21,778 Her, or the one in the rocket? You can pull her in from space. 910 02:16:21,862 --> 02:16:24,445 She will appear again and she'll keep appearing. 911 02:16:25,487 --> 02:16:29,237 Don't turn a scientific problem into a common love story. 912 02:16:33,320 --> 02:16:36,195 I had a feeling this would end badly. 913 02:16:40,487 --> 02:16:42,403 You should help her. 914 02:16:59,195 --> 02:17:01,320 What a ghastly sight. 915 02:17:02,570 --> 02:17:08,237 I can never get used to all these resurrections. 916 02:19:00,612 --> 02:19:02,737 Is it me? 917 02:19:09,237 --> 02:19:10,695 What? 918 02:19:16,862 --> 02:19:18,528 Why? 919 02:19:20,070 --> 02:19:21,737 Why? 920 02:19:24,695 --> 02:19:27,612 No, it's not me. 921 02:19:32,237 --> 02:19:34,653 It's... I'm... not Hari... 922 02:19:34,737 --> 02:19:39,612 And you... you... 923 02:19:39,945 --> 02:19:42,820 - Don't, Hari. - I'm not Hari. 924 02:19:45,487 --> 02:19:47,778 Very well. 925 02:19:47,862 --> 02:19:50,528 Maybe your appearance is supposed to be torture. 926 02:19:50,612 --> 02:19:52,362 Maybe it's a favour from the Ocean. 927 02:19:52,445 --> 02:19:57,362 What does it matter when you're worth more to me 928 02:19:57,445 --> 02:19:59,820 than any science could ever be? 929 02:20:00,737 --> 02:20:02,487 Do I look a lot like her? 930 02:20:02,570 --> 02:20:05,737 No, you looked like her. 931 02:20:05,820 --> 02:20:09,195 But now you - and not her - are the real Hari. 932 02:20:09,278 --> 02:20:12,028 Tell me... 933 02:20:12,695 --> 02:20:16,987 Do I disgust you? I'm so... 934 02:20:21,737 --> 02:20:24,695 I disgust you. - No, Hari. That's not true. 935 02:20:24,778 --> 02:20:26,987 - You're lying. - It's not true. Stop it. 936 02:20:27,070 --> 02:20:29,612 - I must be disgusting. - Stop it. 937 02:20:36,695 --> 02:20:38,570 Don't touch me. 938 02:21:27,653 --> 02:21:29,945 I love you. 939 02:21:34,153 --> 02:21:36,195 What's the matter? 940 02:21:40,237 --> 02:21:43,528 Nothing. 941 02:21:49,445 --> 02:21:52,112 I'm not going back to Earth. 942 02:21:52,695 --> 02:21:56,903 I'll live here with you on the station. 943 02:21:57,695 --> 02:21:59,403 You know... 944 02:22:03,195 --> 02:22:05,570 I'm afraid. 945 02:24:13,653 --> 02:24:16,320 It looks like it's showing some activity. 946 02:24:16,403 --> 02:24:19,070 Your encephalogram helped. 947 02:24:20,528 --> 02:24:22,237 You know... 948 02:24:22,403 --> 02:24:26,945 whenever we show pity, we ravage ourselves. 949 02:24:27,237 --> 02:24:29,737 Perhaps it's true... 950 02:24:29,903 --> 02:24:34,778 Suffering makes life seem 951 02:24:34,945 --> 02:24:37,195 dismal and suspect. 952 02:24:41,237 --> 02:24:43,528 But I won't accept that. 953 02:24:47,320 --> 02:24:49,903 No, I won't accept that. 954 02:24:54,570 --> 02:25:00,403 Is that which is indispensable to life also harmful to it? 955 02:25:01,570 --> 02:25:06,445 No, it's not harmful. Of course it's not harmful. 956 02:25:07,612 --> 02:25:09,820 Remember Tolstoy? 957 02:25:10,528 --> 02:25:15,278 His suffering over the impossibility of loving mankind as a whole? 958 02:25:17,987 --> 02:25:21,320 How much time has passed since then? 959 02:25:21,903 --> 02:25:25,903 Somehow I can't figure it out. Help me. 960 02:25:28,695 --> 02:25:30,695 See, I love you. 961 02:25:30,778 --> 02:25:34,903 But love is a feeling we can experience 962 02:25:34,987 --> 02:25:37,612 but never explain. 963 02:25:37,903 --> 02:25:40,070 One can explain the concept. 964 02:25:40,153 --> 02:25:43,195 You love that which you can lose: 965 02:25:43,278 --> 02:25:46,612 Yourself, a woman, a homeland. 966 02:25:47,570 --> 02:25:52,778 Until today, love was simply unattainable to mankind, to the Earth. 967 02:25:52,862 --> 02:25:54,862 Do you understand me, Snaut? 968 02:25:54,945 --> 02:25:59,403 There are so few of us. A few billion altogether. A handful. 969 02:26:00,862 --> 02:26:05,403 We could be here in order to experience people 970 02:26:05,903 --> 02:26:07,570 as a reason for love. 971 02:26:13,237 --> 02:26:15,528 He seems to have a fever. 972 02:26:16,862 --> 02:26:21,487 How did Gibarian die? You still haven't told me. 973 02:26:22,028 --> 02:26:24,695 I'll tell you. Later. 974 02:26:25,403 --> 02:26:29,487 Gibarian didn't die of fear. He died of shame. 975 02:26:29,570 --> 02:26:34,737 Shame - the feeling that will save mankind. 976 02:29:02,653 --> 02:29:04,653 Mama, I... 977 02:29:07,903 --> 02:29:10,320 I'm two hours late. 978 02:29:10,403 --> 02:29:12,112 I know. 979 02:29:13,237 --> 02:29:15,070 How was your trip? 980 02:29:16,028 --> 02:29:20,903 Fine. I'm a little tired, but it was fine. 981 02:29:36,403 --> 02:29:41,153 My God, it's running slow again. 982 02:29:42,028 --> 02:29:43,695 I'll go adjust it. 983 02:29:43,778 --> 02:29:45,862 You've got plenty of time. 984 02:30:13,570 --> 02:30:17,903 You know, it's really embarrassing, but for some reason... 985 02:30:21,403 --> 02:30:24,528 I've completely forgotten your face. 986 02:30:25,362 --> 02:30:27,695 You don't look well. 987 02:30:29,778 --> 02:30:30,945 Are you happy? 988 02:30:31,028 --> 02:30:34,737 Somehow that concept seems irrelevant here. 989 02:30:36,112 --> 02:30:39,903 That's really a pity. 990 02:30:43,695 --> 02:30:46,570 I'm very lonesome now. 991 02:30:58,695 --> 02:31:01,737 Why do you hurt our feelings? 992 02:31:01,820 --> 02:31:03,612 What have you been waiting for? 993 02:31:04,737 --> 02:31:07,445 Why haven't you called? 994 02:31:25,445 --> 02:31:28,403 You're leading some sort of strange life. 995 02:31:29,112 --> 02:31:32,445 You're filthy and unkempt. 996 02:31:34,153 --> 02:31:36,737 How did you make such a mess of yourself? 997 02:31:41,820 --> 02:31:43,820 What's this? 998 02:31:45,570 --> 02:31:48,070 Wait here. I'll be right back. 999 02:33:45,153 --> 02:33:48,278 How are you? Everything all right? 1000 02:33:48,362 --> 02:33:50,445 Where's Hari? 1001 02:34:01,737 --> 02:34:03,570 What's that? 1002 02:34:03,820 --> 02:34:06,195 There's no more Hari. 1003 02:34:30,278 --> 02:34:35,487 "Kris, it's terrible that I had to deceive you, 1004 02:34:35,570 --> 02:34:38,112 but there was no other way. 1005 02:34:39,570 --> 02:34:42,445 This is best for both of us. 1006 02:34:48,153 --> 02:34:51,112 I asked them myself. 1007 02:34:52,112 --> 02:34:55,862 You mustn't blame anyone. 1008 02:34:57,653 --> 02:34:59,528 Hari." 1009 02:35:03,820 --> 02:35:06,195 She did it for you. 1010 02:35:16,653 --> 02:35:19,570 Snaut, listen. 1011 02:35:20,820 --> 02:35:23,237 Later, Kris. Calm down. 1012 02:35:23,903 --> 02:35:27,528 How... how did it... 1013 02:35:28,903 --> 02:35:32,528 The annihilator? A burst of light and wind. 1014 02:35:42,070 --> 02:35:43,987 Yes. 1015 02:35:44,695 --> 02:35:48,403 Things weren't working out between us towards the end. 1016 02:35:53,028 --> 02:35:55,195 Listen, Snaut. 1017 02:35:55,903 --> 02:35:59,278 Why are we being tortured like this? 1018 02:36:01,278 --> 02:36:05,987 In my opinion, we have lost our sense of the cosmic. 1019 02:36:06,403 --> 02:36:08,570 The ancients understood it perfectly. 1020 02:36:08,653 --> 02:36:12,403 They never would have asked why or what for. 1021 02:36:12,820 --> 02:36:15,570 Remember the myth of Sisyphus. 1022 02:36:17,153 --> 02:36:20,487 Since we transmitted your encephalogram, 1023 02:36:20,570 --> 02:36:24,070 none of the guests have come back. 1024 02:36:24,237 --> 02:36:28,278 Something incomprehensible is starting to take place in the Ocean. 1025 02:36:28,403 --> 02:36:31,028 Islands have begun to form on the surface. 1026 02:36:31,112 --> 02:36:35,028 First one. Then the next day there were several more. 1027 02:36:35,112 --> 02:36:38,403 Are you trying to tell me that it understood us? 1028 02:36:39,570 --> 02:36:41,445 That quickly? 1029 02:36:41,862 --> 02:36:46,237 But at least there's hope, Kris? 1030 02:36:53,820 --> 02:36:57,403 - How old are you? - Fifty-two. Why? 1031 02:36:58,487 --> 02:37:00,570 Have you been here long? 1032 02:37:01,737 --> 02:37:05,112 - You must have seen my forms. - I did. 1033 02:37:06,320 --> 02:37:11,737 Listen, having spent so many years here on the station, 1034 02:37:12,945 --> 02:37:17,653 do you still feel a clear connection to your life down there? 1035 02:37:17,945 --> 02:37:20,778 You like dire questions. 1036 02:37:20,945 --> 02:37:24,320 Soon you'll ask me about the meaning of life. 1037 02:37:24,403 --> 02:37:26,903 Wait. Don't be ironic. 1038 02:37:27,070 --> 02:37:29,362 It's a banal question. 1039 02:37:30,487 --> 02:37:32,862 When man is happy, 1040 02:37:33,070 --> 02:37:38,237 the meaning of life and other eternal themes rarely interest him. 1041 02:37:39,612 --> 02:37:43,653 These questions should be asked at the end of one's life. 1042 02:37:47,903 --> 02:37:51,903 But we don't know when life will end. 1043 02:37:51,987 --> 02:37:53,987 That's why we're in such a hurry. 1044 02:37:54,070 --> 02:37:55,945 Don't rush. 1045 02:37:56,028 --> 02:38:02,028 The happiest people are those who are not interested in these cursed questions. 1046 02:38:02,112 --> 02:38:04,987 To ask is always the desire to know. 1047 02:38:05,070 --> 02:38:09,320 Yet the preservation of simple human truths requires mystery. 1048 02:38:09,570 --> 02:38:13,570 The mysteries of happiness, death and love. 1049 02:38:13,695 --> 02:38:18,070 You could be right, but try not to think about all that now. 1050 02:38:18,903 --> 02:38:23,945 To think about it is to know the day of one's death. 1051 02:38:25,737 --> 02:38:30,070 Not knowing that day makes us practically immortal. 1052 02:38:35,570 --> 02:38:37,403 Fine, then. 1053 02:38:37,737 --> 02:38:40,528 In any event, my mission is finished. 1054 02:38:40,695 --> 02:38:44,570 But what next? Return to Earth? 1055 02:38:45,320 --> 02:38:47,570 Little by little, everything will return to normal. 1056 02:38:47,653 --> 02:38:50,487 I'll even find new interests and acquaintances. 1057 02:38:51,612 --> 02:38:54,570 But I won't be able to give myself to them fully. 1058 02:38:55,278 --> 02:38:57,153 Never. 1059 02:38:59,528 --> 02:39:01,987 Do I have the right to turn down 1060 02:39:02,070 --> 02:39:07,153 even an imagined possibility of contact with this Ocean 1061 02:39:07,653 --> 02:39:12,612 which my race has been trying to understand for decades? 1062 02:39:13,362 --> 02:39:15,320 Should I remain here? 1063 02:39:15,570 --> 02:39:19,903 Among things and objects we both touched? 1064 02:39:20,362 --> 02:39:22,945 Which still bear the memory of our breath? 1065 02:39:23,112 --> 02:39:25,195 What for? 1066 02:39:25,278 --> 02:39:27,903 In the hope that she'll return? 1067 02:39:28,237 --> 02:39:31,237 But I don't harbour this hope. 1068 02:39:32,570 --> 02:39:34,612 The only thing left for me 1069 02:39:34,778 --> 02:39:37,487 is to wait. 1070 02:39:38,612 --> 02:39:42,528 I don't know what for. New miracles? 1071 02:39:48,695 --> 02:39:50,445 Are you tired? 1072 02:39:50,903 --> 02:39:54,237 No, I feel great. 1073 02:39:54,320 --> 02:39:56,070 You know, Kris... 1074 02:39:56,195 --> 02:39:59,237 I think it's time you returned to Earth. 1075 02:40:00,903 --> 02:40:03,028 You think so?