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A STORY THAT DOESN'T EXIST

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The funniest thing was when the doctor said:

"Breathe deeply, just breathe."

Then he said: "Cough a little harder."

The only person laughing nonstop is the one on the blue thousand note

with which you pay for the trip home.

Listen to what he writes to me:

"Now I look at the home that awaits me,

I look at the cemetery.

The neighbors got a new horse..."

That's what it says.

"...at the home that awaits me, I look at the cemetery..."

Enough! We already heard.

I heard somewhere that people can’t die if they’re drunk.

Of all things, work will push you into the grave first.

If I like some place, it always seems to me

that it was made just so that something beautiful could happen in it.

I really don't know about you,

whether you're smart or sick.

It's the same, it's the same.

I'm healthy, he's sick.

Let's hope you didn't wake him.

Someone told me once

that his child is most beautiful when he is ill.

So pale and calm.

Like brothers in a parade.

Is he still lying down? - And sleeping. It's still the same.

I'll send someone from the infirmary to examine him.

Days are not always the same.

Time flies. - We know. When we get the money at the end of the month.

What do we need a calendar for?

That's true, isn't it? - You're like a mailbox,

you eat and transfer everything, but never change yourself.

Breathe deeply and cough harder.

It's necessary in football and life.

The old man said it well, more style is needed.

Let's go to the city so they don't close the post office in front of us.

I almost forgot him.

Be quiet, sleep. - He'll sleep even better when we leave.

Please.

He's my cousin, I'll take care of him.

If you don't shut up, I'll break your mouth.

At least there would be life here again.

I knocked.

No one answered.

I came to see the patient.

It won't be bad.

Where are you all from?

Are you from here?

Get off me.

O-li-vet-ti.

Where's the bike? The bike?

It's nothing, nothing.

It's nothing to you.

It wasn't good. - Better, it was better before.

Too bad he didn't clutch his heart when we hit him. One more time!

Once more! - Once more! - Once more!

A great English novelist.

The first Slovenian village was burned 25 years ago.

Weather forecast for today.

Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon.

1701.

5, 2, 9, 3... Mercedes.

Hey, you! Hey!

You, you, yes.

Do you know exactly what time it is?

I don't know exactly. I don't have...

Don't have a watch?

In winter, wolves come to the house.

You must always have your rifle ready.

We all know each other, but we rarely get together.

I won’t tell you what’s special about us if someone doesn’t give me a cigarette.

I say I won't tell you anything about our lands

if someone doesn't give me a cigarette.

If you were so unshaven, you wouldn't be in town on Sunday.

Look, guys. Girls. - Watch it. - After them.

Back! Gather round!

It looks like it won't rain today.

Is there no park anywhere here?

Are you in a hurry?

Come on, come on. - Come on, already.

Where do you want to go?

If a woman drives, you must be ready for anything. - Indeed.

It’s helpful to know where you want to go before you go.

Get in the back, it's not dirty.

They already said he won't be there. - Now that too.

No one likes to watch the kitten, will you do it?

You're driving now. - You're from a neighboring republic?

No... Yes... From the border. - Have you ever been to the theater?

Look at that. Save a little on drinks so you’ll have it for the theater.

Music, women... - Don't insult.

All right, I won't. - Let's be polite.

Let's start. - He'll have to talk a lot again.

I want, you want, he wants. We want, you want... - But we all buy...

And we're happy because we only bought Hugendubel umbrellas.

Dubel!

Let's go to the motel together.

The guitarist is certainly already waiting for us with his American.

America is rich and can wait until we get to the motel.

That's what she sings.

You'll see how attractive she is when she gets up and changes clothes.

Thank you very much. - She is beautiful. If she gets up.

You're splitting hairs, Moses. Your beard is like the one in the Bible

who assembled a large football team of animals and sailed the sea with it.

A sign. We should drink at the motel.

What is a motel?

May I take this? Anyone want anything else, dear?

I know the story of how a boy and girl

in a miraculous way make new boys and girls.

Another brandy. - Two.

Yes. - Three. - What more, what more.

How are you, miss?

I won't feel better if you're staring at me.

Someone once told me that he was...

on a very busy road in some big city.

He said... There, he said...

That anything can happen to you there...

You want something else to drink?

Those stairs lead to us. We start in two hours. We're in a hurry.

Our guitarist. - Listen to the greeting she taught me:

Happy alcoholidays.

If you want, come by. You'll see how we entertain ourselves and others.

If you don't find a job, if you stay.

There. You shouldn't walk on the grass.

What a lake.

Did you crawl up the stairs?

You said... - They said you won't come.

Only here is there still peace.

He can't manage without us.

That song is very beautiful, but you have no idea about it all.

That plum with a bottle of Silvaner. Chilled, please.

We're interesting everywhere only as much as the future is interesting to us.

Our best audience.

Don't step on my shoes today. They're Italian.

Isn't there ice cream?

You even speak Slovenian quite well. - We speak both languages.

Just no war language, please.

It seems the man is with the soldiers.

Better drink a little more to stop as soon as possible.

The changes are pleasant, especially for us Slovenes.

And so we live like we're on a desert island.

You think? Our elders went to Vienna, we'll turn around. It'll be the same.

With ice, please.

You're not very polite.

You should have been born in India as a holy cow.

Then everyone would respect you just because you live.

I've had enough of all nationalisms.

That language of his was spoken by many precious people

who failed like many of ours.

But there are some people I don't like,

just like I don’t like some food and some players.

Do you understand now why I love life and new people?

No.

You're an amazing being.

Poor animal. He can’t swallow as much love as people want.

Why didn't you study?

With us...

We have no money. But we have a lot of space.

You can walk all day and see only a few houses.

Everything is flat, everything is alike,

everything is close.

Yugoslavia is a big secret.

I could learn. I could.

It just seems that way to a person. It's getting harder to know her.

Everyone would say that. It’s too much and I don’t know where to start.

Music, please! Dance.

Sorry, but you must prepare for everything.

If they're too loud in the hall, just turn up the music.

I'm 28 years old, 180 centimeters,

80 kilograms. And you?

The one on the radio says: we don't know the way, we don't have...

Today we have no role models. And what role models did we have?

Two vermouths. - Well, my whole life is just shopping.

Yours, mine. We only fight over prices.

Happy alcoholidays.

They say that if you leave once, you'll return as a beggar.

So many people in all these halls and everyone is traveling.

There is enough of the story here. - You keep saying the same things.

That’s not an excuse for you growing up slowly.

Wait for her to catch up to your age. - I'm afraid it'll never happen.

We'll start with The Earth Dances. - Alright, it dances a long time.

You don't say anything. Like a bad book.

The most beautiful part of our work is pauses. Should I talk then?

It's not a job, it's a destiny.

Among the stars, night and day, this world revolves

The earth dances, among the stars

Snow falls, May comes, autumn comes again

The earth dances for a thousand years

Orion, saxophone, moon, double bass,

The earth dances among the stars

And with it the castle, every cloud and every road

And even this little home of ours.

From that colorful one there.

Yes.

The first guest of our artistic program...

See if everything's alright.

Listen, you could sing some folk song with us.

Customized. - I know some.

How about Čaje šukarije (Pretty Girl)? - It's a gypsy song.

I think I forgot some words. - She knows it well.

Don't worry, we'll sing together. - You'll sing a little.

That song has a great rhythm. - Please, don't run anymore.

The chorus would be good if you sang it together.

You can sing the melody together.

Why did you leave your old place?

She moves like an angel and her eyes shine.

But if she started thinking of anything but songs, she would get sick.

There's no danger of that. How can I change if we're so together?

Everything I do, I do well.

You need to know where money comes from and how to keep it.

Money is like life, it's not important in itself.

The way you use it is important.

We are all people to whom poverty closes the world.

What kind of poverty? - It's like a state without a road, sir.

Really... That lake...

Everything is new.

If you travel, the world opens up before you.

Like my mother's fingers in a letter.

You are now in the area where the guide says there are special circumstances

which will completely change in a week. -Special circumstances?

It's the same everywhere. People are dissatisfied and unconscious.

They have children and pass on their wishes to them.

Those kids will do the same later.

We will now sing...

Drink...

Much wine and words. I'll be rhythm.

When my eyes are open for a long time and nothing happens,

it seems to me that I'll fall on my nose.

Then stars would appear over my head.

Like those in a cloud. Stars.

Like in the comics when the hero remembers something important.

We'll sing together. - We will sing, we will sing...

One more. We always catch the chorus.

It is still our best export product.

Despite the export, it's enough for us.

The best is what is not enough.

You won't have enough to drink, thank God.

That best time will not be enough. The present.

You see, it's like a theater here.

Every time your legs move, you fill me with desire. - You're all the same.

You either hate me or exploit me.

So many things tell me yes when I touch them.

I always hear no from you. Always no.

Beautiful girls run past me like time.

I'm 180 centimeters tall and I've had enough of everything.

You don't understand us well, so you think you must listen to everything.

Laugh. Laugh, laugh. We'll sing together.

Gentlemen, please don't make a scandal tonight. - What scandal?

It won't be boring, though. - Small change for tonight. - He can't.

Nothing ever happens, there's no time.

The shell is sick, pearls are its disease,

and we are all healthy, healthy, healthy...

No need. I will just stand next to him and bloom.

We'll sing together, won't we?

Good evening, everyone.

In America, over a bar like this hangs a sign:

"If you don’t intend to enter, at least laugh."

So we ask you: have fun.

Wait for the chorus.

Girl!

Girl!

Little girl, pretty one!

Little girl, pretty one!

Little girl, pretty one!

Little girl, pretty one!

It was good.

Wake up! - Huh?

Give me some food for the hall. - You got loaded. - Never.

Wait, don't do that. Let me go! - Why are you even struggling?

It's not a bad thing. Look at him.

One of the great natural beauties

which you can see during your wonderful trip to Yugoslavia.

I'm not struggling. What's with you?

Who's afraid? Only if you sit and stare into space like the one in the hall.

When will the snow fall?

When will the snow fall?

When will everything be white?

The more you drink, the easier it gets.

What are you staring at? What?

It's a man who can't sleep now.

He's here.

What are you staring at? What?

It's a man who has many...

Many, many hidden corners.

But here...

He's our man!

Our man, your sun!

Come! - Are you going or not? - Come!

Who's practicing now?

I'm thinking of something that comes like morning and never leaves.

What is it? - Who exercises mornings with the radio?

I don't know it. I don't know. Never.

That one holds us up like an Australian boomerang. - He's asleep.

I'll get out here.

Wait! I won't go back. I'm getting out!

Do you want to take a picture?

Stop and smile. - Let's go, let's go. - Thank you.

Mom is thinking of you and take care, my son.

"Dear Mom.

I'm traveling now, and don't believe...

believe what people..."

"What they say about me."

I can't see. - Hold your hand there.

Look at him yawning. - She's coming! She's coming.

Quickly. - Yes.

I fell asleep, they woke me up when they saw me.

I just slept there.

Good morning.

Do you need music? - He was already in America.

Why didn't he stay there?

This will make your day even longer.

He's nowhere to be found.

Riding a plane is so brave.

I could escape from it all like that.

What a beautiful country.

Wait, let's talk. - I'm just going home. - Stop.

I'm out of luck, I have nowhere to run.

There is no space and someone is always offended.

Someone is always offended, that’s the worst. That's the worst.

Someone is always offended. Let me go.

Tell me. Tell me.

Tell me! What do you want to forget? What do you want to forget?

Tell me! Tell me!

You can't find words for me at all.

There is no train.

I can't promise you anything.

Here. - Of course, you don't understand.

It's true that we enrich the state when we celebrate. Both the state and you.

Do you understand? Like in America in the time of Roosevelt.

The more you buy, the greater your well-being.

Production grows. More is produced and so more is earned.

Progress. Help everyone right away.

Badly... I'm explaining it badly.

One has to cope, though.

Well... Good. - We are one of those rare special states

where food and drink are still the basic source of joy.

Do I speak clearly? - You just speak.

Will it rain or not?

If only some train would pass and stir the air.

Nothing to be seen.

You wander a lot. Will you never settle down?

I don't think about it. I never think.

It's nice to think like that. - It's a weird feeling.

You're a gentleman, and you talk so nicely to me.

Don't call me that. They say "sir" or "comrade" is a matter of agreement,

but not for me. Not for me!

In 1942, I fired machine guns at the Italians

and thus saved a small group of people.

Among them was a woman who said to me: thank you, comrade.

Something like that means a lot. - Did you save a lot of them?

I was 20 years younger then, understand?

I used to think I wanted to talk,

now I just listen.

In life you rarely converse, you listen or speak.

Speak, then.

I don't know people like that. I don't know how to start.

Ones like you, if they don't understand something, they spit on it.

I would have to think, maybe I don’t understand.

You're amused by exactly what you don't understand.

All the same, I like that I can listen to you so easily.

I only hit you before that.

I'm thirsty.

You're like this country.

I wish no one would ever hold you accountable for your youth.

Our people are strong, so full of life,

but all that is lost and goes to nothing.

We don't trust each other. No one has hope, and time passes.

We talk past each other, and time passes.

We throw it in the wind, we throw ourselves in the wind.

If a man were liberated by education,

if the military didn’t matter, it would be so nice here.

You speak like the man who came to us.

He came in a black car and spoke.

We must take on the burden of the past, that's necessary, dear comrades.

He always repeated it. It takes a lot of work.

It never hit me in the heart.

Something got stuck in my head, so I thought.

I completely forgot to applaud him. I was sorry.

I saw that he was a good man when he came to speak to us.

You hit me in the heart and the head. I stand firm all the same.

I used to be like you,

I would love to know how to tell the truth more easily.

Tell me! How?

That's how it all escapes. - Yes.

We would have to fly a plane.

Up there is the right space. That way you can get away from it all.

But then that has no real value. There's no value.

Yugoslavia is still the quality of the idea. For the whole world.

Maybe it's true there are a lot of tragic people among us,

but you young people... You're such sad characters sometimes.

So sad, but modern. Very modern.

I have to go home until I cool down.

Until I cool down, yes. This is very important.

Everything else is irrelevant.

The sir and comrade are leaving.

We're leaving! Don't look after me.

I'm tired of the parade. All our parades.

Look at him. Yugoslav, but smart.

It's you.

Good day. - Good day.

You recog...

You recognized me.

You're the one from this morning.

You remember people quickly.

I quickly forget people if I don’t converse with them.

And the children? Are they good?

It depends.

There the road turns left again.

Where are you going?

You're not Slovenian. - Basically I'm from the border.

I knew from your pronunciation.

Like that. Not too much. Good, good.

Just stay that way. Stay like that, please.

Attention.There, there! Like that. Stay like that.

That's better. Like that. A bit more.

They're already leaving. Traveling.

I don't like photos.

Why not? Memories.

They're never real memories.

When I was little, they took me once to a photographer.

I wasn’t particularly nicely dressed. To make me look prettier,

the photographer gave me a colorful toy that glowed and spun.

I smiled.

When the photo shoot was over, I had to return the toy.

I was very sad.

Such pictures are always bad.

At home there are fewer houses and fewer foreigners.

More work and less life.

It's nice here with you.

I'm used to the city. To more people.

What do you do in town?

There are only houses there. - There's a lot new in town.

Theater, cinema. - Yes, I know that. Of course I know.

How nice of you to laugh. It's like you came closer to me.

But it's just laughter.

A city has many residents and museums, a gallery and a large library.

If a river flows through a city,

there are many bridges in it that allow traffic.

A city...

Music will be heard again at once.

Just say when you want to get out.

There's always work to be found.

Here the neighborhoods grow fast. In fact, a lot is being built.

Look how many children.

You could say that it's similar to...

A sunflower.

A sunflower always turns towards the sun.

Quick, look at that house's shadow. It's huge.

That might be nice.

I used to travel the world a lot and do the same as you.

I suddenly decided that I would love to see my mom.

I don’t know how I raised the money for the train home.

I found her in the office, she barely looked at me and immediately shouted:

"How dare you, adventurer, spend money on such trips!"

You know, I really wanted to see her.

Here or somewhere else? I don't care where you get out.

Somewhere secluded.

Somewhere in the world so many things are happening now.

So many things happen...

So much happens...

Hey!

I have to tell you something!

I'm the one the police are looking for!

I didn't hear anything because the wind was blowing then!

If I look at water for a long time, it seems to me that I'll forget it all.

Otherwise I don't forget anything. I could tell you a lot.

Like those people on television

who sometimes talk about sad things they've experienced themselves.

Then they get a reward. Of course, if people applaud them.

If I told my own story, they would say it's not sad at all.

You know what they would say?

They would ask why I live here if it's different elsewhere.

You shout once, then shut up. Don't you hear?

You're young. God, how young you are.

You know what's new? People are strange.

The postwoman told me she is still beautiful today

because she showers with cold water every day.

She says she counts to 20 and then shuts off the water. Every day.

Enough, woman, enough! Leave me alone. Get lost!

There's the police on the right, they'll reconcile you right away.

This one is good. Let's go to the police together. That's good.

La-dy-bug.

Why did you buy magazines if you don't read them?

Why buy magazines if you don't plan to read them?

You know how it is on the train... - How? I don't know anything. We ride.

When I travel, I always have to hold something in my hands.

What nonsense you say.

Look at the others, everyone is having fun with something.

Your habits always remain.

There's someone out there again. He has nothing with him.

Ones like that can be dangerous.

Where is he?

Go out and see what it is.

What did he want? - Nothing special.

He asked me where I go to school. - You talked a long time.

He says we have a nice house.

And asked if it snows much here.

Snow? That's strange.

He said we must think something strange about him.

He asked me if I had a mom.

He said his mom told him that he would travel a lot if he was good.

Have you ever told me that before? - You already know that.

Then he said something else.

There's so much to remember. Who can do it all?

We must not forget to lock up.

Where is he going?

He sits like Countess Marica. We have to give him meat.

If not, he won't jump. - The extras will leave him something to eat.

Attention, attention, extras.

Attention, extras.

Milan, student. Tomorrow at eight sharp. - Watch that.

Don't fight for winter shoes, everything is numbered.

The same for those out there.

Look at the fools laughing. I guess they're on set for the first time.

My brother filmed with Alida Valli.

Don’t spoil the shot again with the underpants.

Motor. - Scene, please. Ready.

Shooting with strangers is a pleasure. It's safe and fast.

Did they let you out of rehearsal again? - Of course. How many staff do you have?

I think it will be bright enough for that.

They pay me by the day.

You get a stipend, they put sheepskin on you and you can enjoy it. Enjoy!

I immediately guessed why he let his beard grow.

Last year, they made three big films here.

People like it. It's exciting. Colorful.

There seems to be more sun.

No further. Not too far.

Why are you still silent?

Don't pretend to think.

I found him. He didn't know where or what to do.

He just stood and looked ahead.

He yawned like crazy when I dragged him here.

He doesn't know Slovenian at all, but knows what to say. He travels a lot.

Attention, extras!

Shall we have a few big ones?

It seems instructive to me. People used to live like this.

Please, which lens will you use for this shot?

You can be anyone in a film. Then everyone watches you at the cinema.

If people think they resemble you, it means success, money.

There are many great movies in the world that don't have a large public.

It seems that people aren't encouraged enough.

He's a good director. He reaches out to each crew member when he comes.

Silence please. Quiet.

Strip to the waist.

One minute, please. Careful.

Who are you looking for? - Who?

Quiet, silence! Shooting begins.

Stop!

Stop! Stop!

Stop!

Back, extras, back. Back. Please.

It's him. - Who did they arrest? Who? - Who?

So muddy. - And bloody. - They got along well.

Thanks, we looked a long time.

You're all shaggy, easy to get confused.

Let's go.

It's the one who stole and smashed the windows. - Yes? Why?

Just the sun. If something bothers you...

Then all the heat falls on me and stays there a long time.

Until it completely disappears.

Is that all that will happen to me?

Everything always changes, nothing stays for long.

I've already helped many with these hands, with these ten fingers.

I did what I knew, or didn’t.

Surely many remember me. It's certain. I remember many too.

I don't know why they all... I'm sure many remember me.

A few nice things. Maybe they're still very new to me.

I mean, first they’re new, and then different again.

But not with snow. They say it falls here in the winter, right?

They say there's as much snow all around as you want.

People probably walk quietly then and you don’t hear anyone, do you?

That must be strange. You hear no one and see everything.

Like you're with everyone and don't talk to anyone, and everything is white.

Yes, there are a lot of things here that I don’t know yet.

Snow is no different. It disappears, melts. Or not?

But with you there is much that's good, beautiful.

Though, you know, how can I say it...

I'd love to meet someone here who's crying.

With us, we cry when a child is born, we cry with happiness, often.

What a sad country this is.

Here I really didn't hear

anyone crying.

Yes... If someone cried

or told me something I don't know yet.

Something so I could say: that’s it.

Or if I read a book that talks about me.

It's never the same.

If many people are together, everyone talks and I must listen to everyone,

and not speak alone, sometimes...

I keep thinking: maybe sometime I'll meet someone,

unknowing, who would tell me something else.

They all surely have something

which is dearer to them than what they show and say.

Or maybe not.

That again doesn't seem good to me...

Not good at all.

Those words...

They're not the ones...

They're not real.

That's not it.

It's not the first time I can't.

Others speak so skillfully...

I'm... That...

That's not it.

Has he heard of television?

Do you want anything else?

Do you want anything else, please?

What are you asking me?

What are you asking me?

I...

I have nothing to give you. I can't give you anything.

It's true. I have nothing to give you.

Because I... I only lose.

I always lose!

I always lose!