All language subtitles for Femina (Piotr Szulkin, 1990) ENG

Look, Victor, this fox is dead.

No, it's just pretending
because it's afraid.

It looks like my
mother's fur stole.

So small, and it stinks
like an ungodly creature!

All creatures are
God's creatures.

What does that mean?

I don't know.

Action!

Thanks.

I'm doing this for you
and for Antek.

You're doing it for yourself.

I'm not leaving you alone.
I'll call.

A whole month...

You want me to stay?
Yes?

I'm awfully sorry, sir,
but I won't be able to come over...

I'll throw away the ticket
and the contract.

You know what this
means to me.

- Antek, come here.
- I know it means the world.

Listen, I might be in
for the Nobel Prize.

After a month I'll be
somebody else over there.

In a month's time,
I might be somebody else too.

Daddy!

Mom, don't be scared,
they're only soldiers.

It's the devil!
The devil got into her!

The devil? The devil?

We need exorcism and raw eggs!

The devil! Exorcism...

and raw eggs!

I'm listening.

I understand,
I'll be right over.

Antek...

...my mother just died.

Do you hear me?
Your grandma has died.

Grandmother Wegenerowa?

- Yes,
- How long will she be dead for?

Forever.

Life is a dream....

and death is the awakening.

But not for everyone.

Raw egg, raw liver.

That's the best way
to grow up.

But that's disgusting!

Don't worry, everyone
has to go through this.

Madam, don't look in his eyes
or they'll fall out.

Does the lady wish
to buy some furs?

First you have to cut
the skin on the belly.

Remove the intestines...

...and you'll have a
wonderful fur stole.

Remember, Bogienka,

a woman without a fur
is not a woman.

If not a fur, at least a fur stole.

When I die, you can
have mine.

It happened so suddenly!

She didn't even call me,
as she usually would.

She was so quiet

She didn't let anybody know.

Where's Antos?

I left him with my mother-in-law

He's too young for funerals.

You sound exactly
like Aniela.

Too young for a funeral.

You see?

The lambrequin...

She didn't have time
to put the curtains up.

And if...

If she'd had the time,
it would have been...

...all for nothing.

Everything for nothing.

It's a shame that
Antos didn't come.

I'll make you some tea.

Where is mother?

What did you say?

Nothing,
I'm asking where Mother is.

Where do you think?

In the funeral parlour.

- Was she alone?
- When?

- When she was dying?
- Oh, yes. She didn't even call.

If she'd called,
I would have come.

I would have held her hand.

It's terrible to die alone.

I can wash that, but...

...the stains on the sheet
will remain.

They should have been put
in cold water immediately...

I wasn't thinking clearly.

The way it happened...

It made me quite woozy.

You imagine it!

Aniela is lying here,

her eyes open,

and I'm walking around
the room,

asking her what to do,
can you imagine that?

I'm asking a dead woman
what I'm supposed to do!

- This is my picture
- A handsome boy, isn't he?

- Can you make me some tea?
- Yes.

Bogdanna?
Only a "C" in music?

Bogna?

You're disgracing our family!
Stand in the corner. Sing!

Oh, peas.

And with a book!

Now, sing!

'Tis the final conflict!
Let each stand in his place...

Furchtbar! Is this what they teach you?

Ordnung muss sein, Bogna.

Sing!

'Tis the final conflict!
Let each stand in his place...

The international party
shall be the human race.

Even the lavender is
in the midst.

Aniela, I did this for you,
by myself.

I tied the ribbon by myself.

For you, to remember,
she said.

I'll look dandy in this
fur stole, Aniela said.

So what! She didn't have
any sense of foreboding?

She knew, she even went
to confession, but for what?

She must have invented
sins, she was a saint!

She cared for you a lot.

She was saying that
you'd lost contact with God.

But she didn't even call when
she was dying! Can you imagine?

She didn't even call!

Peace on this house
and all its inhabitants.

Bogusiu...

Bogusiu, I've got a picture for you.

It's Dominik Strogoff,
a worthy man.

All his life he worked
amongst cannibals.

He choked to death
on a fish bone.

Well, how do you like it?

It's beautiful.

Bogusiu? Are you going
out with boys yet?

She didn't even call,
so typical of her.

Always so quiet.

She didn't call.

Come to my place this evening.

I don't have breasts yet.

I never thought you
were that way.

It isn't a sin, I'm not a boy.

I'm just out of the cemetery,

and I want a man already.

- Is that a sin?
- A sin?

What are you talking about?

Your mother would have
been proud of you.

You...

must have something
for yourself.

Besides your husband and child.

Yes...

I think I want to have
something for myself.

Let go

You were always stronger.

May I touch you?

- Do men not arouse you anymore?
- Men?

They arouse me as well.

Wiska, you're wounded.

You've been with Victor
for so long...

Viktor?

That's a different story.

Honour of the poor,
he teaches in our old school.

He's writing his immortal
doctorate on Kant.

- Did you love him
- I don't know

He didn't repel me
like the others.

He was good in bed...

And he understood what
I was talking about.

That's love, I suppose.

Do you think so?
Tell the truth.

You've always been jealous.

Wegner! Bogusia Wegner!
You received a good upbringing.

Purity of language
and purity of a heart!

I've been fighting for that
my entire life.

Oh, your poor mother!
Yes, I know, I read the obituary.

Now you're an orphan.

You're an adult!

Yes madam, I'm an adult.

Your mother

was a decent human being.

Not that many left.

I'm not like my mother.

Do you have any children?

What's the name of your child?

Antek.

Nice Polish name,
Saint Antoni Padewski

Saint of lost things
and lost people.

I'll tell you a secret.

The co-ed system was not a
good thing for our school.

Do you remember
Professor Pinder?

She was completely bald

She threw herself under a tram,
she couldn't bear co-education.

Your mother, she knew the
difference between good and evil.

Madame Professor,

My mother was just one huge
Christian commandment.

Me?

I'm totally different

Victor!

Do you remember?

I've stopped here everyday
for 15 years, since you moved.

I never had the courage to enter

and ask about this photo.

You look like a virgin angel.

In those days I was a virgin.

Put your hands together

and hold the candle
between your hands.

Like that

- As if you were praying?
- No!

- It's out of the question.
- Why?

She will not pray to
your contraption!

But everybody does it this way.

But we are not everybody.

Fine.

As you wish.

This child is the
quintessence of purity.

Gemeinheit!

Leave her alone!

I'd like to buy the picture
in the window.

You can't buy from the display.

But it's my picture
from First Communion.

You can't take anything
from the display.

Everything must be
as my husband left it.

When will he return?

My husband... is dead.

But I'm alive.

And it's my photo.

You must take what you want.

This is

my doctorate on Kant.

I took care of my mother
out of sheer devotion.

I'm waiting for her
to pass away peacefully.

For me, she's like a sick
person found on the street.

She doesn't need

any feelings.

My feelings.

It's enough that I'm
changing her nappies.

I live in this room.

Don't worry, she's a vegetable.

One has to take what one wants.

Aniela always said that he's
very frail, like you as a child.

Worry about something
else, auntie.

Yes, yes, right,
popular wisdom.

I can't stop thinking
about Aniela.

And I can't understand
why she didn't call me.

Nobody understood my mother.

I understood her.

Where are the birds?

Maybe they flew to freedom?

What freedom?
They died a long time ago!

Antek! Antek!

On such a night,
I would go with a dog.

Me too.

I thought someone needed me.

I need you.

The most important thing is that our
daughters aren't running after boys.

Remember? Our mothers
used to say that.

The world is full of fools.

Undress.

Are you ashamed?

Aren't you getting aroused?

My mother...

What about her?

She thinks I'm crazy.

Your mother doesn't think
anything anymore.

I can't help it, every woman
reminds me of my mother.

You haven't even
touched me.

Try.

Close your eyes.

I want to cheat on Jacek,

but I can't.

I slept with Victor.

Don't say anything.

Sometimes I think that...

...only forbidden things
make sense to me.

- You have me.
- I want more.

It isn't enough for me.

It hurts.

Lean your head back.

Close your eyes.

Dry yourself.

Don't look.

You'll have plenty of time
to experience shame.

You're expecting someone?

Yes.

I'm waiting for a customer.

Are you a lawyer, Madam?

no

I'm a prostitute.

You're not and
you never will be.

Never.

-Am I not good enough?
- You're made from different clay.

Do you want to go with me?

You do.

Turn around and drive to
Pilsudski Boulevard.

What do I have to do?

Rule number one: ask no questions
and don't act surprised.

I envy you.

Why?

Because you're attracted to it.

Take this.

What is your name?

Bogumila...Bogna.

Was the journey long?

I hope I can call you by name.
You could be my daughter.

And me your mother.

Bogienka, Bogumila.

Bogna. A beautiful name.

Truly Christian.

It was my mother's idea.

She was convinced
that God was my godfather.

We all had a
Christian upbringing.

and afterwards we
get a little lost.

My name is Gabriela.

Thanks to this job
I have everything.

And by saving, too.

I always had the best clients.

I don't drink or smoke so
I've saved up a little money.

He has a hellish temper.

If I allowed him, he'd
do it seven times a day.

I don't know whom
he takes after.

I've always been wilful

but I didn't like this job,

even though they paid me better than
their wives, you can be sure of that.

- But I...
- No, no, wait.

Now the deaf one is
preparing the bath.

But I must bathe him myself.

My little boy is hungry.

He'll get his share in a minute.

He's very impatient.

Here, take it.

This is all I have here.

Take it, you can count.

And remember, a full hour.

45 minutes.

Don't be afraid.
He needs it

It's a deed of mercy;

he must have it.

She wanted to find out what's inside.

- All children are curious
- But not to that extent.

You can see with your own eyes;

there's nothing interesting inside.

Curiosity is the first step to hell.

"Family grave".

There's some work left,
an engraver is finishing the letters,

We'll see how close he is.

The people! The people!
Gombrowicz in Argentina!

They need to practice.

On Tuesday there will be
a big funeral.

A magnificent national funeral.

It's more than we agreed.

I know, but I want my
mother's grave to be beautiful.

I don't like retainers.

I want you to take
the money now.

It will be done well.

He's an artist from the academy.

Yes, I'm sure it will be perfect.

I'll leave now.

Yes, you can go.

Here lie my mother
and my father.

One, two, three.

You are an artist.

You've finished my mother's
tombstone beautifully.

Mommy... what is it?

Liver

You need to eat raw liver
and eggs. You're anaemic.

But mummy, it's disgusting.

Close your eyes and eat.

Don't worry,

everyone must go
through that.

Daddy!

Jacek.

Never again.

God, I didn't realise I was
so much in love with you.

Jacek

I wasn't alone for all that time,
I cheated on you.

Many times.

The most important thing
is that we're together.

How I missed you and Antek!
I worked like crazy but it didn't help.

You've changed.

You're so beautiful.

- Antek has grown...
- Jacek!

I cheated on you!

The most important thing
is that we're together.

Subtitles: MENiSCUS
Timings: Psilonaut