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Amidst the thunder of horses' hooves,

the shouts of the drovers and a cloud of dust

I flew into the small town of Far-Khor.

Please forgive me for visiting you so rarely.

I'll tell you everything now, Mama.

Well...

Soon I'll make enough money, so I can study to become an actress.

Papa is against it though. He says we don't have enough money.

He started farming rabbits, fat and fluffy.

Nasreddin is getting better. He can already remember 33 words.

Nasreddin...

Nasreddin... Mother...

I like this girl. Her name is Mamlakat.

Soon something will happen to her.

Soon she will become my mama.

The pills!

Fumigation!

Come back to Earth, idiot!

Where did he go?

Sorry.

Evil!

Evil is everywhere! - No...

I feel sick. - Calm down.

Calm down. - It Hurts.

Sorry.

It is a car.

I am a car. - No.

You are Nasreddin. - No. I'm a car. Get in.

I'm a passenger.

Mamlakat, come to rehearsal! - I can't. I'm looking after Nasreddin.

Mamlakat!

Nasreddin, Zube is calling for us. Let's go and help her.

Mamlakat, can you arrange these? I've got a couple more to make.

Salaam.

Here's your ice.

Couldn't you bring it to the kitchen? - Do it yourself.

Lout!

Dumpling!

Evil.

Look, Mamlakat, there is a fish in the ice.

Nasreddin,

this is ice.

Say 'ice'.

Ice. - Ice... ice...

This is a fish.

Fish... - Fish is alive.

Why do you bother?

Do you think he understands? Everything is alive to him.

You are a strange family - all mad.

And especially him.

And yesterday your father...

How many times have I told you? Keep your hands to yourself.

Actors are coming today, and just look at my lip!

Now what?

Close your eyes.

Open them.

Close.

Open.

Rudolf Pirumov!

Alive...

I would give everything.

All my money.

Even more.

What? - Myself.

I would shut my eyes tight, open my legs and...

Me too.

What? - Shut my eyes tight.

Get lost!

What's wrong with Nasreddin? - Nothing.

What's with him?

Get in. We'll go to Kurgan to sell the rabbits.

All set?

Crazy.

It's the actors.

I must get back in time. - What is my heart made of?

Of love for Nasreddin and Mamlakat/ But actors will be on stage...

Your love for actors is beyond me.

Powder, lipstick... Yuck! It's not for you!

This is not about the powder or the lipstick,

they're performing Shakespeare. - Shakespeare!

Adelaide!

Revolver!

Your documents!

Where did you get so many rabbits? - I farm them.

Do you eat them all yourself? - I sell them.

Still... You have too many rabbits, too much of a load.

Not too much. Normal amount. We're not talking elephants here.

A funny guy.

Don't.

Are you a retard? - You're the retard yourself!

Why be so rude, young lady??

Take her into the tank!

Do a full inspection!

Tell your jackals to clear out.

Stay where you are!

You called Nasreddin a retard,

yet he was a...

soldier...

served in active duty...

Blew up on a mine.

We were lucky the doctors were able to put his brain back together, piece by little piece.

Where the hell are we going? - To sell the rabbits.

To hell with your rabbits!

It costs much money to take care of a retard,

you hear me?

Papa, stop it! - I'm speaking their language.

Fuck their language.

Don't call Nasreddin a retard!

Get out!

You are free to go now.

If you ever want to find me,

I always take these roads. And I live in Far-Khor.

What was the number on that lorry?

Well? - I think it was 007.

Great! Turn right!

Attention, passengers,

emergency landing.

Keep stepping on the gas!

I have an urgent delivery.

We're on tour.

We'll be late for the performance. - In Far-Khor.

I saw his lorry so I knew he wouldn't be here.

Let's go to the bed, my love. - Wait. - I'll take you to heaven.

Give me number twelve.

No, number twelve.

I'll be late for the play.

You and your play!

Salaam Alaikum! How are you doing?

Salaam Alaikum! - Perfect for your girl.

Look at the fabric, the workmanship!

I won't charge much, only 140 roubles.

No. We need money for Nasreddin.

Try it on.

Here's something for you.

The latest cry in fashion.

It'll look good on you.

How much? - 140 roubles.

Circus!

Will you give my daughter a lift to Far-Khor?

Of course, it's on our way.

How cam'st thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?

The orchard walls are high... - Stop the racket. Go home!

Enough of that!

Thou art so pure, so pure...

Of other people's hands... - Brilliant...

Your acting is brilliant.

Who's there?

I am...

An actor,

a 27-year-old actor.

Actor?

Please tell me about Rudolf Pirumov.

I absolutely love him, he is my favorite actor.

And also Tok Cruise.

Do you like Tok Cruise?

Good old Tok!

Once, after a play... - Where are you?

He shook my hand for a whole minute.

I can't see you. - And he wept.

Careful, it's dark here. Aren't you scared?

I know my way around here.

But you be careful, it is craggy here.

Where are you? - Here.

You were onstage all night, you must be tired.

Yes, it was hard work.

I think you would be good at it.

Really?

Shall I recite something? - I'd be delighted.

Be careful. It gets very steep here.

We should wait for the moon There'll be more light,

and we'll be able to go...

I am your opponent.

You're the second horseman.

First, test my strength with your right hand.

Ready, set, go...

One move and... up from below...

Mamlakat is not well.

There you are. Isn't it weird?

As a result of some peculiar laws of biology,

chemistry and something else,

the drops of my mother and those of the stranger got mixed...

and created me, Khabibulla.

Nestled deep within my mother's womb,

soft as rabbit's fur,

I feel the warm caress of her breathing,

hear the beating of her heart.

And I begin to get to know her.

What's his name? - He didn't say. He must have forgotten.

If I'd made it to the theatre yesterday, I would have seen him.

Papa bought me a new dress.

It was white and flowing.

As if he'd known that I was going to meet him.

Why aren't you wearing it then? - It's got blood on it.

Blood?

Where?

He and I went all the way.

All the way?

Fool!

Yes!

Stop crying, stop.

All the way?

I exploded like an atomic bomb.

Did it hurt? - No.

I slipped down.

And there I lay as if passed away, and he kissed me from head to toe.

He was so gentle.

Then you saw him? - No, I only heard him.

And then I woke up, and he said:

"I am flying away tonight".

They're still here.

Yes. I saw their plane at the airport.

Yes.

Stop! Stop!

What's going on?

You can't go there, girls.

Please welcome the 'Harvest' ensemble.

My mother likes dancing and singing in the 'Harvest' ensemble.

I like rocking about in my mother's quiet waters.

I'm growing.

She still doesn't know that she has me.

The 'Harvest' ensemble!

What a beauty. Here, hold it.

Fish alive. - I think we'll take this one too.

Or what about this one? Look.

Are you alright? - Alive.

Shoo!

Have you had your period? - Not for two months.

You're going to have a baby. - No. - Yes.

Are you alright, Mamlakat?

Fish is flying.

It happens.

These two cows are my present to you.

How much milk do they produce? - Enough for two.

My daughter is only seventeen.

I don't understand you. Look at this groom.

Is he your son?

Your son? - Yes.

Let's test him. - Let's see...

He needs to practice. Take your son and beat it.

You don't know who you're dealing with.

I'm the man in Far-Khor. (sign on a barrel: "BEER")

This round is on me. - What are you doing?

Here is money.

It was dark. I was walking. Suddenly I heard footsteps. - Whose?

I don't remember. I only remember the voice.

Voice? - It was so tender.

Doctor, I'm going to have a baby. - From the footsteps? -No.

From the voice.

Doctor, I need an abortion. - It's very painful. - Painful?

It's like pulling your ear and twisting it hard.

Why would you want that?

If my father finds out I'm pregnant...

Go lie down.

Go lie down. - Over there? -Yes.

Okay.

I'll just go out for a soda water, then I'll give you your abortion.

What else could one do, Mariam?

Give me one with sweet syrup and one without.

How are things? - Not too bad.

Don't kill the doctor! - Go down!

Where are you shooting at?

Did he want it with or without syrup?

Doctor, what happened to you?

Tell your friend to keep the child.

Mariam,

raspberry syrup,

rasp...

The poor gynecologist. Killed by a stray bullet.

But I'm glad.

It saved my life.

Forgive me, doctor.

Today is an unlucky day.

Your plan didn't work out.

What are you going to do now?

Do you hear me? I'm talking to you.

What are you going to tell your father?

And what will the people in town say?

Why are you shrugging? Are you listening to me?

Do you understand the situation? Do you understand anything?

How are you going to walk around with such a belly?

Maybe it will be alright.

Papa, there's something I have to tell you.

But please, don't explode as usual. Please?

What happened, my dear girl? Did you break my cup again?

First let me tie up your legs. - Alright.

Just sit like this and don't move.

Is it Nasreddin again?

Now your hands.

I bet I am to hear something interesting.

Ahhh... You lost the lottery ticket? Yes?

This time...

I have a little boy or girl sitting in my tummy.

Who is sitting where?

I am pregnant.

Easy.

Just don't explode as usual. Keep calm.

Get out of my way!

Get out of my way!

Where is my daughter?

Nasreddin!

Mamlakat, go get your brother.

Everything is bad. - Calm down.

Please forgive me. 'Twas dark, I fell, I didn't mean to... Your pill?

Forgive me, my love.

Nasreddin is unwell,

Mamlakat is pregnant.

I don't know.

I am in such distress.

Why did you leave us so early?

Why can't I join you?

I just want to be with you.

We'll go to every theatre.

You'll recognize the bastard.

He is not a bastard.

All Far-Khor will find out that the child has no father.

It's terrible.

It's shameful.

Safar Bekhmuradov's daughter gives birth

to the child of an unknown father!

Such a thing has never happened in our family. Never!

I ought to shoot myself.

Salaam Alaikum, Safar.

Hold on!

He's got nothing to do with it.

He is just a theatre director. It's not his fault.

I've got nothing to do with it. - Hold your head straight!

Hold your head straight! - There were 4 women and 4 men.

I don't need the women.

He loves the theatre. - To hell with your theatre!

I promise you... - Give me the list of the actors.

We're going to Samarkand - to the theatre.

Remember the name Oripov.

Oh! I'm slain.

I am maim'd forever. Help, ho! Murder! Murder!

When will this end?

Shakespeare is forever.

How much longer?

What do you mean, shhh?

I'm so fed up with this Othello-Mothello.

Is it him or not? - His face is black.

Wake up that asshole! And you, over there, why are you drinking?

He's been snoring all bloody day.

Who am I strangling Desdemona for?

War! -War?

Call for the manager, the director!

It's the end.

Who are you? What do you want?

Is it him? - I don't know.

Don't know... Turn around.

Take a good look. Is it him?

No, it's not him. - No, it's not me.

You!

You! Follow me!

One, two, three.

Here goes!

Name? -Saidov.

Salaam-Alaikum. - Is it him?

It's not him either.

Nasreddin? - He's asleep.

This is not the time to sleep!

He doesn't sleep at home, he sleeps on the road.

Terrible habits. I can't understand it.

What are you meddling with?

I want to help.

You've already helped me enough.

Go and fetch some water.

Wait.

Forget it.

Remember to buy aspirin - my head is killing me.

Help the poor!

Dear friends!

Friends!

Comrades!

We pay 5 dollars, real dollars.

Think of those who need your help.

Donate your blood! Come on! Act now, Kolchoziki!

Hello.

What do you want?

Can I give extra blood?

I can take it, I'm strong.

Let's go. Alfia,

get things ready.

Do you pay immediately? - By post. - Forget it.

But for you we might make an exception.

I need a lot.

Think about it.

Your blood will be circulating all around the globe.

Do you like travelling?

Very much.

I want to go far away.

Just don't get lost.

The police! Let's get out of here.

Selim, get moving!

Why are they chasing us?

They don't like us because we help people.

They don't let us buy blood.

Selim, drive carefully!

We have a romantic moment here.

I thought you really hurt yourself.

It's my father. Stop the bus!

What father? - He's worried. - How old are you?

Almost eighteen. Stop the bus!

What? - Eighteen. - Did you hear that, Selim?

Idiot!

What's your name? Come here!

What?

Give this to your father. Say to him "thank you" from the Red Cross.

What for? - Go!

Get moving!

Thank you, doctor.

Good, keep pushing!

Keep the tail-wheel straight!

Good.

Abu, you're in charge!

What happened? - We've run out of petrol. Do you have any?

Yes, one canister.

Don't you sing in the 'Fruit and Vegetable' Ensemble?

The 'Harvest' Ensemble.

Wrap your scarf around your neck.

You may catch a cold and lose your voice.

Who is screaming?

A woman is having a baby. - A baby?

It's been a crazy day... - Actor!

No, he's the pilot. - I'm a pilot.

Here's the petrol.

He is a little... I got it.

Dump it in! Now, all of you, go into the plane!

Quick! Hurry up!

We're taking off.

Welcome, come in.

You can't just walk in. You need a ticket or an invitation.

We are sold out. There's nothing I can do.

I need to see a ticket or an invitation.

Is Oripov performing tonight? - Yes, he is.

And I need a ticket? - Either a ticket or an invitation.

If life is precious to you, Oedipus, I beseech you, do not ask!

My suffering is enough.

Be brave!

I beg you, please!