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Alexander Rodnyansky Sergei Melkumov

Matthias Esche Philipp Kreuzer

Oleg Kohan

present

A film by Alexander Mindadze

Innocent Saturday

- What's up here? - Peaceful use of nuclear power!

The roof is burning, just like last year.

There's a fire in the reactor four.

Flame is too high, isn't it? Roofing is of bitumen and clayite.

Here we go, welcome to party officials.

Let's go!

What a present for May Day. How'd they guess?

You stay here.

Kabysh, my friend! It's such a painful surprise!

- What are you doing here? - The fire...

They've put it out, a hero you are.

Well, I was so fucking scared by this Peaceful Atom, that I'm not here a bit.

Something could happen, that we wouldn't even understand, right?

Well, maybe I would, but an ordinary man... I'm still shivering, yeah?

- Yes. - You seem to be calm.

No.

It's alright, Valerka. There was an explosion, some radiation leaked.

But the reactor is okay, it's the most important. The reactor, understand?

Go have a sleep, guy. In the morning visit me with a fresh head.

Everyone should celebrate. A concert, cultural events...

Have you decided what to do after the meeting?

- Yes, in general. - Alright!

- Nothing is cancelled. - It's clear.

On the contrary, we should rehabilitate ourselves after this situation.

Yes, I'll be ready to work in the morning.

You'll be standing by my side on the tribune, agreed?

- Thank you, Sergei Petrovich. - You have served long enough outside.

And runned enough, too. A race in pursuit of the bosses, three kilometers.

You're a goddam record holder.

What are you waiting for? Go home. You may not walk, not run.

Wait for the commission, don't do anything yourselves.

Strontium, plutonite, caesium in the air. Long distance diffusion. Diseases!

What do you think of that?

And the victims at the reactor! They're all tan at night! Just like from Sochi.

They are sentenced to death. Doses are lethal. Don't do anything yourselves?!

Don't spread panic, that's what important.

Great! A tank has exploded, the reactor

is alright, background radiation is fine.

We'll all be nuclear tan on Saturday.

- How can we manage it without an order? - You can't breathe, eat, drink or live!

- It can be a Hiroshima. - No hysterics!

We're the only ones to know. Nobody else is aware of it.

Cancel all the fucking celebrations! Drive everyone home.

Saturday, the holiday... Cancel the life itself?

Nagasaki, you will say... Have you been up there?

No, I haven't.

Have you seen the reactor to be destroyed?

It's obvious.

Obvious... It's obvious you're an asshole.

Come on, go report at the power unit!

250 Roentgen off-scale. What do you measure with? Got any normal devices?

Such accidents are not provided for.

- So what? - The depot is buried.

It can't be, do you understand? It doesn't explode.

The reactor is accident-free. With a hundred-percent reliability.

Accident-free, sons of a bitch! Do you hear me?

Accident-free! Accident-free! Accident-free, hear my words!

Get away, get away, I say.

It's our... I didn't let him in. It's our party committee instructor.

Don't you ever tell anyone the things we've been saying here, right?

Right.

You... You won't even try, son of a bitch!

I'll quit the party if I do.

Follow me.

Well. The fourth reactor, god dammit, where is it? Show it to me.

- What does your device say? - It's enough for Hiroshima.

These alarmists don't measure it right.

Go straight!

- Then to the left, and straight ahead. - Come on, come on, drive it to the end!

It's being angry, the old chap! Are we guilty, Gorelik?

It's not an old chap, just a young lad. It has been launched in 1975.

- What a rascal, should be punished! - He's like his father.

- And who's his father? - Chief designer Dollezhal.

- It's you to blame, Gorelik, it's you! - Why so?

Because Gorelik is for "burning", that's why.

300.

300 and something.

- 400 Roentgen, are you mad? - Don't lie, Gorelik, don't lie.

- It's the electronics! - All the more so!

There's graphite on the ground! This is the end! Drive back!

500! Are you mad? Where do we go?

600.

Drive back! It's all! We're killed! Killed!

Gorelik, where do you go?

I am Malovichko, the second secretary of the regional committee!

Forward communists! No, Valerka?

Kabysh, I don't understand anything.

I've been there. On the very top of it.

Malovichko sent me to the special chemistry block.

I've glanced there from the top, Valerka

Into it's broken mouth... Into the very soul of the atom!

The reactor is completely broken, it's for sure.

Kabysh, I longed to jump into it's mouth, do you believe me?

In a single moment, just like this! In the tin-soldier position, you know...

We should leave the town, as fast as we can, Valerka. Without any stopping.

So, Malovichko is dead too, yeah?

Who's been supervising the atom in the regional committee?

There we go! The leapfrog has started! The louses have started jumping!

All the cabinet reshuffles, up and down, back and forth! Do you understand?

No, Kabysh. We don't give up. Meet me at my office in the morning. Agreed.

The morning has already broken, damn it.

What's up, Valera?

What's up? What's up?

Hey, what's wrong?

What's up, Valera?

- Where is Vera? - In the bathroom.

- Where's the bathroom? - To the right.

- To the right from my side or what? - Go to the left and you'll find it.

Kabysh, you're a maniac!

Get dressed!

Kabysh, what's the matter?

What's going on? Keep your hands to yourself!

I don't get the joke! Where did you come from?

Come on, we shouldn't miss the train!

- Right now! - Yes, right now.

- I'm running, and where we'll go? - To the station, Vera.

Tell me, what's the matter? Come on.

- So? - The reactor has exploded.

- The reactor? - It exploded, that night.

An explosion, Vera, A nuclear explosion.

- And so? - Radiation.

Pack up your things, and the faster, the...

Yes.

It's that test on the fourth reactor, that they scheduled, right?

Scheduled, right.

They don't announce anything, look, they don't speak at all.

How do you know? It's 'cause you're in the party?

In the party. Get dressed!

What a crooked party, you see? You're in a women's dorm, aren't you?

Think before you say anything. You've been irradiated, really!

Your brain, especially.

It can't be so. It never happens!

No.

Oh dear!

Valik, don't go mad. Or I will, too.

Passport.

I can't find my passport, what shall we do?

But you have your hairpin.

Where do you go? Vera, why are you together?

Vera, don't forget your night shift!

Come on, let's go faster!

Valik, why did you come to me all of a sudden, huh?

I don't know.

Valera! Valera, look at me!

Look at me! I don't believe it myself! Mr Athlete!

That's right, be a strong-willed man, Valera!

Valer, tell Petrovich about it, if you can.

The choir from Zarechye has arrived for the holiday, but we have nowhere to

lodge them. The guys are all fine, members of Komsomol...

Fast, fast!

- What? - Heel.

- What's up? - I've broken the heel!

- Why did you put them on? - These are my dress shoes!

- I say, why did you put them on? - It's a holiday, isn't it?

Barefoot, Vera, barefoot! The train!

Well, so?

Huh?

You'd better leave me here.

It's fine together, isn't it?

You could run by yourself.

I could. I thought you're sorry about the shoes.

Valik, I have an idea, you know.

What idea?

Tomka said there are Romanian pump shoes in the department store today.

So?

Yes.

- What do you mean? - Let's go.

Really, how'd I manage without shoes? Completely barefoot? No, Valik.

Where do we go?

To Tomka's.

Got more?

- Well, who's that? - It's Valera.

Kabysh Valera, from the committee.

Vova, Valera, nice to meet you. We're from the radio plant.

We're going to the agricultural works.

Drink with us.

Have a drink, Valera. You look horribly.

Here's to the union of workers and peasants! Hooray!

Valik, you have a ten, don't you?

Unlucky ones!

Valik, what are you doing?

- Valik, wait! - No, that's all.

- I know where my passport is. - No passport.

- Where can I go without it? - I've had enough of this crap.

Valik, my passport is in the restaurant. We left it as a deposit for the guitar.

Guys from the band gave theirs too. Let's go get it, it will be fast.

- Did you understand? - 'About the passport?

And about the guys.

I've understood about the shoes.

The guys have chosen the right moment for their concert.

How could they know? We're the only ones, Valik. It's their work.

Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth, so to say.

It's just Saturday, so to say.

It's true.

One can earn pretty well.

Do you recall how you've been their drummer? Five years, right?

On the contrary, I've forgotten it.

Do you understand that we can't stay here. It's a death zone.

- Yes. - Every minute, right now.

I understand.

What's wrong with your hand?

- A dog has bitten. - A mad one?

Most likely.

Well, I'm sorry.

I'll go back there. Fast.

- What if trains don't stop any more? - How come?

Who needs us, with our radioactivity?

We'll get a car.

And what if we're already surrounded?

On foot! You have your brand new shoes, Vera!

- Will you go with me? - The passport is yours, I think.

- I'll be right back. - Come on.

Kabysh, here you are!

Valerka, my friend, hello!

- Congratulate my bride, fellow! - Buzz off!

- Wish me something! - Leave me alone!

What's wrong?

Tell me something good!

Valerka, are you mad?

I am so inspired, I love you madly, give me the answer: do you love me or not?

I'm not confused, I just smile, I've understood!

The time's going on just to see us love each other!

What's the matter? What's the matter? What's the matter matter matter matter?

Explain to me, what's the matter? What's the matter?

God damn it, Valera!

You can't escape your fate! We're always together, my friend!

Lara, meet Valera. Valera, meet Lara.

- My greetings. - That's all!

Petro, do you have a battery in your mouth?

- I didn't eat anything? - But you taste a bit metallic.

It's Valerka, he must have eaten a battery.

Don't worry, hey!

- What's up, Valerka? - What's up, Petro?

Tastes like shit, this metal, you know.

Maybe it's something about the station?

Something's happened in the reactor four, did you hear of that?

- The SUZ tank has exploded. - What's that?

The tank with water, for accidents. A mad thing!

- Some radiation's leaked, I suppose. - Within norm...

- Valera, what's that? - What?

The heart is beating terribly.

Do you recall how we were released from the army and worked at the construction?

It's when they built the canal for the station. Lots of mud... Night and day...

You've broken your leg, but then started jumping on the other one, very high.

Now a kiss!

Valik, the guys took the money in advance.

When I came, the songs were already paid for.

I must sing.

I didn't know anything, and the guys didn't know about it, when they agreed.

Now they're frightened, too. How could I leave them and come back to you, huh?

It won't be long, don't go away, Valik.

- You won't leave, will you? - You've told them, right?

- You wanted it yourself, didn't you? - What did I?..

You want me to tell them about it, not you. Didn't you?

- You let me go to the restaurant? - Unintentionally.

You've sent me to talk to them alone. Did you do this unintentionally, Valik?

And the reactor exploded unintentionally, too.

Why are you mad with them? The guys like you, that's all.

- The guys are decent. - And you?

Me too.

What's the use of taking of fence? Everyone is decent.

What? Screw them.

- Of fences? That's right, Valik! - The guys.

Here we are, Johnny.

Do you remember this name?

So? "Let's unite, comrades, in the fatal hour", that's right?

- At first we work, then we take money. - And then reactors explode.

The crowd will beat us. We'll escape, the Komsomol members will run us down.

- Do you understand? - So what?

If we announce it from stage, all the town will run. Imagine such a mess.

- Then Johnny will be shot. - Why so?

- As an alarmist. - The wartime law?

Yeah. He must have taken an oath.

Let's play the rest of the program as fast as we can, and then escape.

Let's get out of here, while we're still alive. If we're still alive.

It's a perfect moment, Johnny, when we earn most. We have our own reactor.

It's useless.

- Come on, Johnny. - What?

You step in for him.

Remember your youth, Johnny. Remember yourself.

We can't do anything without you: Neither playing nor escaping.

- Why did he come here? - Yeah, why so? Interesting.

Guys, are you mad? Get on the stage!

Valerka, help us out of it.

My friend, cheer up, warm your heart with the song that brings troubles away

Join this cheerful melody with me and clap your hands just like this!

Give up your gloomy look, feel the melody and clap your hands like this!

Let us have more joyful eyes, let us have more light round here, my friend!

We don't need any sorrow, feel the melody and clap your hands like this!

Johnny, are you mad?

End it up, Johnny, we need to run!

For Zinaida and Nikolai!

A song for the couple!

It's healthy for everyone to laugh and to have fun! Clap your hands like this!

Zinaida and Nikolai, live in harmony!

A congratulation from the electricians of the third reactor!

I dedicate this song to Lida the accountant! Have a nice life!

Love and happiness!

They've spent all their money on us! They are crazy!

- It's Johnny who's made it brilliant! - Yeah, he's perfect.

Cut the buzz, just like radio! I can't count!

There were so much people, I just can't remember who gave me money!

What a holiday, we've earned more than we can count!

"Komsomol members, the restless at heart", right?

- It's almost 200. - There is still time!

- We'll play more? - Why not?

It's a lucky day, we should have another turn!

You thought we're gonna escape with such a sum? Think twice.

You'll carry Seryoga.

- Whom? - The stewed drummer.

What shall we do with him?

Leave him here, maybe...

So, we escape or not, pal?

- No. No. - And so?

Here you are, Johnny, we've been missing you.

Me too.

- Did you recall us? - Yeah, a few times.

Is your memory okay?

It can be damaged when you work for the Party.

It's perfect, I'm sure.

You're still the same, Johnny! You'll do anything for a rouble.

You haven't changed at all, too.

We've worked good today.

[Singing 'Kolyadochki' by Pesnyary]

Kolyada! Kolyada! Kolyada! Kolyada! Kolyada! Kolyada! Kolyada! Kolyada!

Their pockets are empty!

Komsomol's given up too soon, so we have to work for free. What a shame!

- In a nuclear city, Johnny... - What?

One can sing in English from now on?

That's quite another story. Good work.

Where is the money? But how could this happen?

Where's the guard?

Waiters! No one else could do this!

- Did you see him? - Yep.

It was him, I'm sure!

He's mocking at us!

That's it, definitely.

It's our move.

Where did you get it?

In the cafeteria, behind the boxes.

Let's go back to the dressing room, huh?

It's red. How did you guess?

It's the first thing I found. I didn't choose.

It's the right one.

Blind choose is the best one. Just what the doctor ordered.

When radiation leaked in Beloyarsk, they gave everyone red wine.

It doesn't matter if you want it or not, they just poured it into everyone.

They caught people on the streets and went: decontamination!

Well, you say it's a medicine, right?

Strontium should be washed down!

The doctor ordered! Come on, come on!

And you, Johnny?

- He doesn't drink. - He's from the committee.

You've been mistaken, comrade, to leave us and to stop drinking!

Come on, Johnny, you can do it under the blanket, huh?

No, he has his strength of will!

- We all gave up some day. - Some day, yeah!

But we won't give up this time! Without drinking we can't play any more.

You want to play more? Go do it alone!

- Hush! Hush! - What's the matter?

Karabas is waking up!

He stopped snoring!

Don't give Karabas any more booze, else we can't ever escape!

Come on, it's already time to leave!

- We must get decontaminated! - And we're waiting for Karabas.

The gain! Come on, we've not returned all our gain!

What's up, Kolya?

Come on, tell me!

Well, the stuff you've been singing now.

It's what I... Every word...

Me too. I've been repeating every word for four years. Do you believe me?

- You've been silent. - Silent.

Like a secret service agent Stierlitz.

It's good you're back.

We've been waiting.

Remember, how you snitch on us?! 'Rotten songs'.

We're in trouble and you advance!

But that I did... Restaurant scum, you should be imprisoned.

I've just thought I'd kill you! You have come yourself, goddamn slut!

Our "John Lennon" turned out to be Lenin!

You've been repressing us so much, bastard! You spoiled it all!

Who made us work in the restaurant?

Haha, we're scared of you!

Waiters gave it to me instead of booze!

We have no booze any more!

Do not sleep or you won't wake up.

No sleep, everyone!

Open your eyes!

We're waiting for Karabas!

The "Komsomol projector"!

- There was no delivery today. - The guys are dying without it!

- Kabysh, there's nothing here! - Something for the hangover, come on!

Where is your stash?

Here you are! Here you are, Johnny!

And I've got something.

Peace, Johnny!

We've been too aggressive, damn it.

It's nerves.

We just gave up drinking, Johnny.

Good for you.

That's all, Johnny. That's all.

- Slow down, Johnny. - Stop right now!

Guys, what are you doing?

And what are you doing?

Valera!

Stop fooling around.

The snare drum is a bit noisy, isn't it?

It's the bass drum. Why the snare?

And the stands are crooked.

Did you fasten it yourself? You're a bloody bungler.

Maybe it's the bass drum.

You know better.

It's the bass drum, surely. You shouldn't put the blame on the snare.

I shouldn't drink, that's it.

At first Setevurov told me about drinking.

Last week your reactor guy... What's his...

It's even my shift now... To drink or not to drink?

So, don't tempt me with these bottles, Valera. Screw them.

It's the bass drum.

Agreed.

Why did you come for me? Not for your Irka?

Did I call you? Did I? Tell me!

You came into my dorm, when I was not dressed!

You were in a bathrobe.

You started pressing me in my room! I can't escape you, bloody parasite!

The reactor, Vera!

Cut this reactor crap, or get out of here yourself!

Come on, escape! You know everything about the station, yeah.

He came running.

By the way, I had a life before the accident.

Yeah, I've seen it.

A bearded one.

God damn that heel...

It has broken, Valik.

A farewell salute.

What a shame.

Take your hands away, bastard!

What's wrong, eh?

Come on! Valera!

Stop, stop! Valera!

Don't worry, I understood you've been concealing something.

At once, damn it!

And I knew that you will come to my wedding, you had no choice.

It will explode again!

- There's a fucking fire! - Maybe.

And what then?

You are here, that's what's important!

How did you understand?

You've always been secretive about everything!

And now these secrets don't matter, right?

You always lie and then start apologizing.

- Oh, you're so... watch out. - But he beats me!

- Who? - They!

They are playing for moneyless people!

What?

Valera, they are your friends, aren't they?

- Moneyless people are still people. - Never mind...

God damn that station...

- We'll stand it. - Sure!

All the world nuclear stock won't defect a Russian...

Cock!

By the way...

How's Larka?

What do you mean?

- Her pregnancy... - It's okay.

Suddenly Johnny's in Gomel!

Good morning!

- He'll go mad in Gomel! - A wedding!

Funeral... There will be a funeral before any weddings.

Imagine: Johnny's waking up...

Where am I?

- In Gomel! - You're such morons, guys!

If one is silent, another one is saying nonsense. And vice versa!

It's Karabas who brought Johnny here! He

wants another drummer in case he's drunk!

- It's Kolyan who picked him up. - He's been drunk to death!

- Yeah, it was me and Kolyan... - You'll never get rid of us, Johnny.

Subs by sviatos, 2012. Corrected by jcdr