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Don't get your pants dirty.

What?

Good morning, ma'am. - Good morning.

My friend and I have driven a long way.

Could you give us water?

The water here is good. The well is deep.

What are you looking for?

You know what I'm looking for.

The cups are in the corner cabinet. There's nothing to steal here.

I'm a police officer. Pasa Aleksandrovits Popov.

There are a lot of fake identity cards around. - What?

I said there are a lot of fake identity cards around.

It's healthy to be skeptical.

Sometimes.

I'd recommend you listen. For your safety.

Have you seen a girl here?

I haven't seen anyone. This is a quiet and remote area.

Look carefully. Have you seen this woman?

She's a dangerous criminal, but she can act innocent.

She's done horrible things.

How horrible?

She killed her lover in his bed, in cold blood.

She stole his car.

This is a photo of the body.

Think again. Have you seen the girl?

No, I haven't.

Look at the photos.

I don't have to. I've seen bodies before.

You live alone. You're totally defenseless.

How would she find her way here? - She's your relative.

Right. - Her grandmother lives in Vladivostok. Ingel Pekk.

She's your sister. - I don't have a sister.

According to documents you do.

This woman, Zara Pekk, murdered a man in this country.

You're her only contact here. Of course she'll come here.

She left her passport and wallet at the crime scene.

She needs your help.

I don't have a sister. - Where's the girl?

I don't know anything about any goddamn girl.

Alright.

Then everything's okay, right?

Have a nice day.

A mighty fortress is your shore

Before you is an open sea

Let Lenin's flag proudly soar

And great Stalin will guide you to victory

On this path of fortune march brave and true

Our manhood and the will to fight

Will ever be accompanying you

We'll do it.

Something fellow workers beyond the seas can only dream of.

We'll bring heaven down to earth.

We'll create a new human being. Together.

This big dream was embodied in these two men.

First in immortal Lenin.

And now in Stalin.

Lenin! - Lenin!

One more time: Lenin! - Lenin!

Lenin is life!

Lenin is life!

Lenin will always be with you. In hope. In joy.

Lenin is in you. Lenin is in you.

And in me.

Could you teach me about Lenin and Stalin?

You'll be my wife soon.

I won't let anyone hurt my Aliide.

He's a party organizer from Tallinn.

You remember what the party has done to our family?

I'll get a job.

What kind of job?

An inspector job.

What will you inspect? - I'll be collecting party membership fees.

Are you crazy?

People will start hating you.

Will you?

Martin will get me a nicer job when he moves up in his career.

Are you so in love that you're blind?

What will Hans say about you joining the enemy?

I haven't joined anything.

You haven't?

What does Hans know about -

lying in the town hall basement -

with piss running down your back, waiting for... - Stop.

Everybody hates me. I don't deserve this.

I told you. - Everybody's really nice to Martin.

What is it?

You smell strange nowadays.

It's Martin's smell. It stays.

That's what Hans said.

What? - Linda, go outside to play.

When you've been here, he says it smells like Russkies.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean that.

I'm just so...

Hans is so restless. He's tired of hiding.

Come.

He threatened to go into the forest. I had to put those to stop him.

I'm afraid he'll go mad soon. - You can't hold him captive.

He shouts so loud you can hear him. - Did you hear what I said?

It's for his own good. He's safe.

Comrade Aliide Tamm. What a nice surprise.

Martin's not home. He's in Tallinn.

I know. I came to see you.

I want you to come to town hall.

Today. Interrogation at eight o'clock.

I don't know what to think of you, Comrade Aliide.

I find it hard to believe you are what you want people to see.

Do you believe in Stalin?

Yes, I do.

I would really like to believe you do.

But you have a background.

Your parents, your sister and her husband -

are fascists and saboteurs.

Why do you see your sister so often, -

even though she helps bandits?

Ingel doesn't help anyone. - Ijust told you.

Now you know that she helps bandits.

So what do you think of her now?

I'm sorry, I don't understand. - Get up.

I just told you the truth about your sister.

You can tell me anything. It'll stay between you and me.

We won't even tell your husband.

Sit down.

Your sister is an enemy of the people.

I repeat. What do you think of her now that you know the truth?

Then I don't have a sister anymore. - What?

I don't have a sister anymore. - Excuse me, what?

I don't have a sister.

Very good. We'll get this unpleasant thing sorted out.

We're slowly starting to build trust between us.

You have a sister, but she's an enemy of the people.

I'll write that down.

Ingel has a daughter, doesn't she?

Linda. Why?

That's a pretty name.

A pretty name for a pretty girl.

It's a shame she has probably learned to lie like her mother.

Linda is ten. She doesn't know anything.

We better go.

Where?

To strengthen this budding trust between us.

Mommy!

Mommy!

Stop! - Mommy! Mommy!

Take the lamp.

Don't burn your fingers.

Linda!

Show me that you're worthy of my trust.

Mommy! Mommy!

Linda!

Whore, take the lamp and put it where it belongs.

Let me go!

Let me go!

Liide, are you sick?

I heard you've been in bed all day.

What is it?

I feel sick.

How did it go in Tallinn?

We'll stay here. End of story.

I'm scared. - Of what?

Don't ever leave me again.

Or I'll hide so deep I won't find my way back out.

Where? What are you talking about?

Aliide.

I love you.

I'm ready to give up everything to be with you.

A house? - Yes.

I'm tired of sharing a house. And because we're staying here.

How will we get a house?

This house?

You sure?

No other house will do? - No.

Alright.

You know what that means?

They're leaving. - When?

The date is at the top of the page.

Do they know?

Oh no. Otherwise they could run away.

Only we here know.

And now you.

Now we need evidence. - What evidence?

They can come back if there's no evidence.

If the evidence is strong enough, they'll never come back.

We need a reliable witness.

Are you sure?

Yes, I am.

Hans? It's me.

Hans, come out.

Hans.

What happened?

They took them.

They took Ingel and Linda.

I tried to get out.

I'll go find them.

Pack me a lunch.

I'll go get the pistol. - Hans.

Don't touch me. - Hans.

Let me go. - Hans.

Let me go.

Why, Liide?

They don't need a reason.

But I do.

Maybe it's because -

Ingel is your widow and you have a child together.

They're enemies of the people.

Because of me?

You have to be patient and stay in hiding.

What does it matter anymore?

The Western nations will come and help us soon.

They haven't forgotten Estonia.

But before that happens, -

I'll try to get Martin to move here with me.

What?

No way.

I don't want the smell of Russkies in my house.

We better hope he says yes. It'll be easier for me to help you.

They keep an eye on everything. On me, on this house.

Ingel and Linda will come back.

That's right. - And Roosevelt hasn't forgotten us.

Here we are. On the porch of our house.

Liide. - Yes?

Would you have wanted to move to Tallinn? - No.

I like it here.

Just wait tilll get out, goddammit...

You old bitch! Let me out! - Stop lying to me.

You hear me?

Don't you understand? They'll come back!

I do understand.

How do I know who to believe?

She looked better in the photos you sent me.

If you don't want her, we'll take her with us.

She's pretty expensive. - Women are. Make up your mind.

We'llleave for the hotel in two minutes. With her.

I want to test her. Leave her here for tonight.

I'll pay you in the morning.

Okay. I don't care.

Why is the whore still dressed?

I want to see you naked. I want to see what I'm paying for.

Take these handcuffs off!

No.

The whore will stay handcuffed.

But I'll tie your hands in front of you so you can jerk me off.

You're beautiful.

Come sit on my cock.

I love your breasts.

I love them.

Fuck!

Die, you piece of shit!

Die!

Will you be alright?

I'm worried about you. - I feel much better already.

I'll be home in the evening.

Loves me.

Loves me not.

Loves me.

Is it good?

Not as good as Ingel's.

Have you heard anything from her? - No.

Have you asked people if they have heard? - I can't ask that.

You know that. Please finish your soup. - No.

You have to take a bath. - Why?

Let me shave you. - No.

I'm sure you don't want to look like that -

when Ingel and Linda come back.

I dream of Ingel at night.

Ingel and Linda aren't doing well.

They're suffering. - No, they're not.

Martin has been to Siberia. It's nice there.

They play music in the dining hall. There's an orchestra.

There's a library and a newspaper reading room.

Tell me more.

Martin ate the same food as them in the dining hall, -

and the soup was more like a meat stew.

And women who can sew... - Like Ingel.

They are hired at the dressmaking department -

and they get a good salary.

I can tell Martin to arrange a job like that for Ingel.

Can Martin do that? - Yes, he can. He'll do what I want.

Tell him to bring Ingel and Linda back then.

Be such a good wife that he'll bring Ingel and Linda back.

Do whatever it takes.

You're asking too much. - Please.

Nothing else matters. I wouldn't care if I died.

I can't take this much longer.

It's not enough to sleep with Ingel's nightgown.

Her scent isn't enough.

The nightgown isn't Ingel's.

It's mine.

You've slept with it the whole time and haven't noticed. - You're lying.

I'm not. - Why?

I had to give you a nightgown -

because you whined and said you needed one.

Why don't you ever come with me? Why not even this time?

They're showing two films.

The first is The Battle of Stalingrad. - Again?

It's really popular.

I don't care for films. They make me uncomfortable.

Why?

They're not real.

Real people are not heroes.

I'll be home late.

Liide.

I was thinking of greasing these. For the winter.

What is it? - Sometimes I think I can still smell a kulak here.

I've washed the curtains and sheets and everything.

The smell is strongest in this room. - No, it's not.

What if I stayed home? - Go. I know you want to.

I won't.

I want to be with you tonight.

Films come and go.

You're wrong, by the way. - About what?

About real people not being heroes.

You're my heroine.

Heroine of the fatherland.

What do you mean?

Because of Ingel and Linda.

You did the right thing. I'm proud you're my wife.

And you have to be proud of yourself.

Say it. - I'm proud of myself.

I'm proud of myself.

I'm proud of myself.

Liide. I'll go to Tartu tomorrow for a party meeting.

I'll be gone for two nights.

I think I miss you already.

It's just you and me here.

Ingel talks to me every day.

It's your imagination.

I just want Ingel and Linda back.

I can wait, even if I'm buried alive.

Forever, if I have to.

I got you a passport.

You did? - They need workers in Tallinn.

The factories have their own dormitories.

I also got you a job.

Will you go there and do as I say?

Of course.

You're an amazing woman.

I'll give you communist magazines to read on the train.

You'll look reliable.

I'll leave tomorrow.

Promise?

Take the handle from the wall so that you can get yourself out.

Liide.

I have to leave now.

What is it?

You never asked -

why I didn't make it to the Tallinn party committee.

Even though I had such big plans -

when we met.

Why?

They don't trust me.

Is it...

Is it because of me?

My Liide.

The time just wasn't right for us.

Liide!

What happened? I was just leaving.

I got hit.

Goddammit! You went into the forest, didn't you? - I had to.

They encircled us. The bullet scratched my arm.

Stay awake.

"Liide has been arranging things. She got me a passport."

"I promised to go to Tallinn and stay away from the forest."

"She gave me an address and a lot of instructions."

"She was excited. But I won't go to Tallinn."

"I'm afraid to look at Liide -

because sometimes I want to point my pistol at her -

and pull the trigger."

Don't read it.

I don't understand...

So you won't go to Tallinn? - No.

I've arranged everything.

I wouldn't leave without Ingel and Linda.

I packed and everything.

Not without them. Never with you.

I did all that work.

I would've forgotten all the trouble for just one kiss.

For one sweet touch.

For a day in a park in Tallinn with you.

I just asked for one brief moment.

I've always loved you.

An eternity.

And what do you do? You lie.

I just wanted to spend a day in a park in Tallinn with you.

Hand in hand.

I even packed the right dress.

Oh God.

This will heal the wounds.

It's been a long day.

Way too long.

Our asses are numb -

from sitting in the car and staring at your shitty house.

Where the fuck is the whore hiding?

This game is about to change.

Start talking or things are gonna get very unpleasant.

Listen.

We came here in the morning and what did we find?

One granny. Two tea cups.

Something's wrong with the picture, right?

Tell me. Where is the girl?

They're all dead.

What?

They're all dead.

Hans Pekk is dead.

Dear Ingel and Linda.

The basement is full of jam and canned vegetables.

I used our old recipes.

I learned to make them after all.

Even though you thought I'd never learn to cook.

I've even gotten compliments.

Yours, Aliide.

Calm down. - What happened?

Calm down. - I heard gunshots.

I want to see that they're dead.

They are dead.

Come, let's go.

What is it?

What willl do now?

You'll go home.

You have your whole life ahead of you.

You're free.

And pure.

Forget everything that's happened.

Here's your passport.

And a stack of dollars. I found them in Pasa's pocket.

Walk to Koluvere village. It's one kilometer from here.

You'll take a taxi to Tallinn and then a ferry to Finland.

Remember to call Ingel and your mother.

They can also get Estonian passports.

Go now.

Remember to do as I say.

Here.

Please give my regards to Ingel.

From her sister.

Thank you.

Go now. Go.

People run and escape as long as they have the strength.

When they no longer have strength, they try to hide.

But not everyone can run fast enough.

Or find a good enough hiding place.

Translated by Aretta Vähälä Proofread by Rich Lyons